Iran national under-23 football team

Iran under-23
Nickname(s) Team Omid ("Team Hope")
Association FFIRI
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Mohammad Khakpour
Captain Rouzbeh Cheshmi
Home stadium Azadi Stadium
FIFA code IRN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Iran 2–1  Kuwait
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; December 3, 1977)[1]
Biggest win
 Iran 10–0 Afghanistan U23 Afghanistan
(Busan, South Korea; September 28, 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Iran 2–6 Japan U23 Japan
(Tehran, Iran; February 9, 2001)
AFC U-22 Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 2013)
Best result Quarter-finals: 2016
Asian Games
Appearances 4 (First in 2002)
Best result Champions: 2002

Iran national under-23 football team, also known as Iran U-23 or Iran Olympic Team; represents Iran in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and AFC U-22 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.

History

The winner of the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games, the team was prepared to defend its championship title at the football tournament of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Despite a suspension by FIFA, preventing Iran to enter any international football competition,[2] the Iran under-23 team was given special permission to participate in the Asian Games,[3] where they won the bronze medal.

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualifications
Hosts/year Result GP W D L GS GA Squad GP W D L GS GA
Spain 1992Did not qualify ------ -8521196
United States 1996Did not qualify------ -421194
Australia 2000Did not qualify------ -411236
Greece 2004Did not qualify------ -6303229
China 2008Did not qualify ------ -612367
United Kingdom 2012Did not qualify------ -411215
Brazil 2016Did not qualify------ -8503219
Japan 2020To be determined------ -------
Total0/8 ------ -40187158146

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-23 Championship record AFC U-23 qualification
Hosts/Year Result GP W D L GS GA Squad GP W D L GS GA
Oman 2013Group stage311165Squad5410132
Qatar 2016Quarter-finals420267Squad4301152
Total2/273131212-9711284

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Round PLD W D L GS GA
South Korea Busan 2002Champions 6420162
Qatar Doha 2006Third place6411106
China Guangzhou 2010Fourth place7 5 0 214 8
South Korea Incheon 2014Group Stage2 01 1 2 5
Total4/42113444221

Wild card players

WAFF U-23 Championship

Hosts/Year Result GP W D L GS GA
Qatar 2015Champions431083
Total1/1431080

Results and fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss

Previous matches

Date Competition Venue Opponent Result Iranian scorers Report
2016
12 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha  Syria 2–0 (W) Motahari  64', Mi. Mohammadi  72' Report
15 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha  Qatar 1–2 (L) Karimi  90+1' Report
18 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha  China PR 3–2 (W) Motahari  38', Pahlavan  40', Torabi  48' Report
22 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha  Japan 0–3 (a.e.t.) (L) Report

Forthcoming matches

Date Competition Venue Opponent

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Iran Mohammad Khakpour
Assistant coach Iran Hadi Tabatabaei
Goalkeeping coach Iran Saeid Azizian
Fitness coach Australia Ken Stead
Analyzer Iran Mohammad Asghari
Doctor Iran Mehdi Abarashi
Technical director Iran Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
Technical adviser Iran Mojtaba Taghavi
Team manager Iran Habib Kashani
Executive director Iran Mohammad Rasaei
Iran Hossein Okhovat

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.[4][5]
Match date: TBA
Opposition: TBA
Caps and goals correct as of: 22 January 2016

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mohammadreza Akhbari (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 13 1 Iran Tractor Sazi
12 1GK Ali Mohsenzadeh (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 1 0 Iran Persepolis
22 1GK Amir Abedzadeh (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 3 0 Unattached
2 2DF Mohammad Daneshgar (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 11 2 Iran Naft Tehran
3 2DF Vahid Heydarieh (1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 13 3 Iran Persepolis
4 2DF Rouzbeh Cheshmi (1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 16 2 Iran Esteghlal
5 2DF Hossein Kanaani (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 5 1 Iran Malavan
13 2DF Ali Abdollahzadeh (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 70 1 Iran Sanat Naft
15 2DF Mohammad Hossein Moradmand (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 5 2 Iran Padideh
18 2DF Saeb Mohebi (1993-08-28) 28 August 1993 4 0 Iran Zob Ahan
21 2DF Reza Aliari (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 5 0 Iran Naft Tehran
6 3MF Mahan Rahmani (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 7 0 Iran Saipa
7 3MF Ali Karimi (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 18 5 Iran Sepahan
8 3MF Farshid Esmaeili (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 8 0 Iran Esteghlal
9 3MF Mohsen Karimi (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 3 0 Iran Esteghlal
11 3MF Milad Mohammadi (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 15 3 Russia Terek Grozny
14 3MF Milad Kamandani (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 13 1 Iran Persepolis
16 3MF Alireza Naghizadeh (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 11 5 Iran Siah Jamegan
17 3MF Mehdi Torabi (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 6 1 Iran Saipa
19 3MF Ehsan Pahlavan (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 20 3 Iran Zob Ahan
20 3MF Shahin Saghebi (1993-08-25) 25 August 1993 13 1 Iran Tractor Sazi
10 4FW Amir Arsalan Motahari (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 21 14 Iran Naft Tehran
23 4FW Mehrdad Mohammadi (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 7 3 Iran Rah Ahan

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
Goalkeepers
1GK Goudarz Davoudi (1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 0 0 Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan
1GK Aria Hashemi (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 0 0 Netherlands VV Rood Wit
1GK Payam Niazmand (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 0 0 Iran Paykan
1GK Hojjat Sedghi (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 2 0 Iran Paykan
Defenders
2DF Mohammad Roshandel (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 0 0 Iran Sepahan
2DF Jalal Abdi (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 4 0 Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan
2DF Hojjat Haghverdi (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 0 0 Iran Zob Ahan
2DF Iman Salimi (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 3 0 Iran Fajr Sepasi
2DF Yousef Vakia (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 5 0 Iran Foolad
2DF Omid Ghorbani (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 1 0 Iran Saba Qom
2DF Mohammad Ali Faramarzi (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 2 0 Unattached
2DF Majid Hosseini (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996 2 0 Iran Rah Ahan
Midfielders
3MF Ahmad Nourollahi (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 7 0 Iran Persepolis
3MF Mehdi Mehdipour (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 1 1 Iran Zob Ahan
3MF Danial Esmaeilifar (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 0 0 Iran Zob Ahan
3MF Arash Rezavand (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993 2 1 Iran Naft Tehran
3MF Reza Shekari (1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 0 0 Iran Zob Ahan
3MF Saeid Ezatolahi (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 0 0 Russia Rostov
3MF Ahmad Abdollahzadeh (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 0 0 Iran Foolad
3MF Mohammad Ali Mardani (1994-08-28) 28 August 1994 1 0 Iran Padideh
3MF Ehsan Sokhandan (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 1 0 Unattached
3MF Valid Mashaeizadeh (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 1 0 Iran Niroo Zamini
Forwards
4FW Hossein Fazeli (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 12 2 Iran Sepahan
4FW Reza Karmolachaab (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 2 0 Portugal Mafra
4FW Behnam Barzay (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 11 7 Iran Esteghlal
4FW Mohammad Amin Darvishi (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 0 0 Iran Gostaresh
4FW Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 6 1 Netherlands AZ
4FW Sardar Azmoun (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 4 4 Russia Rostov
4FW Mohammadreza Nejat (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 1 1 Iran Nassaji
4FW Morteza Aghakhan (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 1 0 Iran Paykan

Honours

1st Gold Medal (1): 2002
3rd Bronze Medal (1): 2006
4th place (1): 2010

U-23 teams were favoured by AFC and the IOC since 2002 Asian Games.The Senior team competed in the games before 2002.

1st Gold Medal (1): 2015

Friendly Tournaments

Managers

See also

References

External links

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