Iran national under-20 football team (also known as Iran Under-20, Iran U-20 or Iran Youth Team) represents

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

in international

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competitions in

AFC U-20 Asian Cup The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams ...

and

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when i ...

, 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

AFC U-19 Championship

CAFA U-19 Championship

Toulon Tournament

2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship The 2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was held from 2 to 8 September 2012, hosted by Vietnam. All games were played at the Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam and Thailand were due to represent the AFF but Thailand withdrew and were re ...

''Champions'' * 1978

Toulon Tournament The Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: the ''Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello''), previously known as the Toulon Tournament, is a Association football, football tournament, which traditionally features invit ...

''7th place (out of 8)''

Panda Cup

* 2017 Panda Cup ''3rd place (out of 4)''

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

The final squad was announced on 15 February 2025.

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

References

Asian national under-20 association football teams Under-20

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the

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