The football federation IRIFF announced the initial list of players invited to Team Melli for training in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019

The list will be trimmed to 24 players for the AFC competition.

Three new players were invited for the first time, Niazmand , Alipour and Ahmadzadeh.

 

THE SQUAD

#	Player	Post	Club	Country
GOALKEEPERS
1	ABEDZADEH, Amir	GK	C.S. Marítimo
2	BIRANVAND, Alireza	GK	Persepolis
3	HOSSEINI, Hossein	GK	Esteghlal
4	MAZAHERI, Mohammad Rashid		Zob Ahan
5	NIAZMAND, Payam		Sepahan
DEFENDERS
6	AGHAEI, Saeed	DF	Sepahan
7	CHESHMI, Rouzbeh	DF	Esteghlal
8	GHAFOORI, Vourya	DF	Esteghlal
9	HOSSEINI, Majeed	DF	Trabzonspor
10	KANANI-ZADEGAN, Hossein	DF	Machine Sazi
11	KHANZADEH, Mohammadreza	DF	Al Ahli
12	MOHAMMADI, Milad	DF	Akhmat Grozny
13	MOHARRAMI, Sadegh	DF	Dinamo Zagreb
14	MONTAZERI, Pejman		Esteghlal
15	POURALIGANJI, Morteza	DF	Eupen
16	REZAEIAN, Ramin	DF	Al Shahaniya
MIDFIELD
17	ABDOLLAHZADEH, Ahmad		Nasaji Ghaemshahr
18	AMIRI, Vahid	MF	Trabzonspor
19	DEJAGAH, Ashkan	MF	Tractorsazi
20	EBRAHIMI, Omid	MF	Al Ahli
21	EZZATOLLAHI, Saeid		Reading
22	GHODDOS, Saman	MF	Aimes
23	HAJSAFY, Ehsan	MF	Tractorsazi
24	KARIMI, Ali	MF	Esteghlal
25	NOORALLAHIE, Ahmad	MF	Persepolis
26	SHOJAEI, Masoud	MF	Tractorsazi
27	TORABI, Mehdi	MF	Saipa Alborz
FORWARDS
28	ALIPOUR, Ali	FW	Persepolis
29	AHMADZADEH, Farshad	FW	Śląsk Wrocław
30	ANSARIFARD, Karim	FW	Nottingham Forest
31	AZMOUN, Sardar	FW	Rubin Kazan
32	GHOLIZADEH, Ali	FW	Charleroi
33	JAHANBAKHSH, AliReza	FW	Brighton & Hove Albion
34	REZAEI, Kaveh	FW	FC Brugge
36	TAREMI, Mehdi	FW	Al Gharrafah