2013–14 S.C. Damash season

The 2013–14 season was Damash's 4th season in the Pro League, and their 3rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 6th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup. Damash was captained by Mohammad Reza Mahdavi.

Damash

2013–14 season
Chairman	Amir Abedini
Manager	Ali Nazarmohammadi
Stadium	Dr. Azodi Stadium
Iran Pro League	17th
Hazfi Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Motevaselzadeh (8 goals) All: Motevaselzadeh (8 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2012–13

Player

First team squad

Last updated February 11, 2014

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Age	Year(s) Signed	Signed From	Appearance(s)	Goal(s)
Goalkeepers
1	Milad Farahani		GK	25	2011	Paykan	56	0
22	Habib Dehghani		GK	30	2013	Sanat Naft	6	0
33	Behnam Laayeghifar		GK		2008	(Youth system)	4	0
Defenders
2	Mohammad Siah		DF, RB	28	2012	(Free Agent)	44	0
6	Morteza Ebrahimi		DF	32	2012	Saipa	26	0
8	Alireza Nazifkar		DF	29	2010	Nassaji	120	18
20	Mohamad Mokhtari		DF	31	2008	Pegah	103	3
21	Abouzar Rahimi		DF, LB	32	2012	Sanat Naft	68	0
26	Saeid Ghadami		LB	22	2013	Persepolis	12	1
29	Hadi Mohammadi		DF, RB	22	2012	Sanat Naft	28	0
Midfielders
4	Abolfazl Hajizadeh		CM, DMF, DF	31	2012	Shahrdari Tabriz	37	1
9	Hadi Sohrabi		CM, DMF	25	2012	Nassaji	72	1
11	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi		CM, AM	33	2010	Steel Azin	132	14
12	Mostafa Hajati		CM, LB	30	2008	Pegah	122	9
14	Reza Kardoust		CM	29	2013	Gahar Dorood	20	1
16	Rasoul Soroushnia		CM, LB	27	2012	Saba Qom	22	0
25	Mohammad Ali Rahimi		CM		2012	(Youth system)	3	0
Forwards
7	Amin Motevaselzadeh		CF	31	2012	Pas Hamedan	53	12
17	Masoud Hassanzadeh		CF, LW	22	2012	Mes Rafsanjan	26	4
18	Reza Almaskhane		CF	26	2008	Pegah	22	3
23	Saeid Mortazavi		CF	23	2012	(Youth system)	1	0
27	Rouhollah Seifollahi		CF, RW	23	2013	Persepolis	26	5
35	Hamid Khodabandelou		CF		2013	Esteghlal Khuzestan	9	0
38	Amir Mohammad Mazloum		CF	18	2013	(Youth system)	6	0

Out during the season (transferred, or released)

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Age	Year Signed	Signed From	Appearance(s)	Goal(s)
3	Arilson		RB	30	2012	Grêmio Barueri	7	0
5	Saeed Hallafi		RW, AM	23	2012	Sanat Naft	14	3
10	Afshin Chavoshi		CF	29	2008 to 2019, 2010	Steel Azin	112	39
13	Mohammad Abshak		CM, DMF	27	2008	Pegah	85	3
77	Jahangir Asgari		CM	27	2011 to 2012, 2013	Rah Ahan	26	4
19	Boubacar Kébé		CF	26	2012	(Free Agent)	17	2

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  IRN Saeid Ghadami (from Persepolis)[1] 27 FW  IRN Rouhollah Seifollahi PL (from Persepolis)[1] 14 MF  IRN Mohammad Reza Kardoust PL (from Gahar Zagros) 22 GK  IRN Habib Dehghani PL (from Sanat Naft)[2] 77 FW  IRN Jahangir Asgari PL (from Sorinet)[3] — FW  IRN Alireza Sabouri Azad (from Sepidrood)[2] 23 FW  IRN Saeid Mortazavi (Loan Return from Parseh Tehran)[2] 35 FW  IRN Hamid Khodabandelou (from Esteghlal Khuzestan)[4]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  IRN Alireza Jahanbakhsh (to N.E.C)[5] 7 MF  IRN Hossein Ebrahimi (to Naft Tehran)[6] 31 MF  IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (to Esteghlal)[7] 17 DF  IRN Hossein Koushki (Released) 22 GK  IRN Hassan Roudbarian (to Mes Kerman)[8]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  BRA Arilson (Released)[9] 19 FW  FRA Boubacar Kébé (to Esteghlal)[10] 77 FW  IRN Jahangir Asgari (Released)[9] 13 MF  IRN Mohammad Abshak (to Mes Kerman)[11] 10 FW  IRN Afshin Chavoshi (to Aluminium)

Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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[a]	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League
16	Mes Kerman (R)	30	1	19	10	21	36	−15	22

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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D
Position	7	9	10	13	14	11	13	12	9	7	8	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Damash v Saipa

25 July 2013 1	Damash	1 – 1	Saipa	Rasht
22:00	Nazifkar 90+4' Nazifkar  90+4'	Summary	Shahbazzadeh 14' Babak Hatami  86'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Malavan v Damash

1 August 2013 2	Malavan	0 – 0	Damash	Bandar-e Anzali
22:00		Summary	Rahimi  29' Sohrabi  40' Abshak  45+1'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Damash v Naft Tehran

6 August 2013 3	Damash	1 – 1	Naft Tehran	Rasht
22:00	Hassanzadeh  62' 70' Sohrabi  75'	Summary	Kamyabinia  28' Amiri 56'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bonyadifar

Foolad v Damash

10 August 2013 4	Foolad	3 – 1	Damash	Ahvaz
20:30	Chimba 26' 46' Rahmani 53'	Summary	Abshak  21' Hassanzadeh 47' Mahdavi  50' Nazifkar  56'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kermanshahi

Damash v Esteghlal

15 August 2013 5	Damash	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Rasht
19:30	Motevaselzadeh 16' Rahimi  81' Mahdavi  90+2'	Summary	Siavash Akbarpour 25' Farhad Majidi 68'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Salehi

Gostaresh v Damash

23 August 2013 6	Gostaresh	0 – 2	Damash	Tabriz
19:30		Summary	Mohammadpouri 39' (OG) Hassanzadeh 69' Dehgani Hajizadeh	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 300

Damash v Sepahan

30 August 2013 7	Damash	1 – 1	Sepahan	Rasht
19:30	Seifollahi 69' Seifollahi  64' Mohammadi  72'	Summary	Đalović 43' Ahmadi  44' Aghili  58' Hajsafi  72'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Daneshmehr

Fajr Sepasi v Damash

5 September 2013 8	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 2	Damash	Shiraz
18:40	Rigi 40' Ansari 44'	Summary	Seifollahi 7' Hajati  44' Seifollahi  56' Nazifkar  69' Chavoshi 86'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vasilehbar

Damash v Saba Qom

13 September 2013 9	Damash	2 – 1	Saba Qom	Rasht
18:40	Hajizadeh  13' Nazifkar  44' Mokhtari 63' Motevaselzadeh 90+3'	Summary	Cheshmi  29' Houtan  42' Enayati  76' Bayat 90+5'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Akbarian

Damash v Tractor Sazi

20 September 2013 10	Damash	1 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Rasht
16:15	Motevaselzadeh 74'	Summary	Fakhreddini  85'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Haghverdi

Rah Ahan v Damash

26 September 2013 11	Rah Ahan	1 – 0	Damash	Tehran
17:45	Barzay 38' Fallahzadeh Khaleghifar	Summary	Mokhtari Mohammadi	Stadium: Takhti Attendance: 400 Referee: Rasoul Rahbarfam

Damash v Esteghlal Khuzestan

4 October 2013 12	Damash	0 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Rasht
16:00		Summary	Mohammad Tayyebi Kheiri Traoré	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jamshid Mohammadi

Persepolis v Damash

18 October 2013 13	Persepolis	2 – 0	Damash	Tehran
19:30	Motevaselzadeh 45' (o.g.) Kafshgari  75' Aliasgari 84'	Summary	Seifollahi Abshak Mokhtari  82'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Haj Babaei

Damash v Zob Ahan

24 October 2013 14	Damash	5 – 1	Zob Ahan	Rasht
17:00	Hassanzadeh 29', 65' Hadi Mohammadi 41' Hajizadeh Mostafa Haajati 57' Ghadami Motevaselzadeh 79'	Summary	Tabrizi 25'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Mes v Damash

3 November 2013 15	Mes	1 – 1	Damash	Kerman
15:30	Fyfe Édinho 69' Mahmoud Tighnavard Shahdadnejad  90'	Summary	Ebrahimi Nazifkar 72' (pen.) Sohrabi	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Farshid Afshar

Saipa v Damash

29 November 2013 16	Saipa	2 – 3	Damash	Karaj
15:00	Rezaei 30' Rahimi 37' (OG)		Seifollahi 23' Hajati 37' Motevaselzadeh 86'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Bonyadifar

Damash Gilan v Malavan

6 December 2013 17	Damash Gilan	0 – 3	Malavan	Rasht
15:00		Summary	Rafkhaei 22' Zare  22'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mozaffarizadeh

Naft Tehran v Damash Gilan

13 December 2013 18

Naft Tehran

0 – 0

Damash Gilan

Damash v Foolad

20 December 2013 19	Damash	1 – 2	Foolad	Rasht
				Stadium: Azodi Stadium

Esteghlal v Damash

24 December 2013 (2013-12-24) 20	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Damash	Tehran
	Hanif Omranzadeh 15' Hanif Omranzadeh 41' Mohammad Ghazi 82' Amir Hossein Sadeghi 84'	Summary		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Damash v Gostaresh

4 January 2014 (2014-01-04) 21	Damash	1 – 2	Gostaresh	Rasht
15:00	Mahdavi 55' Seifollahi   (90+4)	Summary	Bayrami 7' Ansari 76'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Referee: Sharafi

Sepahan v Damash

11 January 2014 (2014-01-11) 22	Sepahan	2 – 0	Damash	Fuladshahr
14:30	Khalilzadeh  15' Ahmadi  40' Hamoudi  51' Sharifi 72' Gholami 78'	Summary		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

Damash v Fajr Sepasi

16 January 2014 (2014-01-16) 23	Damash	1 – 3	Fajr Sepasi	Rasht
14:30	Nazifkar 1' Mohammadi  55' Seifollahi  73' Kardoust  75'	Summary	Bekrić 23' Ansari  31' Jokar 70' Ali Mohammadi 88'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hossein Akrami

Saba Qom v Damash Gilan

26 January 2014 (2014-01-26) 24	Saba Qom	3 – 2	Damash Gilan	Qom
14:30		Summary		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium

Tractor Sazi v Damash

31 January 2014 (2014-01-31) 25	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Damash	Tabriz
14:30		Summary		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium

Damash v Rah Ahan

7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) 26	Damash	1 – 1	Rah Ahan	Rasht
15:00	Seifollahi 55'	Summary	Abdi 74'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Referee: Zargar

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Damash

16 February 2014 (2014-02-16) 27	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Damash	Ahvaz
15:30	Coulibaly 84' (pen.)		Motevaselzadeh 70'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 500

Damash v Persepolis

27 March 2014 28	Damash	0 – 1	Persepolis	Rasht
17:00	Mokhtari Hajizadeh Mahdavi Rasoul Soroushnia Seifollahi	Summary	Abbaszadeh 30' Pooladi	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Zob Ahan v Damash

6 April 2014 29	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Damash	Fuladshahr
18:00	Rajabzadeh 3', 54' Bayatinia	Summary	Hadi Mohammadi Mostafa Haajati Mahdavi Mohammad Siah Ghadami Motevaselzadeh 67'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

Damash v Mes

11 April 2014 30	Damash	1 – 1	Mes	Rasht
19:30	Hassanzadeh 82'	Summary	Seifpanahi Milad Jahani Hassanzadeh 43'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Damash v Rah Ahan

26 September 2013 11	Damash	0 – 1	Rah Ahan	Rasht
15:00	Mokhtari  6' Ghadami  22'	Goal.com	Karimi  32' Khaleghifar 80' Karimi  32' Zarei  58' Zamani  72'	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Damash v Esteghlal Khuzestan

9 July 2013 1	Damash	2 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Karaj
18:30 UTC+04:30	Hajizadeh 60' Hassanzadeh 80'

Damash v Shahrdari Yasuj

12 July 2013 2	Damash	2 – 3	Shahrdari Yasuj	Karaj
18:30 UTC+04:30	Chavoshi

Damash v Rahpoyan Rezvanshahr

21 July 2013 3	Damash	4 – 0	Rahpoyan Rezvanshahr	Rasht
18:30 UTC+04:30	Chavoshi Almaskhane Kébé			Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium Attendance: 400

Squad statistics

Appearances & goals

Last updated 20 June 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Hazi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRN	Milad Farahani	21	0	20+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	IRN	Mohamamd Siah	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	BRA	Arilson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	IRN	Abolfazl Hajizadeh	20	0	19+0	0	1+0	0
5	MF	IRN	Saeed Halafi	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
6	DF	IRN	Morteza Ebrahimi	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0
7	FW	IRN	Amin Motevaselzadeh	26	8	11+14	8	1+0	0
8	DF	IRN	Alireza Nazifkar	28	4	27+0	4	1+0	0
9	MF	IRN	Hadi Sohrabi	26	0	10+15	0	1+0	0
10	FW	IRN	Afshin Chavoshi	12	1	5+6	1	0+1	0
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	21	1	18+3	1	0+0	0
12	MF	IRN	Mostafa Hajati	28	2	22+5	2	1+0	0
13	MF	IRN	Mohammad Abshak	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	IRN	Reza Kardoust	23	1	19+3	1	0+1	0
16	MF	IRN	Rasoul Soroushnia	12	0	9+3	0	0+0	0
17	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh	28	5	21+7	5	0+0	0
18	FW	IRN	Reza Almaskhale	8	0	2+6	0	0+0	0
19	MF	FRA	Boubacar Kébé	8	0	5+3	0	0+0	0
20	DF	IRN	Mohammad Mokhtari	23	1	22+0	1	1+0	0
21	MF	IRN	Abouzar Rahimi	23	0	21+1	0	1+0	0
22	GK	IRN	Habib Dehghani	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	IRN	Saeid Mortazavi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	DF	IRN	Saman Farzampour	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	IRN	Mohammad Ali Rahimi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	DF	IRN	Saeid Ghadami	12	0	8+3	0	1+0	0
27	FW	IRN	Rouhollah Seifollahi	26	5	21+4	5	1+0	0
28	MF	IRN	Armin Monfared Doust	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	IRN	Hadi Mohammadi	27	1	26+0	1	1+0	0
31	MF	IRN	Maziar Motaghi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK	IRN	Milad Pourgholi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	GK	IRN	Behnam Laayeghifar	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	IRN	Hamid Khodabandelou	9	0	6+2	0	0+1	0
36	MF	IRN	Mohammad Dadrasi	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
38	FW	IRN	Amir Mohammad Mazloum	6	0	2+4	0	0+0	0
77	FW	IRN	Jahangir Asgari	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 20 June 2014

No.	Pos.	Name	Iran Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
7	FW	Amin Motevaselzadeh	8	0	7
27	FW	Rouhollah Seifollahi	5	0	5
17	FW	Masoud Hassanzadeh	5	0	4
8	DF	Alireza Nazifkar	4	0	4
12	MF	Mostafa Hajati	2	0	2
10	FW	Afshin Chavoshi	1	0	1
20	DF	Mohammad Mokhtari	1	0	1
11	MF	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	1	0	1
14	MF	Reza Kardoust	1	0	1
29	DF	Hadi Mohammadi	1	0	1
		Own Goal	1	0	1
TOTALS			30	0	30

Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ali Nazarmohammadi
Assistant coach	Ali Koulivand
Goalkeepers coach	Mendez

Other personnel

President

Amir Abedini

Updated to match played 30 August 2012
Source:^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup