Iran Name Squad For Qatar Test

GOAL - Iran head coach Amir Ghaleneoi has announced a 31-player list for the upcoming international friendly with Doha in Qatar, to be staged on March 24.

Seven of those players will be left behind as the coach will take only 24 to the Qatari capital.

European-based stars such as Bayern Munich's Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia of Hamburg, Bolton Wanderers' Andranik Teymourian, Javad Nekounam of Osasuna and Vahid Hashemian of Hannover 96 will appear.

There is also a first summons since the World Cup for Fereydoon Zandi. The former Kaiserslautern player is now in Cyprus with Apollon.

Hossein Kaabi has been left out of the Qatar clash as he is preparing with the Olympic squad.

The coach may consider calling up additional players following Monday's big game between Pas and Perspolis.

Iran Squad:

Hassan Roudbarian, Abass Mohammadi, Vahid Taleblou, Mehdi Rahmati, Hashem Beykzadeh, Morteza Asadi, Mohammad Mansouri, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Javad Kazemian, Jalal Hosseini, Masoud Shojaei, Iman Mobali, Javad Nekounam, Anderanik Teymourian, Hossein Kazemi, Maziar Zare, Ali Karimi, Fereydoon Zandi, Ebrahim Sadeghi, Vahid Hashemian, Reza Enayati, Rasoul Khatibi, Mehdi Rajabzadeh, Ali Ansarian, Mojtaba Bashiri, Hossein Sadeghi, Rahman Rezaei, Ahmad Jamshidian, Ahmad Taghavi, Pejman Montazeri, Sepehr Heidari and Pirouz Ghorbani.