Alireza Mansourian has announced an initial list of 31 players who will be called for a Training camp to be conducted at the National Teams training centere in Azadi Complex.

The squad was strengthened by the availability of both Sardar Azmoun and Alireza Jahanbakhsh ,both of whom will be enjoying the European winter breaks from their clubs and are available for the competition.

26 players will proceed to Kish Island for a friendly match against South Korea.

During the period, the U-22 team will be playing 3 friendly matches with club sides. At the end of the camp ,Mansourian will issue a shortlist of 23 players who will form the squad for the inaugural AFC  U-22 championship which will be held in Muscat , Oman. Iran is grouped with Australia,Japan and Kuwait in Group C. Team Melli U-22 will meet Japan on the 12th January 2014.

Team Melli U-22 is one of the title contenders.

PLAYERS LIST

1    Ahmad GOHARI (12/01/1996)
2    Ali FATHIAN
3    Ali GHOLIZADEH (10/03/1996)
4    Ali RIGI
5    Alireza JAHANBAKHSH (08/10/1993)
6    Amir ABEDZADEH (26/04/1993)
7    Amir Mohammad MAZLOUM (27/01/1996)
8    Amirhossein KARIMI (09/02/1996)
9    Armin HASHEMI  (04/02/1996)
10    Armin SOHRABIAN
11    Iman SALIMI (01/06/1996)
12    Mehdi AMINI (16/05/1996)
13    Majid HOSSEINI (20/06/1996)
14    Maysam JOODAKI
15    Milad SARLAK
16    Mobin EZZATI
17    Mohammad BAZAJ (30/03/1996)
18    Mohammad BAZARAFSHAN
19    Mohammad NIYARAKI
20    Mohammad SAEEDBROAYEH
21    Mohammadreza KAVEH (22/07/1997)
22    Mohammaed ABBASI
23    Mojtaba MOGHTADAEI
24    Morteza TABRIZI
25    Mostafa HASHEMI (19/10/1996)
26    Pyam NIAZMAND
27    Sadegh MOHARRAMI (01/03/1996)
28    Sivahsh HAGH-NAZARI
29    Sardar AZMOUN (01/01/1995)
30    Yahya NAJJARIAN
31    Yousef SEYYEDI (08/03/1996)