News ID: 403

Date: 22 July 2025 - 17:02

U23 Football Team

Ravankhah Calls Up 30 Players for U23 National Team Camp

Omid Ravankhah, head coach of Iran’s U23 national football team, has announced the list of 30 players invited to the upcoming training camp.

The preparatory camp will be held at the National Football Center starting August 1, with the aim of evaluating players ahead of the AFC U23 Asian Cup qualification.

During the nine-day camp, the following players are expected to report:

Aluminium Arak: Mohammad Khalifeh, Abbas Kohrizi

Havadar Tehran: Arsha Shakouri, Seyed Mehdi Mahdavi

Sepahan Isfahan: Pouria Rafiei, Abbas Habibi, Mohammad Askari

Gol Gohar Sirjan: Mohammad Mahdi Zare’, Pouria Latififar

Malavan Anzali: Danial Eyri, Farhan Jafari

Kheybar Khorramabad: Masoud Mohabbi, Mehdi Goodarzi

Al Wahda UAE: Mobin Dehghan

Nassaji Mazandaran: Amir Hossein Sam Deliri

Persepolis: Yaghoob Barajeh, Soheil Sahraei, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, Mojtaba Fakhrian

Fajr Sepasi: Arshia Vosoughifard, Farshad Firooz

Shams Azar Qazvin: Farzin Moamelehgari

Esteghlal Tehran: Amir Mohammad Razaghinia, Esmaeil Gholizadeh

Makhachkala (Russia): Mohammad Javad Hosseinnezhad

Zob Ahan: Alireza Safari

Paykan Tehran: Erfan Jamshidi

Shabab Al Ahli (UAE): Reza Ghandipour

Rubin Kazan (Russia): Kasra Taheri

Orenburg (Russia): Saeed Saharkhizan

Iran’s U23 team is set to compete in Group I of the AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, alongside UAE, Hong Kong, and Guam.

Match Schedule – Group I (Abu Dhabi, UAE):

September 3 (12 Shahrivar) – Iran vs. Hong Kong

September 6 (15 Shahrivar) – Iran vs. Guam

September 9 (18 Shahrivar) – UAE vs. Iran

The qualifiers will be hosted in Abu Dhabi, and the camp aims to finalize the strongest possible squad for these crucial matches.