2001–02 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2001–02 season
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Manager	Mansour Pourheidari
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Champions
Champions League	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: Sirous Dinmohammadi (8) All: Faraz Fatemi (19)
Home colours Away colours
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 1st season in the Iran Pro League, and their 8th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 57th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Daei SWE
Sponsor(s): LG

Home Kit

Away Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mansour Pourheidari
Assistant coach	Gholamhossein Mazloomi
Goalkeepers coach	Mansour Rashidi
Fitness coach	Valiollah Salehnia
Doctor	Dr. Amin Norouzi
Director	Nasrollah Abdollahi

Other information

Chairman	Hossein Gharib
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)

Player

As of 1 September 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2001–02^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Parviz Boroumand 4 DF Mohammad Khorramgah 5 DF Davoud Seyed Abbasi 6 DF Mahmoud Fekri 7 DF Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh 8 MF Mohammad Navazi 9 FW Ali Mousavi 10 DF Mehdi Pashazadeh 11 MF Yadollah Akbari 12 MF Mojahed Khaziravi 14 MF Sirous Dinmohammadi 15 MF Farzad Majidi

No. Position Player 16 FW Alireza Akbarpour 17 FW Ahmad Momenzadeh 18 FW Faraz Fatemi 19 DF Pirouz Ghorbani 20 DF Mehdi Hasheminasab 21 DF Arastou Mohammadi 22 MF Alireza Nikbakht 24 MF Rufat Guliev 29 GK Masoud Ghasemi 31 GK Hadi Tabatabaei DF Saeed Beigi MF Behzad Dadashzadeh

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2001–02 Iran Pro League	—	—	Runners-up	November 4, 2001	May 28, 2002
2001–02 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Winner	December 2, 2001	June 11, 2002
2001–02 Asian Club Championship	First Round	—	Third-place	December 21, 2001	April 5, 2002

Last updated: 03 July 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

{{2001–02 Iran Pro League table}}

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
26	13	9	4	38	21	+17	48	7	5	1	25	12	+13	6	4	3	13	9	+4

Last updated: 17 June 2013.
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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L

Last updated: 17 June 2013.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Bargh Shiraz v Esteghlal

1	Bargh Shiraz	1 – 1	Esteghlal
	64'		Ali Mousavi 78'

Esteghlal v PAS

2	Esteghlal	1 – 3	PAS
	Ali Mousavi 18'

Esteghlal v Tractor Sazi

3	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Tractor Sazi
	Mohammad Navazi Sirous Dinmohammadi Yadollah Akbari Farzad Majidi

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

4	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Esteghlal
			Sirous Dinmohammadi  74'

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Rasht

5	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Esteghlal Rasht
	Farzad Majidi Own Goals Davoud Seyed Abbasi

Saipa v Esteghlal

6	Saipa	0 – 1	Esteghlal
			Farzad Majidi

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

7	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Fajr Sepasi
	Faraz Fatemi

Esteghlal v Persepolis

9	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Persepolis
	Mohammad Navazi  70'

Foolad v Esteghlal

8	Foolad	1 – 2	Esteghlal
			Mohammad Navazi Alireza Akbarpour

Sepahan v Esteghlal

10	Sepahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal
			Faraz Fatemi  34'

Esteghlal v Aboomoslem

11	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Aboomoslem
	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh  45' Rufat Guliev

Paykan v Esteghlal

12	Paykan	1 – 3	Esteghlal
			Sirous Dinmohammadi Faraz Fatemi Mojahed Khaziravi

Esteghlal v Malavan

13	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Malavan
	Alireza Nikbakht  40' Ahmad Momenzadeh Ahmad Momenzadeh Faraz Fatemi

Esteghlal v Bargh Shiraz

14	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Bargh Shiraz
	Sirous Dinmohammadi

PAS v Esteghlal

15	PAS	2 – 1	Esteghlal
			Sirous Dinmohammadi

Tractor Sazi v Esteghlal

16	Tractor Sazi	0 – 1	Esteghlal
			Faraz Fatemi  83'

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

17	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Zob Ahan
	Ahmad Momenzadeh Mohammad Navazi

Esteghlal Rasht v Esteghlal

18	Esteghlal Rasht	0 – 1	Esteghlal
			Ali Mousavi  28'

Esteghlal v Saipa

19	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Saipa
	Alireza Nikbakht  40' Sirous Dinmohammadi  68'

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal

20	Fajr Sepasi	0 – 0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Foolad

21	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Foolad

Persepolis v Esteghlal

22	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Sepahan

23	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Sepahan
	Mohammad Navazi  10' own Goals  46' Sirous Dinmohammadi  86'

Aboomoslem v Esteghlal

24	Aboomoslem	1 – 1	Esteghlal
			Faraz Fatemi

Esteghlal v Paykan

25	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Paykan
	Faraz Fatemi

Malavan v Esteghlal

26	Malavan	1 – 0	Esteghlal

Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

Lashgar Si Gorgan v Esteghlal

First leg	Lashgar Si Gorgan	4 – 1	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Lashgar Si Gorgan

Second leg	Esteghlal	3 – 0 (7 – 1 agg.)	Lashgar Si Gorgan

Round of 16

PAS Tehran v Esteghlal

	PAS Tehran	2 – 4	Esteghlal
			Ahmad Momenzadeh Sirous Dinmohammadi Mohammad Navazi Mojahed Khaziravi

Quarterfinals

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

First leg	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

Second leg	Esteghlal	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Zob Ahan

Semifinal

Sepahan v Esteghlal

First leg	Sepahan	4 – 2	Esteghlal
	17'  48'  50'  55'		Yadollah Akbari  57' Ali Mousavi  64'

Esteghlal v Sepahan

Second leg	Esteghlal	3 – 1 (5 – 5 agg.)	Sepahan
	Yadollah Akbari  pen.13' Faraz Fatemi  78' Ahmad Momenzadeh  82'		90'
Note: Away goals rule

Final

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal

First leg	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 2	Esteghlal
			Yadollah Akbari 57' Sirous Dinmohammadi 87'

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

Second leg	Esteghlal	2 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.)	Fajr Sepasi
	Ali Mousavi 7', 38'		6'  20'

AFC Champions League

First round

Esteghlal v Al-Hekmeh

	Esteghlal	w/o	Al-Hekmeh
Note: Al-Hekmeh withdrew

Second round

Al-Ittihad v Esteghlal

9 March 2003 First leg	Al-Ittihad	3 – 2	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
	Nikbakht  o.g.'		Nikbakht  16' Fekri  44'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Esteghlal v Al-Ittihad

9 March 2003 Second leg	Esteghlal	2 – 1 (4 – 4 agg.)	Al-Ittihad	Tehran, Iran
	Navazi  pen.70' Nikbakht  93'		5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: Away goals rule

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Nasaf Qarshi	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Al Kuwait Kaifan	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
Al-Wahda	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

Al-Wahda v Esteghlal

6 February 2002 1	Al-Wahda	3 – 5	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, UAE
	Al Ruaisi  12' Jumaa  49', 72'		Dinmohammadi  40' Akbarpour  64' Fatemi  80', 83' Hasheminasab  87'

Nasaf Qarshi v Esteghlal

8 February 2002 2	Nasaf Qarshi	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, UAE
			Nikbakht

Al Kuwait Kaifan v Esteghlal

10 February 2002 3	Al Kuwait Kaifan	0 – 3	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, UAE
			Akbarpour  76' Fatemi  80', 85'

Semifinals

Esteghlal v Anyang LG Cheetahs

3 April 2002	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Anyang LG Cheetahs	Tehran, Iran
	Akbari  62'		Aurélio  55' Luiz  72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Play-off

Esteghlal v Nasaf Qarshi

5 April 2002	Esteghlal	5 – 2	Nasaf Qarshi	Tehran, Iran
	Navazi  pen.' Fatemi Pashazadeh		Usmankhodjaev Kholmurodov	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also

• 2001–02 Iran Pro League
• 2001–02 Hazfi Cup
• 2001–02 Asian Club Championship

References

1. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2001–02

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• RSSSF

{{2001–02 in Iranian football}}