# List of Iranian football transfers winter 2016–17

This is a list of Iranian football transfers for the 2016–17 winter transfer window. Transfers of Iran Pro League is listed. Transfer window will open on 5 January 2017 and close on 2 February 2017.

## Players limits

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2016–17 Iranian football different leagues are allowed to have up to maximum 35 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 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1994).
* Up to maximum 8 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1996).

## Iran Pro League
### Rules and regulations

According to Iran Football Federation rules for 2016–17 Persian Gulf 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 2015–16 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 2015–16 Iran Pro League season or doesn't list in any 2015–16 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.

### Esteghlal

Head coach: Alireza Mansourian
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 80 | MF | UZB | Server Djeparov (from Lokomotiv Tashkent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Arash Afshin (to Esteghlal Khuzestan) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Bakhtiar Rahmani (to Foolad) |
| 55 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi (to Machine Sazi) |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Meysam Majidi (to Saba Qom) |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Roozbeh Cheshmi (On loan to Saba Qom) |
| 80 | MF | UZB | Server Djeparov (On loan to Sepahan) |

### Esteghlal Khuzestan

Head coach: Sirous Pourmousavi
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CMR | Aloys Nong (from Free Agent) |
| — | FW | IRN | Arash Afshin (from Esteghlal) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mostafa Mahi (from Fajr Sepasi) |
| — | DF | IRN | Farzad Jafari (loan return from Malavan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | IRN | Jalal Abdi (to Sepahan) |
| — | DF | IRN | Ezzatollah Pourghaz (to Saipa) |
| — | MF | IRN | Meysam Doraghi (to Foolad) |

### Foolad

Head coach: Naeim Saadavi
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Bakhtiar Rahmani (from Esteghlal) |
| — | MF | IRN | Meysam Doraghi (from Esteghlal Khuzestan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### FC Mashhad

Head coach: Khodadad Azizi (interim)
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Milad Meydavoudi (from Rah Ahan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Ayoub Kalantari (to Saipa) |
| — | DF | IRN | Alireza Nourmohammadi (to Sanat Naft Abadan) |
| — | DF | IRN | Hamidreza Aliasgari (to Machine Sazi) |

### Gostaresh Foulad

Head coach: Faraz Kamalvand
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (to Saipa) |

### Machine Sazi

Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | IRN | Saeed Ghaedifar (from Sepahan) |
| — | FW | IRN | Shahab Zahedi (from Persepolis) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi (from Esteghlal) |
| — | DF | IRN | Hamidreza Aliasgari (from Siah Jamegan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | IRN | Saman Nariman Jahan (to Persepolis) |
| — | MF | IRN | Andranik Teymourian (to Naft Tehran) |

### Naft Tehran

Head coach: Ali Daei
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Andranik Teymourian (from Machine Sazi) |
| — | FW | IRN | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (from Alanyaspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Padideh

Head coach: Mohammad Reza Mohajeri
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CMR | David Wirikom (from free agent) |
| — | MF | IRN | Akbar Imani (from Foolad) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammad Ali Ahmadi (from free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Paykan

Head coach: Majid Jalali
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Jérémy Manzorro (from Slavia Sofia) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mehran Mousavi (from Rah Ahan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Persepolis

Head coach: Branko Ivanković
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | IRN | Saman Nariman Jahan (from Machine Sazi) |
| — | MF | IRN | Soroush Rafiei (from Tractor Sazi) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Nourollahi (to Tractor Sazi on loan) |
| 2 | FW | IRN | Omid Alishah (to Tractor Sazi on loan) |
| — | FW | IRN | Shahab Zahedi (to Machine Sazi) |

### Saba Qom

Head coach: Samad Marfavi
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | MF | IRN | Meysam Majidi (from Esteghlal) |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Roozbeh Cheshmi (On loan from Esteghlal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Hamed Lak (to Saipa) |

### Saipa

Head coach: Hossein Faraki
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | IRN | Hamed Lak (from Saba Qom) |
| 99 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (from Gostaresh Foolad) |
| — | DF | IRN | Ezzatollah Pourghaz (from Esteghlal Khuzestan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Ayoub Kalantari (from FC Mashhad) |
| — | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Soleimani (from Rah Ahan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Masoud Hassanzadeh (to Sepahan) |

### Sanat Naft Abadan

Head coach: Firouz Karimi
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | IRN | Alireza Nourmohammadi (from FC Mashhad) |
| — | FW | IRN | Bahador Abdi (from Paykan) |
| — | DF | IRN | Ali Helichi $^{U23}$ (from Sepahan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Sepahan

Head coach: Abdollah Veisi
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Masoud Hassanzadeh (from Saipa) |
| 15 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Alimoradi $^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U21) |
| 18 | MF | IRN | Naser Ghalavand $^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U21) |
| 80 | MF | UZB | Server Djeparov (On loan from Esteghlal) |
| 88 | DF | IRN | Jalal Abdi (from Esteghlal Khuzestan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Ali Helichi (to Sanat Naft Abadan) |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Moharram Navidkia (Retired) |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Emad Mirjavan (to Oxin Alborz) |
| 99 | FW | TLS | Pedro Henrique Oliveira (to Daejeon Citizen) |

### Tractor Sazi

Head coach: Amir Ghalenoei
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Ahmad Nourollahi (from Persepolis on loan) |
| — | FW | IRN | Omid Alishah (from Persepolis on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Soroush Rafiei (to Persepolis) |

### Zob Ahan

Head coach: Mojtaba Hosseini
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | LBN | Rabih Ataya (from Al Ansar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

#### Notes

* $^{PL}$ Pro League quota.