
Ardalan Calls Up 28 Players
The final preparatory camp for Iran’s U-20 women’s national football team will begin on July 25 (4 Mordad) at the National Football Center in Tehran, as the squad gets ready for the 2025 AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers in Malaysia.
According to the official website of the Football Federation of Iran, head coach Niloufar Ardalan has invited 28 players, from which 23 will be selected for the trip to Malaysia. There, Iran will face Japan, Guam, and host Malaysia in Group F.
List of Called-Up Players:
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Qazvin: Pornia Rahmani, Maryam Dini
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Tehran: Nazanin Mansouralvars, Tania Jahanshahi, Zahra Khajehzadeh, Shadan Shahmiri, Sara Niknejad
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Bushehr: Zeinab Khalili
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Fars: Mahdis Rostami, Reyhaneh Kordi
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Khorasan Razavi: Asal Ghajarian, Samaneh Ghamari
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Hamedan: Atena Tofigh, Bita Khazaei
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Gilan: Maedeh Birang, Fatemeh Salehi
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Kurdistan: Somayeh Esmaeili
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Kermanshah: Setayesh Feyz Rahimi
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Alborz: Fatemeh Rezaei, Mobina Hajimohammadlou
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Mazandaran: Mobna Babouyeh, Nazanin Yousefi, Ghazal Saberipour
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Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari: Mohtaram Emami
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Markazi: Sayyeda Mohammadzadeh
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Golestan: Elina Shahbazi
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Isfahan: Yalda Maleki
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Khuzestan: Zahra Omidi
Iran’s Match Schedule – AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group F):
Venue: Malaysia
August 6 to 14, 2025 (11–19 Mordad 1404)
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Wednesday, August 6
🇮🇷 Iran vs. Malaysia – 20:45 local / 16:15 Tehran time
🇯🇵 Japan vs. Guam – 16:45 local / 11:15 Tehran time -
Friday, August 8
🇮🇷 Iran vs. Guam – 16:45 local / 11:15 Tehran time
🇲🇾 Malaysia vs. Japan – 20:45 local / 16:15 Tehran time -
Sunday, August 10
🇯🇵 Japan vs. Iran – 16:45 local / 11:15 Tehran time
🇲🇾 Malaysia vs. Guam – 20:45 local / 16:15 Tehran time
Qualification Format:
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The top team from each of the 8 groups, along with the 3 best second-place teams, will advance to the 2026 AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup in Thailand.