Alireza Mansourian has announced an initial list of 31 players who will be called for a Training camp to be conducted at the National Teams training centere in Azadi Complex. The squad was strengthened by the availability of both Sardar Azmoun and Alireza Jahanbakhsh ,both of whom will be enjoying the European winter breaks from their clubs and are available for the competition. 26 players will proceed to Kish Island for a friendly match against South Korea. During the period, the U-22 team will be playing 3 friendly matches with club sides. At the end of the camp ,Mansourian will issue a shortlist of 23 players who will form the squad for the inaugural AFC  U-22 championship which will be held in Muscat , Oman. Iran is grouped with Australia,Japan and Kuwait in Group C. Team Melli U-22 will meet Japan on the 12th January 2014. Team Melli U-22 is one of the title contenders. PLAYERS LIST 1    Ahmad GOHARI (12/01/1996) 2    Ali FATHIAN 3    Ali GHOLIZADEH (10/03/1996) 4    Ali RIGI 5    Alireza JAHANBAKHSH (08/10/1993) 6    Amir ABEDZADEH (26/04/1993) 7    Amir Mohammad MAZLOUM (27/01/1996) 8    Amirhossein KARIMI (09/02/1996) 9    Armin HASHEMI  (04/02/1996) 10    Armin SOHRABIAN 11    Iman SALIMI (01/06/1996) 12    Mehdi AMINI (16/05/1996) 13    Majid HOSSEINI (20/06/1996) 14    Maysam JOODAKI 15    Milad SARLAK 16    Mobin EZZATI 17    Mohammad BAZAJ (30/03/1996) 18    Mohammad BAZARAFSHAN 19    Mohammad NIYARAKI 20    Mohammad SAEEDBROAYEH 21    Mohammadreza KAVEH (22/07/1997) 22    Mohammaed ABBASI 23    Mojtaba MOGHTADAEI 24    Morteza TABRIZI 25    Mostafa HASHEMI (19/10/1996) 26    Pyam NIAZMAND 27    Sadegh MOHARRAMI (01/03/1996) 28    Sivahsh HAGH-NAZARI 29    Sardar AZMOUN (01/01/1995) 30    Yahya NAJJARIAN 31    Yousef SEYYEDI (08/03/1996)