Iran World Cup 2026 squad: every player, position by position

Goalkeepers

Alireza Beiranvand GK

Payam Niazmand GK

Hossein Hosseini GK

Defenders

Saleh Hardani DEF

Ehsan Hajsafi DEF

Shoja Khalilzadeh DEF

Milad Mohammadi DEF

HK Hossein Kanani DEF

AY Arya Yousefi DEF

Ali Nemati DEF

Ramin Rezaeian DEF

DI Danial Iri DEF

Midfielders

Saeid Ezatolahi MID

Alireza Jahanbakhsh MID

Mohammad Mohebbi MID

Saman Ghoddos MID

Roozbeh Cheshmi MID

Mehdi Torabi MID

Mohammad Ghorbani MID

AR Amirmohammad Razzaghinia MID

Forwards

Mehdi Taremi FWD

Mehdi Ghayedi FWD

Ali Alipour FWD

Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh FWD

SM Shahriyar Moghanloo FWD

Dennis Dargahi FWD

21 of 26 players carry a free-licensed photograph; the rest show a monogram until one is available. Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free licence.

• 29.8avg age
• 20youngest (Amirmohammad Razzaghinia)
• 37oldest (Shoja Khalilzadeh)

Position counts from the ESPN roster retrieved 7 June 2026. Ages at the data verification date.

Iran went out in the group stage. The top two teams in each group went straight into the round of 32, with the eight best third-placed teams joining them. The final Group G table is on the group page.

Final Group G table →

Source: ESPN roster, retrieved 7 June 2026, before the tournament kicked off. Club affiliations are not in the verified roster feed; we do not list them here.

Iran are ranked 21 in the FIFA Men's World Ranking , the 19th highest-ranked of the 48 teams at the tournament. Ranking as of 1 April 2026, per FIFA via Wikipedia.