2010–11 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal Tehran FC

2010–11 season
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Manager	Parviz Mazloomi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Semifinals
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Arash Borhani (14) All: Arash Borhani (16) Farhad Majidi (16)
Highest home attendance	98,000 vs Persepolis (15 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Malavan (15 May 2011)
Average home league attendance	27,353
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2010–11 season will be Esteghlal's 10th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 59th season in the top division of Iranian football. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 66th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Parviz Mazloomi
Assistant Coach	Behtash Fariba
Assistant Coach	Mahmoud Fekri
Second Coach	Jürgen Gede
Fitness Trainer	Behzad Noshadi
Goalkeeper Coach	Hossein Torabpour
Technical Manager	Mansour Pourheidari

Source: Varzesh3

Other information

Temporary Director	Ali Fatollahzadeh
Football Academy President	Reza Rajabi
Technical Adviser	Morteza Mohasses
Analyzer	Mahdi Arjanginia
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Physiotherapist	Amin Norouzi
Psychologist	Abbas Montazeri
Media Officer	Mohammad Haayrani

Player

First team squad

Last updated 7 December 2010

Out for Injuries

Released - Retired

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Vahid Taleblou		GK	May 26, 1982 (aged 28)	(Youth system)
22	Mohammad Mohammadi		GK	September 20, 1977 (aged 32)	Paykan
30	Maziar Shabani		GK	June 27, 1991 (aged 19)	(Youth system)
40	Mohammad Torkaman		GK	November 5, 1990 (aged 19)	Gostaresh Foolad
Defenders
2	Amir Hossein Sadeghi		CB	September 6, 1981 (aged 28)	(Youth system) Mes
3	Mehdi Amirabadi		RB, LB	February 22, 1979 (aged 31)	Saipa
4	Hanif Omranzadeh		CB	April 30, 1985 (aged 25)	PAS Hamedan
5	Bijan Koushki		CB	June 24, 1979 (aged 31)	PAS Tehran
6	Hadi Shakouri		DF	May 2, 1982 (aged 28)	Zob Ahan
16	André Luiz		RB, RW	February 13, 1983 (aged 27)	Paraná
29	Tohid Gholami		DF	December 22, 1991 (aged 18)	(Youth system)
31	Javad Shirzad		LB	September 20, 1982 (aged 27)	Foolad
33	Pejman Montazeri		DF	September 6, 1983 (aged 26)	Foolad
Midfielders
8	Mojtaba Jabari		CM, AM	June 16, 1983 (aged 27)	(Youth system) Aboomoslem
11	Hawar		LW, LM	June 1, 1981 (aged 29)	Arbil
13	Mohsen Yousefi		LM	May 26, 1984 (aged 26)	Saba Qom
14	Kianoush Rahmati		DM, CM	September 18, 1978 (aged 31)	Saipa
15	Yaghob Karimi		MF	August 31, 1991 (aged 18)	(Youth system)
17	Farzad Ashoubi		DM, CM	June 04, 1980 (aged 30)	Mes
18	Mehrshad Momeni		MF	August 15, 1987 (aged 22)	PAS Hamedan
20	Felipe Alves		DM, CM	March 25, 1982 (aged 28)	Malavan
23	Omid Ravankhah		AM, CM	April 13, 1988 (aged 22)	Fajr Sepasi
26	Fardin Abedini		RM	November 18, 1991 (aged 18)	(Youth system)
32	Iman Mobali		AM, CM	November 03, 1982 (aged 27)	Al-Nasr
Forwards
7	Farhad Majidi (c)		ST	June 3, 1977 (aged 33)	Al-Ahli
9	Arash Borhani		ST	September 14, 1983 (aged 26)	PAS Tehran
10	Milad Meydavoudi		RW, ST	January 20, 1985 (aged 25)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
11	Anderson		ST	March 22, 1983 (aged 27)	FC Seoul
12	Mehdi Seyed-Salehi		ST	July 27, 1981 (aged 28)	Paykan
25	Mojtaba Mojaz		ST	April 24, 1991 (aged 19)	(Youth system)
37	Esmaeil Sharifat		RM, RW	June 6, 1988 (aged 22)	Esteghlal Ahvaz

Iran Pro League squad

As of 1 September 2010. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2010-11

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 Vahid Taleblou 2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi 3 DF Mehdi Amirabadi 4 DF Hanif Omranzadeh 5 DF Bijan Koshki 6 DF Hadi Shakouri 7 FW Farhad Majidi (c) 8 MF Mojtaba Jabari 9 FW Arash Borhani 10 FW Milad Meydavoudi 11 MF Hawar 12 FW Mehdi Seyed Salehi 13 MF Mohsen Yousefi 14 MF Kianoosh Rahmati 15 MF Yaghob Karimi 16 DF André Luiz

No. Position Player 17 MF Farzad Ashoubi 19 FW Ali Sabahi 20 MF Felipe Alves 22 GK Mohammad Mohammadi 23 MF Omid Ravankhah 25 FW Mojtaba Mojaz 26 MF Fardin Abedini 28 FW Ehsan Pirhadi 29 DF Tohid Gholami 30 GK Maziar Shabani 31 DF Javad Shirzad 32 MF Iman Mobali 33 DF Pejman Montazeri 37 FW Esmaeil Sharifat 40 GK Mohammad Torkaman

AFC Champions League squad

As of 02 February 2011. Esteghlal F.C. Champions League Squad 2010-11

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 Vahid Taleblou 2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi 3 DF Mehdi Amirabadi 4 DF Hanif Omranzadeh 5 DF Bijan Koshki 6 DF Hadi Shakouri 7 FW Farhad Majidi (c) 8 MF Mojtaba Jabari 9 FW Arash Borhani 10 FW Milad Meydavoudi 11 MF Iman Mobali 12 FW Mehdi Seyed Salehi 13 MF Mohsen Yousefi 14 MF Kianoosh Rahmati

No. Position Player 15 MF Yaghob Karimi 16 DF André Luiz 17 MF Farzad Ashoubi 20 MF Felipe Alves 22 GK Mohammad Mohammadi 23 MF Omid Ravankhah 26 MF Fardin Abedini 30 GK Maziar Shabani 31 DF Javad Shirzad 32 MF Hawar 33 DF Pejman Montazeri 37 FW Esmaeil Sharifat 40 GK Mohammad Torkaman

Transfers

Summer transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 16 DF André Luiz (from Paraná)[1] 31 DF Javad Shirzad (from Foolad)[2][3] 17 MF Farzad Ashoubi (from Mes Kerman)[4] 20 MF Felipe Alves (from Malavan)[5][6] 32 MF Iman Mobali (from Al Nasr)[7] 37 MF Esmaeil Sharifat (from Esteghlal Ahvaz)[8][9][10] 10 FW Milad Meydavoudi (from Esteghlal Ahvaz)[11] 11 FW Anderson (from FC Seoul)[12]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 31 GK Iman Sadeghi (to Steel Azin) 2 DF Khosro Heydari (to Sepahan)[13] 4 MF Hossein Kazemi (to Steel Azin)[14] 16 MF Hashem Beikzadeh (to Sepahan)[15] 19 MF Mehran Noorafkan (released, to Bargh Shiraz)[16] 21 MF Milad Nouri (to Esteghlal Ahvaz) 28 MF Rinaldo Cruzado (to Juan Aurich)[17] 37 MF Fábio Januário (to Sepahan)[18] -- MF Mohammad Sadegh Barani (to Rah Ahan) 10 FW Siavash Akbarpour (to Steel Azin)[19]

Winter transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 40 GK Mohammad Torkaman (from Foolad Gostar)[20][21][22][23][24] 11 MF Hawar (from Arbil FC)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 11 MF Anderson (to Guarani)[25]

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	Runners-up	July 26, 2010	April 29, 2011
2011 AFC Champions League	Group stage	—	Group stage	March 1, 2011	May 11, 2011
2010–11 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Semi-Final	October 19, 2010	June 2, 2011

Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	1	6	9	10	6	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 21 May 2011.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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
34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	11	3	3	35	19	+16	7	8	2	20	15	+5

Last updated: 21 May 2011.
Source: FIFA.com

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	18	12	4	56	29	+27	66	2012 AFC Champions League group stage Group stage
2	Esteghlal (Q)	34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65
3	Zob Ahan (Q)	34	18	9	7	49	30	+19	63

Updated to games played on 20 May 2011.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Shahrdari Tabriz v Esteghlal

July 26, 2010 1	Shahrdari Tabriz	2 – 3	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:30 UTC+04:30	Daghighi  4' Karimi  87' Tahmasebi Ghafouri Iranpourian		Borhani  28' Maydavoodi  55', 59' Rahmati Taleblou	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

Esteghlal v Foolad

July 31, 2010 2	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Foolad	Tehran
19:40 UTC+04:30	Maydavoodi  10' Shirzad		Norouzi  63', 68' Shaverdi Khouraj Mujiri Khosravi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

August 5, 2010 3	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
19:20 UTC+04:30	Hosseini  78' Ahmadi Khalatbari		Majidi  41' Meydavoudi Montazeri Amirabadi Ashoubi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Khodadad Afsharian

Esteghlal v Steel Azin

August 14, 2010 4	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Steel Azin	Tehran
20:45 UTC+04:30	Majidi  80' Jabari  90+1' Meydavoudi Rahmati		Gholami  16', 86' Akbarpour Karimi Kaebi Zandi  90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Paykan

August 18, 2010 5	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
21:45 UTC+04:30	Montazeri  59' Maydavoodi  64' Majidi  78' Felipe Alves Omranzadeh Mahboub Mojaz		Abbasfard Junior	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Naft Tehran v Esteghlal

August 22, 2010 6	Naft Tehran	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
21:30 UTC+04:30	Kouroshi		Shirzad Felipe Alves Mobali	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei

Esteghlal v Sepahan

August 27, 2010 7	Esteghlal	4 – 3	Sepahan	Tehran
21:15 UTC+04:30	Maydavoodi  17', 43' Majidi  23' Borhani  82' Amirabadi Ashoubi Sadeghi		Beikzadeh  61' Janjuš  73', 76' Hosseini Hajysafi Jamshidian	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

Mes Kerman v Esteghlal

September 10, 2010 8	Mes Kerman	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Kerman
18:48 UTC+04:30	Hasanzadeh  47' Mansouri Hosseinkhani		Montazeri  86'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Esteghlal v Saipa

September 17, 2010 9	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
19:45 UTC+04:30	Sadeghi  61' Majidi  69' Borhani  75' Ashoubi Mobali Meydavoudi		Ansarifard  39', 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Saba Qom v Esteghlal

October 10, 2010 10	Saba Qom	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Qom
16:00 UTC+03:30	Sadeghi  63' (o.g.)		Borhani  4' Omranzadeh  8'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

Esteghlal v Persepolis

October 15, 2010 11	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Majidi  90+1' Rahmati Montazeri Meydavoudi		Shiri Badamaki Mohammad	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi

Tractor Sazi v Esteghlal

October 24, 2010 12	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30	Karrar  52' Teymourian Hosseini		Maydavoodi  45' Sadeghi Ashoubi  90'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Esteghlal v Rah Ahan

October 29, 2010 13	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Rah Ahan	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	Maydavoodi  57' Omranzadeh Majidi		Amenah Roudbarian	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

Sanat Naft v Esteghlal

November 4, 2010 14	Sanat Naft	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Abadan
15:30 UTC+03:30	Saki  29' Pachajyan  76' Navidkia Moshkelpour		Ravankhah Sadeghi Majidi Rahmati	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Shahin

November 12, 2010 15	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Shahin	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Ashoubi  35', 40' (pen.)		Heydari  63' Lek Kcira	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Saeid Bakhshi Zadeh

Malavan v Esteghlal

November 28, 2010 16	Malavan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Anzali
15:00 UTC+03:30	Hamrang Rostami  82'		Omranzadeh  42' Felipe Alves	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Khodadad Afsharian

Esteghlal v Pas Hamedan

December 3, 2010 17	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Pas Hamedan	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Esmaeil Sharifat  37' Borhani  45+2', 80' Jabari Majidi Abedini		Kazemi  38' Shahalidoost  89' Aliabadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

Esteghlal v Shahrdari Tabriz

December 11, 2010 18	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Shahrdari Tabriz	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Mobali  40'		Tahmasebi Goudarzi Pirzadeh  43'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmood Rafiei

Foolad v Esteghlal

December 19, 2010 19	Foolad	4 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:15 UTC+03:30	Sarlak  15' Afshin  32' Norouzi  34' Hamoudi  38' Khouraj Chamanara Mujiri		Ashoubi  63' (pen.) Sharifat Omranzadeh Jabari  89'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

December 23, 2010 20	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Borhani  20' Felipe Alves		Rafkhaei  63' Khalatbari  83' (pen.) Hadadifar Ghazi Ahmadi Farhadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Steel Azin v Esteghlal

February 6, 2011 21	Steel Azin	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:45 UTC+03:30	Zandi  24' Borjlou Ashjari Imani  60'		Majidi  4', 33' Seyed Salehi  73' Amirabadi Abedini	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Paykan v Esteghlal

February 13, 2011 22	Paykan	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Qazvin
14:45 UTC+03:30	Asgari  76' (pen.) Mirbozorgi Harsányi		Ashoubi  14' (pen.) Seyed Salehi  21' Omranzadeh  80' Sadeghi	Stadium: Shahid Rajaei Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Naft Tehran

February 18, 2011 23	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30	Seyed Salehi  22', 74' Borhani  86'		Ferreira  38' Nasehi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

Sepahan v Esteghlal

February 24, 2011 24	Sepahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
16:15 UTC+03:30	Jamshidian  38' Heydari Januário Touré		Seyed Salehi  90+1' Rahmati Omranzadeh Majidi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

Esteghlal v Mes Kerman

March 5, 2011 25	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Sadeghi		Pouladi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Saipa v Esteghlal

March 10, 2011 26	Saipa	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Yousefzadeh Mahmoudi Gholamnejad		Seyed Salehi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

Esteghlal v Saba Qom

March 20, 2011 27	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
17:40 UTC+03:30	Borhani  57', 78' Sadeghi Ashoubi		Vaezi Farzaneh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmood Rafiei

Persepolis v Esteghlal

March 30, 2011 28	Persepolis	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:05 UTC+04:30	Badamaki		Borhani  43' Sadeghi Amirabadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Esteghlal v Tractor Sazi

April 10, 2011 29	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30	Seyed Salehi  34' Mobali Rahmati Sharifat  90+2'		Nosrati  8' Karrar  86' Kiani Alizadeh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Rah Ahan v Esteghlal

April 14, 2011 30	Rah Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30	Pashaei		Hawar  47' Ashoubi Montazeri	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Sanat Naft

April 23, 2011 31	Esteghlal	6 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
18:10 UTC+04:30	Seyed Salehi  21', 68' Jabari  28' Shakouri  53' Majidi  65' Borhani  90+1' Ashoubi		Pachajyan  9' Arab  81' Mirtoroghi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Shahin v Esteghlal

April 28, 2011 32	Shahin	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Bushehr
18:00 UTC+04:30	Petrovic Emad		Seyed Salehi Mohammadi Sadeghi Shakouri	Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

Esteghlal v Malavan

May 15, 2011 33	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	Borhani  31' Hawar  61' Majidi Omranzadeh		Tamini	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei

Pas Hamedan v Esteghlal

May 20, 2011 34	Pas Hamedan	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Hamedan
18:00 UTC+04:30			Amirabadi Borhani  36' Majidi  82'	Stadium: Shahid Mofatteh Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

Last updated: 22 May 2011.
Source: IPL

AFC Champions League

Group Stage

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Sadd	6	2	4	0	8	6	+2	10
Al-Nassr	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8
Esteghlal	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8
Pakhtakor	6	1	2	3	8	14	−6	5

      Win       Draw       Loss

Esteghlal v Al-Sadd

1 March 2011 1	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Al-Sadd	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Omranzadeh  8' Majidi  27',  75' Mobali  29' Amirabadi  49' Borhani  74'	Report	18' Al-Bloushi  27' Rizik  88' Keita	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

Al-Nassr v Esteghlal

15 March 2011 2	Al-Nassr	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Riyadh
20:30 UTC+03:00	Abbas  34' Sulaimani  60' Howsawi  67' Al-Harthi  81',  81' Figueroa  84'	Report	21'  35' Omranzadeh	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 12,878 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali

Esteghlal v Pakhtakor

6 April 2011 3	Esteghlal	4 – 2	Pakhtakor	Tehran
17:30 UTC+04:30	Shakouri  5' Hawar  12' Majidi  23' Seyed Salehi  57',  57' Borhani  90+3'	Report	4' Savić  11' Juraev  78' Abdukholiqov  90' Shikhov	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,654 Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi

Pakhtakor v Esteghlal

19 April 2011 4	Pakhtakor	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Tashkent
18:00 UTC+05:00	Krimets  14',  88' Andreev  28' Suyunov  68'	Report	45',  71' Borhani  65', 86' Omranzadeh	Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Al-Sadd v Esteghlal

3 May 2011 5	Al-Sadd	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Doha
18:25 UTC+03:00	Khalfan Ibrahim  54' Leandro  76' Lee Jung-Soo  88'	Report	6', 37' Majidi  10' Hawar  80' Rahmati	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Ben Williams

Esteghlal v Al-Nassr

11 May 2011 6	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Al-Nassr	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	Borhani  29' Majidi  62' Hawar  89'	Report	44' Eid  55' Bernaoy  60' Al-Mutwa  90+4' Enezi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 85,422 Referee: Maasaki Toma

Hazfi Cup

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Round of 32

Pas Hamedan v Esteghlal

October 19, 2010 1/32	Pas Hamedan	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Hamedan
15:00 UTC+03:30	Montazeri  46' (o.g.) Seifpanahi		15' Jabari  69' Omranzadeh  87' Montazeri  93' Jabari Ashoubi	Stadium: Qods Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeyni

Round of 16

Esteghlal v Shahin Boushehr

November 20, 2010 1/16	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Shahin Boushehr	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Omranzadeh  113' Amirabadi Omranzadeh		Noori	Stadium: Azadi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi

Quarterfinals

Esteghlal v Shahrdari Yasuj

January 31, 2011 1/4	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Shahrdari Yasuj	Tehran
14:45 UTC+03:30	Sharifat  20' Sadeghi  64' Seyed Salehi			Stadium: Takhti Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Semifinals

Malavan v Esteghlal

June 2, 2011 1/2	Malavan	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Bandar-e Anzali
17:00 UTC+04:30	Tamini  8'  64' Oladi  57' Nozhati Hasani Sefat	report	Amirabadi  74' Majidi Ashoubi	Stadium: Takhti Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		AFC Champions League		Hazfi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Vahid Taleblou	24	0	19+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF		Amir Hossein Sadeghi	36	2	25+1	1	6+0	0	4+0	1
3	DF		Mehdi Amirabadi	32	0	22+3	0	3+1	0	3+0	0
4	DF		Hanif Omranzadeh	33	5	26+1	2	3+0	1	2+1	2
5	DF		Bijan Koshki	8	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Hadi Shakouri	21	1	8+8	1	2+2	0	1+0	0
7	FW		Farhad Majidi	34	16	23+3	10	6+0	5	1+1	1
8	MF		Mojtaba Jabari	26	4	18+1	2	3+2	0	2+0	2
9	FW		Arash Borhani	31	16	20+3	14	4+1	2	3+0	0
10	FW		Milad Meydavoudi	16	8	13+1	8	0+0	0	2+0	0
11	MF		Hawar Mulla Mohammed	17	4	8+2	2	5+1	2	1+0	0
11	FW		Anderson Ricardo dos Santos	6	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW		Mehdi Seyed Salehi	19	9	10+2	8	2+4	1	1+0	0
13	MF		Mohsen Yousefi	9	0	4+3	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
14	MF		Kianoosh Rahmati	34	0	19+7	0	5+0	0	2+1	0
15	MF		Yaghob Karimi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF		André Luiz de Oliveira Regatieri	18	0	12+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF		Farzad Ashoubi	38	4	26+3	4	3+2	0	4+0	0
18	MF		Mehrshad Momeni	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Ali Sabahi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Felipe Alves de Souza	26	0	15+6	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
22	GK		Mohammad Mohammadi	21	0	15+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF		Omid Ravankhah	9	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
25	FW		Mojtaba Mahboub Mojaz	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Fardin Abedini	7	0	2+4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
28	FW		Ehsan Pirhadi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF		Tohid Gholami	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK		Maziar Shabani	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF		Javad Shirzad	27	0	17+3	0	5+0	0	2+0	0
32	MF		Iman Mobali	36	0	23+7	0	4+0	0	1+1	0
33	DF		Pejman Montazeri	41	3	32+0	2	6+0	0	3+0	1
37	FW		Esmaeil Sharifat	29	2	13+7	1	0+5	0	2+2	1
40	GK		Mohammad Torkaman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Community Shield and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

All competitions Scorer Goals Arash Borhani 16 Farhad Majidi Mehdi Seyed Salehi 9 Milad Meydavoudi 8 Hanif Omranzadeh 5 Mojtaba Jabari 4 Hawar Farzad Ashoubi Pejman Montazeri 3 Esmaeil Sharifat 2 Amir Hossein Sadeghi Hadi Shakouri 1 TOTAL 72

Iran Pro League Scorer Goals Arash Borhani 14 Farhad Majidi 10 Milad Meydavoudi 8 Mehdi Seyed Salehi Farzad Ashoubi 4 Mojtaba Jabari 2 Hawar Pejman Montazeri Hanif Omranzadeh Esmaeil Sharifat 1 Amir Hossein Sadeghi Hadi Shakouri TOTAL 53

AFC Champions League Scorer Goals Farhad Majidi 5 Arash Borhani 2 Hawar Mehdi Seyed Salehi 1 Hanif Omranzadeh TOTAL 11

Hazfi Cup Scorer Goals Mojtaba Jabari 2 Hanif Omranzadeh Esmaeil Sharifat 1 Amir Hossein Sadeghi Pejman Montazeri Farhad Majidi TOTAL 8

Last updated: 22 May 2011.
Source: Goal.com

Top assistors

Includes all competitive matches.

Community Shield and Pre season assists are not recognized as competitive match assist.

Ranking	Position	Nation	Name	IPL	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW		Farhad Majidi	8	1	0	9
2	MF		Iman Mobali	6	1	1	8
3	MF		Mojtaba Jabari	5	0	0	5
	MF		Felipe Alves	5	0	0	5
5	MF		Hawar	3	1	0	4
	DF		Javad Shirzad	1	1	2	4
7	FW		Arash Borhani	3	0	0	3
	DF		Mehdi Amirabadi	3	0	0	3
9	MF		Milad Meydavoudi	1	0	1	2
	DF		André Luiz	2	0	0	2
11	FW		Anderson	1	0	0	1
	FW		Mehdi Seyed Salehi	1	0	0	1
	MF		Kianoosh Rahmati	1	0	0	1
	DF		Amir Hossein Sadeghi	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				41	4	4	49

Last updated: 22 May 2011.
Source: Goal.com

Disciplinary record

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

Last updated on 22 February 2011

No.	Nation	Position	Name	IPL			Champions League			Hazfi Cup			Total
1		GK	Vahid Taleblou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2		DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
3		DF	Mehdi Amirabadi	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
4		DF	Hanif Omranzadeh	6	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	1	1
6		DF	Hadi Shakouri	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7		FW	Farhad Majidi	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
8		MF	Mojtaba Jabari	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9		FW	Arash Borhani	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10		FW	Milad Meydavoudi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11		FW	Hawar	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12		FW	Mehdi Seyed Salehi	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
14		MF	Kianoosh Rahmati	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
17		MF	Farzad Ashoubi	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	1	0
20		MF	Felipe Alves	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
22		GK	Mohammad Mohammadi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23		MF	Omid Ravankhah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25		FW	Mojtaba Mojaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
26		MF	Fardin Abedini	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
31		DF	Javad Shirzad	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
32		MF	Iman Mobali	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
33		DF	Pejman Montazeri	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
37		FW	Esmaeil Sharifat	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
TOTALS				67	2	3	13	1	0	6	0	0	86	3	3

Last updated: 22 May 2011.
Source: IPL

Goals conceded

• Updated on 21 May 2011

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Minutes per goal
GK		1	Vahid Taleblou	22	3	3	28	74.57 min
GK		22	Mohammad Mohammadi	12	7	0	19	98.53 min
TOTALS				34	10	3	47	84.26 min

Own goals

• Updated on 2 April 2011

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
DF		2	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	1	0	0	1
DF		33	Pejman Montazeri	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				1	0	1	2

Overall

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	44	22	22	N/A
Games won	23	15	8	N/A
Games drawn	13	4	9	N/A
Games lost	8	3	5	N/A
Biggest win	6–2 vs Sanat Naft	6–2 vs Sanat Naft	4–1 vs PAS Hamedan	N/A
Biggest loss	1–4 vs Foolad	1–2 vs Foolad 1–2 vs Zob Ahan 1–2 vs Tractor Sazi 1–2 vs Al-Nassr 1–2 vs Pakhtakor	1–4 vs Foolad	N/A
Biggest win (League)	6–2 vs Sanat Naft	6–2 vs Sanat Naft	3–1 vs Steel Azin 3–1 vs Paykan 2–0 vs PAS Hamedan	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	4–1 vs PAS Hamedan	2–0 vs Shahrdari Yasuj	4–1 vs PAS Hamedan	N/A
Biggest win (Asia)	4–2 vs Pakhtakor	4–2 vs Pakhtakor	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	1–4 vs Foolad	1–2 vs Foolad 1–2 vs Zob Ahan 1–2 vs Tractor Sazi	1–4 vs Foolad	N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)	1–2 vs Malavan	N/A	1–2 vs Malavan	N/A
Biggest loss (Asia)	1–2 vs Al-Nassr 1–2 vs Pakhtakor	N/A	1–2 vs Al-Nassr 1–2 vs Pakhtakor	N/A
Clean sheets	16	9	7	N/A
Goals scored	74	45	29	N/A
Goals conceded	47	23	24	N/A
Goal difference	+27	+22	+5	N/A
Average GF per game	1.68	2.05	1.32	N/A
Average GA per game	1.07	1.05	1.09	N/A
Points	82/132 (62.12%)	49/66 (74.24%)	33/66 (50%)	N/A
Winning rate	53.49%	68.18%	38.1%	N/A
Most appearances	41	Pejman Montazeri
Top scorer	16	Arash Borhani Farhad Majidi
Top assistor	9	Farhad Majidi

Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2010–11 Hazfi Cup
• 2011 AFC Champions League

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External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League