Tasnim - Carlos Queiroz has named his 24-man Iran squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament with South Korea and Syria in Group A.
Iran will play South Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Thursday and face Syria five days later at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran.
Team Melli leads Group A with 20 points from eight games, followed by South Korea and Uzbekistan with 13 and 12 points respectively.
Masoud Shojaei has been left out of coach Carlos Queiroz’s squad for Iran’s final World Cup qualifiers against South Korea and Syria.
Iran squad:
Goalkeepers:
Alireza Beiranvand – Persepolis
Hamed Lak – Foolad
Alireza Haghighi – AFC Eskilstuna, SWE
Defenders:
Vouria Ghafoori – Esteghlal Tehran
Roozbeh Cheshmi – Esteghlal Tehran
Seyed Jalal Hosseini – Persepolis
Mohamad Ansari – Persepolis
Saeid Aghaei- Sepahan
Ramin Rezaeian – KV Oostende, BEL
Morteza Pouraliganji – Al Sadd SC, QAT
Milad Mohammadi – Akhmat Grozny, RUS
Midfielders:
Omid Noorafkan – Esteghlal Tehran
Saeid Ezatollahi- FK Rostov, RUS
Ehsan Hajsafi – Panionios Athens, GRE
Ali Karimi – free agent
Ashkan Dejagah – free agent
Forwards:
Mehdi Torabi – Saipa
Vahid Amiri – Persepolis
Mehdi Taremi – Persepolis
Alireza Jahanbakhsh – AZ Alkmaar, NED
Reza Ghoochannejhad – SC Heerenveen, NED
Karim Ansarifard – Olympiacos, GRE
Sardar Azmoun – Rubin Kazan, RUS
Saman Ghoddos – Östersunds FK, SWE
