23 Man Squad for World Cup

[Ghermez Agha]

Almost all of us (including myself) forgot about rafiei.....he is arguably one of our best CMs he doesn’t seem to have been in bad form in Qatar either....

[Bagg10]

Almost all of us (including myself) forgot about rafiei.....he is arguably one of our best CMs he doesn’t seem to have been in bad form in Qatar either....

I didn't forget. I've actually been wondering why he hasn't been called up the last year or so. But isn't he more of a center attacking mid?

[Ghermez Agha]

I didn't forget. I've actually been wondering why he hasn't been called up the last year or so. But isn't he more of a center attacking mid?

Yes he is more of an attacking mid but CQ has used him once or twice in a more defensive role. I remember watching him in the AC and he was doing phenomenal work on defense. Not saying he’s the solution but I’d love to see him tested there in the upcoming games

[naderb94]

He’s a CQ favourite player. His presence is almost guaranteed!

Hopefully CQ surprises us and cuts him like he did with Khalatbari

[Farhad21]

How can we get rid of Amiri?

[AMIRHOUSHANG]

CQ sees something in Amiri, we should trust his judgement.

[Ali Doust]

Soroush was not enough then and he is not enough now. I remember in the AC match agaisnt UAE, Nekounam was pushing Soroush forward to put pressure on the opposite defenders. We need guys, who can give 90min of Andranik type pressure on the feild. It is the only way to compete at the WC.

[Leicester City]

When is the final squad for WC released?

[Kiarash]

CQ sees something in Amiri, we should trust his judgement.

He also saw something jn Heydari while we all didn’t and he was by far our worst player last World Cup.

[greenguy4life]

When is the final squad for WC released?

4th of June. The 35 man squad will be out this Monday.

[Saam]

He won’t cut Amiri. Amiri starts all the games where we need to press because of his work rate and stamina. Don’t be surprised if he starts at least one game in the World Cup on the left side in front of Taremi. Maybe the Spain game. Heydari was the same last World Cup because he had decent speed and stamina.

[BacheLot]

Hey guys, I was asked to do the world cup preview thread for Iran on the soccer subreddit.
I've just whipped it up quickly and I thought I'd run it by you guys to see if there are some glaring errors or mistakes I made, or if there is something I missed. Note, this isn't the full preview, just the 23 man squad and the starting 11. You can find the full preview when it gets posted on the subreddit very soon.

Goalkeepers
Alireza Beiranvand
Rashid Mazaheri
Hossein Hosseini

Defenders
Vouria Ghafouri
Jalal Hosseini
Milad Mohammadi
Morteza Pouraliganji
Majid Hosseini
Pejman Montazeri
Aghaei
Ramin Rezaeian

Midfielders
Ehsan Hajsafi
Saeed Ezatollahi
Masoud Shojaei
Omid Ebrahimi
Vahid Amiri
Saman Ghoddos
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Ashkan Dejagah

Forwards
Karim Ansarifard
Mehdi Taremi
Reza Ghoochannejad*
Sardar Azmoun
Note: Kaveh Rezaei may be picked over ghoochannejad but unlikely given the particularl preference Quieroz has for the latter.
Here, I am not sure about Aghaei

Potential Starting 11:
Beirandvand
Ghafoori Pouraliganji Hosseini Mohammadi
Hajsafi Karimi/Ezatollahi
Alireza Dejagah Ghoddos
Azmoun
Important Note: Ezatollahi is the starter for the national team, but he is suspended for the first match due to a red card in a qualification match. He will miss the first game but will start against Portugal/Spain.
Thanks guys. This is not necessarily the lineups or selections that I want, but they are what I believe Quieroz will pick. I will consider the varying opinions you guys might have (such as Rezaeian over Ghafoori), but i'm mainly interested in glaring errors i've made, such as an injury that I am not aware of or a clear indication that one or more of those players will not be there.

Hossaini is a maybe
who would partner Hsafi in MF is still up in the air ?
Taremi seem to have a far better chance of starting games than Ghoddos and very likely to feature Many minutes.
and off course Dejagha will be coming off a 5-6 month serious injury layoff and unlikely to be a starter or a full time participant in any of our games ..!?

Ramin may well share equal minutes with Ghafoori at RWBack

id also guess that Ansarifard will get plenty of minutes? but probably more as winger/2ndary striker ?
Amiri is also very likely to feature heavily but i think his limited pedigree will get badly exposed after his likely start vs Morroco then he will be nailed to the bench for the remaining 2 games.

[BacheLot]

He also saw something jn Heydari while we all didn’t and he was by far our worst player last World Cup.

Heydari actually possessed much more poise and game intelligence to go along with his strong workrate in the run up to WC14, although i do agree the he got badly overwhelmed by the intensity and the pace of the play at WC and grossly under-performed vs Nigeria..! but to be fair Nigerians can always give scare to any opponent at WC with the high intensity and physicality of their approach to WC games and off course the maddening pace they play these games..!)
Amiri lacks even 50 percent of Heydari's poise and game intelligence on the ball... but he is certainly a bigger physical presence and his stamina and work-rate beats that of Haydari and off course he is the Only natural Left Footed winger we got ..! he looked damn promising during the last AC, but his game has seemingly badly regressed since ..! what i really liked about him was his insane Confidence he used to display on the pitch in taking on anyone he faced defending him and going right @ them not giving a fk who they were...! remember his mad dashes up the left wing vs Sweden !!?
i think he either he now feels too secure of his likely position in the CQ starting line-up ?? or by now, it has become a bit more clear to him that his weak overall Pedigree and Ceiling as an frequent International starter...?? either case his admirable Confident game approaches simply arent there and he isnt pushing himself and pressing the opponents with as much vigor and authority as he used to in his first features for TM..!

[NFL]

When will our foreign based players come to the camp? Aren't the Dutch and the Greek and Qatar leagues over?

[ehsan singapore]

since omid ebrahimi is injured we might take all 4 strikers, since kaveh can play further back and try to strengten the midfield with saman, ashkan and masoud. also any update on masoud injury?