Tehran Times TEHRAN,Human Afazeli has been named the new head coach of Irans under-22 football team.Afazeli replaced Ali Reza Mansourian, who stepped down from his post on Tuesday, in the team.
Iran is preparing for the AFC u-22 Championship, which will be held in Oman from January 11 to 26.
Irans under-22 football team has been drawn in Group C along with Australia, Japan, and Kuwait for the competition.
I took a huge risk by accepting the job because we have no enough time to prepare ourselves for the competitions, Afazeli told Mehr news agency.
Irans U-22 football team has to book a place at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and we should be together to carry out our goal, he added.
Afazeli was head coach of u-23 football team in 2010 and was sacked following poor results with the team.
By Persian Football
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