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.

Notes and references

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

[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] ttp://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] ttps://ghanasoccernet.com/exclusive-ghana-defender-samuel-sarfo-completes-move-to-iranian-side-saipa-fc

[10] ttps://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/sulejman-krpic-potpisao-polugodisnji-ugovor-s-iranskim-tractorom/180130009

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v t e 2017–18 in Iranian football
« 2016–17 2018–19 »
League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 Iran Football's 3rd Division Khuzestan Premier League
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup
Transfers	Summer 2017 Winter 2017–18 Summer 2018
Asian competitions	AFC Champions League AFC Champions League
Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Club seasons
Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Meshki Pooshan Naft Tehran Padideh Pars Jonoubi Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

See also

Notes and references