Iran national under-23 football team

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

Wild cards
Football at the Asian Games has required that under-23 players enter the competitions, but they have allowed three over-age players can be included in the squad. Iran used three players, known as the "Wild cards", in three versions of the games in 2002, 2006, 2010 And 2022:

Results and fixtures

 * Legend

Manager history

 * Hassan Habibi (1991–1994)
 * Enver Hadžiabdić (1994)
 * 🇩🇪 Hans-Jürgen Gede (1994–1995)
 * Hassan Habibi (1995)
 * Ebrahim Ghasempour (1997–1999)
 * 🇩🇪 Egon Coordes (1999)
 * Mehdi Monajati (1999–2002)
 * Branko Ivanković (2002–2003)
 * Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2003–2004)
 * 🇧🇷 Renê Simões (2005–2006)
 * Vinko Begović (2006–2007)
 * Nenad Nikolić (2007–2008)
 * Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2009–2010)
 * Human Afazeli (2010–2011)
 * Ali Reza Mansourian (2011–2014)
 * Human Afazeli (2014)
 * Nelo Vingada (2014)
 * 🇮🇷 Mohammad Khakpour (2014–2016)
 * 🇮🇷 Amir Hossein Peiravani (2017)
 * Zlatko Kranjčar (2018–2019)
 * 🇮🇷 Farhad Majidi (2019)
 * 🇮🇷 Hamid Estili (2019–2021)
 * 🇮🇷 Mehdi Mahdavikia (2021–2022)
 * 🇮🇷 Reza Enayati (2023)
 * Eurico Pinhal (2023–)

2022 Asian Games squad
The following 22 players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.


 * Over-aged player

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification squad
The following 24 players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification.

Previous squads

 * AFC U-23 Asian Cup
 * 2013 AFC U-23 Championship squad
 * 2016 AFC U-23 Championship squad
 * 2020 AFC U-23 Championship squad
 * 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup squads


 * Asian Games
 * 2002 Asian Games Squad
 * 2006 Asian Games Squad
 * 2010 Asian Games Squad
 * 2014 Asian Games Squad
 * 2018 Asian Games Squad
 * 2022 Asian Games Squad
 * 2022 Asian Games Squad

Continental

 * Asian Games†
 * Gold Medal (1): 2002
 * 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.

Regional

 * WAFF U-23 Championship
 * Winners (1): 2015
 * Runners-up (1): 2023


 * West Asian Games
 * Champions (1): 1997.
 * Runners-up (1): 2002.
 * 3rd place (1): 2005.

Other

 * Semi-finalists in 1999 Dunhill Cup
 * 1st place in 2006 VTV-T&T Cup (Spring Cup)
 * 3rd place in 🇹🇲 2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup
 * 1st place in 2010 Velayat Cup
 * 2nd place in 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Cup
 * 1st place in 🇶🇦 2013 International Friendship Youth Tournament
 * 1st place in 🇹🇷 Antalya Tournament

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

 * *Denotes draws which include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.