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
ChairmanAli Fathollahzadeh
ManagerParviz 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

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport
Sponsor(s): City Bank

Home Kit
Away Kit
Third Kit

Coaching staff
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
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
Name
Hassan Rowshan
Alireza Mansourian
Javad Ghorab
Asghar Hajilou

Player

First team squad
Last updated: 5 January 2012
Out for Injuries Released - Retired
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
30 Ferydoon Rezaei GK (1990-08-24)August 24, 1990 (aged 21) (Youth system)
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
13 Karrar Jassim SM, SS (1987-06-11)June 11, 1987 (aged 24) Tractor Sazi
14 Andranik Teymourian DM, CM (1983-03-06)March 6, 1983 (aged 28) Tractor Sazi
15 Waleed Ali LM (1980-11-03)November 3, 1980 (aged 31) Al Kuwait
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
7 Farhad Majidi ST (1977-06-03)June 3, 1977 (aged 34) Al-Ahli
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
25 Mojtaba Mojaz ST (1991-04-24)April 24, 1991 (aged 20) (Youth system)
37 Esmaeil Sharifat RM, RW (1988-06-06)June 6, 1988 (aged 23) Esteghlal Ahvaz

Iran Pro League squad
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
As of 02 February 2012. Esteghlal F.C. Champions 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 (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

Confirmed transfers 2011–12

  • Updated on 6 January 2011

Summer

Winter
Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2011–12

Competitions

Overview
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup — — Third-place 3 August 201111 May 2012
AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off — Round of 16 11 February 2012May 22, 2012
2011–12 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 — Winner 26 October 201115 March 2012

Updated to match played 16 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League
Main article: 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 34 19 10 5 54 27 +27 67 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
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 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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Esteghlal secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 Hazfi Cup

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

August 3, 2011 1Sepahan1 – 1EsteghlalIsfahan
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 2Esteghlal1 – 0Damash GilanTehran
22:00 UTC+04:30 Majidi  32'
Teymourian 		Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
August 12, 2011 3Mes Kerman1 – 2EsteghlalKerman
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 4Esteghlal2 – 0Fajr SepasiTehran
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 5Foolad1 – 4EsteghlalAhvaz
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 6Esteghlal2 – 3Tractor SaziTehran
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 7Persepolis0 – 2EsteghlalTehran
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 8Esteghlal1 – 0SaipaTehran
18:30 UTC+04:30 Jabari  78'
Majidi
Jabari
Karrar 		Report Sadeghi Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
October 1, 2011 9Malavan4 – 2EsteghlalAnzali
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 10Esteghlal1 – 1Rah AhanTehran
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 11Zob Ahan0 – 2EsteghlalIsfahan
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 12Esteghlal1 – 0Mes SarcheshmehTehran
17:45 UTC+03:30 Meydavoudi  56'
Teymourian 		Report Nourollahi
Fathollahi 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
November 19, 2011 13Saba Qom1 – 1EsteghlalQom
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 14Esteghlal3 – 2Shahin BushehrTehran
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 15Shahrdari Tabriz1 – 2EsteghlalTabriz
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 16Esteghlal1 – 2Sanat NaftTehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 Majidi  30' Report Koohnavard  9'
Ramezani  32'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
December 17, 2011 17Naft Tehran0 – 2EsteghlalTehran
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 18Esteghlal1 – 1SepahanTehran
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 19Damash Gilan0 – 1EsteghlalRasht
15:00 UTC+03:30 Report Jerković  37'
Jerković
Sharifat
Samuel 		Stadium: Shahid Azodi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
January 15, 2012 20Esteghlal0 – 1Mes KermanTehran
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 21Fajr Sepasi2 – 1EsteghlalShiraz
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 22Esteghlal2 – 1FooladTehran
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 23Tractor Sazi0 – 2EsteghlalTabriz
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 24Esteghlal2 – 3PersepolisTehran
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 25Saipa2 – 2EsteghlalTehran
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 26Esteghlal1 – 0MalavanTehran
17:00 UTC+04:30 Yousefi  18'
Hamoudi 		Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
March 10, 2012 27Rah Ahan2 – 2EsteghlalTehran
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 28Esteghlal2 – 2Zob AhanTehran
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 29Mes Sarcheshmeh1 – 3EsteghlalSarcheshmeh
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 30Esteghlal3 – 0Saba QomTehran
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 31Shahin Bushehr1 – 1EsteghlalBushehr
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 32Esteghlal0 – 0Shahrdari TabrizTehran
19:10 UTC+04:30 Teymourian
Montazeri 		Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
May 6, 2012 33Sanat Naft1 – 2EsteghlalAbadan
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 34Esteghlal3 – 0Naft TehranTehran
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
Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

February 10, 2012 Semi-finalEsteghlal 2 – 0 Zob AhanTehran
17:15 UTC+03:30 Heydari  23'
Borhani  67'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 33,750
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
February 18, 2012 FinalEsteghlal 3 - 1 Al-EttifaqTehran
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
Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League group stage § Group A
Group A
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 Advanced to Round of 16 — 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 —
Source: WorldFootball.net

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 6, 2012 1Al-Rayyan 0 - 1 EsteghlalAl-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 2Esteghlal 0 - 0 Nasaf QarshiTehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 41,520
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
April 3, 2012 3Esteghlal 1 - 2 Al-JaziraTehran
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 4Al-Jazira 1 - 1 EsteghlalAbu 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 5Esteghlal 3 - 0 Al-RayyanTehran
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 6Nasaf Qarshi 0 - 2 EsteghlalQarshi
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
Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage
May 22, 2012 Round of 16Sepahan 2 – 0 EsteghlalIsfahan
20:30 UTC+04:30 Correa  8'
Bengar  34'		 Report Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 12,351
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Hazfi Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

October 26, 2011 1/32Esteghlal5 – 1Shirin FarazTehran
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 1/16Esteghlal1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Mehr KarajTehran
16:15 UTC+03:30 Ali Ahmadi  105' (OG) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
December 9, 2011 QuarterfinalPersepolis0 – 3 (a.e.t.)EsteghlalTehran
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 SemifinalEsteghlal1 – 0Shahrdari YasujTehran
16:30 UTC+03:30 Omranzadeh  57' Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
March 15, 2012 FinalEsteghlal0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4-1 p)		Shahin BushehrShiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Report Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 16,369
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Penalties
Yousefi
Zandi
Samuel
Jerković 		Noori
Shokouhmagham
Ansarian

Bracket
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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

July 21, 2011 Esteghlal1 - 1Esteghlal JonubTehran
18:00 UTC+04:30 Borhani  57' Goal report
Farsnews report		 Doroudian  43' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 500
July 24, 2011 Esteghlal1 - 3Saba QomTehran
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 Esteghlal3 - 2Gol GoharTehran
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 Esteghlal3 - 2Esteghlal AhvazTehran
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
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:

  Win   Draw   Loss

November 5, 2011 1Esteghlal 0 - 1 NacionalTehran, 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 2Persepolis 2 - 2 EsteghlalTehran, 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

Appearances
No. Pos Nat Player TotalIran Pro LeagueAFC Champions LeagueHazfi Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Mehdi Rahmati 18015+000+003+00
2 MF Khosro Heydari 11011+000+000+00
3 DF Mehdi Amirabadi 906+300+000+00
4 DF Hamid Azizzadeh 301+200+000+00
5 DF Hanif Omranzadeh 14014+000+000+00
6 MF Kianoosh Rahmati 14013+100+000+00
7 FW Farhad Majidi 14713+170+000+00
8 MF Mojtaba Jabari 13111+210+000+00
9 FW Arash Borhani 1219+310+000+00
10 FW Milad Meydavoudi 1206+600+000+00
11 MF Mohsen Yousefi 802+600+000+00
13 MF Karrar Jassim 906+100+002+00
14 MF Andranik Teymourian 13113+010+000+00
15 MF Waleed Ali 211+110+000+00
16 DF Meysam Hosseini 13010+300+000+00
21 GK Mehrdad Hosseini 000+000+000+00
22 GK Hadi Zarrin-Saed 100+100+000+00
28 MF Tohid Gholami 100+100+000+00
31 DF Javad Shirzad 605+100+000+00
32 MF Ferydoon Zandi 503+200+000+00
33 DF Pejman Montazeri 10010+000+000+00
37 FW Esmaeil Sharifat 1115+610+000+00
40 MF Ali Hamoudi 1009+100+000+00

Top scorers

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

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

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
  • 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 min
22 GK Hadi Zarrin-Saed 0 0 1 1 10 min
TOTALS 34 4 1 39 108.46154 min

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

Overall statistics
Total Home Away Neutral
Games played4825221
Games won2915131
Games drawn11560
Games lost8530
Biggest win5-15-14-14-1(Pen)
Biggest loss2-42-32-4N/A
Biggest win (League)4-13-04-1N/A
Biggest win (Cup)5-15-13-0N/A
Biggest win (Asia)N/A3-02-0N/A
Biggest loss (League)2-42-32-4N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)N/AN/AN/AN/A
Biggest loss (Asia)0-21-20-2N/A
Clean sheets221381
Goals scored8142390
Goals conceded4120210
Goal difference+40+22+180
Average GF per game1.71.71.8
Average GA per game0.90.81
Points (League)66/102 (64.71%)31/51 (60.78%)35/51 (68.63%)N/A
Winning rate60.42%60%59.09%100%
Most appearances47 Mehdi Rahmati
Most minutes played4225 Mehdi Rahmati
Top scorer12 Mojtaba Jabari
Top assister13 Mojtaba Jabari

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches

See also

References
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