Iran national under-23 football team

Iran national under-23 football team
Medal record
Asian Games

Iran under-23
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Team Omid ("Team Hope")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohammad Khakpour
Captain	Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Home stadium	Takhti Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
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First international
	Template:Country data Iran Iran U-23 2 - 0 South Korea U-23 Template:Country data South Korea ; (Tehran, Iran; January 5, 1980)
Biggest win
	Template:Country data Iran Iran U-23 10 - 0 Afghanistan U-23 23x15px ; (Busan, South Korea; September 28, 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Template:Country data Iran Iran U-23 2 - 6 Japan U-23 Template:Country data Japan ; (Tehran, Iran; February 9, 2001)
Asian Games (Since 2002)
Appearances	3 (First in 2002)
Best result	Winners 2002

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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,^[1] the Iran under-23 team was given special permission to participate in the Asian Games,^[2] where they won the bronze medal.

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.^[3]^[4]
Match date:TBA
Opposition: TBA
Caps and goals correct as of: 31 March 2015

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mohammadreza Akhbari	(1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 23)	5	0	Template:Country data IRN Saipa
22	1GK	Amir Abedzadeh	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 22)	2	0	Template:Country data IRN Rah Ahan
44	1GK	Goudarz Davoudi	(1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft MIS

2	2DF	Yousef Vakia	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 22)	5	0	Template:Country data IRN Foolad
3	2DF	Vahid Heydarieh	(1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 (age 23)	10	1	Template:Country data IRN Paykan
4	2DF	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 22)	5	1	Template:Country data IRN Sepahan
5	2DF	Hossein Kanaani	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 21)	4	1	Template:Country data IRN Malavan
24	2DF	Milad Mohammadi	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 22)	6	1	Template:Country data IRN Rah Ahan
25	2DF	Majid Hosseini	(1996-06-20) 20 June 1996 (age 19)	3	0	Template:Country data IRN Esteghlal
26	2DF	Ali Abdollahzadeh	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 23)	3	0	Template:Country data IRN Sanat Naft

6	3MF	Roozbeh Cheshmi	(1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 (age 22)	7	1	Template:Country data IRN Saba Qom
7	3MF	Ali Karimi	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 22)	8	2	Template:Country data IRN Sepahan
14	3MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	(1993-02-01) 1 February 1993 (age 23)	6	0	Template:Country data IRN Persepolis
15	3MF	Alireza Naghizadeh	(1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 22)	4	1	Template:Country data IRN Gostaresh
17	3MF	Milad Kamandani	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 21)	7	1	Template:Country data IRN Persepolis
19	3MF	Ehsan Pahlavan	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 22)	12	2	Template:Country data IRN Zob Ahan
29	3MF	Mehdi Torabi	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 21)	3	0	Template:Country data IRN Saipa

9	4FW	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	(1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 (age 22)	6	1	23x15px NEC
10	4FW	Behnam Barzay	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 23)	12	7	Template:Country data IRN Esteghlal
11	4FW	Sardar Azmoun	(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 21)	5	4	23x15px Rostov
12	4FW	Shahin Saghebi	(1993-08-25) 25 August 1993 (age 22)	8	1	Template:Country data IRN Tractor Sazi
18	4FW	Hossein Fazeli	(1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 (age 22)	7	1	Template:Country data IRN Sepahan
20	4FW	Amir Arsalan Motahari	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 22)	12	6	Template:Country data IRN Naft Tehran

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	Ali Mohsenzadeh	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 23)	1	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft Tehran
	1GK	Ali Akbar Ahaki	(1993-03-24) 24 March 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Esteghlal Khuzestan
	1GK	Milad Ahmadian	(1993-05-30) 30 May 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Paykan
	1GK	Mohammadreza Ghodratipour	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 21)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Saba Qom
	1GK	Hojjat Sedghi	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 23)	2	0	Template:Country data IRN Mes Kerman
	1GK	Mohammad Nasseri	(1993-04-18) 18 April 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Gostaresh
Defenders
	2DF	Mohammad Ali Faramarzi	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 22)	2	0	Template:Country data IRN Padideh
	2DF	Saeb Mohebi	(1993-08-28) 28 August 1993 (age 22)	3	0	Template:Country data IRN Zob Ahan
	2DF	Jalal Abdi	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 22)	3	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft MIS
	2DF	Iman Salimi	(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 19)	3	0	Template:Country data IRN Aluminium Hormozgan
	2DF	Mahyar Nouri	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Damash
	2DF	Reza Aliari	(1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 (age 21)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft Tehran
	2DF	Masih Zahedi	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Saipa
	2DF	Davoud Bahadori	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Saba Qom
	2DF	Milad Rabbani	(1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Esteghlal Khuzestan
	2DF	Hojjat Haghverdi	(1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Zob Ahan
	2DF	Bagher Hashemi	(1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 21)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Esteghlal Khuzestan
	2DF	Meysam Joudaki	(1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 21)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft Tehran
	2DF	Mohammad Shahmohammadi		0	0	Template:Country data IRN Shahrdari Tabriz
	2DF	Mohammad Mad Malisi	(1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft MIS
	2DF	Farzad Jafari	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Esteghlal Khuzestan
	2DF	Mohammad Sattari	(1993-10-30) 30 October 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Rah Ahan
	2DF	Aram Abbasi	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 21)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Saba Qom
	2DF	Mohammad Daneshgar	(1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 23)	1	0	Template:Country data IRN Fajr Sepasi
	2DF	Farshad Ghasemi	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Persepolis
	2DF	Reza Hashemi		0	0	Template:Country data IRN Sanat Naft
Midfielders
	3MF	Arash Rezavand	(1993-10-05) 5 October 1993 (age 22)	2	1	Template:Country data IRN Naft Tehran
	3MF	Ali Sina Rabbani	(1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Foolad
	3MF	Alireza Alizadeh	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Saipa
	3MF	Omid Ghorbani	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Saba Qom
	3MF	Hamdollah Ebdam	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Esteghlal Khuzestan
	3MF	Sattar Doraji	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft MIS
	3MF	Mahyar Zahmatkesh	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Malavan
	3MF	Mehrdad Mohammadi	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Rah Ahan
	3MF	Ali Kianifar	(1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Naft MIS
	3MF	Siamak Nemati	(1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 21)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Paykan
	3MF	Peyman Keshavarz	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 20)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Tractor Sazi
	3MF	Sadegh Moharrami	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 19)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Malavan
	3MF	Mohammad Hosseinpour	(1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Rah Ahan
	3MF	Danial Esmaeilifar	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Zob Ahan
	3MF	Mehdi Mehdipour	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 22)	1	1	Template:Country data IRN Zob Ahan
	3MF	Mohammad Ali Mardani	(1994-08-28) 28 August 1994 (age 21)	1	0	Template:Country data IRN Fajr Sepasi
	3MF	Ehsan Sokhandan	(1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 22)	1	0	Template:Country data IRN Saba Qom
	3MF	Valid Mashaeizadeh	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 23)	1	0	Template:Country data IRN Foolad
	3MF	Ahmad Abdollahzadeh	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Foolad
Forwards
	4FW	Bahman Salari	(1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Saipa
	4FW	Bahman Jahantigh	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 20)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Foolad
	4FW	Mohammadreza Nejat		0	0	Template:Country data IRN Fajr Sepasi
	4FW	Mohammad Razipour	(1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Malavan
	4FW	Saeid Aghaei	(1995-09-09) 9 September 1995 (age 20)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Tractor Sazi
	4FW	Amir Hossein Karimi	(1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 20)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Sepahan
	4FW	Yousef Seyedi	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 19)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Gostaresh
	4FW	Mohammad Amin Darvishi	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Gostaresh
	4FW	Morteza Aghakhan	(1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 22)	1	0	Template:Country data IRN Paykan
	4FW	Ali Choupani	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Padideh
	4FW	Amin Jahan Kohan	(1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 22)	0	0	Template:Country data IRN Fajr Sepasi

Schedule and results

Win Draw Loss

Date	Tournament	Venue	Opponent	Result	Iranian scorer	Report

2015
January 10, 2015	Friendly match	Muscat, Oman	23x15px Oman U-23	2–0 (W)	Motahari Goal 37', Barzay Goal 61' (pen.)
January 20, 2015	Friendly match	Antalya, Turkey	23x15px Albania U-23	2–1 (W)	Nejat Goal 51', Fazeli Goal 69'
January 24, 2015	Friendly match	Antalya, Turkey	23x15px Myanmar U-23	3–1 (W)	Barzay Goal 13', Mohammadi Goal 19', Pahlevan Goal 89'
January 26, 2015	Friendly match	Antalya, Turkey	23x15px Ukraine U-23	1–1 (D)	Karimi Goal 28' (pen.)
March 12, 2015	Friendly match	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Template:Country data Kuwait Kuwait U-23	1–0 (W)	Barzay Goal 28' (pen.)	Report
March 23, 2015	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Tehran, Iran	File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal U-23	5–0 (W)	Motahari Goal 14', Barzay Goal 27' (pen.), Azmoun Goal 54', Karimi Goal 67', Saghebi Goal 87'	Report
March 27, 2015	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Tehran, Iran	23x15px Palestine U-23	3–0 (W)	Azmoun Goal 48', Motahari Goal 80', 90+3' (pen.)	Report
March 29, 2015	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Tehran, Iran	23x15px Afghanistan U-23	6–0 (W)	Azmoun Goal 12', 74', Moradmand Goal 24', Kamandani Goal 28', Jahanbakhsh Goal 38', Cheshmi Goal 61'	Report
March 31, 2015	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Tehran, Iran	23x15px Saudi Arabia U-23	1–2 (L)	Al-Yami Goal 84' (o.g.)	Report

Managers

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Iraj Soleimani (1980–1982)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Mahmoud Yavari (1982–1984)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Iraj Soleimani (1984–1992)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Hassan Habibi (1992–1994)

23x15px Enver Hadžiabdić (1994) (temp)
23x15px Hans-Jürgen Gede (1994–1995)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Hassan Habibi (1995)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Ebrahim Ghasempour (1997–1999)

23x15px Egon Coordes (1999)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Mehdi Monajati (1999–2002)

23x15px Branko Ivanković (2002–2003)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2003–2004)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Hossein Faraki (2004) (temp)

23x15px Renê Simões (2005–2006)
23x15px Vinko Begović (2006–2007)
23x15px Nenad Nikolić (2007–2008)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2009–2010)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Human Afazeli (2010–2011)

REDIRECT Template:Country data Iran Ali Reza Mansourian (2011–2014)

23x15px Nelo Vingada (2014)
Template:Country data IRN Mohammad Khakpour (2014– )

Current management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Template:Country data IRN Mohammad Khakpour
Assistant coaches	Template:Country data IRN Majid Saleh Template:Country data IRN Hadi Tabatabaei
Goalkeeping coach	Template:Country data IRN Saeed Azizian
Fitness coach	Template:Country data IRN Amir Hajghasem
Analyzer	Template:Country data IRN Mohammad Asghari
Doctor	Template:Country data IRN Mehdi Abarashi
Technical director	Template:Country data IRN Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
Technical Adviser	Template:Country data IRN Mojtaba Taghavi
Team manager	Template:Country data IRN Habib Kashani
Executive director	Template:Country data IRN Mohammad Rasaei Template:Country data IRN Hossein Okhovat

Honours

Asian Games^†

File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Medal (1): 2002

File:Bronze medal icon.svg 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.

Friendly Tournaments

Semi-finalists in 23x15px 1999 Dunhill Cup
1st place in Template:Country data South Korea 2002 Asian Games
1st place in 23x15px 2006 VTV-T&T Cup (Spring Cup)
3rd place in 23x15px 2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup
1st place in Template:Country data Iran 2010 Velayat Cup
2nd place in 23x15px 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Cup
1st place in 23x15px 2013 International Friendship Youth Tournament
1st place in 23x15px Antalya Tournament

Tournament record

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games finals									Olympic Games qualifications
Hosts/year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
23x15px 1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	2	1	19	6
23x15px 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	1	9	4
23x15px 2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	2	3	6
23x15px 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	0	3	22	9
23x15px 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	2	3	6	7
23x15px 2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	1	2	2
23x15px 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	12	6	10	59	32

Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the senior national team played in qualification.

AFC U-22 Championship

AFC U-22 finals									AFC U-22 qualification
Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	Squad	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
23x15px 2013	Group stage	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	5	4	1	0	13	2
23x15px 2016	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/1	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	5	4	1	0	13	2

Asian Games record

Prior to 2002 Asian Games, the senior national team participated in the tournament.

Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Template:Country data South Korea Busan 2002	Champions	6	4	2	0	16	2
23x15px Doha 2006	Third place	6	4	1	1	10	6
23x15px Guangzhou 2010	4th place	7	5	0	2	14	8
Template:Country data South Korea Incheon 2014	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	2	5
Total	1 titles	21	13	4	4	42	21

Asian Games squads

Wild card players

Template:Country data South Korea Busan 2002
- Ali Daei (33)
- Ebrahim Mirzapour (24)
- Yahya Golmohammadi (31)
23x15px Doha 2006
- Hassan Roudbarian (28)
- Arash Borhani (24)
- Jalal Hosseini (24)
23x15px Guangzhou 2010
- Mehdi Rahmati (27)
- Gholamreza Rezaei (26)
- Jalal Hosseini (28)
Prior to 2002 Asian Games, the senior national team participated in the tournament.

Notes

^ "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
^ "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. Retrieved 2006-11-27. ^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2015/03/14/azmoun-and-jahanbakhsh-invited-to-olympic-football-team/
^ http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?stageid=348&tMode=C&fixtureid=8809&teamid=482&view=ajax&show=finalregistration

External links

[1] "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2006-11-27.

[2] "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. Retrieved 2006-11-27. ^{[dead link]}

[3] ttp://www.persianfootball.com/news/2015/03/14/azmoun-and-jahanbakhsh-invited-to-olympic-football-team/

[4] ttp://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?stageid=348&tMode=C&fixtureid=8809&teamid=482&view=ajax&show=finalregistration

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