Tehran Sunday :
The technical committee of Team Melli and team coach Carlos QUEIROZ has announced the list of 24 players who would be attending the training camp in Turkey in preparation for the FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifying match vs. Uzbekistan to be held on 3rd June 2012 in Tashkent.
The squad will be flying to Istanbul on the 21st May to set up a camp in Turkey whic includes a friendly match against Albania. The squad will be missing 10 players from Sepahan , Esteghlal and Perspolis due to the three clubs upcoming match in the AFC Champions league to be played next Tuesday and Wednesday. The players will fly to Istanbul right after the match.
Team Melli will conclude the camp in Turkey on 1st June and will be flying directly to the Uzbek Capital Tashkent two days ahead of their first match in Round 4 of the World Cup qualifiers.
Ashkan DEJAGAH and Mohammad Ghazi NAJAFABADI will be the two main absentees from the squad due to injuries. None of the two are expected to recover for the next game against Qatar in Tehran.
The squad:
| 1 | Hadi AGHILI |
| 2 | Karim ANSARIFARD |
| 3 | Abolghasim DEHNAVI |
| 4 | Mohammad EBRAHIMI |
| 5 | Mohsen FROUZAN |
| 6 | Shehab GORDAN |
| 7 | Alireza HAGHIGHI |
| 8 | Ehsan HAJSAFY |
| 9 | Khosrow HEYDARI |
| 10 | Jalal HOSSEINI |
| 11 | Mojtaba JABBARI |
| 12 | Ali KARIMI |
| 13 | MohamadReza KHALATBARY |
| 14 | Shojaa KHALILZADEH |
| 15 | Hossein MAHINI |
| 16 | Pejman MONTAZERI |
| 17 | Omid NAZARI |
| 18 | Javad NEKOUNAM |
| 19 | Pejman NOURI |
| 20 | Mehrdad POOLADI |
| 21 | Mehdi RAHMATI |
| 22 | Gholamreza REZAEI |
| 23 | Andranik TEYMOURIAN |
| 24 | Fereydoon ZANDI |