Bengar replaces Rahimi for Asian Cup

PFDC – TEHRAN, Afshin Ghotbi adapted his 23-men squad for Asian Cup, the official website of the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) reports.

Rah Ahan leftback Abouzar Rahimi (29) was eliminated from the list and Sepahan centreback Mohsen Bengar was added instead.

31-year-old Bengar is already the sixth Sepahan Esfahan player in the squad after goalkeeper Mehdi Rahmati and defenders Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghily, Khosro Heydari and Ehsan Hajsafi. Zob Ahan Esfahan has the second largest contingent with four players.

According to the AFC Asian Cup rules, any player from the 23-men squad can be replaced by another player who had been previously named in the 50-men roster until six hours prior to the team’s first match in the competition.

Below comes the new squadlist.

Goalkeepers:
01 Mehdi Rahmati – Sepahan Esfahan
23 Shahab Gordan – Zob Ahan Esfahan
12 Ebrahim Mirzapour – Paykan Ghazvin

Defenders:
02 Khosro Heydari – Sepahan Esfahan
20 Mohammad Nosrati – Teraktorsazi Tabriz
04 Jalal Hosseini – Sepahan Esfahan
05 Hadi Aghily – Sepahan Esfahan
03 Farshid Talebi – Zob Ahan Esfahan
13 Mohsen Bengar – Sepahan Esfahan
11 Ehsan Hajsafi – Sepahan Esfahan

Midfielders:
06 Javad Nekounam – CA Osasuna, ESP
14 Andranik Teymourian – Teraktorsazi Tabriz
18 Pejman Nouri – Malavan Anzali
23 Iman Mobali – Esteghlal Tehran
17 Mohammad Nouri – Persepolis Tehran
15 Ghasem Hadadifar – Zob Ahan Esfahan

Strikers:
08 Masoud Shojaei – CA Osasuna, ESP
07 Gholamreza Rezaei – Persepolis Tehran
09 Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari – Zob Ahan Esfahan
21 Arash Afshin – Foolad Khuzestan
19 Mohammad Gholami – Steel Azin Tehran
10 Karim Ansarifard – Saipa Karaj
17 Reza Norouzi – Foolad Khuzestan