List of Iranian football transfers summer 2018

This is a list of Iranian football transfers for the 2018 summer transfer window. Transfers of Iran Pro League are listed. Transfer window was opened on June 13, 2018, and will be open until September 4, 2018, for players who played in Iranian clubs. ^{[1] [2]}

Rules and regulations

According to Iran Football Federation rules for 2018–19 Iran Pro League, each Football Club is allowed to take up to maximum 6 new Iranian player from the other clubs who already played in the 2017–18 Iran Pro League season. In addition to these six new players, each club is allowed to take up to maximum 4 non-Iranian new players (at least one of them should be Asian) and up to 3 players from Free agent (who did not play in 2018–19 Iran Pro League season or doesn't list in any 2018–19 League after season's start) during the season. In addition to these players, the clubs are also able to take some new under-23 and under-21 years old players, if they have some free place in these categories in their player lists. Under-23 players should sign in transfer window but under-21 can be signed during the first mid-season. On 5 July 2018, a new rule was confirmed by Iran Football Federation which allows the clubs to move up to three players into their under-25 years old players list. These under-25 years old players must be under contract of the club in the previous season. ^[3]

Players limits

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2018–19 Iranian football different levels are allowed to have up to maximum 45 players in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:

• Up to maximum 18 adult (without any age limit) players
• Up to maximum 3 under-25 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1994).
• Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1996).
• Up to maximum 15 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1998).

Iran Pro League

Esteghlal

Manager: Winfried Schäfer

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)	Morteza Aghakhan	Paykan	Transfer	[4]
3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)	Farshad Mohammadi	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	[5]
3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)	Rouhollah Bagheri	Khooneh be Khooneh	Transfer	[6]
3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)	Mohammad Daneshgar	Saipa	Transfer	[7]
6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)	Sina Khadempour	Naft Tehran	End of loan	[8]
6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)	Sajjad Aghaei	Aluminium Arak	End of loan	[9]
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)	Allahyar Sayyad	Saipa	Transfer	[10]
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)	Meysam Teymouri	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	[11]
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)	Reza Azari	Esteghlal U21	Transfer	[12]
13 June 2018 (2018-06-13)	Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh	Peykan U19	Transfer	[13]
16 July 2018 (2018-07-16)	Ali Karimi	Sepahan	Transfer	[14]
31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)	Morteza Tabrizi	Zob Ahan	Transfer
31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)	Markus Neumayr	Kasımpaşa	Transfer
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)	Humam Tariq	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Transfer
8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)	Alhaji Gero	Östersunds	Transfer

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
24 May 2018 (2018-05-24)	Leandro Padovani Celin	Retired	End of contract
6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)	Omid Noorafkan	Charleroi	Transfer	[15]
19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)	Mohammad Javad Mohammadi	Arvand Khorramshahr	Loan
25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)	Miad Yazdani	Sepidrood	Transfer
27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)	Behnam Barzay	Sanat Naft	Transfer
10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)	Omid Ebrahimi	Al Ahli	End of contract
26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)	Fardin Najafi	Baadraan	Loan
26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)	Server Djeparov	Zhetysu	End of contract
30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)	Majid Hosseini	Trabzonspor	Transfer
8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)	Mame Baba Thiam	Al-Ajman	Transfer	[16]
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)	Bojan Najdenov	KF Laçi	Transfer
3 September 2018 (2018-09-03)	Ali Ghorbani	Spartak Trnava	End of contract

Esteghlal Khuzestan

Manager: N/A

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
()	Vahid Hamdinejad	Pars Jonoubi Jam	Transfer

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
()	Vahid Sheikhveisi	Paykan	Transfer	[17]
()	Aghil Kaabi	Sanat Naft	Transfer
()	Meysam Doraghi	Foolad	Transfer
()	Goudarz Davoudi	Unattached	End of contract

Foolad

Manager: Sirous Pourmousavi

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
()	Meysam Doraghi	Foolad	Transfer
20 June 2018 (2018-06-20)	Reza Mirzaei	Sepahan	On loan

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
()	Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	Tractor	Transfer
()	Rahim Zahivi	Saipa	Transfer
()	Abdollah Nasseri	Saipa	Transfer
()	Hamed Lak	Nassaji	Transfer
()	Ahmad Abdollahzadeh	Sanat Naft	Transfer

Gostaresh Foulad

Manager: Firouz Karimi

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref

Naft Masjed-Soleyman

Manager: Mahmoud Fekri

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
()	Alireza Alizadeh	Mes Kerman	Transfer
()	Meysam Aghaei	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer
()	Milad Farahani	Naft Tehran	Transfer
14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati	Sepahan	Transfer

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref

Nassaji

Manager: Javad Nekounam

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
()	Mohammad Abshak	Baadraan	Transfer
()	Hamed Lak	Foolad	Transfer
()	Omid Singh	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer
()	Farshad Faraji	Khooneh be Khooneh	Transfer
()	Nima Mirzazad	Malavan	Transfer
()	Hamed Shiri	Saipa	Transfer
()	Hamidreza Divsalar	Khooneh be Khooneh	Transfer
()	Shahin Majidi	Fajr Sepasi	Transfer
()	Sajjad Ashouri	Khooneh be Khooneh	Transfer
()	Sajjad Heydari	Mes Rafsanjan	Transfer
()	Komeil Mohammadi	Naft Tehran	Transfer
()	Ali Asghar Ashouri	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Transfer

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref

Padideh

Manager: Yahya Golmohammadi

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref

Pars Jonoubi Jam

Manager: Mehdi Tartar

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
28 May 2018 (2018-05-28)	Iman Salimi	Tractor	Transfer	[18]
1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)	Mohsen Forouzan	Tractor	Transfer	[19]
3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)	Farshad Mohammadi	Esteghlal	Transfer	[20]
3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)	Mohammad Tayyebi	Tractor	Transfer	[21]

Paykan

Manager: Majid Jalali

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)	Vahid Sheikhveisi	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Transfer	[22]
22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)	Mehdi Amini	Sepahan	On loan

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
22 May 2018 (2018-05-22)	Mehdi Shiri	Persepolis	Transfer	[23]
26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)	Payam Niazmand	Sepahan	Transfer	[24]
1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)	Morteza Aghakhan	Esteghlal	Transfer	[25]

Persepolis

Manager: Branko Ivanković

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
18 April 2018 (2018-04-18)	Omid Alishah	Tractor	Loan return	[26]
22 May 2018 (2018-05-22)	Mehdi Shiri	Paykan	Transfer	[27]
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)	Hamed Aghaei	Naft Tehran	Loan return
26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)	Mehdi Sharifi	Sepahan	Transfer	[28]
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)	Saeed Karimi	Naft Gachsaran	Transfer	[29]
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)	Mehdi Torabi	Saipa	Transfer	[30]
	Soroush Rafiei	Al-Khor	Transfer	[31]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
14 May 2018 (2018-05-14)	Sadegh Moharrami	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	[32]
4 July 2018 (2018-07-04)	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	Śląsk Wrocław	Transfer
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21)	Vahid Amiri	Trabzonspor	Transfer
7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)	Mohsen Mosalman	Zob Ahan	Transfer
22 May 2018 (2018-05-22)	Mehdi Shiri	Paykan	Loan
7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)	Hamed Aghaei	Oxin Alborz	Transfer
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)	Mehdi Torabi	Saipa	Loan
	Soroush Rafiei	Foolad	Loan

Saipa

Manager: Ali Daei

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
22 May 2018 (2018-05-22)	Allahyar Sayyad	Esteghlal	Transfer	[33]
26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)	Ali Gholizadeh	Charleroi	Transfer	[34]

Sanat Naft

Manager: Paulo Sérgio

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref

Sepahan

Manager: Amir Ghalenoei

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)	Payam Niazmand	Paykan	Transfer	[35]
28 May 2018 (2018-05-28)	Mohammad Iranpourian	Tractor	Transfer	[36]
29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)	Kiros Stanlley	Zob Ahan	Transfer
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Qatar SC	Transfer	[37]
2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)	Shahab Adeli U23	Naft Tehran	Transfer	[38]
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)	Khaled Shafiei	Zob Ahan	Transfer
14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)	Mehdi Kiani	Tractor	Transfer
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)	Mohammad Karimi U23	Khooneh be Khooneh	Transfer
13 July 2018 (2018-07-13)	Davoud Rajabi U23	Sepahan U21	Transfer
13 July 2018 (2018-07-13)	Ali Khosravi U23	Sepahan U21	Transfer
15 July 2018 (2018-07-15)	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Zob Ahan	Transfer
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)	Vladimir Koman	Adanaspor	Transfer

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	Masoud Hassanzadeh	Zob Ahan	End of contract
9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)	Mehdi Sharifi	Persepolis	Released
14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Released
14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	Unattached	End of contract
20 June 2018 (2018-06-20)	Reza Mirzaei	Foolad	On loan
22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)	Mehdi Amini	Paykan	On loan
16 July 2018 (2018-07-16)	Ali Karimi	Esteghlal	End of contract
23 July 2018 (2018-07-23)	Edon Hasani	KF Tirana	Released
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)	Marwan Hussein	Al-Zawra'a	Released
3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)	Saber Didehvar	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	Released
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)	Aref Gholami	Zob Ahan	End of contract
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11)	Mehdi Sedghian	Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht	Released
17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)	Ibrahim Alma	Al-Wahda	End of contract

Sepidrood

Manager: Khodadad Azizi

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
4 July 2018	Koroush Maleki	Gostaresh Foolad	Transfer
4 July 2018	Mohsen Irannejad	Oxin Alborz	Transfer
7 July 2018	Yaghoub Karimi	Machine Sazi	Transfer
8 July 2018	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	Nassaji	Transfer
8 July 2018	Reza Ma'ghouli	Khooneh be Khooneh	Transfer
6 August 2018	Mehrdad Bayrami	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Transfer
27 August 2018	Alireza Ezzati	Naft Tehran	Transfer
4 September 2018	Mohammad Gholami	Aluminium Arak	Transfer
4 September 2018	Hossein Shenani	Mes Rafsanjan	Transfer

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
25 July 2018	Tohid Gholami	Mashin Sazi	End of contract
27 July 2018	Mohammad Gholami	Aluminium Arak	End of contract
4 August 2018	Mohsen Irannejad	Unattached	Released
15 August 2018	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	Unattached	Released
28 August 2018	Mohammad Lotfi	Unattached	Released
28 August 2018	Omid Samkan	Unattached	Released
4 September 2018	Reza Ma'ghouli	Aluminium Arak	Transfer

Tractor

Manager: John Toshack

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)	Mohsen Forouzan	Pars Jonoubi Jam	Transfer	[39]
2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)	Mohammad Tayyebi	Pars Jonoubi Jam	Transfer	[40]
2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)	Alireza Naghizadeh	Gostaresh Foolad	Transfer
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)	Ali Abdollahzadeh	Sanat Naft	Transfer
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)	Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	Foolad	Transfer
3 July 2018 (2018-07-03)	Alireza Heidari	Malavan	Transfer
18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)	Harry Forrester	Rangers	Transfer
19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)	Anthony Stokes	Apollon	Transfer
25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)	Yousef Seyyedi	Gostaresh Foolad	Transfer
25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)	Hassan Farivar U21	Tractor U21	Transfer
29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)	Yukiya Sugita	Dalkurd FF	Transfer
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)	Ashkan Dejagah	Nottingham Forest	Transfer
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)	Masoud Shojaei	AEK	Transfer
14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)	Lee Erwin	Kilmarnock	Transfer

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
18 April 2018 (2018-04-18)	Omid Alishah	Persepolis	End of loan	[41]
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)	Šime Gregov	Unattached	End of contract
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)	Sulejman Krpić	Željezničar Sarajevo	Transfer
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)	Hadi Mohammadi	Zob Ahan	End of loan
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)	Fakher Tahami	Sanat Naft	End of loan
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)	Aref Aghasi	Foolad	End of loan
28 May 2018 (2018-05-28)	Mohammad Iranpourian	Sepahan	Transfer	[42]
14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)	Mehdi Kiani	Sepahan	Transfer
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14)	Mohammad Naderi	KV Kortrijk	Transfer	[43]
27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Oxin	Transfer
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30)	Arsalan Motahari	Unattached	End of contract
23 July 2018 (2018-07-23)	Farzin Garousian	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Transfer
27 July 2018 (2018-07-27)	Farzad Hatami	Oxin	Transfer

Zob Ahan

Manager: Omid Namazi

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Ref
29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)	Hadi Mohammadi	Tractor	Transfer
7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	Masoud Hassanzadeh	Sepahan	Transfer	[44]
7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	Mohsen Mosalman	Persepolis	Transfer	[45]
7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	Eddie Hernández	Unattached	Transfer	[46]
7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	Marion Silva Fernandes	Unattached	Transfer	[47]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)	Kiros Stanlley	Sepahan	Transfer
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)	Khaled Shafiei	Sepahan	Transfer
15 July 2018 (2018-07-15)	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Sepahan	Transfer

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