Iran national under-20 football team

Iran national under-20 football team (also known as Iran Under-20, Iran U-20 or Iran Youth Team) represents Iran in international Association football competitions in AFC U-20 Asian Cup and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup recordYearRoundMWDLGFGAGD 1977Group Stage311145-1 1979did not qualify 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001Group Stage300308-8 2003did not qualify 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017Group Stage310246-2 2019did not qualify 2021Cancelled 2023did not qualify 2025 2027To be determinedTotal3/249216819-11

AFC U-19 Championship AFC U-19 Championship recordQualificationsYearRoundMWDLGFGAGDMWDLGFGAGDLink 1959did not enterNo qualification 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969Third place6411134+9 1970Quarterfinals4301152+13 1971Quarterfinals422071+8 1972Third place6402112+9 1973Champions4400101+9 1974Champions6510182+16 1975Champions6420161+15 1976Champions6510112+9 1977Runners-up5401195+14 1978Quarterfinals421163+3 1980did not enterdid not enterLink 1982Qualified but withdraw-------Link 1985did not enterdid not enterLink 1986Link 1988did not qualify412124-2Link 1990201112-1Link 1992Round 13111220-------Link 1994did not qualify-------Link 1996Round 1403112-1321091+8Link 1998did not qualify-------Link 2000Fourth place6420135+8Qualified as hostsLink 2002did not qualify310268-2Link 2004Round 1311174+3220081+7Link 2006Round 1320157-2220070+7Link 2008Round 1310256-15410200+20Link 2010Round 1310225-3211051+4Link 2012Quarterfinals4211105+53300120+12Link 2014Round 13102330330091+8Link 2016Semifinals522197+23300150+15Link 2018did not qualify312051+4Link 2020Qualified but cancelled330090+9Link 2023Quarterfinals420265+13300110+11Link 2025Quarterfinals4310122+103300170+17Link2027To Be DeterminedTotal22/429657192020176+12544328413619+117 _

CAFA U-19 Championship CAFA Junior Championship recordYearRoundPldWDLGSGA 2016Withdrew------ 2019Champions431091 2022422124Total2/38530215

Toulon Tournament

2012 AFF U-19 Youth ChampionshipChampions

1978 Toulon Tournament 7th place (out of 8) Panda Cup 2017 Panda Cup 3rd place (out of 4)

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultIranian scorersReport20196 November 2019 PAS Stadium, Tehran2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification3–0 (W)Barzegar ,Monazami ,Salmani Report8 November 20194–0 (W)Ahmadi ,Jalali ,Monazami ,Barzegar Report10 November 20192–0 (W)Asadabadi ,Hashemnezhad Report

Forthcoming matches

DateCompetitionLocationOpponent2020

Coaching staff Position NameHead coach Hossein Abdi Team manager Faraz Fatemi

Players

Current squad The final list for the 2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification was announced on August 10, 2026.

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 squad FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 squad FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 squad

Head-to-head record The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. OpponentWin %Total

See also Iran national football team Iran national under-23 football team Iran national under-17 football team

References