🔻With the announcement by the Football Federation, Peppe Losada, the former Spanish coach of Persepolis, has been added as the new fitness trainer of the Iran national football team and as an assistant to Amir Ghalenoei in the coaching staff of this team.

🔹Mehrdad Khanban is also another new member of the national team’s coaching staff. He was the national team’s analyst during Carlos Queiroz’s tenure, and then at Persepolis he worked with coaches such as Yahya Golmohammadi and Osmar, along with several other coaches, and in the 2021–2022 season he won the Persian Gulf Pro League, the Hazfi Cup, and the Super Cup.

🔹After the departure of Ali Asghar Gorbanaali Pour, Losada took charge of the physical preparation of the national team players. He has prior experience working with Persepolis, Naft Masjed Soleyman, and Gol Gohar. Before this, at Persepolis he had achieved the league title, the Hazfi Cup, and the Super Cup.

🔹The Iran national team is preparing for Thursday’s match against Uzbekistan at the Independence Stadium in Fergana, and after that it will travel to Kazan for the match against Russia.