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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]
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]
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:
Manager: 
Winfried Schäfer
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2018 |  Morteza Aghakhan | Paykan | Transfer | [4] |
| 3 June 2018 | Farshad Mohammadi | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | [5] |
| 3 June 2018 | Rouhollah Bagheri | Khooneh be Khooneh | Transfer | [6] |
| 3 June 2018 | Mohammad Daneshgar | Saipa | Transfer | [7] |
| 6 June 2018 | Sina Khadempour | Naft Tehran | End of loan | [8] |
| 6 June 2018 | Sajjad Aghaei | Aluminium Arak | End of loan | [9] |
| 12 June 2018 | Allahyar Sayyad | Saipa | Transfer | [10] |
| 12 June 2018 | Meysam Teymouri | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | [11] |
| 12 June 2018 | Reza Azari | Esteghlal U21 | Transfer | [12] |
| 13 June 2018 | Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh | Peykan U19 | Transfer | [13] |
| 16 July 2018 | Ali Karimi | Sepahan | Transfer | [14] |
| 31 July 2018 | Morteza Tabrizi | Zob Ahan | Transfer | |
| 31 July 2018 | Markus Neumayr |  Kasımpaşa | Transfer | |
| 1 August 2018 |  Humam Tariq | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Transfer | |
| 8 August 2018 |  Alhaji Gero |  Östersunds | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2018 |  Leandro Padovani Celin | Retired | End of contract | |
| 6 June 2018 | Omid Noorafkan |  Charleroi | Transfer | [15] |
| 19 June 2018 | Mohammad Javad Mohammadi | Arvand Khorramshahr | Loan | |
| 25 June 2018 | Miad Yazdani | Sepidrood | Transfer | |
| 27 June 2018 | Behnam Barzay | Sanat Naft | Transfer | |
| 10 July 2018 | Omid Ebrahimi |  Al Ahli | End of contract | |
| 26 July 2018 | Fardin Najafi | Baadraan | Loan | |
| 26 July 2018 |  Server Djeparov |  Zhetysu | End of contract | |
| 30 July 2018 | Majid Hosseini | Trabzonspor | Transfer | |
| 8 August 2018 |  Mame Baba Thiam |  Al-Ajman | Transfer | [16] |
| 16 August 2018 |  Bojan Najdenov |  KF Laçi | Transfer | |
| 3 September 2018 | Ali Ghorbani |  Spartak Trnava | End of contract |
Manager: N/A
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vahid Hamdinejad | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Transfer |
| 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 | ||
Manager: Sirous Pourmousavi
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meysam Doraghi | Foolad | Transfer | ||
| 20 June 2018 | Reza Mirzaei | Sepahan | On loan | |
| 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 | ||
Manager: Firouz Karimi
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager: Mahmoud Fekri
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alireza Alizadeh | Mes Kerman | Transfer | ||
| Meysam Aghaei | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | ||
| Milad Farahani | Naft Tehran | Transfer | ||
| 14 June 2018 | Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati | Sepahan | Transfer | |
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager: Javad Nekounam
| 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 | ||
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager: Yahya Golmohammadi
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager: Mehdi Tartar
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2018 | Iman Salimi | Tractor | Transfer | [18] |
| 1 June 2018 | Mohsen Forouzan | Tractor | Transfer | [19] |
| 3 June 2018 | Farshad Mohammadi | Esteghlal | Transfer | [20] |
| 3 June 2018 | Mohammad Tayyebi | Tractor | Transfer | [21] |
Manager: Majid Jalali
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2018 | Vahid Sheikhveisi | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Transfer | [22] |
| 22 June 2018 | Mehdi Amini | Sepahan | On loan |
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2018 | Mehdi Shiri | Persepolis | Transfer | [23] |
| 26 May 2018 | Payam Niazmand | Sepahan | Transfer | [24] |
| 1 June 2018 | Morteza Aghakhan | Esteghlal | Transfer | [25] |
Manager: 
Branko Ivanković
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2018 | Omid Alishah | Tractor | Loan return | [26] |
| 22 May 2018 | Mehdi Shiri | Paykan | Transfer | [27] |
| 30 June 2018 | Hamed Aghaei | Naft Tehran | Loan return | |
| 26 May 2018 | Mehdi Sharifi | Sepahan | Transfer | [28] |
| 5 August 2018 | Saeed Karimi | Naft Gachsaran | Transfer | [29] |
| 12 August 2018 | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | Transfer | [30] |
| Soroush Rafiei | Al-Khor | Transfer | [31] |
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2018 | Sadegh Moharrami | Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer | [32] |
| 4 July 2018 | Farshad Ahmadzadeh |  Śląsk Wrocław | Transfer | |
| 21 July 2018 | Vahid Amiri | Trabzonspor | Transfer | |
| 7 July 2018 | Mohsen Mosalman | Zob Ahan | Transfer | |
| 22 May 2018 | Mehdi Shiri | Paykan | Loan | |
| 7 July 2018 | Hamed Aghaei | Oxin Alborz | Transfer | |
| 12 August 2018 | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | Loan | |
| Soroush Rafiei | Foolad | Loan | ||
Manager: Ali Daei
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2018 | Allahyar Sayyad | Esteghlal | Transfer | [33] |
| 26 May 2018 | Ali Gholizadeh | Charleroi | Transfer | [34] |
Manager: 
Paulo Sérgio
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager: Amir Ghalenoei
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2018 | Payam Niazmand | Paykan | Transfer | [35] |
| 28 May 2018 | Mohammad Iranpourian | Tractor | Transfer | [36] |
| 29 May 2018 | Kiros Stanlley | Zob Ahan | Transfer | |
| 30 May 2018 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | Qatar SC | Transfer | [37] |
| 2 June 2018 | Shahab Adeli U23 | Naft Tehran | Transfer | [38] |
| 8 June 2018 | Khaled Shafiei | Zob Ahan | Transfer | |
| 14 June 2018 | Mehdi Kiani | Tractor | Transfer | |
| 30 June 2018 | Mohammad Karimi U23 | Khooneh be Khooneh | Transfer | |
| 13 July 2018 | Davoud Rajabi U23 | Sepahan U21 | Transfer | |
| 13 July 2018 | Ali Khosravi U23 | Sepahan U21 | Transfer | |
| 15 July 2018 | Bakhtiar Rahmani | Zob Ahan | Transfer | |
| 1 August 2018 |  Vladimir Koman | Adanaspor | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2018 | Masoud Hassanzadeh | Zob Ahan | End of contract | |
| 9 June 2018 | Mehdi Sharifi | Persepolis | Released | |
| 14 June 2018 | Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati | Naft Masjed Soleyman | Released | |
| 14 June 2018 | Mohammad Ali Ahmadi | Unattached | End of contract | |
| 20 June 2018 | Reza Mirzaei | Foolad | On loan | |
| 22 June 2018 | Mehdi Amini | Paykan | On loan | |
| 16 July 2018 | Ali Karimi | Esteghlal | End of contract | |
| 23 July 2018 | Edon Hasani | KF Tirana | Released | |
| 1 August 2018 | Marwan Hussein | Al-Zawra'a | Released | |
| 3 August 2018 | Saber Didehvar | Naft va Gaz Gachsaran | Released | |
| 5 August 2018 | Aref Gholami | Zob Ahan | End of contract | |
| 11 August 2018 | Mehdi Sedghian | Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht | Released | |
| 17 September 2018 |  Ibrahim Alma | Al-Wahda | End of contract | |
Manager: Khodadad Azizi
| 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 |
| 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 |
Manager: 
John Toshack
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2018 | Mohsen Forouzan | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Transfer | [39] |
| 2 June 2018 | Mohammad Tayyebi | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Transfer | [40] |
| 2 June 2018 | Alireza Naghizadeh | Gostaresh Foolad | Transfer | |
| 12 June 2018 | Ali Abdollahzadeh | Sanat Naft | Transfer | |
| 12 June 2018 | Mohammad Ahle Shakheh | Foolad | Transfer | |
| 3 July 2018 | Alireza Heidari | Malavan | Transfer | |
| 18 July 2018 |  Harry Forrester |  Rangers | Transfer | |
| 19 July 2018 |  Anthony Stokes |  Apollon | Transfer | |
| 25 July 2018 | Yousef Seyyedi | Gostaresh Foolad | Transfer | |
| 25 July 2018 | Hassan Farivar U21 | Tractor U21 | Transfer | |
| 29 July 2018 |  Yukiya Sugita | Dalkurd FF | Transfer | |
| 1 August 2018 | Ashkan Dejagah | Nottingham Forest | Transfer | |
| 1 August 2018 | Masoud Shojaei | AEK | Transfer | |
| 14 August 2018 | Lee Erwin | Kilmarnock | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2018 | Omid Alishah | Persepolis | End of loan | [41] |
| 30 May 2018 | Šime Gregov | Unattached | End of contract | |
| 30 May 2018 |  Sulejman Krpić | Željezničar Sarajevo | Transfer | |
| 30 May 2018 | Hadi Mohammadi | Zob Ahan | End of loan | |
| 30 May 2018 | Fakher Tahami | Sanat Naft | End of loan | |
| 30 May 2018 | Aref Aghasi | Foolad | End of loan | |
| 28 May 2018 | Mohammad Iranpourian | Sepahan | Transfer | [42] |
| 14 June 2018 | Mehdi Kiani | Sepahan | Transfer | |
| 14 July 2018 | Mohammad Naderi | KV Kortrijk | Transfer | [43] |
| 27 June 2018 | Mohammad Ebrahimi | Oxin | Transfer | |
| 30 June 2018 | Arsalan Motahari | Unattached | End of contract | |
| 23 July 2018 | Farzin Garousian | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Transfer | |
| 27 July 2018 | Farzad Hatami | Oxin | Transfer |
Manager: Omid Namazi
| Date | Player | From | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2018 | Hadi Mohammadi | Tractor | Transfer | |
| 7 June 2018 | Masoud Hassanzadeh | Sepahan | Transfer | [44] |
| 7 June 2018 | Mohsen Mosalman | Persepolis | Transfer | [45] |
| 7 June 2018 |  Eddie Hernández | Unattached | Transfer | [46] |
| 7 June 2018 | Marion Silva Fernandes | Unattached | Transfer | [47] |
| Date | Player | To | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2018 | Kiros Stanlley | Sepahan | Transfer | |
| 8 June 2018 | Khaled Shafiei | Sepahan | Transfer | |
| 15 July 2018 | Bakhtiar Rahmani | Sepahan | Transfer |
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