Carlos Queiroz names Iran football team for South Africa training camp

TEHRAN,Apr.13(MNA) – Iran football coach Carlos Queiroz invited 28 players to participate in the preparatory training camp in South Africa. The camp will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from April 14 to May 7. Arsenal transfer target Sardar Azmoun and European-based players have not been invited because their participation in their leagues. Iran has been drawn along with giant Argentina, Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Group F of the 2014 World Cup. Iran will play Mozambique in its training camp in S. Africa. The Asian heavyweight will face Trinidad and Tobago in its final preparation for the 2014 World Cup. The match will be held in Sao Paolo, Brazil on June 8. The World Cup will begin in Sao Paulo on June 12 and will end in Rio's famous Maracana stadium on July 13. Iran will play Nigeria in Curitiba on June 16 in its first group match. Goalkeepers: Rahman Ahmadi – Sepahan Esfahan Sousha Makani – Foolad Khuzestan Hamed Lak – Tractor Sazi Tabriz Defenders: Khosro Heydari – Esteghlal Tehran Hossein Mahini – Persepolis Tehran Pejman Montazeri – Umm Salal, QAT Jalal Hosseini – Persepolis Tehran Amir-Hossein Sadeghi – Esteghlal Tehran Shoja Khalilzadeh – Sepahan Esfahan Mohammad-Reza Khanzadeh – Zob Ahan Esfahan Ahmad Alenemeh – Naft Tehran Hashem Beikzadeh – Esteghlal Tehran Ehsan Hajsafi – Sepahan Esfahan Mehrdad Pouladi – Persepolis Tehran Mehrdad Jamaati – Foolad Khhuzestan Midfielders: Javad Nekounam – Kuwait SC, KUW Andranik Teymourian – Esteghlal Tehran Reza Haghighi – Persepolis Tehran Omid Ebrahimi – Sepahan Esfahan Ghasem Hadadifar – Zob Ahan Esfahan Bakhtiar Rahmani – Foolad Khuzestan Payam Sadeghian – Persepolis Tehran Mohsen Mosalman – Persepolis Tehran Strikers: Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari – Persepolis Tehran Mehdi Sharifi – Sepahan Esfahan Karim Ansarifard – Tractor Sazi Tabriz Reza Norouzi – Naft Tehran Yaghoub Karimi – Sepahan Esfahan