Dejagah, Shojaei in preliminary squad for Bahrain

PFDC – TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz named no less than 45 players for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Bahrain in Tehran on October 11.

The list, which includes Vfl Wolfsburg striker Ashkan Dejagah who has yet to debut for Iran after repeatedly changing his mind about his Team Melli ambitions, will be cut to 23 men on October 1 for the training camp starting a day later.

Also back in the list is CA Osasuna offensive allrounder Masoud Shojaei, who was sidelined with a foot injury since last season.

Iran haven’t arranged any friendly match for FIFA matchday October 7 as preperation for the crucial qualification match yet.

Below comes the full list.

Goalkeepers:
Mehdi Rahmati
Shahab Gordan
Alireza Haghighi
Vahid Talebloo

Defenders:
Hadi Aghily
Jalal Hosseini
Mohammad Nosrati
Pejman Montazeri
Hanif Omranzadeh
Khosro Heydari
Milad Fakhredini
Hossein Mahini
Ehsan Hajsafi
Mehrdad Pouladi
Mohammad Mansouri
Mehrdad Jamaati

Midfielders:
Javad Nekounam
Andranik Teymourian
Ali Karimi
Ghasem Hadadifar
Maziar Zare
Pejman Nouri
Iman Mobali
Mojtaba Jabbari
Mohammad Nouri
Hossein Badamaki
Omid Ebrahimi
Mohsen Mosalman
Meysam Baou

Strikers:
Masoud Shojaei
Karim Ansarifard
Farhad Majidi
Milad Meydavoudi
Ashkan Dejagah
Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari
Gholamreza Rezaei
Arash Afshin
Javad Kazemian
Mehrdad Oladi
Milad Zanidpour
Saeed Daghighi
Hamidreza Ali Asgari
Mohammad Ghazi
Mohammad Nozhati
Hadi Norouzi