Tasnim - Carlos Queiroz has named his 24-man Iran squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament with South Korea and Syria in Group A.

Iran will play South Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Thursday and face Syria five days later at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran. 

Team Melli leads Group A with 20 points from eight games, followed by South Korea and Uzbekistan with 13 and 12 points respectively.

Masoud Shojaei has been left out of coach Carlos Queiroz’s squad for Iran’s final World Cup qualifiers against South Korea and Syria.

Iran squad:

Goalkeepers:

Alireza Beiranvand – Persepolis

Hamed Lak – Foolad

Alireza Haghighi – AFC Eskilstuna, SWE

Defenders:

Vouria Ghafoori – Esteghlal Tehran

Roozbeh Cheshmi – Esteghlal Tehran

Seyed Jalal Hosseini – Persepolis

Mohamad Ansari – Persepolis

Saeid Aghaei- Sepahan

Ramin Rezaeian – KV Oostende, BEL

Morteza Pouraliganji – Al Sadd SC, QAT

Milad Mohammadi – Akhmat Grozny, RUS

Midfielders:

Omid Noorafkan – Esteghlal Tehran

Saeid Ezatollahi- FK Rostov, RUS

Ehsan Hajsafi – Panionios Athens, GRE

Ali Karimi – free agent

Ashkan Dejagah – free agent

Forwards:

Mehdi Torabi – Saipa

Vahid Amiri – Persepolis

Mehdi Taremi – Persepolis

Alireza Jahanbakhsh – AZ Alkmaar, NED

Reza Ghoochannejhad – SC Heerenveen, NED

Karim Ansarifard – Olympiacos, GRE

Sardar Azmoun – Rubin Kazan, RUS

Saman Ghoddos – Östersunds FK, SWE

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