The Team Melli World Cup Squad pre-England  November 2022
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
22.Abedzadeh, Amir	26 April 1994	28	G	SD Ponferradina, Spain	11	0
11.Amiri, Vahid	2 April 1988	34	M	Persepolis FC	69	2
10.Ansarifard, Karim Adil	3 April 1990	32	F	AS Omonias Lefkosias, Cyprus	95	29
20.Azmoun, Sardar	1 January 1995	27	F	Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany	65	41
1.Beiranvand, Alireza Safar	21 September 1992	30	G	Persepolis FC	53	0
15.Cheshmi, Rouzbeh	24 July 1993	29	CB	Esteghial FC	20	1
6.Ezatolahi Afagh, Saeid	1 October 1996	26	M	Vejle Bk, Denmark	48	1
14.Ghoddos, Seyed Saman	6 September 1993 in Malmö, Sweden	29	M	Brentford FC, England	34	2
				also has two senior apps (1ᵍ) for Sweden (2017)
17.Gholizadeh Nojedeh, Ali	10 March 1996	26	M	Royal Charleroi SC, Belgium	27	6
3.Hajsafi, Ehsan	25 February 1990	32	LB	Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupóleos, Greece	122	7
24.Hosseini, Seyed Hossein	30 May 1992	30	G	Esteghial FC	7	0
19.Hosseini, Seyed Majid	20 June 1996	26	CB	Kayseri Sk, Turkey	19	0
7.Jahanbakhsh Jirandeh, Alireza	11 August 1993	29	AM	Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands	65	13
25.Jalali Bourani, Seyed Abolfazi	26 June 1998	24	LB	Esteghial FC	4	0
13.Kanaani Zadegan Keshmarzi, Mohammad Hossein	23 March 1994	28	CB/RB	Al-Ahli SC, Qatar	36	1
18.Karimi, Ali Nozar	11 February 1994	28	CM	Kayseri Sk, Turkey	14	0
4.Khalilzadeh, Shojae	31 May 1989	33	CB	Al-Ahli SC, Qatar	26	1
5.Mohammadi Keshmarzi, Milad	29 September 1993	29	LB	Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupóleos, Greece	46	1
2.Moharrami, Sadegh Getgasari	24 March 1996	26	RB	Gnk Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia	22	0
12.Niazmand, Seyedpayam	6 April 1995	27	G	Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan SC, on loan from Portimonense SC, Portugal	1	0
21.Nourollahi, Ahmad	2 January 1993	29	M	Shabab Al-Ahli Club, UAE	27	3
8.Pouraliganji, Morteza	19 April 1992	30	CB	Persepolis FC	47	3
23.Rezaeian Semeskandi, Ramin	21 March 1990	32	RB	Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan SC	47	2
9.Taremi, Mehdi	18 July 1992	30	F	FC do Porto, Portugal	61	28
16.Torabi, Mehdi	10 September 1994	28	M	Persepolis FC	37	7

Squad details correct up to and including Iran's match against Tunisia on 16 November 2022.

Diary

Friday, 11 November 2022 - Iran's Head Coach Carlos Queiroz releases the names of a 29-man provisional squad.

Sunday, 13 November 2022 - Instead of the permitted 26-man squad, Queiroz has named just 25 for the World Cup Finals which start in eight days for Iran. The four men that drop out are goalkeeper Mohammad Reza Akhbari, centre-back Saman Fallah, defensive midfielder Omid Noorafkan, and midfielder Milad Sarlak.

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 - Iran 0 Tunisia 2 - Carols Queiroz is undeterred by the result, even if it was not ideal preparation and instead insisted on the huge positive of having all his players together in the behind-closed-doors friendly. Following a goalless first half, Tunisia opened the scoring from a Naim Sliti penalty kick, after Ablofazl Jalali was penalised for handling in the area, and was sent-off. With the numerical advantage, Tunisia added to their tally with a second goal from Ali Abdi.

Iran Form: last six games
W L W D W L  f 6:a 5  success: 58%
571	29 March 2022 - Iran 2 Lebanon 0 [1-0] Vârzeshgah-e Emam Reza, Mašhad	Azmoun, Jahanbakhsh	WCP	HW
572	12 June 2022 - Iran 1 Algeria 2 [0-1] Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha	Jahanbakhsh Benayad, Amoura	Fr	NL
573	23 September 2022 - Uruguay 0 Iran 1 [0-0] NV Arena, Sankt Pölten	Taremi		NW
574	27 September 2022 - Iran 1 Senegal 1 [1-0] Motion Invest Arena, Maria Enzersdorf	Azmoun Pouraliganji OG		ND
575	10 November 2022 - Iran 1 Nicaragua 0 [1-0] Varzeâgâh-è Âzâdi, Tehrân	Torabi		HW
576	16 November 2022 - Iran 0 Tunisia 2 [0-0] Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Umm al-Afā'ī	Sliti (pen), Abdi		NL
		Abolfazl Jalali

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