PFDC - TEHRAN, Following the conclusion of IPL round 14, Carlos Queiroz announced an extended 28-man squad for the friendly match against Tajikistan (November 6) and the World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan (November 14), both in Tehran's Azadi stadium.

Due to the absence of all foreign based players for the Tajikistan game, which will be held outside the FIFA calender, some more players have been invited.

A final list of 23 or 24 players for the Uzbekistan clash is expected to be released afterwards.

Noteable absentees are Maziar Zare, suspended Masoud Shojaei, injured Mojtaba Jabbari and Reza Haghighi as well as recovering Hadi Aghily. Also Rubin Kazan keeper Alireza Haghighi, who is lacking match praxis, has again been left out.

New faces in comparison to the extended list for the recent South Korea game are wingers Arash Afshin (pictured) and Yaghoub Karimi. Also the previously injured young defender Shoja Khalilzadeh returns.

Below comes the list of invited players.

Goalkeepers:
Mehdi Rahmati - Esteghlal
Rahman Ahmadi - Saipa
Sousha Makani - Naft Tehran

Defenders:
Khosro Heydari - Esteghlal
Hossein Mahini - Persepolis
Jalal Hosseini - Persepolis
Pejman Montazeri - Esteghlal
Mohammad Nosrati - Tractor Sazi
Shoja Khalilzadeh - Mes
Mehrdad Pouladi - Persepolis
Ehsan Hajsafi - Tractor Sazi

Midfielders:
Javad Nekounam - Esteghlal
Andranik Teymourian - Kharaityat, QAT
Pejman Nouri - Malavan
Ghasem Dehnavi - Tractor Sazi
Omid Nazari - Ängelholms, SWE
Ali Karimi - Persepolis
Mohammad Nouri - Persepolis
Milad Nouri - Saba

Strikers:
Ashkan Dejagah - Fulham, ENG
Reza Ghoochannejhad - Sint Truiden, BEL
Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari - Sepahan
Yaghoub Karimi - Naft Tehran
Arash Afshin - Foolad
Ahmad Hassanzadeh - Mes
Mohammad Ghazi - Persepolis
Karim Ansarifard - Persepolis
Jalal Rafkhaei - Malavan