Ghalenoei Names Iran Squad for Hong Kong, Uzbekistan Matches


Ghalenoei Names Iran Squad for Hong Kong, Uzbekistan Matches

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Amir Ghalenoei has named his 26-man squad for two matches against Hong Kong and Uzbekistan in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualification.

Team Melli will travel to Hong Kong to play the East Asian team on June 6. It will face Uzbekistan in Tehran five days later.

Esteghlal goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini has not been invited to the national team.

Iran squad:
Goalkeepers:
Alireza Beiranvand, Payam Niazmand, Hossein Pourhamidi

Defenders:
Shoja Khalilzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan, Aref Gholami, Amin Hazbavi, Saleh Hardani, Aria Yousefi, Abolfazl Jalali, Milad Mohammadi

Midfielders:
Mohammad Ghorbani, Saman Ghoddos, Omid Noorafkan, Saeid Mehri, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Mehdi Ghaedi, Mehdi Torabi, Mehdi Limouchi, Javad Hosseinnejad

Forwards:
Mehdi Taremi, Javad Aghaeipour, Sardar Azmoun, Allahyar Sayadmanesh, Shahriar Moghanlou, Mohammad Reza Azadi

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