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2016–17 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 16th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football, and 71st year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League.

Esteghlal F.C.
2016–17 season
PresidentIran Reza Eftekhari
Head coachIran Ali Reza Mansourian
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League2nd
Top goalscorerLeague: Kaveh Rezaei
(7 goals)
All: Kaveh Rezaei
(13 goals)
Highest home attendance77,560 v Persepolis
(12 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance0 v Naft Tehran
(25 July 2016)
(spectator ban)
Average home league attendance32,500

Club edit

Coaching Staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Alireza Mansourian
Assistant coach   Ali Chini
Assistant coach   Mohammad Khorramgah
Assistant coach   Saleh Mostafavi
Goalkeeper coach   Hamid Babazadeh
Fitness coach   Steven Jones
Physiotherapist   Amin Noroozi
Doctor   Kaveh Sotoudeh
Analyst   Kianoush Forouzesh
Team Manager   Mansour Pourheidari

Source: Jam News

Other information edit

Chairman Reza Eftekhari
Deputy Chairman
Media Officer Mohammad hossein Zarandi
Director of Football
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Azadi Stadium (78,116 / 110x75m)
Training ground Nasser Hejazi Training Camp

Kit edit

Kit manufacturer Sponsor(s)
Li-Ning  Major Sponsor Hamrah Avval
Sleeve Bimeh Iran
Back of Shirt Kosar Credit Institution, Bimeh Iran
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Kit information edit

First team squad edit

Last updated: 22 May 2017
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Ends Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati   GK 2015 (1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 33)   Paykan 2019 223 0
19 Arshia Babazadeh   GK 2016 (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 21)   De Anza Force 2017 0 0
22 Hossein Hosseini   GK 2012 (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 24) Youth system 2019 10 0
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari   RB, RM 2011 (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 33)   Sepahan 2019 265 7
3 Róbson Januário de Paula   CB 2016 (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 22)   Bahia 2017 35 0
8 Yaghoub Karimi   LM, LB 2014 (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 25)   Sepahan 2017 60 1
15 Hrayr Mkoyan   CB, RB, LB 2014 (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 30)   FC Shirak 2018 75 0
18 Milad Zakipour   LB 2016 (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 21)   Naft Tehran 2019 23 0
21 Vouria Ghafouri   RB, RM 2016 (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 29)   Sepahan 2017 22 0
33 Majid Hosseini   CB, RB, DM 2014 (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 20) Youth system 2017 24 1
90 Leandro Padovani Celin   CB 2016 (1983-12-21)21 December 1983 (aged 33)   Sepahan 2017 32 2
Midfielders
6 Omid Ebrahimi   DM, CM 2014 (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 29)   Sepahan 2017 100 28
11 Jaber Ansari   AM, LM, RM 2015 (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 29)   Gostaresh Foulad 2017 64 16
13 Miad Yazdani   RM, LM 2016 (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 24)   Sepidrood Rasht 2019 6 0
14 Farshid Bagheri   DM 2016 (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 24)   Saba Qom 2018 26 2
24 Omid Noorafkan   DM, CM, LB 2015 (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 19) Youth system 2017 30 3
28 Mohsen Karimi   LW, RW 2014 (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 22) Youth system 2018 52 10
74 Mojtaba Haghdoust   AM, LM, RM 2016 (1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 20)   Naft Tehran 2017 23 2
77 Behnam Barzay   RW, LW 2015 (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 23)   Rah Ahan 2017 50 7
88 Farshid Esmaeili   AM, CM, RM 2015 (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 22)   Fajr Sepasi 2018 58 4
Forwards
9 Kaveh Rezaei   CF 2016 (1992-04-05)5 April 1992 (aged 24)   Zob Ahan 2017 39 12
17 Ali Ghorbani   CF, RW, LW 2016 (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 26)   Naft Tehran 2018 39 8
Players transferred during the season
7 Bakhtiar Rahmani   AM, CF, RW, LW 2016 (1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 25)   Naft Tehran 2018 16 1
16 Arash Afshin   CF, RW, LW 2016 (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 27)   Naft Tehran 2018 6 0
20 Meysam Majidi   LB, LM 2015 (1986-10-25)25 October 1986 (aged 30)   Esteghlal Khuzestan 2017 31 3
55 Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi   CB 2015 (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 25)   Naft Tehran 2017 18 1

Persian Gulf Pro League squad edit

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 (Captain)
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari (Vice-captain)
3 DF   BRA Róbson Januário U23
5 DF   IRN Hossein Kanaanizadegan U23
6 MF   IRN Omid Ebrahimi
8 MF   IRN Yaghoub Karimi
9 FW   IRN Kaveh Rezaei
11 MF   IRN Jaber Ansari
13 MF   IRN Miad Yazdani
14 MF   IRN Farshid Bagheri
15 DF   ARM Hrayr Mkoyan
17 FW   IRN Ali Ghorbani
18 DF   IRN Milad Zakipour U23
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 GK   IRN Arshia Babazadeh U23
21 DF   IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini
24 MF   IRN Omid Noorafkan U21
28 MF   IRN Mohsen Karimi U23
30 DF   IRN Azim Gök U21
33 DF   IRN Majid Hosseini U21
74 MF   IRN Mojtaba Haghdoust U21
77 FW   IRN Behnam Barzay
88 MF   IRN Farshid Esmaeili U23
90 DF   BRA Leandro Padovani
99 MF   IRN Alireza Sayyar U23
  • List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization[1]
  • [U19 = Under 19 Player | U21 = Under 21 Player | U23 = Under 23 Player][2]

New contracts edit

No. Pos Name Age Contract length Ends Date Source
2 RB   Khosro Heydari 32 3 years 2019 19 June 2016 [3]
4 DM   Roozbeh Cheshmi 22 3 years 2019 29 June 2016 [4]
6 DM   Omid Ebrahimi 28 1 year 2017 3 July 2016 [5]
15 CB   Hrayr Mkoyan 29 2 years 2018 4 July 2016 [6]
22 GK   Hossein Hosseini 24 3 years 2019 19 July 2016 [7]

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2016 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2016–17

In edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving From Type Ends Date Source
7 CM   Bakhtiar Rahmani 26 Tractor Sazi Free transfer 2018 3 June 2016 [8]
14 DM   Farshid Bagheri 24 Saba Qom Free transfer 2018 4 June 2016 [9]
21 RB   Vouria Ghafouri 28 Sepahan Free transfer 2017 5 June 2016 [10]
22 GK   Hossein Hosseini 23 Malavan Loan return 2017 7 June 2016 [11]
19 LB   Milad Zakipour 20 Naft Tehran Free transfer 2019 8 June 2016 [12]
17 CF   Ali Ghorbani 25 Naft Tehran Free transfer 2018 9 June 2016 [13]
5 CB   Hossein Kanaanizadegan 22 Persepolis Free transfer 2018 14 June 2016 [14]
23 CB   Majid Hosseini 19 Rah Ahan Loan return 2017 16 June 2016 [15]
12 GK   Arshia Babazadeh 21   De Anza Force Free transfer 17 June 2016 [16]
9 CF   Kaveh Rezaei 24 Zob Ahan Free transfer 2017 19 June 2016 [17]
16 CF   Arash Afshin 27 Malavan Free transfer 2018 20 June 2016 [18]
13 RM   Mi'ad Yazdani 24 Sepidrood Rasht Free transfer 2019 31 July 2016 [19]
30 CB   Alireza Sayyar 21 Gol Gohar Free transfer 5 September 2016 [20]
90 CB   Leandro Padovani 32 Sepahan Free transfer 2017 6 September 2016 [21]

Winter edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving From Type Ends Date Source
44 AM   Server Djeparov 34   Lokomotiv Tashkent Free transfer 2018 15 January 2017 [22]

Out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving To Type Date Source
1 GK   Vahid Talebloo 34 Foolad Released 8 June 2016 [23]
16 AM   Mehdi Momeni 30 Esteghlal Khuzestan Released 8 June 2016 [24]
14 CF   Pero Pejić 33   FK Kukësi Released 8 June 2016 [25]
3 DM   Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 28 Padideh Released 8 June 2016 [26]
34 RB   Milad Fakhreddini 26 Naft Tehran End of Contract 8 June 2016 [27]
5 CB   Hanif Omranzadeh 31 Khooneh Be Khooneh End of Contract 8 June 2016 [28]
9 CF   Arash Borhani 32 Paykan End of Contract 8 June 2016 [29]
99 RM   Adil Chihi 28   FSV Frankfurt End of Contract 8 June 2016 [30]
33 GK   Amir Hossein Najafi 19 Sardar Bukan Released 17 June 2016 [31]
37 CM   Mohammad Mehdi Rajabifar 18 Moghavemat Tehran Free transfer 21 June 2016 [32]
17 CM   Milad Shabanloo 21 Sanat Naft Released 23 June 2016 [33]
19 RM   Alireza Ramezani 23 Tractor Sazi Free transfer 26 June 2016 [34]
10 CF   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 26   Alanyaspor Transfer 20 July 2016 [35]
26 RB   Iman Abbaszadeh 20 Nassaji Free transfer 15 August 2016 [36]

Winter edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving To Type Date Source
16 CF   Arash Afshin 27 Esteghlal Khuzestan Released 5 January 2017 [37]
7 CM   Bakhtiar Rahmani 25 Foolad Released 17 January 2017 [38]
55 CB   Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi 26 Machine Sazi Released 21 January 2017 [39]
20 LM   Meysam Majidi 30 Saba Qom Released 25 January 2017 [40]

Loan in edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Loaned From Start End Source
3 CB   Róbson Januário 22   Bahia 24 June 2016 30 June 2017 [41]
74 AM   Mojtaba Haghdoost 20 Naft Tehran 31 August 2016 June 2017 [42]

Loan out edit

Winter edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Loaned To Start End Source
44 AM   Server Djeparov 34 Sepahan 2 February 2017 1 June 2017 [43]
4 DM   Roozbeh Cheshmi 23 Saba Qom 15 February 2017 1 June 2017 [44]

Friendly Matches edit

Pre-season edit

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) 1 Esteghlal 5 – 0 Esteghlal B Tehran, Iran
17:45 (UTC+03:30) V. Ghafouri   20'
K. Rezaei   35', 38'
F. Bagheri   45'
M. Majidi  		 report Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 2,000
8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) 2 Ararat   1 – 0   Esteghlal Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 (UTC+04:00)   65' report Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy
Attendance: 200
14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) 3 Gandzasar Kapan   1 – 4   Esteghlal Armenia
19:00 (UTC+04:00)   report J. Ansari   34', 44', 45'
Y. Karimi   70' (p)		 Attendance: 50
18 July 2016 (2016-07-18) 4 Esteghlal 3 – 1 Khooneh Be Khooneh Tehran, Iran
19:00 (UTC+03:30) K. Rezaei   18'
J. Ansari  
O. Ebrahimi   p'		 report R. Bagheri   Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches
Attendance: 2,000

Mid-season edit

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 1 Esteghlal 0 – 1 PAS Hamedan Tehran, Iran
18:00 (UTC+03:30) report S. Kowsari   19' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 2 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Shahrdari Fouman Tehran, Iran
18:15 (UTC+03:30) A. Ghorbani   10' report S. Delavar   Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) 3 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Rah Ahan Tehran, Iran
17:45 (UTC+03:30) J. Ansari   36'
A. Ghorbani   78'		 report M. Jamshidi   76' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) 4 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Saba Qom Tehran, Iran
17:15 (UTC+03:30) M. Hosseini   65'
A. Ghorbani   80'		 report Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 25 July 2016 4 May 2017 — Runners-up 30 16 9 5 45 27 +18 053.33
Hazfi Cup 1 October 2016 20 December 2016 Round of 32 Quarter-Final 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 075.00
AFC Champions League 7 February 2017 29 May 2017 qualifying play-off Round of 16 9 5 2 2 12 11 +1 055.56
Total 43 24 11 8 62 41 +21 055.81

Last updated: 12 June 2017 (2017-06-12).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League edit

Main article: 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 20 6 4 46 14 +32 66 Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Esteghlal 30 16 9 5 45 27 +18 57
3 Tractor Sazi 30 15 11 4 38 24 +14 56
4 Zob Ahan 30 12 10 8 39 30 +9 46 Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5 Sepahan 30 12 9 9 38 34 +4 45
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[45]
(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
26 13 9 4 39 23  +16 48 6 4 3 20 16  +4 7 5 1 19 7  +12

Last updated: 7 April 2017.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultDLLDDDWWWDDWLWDWLWWWWWDWWDWLWW
Position712151514151075565777564433333222322
Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2017. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25) 1 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Naft Tehran Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) J. Ansari   31' report A. Motahari   68'
R. Aliyari   90'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (spectator ban)
Referee: Hossein Zargar
31 July 2016 (2016-07-31) 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) H. Beyt Saeed   25', 84' report K. Rezaei   77' Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) 3 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Sanat Naft Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) A. Ghorbani   66' report H. Baghlani   58'   90+3' (p)
K. Gwi-hyeon   66'
R. Norouzi   86'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 4 Paykan 1 – 1 Esteghlal Shahr-e Qods
18:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) A. Sadeghi   7'
S. Nemati   33'
M. Aghakhan   40'   40'
M. Shiri   88'		 report B. Rahmani   36'
R. Januário   42'
B. Barzay   82'
H. Mkoyan   83'		 Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Attendance: 8,360
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) 5 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Machine Sazi Tehran
18:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) K. Rezaei   7' report S. Narimanjahan   52'
A. Amir Kamdar   81'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
16 September 2016 (2016-09-16) 6 Persepolis 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
17:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) A. Alipour   21' report O. Ebrahimi   13'
F. Bagheri   69'
K. Heydari   89'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 7 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) K. Rezaei   37'
O. Ebrahimi   43' (pen.)
A. Ghorbani   48'		 report M. Tabrizi   64'
M. Hosseini   78'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hamid Haj Malek
15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 8 Siah Jamegan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Mashhad
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Khanzadeh   66'
A. Kalantari   90+1'		 report K. Rezaei   27'
O. Khaledi   88'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi
21 October 2016 (2016-10-21) 9 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Saipa Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Karimi   76'
J. Ansari   82'
L. Padovani   88'		 report O. Khaledi   32' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
27 October 2016 (2016-10-27) 10 Foolad 1 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30) J. Ansari   35'
F. Esmaeili   44'
L. Padovani   69'		 report A. Nasseri   64'
S. Ansari   77'
Y. Vakia   83'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) 11 Esteghlal 2 – 2 Gostaresh Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Hosseini   14' (o.g.)
M. Karimi   23'		 report L. Pereira   43'
F. de Jesus   74'
A. Naghizadeh   80'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
1 December 2016 (2016-12-01) 12 Saba Qom 0 – 2 Esteghlal Qom
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30) R. Enayati   8'   40'
H. Divsalar   55'
G. Dehnavi   76'
M. Haghjou   86'		 report K. Rezaei   18'
A. Ghorbani   68'
B. Rahmani   80'
Y. Karimi   86'		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mehdi Seyedali
9 December 2016 (2016-12-09) 13 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Tractor Sazi Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) K. Rezaei   7'   90+3'
O. Ebrahimi   29'
Y. Karimi   83'		 report F. Hatami   56', 68'   77' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bijan Heydari
15 December 2016 (2016-12-15) 14 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Padideh Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30) J. Ansari   69' report M. Kafshgari   54'
A. Jafari   63'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Vahid Kazemi
25 December 2016 (2016-12-25) 15 Sepahan 1 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
16:25 IRST (UTC+03:30) J. Alimohammadi   69' report F. Esmaeili   21'
H. Mkoyan   56'
B. Barzay   90+2'		 Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
12 January 2017 (2017-01-12) 16 Naft Tehran 0 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30) R. Asadi   12'
V. Hamdinejad   13'
I. Alekasir   22'
M. Farahani   90+3'		 report M. Hosseini   7'
O. Ebrahimi   16'   59'
H. Hosseini   71'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 6,854
Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi
Man of the Match: Omid Ebrahimi
17 January 2017 (2017-01-17) 17 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30) L. Padovani   49'
M. Hosseini   66'
K. Rezaei   88'		 report S. Bahrani   58'
H. Beyt Saeed   68'
A. Alaei   79'
A. Ashouri   83'
M. Tayyebi   90'   90+1'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Payam Heydari
22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 18 Sanat Naft 0 – 3 Esteghlal Abadan
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Mamashli   82' report V. Ghafouri   15'
M. Haghdoust   28'
B. Barzay   56'
M. Hosseini   62'
M. Yazdani   90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium (Abadan)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
Man of the Match: Omid Ebrahimi
27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 19 Esteghlal 3 – 2 Paykan Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) O. Ebrahimi   13'
O. Noorafkan   61'
A. Ghorbani   80'
M. Hosseini   85'
F. Esmaeili   90+3'		 report S. Yazdani   11'
S. Nemati   21'   90+2'
M. Aghakhan   35'   87.pen'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Man of the Match: Ali Ghorbani
1 February 2017 (2017-02-01) 20 Machine Sazi 0 – 3 Esteghlal Tabriz
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Amir Kamdar   60'
F. Abedini   72'
H. Gordani   80'
M. Hajmohammadi   90+2'		 report L. Padovani   32'
A. Ghorbani   42'
M. Haghdoust   77'
O. Noorafkan   90+2'		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium (Tabriz)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
Man of the Match: Omid Noorafkan
12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 21 Esteghlal 3 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili   18'   74'
A. Ghorbani   20'
O. Ebrahimi   23'
Róbson   27'
K. Rezaei   44'
M. Rahmati   90+2'   90+3'
O. Noorafkan   90+5'
B. Barzay   90+5'		 report S. Rafiei   5'
H. Mahini   39'
J. Hosseini   90+2'   90+3'
F. Ahmadzadeh   90+5'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
16 February 2017 (2017-02-16) 22 Zob Ahan 0 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Tabrizi   10'
M. Hosseini   80'		 report F. Esmaeili   24'
L. Padovani   29'
B. Barzay   78'
M. Zakipour   88'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Man of the Match: F. Esmaeili
5 March 2017 (2017-03-05) 23 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Siah Jamegan Tehran
17:25 IRST (UTC+03:30) O. Ebrahimi   65'
Y. Karimi   66'		 Report G. Jerković   44'
A. Jalali   71'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
Man of the Match: Mohammad Nasseri
10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24 Saipa 1 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) E. Pourghaz   81'   89'
A. Kalantari   88'   90+6'		 report M. Hosseini   34'
F. Bagheri   41'
L. Padovani   90+4'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohammad Reza Faghani
31 March 2017 (2017-03-31) 25 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Foolad Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) K.Rezaei   60'
M.Karimi   71'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
Man of the Match: M.Karimi
7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 26 Gostaresh 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tabriz
IRDT (UTC+04:30) M.Naghizadeh  74' Report O. Ebrahimi   80' Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
Man of the Match: Omid Ebrahimi
14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) 27 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Saba Qom Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) O. Ebrahimi   18'
  87'		 Report Keyvan Amraei   28' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hamid Hajmalek
Man of the Match: O. Ebrahimi
20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) 28 Tractor Sazi 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Mohammad Ebrahimi  87' Report Róbson Januário  
Omid Ebrahimi 		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 29 Padideh 1 – 2 Esteghlal Mashhad
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Moein Abbasian  33' Report Omid Noorafkan  57'
Yaghoub Karimi  72'
Jaber Ansari  81'
Ali Ghorbani  89'
Hrayr Mkoyan  		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Payam Heydari
Man of the Match: Jaber Ansari
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) 30 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Jaber Ansari  59'
Farshid Bagheri  84'		 Report Mehrdad Mohammadi  39' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25000
Referee: Zahedi Fard
Man of the Match: Jaber Ansari

Hazfi Cup edit

Main article: 2016–17 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) First Round Malavan Novin 0 – 2 Esteghlal Bandar-e Anzali
16:10 IRST (UTC+03:30) Moaf   16'
A. Rahnavard   21'		 report A. Ghorbani   8'
B. Rahmani   27'
Róbson   35'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Safaei
Man of the Match: Kaveh Rezaei
31 October 2016 (2016-10-31) 1/16 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Mes Kerman Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30) Y. Karimi   107'
M. Karimi   113'		 report M. Ayoubi   28'
Z. Kheiri   87'   31'
F. Hosseinkhani   92'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohammad Reza Faghani
18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) 1/8 Esteghlal 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 3 p)		 Saba Qom Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili   80'
Y. Karimi   97'		 report G. Dehnavi   31'
V. Aliabadi   43'   31'
H. Lak   119'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
Penalties
H. Mkoyan  
O. Ebrahimi  
A. Ghorbani  
Y. Karimi  
F. Esmaeili  		 K. Amraei  
M. Haghjou  
G. Dehnavi  
M. Abtahi  
20 December 2016 (2016-12-20) 1/4 Naft Tehran 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Ghazi   2.pen'   108'
A. Motahari   22'
A. Sadeghi   37'
M. Fakhreddini   90'
I. Mobali   90'
M. Daneshgar   105'
I. Alekasir   106'   106'		 report R. Januário   2'
K. Rezaei   40'
J. Ansari   68'
B. Barzay   92'   96'
M. Zakipour   119'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium (Tehran)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off edit

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07) qualifying play-offEsteghlal  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		   Al-Sadd Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30 B. Barzay   52'
M. Karimi   106'		 report H. Ismail   45+1'
J. Hamroun   63'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 74,560
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Penalties
K. Rezaei  
O. Ebrahimi  
A. Ghorbani  
F. Esmaeili  
K. Heydari  		 H. Al-Haidos  
Xavi  
I. Majid  
M. Kasola  
B. Bounedjah  

Group stage edit

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al-Ahli 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11[a] Advance to knockout stage
2   Esteghlal 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11[a]
3   Al-Taawoun 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5[b]
4   Lokomotiv Tashkent 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5[b]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal, Esteghlal 1–1 Al-Ahli.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Taawoun 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent, Lokomotiv Tashkent 4–4 Al-Taawoun.
20 February 2017 (2017-02-20) 1 Al-Ahli   2–1   Esteghlal Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:15 UAEST (UTC+04:00) Majed H.   41'
M. Diop   45+1', 90'
H. Al-Fardan   55'		 summary B. Barzay   10'
Róbson   20'
K. Heydari   57'
O. Ebrahimi   74'
M. Zakipour   85'		 Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) 2 Esteghlal   3–0   Al-Taawoun Muscat, Oman
19:30 UTC+4 K.Rezaei   1'
J.Ansari   55'
M.Karimi   70'
L.Padovani   89'		 summary M.Muaaz   88'
L.Sânmărtean   90+4'		 Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
13 March 2017 (2017-03-13) 3 Esteghlal   2–0   Lokomotiv Tashkent Tehran, Iran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Esmaeili   37'
Ghorbani   84'		 summary Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 42,369
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
11 April 2017 (2017-04-11) 4 Lokomotiv Tashkent   1–1   Esteghlal Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16:00 UST (UTC+05:00) summary K.Rezaei   88' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
25 April 2017 (2017-04-25) 5 Esteghlal   1–1   Al-Ahli Tehran, Iran
20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Rezaei   58' summary Sanqour   17' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 76,428
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
9 May 2017 (2017-05-09) 6 Al-Taawoun   1–2   Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
18:50 AST (UTC+03:00) Al-Saiari   36' summary Ansari   19'
Rezaei   76'		 Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Attendance: 375
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage
22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) First leg Esteghlal   1 – 0   Al-Ain Tehran, Iran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Rezaei   90+2' (pen.) summary Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 67,202
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) Second leg Al-Ain   6 – 1
(6 – 2 agg.)		   Esteghlal Al Ain, UAE
22:45 UAE (UTC+04:00) Caio   27', 33'
O. Abdulrahman   49', 60'
Lee Myung-joo   56'
Al-Shamrani   75'		 summary Rezaei   83' Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 19,006
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
No P N Name S P     GP M S P     GP M S P     GP M S P     GP M
1 GK   Mehdi Rahmati 22 22 -21 0 -0.9 1980 4 4 -3 0 -0.6 420 9 9 -11 0 -1.2 840 35 35 -35 0 -1.0 3240
2 RM   Khosro Heydari 17 19 0 3 0.0 1038 2 2 0 0 0.0 140 7 9 0 2 0.0 719 20 22 0 5 0.0 1178
3 CB   Róbson Januário 19 19 0 0 0.0 1350 3 3 0 0 0.0 330 9 9 0 0 0.0 840 22 22 0 0 0.0 1680
5 CB   Kanaanizadegan 2 2 0 0 0.0 180 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 0 0 0.0 180
6 CM   Omid Ebrahimi 24 24 7 5 0.1 1710 1 2 0 0 0.0 210 7 7 1 1 0.1 624 25 26 8 6 0.1 1920
7 AM   Rahmani 12 13 0 1 0.0 1003 3 3 1 0 0.4 240 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 15 16 1 1 0.1 1243
8 LB   Yaghoub Karimi 11 16 0 0 0.0 1008 2 2 0 0 0.0 240 1 2 0 0 0.0 90 13 15 0 0 0.0 1227
9 CF   Kaveh Rezaei 22 22 7 9 0.3 1607 3 3 0 3 0.0 322 9 9 6 1 0.6 840 27 27 13 13 0.3 1929
11 LW   Jaber Ansari 13 17 6 2 0.3 1127 3 3 1 1 0.3 330 6 2 1 1 0.4 233 17 19 5 4 0.3 1457
13 LW   Mi'ad Yazdani 0 4 0 0 0.0 32 0 1 0 0 0.0 12 0 1 0 0 0.0 2 0 5 0 0 0.0 44
14 DM   Farshid Bagheri 7 15 2 0 0.0 503 3 4 0 0 0.0 360 3 6 0 1 0.4 252 9 19 2 1 0.0 890
15 CB   Hrayr Mkoyan 12 12 0 2 0.0 1070 3 4 0 0 0.0 380 3 4 0 0 0.0 268 13 14 0 2 0.0 1450
16 CF   Arash Afshin 0 3 0 0 0.0 35 1 3 0 0 0.0 138 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 6 0 0 0.0 173
17 CF   Ali Ghorbani 13 21 6 3 0.6 776 2 4 1 1 0.2 368 6 8 1 0 0.2 552 15 26 8 4 0.5 1246
18 LB   Milad Zakipour 9 10 0 1 0.0 449 1 1 0 0 0.0 120 7 8 0 2 0.0 646 11 12 0 2 0.0 569
20 LB   Meysam Majidi 0 1 0 0 0.0 9 1 1 0 0 0.0 90 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 0 0 0.0 99
21 RB   Vouria Ghafouri 13 14 0 2 0.0 1122 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 5 6 0 0 0.0 344 14 16 0 2 0.0 1122
22 GK   Hossein Hosseini 6 6 -5 0 -1.0 360 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 5 5 -4 0 -1.0 360
24 CM   Omid Noorafkan 8 8 2 2 0.3 532 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 6 6 0 0 0.0 570 10 10 2 2 0.3 532
25 CB   Azim Gök 0 1 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 3
28 LM   Mohsen Karimi 5 10 4 0 0.8 327 2 2 1 0 0.4 240 3 7 1 0 0.0 346 6 12 5 0 0.6 567
33 CB   Majid Hosseini 12 13 1 0 0.1 811 2 2 0 0 0.0 210 2 3 0 0 0.0 181 12 14 1 0 0.1 1021
74 AM   Haghdoust 7 13 2 0 0.4 481 3 3 0 0 0.0 228 2 4 0 0 0.0 201 9 15 2 0 0.3 709
77 RW   Behnam Barzay 8 10 4 0 0.6 568 1 3 1 0 0.0 120 3 6 0 0 0.0 283 10 15 5 0 0.6 688
88 AM   Farshid Esmaeili 13 20 2 2 0.0 1039 1 3 0 0 0.0 217 6 8 1 1 0.2 564 15 24 3 3 0.0 1256
90 CB   Padovani 14 16 1 1 0.0 1023 3 3 0 0 0.0 360 9 9 1 0 0.1 840 19 21 2 0 0.0 1383
Last updated: 1 February 2017

Disciplinary record edit

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

No. Nat. Position Name Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
                               
7   MF Bakhtiar Rahmani 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8   MF Yaghoub Karimi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15   DF Hrayr Mkoyan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

Last updated: 11 August 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Top scorers edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
1 FW 9   Kaveh Rezaei 7 0 6 13
2 MF 6   Omid Ebrahimi 7 0 1 8
FW 17   Ali Ghorbani 6 1 1 8
MF 11   Jaber Ansari 6 1 1 8
3 FW 28   Mohsen Karimi 4 1 1 6
4 FW 77   Behnam Barzay 4 1 0 5
5 MF 24   Omid Noorafkan 3 0 0 3
MF 88   Farshid Esmaeili 2 0 1 3
6 MF 74   Mojtaba Haghdoust 2 0 0 2
MF 14   Farshid Bagheri 2 0 0 2
DF 90   Leandro Padovani 1 0 1 2
7 DF 33   Majid Hosseini 1 0 0 1
MF 7   Bakhtiar Rahmani 0 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 45 5 12 62

Last updated: 3 June 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
1 1 Mehdi Rahmati 8 3 4 15
2 22 Hossein Hosseini 3 0 0 3
TOTALS 11 3 4 18

Last updated: 3 June 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Goals conceded edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total 'minutes played' are equal.

Rnk No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total Minutes Played
1 1   Mehdi Rahmati 21 3 11 35 92.6 min
2 22   Hossein Hosseini 6 0 0 6 120 min
TOTALS 27 3 11 41 96.6 min

Last updated: 3 June 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

See also edit

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External links edit

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