The Iranian National Football Team is ready for the first round of the Qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. There is the possibility that Artur Jorge will be the new coach for the Iranian National Team and the Assistant Coach is Mansour Ebrahimzadeh.

The following personalities will be present such as the players for the German Bundesliga: such as skipper Mahdi Mahdavikia and striker Vahid Hashemian. Others such as players for the FA whose names are Andreanik Teimourian and Hossein Ka’bi.

The following list of the players have been published by Press TV and the Iranian National Football Team and Webpage:

Goalkeepers: Mahdi Va’ezi, Hassan Roudbarian, Abbas Mohammadi, Ebrahim Mirzapour, Vahid Taleblou, and Misaq Memarzadeh,

Strikers: Mohsen Khalili, Milad Meidavoudi, Ahmad Jamshidian, Mahdi Rajabzadeh, Ali Samereh, Jalal Rafkhaei, and Saber Mirqorbani,

Midfielders: Morteza Asadi, Sheis Rezaei, Ali Hamoudi, Pejman Nouri, Hashem Beigzadeh, Ehsan Hajsafi, Freidoun Zandi, Javad Nekounam, Kiyanoush Rahmati, Ebrahim Sadeqi, Moharram Navidkia, Javad Kazemian, Mas’oud Shojaei, Mehrzad Ma’danchi, Iman Mobali, Sattar Zare’, Ali Reza Nikbakht-Vahedi, Hossein Badamaki, Mojtaba Jabbari, Adel Kolah-Kaj, And Ali Karimi,

Defenders: Hadi Aqili, Mohsen Bengar, Sepehr Heidari, Mohammad Nosrati, Seyyed Jalal Hosseini, Morteza Kashi, Hadi Shakouri, Jalal Alene’meh, Rahman Rezaei, and Seyyed Mohammad Alavi.

My best wishes to the Iranian Team in their endeavours. I say this in the name of sports since sports and politics must be separated.

REFERENCE:

Press TV: “Iran picks preliminary soccer squad “

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=36724&sectionid=3510211