Iran at the 2026 World Cup: roster, list, players, group and schedule

Full Iran squad for the 2026 World Cup

Goalkeepers

• Alireza Beiranvand (Tractor)
• Hossein Hosseini (Sepahan Esfahan)
• Payam Niazmand (Persepolis Tehran)

Defenders

• Daniyal Eiri (Malavan)
• Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan Esfahan)
• Saleh Hardani (Esteghlal Tehran)
• Hossein Kanaani (Persepolis Tehran)
• Shoja Khalilzadeh (Tractor)
• Milad Mohammadi (Persepolis Tehran)
• Ali Nemati (Foolad)
• Ramin Rezaeian (Foolad)

Midfielders

• Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal Tehran)
• Saeid Ezatolahi (Shabab Al Ahli)
• Mehdi Ghayedi (Al-Nasr)
• Saman Ghoddos (Kalba)
• Mohammad Ghorbani (Al Wahda)
• Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Dender)
• Mohammad Mohebi (Rostov)
• Amir Mohammad Razzaghinia (Esteghlal Tehran)
• Mehdi Torabi (Tractor)
• Aria Yousefi (Sepahan Esfahan)

Forwards

• Ali Alipour (Persepolis Tehran)
• Dennis Dargahi (Standard Liège)
• Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Tractor)
• Mehdi Taremi (Olympiacos)
• Shahriar Moghanlou (Kalba)

Iran’s schedule and group at the World Cup

Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

• Tuesday, June 15, 9:00 p.m. ET Iran vs New Zealand
• Saturday, June 20, 9:00 p.m. ET Belgium vs Iran
• Friday, June 26, 11:00 p.m. ET Egypt vs Iran

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