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The Iran Football award Winners is an annual association football award presented to Best Player, Coach and Referees in Iran, which recognises the most outstanding player in the Persian Gulf Pro League each season. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the association football.

IRIFF awards

Mehdi Taremi was the first player to win the Player of the Season award in two consecutive seasons.

This award is organized by Iran football federation and includes the best Iranian footballers in each field. Mehdi Taremi and Moharram Navidkia have been Player of the Season on two occasions each and are the only players to have won the award more than once.with Taremi having achieved this in consecutive years (2015 and 2016).

Persepolis and Iran national football team goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand won two awards at the 2018-19 Iran Professional League (IPL) season. Beiranvand won IPL Man of the Year award and was also honored as the best goalkeeper of the season.[1] 

Player of the year
Season Player Club Source(s)
2002–03 Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan [2]
2003–04 Award not given
2004–06
2005–06
2006–07 Iran Javad Nekounam Osasuna [3]
2007–08 Iran Mohsen Khalili Persepolis [4]
2008–09 Award not given
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13 Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan [5]
2013–14 Iran Andranik Teymourian Esteghlal [6]
2014–15 Iran Ghasem Haddadifar Zob Ahan [7]
2015–16 Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis [8]
2016–17 Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis [9]
2017–18 Iran Vahid Amiri Persepolis [10]
2018–19 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Persepolis [11]

Manager of the year

Amir Ghalenoei won Coach of the Year award for four times.
Manager of the year
Season Coach Club
2006–07 Iran Ali Daei Saipa
2007–08 IranUnited States Afshin Ghotbi Persepolis
2008–09 Iran Amir Ghalenoei Esteghlal
2009–10 Iran Amir Ghalenoei Sepahan
2010–11 Iran Amir Ghalenoei Sepahan
2011–12 Croatia Zlatco Kranjčar Sepahan
2012–13 Iran Amir Ghalenoei Esteghlal
2013–14 Iran Hossein Faraki Foolad
2014–15 Iran Hossein Faraki Sepahan
2015–16 Iran Abdollah Veisi Esteghlal Khuzestan
2016–17 Croatia Branko Ivanković Persepolis
2017–18 Croatia Branko Ivanković Persepolis
2018–19 Croatia Branko Ivanković Persepolis
2019–20 Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Persepolis

Young player of the year

Saeid Ezzatollahi won the award in 2013.
Young player of the year
Season Player Club Source(s)
2006–07 Iran Farzad Ashoubi Persepolis
2007–08 Iran Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan
2008–09 Award not given
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13 Iran Saeid Ezzatollahi Malavan [12]
2013–14 Iran Mohammad Abbaszadeh Persepolis [6]
2014–15 Iran Amir Arsalan Motahari Naft Tehran [13][7]
2015–16 Iran Mehdi Torabi Saipa [14]
2016–17 Iran Omid Noorafkan Esteghlal [15]
2017–18 Iran Ali Gholizadeh Saipa [16]
2018–19 Iran Allahyar Sayyadmanesh Esteghlal
2019–20 Iran Mehdi Ghayedi Esteghlal

Top assister of the year

Top assister of the year
Season Player Club Source(s)
2016–17 Iran Iman Mobali Naft Tehran [17]
2017–18 Uzbekistan Server Djeparov Esteghlal [18]
2018–19 Iran Mohammad Karimi Sepahan
2019–20 Iran Mehdi Ghayedi

Iran Milad Jahani

Esteghlal

Sanat Naft

Goalkeeper of the year

Mehdi Rahmati has won the award for four times.
Goalkeeper of the year
seoson player club
2006–07 Iran Vahid Taleblou Esteghlal
2007–08 Iran Mehdi Rahmati Mes Kerman
2008–09 Not Chosen
2009–10
2010–11 Iran Mehdi Rahmati Esteghlal
2011–12 Iran Mehdi Rahmati Esteghlal
2012–13 Iran Mehdi Rahmati Esteghlal
2013–14 Brazil Nilson Corrêa Persepolis
2014–15 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Naft Tehran
2015–16 Brazil Fernando de Jesus Esteghlal Khuzestan
2016–17 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Persepolis
2017–18 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Persepolis
2018–19 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Persepolis

Defender of the year

Jalal Hosseini has won the award for seven times.
Defender of the year
seoson Player Club Source(s)
2006–07 Iran Jalal Hosseini Saipa
2007–08 Iran Jalal Hosseini Saipa
2008–09 Award not given
2009–10 Iran Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan
2010–11 Iran Khosro Heydari Sepahan
2011–12 Iran Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan
2012–13 Iran Pejman Montazeri Esteghlal
2013–14 Iran Jalal Hosseini Persepolis
2014–15 Iran Voria Ghafouri Sepahan [19][7]
2015–16 Iran Jalal Hosseini Naft Tehran [20]
2016–17 Iran Jalal Hosseini Persepolis [21]
2017–18 Iran Jalal Hosseini Persepolis [22]
2018–19 Iran Jalal Hosseini Persepolis

Midfielder of the year

Ali Karimi won the award twice.
Midfielder of the year
seoson Player Club Source(s)
2006–07 Iran Javad Nekounam Osasuna
2007–08 Iran Karim Bagheri Persepolis
2008–09 Award not given
2009–10 Iran Ali Karimi Steel Azin
2010–11 Iran Ebrahim Sadeghi Saipa
2011–12 Iran Ali Karimi Persepolis
2012–13 Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan
2013–14 Iran Andranik Teymourian Esteghlal [6]
2014–15 Iran Andranik Teymourian Tractor Sazi [23][7]
2015–16 Iran Omid Ebrahimi Esteghlal [24]
2016–17 Iran Omid Ebrahimi Esteghlal [25]
2017–18 Iran Omid Ebrahimi Esteghlal [26]
2018–19 Iran Mehdi Kiani Sepahan

Striker of the year

Karim Ansarifard won the award twice.
Striker of the year
seoson Player Club
2006–07 Nigeria Daniel Olerum Aboomoslem
2007–08 Iran Mohsen Khalili Persepolis
2008–09 Not Chosen
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12 Iran Karim Ansarifard Saipa
2012–13 Iran Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan
2013–14 Iran Karim Ansarifard Tractor Sazi
2014–15 Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis
2015–16 Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis
2016–17 Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis
2017–18 Iran Ali Alipour Persepolis
2018–19 Brazil Chimba & Brazil Kiros Stanlley Foolad & Sepahan

Foreign player of the year

Foreign player of the year
seoson Player Club
2002–03 Armenia Armenak Petrosyan[27] Sepahan
2003–04 Not Chosen
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07 Nigeria Daniel Olerum Aboomoslem
2007–08 Serbia Ivan Petrović Aboomoslem

Referee of the year

Referee of the year
seoson Referee
2006–07 Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh
2007–08 Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh
2008–09 Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh
2009–10 Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh
2010–11 Alireza Faghani
2011–12 Mohsen Torky
2012–13 Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh
2013–14 Alireza Faghani
2014–15 Ahmad Salehi
2015–16 Mohsen Torky
2016–17 Alireza Faghani
2017–18 Bijan Heydari
2018–19 Alireza Faghani

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External links

Persian Gulf Pro League
Football in Iran
National Men's Footballer of the Year award
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