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

The Squad