Iran football award winners
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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

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]
| Season | Player | Club | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Sepahan | [2] | |
| 2003–04 | Award not given | ||
| 2004–06 | |||
| 2005–06 | |||
| 2006–07 | Osasuna | [3] | |
| 2007–08 | Persepolis | [4] | |
| 2008–09 | Award not given | ||
| 2009–10 | |||
| 2010–11 | |||
| 2011–12 | |||
| 2012–13 | Sepahan | [5] | |
| 2013–14 | Esteghlal | [6] | |
| 2014–15 | Zob Ahan | [7] | |
| 2015–16 | Persepolis | [8] | |
| 2016–17 | Persepolis | [9] | |
| 2017–18 | Persepolis | [10] | |
| 2018–19 | Persepolis | [11] | |
Manager of the year

Young player of the year

| Season | Player | Club | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Persepolis | ||
| 2007–08 | Sepahan | ||
| 2008–09 | Award not given | ||
| 2009–10 | |||
| 2010–11 | |||
| 2011–12 | |||
| 2012–13 | Malavan | [12] | |
| 2013–14 | Persepolis | [6] | |
| 2014–15 | Naft Tehran | [13][7] | |
| 2015–16 | Saipa | [14] | |
| 2016–17 | Esteghlal | [15] | |
| 2017–18 | Saipa | [16] | |
| 2018–19 | Esteghlal | ||
| 2019–20 | Esteghlal | ||
Top assister of the year
| Season | Player | Club | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Naft Tehran | [17] | |
| 2017–18 | Esteghlal | [18] | |
| 2018–19 | Sepahan | ||
| 2019–20 | Esteghlal |
Goalkeeper of the year

Defender of the year

| seoson | Player | Club | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Saipa | ||
| 2007–08 | Saipa | ||
| 2008–09 | Award not given | ||
| 2009–10 | Sepahan | ||
| 2010–11 | Sepahan | ||
| 2011–12 | Sepahan | ||
| 2012–13 | Esteghlal | ||
| 2013–14 | Persepolis | ||
| 2014–15 | Sepahan | [19][7] | |
| 2015–16 | Naft Tehran | [20] | |
| 2016–17 | Persepolis | [21] | |
| 2017–18 | Persepolis | [22] | |
| 2018–19 | Persepolis | ||
Midfielder of the year

| seoson | Player | Club | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Osasuna | ||
| 2007–08 | Persepolis | ||
| 2008–09 | Award not given | ||
| 2009–10 | Steel Azin | ||
| 2010–11 | Saipa | ||
| 2011–12 | Persepolis | ||
| 2012–13 | Sepahan | ||
| 2013–14 | Esteghlal | [6] | |
| 2014–15 | Tractor Sazi | [23][7] | |
| 2015–16 | Esteghlal | [24] | |
| 2016–17 | Esteghlal | [25] | |
| 2017–18 | Esteghlal | [26] | |
| 2018–19 | Sepahan | ||
Striker of the year

| seoson | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Aboomoslem | |
| 2007–08 | Persepolis | |
| 2008–09 | Not Chosen | |
| 2009–10 | ||
| 2010–11 | ||
| 2011–12 | Saipa | |
| 2012–13 | Malavan | |
| 2013–14 | Tractor Sazi | |
| 2014–15 | Persepolis | |
| 2015–16 | Persepolis | |
| 2016–17 | Persepolis | |
| 2017–18 | Persepolis | |
| 2018–19 | Foolad & Sepahan | |
Foreign player of the year
| seoson | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Sepahan | |
| 2003–04 | Not Chosen | |
| 2004–05 | ||
| 2005–06 | ||
| 2006–07 | Aboomoslem | |
| 2007–08 | Aboomoslem | |
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 |