 On 4 February he played against his former team Saipa and scored the single goal of the match.He finished his first season with Esteghlal with 12 goals in the league which made him the runner-up in the season's Golden Boot, behind Éder Luciano.Shahbazzzadeh scored a brace in the first game of the season against Siah jamegan which Esteghlal won 2–1.