Omid Ravankhah, head coach of Iran’s U23 national football team, has called up 30 players for the upcoming training camp. According to Iran Academy media, the preparatory camp will begin August 1st in Tehran. The nine day camp is aimed at evaluating players ahead of the AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers. Ravankhah and his staff will use this opportunity to assess the squad and prepare a precise plan for a strong showing in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers.

List of Called-Up Players

• Mohammad Khalifeh and Abbas Kahrizi from Aluminium Arak
• Arsha Shakouri and Mahdi Mahdavi from Havadar
• Pouria Rafiei, Abbas Habibi, and Mohammad Askari from Sepahan
• Mehdi Zare and Pouria Latififar from Gol Gohar
• Danial Eiri and Farhan Jafari from Malavan
• Masoud Mohebi and Mehdi Goudarzi from Kheybar Khorramabad
• Mobin Dehghan from Al-Wahda
• Amirhossein Samdaliri from Nassaji Mazandaran
• Yaghoub Barajeh, Soheil Sahraei, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, and Mojtaba Fakhrian from Persepolis
• Arsha Vosoughifard and Farshad Firouz from Fajr Sepasi
• Farzin Moamelehgari from Shams Azar Qazvin
• Amir Razzaghinia and Esmaeil Gholizadeh from Esteghlal
• Javad Hosseinnejad from Dinamo Makhachkala
• Alireza Safari from Zob Ahan
• Erfan Jamshidi from Paykan
• Reza Ghandipour from Shabab Al-Ahli
• Kasra Taheri from Rubin Kazan

Iran U23 in AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers

Iran is placed in Group E alongside UAE, Hong Kong, and Guam. All matches will be hosted in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Schedule for Iran U23 in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers Group Stage

• Sep 3: Iran vs Hong Kong
• Sep 6: Iran vs Guam
• Sep 9: UAE vs Iran