Depleted Iran football squad heads for Jordan

IRNA - Iran's football team left here Tuesday for the Jordanian capital Amman to take part in the LG Cup.

Manager Amir Qal'e-Noei will field a depleted team in the three-sided tournament as he did not call up the exiles and regulars from high- flight Esteqlal of Tehran and Saba Battery.

According to the schedule, Iran will take on Iraq and Jordan Wednesday and Friday respectively.

The 20-strong team comprises Ebrahim Mirzapour, Hassan Roudbarian, Hadi Shakouri, Mohammad Nosrati, Rahman Ahmadi, Sepehr Heidari, Jalal Hosseini, Alireza Nikbakht-Vahedi, Mehrzad Ma'danchi, Hadi Aqili, Kianoush Rahmati, Davoud Haqi, Shays Rezaei, Amir Az'hari, Robert Marcussi, Abbas Aqaei, Andranik Teimourian, Pejman Nouri, Mehdi Rajabzadeh, and Hamid Shafiei.

Hanover striker Vahid Hashemian, Hamburg winger Mehdi Mahdavikia, Osasuna midfielder Javad Nekounam, Livorno fullback Rahman Rezaei, and Gholam-Reza Enayati, Iman Mob'ali, and Javad Kazemian who play in the United Arab Emirates have not been summoned.