# 2013–14 Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. season

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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Fábio Carvalho |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Tayyebi |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Captain) |
| 7 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Idrissa Traoré $^{U23}$ |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mahmoud Tighnavard |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Milad Meydavoudi |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Mo'avi $^{U23}$ |
| 12 | DF | MLI | Moussa Coulibaly |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Hossein Kaebi (3rd Captain) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Kheiri |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Karim Shaverdi |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Ebrahim Salehi $^{U23}$ |
| 17 | DF | IRN | Ramtin Soleimanzadeh |
| 18 | MF | IRN | Hossein Mo'avi $^{U21}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Ali Bigdeli |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Hadi Khanifar |
| 21 | FW | IRN | Shahrokh Shams $^{U23}$ |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Parviz Karimi |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Iman Mobali (2nd Captain) |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Ala Khallafzadeh $^{U23}$ |
| 25 | DF | IRN | Farzad Jafari |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Mad Malisi |
| 27 | FW | IRN | Ehsan Alvanzadeh |
| 29 | MF | IRN | Ramin Khosravi |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ousani |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Ali Akbar Ahaki $^{U21}$ |
| 35 | FW | IRN | Sajjad Ghasemnejad $^{U21}$ |
| 40 | MF | IRN | Adel Kolahkaj |
| 66 | DF | IRN | Saeid Chahjouei |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (from Saba Qom) |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Fábio Carvalho (from Paykan) |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Hossein Kaabi (from Sanat Naft) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Kheiri (from Naft Tehran) |
| 7 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh (from Iranjavan) |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Ebrahim Salehi (from Iranjavan) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Karim Shaverdi (from Pas Hamedan) |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Iman Mobali (from Paykan) |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Ali Akbar Ahaki (from Foolad U21) |
| 40 | MF | IRN | Adel Kolahkaj (from Persepolis) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Milad Meydavoodi (from Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Idrissa Traoré (from Djoliba) |
| 12 | DF | MLI | Moussa Coulibaly (from Djoliba) |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Ali Bigdeli (from Esteghlal Ramhormoz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | IRN | Alireza Ebrahimi (to Mes Kerman) |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Khaled Shahitavi (Released) |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Kousha Bakhtiarizadeh (Released) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Zare Mehrjerdi (Released) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Rouhollah Nemati (Released) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Hamid Khodabandelou (to Damash) |
| 12 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Nobegan (Released) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Hassan Yousefi (Released) |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Abiat (Released) |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Aboutaleb Ghanbarizadeh (Released) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mostafa Mirzaei (Released) |
| 23 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Amin Farajifard (Released) |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Shahab Ghanbari (Released) |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Mojtaba Babaei (Released) |
| 32 | DF | IRN | Saeid Anafcheh (Released) |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Amin Jahanmehr (Released) |
| — | MF | IRN | Pouria Darakeh (Released) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mohammad Sarfaraz (Released) |
| — | DF | IRN | Nabi Saki (Released) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | IRN | Farzad Jafari (from Esteghlal Ahvaz) |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mahmoud Tighnavard (from Mes Kerman) |
| 66 | DF | IRN | Saeid Chahjouei (from Shahrdari Bandar Abbas) |
| 29 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Ebrahim Khosravi (from Alvand Hamedan) |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ousani (from Shahrdari Dezful) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Nazari (to Badr Hormozgan) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Hamed Mahmoudi (to Shahrdari Tabriz) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mansour Noami (to Badr Hormozgan) |
| 17 | DF | IRN | Ramtin Soleymanzadeh (On loan at Fajr Sepasi) |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Iman Mobali (on loan at Esteghlal) |

## Competitions
### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches
### Hazfi Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

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

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | 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 |
| 4 | MF | | 23 | Iman Mobali | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 12 | Moussa Coulibaly | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 7 | Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | 19 | Ali Bigdeli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 4 | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 27 | Ehsan Alvanzadeh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 2 | Mohammad Tayyebi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 9 | Mahmoud Tighnavard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 24 | Ala Khalafzadeh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 8 | Idrissa Traoré | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 26 | 1 | 27 |