2000–01 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
2000–01 season
PresidentIran Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coachIran Mansour Pourheidari
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan LeagueChampions
Hazfi CupSemifinals
Asian Cup Winners' Cup4th
Top goalscorerAli Samereh (14)

The 2000–01 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 9th season in the Azadegan League, and their 7th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and 56th year in existence as a football club.

Player

As of 1 September 2001. [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Parviz Boroumand
6 DF Iran IRN Mahmoud Fekri
8 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Navazi
12 MF Iran IRN Mojahed Khaziravi
14 MF Iran IRN Sirous Dinmohammadi
15 MF Iran IRN Farzad Majidi
16 FW Iran IRN Alireza Akbarpour
17 FW Iran IRN Ahmad Momenzadeh
20 DF Iran IRN Mehdi Hasheminasab
— DF Iran IRN Arastou Mohammadi
22 MF Iran IRN Alireza Nikbakht
24 MF Azerbaijan AZE Rufat Quliyev
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Iran IRN Masoud Ghasemi
30 GK Iran IRN Hadi Tabatabaei
25 MF Iran IRN Behzad Dadashzadeh
23 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
2 DF Iran IRN Javad Zarincheh
7 MF Iran IRN Sattar Hamedani
10 MF Iran IRN Dariush Yazdani
18 FW Iran IRN Ali Samereh
19 FW Iran IRN Bahman Tahmasebi
9 FW Iran IRN Ali Latifi
11 FW Iran IRN Farhad Majidi
— FW Iran IRN Mehdi Salehpour

Pre-season and friendlies

Partizan Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Napredak Kruševac Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Farhad Majidi
Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates 2 – 6 Iran Esteghlal Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Farhad Majidi Farzad Majidi
Ali Mousavi
Alireza Akbarpour
Sirous Dinmohammadi 		Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
Esteghlal Kashan 0 – 5 Esteghlal Kashan
Bahman Tahmasebi
Afshin Hajipour
Alireza Akbarpour
Ali Latifi
Mohammad Niksirat 		Stadium: Shahid Naser Fekfi Stadium
Esteghlal 3 – 0 basij Khazaneh Tehran
Ali Latifi
Dariush Yazdani
Mohammad Niksirat 		Stadium: Marghoubkar Stadium
Vahdat Abadan 2 – 2 Esteghlal
Ali Samereh
Alireza Akbarpour
Sepidrood 0 – 4 Esteghlal Rasht
Rufat Quliyev
Mehdi Salehpour
Bahman Tahmasebi
Behzad Dadashzadeh 		Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
Esteghlal 1 – 1 Esteghlal Novin Tehran
Stadium: Marghoubkar Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Azadegan League — — Winner 4 August 2000 19 April 2001
Hazfi Cup 1/8 finals — Semifinals 26 June 2001
Asian Cup Winners' Cup — — 4th 14 September 2000 19 May 2001

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League

Main article: 2000–01 Azadegan League

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Esteghlal (C) 22 15 5 2 52 21 +31 50 Qualification for the 2001–02 Asian Club Championship
2 Persepolis 22 13 7 2 36 16 +20 46
3 Saipa 22 8 9 5 29 27 +2 33
4 Zob Ahan 22 7 9 6 30 22 +8 30
5 Paykan 22 7 7 8 19 29 −10 28
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 15 5 2 52 21  +31 50 8 3 0 31 12  +19 7 2 2 21 9  +12

Last updated: 17 June 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWDDDDWWWDWWLWWWWWWWL
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

4 August 2000 (2000-08-04) 1 Esteghlal 4 – 1 Paykan Tehran
Ali Samereh 28', 61', 90'
Dariush Yazdani 62'		 Ali Baghmisheh 90' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
10 August 2000 (2000-08-10) 2 Tractor Sazi 1 – 3 Esteghlal Tabriz
Ahmad Feyz-Karimloo 75' Farhad Majidi 52', 61', 90' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
18 August 2000 (2000-08-18) 3 Esteghlal 6 – 1 Esteghlal Rasht Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab 35'
Mahmoud Fekri 44'
Farzad Majidi 48'
Ahmad Momenzadeh 61', 84'
Ali Samereh 75'		 Saeed Bayat 30' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
25 August 2000 (2000-08-25) 4 Bargh Shiraz 0 – 0 Esteghlal Shiraz
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Note: match was paused in 3' for 20 minutes due to fan riot
10 November 2000 (2000-11-10) 5 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab pen.' Davoud Dehghani Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 September 2000 (2000-09-05) 6 Saipa 2 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
Farhad Khangoli 6'
Behnam Abolghasempour 10'		 Ali Samereh 61'
Ahmad Momenzadeh 88'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
29 December 2000 (2000-12-29) 7 Esteghlal 2 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
Mohammad Navazi 67'
Mehdi Hasheminasab 83'		 Behrouz Rahbarifar 58' (pen.)
Ali Karimi 88'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 110,000
3 December 2000 (2000-12-03) 8 Foolad 1 – 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Behnam Seraj 85' Ali Samereh 10', 48', 80' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
8 December 2000 (2000-12-08) 9 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Mohammad Navazi 28'
Ali Samereh 38'		 Faraz Fatemi 1' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
13 December 2000 (2000-12-13) 10 Zob Ahan 0 – 2 Esteghlal Fooladshahr
Sirous Dinmohammadi 38'
Ahmad Momenzadeh 45'		 Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
24 December 2000 (2000-12-24) 11 Esteghlal 1 – 1 PAS Tehran Tehran
Alireza Nikbakht 37' Rasoul Khatibi 73' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
4 January 2001 (2001-01-04) 12 Paykan 0 – 4 Esteghlal Tehran
Ahmad Momenzadeh 48'
Rufat Quliyev 49'
Alireza Akbarpour 52'
Mojahed Khaziravi 78'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
15 February 2001 (2001-02-15) 13 Esteghlal 5 – 1 Tractor Sazi Tehran
Ali Samereh 5', 90'
Farzad Majidi 45'
Mojahed Khaziravi 50'
Ahmad Momenzadeh 78'		 Aranik Marcussian 80' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
10 March 2001 (2001-03-10) 14 Esteghlal Rasht 1 – 0 Esteghlal Rasht
Shahram Parnianfar 80' Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 15 Esteghlal 4 – 2 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Alireza Akbarpour 18'
Sattar Hamedani 28'
Bahman Tahmasebi 80', 90'		 Mehdi Shiri 1'
Mohammad Motavvari 25'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
4 February 2001 (2001-02-04) 16 Sepahan 0 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
Sattar Hamedani 29', 41' Stadium: 22 Bahman Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
11 February 2001 (2001-02-11) 17 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Saipa Tehran
Farzad Majidi 19'
Ali Samereh 85'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
23 February 2001 (2001-02-23) 18 Persepolis 0 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Alireza Akbarpour 74' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
29 March 2001 (2001-03-29) 19 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Foolad Tehran
Alireza Nikbakht 44'
Ali Samereh 65'		 Behnam Seraj 6' Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
8 April 2001 (2001-04-08) 20 Fajr Sepasi 2 – 3 Esteghlal Shiraz
Faraz Fatemi 25' (pen.)
Mahmoud Khorramzi 68'		 Ali Samereh 31'
Rufat Quliyev 66', 78'		 Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
14 April 2001 (2001-04-14) 21 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Zob Ahan Tabriz
Mahmoud Fekri 60'
Ali Mousavi 77'		 Reza Sahebi 61' (pen.) Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Note: in Tabriz due to renovation Azadi stadium
19 April 2001 (2001-04-19) 22 PAS Tehran 2 – 1 Esteghlal Mashhad
Amir Hossein Yousefi 14'
Rasoul Khatibi 65'		 Mahmoud Fekri 43' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

Esteghlal 2 – 0 Esteghlal Rasht Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16

30 April 2001 (2001-04-30) First leg Esteghlal Ahvaz 2 – 2 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Afshin Kamali
Gholamreza Eydi 		Bahman Tahmasebi
Ali Samereh 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium
7 May 2001 (2001-05-07) Second leg Esteghlal 1 – 1
(3 – 3 agg.)		 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
Ali Samereh 20' Asghar Rasoulzadeh 54' Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Note: Away goals rule

1/8 finals

30 May 2001 (2001-05-30) Esteghlal 3 – 0 Paykan Tehran
Alireza Akbarpour
Mehdi Salehpour
Hamid Tabrizi 		Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Quarterfinals

11 June 2001 (2001-06-11) First leg Aboumoslem 3 – 2 Esteghlal Mashhad
Reza Enayati 11', 20'
Shokri 85'		 Mehdi Salehpour 51'
Mojahed Khaziravi 63'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
16 June 2001 (2001-06-16) Second leg Esteghlal 3 – 1
(5 – 4 agg.)		 Aboumoslem Tehran
Alireza Nikbakht 9'
Mehdi Salehpour 11', 56'		 Hossein Badamaki 15' Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Semifinal

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) First leg Fajr Sepasi 1 – 0 Esteghlal Shiraz
Davoud Seyed-Abbasi Stadium: Koma Stadium
26 June 2001 (2001-06-26) Second leg Esteghlal 2 – 2
(2 – 3 agg.)		 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Saeed Beigi 85'
Mehdi Hasheminasab 89' (pen.)		 Vahid Rezaei 17'
Amir Vaziri 22'		 Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

First round

14 September 2000 (2000-09-14) First leg Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 3 – 2 Iran Esteghlal Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Alireza Nikbakht 67'
Mehdi Hasheminasab 85'		 Stadium: Al-Nahyan Stadium
22 September 2000 (2000-09-22) Second leg Esteghlal Iran 4 – 0
(6 – 3 agg.)		 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda Tehran
Farhad Majidi 3', 70'
Sattar Hamedani 45'
Alireza Akbarpour 75'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Second round

3 November 2000 (2000-11-03) First leg Al-Sadd Qatar 0 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
Ali Samereh Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
17 November 2000 (2000-11-17) Second leg Esteghlal Iran 2 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)		 Qatar Al-Sadd Tehran, Iran
Farhad Majidi 12'
Alireza Nikbakht 19'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals

2 March 2001 (2001-03-02) First leg Kairat Kazakhstan 0 – 0 Iran Esteghlal Almaty, Kazakhstan
Stadium: Central Stadium
16 March 2001 (2001-03-16) Second leg Esteghlal Iran 3 – 0
(3 – 0 agg.)		 Kazakhstan Kairat Tehran, Iran
Own Goals 49'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 64'
Ali Samereh 76'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinals

17 May 2001 (2001-05-17) Esteghlal Iran 2 – 3 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Navazi 28' (pen.)
Ahmad Momenzadeh 60'

Third place match

19 May 2001 (2001-05-19) Esteghlal Iran 1 – 3 Japan Shimizu Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Alireza Nikbakht 34'

See also

References

  1. ^ "Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2000–01". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-09-22.