Queiroz names 30 for Austria camp

PFDC – TEHRAN, Having named three squads for as many short training camps in Iran before, Carlos Queiroz now named his final selection for the national team’s upcoming camp in Austria.

Apart from Javad Nekounam, who is rested, and the injured Masoud Shojaei no really big names are missing, although some of the selections are certainly surprising.

Team Melli will camp in Loipersdorf, Austria, from June 25 to July 10.

The team will then take on Madagascar in a friendly match on July 17 before facing the Maldives in World Cup qualification on July 23 and 28.

Below comes the full squad.

Goalkeepers: Mehdi Rahmati, Shahab Gordan, Alireza Haghighi, Misagh Memarzadeh

Defenders: Khosro Heydari, Mehrdad Pouladi, Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghily, Mohammad Nosrati, Pejman Montazeri, Ehsan Hajsafi, Hossein Mahini

Midfielders: Andranik Teymourian, Maziar Zare, Pejman Nouri, Iman Mobali, Ali Karimi, Meysam Baou, Ghasem Hadadifar, Mostafa Seifi, Hamidreza Aliasgari, Milad Zanidpour

Strikers: Karim Ansarifard, Mehrdad Oladi, Reza Norouzi, Saeid Daghighi, Hadi Norouzi, Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari, Arash Afshin, Mohammad Ghazi