News ID: 412

Date: 23 July 2025 - 10:04

Women U20

Ardalan Calls Up 28 Players

U-20 Women’s National Team Camp Ahead of AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers

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:

Qazvin: Pornia Rahmani, Maryam Dini

Tehran: Nazanin Mansouralvars, Tania Jahanshahi, Zahra Khajehzadeh, Shadan Shahmiri, Sara Niknejad

Bushehr: Zeinab Khalili

Fars: Mahdis Rostami, Reyhaneh Kordi

Khorasan Razavi: Asal Ghajarian, Samaneh Ghamari

Hamedan: Atena Tofigh, Bita Khazaei

Gilan: Maedeh Birang, Fatemeh Salehi

Kurdistan: Somayeh Esmaeili

Kermanshah: Setayesh Feyz Rahimi

Alborz: Fatemeh Rezaei, Mobina Hajimohammadlou

Mazandaran: Mobna Babouyeh, Nazanin Yousefi, Ghazal Saberipour

Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari: Mohtaram Emami

Markazi: Sayyeda Mohammadzadeh

Golestan: Elina Shahbazi

Isfahan: Yalda Maleki

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)

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:

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.