Team Melli Squad for Dubai Tournament Announced

PFDC - TEHRAN, With Europe based players omitted (due to their club commitments), Amir Ghaleneoi announced the squad that will leave for Dubai on January 6th. Iran is scheduled to play two games in a four-team tournament, starting January 8th. UAE's national team as well as two German clubs, HSV and Stuttgart, are the other participants.

Goal Keepers: Vahid Talebloo, Hassan Roudbarian,Rahman Ahmadi

Defenders: Hadi Shakouri, Mohammad Nosrati, Jalal Hosseini, Hossein Sadeghi, Pirouz Ghorbani, Hadi Aghili

Midfielders: Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Morteza Assadi, Pejman Nouri, Hossein Kazemi, Kianoush Rahmati, Ebrahim Sadeghi, Hossein Badamaki, Mehdi Rajabzadeh, Hashem Beig Zadeh.

Forwards: Saber Mirghorbani

In addition to the above, several UAE based players are scheduled to join the squad once the national team arrives in Dubai. The list of UAE based players joining the national team is yet to be announced.

Iran's schedule:

Iran - HSV : January 8, 2007, 17:30 local time
Iran - Stuttgart FC: January 10th, 17:30 local time