The focus of the 24 participating nations for the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 will be fixed on Abu Dhabi on Monday 26 August for the official draw. The event will take place at 19:00 local time (18:00 GMT) at the Hotel Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in the UAE capital, with the participants divided into six groups of four.
Iran’s U-17 will be one of the 5 Asian representatives in the upcoming U-17 World Cup in addition to the host UAE, Iraq, Japan and Uzbekistan.
The tournament will start on 17th October 2013 with the fimal; match to be played on the 8th November. The cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi , Sharjah , Ras Al Khaima , Fujeira and Al Ain will be hosting the matches.
For Iran’s U-17 team , this will be the third appearance in the FIFA tournament. In 2001 , Iran qualified for the competition held in Trinidad & Tobago , then 8 long years later the U-17 qualified for the 2009 edition when the competition was held in Nigeria.
The Draw:
Iran U-17 was drawn in a realtively good group with Argentine being the most likely qualifier to the next round while the 3 other teams will fight it out for a spot in th enext round.
Group E (Dubai, Al Ain): Canada, Austria, Iran, Argentina
Iran U-17 FIFA World Cup 2009
| Match | Date | Venue | Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 25 Oct | Calabar | Iran | 2:0 (1:0) | Gambia | ||
| 6 | 25 Oct | Calabar | Colombia | 2:1 (0:0) | Netherlands | ||
| 17 | 28 Oct | Calabar | Netherlands | 2:1 (1:1) | Gambia | ||
| 18 | 28 Oct | Calabar | Iran | 0:0 | Colombia | ||
| 29 | 31 Oct | Calabar | Gambia | 2:2 (2:0) | Colombia | ||
| 30 | 31 Oct | Enugu | Netherlands | 0:1 (0:1) | Iran |
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Gambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
Round of 16
| 42 | 05 Nov | Calabar |
Iran |
1:2 a.e.t. |
Uruguay |
IRAN vs. GAMBIA 2-0
25-Oct-2009
UJ Esuene Stadium ,Calabar
Referee: Pablo POZO (CHI)
Goals: Payam SADEGHIAN (44′) , Kaveh REZAEI (84′
Iman SADEGHI (GK): Omid ALISHAH (59′ Ali HEYDARI ), Bahman MALEKI (79′ Hossein GOUHARI ), Iman SHIRAZI, Ali GOUDARZI,
Mehrgan GOLBARG, Kaveh REZAEI, Afshin ESMAEIL (67′ Akbar IMANI), Payam SADEGHIAN (C), Mehrdad YEGANEH, Saeid LOTFI
Coach: Ali DOUSTIMEHR (IRN)
[divider]
IRAN vs. COLOMBIA 0-0
28-Oct-2009
UJ Esuene Stadium ,Calabar
Referee: Michael HESTER (NZL)
Iman SADEGHI (GK): Omid ALISHAH, Bahman MALEKI, Iman SHIRAZI, Ali GOUDARZI, Mehrgan GOLBARG, Kaveh REZAEI, Afshin ESMAEIL,
Payam SADEGHIAN (C) (89′ Hossein GOUHARI ), Mehrdad YEGANEH, Saeid LOTFI
Coach: Ali DOUSTIMEHR (IRN)
[divider]
IRAN vs. NETHERLANDS 1-0
31-Oct-2009
Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Referee: Carlos BATRES (GUA)
Goal: Milad GHARIBI (25′)
Iman SADEGHI (GK): Bahman MALEKI, Iman SHIRAZI, Ali GOUDARZI (C),Morteza POURALIGANJI, Mehrgan GOLBARG, Akbar IMANI (71′ Hossein GOUHARI ),
Kaveh REZAEI (82′ Payam SADEGHIAN) , Milad GHARIBI, Mehrdad YEGANEH (90′ Saeid GHADAMI), Saeid LOTFI
Coach: Ali DOUSTIMEHR (IRN)
[divider]
IRAN vs. URUGUAY 1-2 a.e.t
05-Nov-2009
UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Referee: Stephane LANNOY (FRA)
Goal: Afshin ESMAEIL (119′)
Iman SADEGHI (GK): Omid ALISHAH, Iman SHIRAZI, Ali GOUDARZI, Morteza POURALIGANJI (99′ Afshin ESMAEIL), Mehrgan GOLBARG,
Hamid AMALI (69′ Ali HEYDARI), Kaveh REZAEI, Payam SADEGHIAN (85’Milad GHARIBI), Mehrdad YEGANEH, Saeid LOTFI
Coach: Ali DOUSTIMEHR (IRN)