5/15/2006
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com

Iran Football federation announced the names of the Team Melli members who will be playing in this summer’s World Cup in Germany.

There are hardly any surprises on the list. The only minor surprises were inclusion of forward Rasoul Khatibi of Sepahan FC and attacking midfielder Masoud Shojaei of Saipa.

The Squad:

Goalkeepers

Ebrahim Mirzapour (Foolad, Iran)
Vahid Taleblou (Esteghlal, Iran)
Hassan Roodbarian (Pas, Iran)

Defenders

Rahman Rezaei (FC Messina, Italy)
Yahya Golmohammadi (Saba, Iran)
Hossein Kabi (Foolad, Iran)
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Saba, Iran)
Mohammad Nosrati (Pas, Iran)
Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal, Iran)
Sattar Zare (Bargh, Iran)

Midfielders

Ali Karimi (FC Bayern Munich, Germany)
Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburger SV, Germany)
Fereydoon Zandi (FC Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Javad Nekounam (Sharjah FC, UAE)
Javad Kazemian (Perspolis, Iran)
Andrianik Teymourian (Abumuslim, Iran)
Masoud Shojaei (Saipa, Iran)
Mehrzad Madanchi (Perspolis, Iran)

Forwards

Vahid Hashemian (Hannover 96, Germany)
Arash Borhani (Pas, Iran)
Ali Daei (Saba, Iran)
Reza Enayati (Esteghlal, Iran)
Rasoul Khatibi (Sepahan, Iran)