List of selected Team Melli players announced.

Carlos Queiroz short-listed the name of 23 players for the upcoming matches.

The friendly match against Uzbekistan on 11th June will be followed by the first World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Turkmenistan in 16th June 2015.

The list will be amended after the final of the Hazfi Cup to accommodate Naft Tehran and Zob Ahan players , whose players are absent from the submitted list. Also missing, without any explanation is the name of Ashkan Dejagah , Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Karim Ansarifard. The latter has not been anywhere near Team Melli form , so his exclusion is not a big surprise but both Dejagah and Jahanbakhsh had splendid seasons with their teams.

From the regulars of Team Melli , the other absentees are Amir Hossein Sadeghi , who has not been at top form this season and Hossein Mahini . There will be a few disappointments for some of the players who had a very good season and were on the brink of breaking into  Team Melli final roster. Amongst this category are players such as Soroush Rafei , Saman Nariman-Jahan, Ali Karimi and Ahmad Noorullahei.

TEAM MELLI SQUAD

World Cup 2018 qualifiers

Player's NameCapsGoalsTeam
AKHBARI, Mohammadreza0Saipa
AMIRI, Vahid51Naft Tehran
AZMOUN, Sardar84Rubin Kazan
BIRANVAND, Alireza10Naft Tehran
BEIGZADEH, Hashim201Esteghlal
EBRAHIMI, Omid90Esteghlal
EZZATOLAHEI , Saeed0Atletico Madrid
GHAFOORI, Vourya80Sepahan
GHOOCHANNEJAD, Reza2513Al Wakrah
HADDADIFAR, Ghassim180Zob Ahan
HAGHIGHI, Alireza160FC Penafiel
HAJSAFY, Ehsan674Sepahan
HEYDARI, Khosrow550Esteghlal
HOSSEINI, Jalal966Al Ahli
KNANI-ZADEGAN, Mohammad Hossein0Malavan
MAKANI, Sousha30Persepolis
MOHAMMADI, Milad0Rah Ahan
MONTAZERI, Pejman281Umm Salal
POURALIGANJI, Morteza61Tianjin Teda
POURGHAZ, Ezzatollah0Malavan
REZAEIAN, Ramin30Rah Ahan
SHARIFI, Mehdi20Sepahan
SHOJAEI, Masoud606Al Shahaniya
TAROMI , Mehdi0Persepolis
TEYMOURIAN, Andranik909Tractorsazi
TORABI, Mehdi0Saipa