Group G
Iran
- Manager
- Amir Ghalenoei
- Squad
- 27 players
- Announced
- June 1
Tournament projection
- Advance
- 78.5%
- Round of 16
- 40.5%
- Quarter-final
- 17.5%
- Semi-final
- 7.1%
- Final
- 2.5%
- Champion
- 0.9%
Market champion price 0.1% · model edge +0.7%.
Scouting report
updated 2026-06-04A transition-and-counter 4-2-3-1 that may flirt with a back-5, attacking direct and vertical — but with lots of open space defensively.
Style · 4-2-3-1 (could flirt with a back-5) — transition and counter-attacking, vertical play to attack direct.
Counter-reliance ·highTransition and counter-attacking, vertical & direct
Strengths
- +Direct, vertical transition threat
- +Taremi's hold-up and link play to spring attacks
Weaknesses
- −Lots of open spaces defensively
Key players
- Mehdi Taremi · CFGoals, hold-up and link-up play, moments out of nothing — in-form for his nation
- Tactics
- Defend deep, attack vertically and break in transition with Taremi leading the line. The defensive spaces are the obvious vulnerability.
Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026
Group fixtures
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Alireza BeiranvandTractor
- Hossein HosseiniSepahan
- Payam NiazmandPersepolis
Defenders
- Danial EiriMalavan
- Ehsan HajsafiSepahan
- Saleh HardaniEsteghlal
- Hossein KanaaniPersepolis
- Shoka KhalilzadehTractor
- Milad MohammadiPersepolis
- Ali NematiFoolad
- Omid NoorafkanFoolad
- Ramin RezaeianFoolad
Midfielders
- Rouzbeh CheshmiEsteghlal
- Saeid EzatolahiShabab Al-Ahli
- Mehdi GhaediAl-Nasr
- Saman GhoddosKalba
- Mohammad GhorbaniAl-Wahda
- Alireza JahanbakhshDender
- Mohammad MohebiRostov
- Amir Mohammad RazzaghiniaEsteghlal
- Mehdi TorabiTractor
- Aria YousefiSepahan
Forwards
- Ali AlipourPersepolis
- Dennis DargahiStandard Liege
- Amirhossein HosseinzadehTractor
- Amirhossein MahmoudiPersepolis
- Mehdi TaremiOlympiacos