2014–15 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2014–15 season
President	Bahram Afsharzadeh
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	6th
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Shahbazzadeh (12) All: Shahbazzadeh (13)
Highest home attendance	67,000 v Persepolis (23 November 2014)[1]
Lowest home attendance	2,000 v Rah Ahan (1 December 2014)
Average home league attendance	16,400
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2014–15 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 14th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 70th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei
Assistant coach	Javad Zarrincheh
Assistant coach	Mahmoud Fekri
Assistant coach	Sattar Hamedani
Goalkeepers coach	Karim Boostani
Fitness trainer	Parviz Heydari
Fitness advisor	Parviz Komasi
Analyzers	Iman Alami
Analyzers	Nima Rasouli
Physiotherapists	Amin Norouzi
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Psychologist	Abbas Montazeri
Munition Team	Madad Jabbari
Munition Team	Hossein Amanati

Other information

Chairman	Bahram Afsharzadeh
Deputy Chairman	Ali Nazari Juybari
Media Officer	Mohammad Nourifar
Director of Football	Mirshad Majedi
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Nasser Hejazi Camp

First team squad

Last updated: 14 June 2015

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Ends	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohsen Forouzan		GK	2014	(1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 26)	Gostaresh Foulad	2017	0	0
21	Farzin Garousian		GK	2014	(1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 22)	Mes Soongoun	2017	0	0
22	Vahid Talebloo		GK	2014	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 32)	Rah Ahan	2017	191	0
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari		RM, RB	2011	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31)	Sepahan	2015	208	7
4	Amir Hossein Sadeghi		CB, SW	2012	(1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 33)	Tractor Sazi	2016	296	17
5	Hanif Omranzadeh		CB, SW	2009	(1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 29)	Pas	2016	191	23
15	Hrayr Mkoyan		CB, SW	2014	(1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 28)	FC Shirak	2016	24	0
16	Hashem Beikzadeh		LB, LM	2012	(1984-01-22)22 January 1984 (aged 30)	Sepahan	2016	127	4
20	Majid Hosseini		CB, RB	2014	(1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 18)	Youth system	2017	4	0
34	Milad Fakhreddini		RB, RW	2014	(1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 24)	Tractor Sazi	2016	28	1
Midfielders
3	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia		DM, CB	2014	(1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 26)	Padideh	2017	27	0
6	Omid Ebrahimi		DM, CM	2014	(1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 27)	Sepahan	2015	31	9
13	Karrar Jassim		AM, LM, RM, SS	2014	(1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 27)	Al-Talaba	2016	35	6
17	Yaghoub Karimi		LM, RM	2014	(1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 23)	Sepahan	2015	24	1
28	Mohsen Karimi		LM, RM, LW, RW	2014	(1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 20)	Youth system	2017	4	0
99	Milad Nouri		CM, AM	2014	(1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 28)	Paykan	2015	13	3
Forwards
9	Arash Borhani		CF, RW, LW	2007	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31)	PAS Tehran	2016	276	106
10	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh		CF, ST	2014	(1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 24)	Saipa	2017	32	13
29	Milad Soleiman Fallah		CF, ST	2014	(1986-09-15)15 September 1986 (aged 28)	Naft Masjed Soleyman	2017	4	0
44	Behnam Barzay		RW, LW, RM, LM	2015	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 21)	Rah Ahan	2017	3	0
80	Reza Enayati		CF, ST	2014	(1976-09-23)23 September 1976 (aged 38)	Padideh	2016	107	63
Players transferred during the season
32	Amir Hossein Tahuni		LM, LW	2014	(1992-10-22)22 October 1992 (aged 22)	Damash Iranian	2019	6	0
11	Mohammad Ghazi		CF, LW, ST	2013	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 30)	Persepolis	2016	55	16
23	Mehdi Karimian		CM, AM	2014	(1980-08-28)28 August 1980 (aged 34)	Tractor Sazi	2016	11	1
19	Alireza Ramezani		RM, LM, RW, LW	2014	(1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 21)	Naft Gachsaran	2017	11	1
14	Andranik Teymourian		DM, CM	2013	(1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 31)	Al-Kharitiyath	2016	73	3
8	Pejman Nouri		DM, CM, LM	2013	(1980-07-13)13 July 1980 (aged 34)	Malavan	2015	56	0
12	Alberto Rafael da Silva		GK	2014	(1984-03-24)24 March 1984 (aged 30)	Fluminense	2015	0	0

Iran Pro League squad

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  IRN Mohsen Forouzan 2 DF  IRN Khosro Heidari 3 MF  IRN Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 4 DF  IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi (c) 5 DF  IRN Hanif Omranzadeh 6 MF  IRN Omid Ebrahimi 9 FW  IRN Arash Borhani 10 FW  IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 13 MF  IRQ Karrar Jassim 15 DF  ARM Hrayr Mkoyan 16 DF  IRN Hashem Beikzadeh 17 MF  IRN Yaghoub Karimi (on loan from Sepahan) 18 DF  IRN Soheil Asgharzadeh^U23 19 MF  IRN Alireza Ramezani^U21 20 DF  IRN Majid Hosseini^U21

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  IRN Farzin Garousian^U23 22 GK  IRN Vahid Talebloo 24 MF  IRN Omid Noorafkan^U21 25 DF  IRN Mohammad Khalili^U23 26 DF  IRN Iman Abaszadeh^U21 27 DF  IRN Mohammad Reza Soleimani^U21 28 MF  IRN Mohsen Karimi^U21 29 FW  IRN Milad Soleiman Fallah 34 DF  IRN Milad Fakhreddini 35 DF  IRN Mehdi Karbalaei^U23 44 FW  IRN Behnam Barzay^U23 77 MF  GER Hendrik Helmke 80 FW  IRN Reza Enayati 99 MF  IRN Milad Nouri

• U21 = Under 21 Player
• U23 = Under 23 Player

New contracts

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Contract length	Ends	Date	Source
5	CB	Hanif Omranzadeh	29	2 year	2016	30 June 2014
8	CM	Pejman Nouri	34	1 year	2015	30 June 2014
9	CF	Arash Borhani	30	2 year	2016	30 June 2014
11	LW	Mohammad Ghazi	29	2 year	2016	30 June 2014
16	LB	Hashem Beikzadeh	30	2 year	2016	8 July 2014
4	CB	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	32	2 year	2016	13 July 2014
2	RB	Khosro Heydari	30	1 year	2015	13 July 2014
14	DM	Andranik Teymourian	31	2 year	2016	17 July 2014

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2014 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2014–15

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Ends	Date	Source
21	GK		Farzin Garousian	21	Mes Soongoun	Transfer	2017	10 June 2014	[2]
3	DM		Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	26	Padideh	Transfer	2017	10 June 2014	[3]
6	DM		Omid Ebrahimi	26	Sepahan	Free transfer	2015	10 June 2014	[4]
10	ST		Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	24	Saipa	Transfer	2017	10 June 2014	[5]
34	RB		Milad Fakhreddini	24	Tractor Sazi	Transfer	2016	10 June 2014	[6]
15	CB		Hrayr Mkoyan	27	FC Shirak	Transfer	2016	16 June 2014	[7]
27	MF		Mohammad Reza Soleimani	18	PAS Hamedan	Transfer	2017	21 June 2014	[8]
23	CM		Mehdi Karimian	33	Tractor Sazi	Transfer	2016	25 June 2014	[9]
18	MF		Soheil Asgharzadeh	21	Malavan	Free Transfer	2017	28 June 2014
1	GK		Mohsen Forouzan	26	Tractor Sazi	Free transfer	2017	29 June 2014	[10]
19	RM		Alireza Ramezani	21	Naft Gachsaran	Free Transfer	2017	29 June 2014
13	AM		Karrar Jassim	27	Al-Talaba	Transfer	2016	4 July 2014	[11]
12	GK		Alberto Rafael da Silva	30	Fluminense	Transfer	2015	7 July 2014	[12]
26	FW		Iman Abaszadeh	18	Nassaji Mazandaran	Transfer	2017	22 July 2014
32	LM		Amir Hossein Tahuni	21	Damash Iranian	Transfer	2019	23 July 2014
35	DF		Mehdi Karbalaei	21	Naft Tehran	Transfer	2017	23 July 2014
40	GK		Abbas Bakhtiari	20	Moghavemat Tehran	Transfer	2017	July 2014

Winter

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Ends	Date	Source
20	CB		Majid Hosseini	18	Saipa	Transfer	2017	24 November 2014	[13]
29	ST		Milad Soleiman Fallah	28	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Free Transfer	2017	1 December 2014	[14]
22	GK		Vahid Talebloo	32	Rah Ahan	Free Transfer	2017	21 December 2014
99	CM		Milad Nouri	28	Paykan	Transfer	2015	22 December 2014
80	ST		Reza Enayati	38	Padideh	Free Transfer	2016	26 December 2014	[15]
77	CM		Hendrik Helmke	27	FF Jaro	Free Transfer	2015	27 December 2014
44	RW		Behnam Barzay	21	Rah Ahan	Free Transfer	2017	7 February 2015

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving To	Type	Date	Source
19	ST		Boubacar Kébé	27	Al-Hilal	Transfer	27 April 2014
32	CF		Mehdi Nazari	24	Gostaresh Foolad	End of contract	29 May 2014
27	AM		Tony	28	Boavista	End of Loan	15 June 2014
22	LM		Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	34	Khoneh Be Khoneh	End of contract	15 June 2014
70	RB		Majid Gholamnejad	31	Unattached	Transfer	15 June 2014
1	GK		Mehdi Rahmati	31	Paykan	End of contract	18 June 2014	[16]
3	DM		Jlloyd Samuel	33	Paykan	End of contract	23 June 2014	[17]
23	AM		Iman Mobali	31	Naft Tehran	End of contract	23 June 2014	[18]
77	CF		Mehrdad Oladi	29	Malavan	Transfer	6 July 2014	[19]
10	CF		Siavash Akbarpour	29	Paykan	Transfer	12 July 2014
20	AM		Ahmad Jamshidian	30	Paykan	Transfer	21 July 2014
13	GK		Mehrdad Hosseini	25	Retired	Transfer	July 2014
12	DF		Meysam Joudaki	19	Naft Tehran	Transfer	July 2014
30	AM		Arash Rezavand	20	Naft Tehran	Transfer	July 2014
—	GK		Taha Zareei	19	Naval	Transfer	August 2014

Winter

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving To	Type	Date	Source
23	CM		Mehdi Karimian	34	Fajr Sepasi	Released	22 November 2014	[20]
8	CM		Pejman Nouri	34	Malavan	Released	28 November 2014	[21]
30	MF		Saeid Amraei	22	Retired	Released	November 2014
12	GK		Alberto Rafael da Silva	30	Cabofriense	Released	16 December 2014	[22]
14	DM		Andranik Teymourian	31	Tractor Sazi	Released	24 December 2014
11	ST		Mohammad Ghazi	30	Foolad	Released	30 December 2014	[23]
77	CM		Hendrik Helmke	27	Al Ahly	Released	30 January 2015
40	GK		Abbas Bakhtiari	21	Nassaji	Transfer	January 2015

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned From	Start	Ends	Source
17	LM		Yaghoub Karimi	22	Sepahan	21 July 2014	30 June 2015	[24]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned To	Start	Ends	Source
34	RM		Iman Basafa	22	Esteghlal Khuzestan	June 2014	30 June 2015	[25]
21	GK		Hossein Hosseini	21	Malavan	17 June 2014	30 June 2016

Winter

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned To	Start	Ends	Source
32	LM		Amir Hossein Tahuni	22	Nassaji	3 January 2015	30 June 2015	[26]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Iran Pro League	—	6th	6th	1 August 2014	15 May 2015
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	Quarter-Final	Quarter-Final	18 October 2014	27 November 2014

Updated to match played 15 May 2015
Source: Competitions
Note: Current Position/Round Only use for team still a part of Competition.

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran Pro League	30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	043.33
Hazfi Cup	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	066.67
Total	33	15	9	9	47	38	+9	045.45

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Zob Ahan	30	14	10	6	46	26	+20	52	Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
5	Foolad	30	15	7	8	33	24	+9	52
6	Esteghlal	30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	47
7	Saipa	30	11	8	11	36	34	+2	41
8	Persepolis	30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	36

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

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
30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	47	8	3	4	19	14	+5	5	5	5	21	20	+1

Last updated: 15 May 2015.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	L
Position	2	2	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	5	5	5	2	1	2	2	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Rah Ahan v Esteghlal

1 August 2014 1	Rah Ahan	1–2	Esteghlal	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rezaïan 2' Irannejad  37' Karimi  52'		K. Jassim 55' Ghazi 74' Khorsandnia  83'	Stadium: Takhti Tehran Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Khosro Heydari

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Khuzestan

8 August 2014 2	Esteghlal	1–0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Teymourian Shahbazzadeh 90+2'	Summary	Hadi Khanifar Coulibaly	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 12,000

Sepahan v Esteghlal

14 August 2014 3	Sepahan	3–1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Hajsafi 27' Sharifi 32' Aghili  44' Pereira 64' Khalilzadeh  67' Khalatbari  69' Khalilzadeh  90'		Fakhreddini 16'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 13,000

Esteghlal v Saipa

19 August 2014 4	Esteghlal	3–2	Saipa	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	K. Jassim 32' Ebrahimi 64' Fakhreddini 70' Ebrahimi 91'		Shakouri 6' Shiri 49' Shakouri  78' M. Ramezani  78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Paykan v Esteghlal

24 August 2014 5	Paykan	0–3	Esteghlal	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nosrati  66' Divsalar  79'		Heydari 30' Beikzadeh  41' Karimian 53' Shahbazzadeh 61'	Stadium: Takhti Tehran Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Esteghlal v Gostaresh

29 August 2014 6	Esteghlal	3–0	Gostaresh	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Borhani  27' Borhani 39' (pen.) Ebrahimi 45' Teymourian  59' K. Jassim  76' Ghazi 89'		Asadi  74' Naghizadeh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Naft Masjed Soleyman v Esteghlal

4 September 2014 7	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–2	Esteghlal	Masjed Soleyman
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Mahmoud Tighnavard  22' Kiamars Cheraghi  23'		Fakhreddini  25' Ghazi 42' Shahbazzadeh 90'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hajbabaei

Naft Tehran v Esteghlal

9 September 2014 8	Naft Tehran	2–0	Esteghlal	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Amiri 1' Amiri  76' Motahari 88'			Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

Esteghlal v Foolad

18 September 2014 9	Esteghlal	0–1	Foolad	Tehran
	Ghazi		Rafiei 84'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,000

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

26 September 2014 10	Zob Ahan	2–1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
19:00	Rajabzadeh  7'  80' 9' Imani Seifpanahi Hassanzadeh 73' Farhadi	Summary	Sadeghi Beikzadeh 50'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Esteghlal v Malavan

2 October 2014 11	Esteghlal	3–1	Malavan	Tehran
19:00	Ebrahimi 34' Ghazi 41' Shahbazzadeh 84'		Rafkhaei 56'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Padideh v Esteghlal

22 October 2014 12	Padideh	1–1	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:00	Jovanović  24' Nasehi  36' Kheiri 52' Nazarzadeh  76' Prahić  81'	Varzesh 3	Shahbazzadeh 3' Khorsandnia  15' Sadeghi  47'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian

Esteghlal v Saba Qom

30 October 2014 13	Esteghlal	1–1	Saba Qom	Tehran
16:35 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Milad Fakhreddini  17'  58' Andranik Teymourian 45' Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 45' Alireza Ramezani 58' 68' Pezhman Noori 68' Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 72'	varzesh3	Ayoub Kalantari 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Turaj Haghverdi

Tractor Sazi v Esteghlal

7 November 2014 14	Tractor Sazi	2–2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
16:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Khaled Shafiei  42' Shahin Saghebi 75' Édinho 86'	varzesh3	Karrar Jassim  57' Arash Borhani 62' Amir Hossein Sadeghi 90+5'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 65,000[27] Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Persepolis

23 November 2014 15	Esteghlal	1–2	Persepolis	Tehran
18:05 DST+03:30	S. Shahbazzaadeh 44' A. Teymourian  63' M. Fakhreddini  78'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Bengar  54' M. Nouri 74'  74' O. Alishah 82'  78'  82' Nilson C.  90' M. Taremi  90+6'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Esteghlal v Rah Ahan

1 December 2014 16	Esteghlal	1–0	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	S. Shahbazzaadeh 62'	varzesh3	M.Gholami  33' V.Talebloo  45' B.Abdi  90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Esteghlal

11 December 2014 17	Esteghlal Khuzestan	4–4	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:20 DST+03:30	Seyed-Salehi 6', 43' Momeni 38' (pen.)  46' Tayyebi 74'	Varzesh3	Karimi 4' Ebrahimi 30', 51' (pen.) Karrar  45' Shahbazzaadeh 62'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi Man of the Match: Seyed-Salehi

Esteghlal v Sepahan

30 January 2015 18	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Tehran
16:55 DST+03:30	Enayati 8' Ebrahimi 90+2'	varzesh3	Papi 42'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Saipa v Esteghlal

4 February 2015 19	Saipa	0–1	Esteghlal	Karaj
15:30 DST+03:30	Sadeghi  73'	varzesh3	Shahbazzadeh 45' Jassim  84'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Paykan

8 February 2015 20	Esteghlal	1–0	Paykan	Tehran
17:10 DST+03:30	Yazdani  13' Akbarpour  19'	varzesh3	Borhani  9' Shahbazzadeh 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi

Gostaresh v Esteghlal

20 February 2015 21	Gostaresh	0–0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30				Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium Attendance: 3,500

Esteghlal v Naft Masjed Soleyman

6 March 2015 22	Esteghlal	1–0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tehran
17:30 DST+03:30	Enayati 61'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000

Esteghlal v Naft Tehran

12 March 2015 23	Esteghlal	0–1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
18:15 DST+03:30			Padovani 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,000

Foolad v Esteghlal

2 April 2015 24	Foolad	2–1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
18:55 DST+03:30	Sharifat 76' Chago 81'		Enayati 13'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 14,000

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

10 April 2015 25	Esteghlal	1–1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:00 DST+03:30	Ebrahimi 63'		Esmaeilifar 75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 12,000

Malavan v Esteghlal

17 April 2015 26	Malavan	1–1	Esteghlal	Bandar-e Anzali
17:30 DST+03:30	Kanaani 47'		Enayati 16'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 8,500

Esteghlal v Padideh

26 April 2015 27	Esteghlal	0–0	Padideh	Tehran
19:15 DST+03:30				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 11,000

Saba Qom v Esteghlal

30 April 2015 28	Saba Qom	1–2	Esteghlal	Qom
	Badamaki 77'		K. Jassim 8' Shahbazzadeh 58'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 6,000

Esteghlal v Tractor Sazi

10 May 2015 29	Esteghlal	1–4	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
	Ebrahimi 30'		S. Nariman Jahan 8' Edinho 45' S. Nariman Jahan 56' S. Nariman Jahan 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000

Persepolis v Esteghlal

15 May 2015 30	Persepolis	1–0	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30	A. Alipour 65'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Foolad Novin v Esteghlal

18 October 2014 (18 October 2014) Round of 32	Foolad Novin	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
19:00 DST+03:30			Ramezani 109'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 11,000

Esteghlal v Parseh

27 October 2014 (27 October 2014) Round of 16	Esteghlal	4–2	Parseh	Tehran
16:40 DST+03:30	Karrar 46', 90+3' Shahbazzadeh 51'  45'  70' Andranik Teymourian 67' Khosro Heydari 68' Ghazi 90+1'	Varzesh3	Poursafshekan 9' Ashouri 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

27 November 2014 (27 November 2014) Quarter-Final	Zob Ahan	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Esteghlal	Isfahan
17:20 DST+03:30	Dehnavi 23' Hassanzadeh 75'		Borhani 7' Jassim 22'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Alborz Hajipour
	Penalties
	Rajabzadeh Santos Dehnavi		Beikzadeh Ebrahimi Borhani

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Bursaspor v Esteghlal

11 July 2014 (2014-07-11)	Bursaspor	2–0	Esteghlal	Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: Green Park Camp

Esteghlal v USM Alger

15 July 2014 (2014-07-15)	Esteghlal	2–3	USM Alger	Istanbul, Turkey
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: Green Park Camp

Shohada tournament

Main article: 2014 Shohada Cup

Esteghlal v Malavan

21 July 2014 (2014-07-21)	Esteghlal	2–1	Malavan	Tehran, Iran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Borhani 68' (pen.), 77'	report	Rafkhaei 18'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed-Ali

Esteghlal v Tractor Sazi

24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)	Esteghlal	1–2	Tractor Sazi	Tehran, Iran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghazi 15'	report	Ahmadzadeh 45' Dalir 55'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Iman Ariyamansh

During season

Esteghlal v Khooneh Be Khooneh

20 August 2014 (2014-08-20)	Esteghlal	1–1	Khooneh Be Khooneh	Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nouri 12'	report		Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp Attendance: 60

Esteghlal v Parseh

6 September 2014 (2014-09-06)	Esteghlal	3–1	Parseh	Tehran, Iran
17:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Noorafkan Tahuni	report		Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp Attendance: 100

FC Shirak v Esteghlal

12 October 2014 (2014-10-12)	FC Shirak	3–2	Esteghlal	Gyumri, Armenia
		report	Ghazi 87' (pen.) Karimi 90'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500

Esteghlal v Saipa

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)	Esteghlal	1–1	Saipa	Tehran, Iran
	Fakhreddini 50'	report	Ayoubi 70'	Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp

Esteghlal v Padideh

6 January 2015 (2015-01-06)	Esteghlal	1–1	Padideh	Kish, Iran
	Enayati	report	Jovanović	Stadium: Olympic Kish Attendance: 600

Esteghlal v Mes Kerman

13 January 2015 (2015-01-13)	Esteghlal	1–1	Mes Kerman	Kish, Iran
	Karrar pen.'	report	?	Stadium: Olympic Kish Attendance: 700

Sanat Naft v Esteghlal

16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)	Sanat Naft	0–1	Esteghlal	Abadan, Iran
			Shahbazzadeh 42'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Esteghlal v Rah Ahan

22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)	Esteghlal	1–1	Rah Ahan	Tehran, Iran
	Fakhreddini 72'		Mohammadrezaei 5'	Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp

Esteghlal v Parseh

16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)	Esteghlal	2–2	Parseh	Tehran, Iran
	Mohsen Karimi 25' Milad Soleiman Fallah 60'	report	Shahab Zandi 61' Ali Shams 89'	Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp Attendance: 50

Aluminium Arak v Esteghlal

26 February 2015 (2015-02-26)	Aluminium Arak	3–3	Esteghlal	Arak, Iran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nasiri 10' Javad Molaie 75' 90'	report	Karimi 21' Fakhreddini 53' Noorafkan 56'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Esteghlal v Aluminium Hormozgan

17 March 2015 (2015-03-17)	Esteghlal	2–1	Aluminium Hormozgan	Tehran, Iran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Karimi 35', 36'	report	Alekasir 47'	Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp Attendance: 100

Esteghlal v Saba Qom

19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)	Esteghlal	1–4	Saba Qom	Tehran, Iran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Karimi 80'	report	Alimohammadi 12' Kalantari 44', 45' Forouzan 57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp

Esteghlal v Saipa

27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)	Esteghlal	1–1	Saipa	Tehran, Iran
17:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nouri	report report 2	Zahedi	Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp Attendance: 250

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IRN	Mohsen Forouzan	28	0	26	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRN	Khosro Heidari	23	1	21	1	2	0
3	DF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	24	0	22	0	2	0
4	DF	IRN	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	21	1	19	1	2	0
5	DF	IRN	Hanif Omranzadeh	13	0	13	0	0	0
15	DF	ARM	Hrayr Mkoyan	20	0	20	0	0	0
16	DF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh	21	1	21	1	0	0
34	DF	IRN	Milad Fakhreddini	24	1	22	1	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IRN	Omid Ebrahimi	27	8	25	8	2	0
13	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim	20	4	20	2	0	2
17	MF	IRN	Yaghoub Karimi	20	1	18	1	2	0
19	MF	IRN	Alireza Ramezani	11	1	10	0	1	1
31	MF	IRN	Milad Nouri	8	0	8	0	0	0
Strikers
9	FW	IRN	Arash Borhani	22	2	22	2	0	0
10	FW	IRN	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	29	12	27	11	2	1
29	FW	IRN	Milad Soleiman Fallah	3	0	3	0	0	0
80	FW	IRN	Reza Enayati	10	4	10	4	0	0
Players sold or loaned out or retired after the start of the season:
8	MF	IRN	Pejman Nouri	13	0	12	0	1	0
14	MF	IRN	Andranik Teymourian	16	0	14	0	2	0
23	MF	IRN	Mehdi Karimian	11	1	9	1	2	0
32	FW	IRN	Amir Hossein Tahuni	4	0	3	0	1	0
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Ghazi	17	5	15	4	2	1

Last updated: 1 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions.

No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK Mohsen Forouzan 31 34 RB Milad Fakhreddini 25 15 CB Hrayr Mkoyan 19 4 CB Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Captain) 25 16 LB Hashem Beikzadeh 22 6 DM Omid Ebrahimi 24 3 DM Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 17 2 RM Khosro Heydari 24 13 LM Karrar Jassim 25 11 CF Arash Borhani 20 10 CF Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 32

Starting 11 line-up Forouzan Fakhreddini Mkoyan Sadeghi Beikzadeh Ebrahimi Khorsandnia Jassim Heydari Shahbazzadeh Borhani Last updated: 14 June 2015 Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

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

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Iran Pro League			Hazfi Cup			Total
34		DF	Milad Fakhreddini	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
13		MF	Karrar Jassim	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
14		MF	Andranik Teymourian	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
3		DF	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4		DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
2		DF	Khosro Heydari	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
16		DF	Hashem Beikzadeh	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9		FW	Arash Borhani	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11		FW	Mohammad Ghazi	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
10		FW	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
6		MF	Omid Ebrahimi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19		MF	Alireza Ramezani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29		FW	Milad Soleiman Fallah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17		MF	Yaghoub Karimi	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
5		DF	Hanif Omranzadeh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				31	0	0	8	1	0	39	2	0

Last updated: 20 February 2015
Source: Competitive matches and ipl

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	12	1	13
2	MF	6	Omid Ebrahimi	9	0	9
3	FW	11	Mohammad Ghazi	4	1	5
	MF	13	Karrar Jassim	3	3	6
5	FW	9	Arash Borhani	2	1	3
6	DF	2	Khosro Heydari	1	0	1
	DF	4	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	1	0	1
	MF	16	Hashem Beikzadeh	1	0	1
	MF	17	Yaghob Karimi	1	0	1
	MF	19	Alireza Ramezani	0	1	1
	MF	23	Mehdi Karimian	1	0	1
	DF	34	Milad Fakhreddini	1	0	1
	FW	80	Reza Enayati	1	0	1
TOTALS				33	7	40

Last updated: 8 July 2015
Source: Competitive matches

Top Assister

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	MF	13	Karrar Jassim	8	2	10
2	DF	2	Khosro Heydari	4	0	4
	MF	17	Yaghoub Karimi	3	1	4
4	FW	9	Arash Borhani	2	1	3
5	FW	10	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	2	0	2
6	DF	5	Hanif Omranzadeh	1	0	1
	MF	19	Alireza Ramezani	1	0	1
	DF	34	Milad Fakhreddini	1	0	1
TOTALS				22	4	26

Last updated: 8 February 2015
Source: Competitive matches

Goals conceded

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Minutes per goal
GK		1	Mohsen Forouzan	23	4	27	72.2 min
GK		12	Alberto Rafael da Silva	0	0	0	0 min
GK		21	Farzin Garousian	0	0	0	0 min
GK		30	Vahid Talebloo	0	0	0	0 min
TOTALS				23	4	27	72.2 min

Last updated: 30 January 2015
Source: Competitive matches

Overall statistics

	Total			Home			Away
	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
Games played	16	3	19	8	1	9	8	2	10
Games won	8	2	10	5	1	6	3	1	4
Games drawn	3	1	4	2	0	2	1	1	2
Games lost	5	0	5	2	0	2	3	0	3
Biggest win	3–0	4–2	3–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0
Biggest loss	3–1	N/A	3–1	2–1	N/A	2–1	3–1	N/A	3–1
Clean sheets	5	1	6	3	0	3	2	1	3
Goals scored	25	7	32	13	4	17	12	3	15
Goals conceded	18	4	22	7	2	9	11	2	13
Goal difference	+7	+3	+10	+6	+2	+8	+1	+1	+2
Average GF per game	1.6	2.3	1.7	1.6	4	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.5
Average GA per game	1.1	1.3	1.2	0.9	2	1	1.4	1	1.3
Points	27/48 (56.25%)	7/9 (77.78%)	34/57 (59.65%)	19/24 (79.17%)	3/3 (100%)	22/27 (81.48%)	8/24 (33.33%)	4/6 (66.67%)	12/30 (40%)
Winning rate	50%	66.67%	52.63%	62.5%	100%	66.67%	37.5%	50%	40%
Most appearances	16	3	19	Mohsen Forouzan
Most minutes played	1440	330	1770	Mohsen Forouzan
Top scorer	7	1	8	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
Top assister	5	2	7	Karrar Jassim

Last updated: 4 December 2014
Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 2014–15 Iran Pro League
• 2014–15 Hazfi Cup

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External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League