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2012–13 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2012–13 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 12th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 68th year in existence as a football club.

Esteghlal F.C.
2012–13 season
PresidentIran Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coachIran Amir Ghalenoei
StadiumAzadi Stadium
IPL1st
Hazfi CupSemi-Final
Champions LeagueSemi-Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Arash Borhani (10 goals)
All: Arash Borhani (15 goals)
Highest home attendance100,000 v Persepolis (25 January 2013)
100,000 v Damash (10 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance0 (spectator ban)
v Gahar Zagros
(12 April 2013)
Average home league attendance32,235

Club edit

Kit edit

Supplier:   Uhlsport
Sponsor(s):   Refah Bank[1]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third kit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Amir Ghalenoei[2]
Assistant coach   Majid Saleh[3]
First Team Coach   Karim Bostani[3]
First Team Coach   Sattar Hamedani[3]
Goalkeepers coach   Hamid Babazadeh[4]
Fitness coach   Dr. Amir Haj-Ghasem[5]
Analyzer   Iman Alami[3]
Analyzer   Nima Rasouli[3]
Analyzer   Shahrokh Bayani
Analyzer   Reza Rajabi
Physiotherapist   Dr. Amin Norouzi[6]
Doctor   Dr. Kaveh Sotoudeh[6]
Psychologist   Dr. Abbas Montazeri
Technical Manager   Mansour Pourheidari[7]
Academy Manager   Asghar Hajiloo
Director   Mirshad Majedi[8]

Other information edit

Chairman   Ali Fathollahzadeh
Deputy Chairman   Ali Nazari Juybari
Media Officer   Hamed Afzali

Grounds edit

Ground (capacity and dimensions) Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground Hejazi Camp

Player edit

First team squad edit

Last updated: 5 January 2012
Out for Injuries Released – ride
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati   GK (1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 29)   Sepahan
35 Hadi Rishi Esfahani   GK (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 20)   Sepahan
29 Liam Reddy   GK (1981-08-08)8 August 1981 (aged 30)   Sydney FC
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari   RM, RB (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 28)   Sepahan
4 Amir Hossein Sadeghi   CB, SW (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 30)   Tractor Sazi
5 Hanif Omranzadeh   CB, SW (1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 27)   PAS Hamedan
12 Hassan Ashjari   LB, LWB (1979-08-01)1 August 1979 (aged 32)   Sepahan
18 Hashem Beikzadeh   LB, LM (1984-01-22)22 January 1984 (aged 28)   Sepahan
21 Armen Tahmasian   DF (1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 22)   PAS Hamedan
25 Hojjat Chaharmahali   DF (1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 23)   Sanat Naft
33 Pejman Montazeri   CB, SW (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 28)   Foolad
40 Ali Hamoudi   RB, RM (1986-03-21)21 March 1986 (aged 26)   Foolad
15 Mohammad Ansari   CB, SW (Youth system)
16 Meisam Hosseini   LB, CB (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 25)   Gostaresh Foulad
Midfielders
3 Jlloyd Samuel   DM, CM, LB (1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 31)   Bolton
6 Javad Nekounam   DM, CM (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 31)   CA Osasuna
8 Mojtaba Jabari(captain)   CM, AM (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 29)   Aboumoslem
11 Saeed Lamei   MF (1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 25)   Sanati Kaveh
14 Kianoush Rahmati   DM, CM (1978-09-18)18 September 1978 (aged 33)   Saipa
17 Maysam Baou   AM, CM (1983-09-19)19 September 1983 (aged 28)   Shahrdari Tabriz
19 Abbas Mohammad-Rezaei   LM, LW (1982-09-09)9 September 1982 (aged 29)   Fajr Sepasi
28 Mehran Ghasemi   MF (1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 20)   Steel Azin
38 Vicente   AM, LM (1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 38)   Charleroi
30 Rodrigo Tosi   CM, AM (1983-01-06)6 January 1983 (aged 29)   Tractor Sazi
32 Ferydoon Zandi   AM, LM (1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 33)   Steel Azin
37 Januário   AM, CM (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 32)   Sepahan
Forwards
7 Farhad Majidi   ST (1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 36)   Al-Ahli
9 Arash Borhani   ST (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 28)   PAS Tehran
20 Siavash Akbarpour   AM, SS (1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 27)   Tractor Sazi
24 Farzad Hatami   ST (1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 26)   Tractor Sazi
36 Iman Mousavi   ST (1989-02-05) 5 February 1989 (age 35)   Naft Tehran
10 Milad Meydavoudi   RW, ST (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 27)   Esteghlal Ahvaz
11 Amin Manouchehri   ST (1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 26)   Saipa

Iran Pro League squad edit

As of 31 January 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2011–12

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IRN Mehdi Rahmati (3rd Captain)
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari
3 DF   TRI Jlloyd Samuel
4 DF   IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi
5 DF   IRN Hanif Omranzadeh
6 MF   IRN Javad Nekounam
7 FW   IRN Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8 MF   IRN Mojtaba Jabbari (Vice Captain)
9 FW   IRN Arash Borhani
10 FW   IRN Milad Meydavoudi
11 FW   IRN Amin Manouchehri
12 DF   IRN Hassan Ashjari
14 MF   IRN Kianoush Rahmati
15 DF   IRN Mohammad Ansari
16 DF   IRN Meysam Hosseini
17 MF   IRN Maysam Baou
18 DF   IRN Hashem Beikzadeh
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   IRN Abbas Mohammad-Rezaei
20 FW   IRN Siavash Akbarpour
21 DF   IRN Armen Tahmasian
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini
24 FW   IRN Farzad Hatemi
25 DF   IRN Hojjat Chaharmahali
26 DF   IRN Mehdi Eslami
28 MF   IRN Mehran Ghasemi
29 GK   AUS Liam Reddy
30 MF   BRA Rodrigo Tosi
32 MF   IRN Ferydoon Zandi
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri (4th Captain)
35 GK   IRN Hadi Rishi Esfahani
36 FW   IRN Iman Mousavi
37 MF   BRA Fabio Januario
38 MF   BOL Vicente Arze
40 DF   IRN Ali Hamoudi

AFC Champions League squad edit

As of 23 June 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Champions League Squad 2012–13

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IRN Mehdi Rahmati (3rd Captain)
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari
3 MF   TRI Jlloyd Samuel
4 DF   IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi
5 DF   IRN Hanif Omranzadeh
6 MF   IRN Javad Nekounam
7 FW   IRN Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8 MF   IRN Mojtaba Jabbari (Vice Captain)
9 FW   IRN Arash Borhani
10 MF   IRN Siavash Akbarpour
11 MF   IRN Saeed Lamei
12 DF   IRN Hassan Ashjari
13 GK   IRN Mehrdad Hosseini
14 MF   IRN Kianoush Rahmati
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   IRN Hashem Beikzadeh
17 MF   IRN Maysam Baou
19 MF   IRN Abbas Mohammad-Rezaei
21 MF   IRN Armen Tahmasian
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini
24 FW   IRN Farzad Hatemi
25 DF   IRN Hojjat Chaharmahali
28 MF   IRN Mehran Ghasemi
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri (4th Captain)
35 GK   IRN Hadi Rishi Esfahani
36 FW   IRN Iman Mousavi
38 MF   BOL Vicente Arze
40 DF   IRN Ali Hamoudi

Transfers edit

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

Summer edit

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2012

Winter edit

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup — — Winner 20 July 2012 10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 — Semi-Final 14 December 2012 30 March 2013
AFC Champions League Group stage Round of 16 27 February 2013

Source: Competitions

Competition record edit

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 34 19 10 5 42 18 +24 055.88
Hazfi Cup 5 4 0 1 11 1 +10 080.00
2013 AFC Champions League 8 5 2 1 15 7 +8 062.50
Total 47 28 12 7 68 26 +42 059.57

Iran Pro League edit

Main article: 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 34 19 10 5 42 18 +24 67 Qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Tractor Sazi 34 18 11 5 55 32 +23 65
3 Sepahan 34 19 7 8 60 33 +27 64
4 Foolad 34 14 14 6 52 35 +17 56
5 Naft Tehran 34 14 13 7 42 29 +13 55
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 18 10 4 40 16  +24 64 11 4 1 20 8  +12 7 6 3 20 8  +12

Last updated: 15 April 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

Round12345689101112131415716171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultWLWDDDWDWWLWWWWLLWWDWDDWWWWDWDWDWL
Position495891010986452111211111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2012. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

20 July 2012 1 Esteghlal 1–0 Aluminium Tehran
22:15 UTC+04:30 Januario   56'
Omranzadeh   64'		 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Asgari   48'
Shokouh Magham   51'
Daneshdoost   62'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
25 July 2012 2 Saipa 2–1 Esteghlal Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30 Sobhani   63'
Daghighi   82'		 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Akbarpour   81' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
31 July 2012 3 Esteghlal 1–0 Zob Ahan Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30 Akbarpour   13'
Manouchehri     83'		 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Ashouri   47' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
6 August 2012 4 Mes Kerman 0–0 Esteghlal Kerman
22:30 UTC+04:30 Enayati   36'
Esmaeili Beigi   68'
Jahani   89'
Kazemi  		 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Omranzadeh   80'
Borhani  		 Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
17 August 2012 5 Esteghlal 1–1 Malavan Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30 Beikzadeh   7'
Zandi   55'
Borhani   65'   73'		 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Nozhati   25'
Paşcenco   85'
Hajmohammadi   90+4'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
24 August 2012 6 Persepolis 0–0 Esteghlal Tehran
18:10 UTC+04:30 Pouladi   15'
Feshangchi   90+5'		 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Akbarpour   24'
Omranzadeh   37'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
22 November 2012 7 Esteghlal 2–0 Paykan Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30 Akbarpour   59'
Omranzadeh  
Heydari  
Meydavoudi   90'		 IPLStats Report
Summary		 Dabbagh   Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh
15 September 2012 8 Rah Ahan 0–2 Esteghlal Tehran
19:45 UTC+04:30 Ashoubi  
Mamani  		 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Borhani   10'
Baou   82'
Zandi  		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
21 September 2012 9 Esteghlal 0–0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
18:30 UTC+03:30 IPLStats Report
Goal Report		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
26 September 2012 10 Sanat Naft 1–2 Esteghlal Abadan
18:30 UTC+03:30 Navidkia   2' IPLStats Report Nekounam   11'
Tosi   35'
Januário   58'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
1 October 2012 11 Esteghlal 1–0 Saba Qom Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30 Borhani   1'
Sadeghi  		 IPLStats Report
Summary		 Lotfi  
Heidari  
Rezaeian  
Noori  		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
20 October 2012 12 Tractor Sazi 2–0 Esteghlal Tabriz
16:00 UTC+03:30 Paixão   39'
Fakhreddini   90+1'
Nosrati  
Kiani  		 IPLStats Report
Summary		 Omranzadeh   Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
25 October 2012 13 Esteghlal 2–1 Naft Tehran Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Samuel   23'
Borhani   52'
Beikzadeh  
Akbarpour  
Baou  		 IPLStats Report
Summary		 Karimi   16'   79'
Mousavi  
Ghafouri   79'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
29 October 2012 14 Gahar Zagros 0–2 Esteghlal Dorood
17:45 UTC+03:30 IPLStats Report
Summary		 Borhani   17'
Samuel   20'
Manouchehri  		 Stadium: Dorood Stadium
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
18 November 2012 15 Sepahan 0–1 Esteghlal Isfahan
15:15 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari   92'
Navidkia   93'
Ahmadi   95'		 IPLStats Report Heydari   15'
Sadeghi  
Borhani  
Nekounam   93'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
27 November 2012 16 Esteghlal 2–3 Foolad Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30 Nekounam   63'
Borhani   74'		 IPLStats Report
Summary		 Karami   62'
Afshin   72'
Jama'ati   87'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
4 December 2012 17 Damash Gilan 1–0 Esteghlal Rasht
15:15 UTC+03:30 Kébé   85'
Hajati  		 IPLStats Report
Summary		 Samuel   25'   39'
Manouchehri  
Heydari  
Nekounam  		 Stadium: Shahid Azodi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
26 December 2012 18 Aluminmium 0–2 Esteghlal Bandar Abbas
15:15 UTC+03:30 Tighnavard   52' IPLStats Report
Goal.com
[46]		 Mousavi   14'  
Hatami   86'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
31 December 2012 19 Esteghlal 1–0 Saipa Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30 Hatami   54'   86'
Samuel  16'		 IPLStats Report
Goal.com
[47]		 Shiri  88' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
5 January 2013 20 Zob Ahan 0–0 Esteghlal Isfahan
17:30 UTC+03:30 Fofana  
Bayatinia  
Jarahkar  		 IPLStats Report
Goal.com
[48]		 Omranzadeh   Stadium: Foolad Shahr
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
14 January 2013 21 Esteghlal 2–1 Mes Kerman Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30 Borhani   25', 57'
Nekounam  
Majidi  		 IPLStats Report
Goal.com
[49]		 Shojaei   55'
Bates  		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
19 January 2013 22 Malavan 0–0 Esteghlal Anzali
15:30 UTC+03:30 Ezzatollahi  
Rafkhaei  		 IPLStats Report
Goal.com		 Samuel  
Hatami  
Akbarpour  		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
25 January 2013 23 Esteghlal 0–0 Persepolis Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30 IPLStats Report
Goal.com
Fars		 Haghighi   45' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
29 January 2013 24 Paykan 0–3 Esteghlal Tehran
16:50 UTC+03:30 IPLStats Report
Goal.com
[50]		 Vicente   20'
Hatami   61'
Majidi   78'   79'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
8 February 2013 25 Esteghlal 1–0 Rah Ahan Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Majidi   71'   90' IPLStats Report
Goal.com
[51]		 Abdi   90+4' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
15 February 2013 26 Fajr Sepasi 0–5 Esteghlal Shiraz
14:30 UTC+03:30 Khalil Azad   IPLStats Report
Goal.com
Fars		 Nekounam   38' (pen.)
Hatami   49', 70'
Akbarpour   64'
Borhani   90+1'
Samuel  		 Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
21 February 2013 27 Esteghlal 2–1 Sanat Naft Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Ashjari  
Nekounam  
Hatami   35'
Montazeri   71'   75'
Akbarpour   77'
Majidi   87'		 IPLStats Report
Goal.com
varzesh3.com		 Baghlani   50'
Kaebi   64'
Moshkelpour   64'   87'
Dehghani   84'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
4 March 2013 28 Saba Qom 1–1 Esteghlal Qom
17:25 UTC+03:30 Razaghirad   29'
Lak  
Nouri  
Rezaïan  
Bakhtiarzadeh  		 IPLStats Report
FARS		 Borhani   90+1' (pen.)
Samuel  		 Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
8 March 2013 29 Esteghlal 1–0 Tractor Sazi Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30 Nekounam   31'
Borhani  
Akbarpour  
Omranzadeh  		 IPLStats Report
[52]		 Dehnavi   Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
18 March 2013 30 Naft Tehran 1–1 Esteghlal Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30 Norouzi   63' IPLStats Report
[53]		 Hatami   15'
Samuel  		 Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Toraj Haghverdi
12 April 2013 31 Esteghlal 2–0 Gahar Zagros Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Nekounam   28'
Arze   44'
Beikzadeh  		 IPLStats Report Ghasemi  
Kardoust  		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: –
Referee: Zargar
15 April 2013 32 Esteghlal 1–1 Sepahan Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Irannejad   90+4' (o.g.)
Sadeghi  
Mousavi  		 IPLStats Report Navidkia   66'
Khalatbari  
Talebi  		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
5 May 2013 33 Foolad 0–1 Esteghlal Ahvaz
17:45 UTC+03:30 IPLStats Report Nekounam   19' (pen.) Stadium: Takhti Ahvaz
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
10 May 2013 34 Esteghlal 1–2 Damash Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30 Ashjari   31' IPLStats Report Mahdavi   67'
Ebrahimi   80'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alireza Khorshidi

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League group stage § Group D
Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Esteghlal 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage
2   Al-Hilal 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12
3   Al-Ain 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6
4   Al-Rayyan 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4
Source: ScoresPro

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

27 February 2013 1 Al-Rayyan   3–3   Esteghlal Al Rayyan
18:20 UTC+3 Tabata   34' (pen.)
Haroon   60'
Nilmar   87'		 report Samuel   27'
Borhani   45+1'
Nekounam   85' (pen.)
Akbarpour  		 Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Williams
13 March 2013 2 Esteghlal   2–0   Al-Ain Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30 Samuel   65'
Majidi   73'
Sadeghi  		 report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko
3 April 2013 3 Al-Hilal   1–2   Esteghlal Riyadh
20:40 UTC+3 Al-Dossari   67' report Montazeri   80'
Borhani   85'		 Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla
9 April 2013 4 Esteghlal   0–1   Al-Hilal Tehran
21:00 UTC+4:30 report Al Abed   35' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,300
Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir
23 April 2013 5 Esteghlal   3–0   Al-Rayyan Tehran
21:00 UTC+4:30 Majidi   45'
Beikzadeh   73'
Borhani   90'		 report Goma   75' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 28,330
Referee: Andre El Haddad
30 April 2013 6 Al-Ain   0–1   Esteghlal Al Ain
19:40 UTC+4 report Nekounam   80' (pen.) Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 4,173
Referee: Masaaki Toma

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage
15 May 2013 First leg Al Shabab Al Arabi   2–4   Esteghlal Dubai
20:40 UTC+4 Henrique   45+1'
Edgar   83'		 report Samuel   51'
Nekounam   72'
Majidi   80'
Heydari   89'		 Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: Yuichi Nishimura
Referee: 6,375
22 May 2013 Second leg Esteghlal   0–0   Al Shabab Al Arabi Tehran
report Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup edit

Main article: 2012–13 Hazfi Cup

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

14 December 2012 1/16 Esteghlal 4–0 Saipa Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 Hatami   34'   63'
Borhani   46', 65'
Camacho   90+2'		 Report
Varzesh3.com		 Rezaei   21'   42'
Gholamnejad   26'
Márcio   32'
Sadeghi   75'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Toraj Haghverdi
22 December 2012 1/8 Gahar Dorud 0–1 Esteghlal Dorud
13:30 UTC+03:30 Report
Varzesh3.com		 Mousavi   66'
Heydari   73'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
9 January 2013 1/4 Esteghlal 5–0 Aboumoslem Tehran
16:30 UTC+03:30 Samuel   25'
Hatami   46', 65'
Nekounam   63'
Montazeri   76'
Arze  
Sadeghi 		 farsnews.com Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alborz HajiPoor
30 March 2013 1/2 Esteghlal 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Sepahan Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Hatami   63' report Khalatbari   42' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Penalties
  Jabbari
  Samuel
  Mohammad-Rezaei
  Sadeghi
  Nekounam
  Rahmati
  Hatami		   Bulku
  Ebrahimi
  Khalatbari
  Hajsafi
  Jamshidian
  Irannejad
  Susak

Friendly Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

4 July 2012 Esteghlal   7–0   Ruero Nif Istanbul
17:30 UTC+03:00 Borhani  
Borhani  
Borhani  
Borhani  
Baou  
Omranzadeh  
Manouchehri  		 [54]
[55]
[56]
[57]
[58]		 Stadium: Green Park Camp Stadium
7 July 2012 Paykan   2–0   Esteghlal Istanbul
Alekasir   50'
Gashni   60'		 [59]
10 July 2012 Elazığspor   2–4   Esteghlal Istanbul
17:30 UTC+03:00 [60]
[61]
[62]		 Meidavoudi  
Meidavoudi  
Borhani  
Heydari  
28 August 2012 Esteghlal   2–2   Parseh Tehran
17:30 UTC+04:30 Tosi   13'
Borhani   65'		 Goal report
farsnews report
Aftabnews report		 Ipakchi   10'
Khorsandi   79'		 Stadium: Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 300
3 September 2012 Aboumoslem   1–2   Esteghlal Mashhad
17:00 UTC+04:30 Rezapour   69' [63]
[64]
[65]		 Tosi   1'
Borhani   63'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
Note: Charity match
9 September 2012 Esteghlal   1–1   Damash Gilan Tehran
17:30 UTC+04:30 Manouchehri   18' [66]
[67]		 Chavoshi   70' Stadium: Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 600
6 October 2012 Esteghlal   7–0   Honarmandan Tehran
16:00 UTC+04:30 Manouchehri  
Manouchehri  
Borhani  
Meydavoudi  
Sadeghi  
Lamali  
Sadeghian  		 [68] Stadium: Ararat Stadium
Note: Charity match
4 February 2013 Esteghlal   3–0   Paykan Tehran
15:15 UTC+03:30 Mousavi   6', 42'
Mohammad-Rezaei   11'		 Varzesh3.ir
Shafaf.ir		 Stadium: Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 100

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of 22 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total Iran Pro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRN Mehdi Rahmati 46 0 34+0 0 8+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari 41 2 29+1 1 7+0 1 4+0 0
3 DF   TRI Jlloyd Samuel 35 6 19+6 2 7+0 3 3+0 1
4 DF   IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi 44 0 31+2 0 6+1 0 4+0 0
5 DF   IRN Hanif Omranzadeh 34 0 17+8 0 6+1 0 1+1 0
6 MF   IRN Javad Nekounam 39 9 26+1 5 8+0 3 4+0 1
7 FW   IRN Farhad Majidi 18 6 4+7 3 3+3 3 0+1 0
8 MF   IRN Mojtaba Jabari 28 0 10+6 0 8+0 0 1+3 0
9 FW   IRN Arash Borhani 38 15 22+5 10 3+4 3 2+2 2
12 DF   IRN Hassan Ashjari 15 1 9+2 1 1+0 0 3+0 0
14 MF   IRN Kianoush Rahmati 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF   IRN Maysam Baou 20 1 10+9 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 DF   IRN Hashem Beikzadeh 29 1 20+1 0 6+1 1 1+0 0
19 MF   IRN Abbas Mohammad Rezaei 16 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
20 FW   IRN Siavash Akbarpour 35 3 21+6 3 3+4 0 1+0 0
24 FW   IRN Farzad Hatami 26 10 12+3 6 3+4 0 3+1 4
28 DF   IRN Mehran Ghasemi 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri 40 3 29+0 1 8+0 1 3+0 1
36 FW   IRN Iman Mousavi 16 2 7+4 1 3+1 0 1+0 1
38 MF   BOL Vicente Arze 11 3 6+1 2 2+0 0 0+2 1
40 MF   IRN Ali Hamoudi 42 0 27+4 0 5+2 0 4+0 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
10 FW   IRN Milad Meidavoudi 7 1 4+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW   IRN Amin Manouchehri 16 1 6+9 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 DF   IRN Meysam Hosseini 10 0 4+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF   BRA Rodrigo Tosi 9 1 4+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF   IRN Ferydoon Zandi 8 0 5+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF   BRA Fabio Januario 10 2 8+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 23 March 2013
Ranking Position Nation Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 FW   Arash Borhani 10 3 2 15
2 FW   Farzad Hatami 6 0 4 10
3 MF   Javad Nekounam 5 3 1 9
3 MF   Jlloyd Samuel 2 3 1 6
FW   Farhad Majidi 3 3 0 6
5 FW   Siavash Akbarpour 3 0 0 3
DF   Pejman Montazeri 1 1 1 3
MF   Vicente Arze 2 0 1 3
6 MF   Januário 2 0 0 2
FW   Iman Mousavi 1 0 1 2
DF   Khosro Heydari 1 1 0 2
7 DF   Hashem Beikzadeh 0 1 0 1
MF   Maysam Baou 1 0 0 1
MF   Rodrigo Tosi 1 0 0 1
Own Goal 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 42 15 11 68

Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 23 March 2013
No. Nat. Position Name Iran Pro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
                               
5   DF Hanif Omranzadeh 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
3   MF Jlloyd Samuel 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1
6   MF Javad Nekounam 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1
20   FW Siavash Akbarpour 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
9   FW Arash Borhani 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1
TOTALS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0

Goals conceded edit

  • 4 April 2013
Position Nation Number Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total Minutes per goal
GK   1 Mehdi Rahmati 18 7 1 26 159.2 min
TOTALS 18 7 1 26 159.2 min

Overall statistics edit

Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 45 26 19 0
Games won 28 16 12 0
Games drawn 11 4 7 0
Games lost 7 4 3 0
Biggest win 5 – 0 Fajr Sepasi
5 – 0 Aboumoslem		 5 – 0 Aboumoslem 5 – 0 Fajr Sepasi N/A
Biggest loss 0 – 2 Tractor Sazi 2 – 3 Foolad 2 – 0 Tractor Sazi N/A
Biggest win (League) 5 – 0 Fajr Sepasi 2 – 0 Paykan 5 – 0 Fajr Sepasi N/A
Biggest win (Cup) 5 – 0 Aboumoslem 5 – 0 Aboumoslem 1 – 0 Gahar Zagros N/A
Biggest win (Asia) 3 – 0 Al-Rayyan SC 3 – 0 Al-Rayyan SC N/A N/A
Biggest loss (League) 0 – 2 Tractor Sazi 2 – 3 Foolad 0 – 2 Tractor Sazi N/A
Biggest loss (Cup) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Biggest loss (Asia) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Clean sheets 28 16 12 0
Goals scored 68 36 32 0
Goals conceded 26 12 14 0
Goal difference 42 24 18 0
Average GF per game 1.5 1.6 1 0
Average GA per game 0.5 0.4 0.4 0
Points 66 36 30 0
Winning rate 62% 66% 57% N/A
Most appearances Mehdi Rahmati 45 appearances
Most minutes played Mehdi Rahmati 4050 minutes
Top scorer Arash Borhani 15 goals
Top assister Mojtaba Jabari 11 assists

Last updated: 24 April 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Awards edit

Team edit

Award Month Source
Iran Football Team of the year
June
 [69]

Player edit

No. Player Award Month Source
1   Mehdi Rahmati Persian Gulf Pro League Goalkeeper of the year June [70]
33   Pejman Montazeri Persian Gulf Pro League Defender of the year [71]
3   Jlloyd Samuel Persian Gulf Pro League Foreign player of the year [72]

Manager edit

Name Award Month Source
  Amir Ghalenoei Persian Gulf Pro League Manager of the year
June
 [73]

See also edit

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External links edit

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