Carlos Queiroz Announces Iran Squad for Chile, Sweden Friendlies

Iran is scheduled to face Chile in a friendly in St. Pölten, Austria on March 26th.

Team Melli will then face Sweden in Stockholm's Friends Arena on March 31.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Sardar Azmoun were already invited to the Iran Olympic team but it seems the Portuguese coach is not going to allow them to play in the AFC U-23 Championship 2016.

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

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

Midfielders:
Javad Nekounam (Osasuna, ESP)
Andranik Teymourian (Tractor Sazi)
Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal)
Vahid Amiri (Naft Tehran)
Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan)
Masoud Shojaei (Al Shahaniya, QAT)

Strikers:
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (NEC Nijmegen, HOL)
Ashkan Dejagah (Al Arabi, QAT)
Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan, RUS)
Reza Ghoochannejhad (Kuwait SC, KUW)
Karim Ansarifard (Osasuna, ESP)
Masoud Hassanzadeh (Zob Ahan)