Four players crossed off by Queiroz

PFDC – TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz reduced his initial 28-man squad for the World Cup qualifier against South Korea on October in Tehran 16 to 24 on Monday.

Midfielders Omid Ebrahimi and Milad Nouri as well as strikers Jalal Rafkhaei and Mohammad Gholami were sent home.

Meanwhile three of the four European based players arrived in Tehran on Monday.

Ashkan Dejagah, Masoud Shojaei and Reza Ghoochannejhad will join Team Melli’s training session on Tuesday.

The only missing player now is Omid Nazari, who will arrive in Iran from Sweden tomorrow.

Below comes the full squad.

Goalkeepers:
Mehdi Rahmati – Esteghlal
Rahman Ahmadi – Saipa
Sousha Makani – Naft Tehran

Defenders:
Khosro Heydari – Esteghlal
Hossein Mahini – Persepolis
Jalal Hosseini – Persepolis
Pejman Montazeri – Esteghlal
Mohammad Nosrati – Tractor Sazi
Maziar Zare – Malavan
Mehrdad Pouladi – Persepolis
Ehsan Hajsafi – Tractor Sazi

Midfielders:
Javad Nekounam – Esteghlal
Andranik Teymourian – Kharaityat, QAT
Pejman Nouri – Malavan
Omid Nazari – Ängelholms, SWE
Ali Karimi – Persepolis
Mohammad Nouri – Persepolis

Strikers:
Ashkan Dejagah – Fulham, ENG
Masoud Shojaei – Osasuna, ESP
Reza Ghoochannejhad – Sint Truiden, BEL
Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari – Sepahan
Ahmad Hassanzadeh – Mes
Mohammad Ghazi – Persepolis
Karim Ansarifard – Persepolis