Tasnim – Iran’s national football team head coach Amir Ghalenoei announced his 27-man list for two matches against Uzbekistan and Qatar.
Team Melli will play Uzbekistan on Thursday (October 10) in Bunyodkor Stadium in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier.
Both teams are on six points, with Uzbekistan having defeated DPR Korea and Kyrgyzstan in its opening two matches while Iran was victorious against Kyrgyzstan and the United Arab Emirates in Group A.
Team Melli will host Qatar in Mashhad on October 15.
Goalkeepers:
Alireza Beiranvand (Tractor), Payam Niazmand (Sepahan), Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal)
Defenders:
Ali Nemati (Foolad), Shoja Khalilzadeh (Tractor), Mohammad Daneshgar (Sepahan), Mohammad Amin Hazbavi (Sepahan), Mohammad Mehdi Zare (Gol Gohar), Saleh Hardani (Sepahan), Aria Yousefi (Sepahan), Milad Mohammadi (Persepolis), Abolfazl Jalali (Esteghlal)
Midfielders:
Saeid Ezatollahi (Shabab Al Ahli), Mohammad Karimi (Sepahan), Mohammad Ghorbani (Orenburg), Saman Ghoddos (Al Ittihad Kalba), Omid Noorafkan (Malavan), Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad (Dinamo Makhachkala), Mohammad Mohebbi (Rostov), Mehdi Torabi (Tractor), Mehdi Ghaedi (Al Ittihad Kalba), Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Ali Gholizadeh (Lech Poznan), Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh (Tractor)
Strikers:
Mehdi Taremi (Inter Milan), Sardar Azmoun (Shabab Al Ahli), Shahriyar Moghanlou (Al Ittihad Kalba)