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2018–19 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 18th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 25nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 73rd year in existence as a football club.

Esteghlal F.C.
2018–19 season
PresidentAhmadreza Fathi
Head coachWinfried Schäfer
(until 29 April)
Farhad Majidi
(from 29 April)
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi CupRound of 16
Super CupRunners-up
2018 AFC Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
2019 AFC Champions LeagueGroup-stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Morteza Tabrizi (5)
All: Morteza Tabrizi (7)
Highest home attendance78,000
(vs Tractor Sazi, 10 August 2018)
Lowest home attendance9,500
(vs Esteghlal Khuzestan, 8 May 2019)
Average home league attendance29,033

Players edit

First team squad edit

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 June 2018.

No. Name Nat Position Date of Birth (Age) Since End Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati (Captain)   GK (1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 35) 2015 2019   Paykan
19 Mehdi Nourollahi   GK (1997-03-24)24 March 1997 (aged 21) 2018 2021 Youth system
22 Hossein Hosseini   GK (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 26) 2012 2019 Youth system
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari (2nd VC)   RB / RM / LB (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 35) 2011 2019   Sepahan
3 Milad Zakipour   LB / LM (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 23) 2016 2021   Naft Tehran
12 Meysam Teymouri   LB (1992-07-06)6 July 1992 (aged 26) 2018 2021   Pars Jonoubi
13 Armin Sohrabian   LB / CB (1995-07-26)26 July 1995 (aged 23) 2017 2019   Sepahan
21 Vouria Ghafouri   RB / RW (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 31) 2016 2019   Sepahan
33 Pejman Montazeri (3rd VC)   CB / RB (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 35) 2017 2019   Al Ahli
44 Farshad Mohammadi   RB / RW (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 24) 2018 2021   Pars Jonoubi
70 Mohammad Daneshgar   CB (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 24) 2018 2020   Saipa
Midfielders
4 Roozbeh Cheshmi   CB / DM (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 25) 2015 2019   Saba Qom
5 Ayanda Patosi   AM / LW (1992-10-31)31 October 1992 (aged 26) 2019 2019   Cape Town
6 Ali Karimi   CM / DM (1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 24) 2018 2019   Sepahan
8 Farshid Esmaeili   AM / LW / RW (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 24) 2015 2020   Fajr Sepasi
14 Farshid Bagheri   DM / CM (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 26) 2016 2020   Saba Qom
17 Humam Tariq   LW / RW / AM (1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 22) 2018 2021   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
23 Dariush Shojaeian   RW / LW / AM (1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 26) 2017 2020   Gostaresh Foulad
28 Mohsen Karimi   LW / RW / SS (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 24) 2014 2020 Youth system
30 Omid Noorafkan   DM / LB (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 21) 2019 2019   Charleroi
77 Reza Azari   AM / CM (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 20) 2018 2023 Youth system
88 Reza Karimi   RW / LW / SS (1998-08-23)23 August 1998 (aged 20) 2018 2021   Skënderbeu Korçë
Forwards
10 Rouhollah Bagheri   CF / RW (1991-02-12)12 February 1991 (aged 27) 2018 2021   Khooneh be Khooneh
11 Morteza Tabrizi   CF / LW (1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 27) 2018 2020   Zob Ahan
16 Allahyar Sayyadmanesh   CF / RW / LW (2001-06-29)29 June 2001 (aged 17) 2018 2023   Saipa
20 Esmaël Gonçalves   CF / LW (1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 27) 2019 2020   Pakhtakor
25 Mehdi Ghayedi   LW / RW (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 20) 2017 2023   Iranjavan
90 Godwin Mensha   CF / SS (1989-09-02)2 September 1989 (aged 29) 2019 2020   Persepolis
Players transferred during the season
7 Markus Neumayr   AM / CM (1986-03-23)23 March 1986 (aged 32) 2018 2020   Kasımpaşa
9 Alhaji Gero   CF (1993-10-10)10 October 1993 (aged 25) 2018 2021   Östersunds
24 Jaber Ansari   SS / AM / RW (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 31) 2015 2019   Gostaresh Foulad

Persian Gulf 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   IRN Milad Zakipour
4 DF   IRN Rouzbeh Cheshmi
5 MF   RSA Ayanda Patosi
6 MF   IRN Ali Karimi
8 MF   IRN Farshid Esmaeili
10 FW   IRN Rouhollah Bagheri
11 FW   IRN Morteza Tabrizi
12 DF   IRN Meysam Teymouri
13 DF   IRN Armin Sohrabian
14 MF   IRN Farshid Bagheri
16 FW   IRN Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
17 MF   IRQ Humam Tariq
18 DF   IRN Shahin Taherkhani
19 GK   IRN Mehdi Nourollahi
20 FW   GNB Esmaël Gonçalves
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini
23 MF   IRN Dariush Shojaeian
25 FW   IRN Mehdi Ghayedi
27 MF   IRN Hossein Heydari
28 MF   IRN Mohsen Karimi
30 MF   IRN Omid Noorafkan
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri (third-captain)
43 DF   IRN Amirhossein Kargar
44 DF   IRN Farshad Mohammadi Mehr
70 DF   IRN Mohammad Daneshgar
77 MF   IRN Reza Azari
88 MF   IRN Reza Karimi
90 FW   NGA Godwin Mensha
99 FW   IRN Sajjad Aghaei
— FW   IRN Meraj Pourtaghi
— FW   IRN Zakaria Moradi

2018 AFC Champions 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)
4 MF   IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi
8 MF   IRN Farshid Esmaeili
12 FW   NGA Alhaji Gero
13 DF   IRN Armin Sohrabian
14 MF   IRN Farshid Bagheri
16 MF   IRN Mehdi Ghayedi
17 MF   IRQ Humam Tariq
18 DF   IRN Milad Zakipour
21 DF   IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini
27 MF   IRN Hossein Heydari
29 DF   IRN Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 DF   IRN Amirhossein Kargar
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri (third-captain)
37 MF   IRN Reza Azari
39 FW   IRN Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
44 DF   IRN Farshad Mohammadi Mehr
49 DF   IRN Shahin Taherkhani
60 MF   IRN Ali Karimi
69 FW   IRN Heydar Ali Ahmadzadeh
70 DF   IRN Mohammad Daneshgar
71 MF   GER Markus Neumayr
78 FW   IRN Morteza Tabrizi
88 GK   IRN Mehdi Nourollahi
91 FW   IRN Rouhollah Bagheri
99 FW   IRN Sajjad Aghaei

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2018 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2018–19

In edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer
window 		Ends Source
20 CF   Morteza Aghakhan 25 Peykan Transfer Summer 2021 [1]
44 RB   Farshad Mohammadi 23 Pars Jonoubi Transfer Summer 2020 [2]
10 CF   Rouhollah Bagheri 27 Khooneh be Khooneh Transfer Summer 2021 [3]
70 CB   Mohammad Daneshgar 24 Saipa Transfer Summer 2020 [4]
19 GK   Mehdi Nourollahi 21 Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2021
32 RB   Amirhossein Kargar 19 Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2021
45 DM   Sina Khadempour 21 Naft Tehran End of loan Summer 2021 [5]
99 LW   Sajjad Aghaei 19 Aluminium Arak End of loan Summer 2021 [6]
16 CF   Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 16 Saipa Transfer Summer 2023 [7]
12 LB   Meysam Teymouri 25 Pars Jonoubi Transfer Summer 2021 [8]
77 CM   Reza Azari 20 Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2021 [9]
18 CB   Shahin Taherkhani 21 Peykan U21 Transfer Summer 2021
6 CM   Ali Karimi 24 Sepahan Transfer Summer 2019 [10]
11 LW   Morteza Tabrizi 27 Zob Ahan Transfer Summer 2020 [11]
7 AM   Markus Neumayr 32   Kasımpaşa Transfer Summer 2020
17 RW   Humam Tariq 22   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Transfer Summer 2021 [12]
9 CF   Alhaji Gero 24   Östersunds Transfer Summer 2021 [13]
88 AM   Reza Karimi 20   Skënderbeu Korçë Transfer Winter 2021 [14]
20 CF   Esmaël Gonçalves 27   Pakhtakor Transfer Winter 2020 [15]
30 DM   Omid Noorafkan 21   Charleroi Loan Winter 2019 [16]
43 LB   Amirhossein Pourmohammad 20 Esteghlal Academy Transfer Winter 2023
38 CF   Meraj Pourtaghi 20 Esteghlal Academy Transfer Winter 2023
17 RW   Zakaria Moradi 20 Esteghlal Academy Transfer Winter 2023
5 AM   Ayanda Patosi 26   Cape Town Loan Winter 2019
90 CF   Godwin Mensha 29 Persepolis Transfer Winter 2020

Out edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer
window 		Source
90 CB   Leandro Padovani Celin 34 Retired End of contract Summer
24 DM   Omid Noorafkan 21   Charleroi Transfer Summer [17]
70 RW   Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 21 Arvand Khorramshahr Loan Summer
13 LW   Miad Yazdani 25 Sepidrood Rasht Transfer Summer
77 RW   Behnam Barzay 25 Sanat Naft Transfer Summer
CM   Majid Tajik 21 Gol Reyhan Transfer Summer
6 DM   Omid Ebrahimi 30   Al-Ahli End of contract Summer
26 CF   Fardin Najafi 20 Baadraan Loan Summer
20 AM   Server Djeparov 35   Zhetysu End of contract Summer
5 CB   Majid Hosseini 22   Trabzonspor Transfer Summer
25 CF   Mame Baba Thiam 25   Al-Ajman Transfer Summer [18]
80 CM   Bojan Najdenov 26   KF Laçi Transfer Summer
9 CF   Ali Ghorbani 27   Spartak Trnava End of contract Summer
DM   Amirhossein Sheikholeslami 19   Marítimo B Transfer Summer
7 AM   Markus Neumayr 32   Aarau Transfer Winter [19]
45 DM   Sina Khadempour 22 Gol Gohar Loan Winter
24 RW   Jaber Ansari 32 Paykan Transfer Winter
69 LW   Heydar Ali Ahmadzadeh 21 Shahrdari Mahshahr Transfer Winter [20]
9 CF   Alhaji Gero 25   Östersunds Transfer Winter

Pre-season and friendlies edit

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) 1 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Esteghlal U23 Tehran, Iran
18:20 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report
12 July 2018 (2018-07-12) 2 Esteghlal   0 – 1   Mariupol Kartepe, Turkey
17:00 Turkey Time (UTC+03:00) Report
16 July 2018 (2018-07-16) 3 Esteghlal   2 – 2   FUS Rabat Kartepe, Turkey
17:00 Turkey Time (UTC+03:00) Report
18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) 4 Bursaspor U23   0 – 6   Esteghlal Kartepe, Turkey
16:30 Turkey Time (UTC+03:00) Report
20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) 5 Esteghlal   2 – 0   Nebitçi Balkanabat Kartepe, Turkey
17:00 Turkey Time (UTC+03:00) Report
14 October 2018 (2018-10-14) 1 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Esteghlal Academy Tehran, Iran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Bagheri  
M. Tabrizi  		 Report M. Pourtaghi  

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 27 July 2018 16 May 2019 — 3rd 30 16 9 5 40 13 +27 053.33
Hazfi Cup 2 October 2018 1 November 2018 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
Super Cup 20 July 2018 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
2018 ACL 27 August 2018 17 September 2018 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 000.00
2019 ACL February 2019 20 May 2019 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 033.33
Total 41 19 13 9 52 31 +21 046.34

Last updated: 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21).
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League edit

Main article: 2018–19 Iran Pro League

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 16 13 1 36 14 +22 61 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Sepahan 30 15 13 2 46 20 +26 58
3 Esteghlal 30 16 9 5 40 13 +27 57 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs
4 Padideh 30 16 8 6 32 16 +16 56
5 Tractor Sazi 30 14 10 6 42 25 +17 52
Source: IPL Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[21]
(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
30 16 9 5 40 13  +27 57 9 5 1 20 4  +16 7 4 4 20 9  +11

Last updated: 16 May 2019 (2019-05-16).
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultDDWLDWDDWLDDWWWWWLWWWWLDWWLWDW
Position79478101175788655555443244323233
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019 (2019-05-16). Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches edit

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) 1 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Paykan Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) F. Bagheri   23'
S. Aghaei   26'		 Report F. Emamali   5'
M. Batista   32'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) 2 Zob Ahan 2 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) R. Habibzadeh   24'   18'
E. Hernández   45'
M. Nejadmehdi   45'
V. Mohammadzadeh   59'   75'		 Report V. Ghafouri   43', 56'
M. Daneshgar   10'   90+1'
F. Mohammadi-Mehr   76'
A. Sohrabian   76'
A. Sayyadmanesh   85'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bijan Heydari
10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 3 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Tractor Sazi Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) A. Abdollahzadeh   13' (o.g.)
M. Tabrizi   28'
F. Esmaeili   51'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) 4 Pars Jonoubi Jam 1 – 0 Esteghlal Jam
20:33 IRDT (UTC+04:30) A. Sohrabian   12' (o.g.)
E. Salehi   56'
Nouri   70'
M. Lotfi   85'
H. Noormohammadi   90+5'		 Report M. Daneshgar   19'
A. Karimi   86'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 5 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Foolad Tehran
20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) M. Daneshgar   34' Report E. Moradian   73'
M. Najjarian   78'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Koupal Nazemi
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 7 Nassaji Mazandaran 0 – 0 Esteghlal Qaem Shahr
19:32 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Abshak   25'
A. Abdollahzadeh   87'		 Report R. Bagheri   66' Stadium: Vatani Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
27 September 2018 (2018-09-27) 8 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Persepolis Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Sohrabian   25'
P. Montazeri   47'
R. Cheshmi   90+2'		 Report A. Nourollahi   75'
S. Khalilzadeh   90+1'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 6 Naft Masjed Soleyman 1 – 2 Esteghlal Masjed Soleyman
18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) H.Nassari   12' (p)   16'
E. Sharifat   7'
M. Ghaed Rahmati   65'
M. Coulibaly   73'
M. Hosseini   90'		 Report A. Sayyadmanesh   2'   25'
M. Ghayedi   29'
M. Zakipour   17'   47'
R. Bagheri   65'
F. Mohammadi Mehr   71'		 Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali
19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) 9 Saipa 1 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
15:32 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Dashti   7'   28'
M. Torabi   70'		 Report M. Daneshgar   23'
V. Ghafouri   81' (p)
A. Sohrabian   70'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard
26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 10 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Bagheri   36'
F. Esmaeili   88'		 Report K. Stanlley   81'
M. Mohammadi   25'
M. Kiani   71'
E. Pourghaz   77'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
5 November 2018 (2018-11-05) 11 Machine Sazi 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
15:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) A.Maboudi   89' Report Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
13 December 2018 (2018-12-13) 12 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Padideh Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Daneshgar   11'
M. Zakipour   29'
A. Sayyad   84'   88'		 Report H. Mehraban   11'
A. Nemati   53'
M. Khalatbari   57'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard
25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 13 Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz
17:35 IRST (UTC+03:30) M.Shahmakvandzadeh   54' Report R.Bagheri   29'
F. Bagheri   25'
F. Esmaeili   57'
F. Mohammadi   58'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 14 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
17:33 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Bagheri   9'
H. Tariq   24'
A. Sayyadmanesh   74'
M. Zakipour   80'
M. Neumayr   86'		 Report H. Saki   69'
A. Imani   76'
S. Ghorbani   85'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Man of the Match: Farshid Esmaeili
7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 15 Sepidrood 0 – 5 Esteghlal Rasht
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Nozhati   26'
A. Ezzati   55'		 Report F. Bagheri   12', 34'
J. Ansari   57'
Tohidast   58' (o.g.)
R. Azari   75'		 Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Man of the Match: Farshid Bagheri
7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) 16 Paykan 0 – 4 Esteghlal Shahr-e Qods
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Batista   6'
F. Emamali   57'		 Report M. Tabrizi   16'
O. Noorafkan   20'
M. Zakipour   58'
M. Daneshgar   81'
Isma   83'
F. Bagheri   90+1'
V. Ghafouri   90+2'		 Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 17 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Zob Ahan Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili   7'}
R. Cheshmi   38'
A. Patosi   40'
M. Daneshgar   51'		 Report H. Mohammadi   38' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Man of the Match: A. Patosi
15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) 18 Tractor Sazi 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
15:36 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Dejagah   45'   53'
A. Imani   58'		 Report D. Shojaeian   32'
R. Cheshmi   90'		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) 19 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Pars Jonoubi Jam Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) E. Mirjavan   11' (o.g.)
R. Cheshmi   23'
A. Patosi   38'
P. Montazeri   64'
V. Ghafouri   84'
Isma   92'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Hassan Ekrami
Man of the Match: Ayanda Patosi
28 February 2019 (2019-02-28) 20 Foolad 1 – 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) H. Beyt Saeed   38'
R. Mirzaei   34'
R. Messi   64'		 Report G. Mensha   15'
M. Daneshgar   19'
A. Patosi   40'
M. Karimi   90+2'
Isma   90+4'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali
Man of the Match: Godwin Mensha
8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) 21 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Naft Masjed Soleyman Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Karimi   9'
O. Noorafkan   41'
H. Hosseini  79'		 Report H. Nassari   40'
Y. Vakia  74'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Ali Safaei
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 22 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Nassaji Mazandaran Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Tabrizi   42' (pen.)
D. Shojaeian   68'
G. Mensha   90+2'		 Report F. Faraji   38'
M. Abdi   41'
M. Abshak   67'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 23 Persepolis 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
16:01 IRDT (UTC+04:30) A. Nourollahi   21'
S. Khalilzadeh   44'
A. Beiranvand   45+2'
M. Torabi   57'
J. Hosseini   57'		 Report M. Zakipour   44'
F. Esmaeili   45+1'
A. Karimi   59'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) 24 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Saipa Tehran
17:46 IRDT (UTC+04:30) A. Karimi   90' Report A. Dashti   57' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
12 April 2019 (2019-04-12) 25 Sepahan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
17:47 IRDT (UTC+04:30) K. Shafiei   57' Report A. Patosi   90+7' Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Man of the Match: Ayanda Patosi
17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) 26 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Machine Sazi Tehran
20:17 IRDT (UTC+04:30) M. Ghayedi   76'
O. Noorafkan   49'   90+2'
R. Cheshmi   50'		 Report J. Quitongo   55'
F. Karimi   71'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Man of the Match: Mehdi Ghayedi
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 27 Padideh 1 – 0 Esteghlal Mashhad
20:16 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Barzay   8'
M. Ghaseminejad   42'
A. Sadeghi   45'
A. Hosseini   67'
M. Farahani   89'		 Report Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Koupal Nazemi
1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 28 Esteghlal 4 – 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran
20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) D. Shojaeian   4'
Isma   26'
R. Karimi   68'
M. Tabrizi   86'
A. Karimi   90'		 Report V. Hamdinejad   26'
Farid Amiri   28'
R. Naami   37'
M. Sharifi   63'
R. Darvishi   75'
A. Kalantari   79'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 29 Sanat Naft 0 – 0 Esteghlal Abadan
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) H. Saki   83'
M. Ghorishi   90'		 Report A. Sohrabian   30'
P. Montazeri   51'
R. Cheshmi   63'
M. Tabrizi   75'		 Stadium: Takhti Abadan
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
16 May 2019 (2019-05-16) 30 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Sepidrood Tehran
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) M. Ghayedi   26'
M. Tabrizi   68'
A. Sohrabian   57'
R. Cheshmi   68'
D. Shojaeian   83'		 Report M. Bayrami   84'   92' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Hazfi Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 Hazfi Cup
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) Round of 32 Naft Masjed Soleyman 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal Masjed Soleyman
20:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) H. Nassari   64' Report R. Bagheri   96'
M. Tabrizi   70'
M. Ghayedi   95'
V. Ghafouri   109'		 Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) Round of 16 Esteghlal 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 3 p)		 Saipa Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili   17' (pen.)   49'
A. Gero   34' (pen.)
M. Daneshgar   54'
M. Zakipour   66'
R. Cheshmi   111'		 Report M. Torabi   28'
M. Hajmohammadi   42'
S. Sarfo   23'   33'
R. Asadi   80'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bijan Heydari
Penalties
Sohrabian  
Ghayedi  
R. Bagheri  
Esmaeili  		 Rezavand  
Ramezani  
Asadi  
Torabi  

Super Cup edit

Main article: 2018 Iranian Super Cup
20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) Final Persepolis 3 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
(DST+04:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The match was not played, because Esteghlal refused to do it. Football Federation declared the match 3–0 in favor of Persepolis.

AFC Champions League edit

2018 AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League
Quarter-finals edit
Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) First leg Esteghlal   1 – 3   Al-Sadd Tehran, Iran
20:30 UTC+4:30 M. Barsham   12' (o.g.)
M. Neumayr   42'
A. Sohrabian   47'
F. Bagheri   64'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 A. Afif   61'
B. Bounedjah   65'   74' (pen.)
J. Woo-young   24'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 78,116
Referee:   Ma Ning
Man of the Match: Baghdad Bounedjah
17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) Second leg Al-Sadd   2 – 2
(5 – 3 agg.)		   Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3 A. Afif   27'
B. Bounedjah   90+1' (pen.)
Y. Abubakar   81'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 R. Bagheri   33'
M. Tabrizi   49'
R. Cheshmi   22'   51'
F. Esmaeili   86'
M. Rahmati   90+1'		 Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 6,462
Referee:   Muhammad Taqi
Man of the Match: Akram Afif

2019 AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League
Group stage edit
Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL DUH EST AIN
1   Al-Hilal 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 1–0 2–0
2   Al-Duhail 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9 2–2 — 3–0 2–2
3   Esteghlal 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8 2–1 1–1 — 1–1
4   Al-Ain 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2 0–1 0–2 1–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Matches edit
5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 1 Al-Duhail   3 – 0   Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
18:15 UTC+3 M. Benatia   56'
Y. El-Arabi   73'
A. Afifi   90+1'
A. Yasser   32'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 O. Noorafkan   27'
V. Ghafouri   65'		 Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Attendance: 6,888
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Man of the Match: Shoya Nakajima
12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 2 Esteghlal   1 – 1   Al-Ain Tehran, Iran
19:00 UTC+3:30 F. Bagheri   53'   19'
F. Esmaeili   82'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 T. Shiotani   85'
A. Abdulrahman   90+1'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 65,178
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Man of the Match: Farshid Bagheri
8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) 3 Esteghlal   2 – 1   Al-Hilal Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3 A. Karimi   5'   19'
P. Montazeri   30'
M. Daneshgar   51'
F. Esmaeili   56'
M. Zakipour   90+5'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 A. Al-Bulaihi   32'
B. Gomis   71'		 Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Attendance: 947
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) 4 Al-Hilal   1 – 0   Esteghlal Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UTC+4 N. Al Abed   25'   52'
M. Al-Breik   48'
S. Giovinco   51'
Y. Al-Shahrani   74'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 G. Mensha   15'
M. Daneshgar   30'
D. Shojaeian   45'
R. Cheshmi   60'		 Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 5 Esteghlal   1 – 1   Al-Duhail Tehran, Iran
20:30 UTC+4:30 D. Shojaeian   7'
R. Cheshmi   53'
A. Sohrabian   65'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 Edmilson   55' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 6 Al-Ain   1 – 2   Esteghlal Al Ain, UAE
22:00 UTC+4 M. Berg   13'   38'
Caio   34'
S. Jumaa   90+3'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 M. Daneshgar   22'   78'
M. Tabrizi   45+1'
R. Cheshmi   50'		 Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Man of the Match: Morteza Tabrizi

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League Hazfi Cup Super Cup 2018 ACL 2019 ACL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Mehdi Rahmati 22 0 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF   Khosro Heydari 12 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 DF   Milad Zakipour 28 1 21 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
4 DF   Roozbeh Cheshmi 27 1 19 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 1
5 MF   Ayanda Patosi 19 4 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 MF   Ali Karimi 33 3 26 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
7 MF   Markus Neumayr † 10 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF   Farshid Esmaeili 28 3 21 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0
9 FW   Alhaji Gero † 10 1 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW   Rouhollah Bagheri 18 3 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
11 FW   Morteza Tabrizi 29 7 24 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
12 DF   Meysam Teymouri 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF   Armin Sohrabian 25 0 18 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
14 MF   Farshid Bagheri 28 4 22 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
16 FW   Allahyar Sayyad 18 2 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF   Humam Tariq 18 1 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 FW   Esmaël Gonçalves 18 3 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
21 DF   Vouria Ghafouri 31 4 23 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
22 GK   Hossein Hosseini 18 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 MF   Dariush Shojaeian 19 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
24 FW   Jaber Ansari † 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 MF   Mehdi Ghayedi 15 3 9 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
28 MF   Mohsen Karimi 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 MF   Omid Noorafkan 14 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
33 DF   Pejman Montazeri 34 1 25 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 1
44 DF   Farshad Mohammadi Mehr 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 DF   Mohammad Daneshgar 29 3 22 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
77 MF   Reza Azari 6 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF   Reza Karimi 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
90 FW   Godwin Mensha 18 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
99 FW   Sajjad Aghaei 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated: 4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)
Source: Competitions

  • † Players who left the club mid-season.

Goalscorers edit

Rank Player Position Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL1 Total
1   Morteza Tabrizi FW 5 0 2 7
2   Vouria Ghafouri DF 4 0 0 4
  Ayanda Patosi MF 4 0 0 4
  Farshid Bagheri MF 3 0 1 4
3   Mehdi Ghayedi MF 3 0 0 3
  Esmaël Gonçalves FW 3 0 0 3
  Ali Karimi MF 2 0 1 3
  Mohammad Daneshgar DF 2 0 1 3
  Farshid Esmaeili MF 2 1 0 3
  Rouhollah Bagheri FW 1 1 1 3
4   Allahyar Sayyad FW 2 0 0 2
5   Milad Zakipour DF 1 0 0 1
  Humam Tariq MF 1 0 0 1
  Reza Azari MF 1 0 0 1
  Reza Karimi MF 1 0 0 1
  Godwin Mensha FW 1 0 0 1
  Jaber Ansari MF 1 0 0 1
  Roozbeh Cheshmi DF 0 0 1 1
  Pejman Montazeri DF 0 0 1 1
  Alhaji Gero FW 0 1 0 1
Own goals 3 0 1 4
Total 40 3 9 52

1 Includes 2018 AFC Champions League, 2019 AFC Champions League.

Clean sheets edit

Rank Name Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL1 Total
1   Mehdi Rahmati 12 1 0 13
2   Hossein Hosseini 7 0 7
Total 19 1 0 20

1 Includes 2018 AFC Champions League, 2019 AFC Champions League.

Disciplinary record edit

Bookings & sending-off edit

N P Nat. Name Pro League Hazfi Cup 2018 ACL 2019 ACL Total Notes
                             
1 GK   Mehdi Rahmati 1 1
3 DF   Milad Zakipour 3 1 1 1 5 1
4 DF   Roozbeh Cheshmi 7 1 1 2 10 1
6 MF   Ali Karimi 3 1 4
7 MF   Markus Neumayr 1 1 2
8 MF   Farshid Esmaeili 2 1 1 2 6
10 FW   Rouhollah Bagheri 2 2
11 FW   Morteza Tabrizi 1 1 2
13 DF   Armin Sohrabian 4 1 1 1 7
14 MF   Farshid Bagheri 4 1 1 6
16 FW   Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 3 1 3 1
20 FW   Esmaël Gonçalves 2 2
21 DF   Vouria Ghafouri 1 1 1 2 1
22 GK   Hossein Hosseini 2 2
23 MF   Dariush Shojaeian 4 2 6
25 MF   Mehdi Ghayedi 1 1
28 MF   Mohsen Karimi 1 1
30 MF   Omid Noorafkan 3 1 1 4 1
33 DF   Pejman Montazeri 3 1 4
44 DF   Farshad Mohammadi 3 3
70 DF   Mohammad Daneshgar 7 1 1 3 11 1
90 FW   Godwin Mensha 1 1 2
99 FW   Sajjad Aghaei 1 1

Last updated: 5 June 2019
Source: Scoreway
Ordered by  ,   and  
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions edit

No. Pos Nat Player No. of
matches served 		Reason Competition Date served Opponent(s) Ref.
70 DF   Mohammad Daneshgar 1 Double yellow card in a match against Zob Ahan League 10 August 2018 Tractor Sazi
16 FW   Allahyar Sayyad 2 Immoral celebration 16 August 2018 Pars Jonoubi Jam
22 August 2018 Foolad
99 FW   Sajjad Aghaei 2 16 August 2018 Pars Jonoubi Jam
22 August 2018 Foolad

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External links edit

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