Queiroz Releases List of 23 for Uzbekistan Friendly and Turkmenistan WCQ

Mehr News – TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz of Iran’s national football squad has called up 23 players into a preparation camp.

The list shows significant missing names such as Ashkan Dejagah and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, the top hopefuls for the national kit.

The 23 players invited to the camp will play against Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in the preliminary stage of 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow. However, the technical cadre of the national team had told reporters that the list will be finalized further after Iran’s Playoff’s final.

The players should be present in National Football Academy on Monday June 1, 15:30 local time.

23 Player List (Sorted by club affiliation):

1. Khosrow Heidari (Esteghlal Tehran)
2. Hashem Beikzadeh (Esteghlal Tehran)
3. Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal Tehran)
4. Ezzatolah Pourqaz (Malavan)
5. Mohammad Hossein Kan’anizadeh (Malavan)
6. Mohammad Reza Akhbari (Saipa)
7. Mehdi Torabi (Saipa)
8. Milad Mohammadi (Rah Ahan)
9. Ramin Rezaian (Rah Ahan)
10. Vouria Ghafouri (Sepahan)
11. Mehdi Sharifi (Sepahan)
12. Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan)
13. Andranik Teymourian (Tractorsazi)
14. Sosha Makani (Persepolis)
15. Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis)
16. Alireza Haghighi (Penafiel, Portugal)
17. Pejman Montazeri (Al Ahli, Qatar)
18. Morteza Pourali Ganji (Tianjin TEDA, China)
19. Seyed Jalal Hosseini (Al Ahli, Qatar – Released)
20. Saeid Ezzatollahi (Atletico Madrid C, Spain)
21. Masoud Shojaei (Al Shahaniya, Qatar – Released)
22. Reza Ghoochannejad (Al Wakrah, Qatar)
23. Sardar Azmoun (FK Rostov, Russia)