Iran Youth team (Team Melli U19) will be competing in the AFC U-19 championship in Myanmar in October.
The team coached by the veteran youth teams coach , Ali Doustimehr , is the last chance for Iran to grab an honor in Asian tournaments after the disappointing failures of all the participating teams in AFC competition to gain any titles or qualify for World Championship. 4 teams from this championship in Yangon , Myanmar will qualify for the FIFA U-19 championship in New Zealand next year.
The competition will be a tough test for Iran as they are facing the host nation Myanmar and the strong Thai team. Doustimehr will have Mehdi Mahdavikia in a consulting role alongside him in Myanmar. The team seems to be well prepared and despite the cancellation of a proposed camp , the alternative plans world well according to the coach and Mahdavikia.
Saeid Ezzatollahei who is currently playing for Atletico Madrid “B” team is included in the list , however , his availability for the competition is dependent on the club agreeing to release him.)
Competing Teams
Group A : MYANMAR, IRAN, THAILAND & YEMEN
Group B : UZBEKISTAN, AUSTRALIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES & INDONESIA
Group C : KOREA REPUBLIC, JAPAN ,CHINA P.R. & VIETNAM
Group D : IRAQ, DPR KOREA,QATAR & OMAN
Group A Matches
Tehran Times (GMT +3:30)
Date
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Time
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Copmpetetion
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Group
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Home Team
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Away Team
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Venue
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09-Oct-2014 | 12:30 | AFC U19 Championship 2014 | Group A | Iran U19 | Thailand U19 | Youth Training Centre, Yangon |
11-Oct-2014 | 12:30 | AFC U19 Championship 2014 | Group A | Iran U19 | Yemen U19 | Youth Training Centre, Yangon |
13-Oct-2014 | 15:30 | AFC U19 Championship 2014 | Group A | Myanmar U19 | Iran U19 | Youth Training Centre, Yangon |
Iran U19 23 players list
Maysam Joudaki (Central)
Hussain Mehraban , MohammadReza Bazaj (Khorasan Razavi)
Ali Hazami, Komeil Haghzadeh, Sasan Jaffari-kia (Khuzestan)
Payam Niazmand, Ahmad Gohari, Ali Gholizadeh, Seyed Majid Hosseini, Mahan Rahmani, Siavash Haghnazri (Tehran)
Mohsen Aghaye, Mehdi Amini, Armin Sohrabian, Mohammad Roshandel , Milad Sarlak (Isfahan)
Amir Muhammad Mazloom, Sadegh Moharrami (Gilan)
Saeid Ezzatollahei (Atletico Madrid)
Saeid Aghaye, Youssef Seyyedi (East Azerbaijan)
Ali Fathian (Fars)