Iran summons 25 footballers for last Asian Cup
qualifier
Tehran, Nov 8, IRNA--
Iran's national football manager Amir Qal'e-Noei here
Wednesday called up 25 players for the second-leg
qualifier of the Asian Cup 2007 against South Korea.
Iran and South Korea, which have already qualified for
the finals, will clash for the top spot in Group B in
their second-leg game in Azadi Stadium in western
Tehran on Nov. 15.
The two sides tied 1-1 in the first leg in Seoul.
Hereunder comes the list of invitees:
Goalkeepers: Vahid Taleblou, Hassan Roudbarian,
Farshid Karimi, Rahman Ahmadi
Defenders: Mahmoud Fekri, Amir-Hossein Sadeqi, Hadi
Aqili, Mohammad Nosrati, Hadi Shakouri
Midfielders: Mehdi Mahdavikia, Javad Kazemian, Alireza
Vahedi-Nikbakht, Ali Badavi, Javad Nekounam, Hossein
Kazemi, Andranik Teymourian, Ebrahim Sadeqi, Ali
Karimi, Pejman Nouri, Hossein Badamaki Strikers:
Gholam-Reza Enayati, Rassoul Khatibi, Siavash
Akbarpour, Vahid Hashemian
Note: Defender Rahman Rezaei will be added to the list
if he shakes off injury.
