 During this season, Haghighi did not play at all but extended his contract at the end of the season.During the 2008–09 season, Haghighi was lucky to play in every game because of injuries to two other goalkeepers which made Haghighi become the first keeper for every game and statistically he was the number one keeper during this season.He trained under legendary Iranian keeper Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh.