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
Chairman Reza Eftekhari
Manager 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

Coaching Staff

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

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
Kit manufacturer Sponsor(s)
Li-Ning Major SponsorHamrah Avval
SleeveBimeh Iran
Back of ShirtKosar Credit Institution, Bimeh Iran
Home
Away

Kit information

First team squad
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

Persian Gulf Pro League squad

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

In

Summer
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
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

Summer
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
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 31 Machine Sazi Released 21 January 2017 [39]
20 LM Meysam Majidi 30 Saba Qom Released 25 January 2017 [40]

Loan in

Summer
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

Winter
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]

Competitions

Overview
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
Main article: 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings
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 31 +8 46 Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League Play-off round
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) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25) 1Esteghlal1 – 1Naft TehranTehran
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) 2Esteghlal Khuzestan2 – 1EsteghlalAhvaz
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) 3Esteghlal1 – 2Sanat NaftTehran
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) 4Paykan1 – 1EsteghlalShahr-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) 5Esteghlal1 – 1Machine SaziTehran
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) 6Persepolis0 – 0EsteghlalTehran
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) 7Esteghlal2 – 1Zob AhanTehran
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) 8Siah Jamegan0 – 1EsteghlalMashhad
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) 9Esteghlal2 – 0SaipaTehran
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: Moud Bonyadifar
27 October 2016 (2016-10-27) 10Foolad1 – 1EsteghlalAhvaz
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) 11Esteghlal2 – 2GostareshTehran
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) 12Saba Qom0 – 2EsteghlalQom
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) 13Esteghlal1 – 2Tractor SaziTehran
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) 14Esteghlal1 – 0PadidehTehran
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) 15Sepahan1 – 1EsteghlalIsfahan
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) 16Naft Tehran0 – 1EsteghlalTehran
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) 17Esteghlal1 – 2Esteghlal KhuzestanTehran
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) 18Sanat Naft0 – 3EsteghlalAbadan
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) 19Esteghlal3 – 2PaykanTehran
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: Mo`ud Bonyadifar
Man of the Match: Ali Ghorbani
1 February 2017 (2017-02-01) 20Machine Sazi0 – 3EsteghlalTabriz
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) 21Esteghlal3 – 2PersepolisTehran
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) 22Zob Ahan0 – 2EsteghlalIsfahan
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: Moeud Bonyadifar
Man of the Match: F. Esmaeili
5 March 2017 (2017-03-05) 23Esteghlal1 – 1Siah JameganTehran
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) 24Saipa1 – 2EsteghlalTehran
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) 25Esteghlal1 – 0FooladTehran
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) 26Gostaresh1 – 1EsteghlalTabriz
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) 27Esteghlal2 – 1Saba QomTehran
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) 28Tractor Sazi1 – 0EsteghlalTabriz
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) 29Padideh1 – 2EsteghlalMashhad
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) 30Esteghlal2 – 1SepahanTehran
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
Main article: 2016–17 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) First RoundMalavan Novin0 – 2EsteghlalBandar-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) 1/16Esteghlal1 – 0Mes KermanTehran
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) 1/8Esteghlal0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 3 p)		Saba QomTehran
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) 1/4Naft Tehran3 – 2 (a.e.t.)EsteghlalTehran
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
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-SaddTehran
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
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[lower-alpha 1] Round of 16
2 Esteghlal 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11[lower-alpha 1]
3 Al-Taawoun 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5[lower-alpha 2]
4 Lokomotiv Tashkent 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5[lower-alpha 2]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal, Esteghlal 1–1 Al-Ahli.
  2. Head-to-head results: Al-Taawoun 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent, Lokomotiv Tashkent 4–4 Al-Taawoun.
20 February 2017 (2017-02-20) 1Al-Ahli 2–1 EsteghlalDubai, 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) 2Esteghlal 3–0 Al-TaawounMuscat, 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) 3Esteghlal 2–0 Lokomotiv TashkentTehran, 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) 4Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–1 EsteghlalTashkent, Uzbekistan
16:00 UST (UTC+05:00) summary K.Rezaei  88' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
25 April 2017 (2017-04-25) 5Esteghlal 1–1 Al-AhliTehran, 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) 6Al-Taawoun 1–2 EsteghlalDoha, 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
Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage
22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) First legEsteghlal 1 – 0 Al-AinTehran, 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 legAl-Ain 6 – 1
(6 – 2 agg.)		 EsteghlalAl 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)

Friendly Matches

Pre-season
2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) 1Esteghlal5 – 0Esteghlal BTehran, 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) 2Ararat 1 – 0 EsteghlalYerevan, Armenia
18:30 (UTC+04:00)  65' report Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy
Attendance: 200
14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) 3Gandzasar Kapan 1 – 4 EsteghlalArmenia
19:00 (UTC+04:00) report J. Ansari  34', 44', 45'
Y. Karimi  70' (p)		 Attendance: 50
18 July 2016 (2016-07-18) 4Esteghlal3 – 1Khooneh Be KhoonehTehran, 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
19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 1Esteghlal0 – 1PAS HamedanTehran, Iran
18:00 (UTC+03:30) report S. Kowsari  19' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 2Esteghlal1 – 1Shahrdari FoumanTehran, Iran
18:15 (UTC+03:30) A. Ghorbani  10' report S. Delavar Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) 3Esteghlal2 – 1Rah AhanTehran, 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) 4Esteghlal2 – 0Saba QomTehran, Iran
17:15 (UTC+03:30) M. Hosseini  65'
A. Ghorbani  80'		 report Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals
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
1GKMehdi Rahmati 2222-210-0.91980 44-30-0.6420 99-110-1.2840 3535-350-1.03240
2RMKhosro Heydari 1719030.01038 22000.0140 79020.0719 2022050.01178
3CBRóbson Januário 1919000.01350 33000.0330 99000.0840 2222000.01680
5CBKanaanizadegan 22000.0180 00000.00 00000.00 22000.0180
6CMOmid Ebrahimi 2424750.11710 12000.0210 77110.1624 2526860.11920
7AMRahmani 1213010.01003 33100.4240 00000.00 1516110.11243
8LBYaghoub Karimi 1116000.01008 22000.0240 12000.090 1315000.01227
9CFKaveh Rezaei 2222790.31607 33030.0322 99610.6840 272713130.31929
11LWJaber Ansari 1317620.31127 33110.3330 62110.4233 1719540.31457
13LWMi'ad Yazdani 04000.032 01000.012 01000.02 05000.044
14DMFarshid Bagheri 715200.0503 34000.0360 36010.4252 919210.0890
15CBHrayr Mkoyan 1212020.01070 34000.0380 34000.0268 1314020.01450
16CFArash Afshin 03000.035 13000.0138 00000.00 16000.0173
17CFAli Ghorbani 1321630.6776 24110.2368 68100.2552 1526840.51246
18LBMilad Zakipour 910010.0449 11000.0120 78020.0646 1112020.0569
20LBMeysam Majidi 01000.09 11000.090 00000.00 12000.099
21RBVouria Ghafouri 1314020.01122 00000.00 56000.0344 1416020.01122
22GKHossein Hosseini 66-50-1.0360 00000.00 00000.00 55-40-1.0360
24CMOmid Noorafkan 88220.3532 00000.00 66000.0570 1010220.3532
25CBAzim Gök 01000.03 00000.00 00000.00 01000.03
28LMMohsen Karimi 510400.8327 22100.4240 37100.0346 612500.6567
33CBMajid Hosseini 1213100.1811 22000.0210 23000.0181 1214100.11021
74AMHaghdoust 713200.4481 33000.0228 24000.0201 915200.3709
77RWBehnam Barzay 810400.6568 13100.0120 36000.0283 1015500.6688
88AMFarshid Esmaeili 1320220.01039 13000.0217 68110.2564 1524330.01256
90CBPadovani 1416110.01023 33000.0360 99100.1840 1921200.01383
Last updated: 1 February 2017

Disciplinary record

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

No. Nat. Position Name Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
       
7MFBakhtiar Rahmani100000000100
8MFYaghoub Karimi100000000100
15DFHrayr Mkoyan100000000100
TOTALS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

Last updated: 11 August 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Top scorers

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 70613
2 MF 6 Omid Ebrahimi 7018
FW 17 Ali Ghorbani 6118
MF 11 Jaber Ansari 6118
3 FW 28 Mohsen Karimi 4116
4 FW 77 Behnam Barzay 4105
5 MF 24 Omid Noorafkan 3003
MF 88 Farshid Esmaeili 2013
6 MF 74 Mojtaba Haghdoust 2002
MF 14 Farshid Bagheri 2002
DF 90 Leandro Padovani 1012
7 DF 33 Majid Hosseini 1001
MF 7 Bakhtiar Rahmani 0101
Own goals 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 45 5 12 62

Last updated: 3 June 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

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 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 103417

Last updated: 3 June 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Goals conceded

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

References
  1. "مبلغ قرارداد ها و مدت قرارداد بازیکنان تیم استقلال تهران". Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. "اعلام شرایط سنی رده های تیم های پایه فوتبال آقایان". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. حیدری قراردادش را با استقلال ۳ ساله ثبت کرد
  4. "چشمی با آبی‌ها سه ساله تمدید می‌کند". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  5. "خوشحالم یک سال دیگر پیراهن آبی می‌پوشم". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  6. "Hrayr Mkoyan signs new deal with Iran club – NEWS.am Sport – All about sports". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. "مبلغ قرارداد ها و مدت قرارداد بازیکنان تیم استقلال تهران". Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  8. بختیار رحمانی به استقلال پیوست
  9. "خبرگزاری تسنیم - فرشید باقری با قراردادی دوساله به استقلال پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  10. غفوری استقلالی شد
  11. "بازگشت سید حسین حسینی به استقلال". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  12. مدافع نفت استقلالی شد
  13. YJC, خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران | آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان. "علی قربانی به استقلال پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  14. "خبرگزاری تسنیم - سند استقلالی شدن کنعانی‌زادگان + عکس". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  15. مجید حسینی به استقلال بازگشت
  16. "90tv.ir - وبسایت رسمی برنامه ۹۰ - بابازاده دروازه‌بان سوم استقلال شد". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  17. "منصوریان بالاخره کاوه را استقلالی کرد(عکس)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  19. "میعاد یزدانی با استقلال قرارداد امضا کرد". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  20. "جام نیوز :: JamNews - 2 بازیکن جدید با استقلال ثبت کردند". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  21. "پادوانی رسما استقلالی شد". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  22. سرور جباروف رسماً به استقلال پیوست
  23. "طالب‌لو رسما قرمزپوش شد". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  24. "مومنی به استقلال خوزستان بازگشت". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  25. "پروپیچ با استقلال فسخ کرد". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  26. "هافبک استقلال به پدیده پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  27. "90tv.ir - وبسایت رسمی برنامه ۹۰ - فخرالدینی با نفت تهران ثبت کرد". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  28. "عمران زاده قرمزپوش شد(عکس)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  29. "برهانی به پیکان پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  30. "عادل شیحی در تیم سابق حاج‌صفی". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  31. "90tv.ir - وبسایت رسمی برنامه ۹۰ - دروازه‌بان سوم استقلال از جمع آبی‌پوشان کنار گذاشته شد". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  32. http://www.football-tehran.com/samane/i_user/1015686971/
  33. "هافبک استقلال به صنعت نفت پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  34. "علیرضا رمضانی رسما تراکتوری شد(عکس)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  35. "قرارداد شهباززاده با آلانیا(عکس)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  36. "جام نیوز :: JamNews - بازیکن سابق استقلال به نساجی مازندران پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  37. "آرش افشین به استقلال خوزستان پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  38. "بختیار رحمانی به فولاد خوزستان پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  39. "حاج‌محمدی به ماشین‌سازی پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  40. "میثم مجیدی به صبای قم پیوست". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  41. "رابسون بالاخره استقلالی شد (عکس)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  42. مجتبی حق دوست رسما استقلالی شد
  43. "چپاروف به سپاهان پیوست". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  44. "توافق نهایی چشمی با صبای قم". Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  45. "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.