Queiroz summons ‘hopefuls’ for new year’s camp

PFDC – TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz has named a list of 34 mostly youth players for a training camp in Tehran from March 24-26, shortly after the Iranian new year.

Beside many young players even from the U19 level being present, also a bunch of already better known U23 and Team Melli players, such as Karim Ansarifard, Ehsan Hajsafi, Arash Afshin or Reza Haghighi have been called up.

However, also some elder players, such as Damash duo Milad Zanidpour and Mohammad Gholami, have been added to the list.

Iran are preparing for the fourth and final stage of Asian World Cup qualifiers, starting in June. The draw will be made in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

With no FIFA matchdays scheduled before the next qualifier, the short trainig camp for the young players in March and a training camp and a possible friendly by the end of May could be the only preparations for the crucial games in June.

Below comes the list of invited players.

Saba Battery: Hamed Lak
Zob Ahan: Mohammad-Bagher Sadeghi, Ali Goudarzi, Payam Sadeghian
Malavan: Iman Sadeghi, Mohsen Mosalman, Mehdi Daghelele
Naft Tehran: Alireza Beiranvand, Vafa Hakhamaneshi, Alireza Ezzati, Yaghoub Karimi, Masoud Hassanzadeh, Siamak Kouroshi
Mes Kerman: Mohammad-Vahid Esmail Beigi, Shoja Khalilazad, Ahmad Reza Zendeh Rouh
Tractor Sazi: Milad Fakhreddini, Ehsan Hajsafi
Shahrdari Arak: Saeid Lotfi
Rah Ahan: Omid Alishah, Mohammad-Reza Khanzadeh
Foolad: Mehrdad Jamaati, Bakhtiar Rahmani, Arash Afshin
Paykan: Mehrdad Yeganeh, Baba Mohammadi
Fajr: Reza Haghighi, Masoud Riki
Sepahan: Akbar Imani
Steel Azin: Iman Basefi
Damash: Milad Zanidpour, Mohammad Gholami
Saipa: Karim Ansarifard, Milad Gharibi