Iran Names 28-player Squad for World Cup Qualifiers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s national football team head coach Amir Ghalenoei called up his 28-man list for two matches against North Korea and Kyrgyzstan.
Team Melli will play North Korea on Thursday (November 14) in Laos in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier.
Iran will also travel to Bishkek to meet Kyrgyzstan on November 19.
Iran and Uzbekistan sit top of Group A with 10 points. Kyrgyzstan is fifth with three points and North Korea sits sixth with two points.
Squad
Goalkeepers:
Alireza Beiranvand (Tractor), Payam Niazmand (Sepahan), Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal), Mohammad Reza Akhbari (Gol Gohar)
Defenders:
Ali Nemati (Foolad), Shoja Khalilzadeh (Tractor), Mohammad Amin Hazbavi (Sepahan), Mohammad Mehdi Zare (Gol Gohar), Saleh Hardani (Sepahan), Aria Yousefi (Sepahan), Milad Mohammadi (Persepolis), Omid Noorafkan (Malavan), Mohammad Hossein Knaanizadegan (Persepolis)
Midfielders:
Saeid Ezatollahi (Shabab Al Ahli), Mohammad Karimi (Sepahan), Mohammad Ghorbani (Orenburg), Saman Ghoddos (Al Ittihad Kalba), Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad (Dinamo Makhachkala), Mohammad Mohebbi (Rostov), Mehdi Ghaedi (Al Ittihad Kalba), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), Ali Gholizadeh (Lech Poznan), Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh (Tractor), Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal)
Strikers:
Mehdi Taremi (Inter Milan), Sardar Azmoun (Shabab Al Ahli), Shahriar Moghanlou (Al Ittihad Kalba), Saeid Saharkhizan (Orenburg)
