{"id":50078,"date":"2023-11-13T14:12:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=50078"},"modified":"2023-11-13T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:17:17","slug":"team-melli-squad-announced-for-upcoming-2026-wcqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2023\/11\/13\/team-melli-squad-announced-for-upcoming-2026-wcqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Melli squad announced for upcoming 2026 WCQ’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Persianfootball.com – TEHRAN, Amir Ghalienoi has announced the squad list for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Hong Kong and Uzbekistan. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Iran national football team will begin their journey to qualify for the 2026 Word Cup that will be joint-hosted by Mexico, Canada, and the United States of America. <\/p>\n

Team Melli will host their first match against Hong Kong on November 16th, followed by a trip to Tashkent to face Uzbekistan on November 21st.<\/p>\n

Iran was drawn into Group E in the 2nd round of World Cup qualifiers which includes Hong Kong, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n

The following squad list was announced to attend the camp for the upcoming qualifiers.<\/p>\n

The squad list:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goalkeepers:<\/strong>
\nAlireza Beiranvand – Persepolis
\nPayam Niazmand – Sepahan
\nHossein Hosseini – Esteghlal<\/p>\n

Defenders:<\/strong>
\nMajid Hosseini – Kayserispor
\nHossein Kannani – Persepolis
\nShoja Khalilzadeh – Tractor
\nAmin Hazbavi – Al Sadd
\nMohammad Daneshgar – Sepahan<\/p>\n

Full Backs:<\/strong>
\nSadegh Moharrai – Dinamo Zagreb
\nRamin Rezaeian – Sepahan
\nEhsan Hajsafi – AEK Athens
\nMilad Mohammadi – AEK Athens<\/p>\n

Midfielders:<\/strong>
\nSaeid Ezatolahi – Vejle BK
\nAhmad Nourollahi – Al Wahda
\nAli Karimi – Kayserispor
\nOmid Ebrahimi – Al Wakrah
\nRouzbeh Cheshmi – Esteghlal
\nJavad Hosseinnejad – Sepahan
\nMohammad Ghorbani – Sepahan<\/p>\n

Attacking Midfielders:<\/strong>
\nSaman Ghoddos – Brentford
\nAlreza Jahanbakhsh – Feyenoord
\nMohammad Mohebi – FK Rostov
\nMehdi Torabi – Persepolis
\nMehrdad Mohammadi – Esteghlal
\nAria Yousefi – Sepahan<\/p>\n

Forwards:<\/strong>
\nSardar Azmoun – AS Roma
\nMehdi Taremi – FC Porto
\nKarim Ansarifard – Omonia Nicosia
\nReza Asadi – Sepahan
\nSaeid Saharkhizan – Havadar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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