List of Iranian football transfers winter 2017–18

This is a list of Iranian football transfers for the 2017–18 winter transfer window. Transfers of Iran Pro League are listed. Transfer window will open on December 19, 2017 and will be open until January 16, 2018.[1]

Iran Pro League

Esteghlal

Head coach: Winfried Schäfer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  IRN Mohsen Karimi (from Free agent) [2] 77 MF  IRN Behnam Barzay (from Free agent) [3] 10 MF  MKD Bojan Najdenov (from Smouha) [4] 7 FW  SEN Mame Baba Thiam (from Juventus)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  IRN Hassan Beyt Saeed (to Foolad[5]) 10 FW  IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (to Qatar SC) 15 DF  ARM Hrayr Mkoyan (Released) 17 MF  IRN Yaghoub Karimi (to Esteghlal Khuzestan) [6] 30 DF  IRN Azim Gök (on loan to Malavan[7])

Esteghlal Khuzestan

Head coach: Abdollah Veisi

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRN Naser Ghalavand (from Sepahan) — MF  IRN Adel Kolahkaj (from Esteghlal Ahvaz) — DF  IRN Mohammad Aram Tab (from Free Agent) — FW  IRN Esmaeil Sharifat (from Zob Ahan) — FW  IRN Yaghoub Karimi (from Esteghlal) — MF  IRN Mohammad Sharifi (loan from Saipa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Foolad

Head coach: Sirous Pourmousavi

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  IRN Hassan Beyt Saeed (from Esteghlal[8])

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Gostaresh Foulad

Head coach: Firouz Karimi

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  IRN Milad Fakhreddini (to Zob Ahan)

Naft Tehran

Head coach: Hamid Derakhshan

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Padideh

Head coach: Mohammad Reza Mohajeri

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRN Hossein Fazeli (from Sepahan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Pars Jonoubi Jam

Head coach: Mehdi Tartar

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Paykan

Head coach: Majid Jalali

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 45 MF  IRN Shahin Saghebi (from Sepahan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Persepolis

Head coach: Branko Ivanković

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  IRN Mehdi Taremi (to Al-Gharafa)

Saipa

Head coach: Ali Daei

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GHA Samuel Sarfo (from Liberty Professionals) [9]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Sanat Naft

Head coach: Faraz Kamalvand

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Sepahan

Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ALB Edon Hasani (from Vllaznia Shkodër) 20 FW  IRN Mehdi Sharifi (Loan return from Tractor Sazi) 66 DF  IRN Mohammad Ali Ahmadi (from Free agent) 91 GK  SYR Ibrahim Alma (from Al-Ittihad Aleppo)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Lee Oliveira (Released) 9 MF  IRN Shahin Saghebi (to Paykan) 15 FW  IRN Mehdi Alimoradi (Released) 18 MF  IRN Amin Jahan Alian (Released) 23 MF  IRN Naser Ghalavand (to Esteghlal Khuzestan) 33 DF  BRA Jairo Rodrigues (to Montedio Yamagata) 37 MF  IRN Hossein Fazeli (to Padideh) 50 MF  BRA Rafael Crivellaro (to Feirense)

Sepidrood

Head coach: Ali Nazarmohammadi

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Siah Jamegan

Head coach: Alireza Marzban

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Tractor Sazi

Head coach: Yahya Golmohammadi

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  BIH Sulejman Krpić (from Sloboda Tuzla) [10] 5 DF  CRO Šime Gregov (from Viking)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 47 FW  IRN Mehdi Sharifi (Loan return to Sepahan)

Zob Ahan

Head coach: Amir Ghalenoei

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 69 DF  IRN Milad Fakhreddini (from Gostaresh Foolad) 66 DF  IRN Khaled Shafiei (to FC Seoul) 4 MF  IRN Akbar Imani (from Padideh) 21 MF  IRN Bakhtiar Rahmani (from Paykan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  LBN Ali Hamam (to Nejmeh) 6 MF  IRN Mehdi Mehdipour (from Tractor Sazi – conscription) 10 MF  IRN Ehsan Pahlavan (from Tractor Sazi – conscription) 23 MF  IRN Danial Esmaeilifar (from Tractor Sazi – conscription) 20 MF  IRN Esmaeil Sharifat^PL (from Esteghlal Khuzestan) 27 FW  IRN Iman Mousavi^PL (Released)

Notes

• ^PL Pro League quota.

See also

• List of Iranian football transfers summer 2016
• List of Iranian football transfers winter 2016–17
• List of Iranian football transfers summer 2017

Notes and references

1. "تاریخ نقل و انتقالات تابستانی و زمستانی اعلام شد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-05-07.
2. "قرارداد محسن کریمی با استقلال تمدید شد!". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
3. "رسمی؛ برزای استقلالی شد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-11-05.
4. http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2018/02/04/bojan-najdenov-on-the-verge-of-joining-esteghlal-tehran/
5. "بیت‌سعید به فولاد خوزستان پیوست". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-12-18.
6. "یعقوب کریمی به استقلال خوزستان پیوست". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-01-10.
7. "مدافع تیم فوتبال استقلال به ملوان پیوست". خبرگزاری مهر (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
8. "بیت‌سعید به فولاد خوزستان پیوست". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-12-18.
9. https://ghanasoccernet.com/exclusive-ghana-defender-samuel-sarfo-completes-move-to-iranian-side-saipa-fc
10. https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/sulejman-krpic-potpisao-polugodisnji-ugovor-s-iranskim-tractorom/180130009