AFC - Iran U-17 coach Mohamad Ahmadzade has
announced a squad of 18 players for the AFC U-17 Championship which will be
held in Singapore from September 3-17.
The squad will fly to Moscow for two warm-up friendlies against their
Russian counterparts on August 12 and 14 before returning to Tehran for an
intensive training camp.
Iran, who reached the semifinals of the last edition in Japan and were
runners-up in 2000, have been drawn with Iraq, Tajikistan and Yemen in Group
B and will play their matches at the Bishan Stadium.