Iran

This is Iran’s squad for the World Cup, as selected by manager, Carlos Queiroz. The final squad was on the 13th of November, but the squad contains 25 players instead of the allowed 26.

Iran are a team from Asia, part of the Asian Football Confederation.

#Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
GKAlireza Beiranvand21 September 1992 (aged 30)520 Persepolis
GKAmir Abedzadeh26 April 1993 (aged 29)110 Ponferradina
GKHossein Hosseini30 June 1992 (aged 30)60 Esteghlal
GKPayam Niazmand6 April 1995 (aged 27)10 Sepahan
DFEhsan Hajsafi (captain)25 February 1990 (aged 32)1217 AEK Athens
DFMorteza Pouraliganji19 April 1992 (aged 30)463 Persepolis
DFRamin Rezaeian21 March 1990 (aged 32)462 Sepahan
DFMilad Mohammadi29 September 1993 (aged 29)451 AEK Athens
DFHossein Kanaanizadegan23 March 1994 (aged 28)352 Al-Ahli
DFShojae Khalilzadeh14 May 1989 (aged 33)251 Al-Ahli
DFSadegh Moharrami1 March 1996 (aged 26)210 Dinamo Zagreb
DFRouzbeh Cheshmi24 July 1993 (aged 29)191 Esteghlal
DFMajid Hosseini20 June 1996 (aged 26)180 Kayserispor
DFAbolfazl Jalali26 June 1998 (aged 24)30 Esteghlal
MFVahid Amiri2 April 1988 (aged 34)682 Persepolis
MFAlireza Jahanbakhsh11 August 1993 (aged 29)6413 Feyenoord
MFSaeid Ezatolahi1 October 1996 (aged 26)471 Vejle
MFMehdi Torabi10 September 1994 (aged 28)366 Persepolis
MFSaman Ghoddos6 September 1993 (aged 29)332 Brentford
MFAli Gholizadeh10 March 1996 (aged 26)266 Charleroi
MFAhmad Nourollahi1 February 1993 (aged 29)263 Shabab Al-Ahli
MFAli Karimi11 February 1994 (aged 28)130 Kayserispor
FWKarim Ansarifard3 April 1990 (aged 32)9429 Omonia
FWSardar Azmoun1 January 1995 (aged 27)6541 Bayer Leverkusen
FWMehdi Taremi18 July 1992 (aged 30)6028 Porto