Carlos Queiroz continued his quest to produce a new fresh looking team that can compete at the highest level with introduction of more new faces to Team Melli. Most of the senior players and old guards were left out for the final two matches which have very little effect on the outcome as Iran has already qualified.

Players being set aside including Teymorian , Shojaei, Dejagah , Haj Safy , Ansarifard,  Azmoun , Montazeri ,  Jahanbakhsh , Ghoochannejjad, Pouraliganji , Haghighi , Ghafoori , Ezatolahei and Mohammadi are all absent from the list. Queiroz will practically be fielding the B team against India and Oman.

With qualification to the next round already assured, the timing and selection of these players will be a major boost for the team. Queiroz is creating competition and wants to eliminate complacency and the feeling on invincibility that has been rife in Team Melli for decades. There are some excellent choices in the list reflecting the form of the players in the league.

 

Esteghlal

1. Omid Ebrahimi
2. Mohsin Karimi
3. Sajjad Shahbazzadeh

Esteghlal Khuzistan
4. Ali Ashoori

 Persepolis
5. Sousha Makani
6. Ahmad Noorollahi
7. Kamal Kamyabinia
8. Mahdi Taremi
9. Ramin Rezaeian
10 Farshad Ahmadzadeh
11. Mohammad Ansari

Rah Ahan
12. Mehrdad Mohamadi

Saipa
13. Mehdi Torabi

 Gostarish Foolad
14. Dariush Shojaeian

 Malavan Anzali
15. Ezatollah Pourghaz
16. Mohammad Hossein Kannani

Naft Tehran

17. Jalal Hosseini
18. Vahid Amiri
19. Ali Reza Biranvand