Iran’s national team will begin their campaign on August 29th with a match against Afghanistan. The Persians will also meet in India and Tajikistan on September 1 and 4 of Group B, respectively, a report from the Tehran Times reports.
Group A consists of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Oman.
The tournament begins on August 29th and continues in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan until September 8th.
The player’s squad names are as follows:
Goalkeeper:
Payam Niazmand (Persepolis), Ahmad Gohari (Paykan), Nima Mirzazad (MES)
Defender:
Amin Hazbavi (Sepahan), Aleph Agassi (Estegraal), Hossein Kananizadegan (Persepolis), Ali Nemati (Foucard), Ari Yusefy (Sepahan), Ramin Rezaian (Estegraal), Omid Norafukan (Sepahan)
Midfielder:
Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal), Mohammad Ghorbani (Al Wahda), Saman Ghoddos (Kalba), Mohammad Khodabandelou (Persepolis), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (?), Mohammad Mohebbi (Rostov) Koushki (Esteghlal), Mohammadmehdi Mohebbi (Kalba), Mehdi Tikdari (Gol Gohar), Mehran Ahmadi (Esteghlal)
forward:
Mehdi Taremi (Inter Milan), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (tractor), Shariyar Moghanlou (Kalba), Ali Alipour (Persepolis), Majid Aliyari (Sepahan)
MNA