With one crucial step to take for the qualification to the FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia, Carlos Queiroz and the FFIRI are leaving nothing to chance.

Team Melli is setting camp in Austria followed by another camp in Dubai before returning to Tehran for the match against Uzbekistan. A victory against the Uzbeks will mean an early qualification to the World Cup regardless to the results of others. Team Melli is leading the group with a 4 points margin with Korea second and Uzbekistan on third.

The training camp will start on the 26th of May when the squad flies to Vienna. At the end of the camp, the squad will travel to Podgorica in Montenegro to face the host nation in a friendly international in Podgorica City Stadium on the 4th June 2017. A day after that match , the squad will head to Dubai, UAE to set up another camp. Team Melli will return back to Tehran to face Uzbekistan on 12th June who will be fighting hard for a result as they still a good chance for one of the qualification places.

With the Persian Gulf season over and the Asian Champions League group stage just about to end, Queiroz will have no problems getting his local players contingent for the training camps. The legionnaires will be an issue as usual. It is expected that some players from European league and Qatar may be released earlier