Iran's 2026 World Cup squad is officially confirmed, named by head coach A. Ghalenoei on June 2, 2026. The 26-player roster brings together three goalkeepers, seven defenders, ten midfielders and six forwards. Iran is drawn into Group G, where it faces Belgium, Egypt and New Zealand. The most-played player in the last 12 months of national-team football is Alireza Beiranvand, with 360 minutes across 4 caps, the squad's most in-form option heading into the tournament. Close behind is Shoja Khalilzadeh on 360 minutes, another of the side's most-used players over the same period. Over the past twelve months the team has posted 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, scoring 25 goals and conceding 12. Our ranking orders the squad purely by national-team minutes, not club minutes, and every name links to a player profile with the full minutes and recent-form breakdown.
Matches & results
Group standings
Group G
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Belgium |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
| 2 |  Egypt |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| 3 |  Iran |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alireza Beiranvand | Goalkeeper | Iran | 360 |
| 2 | Shoja Khalilzadeh | Defender | Iran | 360 |
| 3 | Mehdi Taremi | Forward | Olympiakos Piraeus | 350 |
| 4 | Saeed Ezatolahi | Midfielder | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 343 |
| 5 | Ramin Rezaeian | Midfielder | Iran | 340 |
| 6 | Sayed Ghoddos | Midfielder | Al-Ittihad Kalba | 289 |
| 7 | Mohammad Mohebi | Midfielder | FC Rostov | 245 |
| 8 | Milad Mohammadi | Defender | Iran | 204 |
| 9 | Mohammad Kanani | Defender | Iran | 135 |
| 10 | Mohammad Ghorbani | Midfielder | Al Wahda FC | 102 |
| 11 | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | Forward | Tractor Sazi | 91 |
| 12 | Ehsan Hajisafi | Defender | Iran | 91 |
| 13 | Saleh Hardani | Defender | Iran | 90 |
| 14 | Shahriyar Moghanlou | Forward | Al-Ittihad Kalba | 87 |
| 15 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Midfielder | Dender | 73 |
| 16 | Aria Yousefi | Midfielder | Iran | 45 |
| 17 | Ali Alipourghara | Forward | Iran | 37 |
| 18 | Mehdi Torabi | Midfielder | Tractor Sazi | 24 |
| 19 | Mehdi Ghayedi | Forward | 0 | |
| 20 | Seyed Niazmand | Goalkeeper | Persepolis FC | 0 |
| 21 | Roozbeh Cheshmi | Midfielder | Esteghlal FC | 0 |
| 22 | A. Nemati | Defender | 0 | |
| 23 | Seyed Hosseini | Goalkeeper | Sepahan FC | 0 |
| 24 | Dennis-Yerai Eckert | Forward | Standard Liege | 0 |
| 25 | D. Eiri | Defender | 0 | |
| 26 | Amir Razzaghinia | Midfielder | Esteghlal FC | 0 |
Methodology
Players are ranked by minutes played for the national team over the last 365 days. Ties are broken by appearances. The top 16 are labeled Locked, ranks 17–22 Likely, ranks 23–30 Bubble — a starting frame, not a verdict.
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