22 player have been called to the Team Melli squad which is facing the west African side Sierra Leone on 17th march 2018 as part of the preparation for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018′
The majority of the squad are the local League players with the exception of Kaveh Rezaei.
Ali Alipour (Persepolis) , Omid Noorafkan , Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal) and Ali Gholizadeh (Saipa Alborz) have been called for the first time to Team Melli squad.
Meanwhile MohammadReza Khanzadeh has been recalled after a long break from the team. The surprise omission is the Zob Ahan forward Morteza Tabrizi
The SQUAD
| Name | |
| 1 | ABDOLLAHZADEH, Ahmad |
| 2 | AGHAEI, Saeed |
| 3 | ALIPOUR, Ali |
| 4 | AMIRI, Vahid |
| 5 | ANSARI, Mohammad |
| 6 | BIRANVAND, Alireza |
| 7 | CHESHMI, Rouzbeh |
| 8 | EBRAHIMI, Omid |
| 9 | GHAFOORI, Vourya |
| 10 | GHOLIZADEH, Ali |
| 11 | HOSSEINI, Jalal |
| 12 | HOSSEINI, Sayed Hossein |
| 13 | KAMYABINIA, Kamaleddin |
| 14 | KARIMI, Ali |
| 15 | KHANZADEH, Mohammadreza |
| 16 | LAK, Hamed |
| 17 | MAZAHERI, Mohammad Rashid |
| 18 | MONTAZERI, Pejman |
| 19 | NOORAFKAN, Omid |
| 20 | REZAEI, Kaveh |
| 21 | REZAEIAN, Ramin |
| 22 | TORABI, Mehdi |