Iran national under-17 football team
national association 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.
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| Nickname(s) | Team Melli Nojavanan ("The New Youth National Team" or "The Teenage National Team") | ||
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| Association | FFIRI | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Abbas Chamanian | ||
| Captain | Erfan Darvish Aali | ||
| FIFA code | IRN | ||
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| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2001) | ||
| Best result | Quarters finals (2017) | ||
| AFC U-16 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2008) | ||
Tournament records
changeFIFA U-17 World Cup
change| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | PLD | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1985 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 1987
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 1989
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 1991
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 1993
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 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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 2001 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
 2003 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 2005
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 2007
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 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
change| AFC U-16 Championship record | Qualifications | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 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.
