The coaching staff of the Iran’S U20 football team short-listed the names of 23 players as the official squad for the AFC U-20 Cup in Shenzhen, China, after reviewing the status of the players present in the camp.
The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will be the 42nd edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men’s under-20 national teams of Asia.
Uzbekistan are the title holders, having won the title in 2023.
The Iran U20 team will play in Group C of the AFC U-20 Cup with Indonesia, Yemen and defending champion Uzbekistan. The schedule of the Iranian team’s matches is as follows:
SQUAD LIST
The names of the players of the Iranian youth football team are as follows: Arsha Shakuri, Mohammad Gandomi, Armin Abbasi, Alireza Homaeifard, Hessam Nafri, Erfan Darvish Ali, Ali Hassani, Nima Andarz, Sina Moazami Tabar, Yaqoub Barajeh, Mohammad Dindar, Samir Habobati, Abolfazl Zamani, Abolfazl Zolaikhaei, Mobin Dehghan, Mahan Sadeghi, Amir Mohammad Razaghinia, Pouria Shahrabadi, Esmaeil Gholizadeh, Yousef Mazra, Abbas Kahrizi, Abolfazl Mordi and Reza Ghandipour.
Competition Schedule Group C
Thursday, February 13, 2025
GROUP STAGE – Group C
UZBEKISTAN vs YEMEN SHENZHEN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING BASE PITCH 1 (SHENZHEN)
IRAN vs INDONESIA SHENZHEN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING BASE CENTRE STADIUM (SHENZHEN)
Sunday, February 16, 2025
YEMEN vs IRAN SHENZHEN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING BASE PITCH 1 (SHENZHEN)
INDONESIA vs UZBEKISTAN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING BASE CENTRE STADIUM (SHENZHEN)
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
UZBEKISTAN vs IRAN SHENZHEN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING BASE PITCH 1 (SHENZHEN)
INDONESIA vs YEMEN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING BASE CENTRE STADIUM (SHENZHEN)