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
2021
2022
2023
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
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–)
Players
Current squad
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
Honours
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
Competitive record
Olympic Games
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
*Denotes draws which include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Asian Games
WAFF U-23 Championship
West Asian Games
Islamic Solidarity Games
See also
Sport in Iran
Football in Iran
Women's football in Iran
Iran national football team
Iran national under-20 football team
Iran national under-17 football team
Iran national futsal team
Iran national under-20 futsal team
Iran national beach soccer team
Iran women's national football team
References
External links
Official Website of IR Iran Football Federation at archive.org
Official Website of IR Iran Football Federation
https://web.archive.org/web/20101224031211/http://www.football3.ir/
Asian national under-23 association football teams