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.
| 2012–13 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Amir Abedini | ||
| Manager | Afshin Nazemi (From March 2013) Omid Harandi (until 16 September 2012) Hamid Derakhshan (from 18 September 2012 to March 2013)  | ||
| Stadium | Dr. Azodi Stadium | ||
| Iran Pro League | 11th | ||
| Hazfi Cup | Semifinal | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (8) All: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (9)  | ||
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Player
    
    First team squad
    
- Updated 12 June 2013
 
| No. | Name | Nationality | 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 | 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*.[1]
 
Transfers
    
Confirmed transfers 2012–13
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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 | Team | 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 | 43 | −7 | 43 | 
| 12 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 42 | 
| 13 | Malavan | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 40 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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 | 
| 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 
Last updated: 10 May 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats
Results by round
    
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
    
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| Date Round | Home | Score | Away | Location | 
| 20 July 2012 1 | Damash | 1–1 | Foolad | Rasht | 
| 21:15 UTC+04:30 | Chavoshi  Mehdi Kiani Mokhtari Motevaselzadeh  | 
Karami  Rahmani Afshin  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 7,000  | 
| 25 July 2012 2 | Aluminium | 0–0 | Damash | Bandar Abbas | 
| 22:00 UTC+04:30 | Tighnavard  Mohammadzadeh  | 
Mahdavi  Nazifkar  | 
Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium Attendance: 8,000  | 
| 31 July 2012 3 | Damash | 5–3 | Paykan | Rasht | 
| 22:00 UTC+04:30 | Jahanbaksh  Chavoshi Motevaselzadeh Ebrahimi Jahanbaksh Ebrahimi Mahdavi  | 
Ma'ghouli  Tahmasebi Mirshafian Soltani Ma'ghouli Ahmadi Tahmasebi  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 11,000  | 
| 6 August 2012 4 | Saipa | 2–0 | Damash | Karaj | 
| 22:00 UTC+04:30 | Shahbazzadeh  Gharibi Ayubi  | 
Hajati  | 
Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 2,000  | 
| 19 August 2012 5 | Damash | 1–0 | Persepolis | Rasht | 
| 19:10 UTC+04:30 | Ebrahimi  Nazifkar Berosh  | 
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Rezaei  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 20,000  | 
| 24 August 2012 6 | Mes | 1–0 | Damash | Kerman | 
| 22:00 UTC+04:30 | Amraei  Salaripour  | 
Ebrahimi  Nasiri Mohammad Mokhtari  | 
Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 1,000  | 
| 29 August 2012 7 | Damash | 0–0 | Malavan | Rasht | 
| 19:00 UTC+04:30 | Jahanbakhsh  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 10,000  | 
| 15 September 2012 8 | Fajr Sepasi | 6–1 | Damash | Shiraz | 
| 18:30 UTC+04:30 | Ansari  Mohammadrezaei Nazari Mohammadrezaei Ansari  | 
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Jahanbakhsh  Kiani Mohammad Mokhtari  | 
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 3,000  | 
| 21 September 2012 9 | Damash | 0–1 | Rah Ahan | Rasht | 
| 16:30 UTC+04:30 | Ashoubi  Ashoubi Hosseini  | 
Siah  Mohammadi  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 1,000  | 
| 27 September 2012 10 | Saba | 3–3 | Damash | Qom | 
| 17:15 UTC+04:30 | Nouri  Momeni Nouri Hootan  | 
Motevaselzadeh  Jahanbakhsh Kiani  | 
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 1,000  | 
| 1 October 2012 11 | Damash | 0–0 | Zob Ahan | Rasht | 
| 16:15 UTC+04:30 | Jahanbaksh  Jahanbakhsh Nazifakr  | 
Sadeghian  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: NC  | 
| 19 October 2012 12 | Sanat Naft | 0–0 | Damash | Abadan | 
| 18:15 UTC+04:30 | Aleksanyan  | 
Ebrahimi  Hajati Mahdavi  | 
Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 5,000  | 
| 25 October 2012 13 | Damash | 1–0 | Gahar Zagros | Rasht | 
| 15:30 UTC+04:30 | Nazifkar  Koushki Hajizadeh Ebrahimi Sohrabi  | 
Mehraban  Kardoust Shafiei  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 5,000  | 
| 30 October 2012 14 | Tractor Sazi | 2–2 | Damash | Tabriz | 
| 15:30 UTC+04:30 | Karimian  Ebrahimi Ebrahimi Hajsafi  | 
Mahdavi  Kiani Mahdavi  | 
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 30,000  | 
| 18 November 2012 15 | Damash | 2–0 | Naft | Rasht | 
| 15:30 UTC+04:30 | Chavoshi  Koushki Ebrahimi  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 2,000  | 
| 27 November 2012 16 | Sepahan | 3–0 | Damash | Fooladshahr | 
| 15:15 UTC+04:30 | Khalatbari  Navidkia Khalatbari  | 
Roudbarian  Mokhtari  | 
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000  | 
| 4 December 2012 17 | Damash | 1–0 | Esteghlal | Rasht | 
| 15:15 UTC+04:30 | Kébé  Hajati  | 
Samuel  Manouchehri Heydari Nekounam  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 20,000  | 
| 25 December 2012 18 | Foolad | 2–2 | Damash | Ahvaz | 
| 22:00 UTC+04:30 | Sharifat  Vali Sharifat Karami Ershad Yousefi  | 
Nazifkar  Motevaselzadeh Rahimi Sohrabi Nazifkar Ebrahimi  | 
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 2,000  | 
| 31 December 2012 19 | Damash | 1–2 | Aluminium | Rasht | 
| 15:00 UTC+04:30 | Kébé  Hajati Mokhtari  | 
Mohammadzadeh  Pirzadeh Dadashvand Pirzadeh Nasehi  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 2,000  | 
| 13 January 2013 21 | Damash | 1–1 | Saipa | Rasht | 
| 15:30 UTC+04:30 | Mokhtari  Arilson Mello Da Silva Hajizadeh  | 
Daghighi  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 3,000  | 
| 18 January 2013 22 | Persepolis | 1–0 | Damash | Tehran | 
| 15:30 UTC+04:30 | Hossein Mahini  | 
Mokhtari  Mahdavi Abshak  | 
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000  | 
| 25 January 2013 23 | Damash | 0–1 | Mes | Rasht | 
| 15:30 UTC+04:30 | Jahanbakhsh Nazifkar Abshak  | 
Mostafa Shojaei  | 
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000  | 
| 29 January 2013 24 | Malavan | 3–1 | Damash | Bandar Anzali | 
| 15:30 UTC+04:30 | Rafkhaei  Zare Nozhati Shirzad  | 
Summary | Abshak  Sohrabi Rahimi Roudbarian Hallafi  | 
Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000  | 
| 3 February 2013 20 | Paykan | 0–2 | Damash | Tehran | 
| 16:30 | Kameli-Mofrad  | 
Summary | Mostafa Haajati  Jahanbakhsh Hallafi  | 
Stadium: Takhti Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi  | 
| 9 February 2013 25 | Damash | 1–0 | Fajr Sepasi | Rasht | 
| 16:30 | Jahanbakhsh  Hajizadeh Nazifkar  | 
Summary | Jalili  Alimohammadi Masoud Rigi  | 
Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei  | 
| 17 February 2013 26 | Rah Ahan | 1–0 | Damash | Ekbatan | 
| 17:00 | Rajabzadeh  Ashoubi Asgari  | 
Summary | Abshak  Hallafi  | 
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Referee: Alborz Hajipour  | 
| 23 February 2013 27 | Damash | 1–1 | Saba Qom | Rasht | 
| 17:00 | Koushki  Hallafi Sohrabi  | 
Summary | Kashi  Momeni  | 
Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Referee: Javad Sharafi  | 
| 1 March 2013 28 | Zob Ahan | 1–0 | Damash | Fuladshahr | 
| 17:00 | Sadeghian  Farhadi  | 
Summary | Mostafa Haajati  Jahanbakhsh  | 
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi  | 
| 8 March 2013 29 | Damash | 3–1 | Sanat Naft | Rasht | 
| 16:30 | Mostafa Haajati  Nazifkar Motevaselzadeh  | 
Summary | Arab  | 
Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani  | 
| 17 March 2013 30 | Gahar Zagros | 1–2 | Damash | Dorud | 
| 17:00 | Khorsandnia  | 
Summary | Mahdavi  Ebrahimi  | 
Stadium: Takhti Stadium | 
| 28 March 2013 31 | Damash | 1–2 | Tractor Zazi | Rasht | 
| 17:00 | Attendance: 10,000 | 
Hazfi Cup
    
Matches
    
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| Date Round | Home | Score | Away | Location | 
| 13 December 2012 1/16 | Parseh | 1–3 | Damash | Tehran | 
| 14:15 IST | Ipakchi  | 
Jahanbakhsh  Ebrahimi Kébé  | 
Stadium: Sanaye Defai Stadium Attendance: 50  | 
| 20 December 2012 1/8 | Damash | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)  | Tractor Sazi | Rasht | 
| 14:00 IST | Mahdavi  | 
Salehi  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 11,000  | |
| Penalties | ||||
| 9 January 2013 26 | Fajr Sepasi | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)  | Damash | Shiraz | 
| 14:00 IST | Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 1,000  | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| 6 April 2013 26 | Damash | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)  | Persepolis | Rasht | 
| 17:30 IST | M. Abshak  M. Mokhtari Motevaselzadeh  | 
J. Hosseini  Nouri  | 
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 12,000  | |
| Penalties | ||||
Squad statistics
    
    Appearances & goals
    
- Last updated 12 January 2013
 
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Pro League | Hazi Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | Milad Farahani | 20 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | DF | Mohamamd Siah | 20 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |||
| 3 | DF | Arilson | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | DF | Abolfazl Hajizadeh | 23 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | MF | Saeed Halafi | 11 | 3 | 2+9 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | DF | Morteza Ebrahimi | 22 | 1 | 17+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | |||
| 7 | MF | Hossein Ebrahimi | 31 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | DF | Alireza Nazifkar | 33 | 3 | 30+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | MF | Hadi Sohrabi | 29 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |||
| 10 | FW | Afshin Chavoshi | 26 | 3 | 13+11 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
| 11 | FW | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | 33 | 3 | 29+0 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | |||
| 12 | MF | Mostafa Hajati | 31 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | MF | Mohammad Abshak | 18 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | FW | Amin Motevaselzadeh | 31 | 6 | 14+14 | 5 | 0+3 | 1 | |||
| 16 | MF | Rasoul Soroushnia | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | DF | Hossein Koushki | 14 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | FW | Reza Almaskhale | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
| 19 | MF | Boubacar Kébé | 10 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | |||
| 20 | DF | Mohammad Mokhtari | 22 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | MF | Abouzar Rahimi | 15 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | GK | Hassan Roudbarian | 16 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | FW | Asghar Nasiri | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | MF | Mohammad Ali Rahimi | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | MF | Mohammad Dadrasi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | MF | Armin Monfared Doust | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | DF | Hadi Mohammadi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | MF | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 31 | 9 | 24+3 | 8 | 4+0 | 1 | |||
| 31 | MF | Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | FW | Hossein Hosseini | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | GK | Behnam Laayeghifar | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Maziar Motaghi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| FW | Mojtaba Rostami | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| FW | 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 | Masoud Zarei | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | MF | Behnam Afsheh | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | DF | Mehdi Kiani | 13 | 2 | 12+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | FW | Saeed Mortazavi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Kenan Tahernejad | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| DF | 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 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| # | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 36 | 5 | 41 | ||
Coaching staff
    
| Position | Staff | 
|---|---|
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach | |
| Assistant coach | 
References
    
- "تغییر نام خانوادگی بروش به سروش نیا". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
 - Google Translate
 - Esmaeil Zade joins Persepolis Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
 - محمد محمدي به استقلال پيوست | ورزش 3
 - Google Translate