2013–14 Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. season

Esteghlal Khuzestan
2013–14 season
Manager	Abdollah Veisi
Stadium	Takhti Stadium
Persian Gulf Cup	12th
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32 vs Alvand Hamedan
Top goalscorer	League: Milad Meydavoudi (5); All: Milad Meydavoudi (5)
Highest home attendance	10,000 vs Esteghlal ; (23 August 2013)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Zob Ahan ; (24th July 2013)
Average home league attendance	4,500

The 2013–14 season are the Esteghlal Khuzestan Football Club's first season in the Iran Pro League and the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Fábio Carvalho
2	DF	Mohammad Tayyebi
4	DF	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Captain)
7	FW	Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh
8	MF	Idrissa Traoré ^U23
9	MF	Mahmoud Tighnavard
10	FW	Milad Meydavoudi
11	FW	Mohammad Mo'avi ^U23
12	DF	Moussa Coulibaly
13	DF	Hossein Kaebi (3rd Captain)
14	MF	Mehdi Kheiri
15	MF	Karim Shaverdi
16	FW	Ebrahim Salehi ^U23
17	DF	Ramtin Soleimanzadeh
18	MF	Hossein Mo'avi ^U21

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Ali Bigdeli
20	FW	Hadi Khanifar
21	FW	Shahrokh Shams ^U23
22	GK	Parviz Karimi
23	MF	Iman Mobali (2nd Captain)
24	MF	Ala Khallafzadeh ^U23
25	DF	Farzad Jafari
26	DF	Mohammad Mad Malisi
27	FW	Ehsan Alvanzadeh
29	MF	Ramin Khosravi
30	FW	Mohammad Ousani
33	GK	Ali Akbar Ahaki ^U21
35	FW	Sajjad Ghasemnejad ^U21
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj
66	DF	Saeid Chahjouei

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh ^PL (from Saba Qom)^[1]
1	GK	Fábio Carvalho ^PL (from Paykan)^[2]^[3]
13	DF	Hossein Kaabi ^PL (from Sanat Naft)^[4]
14	MF	Mehdi Kheiri ^PL (from Naft Tehran)^[5]
7	FW	Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh (from Iranjavan)^[6]
16	MF	Ebrahim Salehi (from Iranjavan)^[6]
15	MF	Karim Shaverdi (from Pas Hamedan)^[7]
23	MF	Iman Mobali ^PL (from Paykan)^[8]
33	GK	Ali Akbar Ahaki (from Foolad U21)^[9]
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj ^PL (from Persepolis)^[10]
10	FW	Milad Meydavoodi ^PL (from Aluminium Hormozgan)^[10]
8	MF	Idrissa Traoré (from Djoliba)^[11]
12	DF	Moussa Coulibaly (from Djoliba)^[11]
19	FW	Ali Bigdeli (from Esteghlal Ramhormoz)^[12]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Alireza Ebrahimi (to Mes Kerman)
1	GK	Khaled Shahitavi (Released)^[12]
4	DF	Kousha Bakhtiarizadeh (Released)^[12]
5	DF	Mojtaba Zare Mehrjerdi (Released)^[12]
8	MF	Rouhollah Nemati (Released)^[12]
10	FW	Hamid Khodabandelou (to Damash)^[12]
12	GK	Mohammad Nobegan (Released)^[12]
15	MF	Hassan Yousefi (Released)^[12]
19	FW	Mohammad Abiat (Released)^[12]
21	MF	Aboutaleb Ghanbarizadeh (Released)^[12]
22	GK	Mostafa Mirzaei (Released)^[12]
23	DF	Mohammad Amin Farajifard (Released)^[12]
24	MF	Shahab Ghanbari (Released)^[12]
27	MF	Mojtaba Babaei (Released)^[12]
32	DF	Saeid Anafcheh (Released)^[12]
33	GK	Amin Jahanmehr (Released)^[12]
	MF	Pouria Darakeh (Released)^[12]
	MF	Mohammad Sarfaraz (Released)^[12]
	DF	Nabi Saki (Released)^[12]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
25	DF	Farzad Jafari (from Esteghlal Ahvaz)^[13]
9	MF	Mahmoud Tighnavard (from Mes Kerman)^[14]
66	DF	Saeid Chahjouei (from Shahrdari Bandar Abbas)^[15]
29	DF	Mohammad Ebrahim Khosravi (from Alvand Hamedan)
30	FW	Mohammad Ousani (from Shahrdari Dezful)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Mehdi Nazari (to Badr Hormozgan)^[13]
5	DF	Hamed Mahmoudi (to Shahrdari Tabriz)^[13]
6	MF	Mansour Noami (to Badr Hormozgan)^[13]
17	DF	Ramtin Soleymanzadeh (On loan at Fajr Sepasi)^[16]
23	MF	Iman Mobali (on loan at Esteghlal)

Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Foolad (C)	30	16	9	5	36	24	+12	57	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Persepolis	30	16	8	6	34	15	+19	55^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Naft Tehran	30	15	9	6	39	23	+16	54	2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Sepahan	30	14	12	4	36	20	+16	54
5	Esteghlal	30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	53^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Tractor Sazi	30	11	13	6	39	33	+6	45^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Malavan	30	13	6	11	40	33	+7	44^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Saipa	30	7	14	9	26	31	−5	35
9	Saba Qom	30	8	9	13	32	38	−6	33
10	Gostaresh	30	7	11	12	31	34	−3	32
11	Rah Ahan	30	7	10	13	25	34	−9	31
12	Est. Khuzestan	30	6	11	13	26	37	−11	29
13	Zob Ahan	30	6	11	13	24	36	−12	29
14	Fajr Sepasi (R)	30	6	11	13	20	34	−14	29	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Damash (R)	30	5	12	13	30	40	−10	26^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League
16	Mes Kerman (R)	30	1	19	10	21	36	−15	22	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 3 4 5 Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.
↑ Tractor Sazi secured qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013–14 Hazfi Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	6	11	13	26	37	−11	29	5	4	6	16	20	−4	1	7	7	10	17	−7

Last updated: 11 April 2014.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L
Position	2	4	7	10	10	13	11	10	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 July 2013 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 0	Zob Ahan Esfahan	Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+4:30	Kolahkaj 84' Meydavoodi 89' M.Nazari	Summary	Aliabadi Haddadifar	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shahin Hajbabaei

1 August 2013 2	Mes Kerman	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Kerman
22:00 UTC+4:30	Hassanzadeh 90+2' Tighnavard	Summary	Chahkoutahzadeh 4' Traoré , 45'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ghasem Vahedi

6 August 2013 3	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 0	Saipa	Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+4:30	M.Tayebi Kolahkaj	Summary	Shiri	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jamshid Daneshmehr

11 August 2013 4	Malavan	2 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Bandar-e Anzali
19:45 UTC+4:30	Rafkhaei 44' Zare 87' (pen.) Salarzadeh Feshangchi Yousefi	Summary	M.Nazari Traoré Salehi 90'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

16 August 2013 5	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 4	Naft Tehran	Ahvaz
20:30 UTC+4:30	Mobali 44' 71' (pen.) Bakhtiarizadeh	Summary	Oladi 10' Norouzi 12', 16' Navidkia 83' Hajmohammadi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

23 August 2013 6	Foolad	3 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz
19:45 UTC+4:30	Hatami 28' Rahmani 34' Rafiei 83' Yousefi	Summary	Meydavoudi 3' Kheiri 90+1' Tayyebi , 32' Bakhtiarizadeh Khanifar	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

31 August 2013 7	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
19:00 UTC+4:30	Kolahkaj 38' Bigdeli 75' Kaebi	Summary	Montazeri	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

5 September 2013 8	Gostaresh Foulad	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
18:00 UTC+4:30	Mohammadpouri 90'	Summary	Meydavoudi 10' Traoré Mahmoudi	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Majid Kamani

13 September 2013 9	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 2	Sepahan	Ahvaz
18:45 UTC+4:30	Kaebi Meydavoudi	Summary	Gholami 10' Aghily 69' Papi Khalilzadeh Đalović Ahmadi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

20 September 2013 10	Shahid Sepasi	2 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Shiraz
17:15 UTC+4:30	Ansari 38' Madanchi Heidari 77'	Summary	Meydavoudi 14' Traoré Mahmoudi	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Referee: Hasan Akbari

27 September 2013 11	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Saba Qom	Ahvaz
18:30 UTC+4:30	Bakhtiarizadeh 90+1' M.Noami Shaverdi	Summary	Momeni Hosseini	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Farshid Afshar

4 October 2013 12	Damash Gilan	0 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Rasht
17:00 UTC+4:30		Summary	Tayyebi Kheiri Traoré	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Referee: Jamshid Mohammadi

17 October 2013 13	Esteghlal Khuzestan	3 – 2	Rah Ahan	Ahvaz
18:00 UTC+4:30	Alvanzadeh 16' Kheiri 56' Salehi 65' Bakhtiarizadeh	Report	Barzay 18' Manouchehri 89' M.Zarei Rezaian Zamani	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Bijan Heydari

27 October 2013 14	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 4	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
15:30 UTC+3:30	Meydavoudi 44' A.Khallafzadeh Mobali	Summary	Ansarifard 8', 83', 88' Gordani 43' Ahmadzadeh Kiani Fakhreddini Asadi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Jamshid Daneshmehr

6 November 2013 15	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
15:15 UTC+3:30	Hosseini Sadeghian Aliasgari	Summary	Bakhtiarizadeh Salehi Kheiri	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

28 November 2013 16	Zob Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Isfahan
15:00 UTC+3:30	Tabrizi S.Abdollahpour	Report	Salehi 38' Coulibaly	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Majid Kamani

6 December 2013 17	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Mes Kerman	Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+3:30	Ta'mini 65' (o.g.) Tighnavard 90+2' Meydavoudi	Report	Rezaei Ta'mini 78'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Hassan Akrami

12 December 2013 18	Saipa	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Karaj
15:00 UTC+3:30	Sobhani 24' 79' Zeinali 90'	Report	Ousani Tayyebi 77'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Referee: Ghasem Vahedi

19 December 2013 19	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 2	Malavan	Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+3:30	Karimi	Summary	Kouroshi 54' Rafkhaei 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Babak Vasilehbar

24 December 2013 20	Naft Tehran	0 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
15:00 UTC+3:30	V.Ghafouri	Summary	Bakhtiarizadeh Tighnavard A.Ahaki	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

3 January 2014 21	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 2	Foolad	Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+3:30	Kaebi Jafari Ousani	Summary	Sharifat 33', 90+2' Vali Rahmani	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salehi

11 January 2014 22	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:40 UTC+3:30	Ghazi 75' Samuel Nikbakht	Summary	Bakhtiarizadeh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

16 January 2014 23	Esteghlal Khuzestan	3 – 1	Gostaresh Foulad	Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+3:30	Tighnavard 57' Coulibaly 72' A.Khalafzadeh 85' Traoré	Summary	Mousavi 89'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

26 January 2014 24	Sepahan	3 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Fuladshahr
14:30 UTC+3:30	Karimi 35' Sharifi 45+1' Aghily 70'	Summary	Kheiri 76' Khosravi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Ghasem Vahedi

31 January 2014 25	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 0	Shahid Sepasi	Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+3:30	M.Tayebi Meydavoudi	Summary	Jokar	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Ahamd Salehi

7 February 2014 26	Saba Qom	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Qom
15:00 UTC+3:30	Enayati 78' (pen.) Sadeghi Lotfi	Summary	Salehi 2' M.Tayebi	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Referee: Hassan Akrami

16 February 2014 27	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Damash Gilan	Ahvaz
15:30 UTC+3:30	Coulibaly 84' (pen.) Traoré Meydavoudi	Summary	Motevaselzadeh 71' Hassanzadeh	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Rasoul Rahbarfam

27 March 2014 28	Rah Ahan	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:30 UTC+3:30	Alipour 60' Ashoubi 68'	Summary		Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

6 April 2014 29	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
17:30 UTC+4:30	Ansarifard 14' Lak	Summary	Karimi Shaverdi Salehi	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

11 April 2014 30	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:00 UTC+4:30	Kaebi Traoré Coulibaly	Summary	Abbaszadeh 31' (pen.) Alishah Sadeghian Kafshgari	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Hazfi Cup

23 October 2013 Round of 32	Alvand Hamedan	1 – 1 (6 – 5 p)	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Hamedan
15:00 UTC+4:30	Akbari 58'	[ Summary]	Traoré 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Qods Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Fábio Carvalho	8	0	8	0	0	0
2	DF		Mohammad Tayyebi	27	1	26+1	1	0	0
4	DF		Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	16	1	16	1	0	0
7	MF		Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh	11	1	6+5	1	0	0
8	MF		Idrissa Traoré	25	0	23+2	0	0	0
9	MF		Mahmoud Tighnavard	12	1	12	1	0	0
10	FW		Milad Meydavoudi	29	5	26+3	5	0	0
11	FW		Mohammad Mo'avi	13	0	3+10	0	0	0
12	MF		Moussa Coulibaly	16	2	16	2	0	0
13	DF		Hossein Kaebi	20	0	17+3	0	0	0
14	MF		Mehdi Kheiri	24	3	13+11	3	0	0
15	MF		Karim Shaverdi	9	0	8+1	0	0	0
16	FW		Ebrahim Salehi	18	4	11+7	4	0	0
19	MF		Ali Bigdeli	12	1	12	1	0	0
20	MF		Hadi Khanifar	26	0	22+4	0	0	0
21	FW		Shahrokh Shams	17	0	5+12	0	0	0
22	GK		Parviz Karimi	22	0	22	0	0	0
24	DF		Ala Khalafzadeh	7	1	5+2	1	0	0
25	DF		Farzad Jafari	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
27	FW		Ehsan Alvanzadeh	5	1	4+1	1	0	0
29	MF		Ramin Khosravi	12	0	12	0	0	0
30	FW		Mohammad Ousani	9	0	6+3	0	0	0
33	GK		Ali Akbar Ahaki	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	MF		Adel Kolahkaj	20	2	17+3	2	0	0
66	DF		Saeid Chahjouei	4	0	4	0	0	0
Players who left Esteghlal Khuzestan during the season:
3	DF		Mehdi Nazari	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
5	DF		Hamed Mahmoudi	4	0	4	0	0	0
6	MF		Mansour Noami	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
17	DF		Ramtin Soleimanzadeh	12	0	12	0	0	0
23	MF		Iman Mobali	25	2	24+1	2	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Persian Gulf Cup	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Milad Meydavoudi	5	0	5
2	FW	16	Ebrahim Salehi	4	0	4
3	MF	14	Mehdi Kheiri	3	0	3
4	MF	40	Adel Kolahkaj	2	0	2
	MF	23	Iman Mobali	2	0	2
	DF	12	Moussa Coulibaly	2	0	2
7	MF	7	Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh	1	0	0
	MF	19	Ali Bigdeli	1	0	1
	DF	4	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	1	0	1
	FW	27	Ehsan Alvanzadeh	1	0	1
	DF	2	Mohammad Tayyebi	1	0	1
	MF	9	Mahmoud Tighnavard	1	0	1
	DF	24	Ala Khalafzadeh	1	0	1
	MF	8	Idrissa Traoré	0	1	1
			Own Goal	1	0	1
TOTALS				26	1	27

References

External links

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[table_hth_PRS0.66169809441161-17] 1 2 3 4 5 Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.

[table_note_res_TRK0.66169809441161-18] Tractor Sazi secured qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013–14 Hazfi Cup.

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan_1-1] خبرگزاری فارس: بختیاری زاده به استقلال خوزستان پیوست

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan_5-2] خبرگزاری فارس: کاروالیو به تیم استقلال خوزستان پیوست

[3] خبرگزاری فارس: کاروالیو تبعه ایران شد

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan_4-4] خبرگزاری تسنیم: کعبی با استقلال خوزستان قرارداد بست/ کاروالیو استقلالی شد

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan_2-5] ایرنا: باشگاه فولاد خوزستان یك بازیكن قرضی به استقلال خوزستان داد Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan_3-6] 1 2 گل: دوبازیکن ایرانجوان در استقلال خوزستان

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan6-7] اوج نیوز: بازیکن پاس به استقلال صنعتی پیوست

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan_7-8] خبرگزاری ایسنا: ایمان مبعلی به استقلال صنعتی پیوست

[9] خبرگزاری فارس: دروازه‌بان امید فولاد به استقلال صنعتی پیوست

[Esteghlal_Khuzetan_8-10] 1 2 خبرگزاری ایرنا: استقلال خوزستان عادل كلاه كج وميداودي را جذب كرد Archived 2013-08-28 at the Wayback Machine.

[Esteghlal_Khuzestan9-11] 1 2 ورزش 3 :حضور دو بازیکن خارجی در استقلال خوزستان

[Esteghlal_Khuzetan_9-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 گل.کام: فهرست نهایی استقلال خوزستان

[ESTKH1-13] 1 2 3 4 "قائم مقام باشگاه استقلال خوزستان به فارس خبر داد پروژه انتقال مبعلی به استقلال منتفی است/دو بازیکن دیگر جذب می‌کنیم". Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[ESTKH2-14] "تیغ‌نورد بازیکن جدید استقلال خوزستان". Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[15] "ایسنا - انتقاد بی‌سابقه ویسی:‌ خودمان اهل لابی‌گری هستیم، فکر می‌کنیم بقیه هم هستند". Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[FAJR4-16] 2. "پیوستن سلیمان زاده بصورت قرضی به فجر سپاسی شیراز". Retrieved 25 December 2014.

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Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016 winter 2016–17 summer 2017 winter 2017–18 summer 2018