 Iman Mousavi, Abbas Mohammadrezaei, Farzad Hatami, Hassan Ashjari, Maysam Baou, Ali Hamoudi also sold and Vicente Arze left the team and returned to Charleroi after the end of his loan contract.Esteghlal also won Damash Karaj and Dynamo Kiev during pre-season friendly matches.Esteghlal began the league with a 2–1 away win over Gostaresh Foolad.