Iran national under-17 football team

The Iran national under-17 football team, more commonly known as Nojavanan, is controlled by the Iran Football Federation and represents Iran in international under-17 football competitions.

Iran under-17

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Nojavanan ("The New Youth National Team")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Hossein Abdi
Captain	Erfan Darvish Aali
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2001)
Best result	Quarters finals: 2017
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	12 (first in 1996)
Best result	Champions: 2008

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6
2003	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	4	2
2011	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	4	6
2015	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	13	5
2019	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	to be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/19	16	7	3	6	23	19

AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship record									Qualifications
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA		PLD	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	0	1	2	3	5
1994	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	4	1	0	3	5	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Round 1	4	0	0	4	1	11		2	2	0	0	4	0
2000	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	16	3		4	4	0	0	23	1
2002	Suspended	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	13	6		2	2	0	0	8	4
2006	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	3	3		2	2	0	0	10	2
2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	15	3		4	4	0	0	17	0
2010	Round 1	3	1	1	1	6	4		4	3	1	0	9	0
2012	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	16	7		3	3	0	0	11	0
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	6	5		3	3	0	0	13	0
2016	Runners-up	6	3	3	0	13	4		3	3	0	0	12	1
2018	Round 1	3	1	1	1	5	2		4	4	0	0	15	1
2020	Qualified but cancelled	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	3	0	0	19	1
2023	Round 1	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	3	0	0	18	1
Total	12/18	51	28	8	15	99	56		37	36	1	0	159	11

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

WAFF U-16 Championship

WAFF U-16 Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Champions	4	3	1	0	17	1
2007	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	18	8
2009	Champions	4	4	0	0	11	6
2013	did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018–Onward	Not WAFF member
Total	3/7	12	9	2	1	46	15

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

CAFA U-16 Championship

CAFA Youth Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2018	did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Third Place	5	3	0	2	10	5
Total	1/2	5	3	0	2	10	5

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2019
18 September 2019	Hajibabaei Stadium, Hamadan	Maldives	2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification	13–0 (W)	Ebrahimzadeh   6', 27', 46', 77', 86', Rostami   11' (pen.), 48', Danesh   26', 43', Bahri   30', 40', Kooshki   58', 72'	Report
20 September 2019	Hajibabaei Stadium, Hamadan	Palestine	2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification	2–1 (W)	Rostami   30' (pen.), Azarmand   45'	Report
22 September 2019	Hajibabaei Stadium, Hamadan	Afghanistan	2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification	4–0 (W)	Kooshki   17', 76', Rostami   45+2' (pen.), 59'	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2020

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Hossein Abdi
Assistant coach	Andre Bingolo
Goalkeeping coach	Nima Nakisa
Fitness coach	Bahodir Aminov
Physiotherapist	Hadi Baghban
Analyst	Nenad Alakic
Team doctor	Seyed Mohammad Najafi
Team manager	Pirooz Seyfollahpour

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ali Gholamzadeh	(2000-02-13) 13 February 2000 (age 23)	Foolad
13	1GK	Mobin Ashayer	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 23)	Malavan
2	2DF	Ali Satavi	(2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 23)	Foolad
3	2DF	Ahmad Jalali	(2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 21)	Foolad
4	2DF	Amir Esmaeilzadeh	(2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 23)	Paykan
5	2DF	Majid Nasiri	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 22)	Saipa
6	2DF	Taha Shariati	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 23)	Saipa
14	2DF	Ali Davaran	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 22)	Sanat Naft
7	3MF	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 22)	Moghavemat Tehran
8	3MF	Mohammad Sharifi	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 23)	Saipa
10	3MF	Mohammad Ghobeishavi	(2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 (age 23)	Sanat Naft
12	3MF	Pouyan Ahmadi	(1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 (age 23)	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
15	3MF	Ali Kooshki	(2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 23)	Sepahan
16	3MF	Vahid Namdari	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 22)	Esteghlal Khuzestan
17	3MF	Mohammad Ghaderi	(2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 23)	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
20	3MF	Sobhan Khaghani	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 23)	Siah Jamegan
21	3MF	Amir Khoda Moradi	(2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 22)	Paykan
9	4FW	Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	(2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 21)	Esteghlal
11	4FW	Younes Delfi	(2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 22)	Esteghlal Khuzestan
18	4FW	Saeid Karimi	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 23)	Persepolis
19	4FW	Mohammad Sardari	(2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 23)	Esteghlal

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cups

• FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 squad
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2009 squad
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 squad
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 squad

See also

• Iran national football team
• Iran national under-23 football team
• Iran national under-20 football team

References