The list of 28 players of the national team of Iran was announced on Saturday by the coaching staff.
The invited players will joining the training camp of Team Melli preparing for the upcoming matches against North Korea and Kyrgyzstan of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
* The Iranian national football team will leave for Laos on Monday night on board a chartered jet of Meraj Airlines directly from Mehrabad Airport to play their fifth match in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against North Korea on Thursday, November 14th.
After four games and 10 points, Team Melli is at the top of the table of the first group in this competition. * The Iranian team will hold its sixth match in Bishkek on Tuesday next week at the beginning of the qualifiers ended with a 1-0 victory for Iran.
THE SQUAD
| No. | Post | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Alireza Beiranvand | 21 September 1992 (age 32) | 75 | 0 | Tractor |
| 12 | GK | Payam Niazmand | 6 April 1995 (age 29) | 9 | 0 | Sepahan |
| 22 | GK | Hossein Hosseini | 30 June 1992 (age 32) | 11 | 0 | Esteghlal |
| GK | Mohammad Reza Akhbari | 15 Feb 1993 (age 31) | Gol Gohar | |||
| 2 | DF | Saleh Hardani | 26 December 1998 (age 25) | 9 | 0 | Sepahan |
| 4 | DF | Shojae Khalilzadeh | 14 May 1989 (age 35) | 46 | 2 | Tractor |
| 5 | DF | Milad Mohammadi | 29 September 1993 (age 31) | 65 | 1 | Persepolis |
| 15 | DF | Amin Hazbavi | 6 May 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | Sepahan |
| 23 | DF | Aria Yousefi | 22 April 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Sepahan |
| 24 | DF | Ali Nemati | 7 February 1996 (age 28) | 2 | 0 | Foolad Khuzestan |
| DF | Hossein Kananizadegan | 23 March 1994 (age 30) | 55 | 6 | Persepolis | |
| DF | Mehdi Zare | 25 January 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Gol Gohar Sirjan | |
| 3 | MF | Mohammad Ghorbani | 21 May 2001 (age 23) | 5 | 0 | Orenburg |
| 6 | MF | Saeid Ezatolahi | 1 October 1996 (age 28) | 72 | 1 | Shabab Al Ahli |
| 7 | MF | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 11 August 1993 (age 31) | 88 | 17 | Free agent |
| 10 | MF | Mehdi Ghayedi | 5 December 1998 (age 25) | 22 | 8 | Ittihad Kalba |
| 11 | MF | Ali Gholizadeh | 10 March 1996 (age 28) | 39 | 6 | Lech Poznań |
| 14 | MF | Saman Ghoddos | 6 September 1993 (age 31) | 55 | 3 | Ittihad Kalba |
| 17 | MF | Mohammad Karimi | 20 June 1996 (age 28) | 5 | 0 | Sepahan |
| 21 | MF | Omid Noorafkan | 9 April 1997 (age 27) | 27 | 1 | Malavan |
| MF | Mohammad Mohebi | 20 December 1998 (age 25) | 25 | 8 | Rostov | |
| MF | Javad Hosseinnejad | 26 June 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| MF | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | 24 July 1993 (age 31) | 34 | 3 | Esteghlal | |
| 9 | FW | Mehdi Taremi | 18 July 1992 (age 32) | 89 | 52 | Inter Milan |
| 19 | FW | Shahriyar Moghanlou | 21 December 1994 (age 29) | 13 | 2 | Ittihad Kalba |
| 20 | FW | Sardar Azmoun | 1 January 1995 (age 29) | 87 | 55 | Shabab Al Ahli |
| FW | Saeid Saharkheizan | 26 June 2003 (age 21) | Orenburg | |||
| FW | Ami Hossein Hosseinzadeh | 30 October 2000 (age 24) | 3 | Tractor | ||