Queiroz names 33 for Uzbekistan date

9 May 2012 03:58

Iran manager Carlos Queiroz has named a provisional 33-man squad their World Cup qualifier away to Uzbekistan on June 3.

Queiroz's men, who progressed to the final round of qualifying after topping Group E, have been grouped alongside Uzbekistan, South Korea, Qatar and Lebanon.

Iran, who saw their friendly against United Arab Emirates cancelled for political reasons, have played against Mozambique and Mauritania so far this year.

Included in the squad is Ashkan Dejagah, but he is rumoured to miss out with a hamstring injury.

Osasuna's Masoud Shojaei has been named with Iran team doctors stating they believe he is injury-free for the qualifying campaign after a long-term foot problem.

Iran squad: Mehdi Rahmati, Shahab Gordan, Alireza Haghighi, Mohsen Foruzan, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghili, Shoja Khalilazadeh, Pejman Montazeri, Khosro Heydari, Hossein Mahini, Ehsan Hajsafi, Mehrdad Pouladi, Maziar Zareh, Reza Haghighi, Andranik Teymourian, Mojtaba Jabbari, Pejman Nouri, Mohammad Nouri, Ali Karimi, Ghasem Haddadifar, Javad Nekounam, Ashkan Dejagah, Ferydoon Zandi, Mohsen Mosalman, Ahmad Hasanzadeh, Karim Ansarifard, Hadi Norouzi, Mohamad Ghazi, Arash Afshin, Milad Meydavoudi, Mohammad Gholami, Mohammad Reza Khalatbari, Gholamreza Rezaei.