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Iran

World #20Group G · Pot 2AFC🏟️ 7th appearance

Qualifying

AFC Third Round Group A – 1st

Style of Play

Organized defensive setup with quick transitions.

Ones to Watch

Mehdi Taremi
FWOlympiacos

Their all-time No. 1 forward; Olympiacos striker with 60 international goals.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh
MFDender

98-cap winger; the most experienced creator.

Ehsan Hajsafi
DFSepahan

Captain, 146 caps; the team's leader and most-capped player.

Squad

26 players · avg 29.8y
Coach Amir GhalenoeiCaptain Ehsan Hajsafi
PlayerClubCapsGoalsAgeBorn
Goalkeepers
Alireza BeiranvandTractor8603321 Sep 1992
Payam NiazmandPersepolis150316 Apr 1995
Hossein HosseiniSepahan1303330 Jun 1992
Defenders
Saleh HardaniEsteghlal1812726 Dec 1998
Ehsan HajsafiCSepahan14673625 Feb 1990
Shojae KhalilzadehTractor5823714 May 1989
Milad MohammadiPersepolis7613229 Sep 1993
Hossein KanaanizadeganPersepolis6563223 Mar 1994
Aria YousefiSepahan1412422 Apr 2002
Ali NematiFoolad170308 Feb 1996
Ramin RezaeianFoolad7483621 Mar 1990
Danial EiriMalavan002226 Oct 2003
Midfielders
Saeid EzatolahiShabab Al Ahli832291 Oct 1996
Alireza JahanbakhshDender98173211 Aug 1993
Mohammad MohebiRostov36142720 Dec 1998
Saman GhoddosKalba683326 Sep 1993
Rouzbeh CheshmiEsteghlal4033224 Jul 1993
Mehdi TorabiTractor5273110 Sep 1994
Mohammad GhorbaniAl Wahda160247 Oct 2001
Amirmohammad RazzaghiniaEsteghlal402011 Apr 2006
Forwards
Mehdi TaremiOlympiacos105603318 Jul 1992
Mehdi GhayediAl Nasr3010275 Dec 1998
Ali AlipourPersepolis1413011 Nov 1995
Amirhossein HosseinzadehTractor1852530 Oct 2000
Shahriyar MoghanlouKalba2123121 Dec 1994
Dennis EckertStandard Liège00299 Jan 1997