Ivankovic names Iran squad

15 May 2006
by Reuters
 

 

Iran coach Branko Ivankovic named his 23-

man squad on Monday for next month's FIFA World Cup™ finals in Germany.

The Iran squad is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Goalkeepers:

Ebrahim Mirzapour (Foolad Khuzestan)

Vahid Talebloo (Esteghlal Teheran)

Hassan Roudbarian (Pas).

 

Defenders:

Yahya Golmohammadi (Saba Battery)

Mohammad Nosrati (Pas),

Rahman Rezaei (AC Messina),

Sattar Zare (Bargh Shiraz),

Hossein Kaabi (Foolad Khuzestan),

Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Saba Battery)

Amir Hossein Sadeqi (Esteghlal Teheran).

 

Midfielders:

Javad Nekounam (Sharjah/UAE)

Anderanik  Teymourian (Abomoslem Khorasan)

Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburg SV)

Fereydoon Zandi (Kaiserslautern)

Ali Karimi (Bayern Munich)

Mehrzad Madanchi (Persepolis)

Javad Kazemian (Persepolis).

 

Forwards:

Ali Daei (Saba Battery)

Vahid Hashemian (Hannover 96)

Reza Enayati (Esteghlal Teheran)

Arash Borhani (Pas)

Masoud Shojai (Saipa)

Rasoul Khatibi (Sepahan Isfahan).