Announcement of Iran's National Team Squad for the World Cup
The technical staff of Iran's national football team announced the official squad called up to participate in the 2026 World Cup tournament.
The list saw the exclusion of star Sardar Azmoun for disciplinary reasons related to 'violating national values.'
The 'Team Melli' squad for the World Cup, in which they will play in a group that includes Belgium, Egypt, and New Zealand, is as follows.
Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand
Hossein Hosseini
Payam Niazmand
Mohammad Khalifa
Defenders: Ehsan Hajsafi
Milad Mohammadi
Omid Noorafkan
Shoja Khalilzadeh
Ali Nemati
Hossein Kanaanizadegan
Daniel Airi
Ramin Rezaeian
Saleh Hardani
Midfielders:
Saman Ghoddos
Roozbeh Cheshmi
Amir Mohammad Razagh Nia
Saeid Ezatolahi
Mohammad Ghorbani
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Arya Yousefi
Mohammad Mohebi
Mehdi Ghaedi
Mehdi Torabi
Forwards:
Mehdi Taremi
Hadi Habibi Nejad
Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh
Amir Hossein Mahmoudi
Denis Dargahi
Kasra Taheri
Ali Alipour
The list saw the exclusion of star Sardar Azmoun for disciplinary reasons related to 'violating national values.'
The 'Team Melli' squad for the World Cup, in which they will play in a group that includes Belgium, Egypt, and New Zealand, is as follows.
Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand
Hossein Hosseini
Payam Niazmand
Mohammad Khalifa
Defenders: Ehsan Hajsafi
Milad Mohammadi
Omid Noorafkan
Shoja Khalilzadeh
Ali Nemati
Hossein Kanaanizadegan
Daniel Airi
Ramin Rezaeian
Saleh Hardani
Midfielders:
Saman Ghoddos
Roozbeh Cheshmi
Amir Mohammad Razagh Nia
Saeid Ezatolahi
Mohammad Ghorbani
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Arya Yousefi
Mohammad Mohebi
Mehdi Ghaedi
Mehdi Torabi
Forwards:
Mehdi Taremi
Hadi Habibi Nejad
Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh
Amir Hossein Mahmoudi
Denis Dargahi
Kasra Taheri
Ali Alipour
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