Iran’s final World Cup squad announced

Persianfootball.com – TEHRAN, Today June 1, 2014, IFF announced the final Wold Cup squad consisting of 23 players selected by Carlos Queiroz to present Iran in the World cup 2014 Brazil.

The final 23 are chosen form the squad of 28 by Team Melli technical staff and the four players who certainly didn’t make the final squad are Sousha Makani, Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari, Mehdi Sharifi and Sardar Azmoun .

Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh of Zob Ahan has been named as reserve player and could replace the injured Hashem Beikzadeh should the leftback not recover from his muscle injury until June 15.

And the final 23 are as follows;

Goalkeepers:
Daniel Davari – Eintracht Braunschweig, GER
Alireza Haghighi – Sporting Covilha, POR
Rahman Ahmadi – Sepahan Esfahan

Defenders:
Hossein Mahini – Persepolis Tehran
Steven Beitashour – Vancouver Whitecaps, CAN
Pejman Montazeri – Umm Salal, QAT
Jalal Hosseini – Persepolis Tehran
Amir-Hossein Sadeghi – Esteghlal Tehran
Ahmad Alenemeh – Naft Tehran
Hashem Beikzadeh – Esteghlal Tehran
Mehrdad Pouladi – Persepolis Tehran

Midfielders:
Javad Nekounam – Kuwait SC, KUW
Andranik Teymourian – Esteghlal Tehran
Reza Haghighi – Persepolis Tehran
Ghasem Hadadifar – Zob Ahan Esfahan
Bakhtiar Rahmani – Foolad Khuzestan
Ehsan Hajsafi – Sepahan Esfahan

Strikers:
Ashkan Dejagah – Fulham FC, ENG
Masoud Shojaei – UD Las Palmas, ESP
Alireza Jahanbakhsh – NEC Nijmegen, NED
Reza Ghoochannejhad – Charlton Atheltic, ENG
Karim Ansarifard – Tractor Sazi Tabriz
Khosro Heydari – Esteghlal Tehran