Carlos Queiroz names Iran squad for World Cup qualifier

TEHRAN TIMES – TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz has named his 25-man Iran squad on Wednesday for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan.

Iran will play Uzbekistan on November 14 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.

The Persians are grouped with South Korea, Uzbekistan, Qatar and Lebanon for the final round of the Asian World Cup qualifying stages and need to finish at least second to qualify for Brazil 2014.

Iran is second in Group A with seven points. South Korea is first on goal difference. The Uzbeks are third with five points, one point ahead of Qatar and Lebanon.

Squad:
Goalkeepers
Mehdi Rahmati, Rahman Ahmadi, Sosha Makani

Defenders
Hossein Mahini, Pejman Montazeri, Jalal Hosseini, Mehrdad Pooladi, Mohammad Nosrati, Khosro Heydari, Pejman Noori, Shoja Khalilzadeh

Midfielders
Javad Nekounam, Omid Nazari, Andranik Teymourian, Milad Noori, Ali Karimi, Mohammad Noori, Ghasem Dehnavi

Forwards
Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari , Karim Ansarifard, Ashkan Dejagah, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Ahmad Hassanzadeh, Alireza Abbasfard, Yaghoub Karimi