2011–12 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2011–12 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 67th year in existence as a football club. Mojtaba Jabbari and Arash Borhani both with 13 goals are the top scorers of Esteghlal.

Esteghlal Tehran FC
2011–12 season
PresidentAli Fathollahzadeh
Head coachParviz Mazloomi
StadiumAzadi Stadium
IPL3rd
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Hazfi CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mojtaba Jabari (10)

All:
Mojtaba Jabari (13)
Arash Borhani (13)
Highest home attendance93,000 vs Tractor Sazi
(9 September 2011)
Lowest home attendance5,000 vs Mes Sarcheshmeh
(30 October 2011)
5,000 vs Sanat Naft
(13 December 2011)
5,000 vs Mes Kerman
(15 January 2012)
Average home league attendance32,235

Club edit

Kit edit

Supplier:   Uhlsport
Sponsor(s):   City Bank

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away Kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third Kit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Parviz Mazloomi
Assistant Coach   Michael Henke
First Team Coach   Behtash Fariba
First Team Coach   Attila Hejazi
Goalkeeper Coach   Hossein Torabpour
Analyzer   Mehdi Arjanginia
Fitness Trainer   Mohammadreza Molaei
Technical Adviser   Morteza Mohasses
Technical Manager   Mansour Pourheidari

Other information edit

Chairman   Ali Fatollahzadeh
Deputy Chairman   Ali Nazari Juybari
Football Academy President   Reza Rajabi
Doctor   Akbar Rezaei
Psychologist   Abbas Montazeri
Media Officer   Mohammad Hayrani
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75 meters)

Technical Committee edit

Name
  Hassan Rowshan
  Alireza Mansourian
  Javad Ghorab
  Asghar Hajilou

Player edit

First team squad edit

Last updated: 5 January 2012
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed From
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati   GK (1983-02-02)February 2, 1983 (aged 28)   Sepahan
21 Mehrdad Hosseini   GK (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 22)   Persepolis
22 Hadi Zarrin Saed   GK (1979-07-25)July 25, 1979 (aged 32)   Machine Sazi
39 Mehdi Eslami   GK (1985-05-05)May 5, 1985 (aged 26)   PAS Hamedan
41 Mohammad Torkaman   GK (1990-11-05)November 5, 1990 (aged 21)   Gostaresh Foolad
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari   RM, RB (1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 28)   Sepahan
3 Mehdi Amirabadi (c)   RB, LB (1979-02-22)February 22, 1979 (aged 32)   Saipa
4 Hamid Azizzadeh   CB (1981-06-06)June 6, 1981 (aged 30)   Aluminium Hormozgan
5 Hanif Omranzadeh   CB (1985-04-30)April 30, 1985 (aged 26)   PAS Hamedan
12 Jlloyd Samuel   LB, CB, DM (1981-03-29)March 29, 1981 (aged 30)   Bolton Wanderers
16 Meisam Hosseini   LB (1987-06-07)June 7, 1987 (aged 24)   Gostaresh Foolad
31 Javad Shirzad   LB (1982-09-20)September 20, 1982 (aged 29)   Foolad
33 Pejman Montazeri   CB, RB (1983-09-06)September 6, 1983 (aged 28)   Foolad
40 Ali Hamoudi   RB, RM (1986-03-21)March 21, 1986 (aged 25)   Foolad
Midfielders
6 Kianoush Rahmati   DM, CM (1978-09-18)September 18, 1978 (aged 33)   Saipa
8 Mojtaba Jabari   CM, AM (1983-06-16)June 16, 1983 (aged 28)   Aboomoslem
11 Mohsen Yousefi   LM, LW (1984-05-26)May 26, 1984 (aged 27)   Saba Qom
14 Andranik Teymourian   DM, CM (1983-03-06)March 6, 1983 (aged 28)   Tractor Sazi
17 Jacques Elong Elong   DM (1981-02-20)February 20, 1981 (aged 30)   DAC Dunajská Streda
28 Tohid Gholami   MF (1991-12-22)December 22, 1991 (aged 20) (Youth system)
29 Mehdi Akhoundi   MF (Youth system)
32 Ferydoon Zandi   AM, LM (1979-04-26)April 26, 1979 (aged 32)   Steel Azin
34 Hossein Alavi   MF (1989-02-25)February 25, 1989 (aged 22)   Tarbiat Yazd
Forwards
9 Arash Borhani   ST (1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 28)   PAS Tehran
10 Milad Meydavoudi   RW, ST (1985-01-20)January 20, 1985 (aged 26)   Esteghlal Ahvaz
19 Ali Sabahi   ST (Youth system)
20 Goran Jerković   ST (1986-11-10)November 10, 1986 (aged 25)   FK Tauras
37 Esmaeil Sharifat   RM, RW (1988-06-06)June 6, 1988 (aged 23)   Esteghlal Ahvaz
Players transferred during the season
7 Farhad Majidi   ST (1977-06-03)June 3, 1977 (aged 34)   Al-Ahli
13 Karrar Jassim   SM, SS (1987-06-11)June 11, 1987 (aged 24)   Tractor Sazi
15 Waleed Ali   LM (1980-11-03)November 3, 1980 (aged 31)   Al Kuwait
25 Mojtaba Mojaz   ST (1991-04-24)April 24, 1991 (aged 20) (Youth system)
30 Ferydoon Rezaei   GK (1990-08-24)August 24, 1990 (aged 21) (Youth system)

Iran Pro League squad edit

As of 1 September 2010. 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
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari
3 DF   IRN Mehdi Amirabadi (Vice-Captain)
4 DF   IRN Hamid Azizzadeh
5 DF   IRN Hanif Omranzadeh
6 MF   IRN Kianoush Rahmati
7 FW   IRN Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8 MF   IRN Mojtaba Jabbari (3rd captain)
9 FW   IRN Arash Borhani
10 FW   IRN Milad Meydavoudi
11 MF   IRN Mohsen Yousefi
12 DF   TRI Jlloyd Samuel
13 MF   IRQ Karrar Jassim
14 MF   IRN Andranik Teymourian
15 MF   KUW Waleed Ali
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   IRN Meysam Hosseini
17 MF   CMR Jacques Elong Elong
20 FW   FRA Goran Jerković
21 GK   IRN Mehrdad Mohammad-Hosseini
22 GK   IRN Hadi Zarrin Saed
29 MF   IRN Tohid Gholami
30 GK   IRN Ferydoon Rezaei
31 DF   IRN Javad Shirzad
32 MF   IRN Ferydoon Zandi
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri
34 FW   IRN Hossein Alavi
37 FW   IRN Esmaeil Sharifat
39 GK   IRN Mehdi Eslami
40 DF   IRN Ali Hamoudi

AFC Champions League squad edit

As of 02 February 2012. Esteghlal F.C. Champions League Squad 2011-12[permanent dead link]

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
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari
3 DF   IRN Mehdi Amirabadi (captain)
4 DF   IRN Hamid Azizzadeh
5 DF   IRN Hanif Omranzadeh
6 MF   IRN Kianoush Rahmati
8 MF   IRN Mojtaba Jabbari (vice captain)
9 FW   IRN Arash Borhani
10 FW   IRN Milad Meydavoudi
11 MF   IRN Mohsen Yousefi
12 DF   TRI Jlloyd Samuel
14 MF   IRN Andranik Teymourian
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   IRN Meysam Hosseini
17 MF   CMR Jacques Elong Elong
20 FW   FRA Goran Jerković
21 GK   IRN Mehrdad Hosseini
22 GK   IRN Hadi Zarrin Saed
29 MF   IRN Tohid Gholami
31 DF   IRN Javad Shirzad
32 MF   IRN Ferydoon Zandi
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri
36 GK   IRN Mehdi Eslami
37 FW   IRN Esmaeil Sharifat
40 DF   IRN Ali Hamoudi

Transfers edit

Confirmed transfers 2011–12

  • Updated on 6 January 2011

Summer edit

Winter edit

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup Third-place 3 August 2011 11 May 2012
AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Round of 16 11 February 2012 May 22, 2012
2011–12 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Winner 26 October 2011 15 March 2012

Updated to match played 16 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 34 19 10 5 54 27 +27 67 Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Tractor Sazi 34 19 9 6 57 32 +25 66
3 Esteghlal 34 19 9 6 58 34 +24 66
4 Saba Qom 34 12 14 8 40 38 +2 50 Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
5 Naft Tehran 34 13 10 11 36 38 −2 49
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: varzesh3.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
34 19 9 6 58 34  +24 66 9 4 4 26 16  +10 10 5 2 32 18  +14

Last updated: 11 May 2012.
Source: FIFA.com

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425272826293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWWLWWLDWWDWWLWDWLLWWLDDDWWWDDWW
Position5422121122111111111111122332222333
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

August 3, 2011 1 Sepahan 1 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
22:30 UTC+04:30 Januário   64'
Jamshidian  
Report Borhani   84'
Borhani  
Sharifat    
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
August 8, 2011 2 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Damash Gilan Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30 Majidi   32'
Teymourian  
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
August 12, 2011 3 Mes Kerman 1 – 2 Esteghlal Kerman
22:00 UTC+04:30 Bayatinia   86'
Seifi  
Salaripour  
Kolahkaj  
Report Majidi   70'
Sharifat   80'
Sharifat  
Teymourian  
Rahmati  
Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
August 16, 2011 4 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30 Waleed Ali   44'
Farhad Majidi   49'
Report Haghighi  
Heydari  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombeini
August 24, 2011 5 Foolad 1 – 4 Esteghlal Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+04:30 Reza Norouzi   4'
Samal Said  
Rinaldo  
Report Majidi   3'   89'
Sharifat   38'
Meydavoudi   85'
Majidi  
Teymourian  
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
September 9, 2011 6 Esteghlal 2 – 3 Tractor Sazi Tehran
18:45 UTC+4:30 Majidi   19'
Jabbari   67'
Omranzadeh  
Karrar  
Rahmati  
Report Hosseini   42'
Alenemeh   45+2'
Flávio Paixão   84'
Akbarpour  
Asadi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 93,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
September 16, 2011 7 Piroozi 0 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30 Badamaki  
Rezaei  
Zare  
Noormohammadi  
Report Majidi   15'
Jabari   82'
Rahmati  
Heidari  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
Man of the Match: Jabari
September 26, 2011 8 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Saipa Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30 Jabari   78'
Majidi  
Jabari  
Karrar  
Report Sadeghi   Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
October 1, 2011 9 Malavan 4 – 2 Esteghlal Anzali
17:15 UTC+03:30 Rafkhaei   43'   61' (pen)
Nezamipour   45'
Nozhati   64'
Daghagheleh  
Report Borhani   8'
Meydavoudi   48'
Rahmati  
Borhani  
Karrar  
Montazeri  
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
October 14, 2011 10 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Rah Ahan Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30 Jabari   75'
Hamoudi  
Teymourian  
Rahmati  
Jabari  
Sharifat  
Report Abbasfard   16'
Chahjouei  
Pashaei  
Kazemi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mahmud Rafiei
October 22, 2011 11 Zob Ahan 0 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
16:45 UTC+03:30 Mahini  
Hadadifar  
Report Omranzadeh   9'
Meydavoudi   45'
Majidi  
Zandi  
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
October 30, 2011 12 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Mes Sarcheshmeh Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30 Meydavoudi   56'
Teymourian  
Report Nourollahi  
Fathollahi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
November 19, 2011 13 Saba Qom 1 – 1 Esteghlal Qom
14:15 UTC+03:30 Enayati   2'
Bayat  
Nouri  
Report Borhani   17'
Amirabadi  
Omranzadeh  
Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
November 24, 2011 14 Esteghlal 3 – 2 Shahin Bushehr Tehran
16:45 UTC+03:30 Jabbari   45+1'   54'   90+4'
Meydavoudi 
Report Nazarzadeh   66'
Lek Kcira   88'
Talebloo 
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
December 3, 2011 15 Shahrdari Tabriz 1 – 2 Esteghlal Tabriz
15:15 UTC+03:30 Ghanbari   87'
Kamyabinia 
Pirzadeh 
Report Borhani   18'
Majidi   39' (pen)
Rahmati  
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombeini
December 13, 2011 16 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Sanat Naft Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 Majidi   30' Report Koohnavard   9'
Ramezani   32'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
December 17, 2011 17 Naft Tehran 0 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 José Narciso   Report Teymourian   30'
Omranzadeh   86'
Rahmati  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
January 6, 2012 18 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 Shirzad   32'
Montazeri  
Borhani  
Report Seyed-Salehi   53'
Ahmadi  
Beikzadeh  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
January 10, 2012 19 Damash Gilan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Rasht
15:00 UTC+03:30 Report Jerković   37'
Jerković  
Sharifat  
Samuel  
Stadium: Shahid Azodi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
January 15, 2012 20 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Mes Kerman Tehran
16:40 UTC+03:30 Borhani  
Samuel  
Jabari  
Report Hasanzadeh   85'
Seifi  
Hosseinkhani  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mahmud Rafiei
January 19, 2012 21 Fajr Sepasi 2 – 1 Esteghlal Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Rajabzadeh   9' (pen)   84'
Rajabzadeh  
Report Jabari   19' (pen)
Amirabadi  
Montazeri  
Yousefi  
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
January 25, 2012 22 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Foolad Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30 Borhani   60'   77' Report Norouzi   90+1'
Salimi  
Karimi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
January 29, 2012 23 Tractor Sazi 0 – 2 Esteghlal Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30 Ebrahimi  
Hatami  
Ashoubi  
Hosseini  
Hajsafi  
Report Jabari   43' (pen)   90+4' (pen)
Heydari  
Samuel  
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
February 2, 2012 24 Esteghlal 2 – 3 Piroozi Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30 Meydavoudi   32'
Zandi   50'
Hamoudi  
Zandi  
Sharifat  
Report 1
Report 2
Zayed   82'   83'   90+2'
Oladi   68'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Man of the Match: Zayed
February 6, 2012 25 Saipa 2 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Manouchehri   33'   54'
Mohammad Rezaei  
Ansarifard  
Ebrahimi  
Latifi  
Sadeghi  
Report 1
Report 2
Zandi   58'   89' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
March 28, 2012 26 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Malavan Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30 Yousefi   18'
Hamoudi  
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
March 10, 2012 27 Rah Ahan 2 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30 Abdi   2'
Kazemi   16'
Barani  
Report 1
Report 2
Samuel   24'
Montazeri   52'
Heydari  
Amirabadi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
March 24, 2012 28 Esteghlal 2 – 2 Zob Ahan Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30 Yousefi   63'
Meydavoudi   70'
Sharifat  
Report 1
Report 2
Mansouri   35'
Felipe Alves   54'
Salsali  
Ahmadi    
Mahini    
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
April 8, 2012 29 Mes Sarcheshmeh 1 – 3 Esteghlal Sarcheshmeh
17:00 UTC+04:30 Samereh   15' Report 1
Report 2
Hamoudi   40'
Jerković   52'
Zandi   74'
Samuel  
Borhani  
Stadium: Mes Sarcheshmeh Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alborz Hajipour
April 13, 2012 30 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Saba Qom Tehran
18:55 UTC+04:30 Montazeri   16'
Jerković   26'
Hosseini   43'
Teymourian  
Hosseini  
Meydavoudi  
Report 1
Report 2
Kashi   Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
April 22, 2012 31 Shahin Bushehr 1 – 1 Esteghlal Bushehr
17:00 UTC+04:30 Shokouhmagham   45'
Latifi  
Report 1
Report 2
Jerković   61' Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
April 27, 2012 32 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Shahrdari Tabriz Tehran
19:10 UTC+04:30 Teymourian  
Montazeri  
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
May 6, 2012 33 Sanat Naft 1 – 2 Esteghlal Abadan
17:00 UTC+04:30 Founéké Sy   9' Report Jerković   24'
Hosseini   76'
Teymourian  
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
May 11, 2012 34 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Naft Tehran Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30 Jerković   19'
Arash Borhani   3'   93'
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

AFC Champions League edit

Qualifying play-off edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

February 10, 2012 Semi-final Esteghlal   2 – 0   Zob Ahan Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30 Heydari   23'
Borhani   67'
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 33,750
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
February 18, 2012 Final Esteghlal   3 - 1   Al-Ettifaq Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30 Jerković   37'
Heydari   62'
Borhani   65'
Report Al-Salem   59' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 61,120
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAZ EST RAY NQA
1   Al-Jazira 6 5 1 0 18 10 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 3–2 4–1
2   Esteghlal 6 3 2 1 8 3 +5 11 1–2 3–0 0–0
3   Al-Rayyan 6 2 0 4 9 12 −3 6 3–4 0–1 3–1
4   Nasaf Qarshi 6 0 1 5 4 14 −10 1 2–4 0–2 0–1

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 6, 2012 1 Al-Rayyan   0 - 1   Esteghlal Al-Rayyan
18:20 UTC+03:00 Report 1
Report 2
Jerković   90+1' Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Attendance: 5,422
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
March 20, 2012 2 Esteghlal   0 - 0   Nasaf Qarshi Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 41,520
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
April 3, 2012 3 Esteghlal   1 - 2   Al-Jazira Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30 Zandi   69' Report 1
Report 2
Juma   6'
Baré   73'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 36,735
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
April 18, 2012 4 Al-Jazira   1 - 1   Esteghlal Abu Dhabi
19:45 UTC+04:00 Oliveira   63' Report 1
Report 2
Borhani   24' Stadium: Mohamed Bin Zayid Stadium
Attendance: 4,562
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
May 2, 2012 5 Esteghlal   3 - 0   Al-Rayyan Tehran
19:20 UTC+04:30 Borhani   22' (pen)   90+3'
Sharifat   77'
Report 1
Report 2
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 53774
Referee: Tan Hai (China P.R.)
May 16, 2012 6 Nasaf Qarshi   0 - 2   Esteghlal Qarshi
19:30 UTC+05:00 Report 1
Report 2
Jerković   10'
Jabari   50' (pen)
Stadium: Qarshi Stadium
Attendance: 929
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Knockout stage edit

Hazfi Cup edit

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

October 26, 2011 1/32 Esteghlal 5 – 1 Shirin Faraz Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30 Meydavoudi   33'   53'
Yousefi   62'   68'
Sharifat   76'
Report Khosravi   88' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shahin Hajbabaei
November 28, 2011 1/16 Esteghlal 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Mehr Karaj Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 Ali Ahmadi   105' (OG) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
December 9, 2011 Quarterfinal Persepolis 0 – 3 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 Report Jabbari   95'   99'
Sharifat   107'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombeini
Man of the Match: Jabari
December 30, 2011 Semifinal Esteghlal 1 – 0 Shahrdari Yasuj Tehran
16:30 UTC+03:30 Omranzadeh   57' Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Bracket edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final
               
H Persepolis 2
A Mes Rafsanjan 1
A Persepolis 3
H Zob Ahan 2
H Zob Ahan 2
A Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz 1
H Persepolis 0
A Esteghlal 3
A Rah Ahan 1
H Mehr Karaj 3
A Mehr Karaj 0
H Esteghlal 1
H Esteghlal 5
A Shirin Faraz Kermanshah 1
H Esteghlal 1
A Shahrdari Yasuj 0
H Foolad 2
A Sepahan 0
A Foolad 1
H Sanat Naft 0
H Sanat Naft Abadan 3
A Gahar Zagros 1
A Foolad 1(2)
H Shahrdari Yasuj 1(4)
H Saipa 0
A Siah Jamegan Khorasan 1
H Siah Jamegan Khorasan 1
A Shahrdari Yasuj 2
A Tractor Sazi 0(3)
H Shahrdari Yasuj 0(4)
- Esteghlal 0(4)
- Shahin Bushehr 0(1)
H Moghavemat Sepasi 1
A Etka Gorgan 0
A Moghavemat Sepasi 0
H Sanat Mes Kerman 3
H Sanat Mes Kerman (w/o)
A Esteghlal Khuzestan -
A Sanat Mes Kerman 1(5)
H Saba Qom 1(4)
H Saba 2
A Payam Mokhaberat 1
A Saba Qom 0(5)
H Mes Sarcheshme 0(4)
A Mes Sarcheshme 1
H Shahrdari Arak 0
A Mes Kerman 0
H Shahin Bushehr 2
H Damash Gilan 1(5)
A Naft Tehran 1(4)
A Damash Gilan 2
H Machine Sazi Tabriz 1
H Shahrdari Tabriz 1
A Machine Sazi Tabriz 2
H Damash Gilan 1
A Shahin Bushehr 2
A Malavan 2
H Aboomoslem Khorasan 3
H Aboomoslem Khorasan 0
A Shahin Bushehr 1
H Shahin Bushehr 3
A Nirooye Zamini 1

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Friendly Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

July 24, 2011 Esteghlal 1 - 3 Saba Qom Tehran
18:15 UTC+04:30 Yousefi   40' Farsnews report
ILNA report
Enayati   1', 6'
Eslami   36'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
July 27, 2011 Esteghlal 3 - 2 Gol Gohar Tehran
18:20 UTC+04:30 Zandi   30'
Borhani   50' (pen.)
Yousefi   60'
Farsnews Half-time report
Farsnews report
Goal report
  20'
  35'
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 200
September 3, 2011 Esteghlal 3 - 2 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
18:45 UTC+04:30 Meydavoudi   55'
Azizzadeh   74'
Sharifat   90+1'
Farsnews Half-time report
Farsnews report
EsteghlalTehranFC report
Rafiei   59'
Kiani   72'
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Morteza Kamrani

Velayat Cup edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Persepolis 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
  Nacional 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
  Esteghlal 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]

  Win   Draw   Loss

November 5, 2011 1 Esteghlal   0 - 1   Nacional Tehran, Iran
16:30 UTC+03:30 Amirabadi   FarsNews Report
Report
Teixeira   65' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Man of the Match: Don[38]
November 7, 2011 2 Persepolis   2 - 2   Esteghlal Tehran, Iran
16:30 UTC+03:30 Norouzi   6' (pen)   46'
Memarzadeh  
Mamadou Tall  
Mohammad   80'  
FarsNews Report
Report
Borhani   33'
Omranzadeh   70'
Shirzad  
Zandi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh
Man of the Match: Norouzi[39]

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

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 18 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
2 MF   IRN Khosro Heydari 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   IRN Mehdi Amirabadi 9 0 6+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   IRN Hamid Azizzadeh 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   IRN Hanif Omranzadeh 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF   IRN Kianoosh Rahmati 14 0 13+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW   IRN Farhad Majidi 14 7 13+1 7 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   IRN Mojtaba Jabari 13 1 11+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   IRN Arash Borhani 12 1 9+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW   IRN Milad Meydavoudi 12 0 6+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF   IRN Mohsen Yousefi 8 0 2+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF   IRQ Karrar Jassim 9 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF   IRN Andranik Teymourian 13 1 13+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   KUW Waleed Ali 2 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF   IRN Meysam Hosseini 13 0 10+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK   IRN Mehrdad Hosseini 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 GK   IRN Hadi Zarrin-Saed 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   IRN Tohid Gholami 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF   IRN Javad Shirzad 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF   IRN Ferydoon Zandi 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW   IRN Esmaeil Sharifat 11 1 5+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 MF   IRN Ali Hamoudi 10 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by scored goals in Pro League when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 20 May 2012
Ranking Position Nation Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 MF   Mojtaba Jabbari 10 1 2 13
FW   Arash Borhani 8 5 0 13
3 FW   Farhad Majidi 9 0 0 9
FW   Goran Jerković 6 3 0 9
5 FW   Milad Meydavoudi 6 0 2 8
6 MF   Ferydoon Zandi 4 1 0 5
FW   Esmaeil Sharifat 2 1 2 5
8 MF   Mohsen Yousefi 2 0 2 4
TOTALS 47 11 8 66

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

Top assistors edit

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

Last updated on 22 October 2011
Number Nation Position Name Iran Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 MF   Mojtaba Jabbari 6 0 4 10
2 FW   Farhad Majidi 7 0 0 7
TOTALS 13 0 4 16

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

Disciplinary record edit

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

Last updated on 22 October 2011
No. Nat. Position Name Iran Pro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
                               
14   MF Andranik Teymourian 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
37   MF Esmaeil Sharifat 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
6   MF Kianoush Rahmati 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
7   FW Farhad Majidi 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
9   FW Arash Borhani 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
2   DF Khosro Heydari 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
32   MF Fereydoon Zandi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0

Last updated: 22 October 2011
Source: Competitive matches and IPLStats.com
Ordered by  ,   and  
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Goals conceded edit

  • Updated on 20 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total Minutes per goal
1   GK Mehdi Rahmati 34 4 0 38 111.18421 min
21   GK Mehrdad Hosseini 0 0 0 0 0 min
22   GK Hadi Zarrin-Saed 0 0 1 1 10 min
TOTALS 34 4 1 39 108.46154 min

Own goals edit

  • Updated on 20 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
TOTALS 0 0 0 0

Overall statistics edit

Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 48 25 22 1
Games won 29 15 13 1
Games drawn 11 5 6 0
Games lost 8 5 3 0
Biggest win 5-1 5-1 4-1 4-1(Pen)
Biggest loss 2-4 2-3 2-4 N/A
Biggest win (League) 4-1 3-0 4-1 N/A
Biggest win (Cup) 5-1 5-1 3-0 N/A
Biggest win (Asia) N/A 3-0 2-0 N/A
Biggest loss (League) 2-4 2-3 2-4 N/A
Biggest loss (Cup) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Biggest loss (Asia) 0-2 1-2 0-2 N/A
Clean sheets 22 13 8 1
Goals scored 81 42 39 0
Goals conceded 41 20 21 0
Goal difference +40 +22 +18 0
Average GF per game 1.7 1.7 1.8 0
Average GA per game 0.9 0.8 1 0
Points (League) 66/102 (64.71%) 31/51 (60.78%) 35/51 (68.63%) N/A
Winning rate 60.42% 60% 59.09% 100%
Most appearances 47   Mehdi Rahmati
Most minutes played 4225   Mehdi Rahmati
Top scorer 12   Mojtaba Jabari
Top assister 13   Mojtaba Jabari

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches

See also edit

References edit

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