FFIRI announced the final list of 23 players forming Iran’s squad to the AFC Asian U-22 Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman.
Team Melli U-22 is in Group C with Japan , Australia and Kuwait.
After the return of the team from Kish Island training camp and following playing a friendly match against South Korea, Alireza Mansourian, the team’s head coach , announced his resignation while the first choice replacement Human Afazeli has finally responded positively to his appointment after agreeing terms with the football federation. Afazeli pleaded with all concerned to support the team .
The announced list is missing a few significant players , like Payam Sadeghian , Mohsen Mosalman , Sardar Azmoun and Alireza Jahanbakhash. These players were not released by their clubs. However, the positive that emerged is that the core of this squad have already been playing together at different age levels teams for Iran/
The matches schedule
2-Jan-14 | 19:00 | C | Japan | Iran | Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat | |
14-Jan-14 | 19:00 | C | Iran | Australia | Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat | |
16-Jan-14 | 16:30 | C | Iran | Kuwait | Seeb Stadium, Seeb |
The Squad
Player | Club | |
1 | Afshin ESMAELZADEH | Birama (POR) |
2 | Ahmad ZENDEROH | Mes Kerman |
3 | Alireza BIRAVAND | Naft Tehran |
4 | Amin JAHAN-ALIAN | Sepahan Esfahan |
5 | Amir ABEDZADEH | Perspolis |
6 | Amir Arsalan Mottahari | Moghavamat Tehran |
7 | Ammar NIK-KAR | Parseh Tehran |
8 | Behnam BARAZAI | Rah Ahan |
9 | Ehsan PAHLAVAN | Sepahan Esfahan |
10 | Fardin ABEDINI | Gostarish Tabriz |
11 | Farzin KAROUSIAN | Mes Songon |
12 | Kaveh REZAEI | Saipa |
13 | Masoud RIKI | Fajr Sepasi |
14 | Mehdi SHIRI | Malavan Anzali |
15 | Mehdi TARMI | Iranjavan Bushehr |
16 | Mohammad Amin HAJ-MOHAMMADY | Naft Tehran |
17 | Mohammadreza KHANZADEH | Zob Ahan |
18 | MohammadVahid ESMAEILBEIGI | Mes Kerman |
19 | Morteza POURALIGANCHI | Naft Tehran |
20 | Navid KHOSH-HAVA | Tractorsazi Tabriz |
21 | Peyman MEERI | Parseh Tehran |
22 | Shahab KARAMI | Foolad Khuzestan |
23 | Shahriyar SHIRVAND | Tractorsazi Tabriz |