# 2012–13 S.C. Damash season

The 2012–13 season was Damash's 3rd season in the Pro League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football and 5th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Damash was captained by Mohammad Reza Mahdavi.

## Player
### First team squad

    Updated 12 June 2013
| No. | Name | Position | Age | Year signed | Signed from | Appearances | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Milad Farahani | GK | 24 | 2011 | Paykan | 36 | 0 |
| 22 | Hassan Roudbarian | GK | 34 | 2012 | Rah Ahan | 15 | 0 |
| 33 | Behnam Laayeghifar | GK | | 2008 | (Youth system) | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Mohammad Siah | DF, RB | 27 | 2008–2010, 2012 | (Free Agent) | 36 | 0 |
| 3 | Arilson | RB, RWB | 29 | 2012 | Grêmio Barueri | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Morteza Ebrahimi | DF | 31 | 2012 | Saipa | 20 | 0 |
| 8 | Alireza Nazifkar | DF | 28 | 2008–2009, 2010 | Nassaji | 94 | 14 |
| 17 | Hossein Koushki | RB | 28 | 2011 | Bargh Shiraz | 26 | 1 |
| 20 | Mohamad Mokhtari | DF | 30 | 2008 | Pegah | 83 | 2 |
| 21 | Abouzar Rahimi | DF, LB | 31 | 2011–2012, 2012 | Sanat Naft | 46 | 0 |
| 29 | Hadi Mohammadi | DF | 21 | 2012 | Sanat Naft | 5 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Abolfazl Hajizadeh | CM, DMF, DF | 31 | 2012 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | Saeed Hallafi | CM | 22 | 2012 | Sanat Naft | 12 | 3 |
| 7 | Hossein Ebrahimi | RM, RW | 22 | 2008 | Pegah | 65 | 5 |
| 9 | Hadi Sohrabi | CM, DMF | 24 | 2008–2011, 2012 | Nassaji | 49 | 1 |
| 11 | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | CM, AM | 32 | 2008–2009, 2010 | Steel Azin | 114 | 13 |
| 12 | Mostafa Hajati | CM, LB | 29 | 2008 | Pegah | 104 | 4 |
| 13 | Mohammad Abshak | CM, DMF | 26 | 2008 | Pegah | 77 | 3 |
| 16 | Rasoul Soroushnia* | CM, LB | 26 | 2012 | Saba Qom | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | Mohammad Ali Rahimi | CMF | | 2012 | (Youth system) | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | LM, LW | 19 | 2011 | Damash Karaj | 42 | 10 |
| 31 | Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi | CM, AM | 32 | 2012 | (Free agent) | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 10 | Afshin Chavoshi | FW | 28 | 2008–2009, 2010 | Steel Azin | 101 | 38 |
| 14 | Amin Motevaselzadeh | FW | 30 | 2012 | Pas Hamedan | 30 | 5 |
| 18 | Reza Almaskhane | FW | 25 | 2008 | Pegah | 16 | 3 |
| 19 | Boubacar Kébé | FW | 25 | 2012 | (Free agent) | 9 | 2 |
| 24 | Masoud Hassanzadeh | FW | 21 | 2012 | Mes Rafsanjan | 2 | 0 |
* This player changed his last name from Boroush to Soroushnia in December 2012*.

## Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2012–13
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | IRN | Mojteh Rostami (from Shahrdari Langaroud) |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Siah (from Free Agent) |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Morteza Ebrahimi (from Saipa) |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Hadi Sohrabi (from Nasaji) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Masoud Zarei (from Paykan) |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Abolfazl Hajizadeh (from Shahrdari Tabriz) |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Kiani (from Shahin Bushehr) |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Amin Motevaselzadeh (from Pas Hamedan) |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Reza Almaskhale (from Gahar Zagros) |
| 23 | GK | IRN | Hassan Roudbarian (from Rah Ahan) |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Boroush (from Saba Qom) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Abouzar Rahimi (to Sanat Naft) |
| 28 | MF | IRN | Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (to Persepolis) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Jahangir Asgari (Released, to Rah Ahan) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Milad Zeneyedpour (Released, to Sepahan) |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Gholami (Released, to Sepahan) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Mohammadi (Released, to Esteghlal) |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Magno (to Naft Tehran) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Orestes Junior Alves (Released) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Ali Hosseini (to Rah Ahan) |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Abbas Aghaei (Released) |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Farzad Mohammadi (Released) |
| 25 | DF | IRN | Milad Nosrati (Released) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mohammad Karimi (to Iranjavan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Boubacar Kébé (Free Agent) |
| — | DF | BRA | Arilson (from Grêmio Barueri) |
| — | DF | IRN | Abouzar Rahimi (from Sanat Naft) |
| — | MF | IRN | Saeed Halafi (from Sanat Naft) |
| — | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi (from Free Agent) |
| — | FW | IRN | Masoud Hassanzadeh (from Mes Rafsanjan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Kiani (to Sanat Naft) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Masoud Zarei (released) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Behnam Afsheh (released) |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Saeed Mortazavi (On loan to Parseh) |
| 23 | DF | IRN | Kenan Tahernejad (On loan to Chooka) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Edalatpanah (On loan to Chooka) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2012–13 Iran Pro League | — | — | 11th | 20 July 2012 | 10 May 2013 |
| 2012–13 Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | QF | Semi-Final | 13 December 2012 | 6 April 2013 |
Updated to match played 5 Jun 2013 Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Saba Qom | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 |
| 10 | Saipa | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 |
| 11 | Damash | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 43 |
| 12 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 42 |
| 13 | Malavan | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2013. Source: Ipl Stats

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | P | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Squad statistics
### Appearances & goals

    Last updated 12 January 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | Hazi Cup | Hazi Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Milad Farahani | 20 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohamamd Siah | 20 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Arilson | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Abolfazl Hajizadeh | 23 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IRN | Saeed Halafi | 11 | 3 | 2+9 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Morteza Ebrahimi | 22 | 1 | 17+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Hossein Ebrahimi | 31 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | IRN | Alireza Nazifkar | 33 | 3 | 30+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Hadi Sohrabi | 29 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Afshin Chavoshi | 26 | 3 | 13+11 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | 33 | 3 | 29+0 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Mostafa Hajati | 31 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Abshak | 18 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Amin Motevaselzadeh | 31 | 6 | 14+14 | 5 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Soroushnia | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRN | Hossein Koushki | 14 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Reza Almaskhale | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Boubacar Kébé | 10 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Mokhtari | 22 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Abouzar Rahimi | 15 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Hassan Roudbarian | 16 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Asghar Nasiri | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Ali Rahimi | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Dadrasi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IRN | Armin Monfared Doust | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | IRN | Hadi Mohammadi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | IRN | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 31 | 9 | 24+3 | 8 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | IRN | Hossein Hosseini | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Behnam Laayeghifar | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRN | Maziar Motaghi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRN | Mojtaba Rostami | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRN | Masoud Hassanzadeh | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who are no longer playing for Damash or who have been loaned out: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | IRN | Masoud Zarei | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Behnam Afsheh | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Kiani | 13 | 2 | 12+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Saeed Mortazavi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRN | Kenan Tahernejad | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Edalatpanah | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 5 June 2013
| Rank | No. | Player | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 | Amin Motevaselzadeh | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | Hossein Ebrahimi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 11 | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Afshin Chavoshi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 19 | Boubacar Kébé | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Saeed Hallafi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Alireza Nazifkar | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 12 | Mostafa Hajati | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 23 | Mehdi Kiani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |
| 11 | 6 | Morteza Ebrahimi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | Mohammad Mokhtari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 5 | 41 |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Hamid Derakhshan |
| Assistant coach | Afshin Nazemi |
| Assistant coach | Mohammad Momeni |