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:
CompetitionWild card 1Wild card 2Wild card 3
2002 Asian GamesAli Daei Yahya GolmohammadiEbrahim Mirzapour
2006 Asian GamesHassan Roudbarian Arash BorhaniJalal Hosseini
2010 Asian GamesMehdi Rahmati Gholamreza RezaeiJalal Hosseini
2022 Asian GamesHossein Hosseini Amir Arsalan Motahari-

Results and fixtures

;Legend

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

PositionName
Head coach

Manager history

Players

Current squad

AFC U-23 Asian Cup">2026 [Asian Football Confederation">AFC U-23 Asian Cup] squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Previous squads

;AFC U-23 Asian Cup
;Asian Games

Honours

Continental

†U-23 teams were favoured by AFC and the IOC since 2002 Asian Games.The football team|Senior team] competed in the games before 2002.

Regional

Other

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup.