Iran national under-17 football team

The **Iran national under-17 football team** represents Iran in international youth football completions. They have attended the FIFA U-17 World Cup five times with its best finish being quarter-finalists in 2017.

### FIFA U-17 World Cup

|colspan=9|FIFA U-17 World Cup record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|_did not qualify_|||||||
|1987||||||||
|1989||||||||
|1991||||||||
|1993||||||||
|1995||||||||
|1997||||||||
|1999||||||||
|2001|Group stage|3|0|0|3|2|6|
|2003|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2005||||||||
|2007||||||||
|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_|||||||
|2021|_Cancelled due to the **COVID-19 pandemic**_|||||||
|2023|Round of 16|4|2|1|1|10|5|
|2025|_To be determined_|||||||
|Total|5/20|20|9|4|7|33|24|

### AFC U-16 Championship

|colspan=8|AFC U-16 Championship record|style="width:1%;" rowspan="43"||colspan=6|Qualifications|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|_Withdrew_|_Withdrew_||||||||||||
|1986|_did not qualify_|-|-|-|-|-|-|||||||
|1988|-|-|-|-|-|-||||||||
|1990|-|-|-|-|-|-||||||||
|1992|3|0|1|2|3|5||||||||
|1994|-|-|-|-|-|-||||||||
|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_|_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 later cancelled due to the **COVID-19 pandemic**_|3|3|0|0|19|1|||||||
|2023|Semi-finals|5|2|2|1|8|4|3|3|0|0|18|1|
|2025|_To be determined_|||||||||||||
|Total|12/21|56|30|10|16|107|60|40|36|2|2|162|16|

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

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Iran under-17
- **badge**: Flag of Iran.svg
- **fifa trigramme**: IRN
- **nickname**: _Team Melli Nojavanan_
("The New Youth National Team" or "The Teenage National Team")
- **association**: Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, FFIRI
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
- **coach**: Abbas Chamanian
- **captain**: Erfan Darvish Aali
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-17 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 5
- **regional cup first**: 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 2001
- **regional cup best**: Quarters finals (2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2017)
- **2ndregional name**: AFC U-16 Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 12
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1996 AFC U-17 Championship, 1996
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champions (2008 AFC U-16 Championship, 2008)
- **badge size**: 250px