 Naft Tehran began the season with selling of some of their squad stars, like Kamal Kamyabinia to Persepolis, Hossein Ebrahimi to Foolad and Leandro Padovani to Sepahan.Unless Naft facing financial problems during the season, Mansourian finished the season with Naft in fifth position.After the end of the season, Mansourian officially resigned and left the club.