24 called up for Chile and Sweden

Persianfootball.com – TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz named a 24-man squad for the upcoming to friendlies versus Chile and Sweden with barely any new faces included.

In comparison to the Asian Cup squad, Mohsen Forouzan, Mohammad-Reza Khanzadeh, Mehrdad Pouladi and Soroush Rafiei were excluded – the latter due are suspended due to military service issues – while Sousha Makani, Pejman Montazeri, Hashem Beikzadeh, Habib Gordani and Masoud Hassanzadeh were added.

Noteable is that Queiroz unsurprisingly insists on having the talented youngsters Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Sardar Azmoun for the rare occassion to test against world class opposition, despite Iran’s u-22 also demanded the couple’s presence.

Below comes the full list.

Goalkeepers: Alireza Haghighi (Penafiel, POR), Alireza Beiranvand (Naft), Sousha Makani (Persepolis)

Defenders: Vouria Ghafouri (Sepahan), Ramin Rezaeian (Rah Ahan), Pejman Montazeri (Umm Salal, QAT), Seyed Jalal Hosseini (Al Ahli, QAT), Amir-Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal), Hashem Beikzadeh (Esteghlal), Morteza Pouraliganji (Tianjin Teda, CHN), Habib Gordani (Tractor Sazi)

Midfielders: Javad Nekounam (Osasuna, ESP), Andranik Teymourian (Tractor Sazi), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal), Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan)

Strikers: Reza Ghoochannejhad (Al Wakhrah, QAT), Sardar Azmoun (Rostov, RUS), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (NEC, NED), Karim Ansarifard (Osasuna, ESP), Ashkan Dejagah (Al Arabi, QAT), Masoud Shojaei (Al Shahaniya, QAT), Masoud Hassanzadeh (Zob Ahan), Vahid Amiri (Naft)