Nepal to take on IR Iran in AFC U-23 Qualifiers today

Nepal is taking on hosts IR Iran in the AFC U-23 qualifiers to be played in Azadi Stadium today.

Nepal are pitted in Group C of the qualifiers with hosts IR Iran, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Nepal open their qualifier journey with first match against hosts.

Full Squad of both teams:

Nepal:

Goalkeepers:

Bikesh Kuthu, Alen Neupane, Amrit Chaudhary

Defenders:

Ananta Tamang, Akash Thapa, Aditya Chaudhary, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Man Bahadur Tamang, Kalu Thapa

Midfielders:

Jagjit Shrestha (c), Gaurab Budhathoki, Heman Gurung, Hemant Thapa Magar, Jangbu Sherpa, Kamal Shrestha, Prakash Budhathoki, Sulav Maskey, Bishal Rai

Forwards:

Ranjan Bista, Anjan Bista, Amar Dangol, Bimal Gharti Magar, Bishwash Shrestha

IR IRAN:

Goalkeepers:

Mohammadreza Akhbari, Amir Abedzadeh, Goudarz Davoudi

Defenders:

Yousef Vakia, Vahid Heydarieh, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Mohammad Hossein Moradmand, Majid Hosseini, Hossein Kanaani, Milad Mohammadi, Ali Abdollahzadeh

Midfielders:

Ali Karimi, Ahmad Nourollahi, Alireza Naghizadeh, Milad Kamandani, Ehsan Pahlavan, Mehdi Torabi

Forwards:

Amir Arsalan Motahari, Behnam Barzay, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Hossein Fazeli, Shahin Saghebi, Sardar Azmoun

 

Squad Source: All Nepal Football Federation