2015–16 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2015–16 season

Chairman

Bahram Afsharzadeh

Manager

Stadium

1st

Top goalscorer

League: O. Ebrahimi
(9 goals)
All: Shahbazzadeh
(10 goals)

Highest home attendance

90,000 v Persepolis
(30 October 2015)

Lowest home attendance

2,500 v Est. Khuzestan
(21 October 2015)

Average home league attendance

26,286

Home colours

Away colours

← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 15th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 22nd 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

Current Management Team

Position	Name
Head coach	Parviz Mazloumi
Assistant coach	Majid Saleh
Assistant coach	Sirous Dinmohammadi
Goalkeeper coach	Hossein Torabpour
Fitness coach	Ali Asghar Ghorbanali Pour
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Physiotherapist	Amin Noroozi
Analyzer	Mohammad Navazi
Analyzer	Farzad Majidi
Analyzer	Mahdi Arjangi Nia
Team Manager	Mansour Pourheidari

Other information

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

Kit

Supplier: 361 Degrees / Sponsor: RIRA, Samsung, 3090, Kerman Motor Company

Home

Away

First team squad

Last updated: 28 April 2016

	Out for Injuries		Released - retired

No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Ends	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati	GK	2015	(1983-02-02) 2 February 1983	Paykan	2019	186	0
22	Vahid Talebloo	GK	2014	(1982-05-26) 26 May 1982	Rah Ahan	2017	196	0
33	Amir Hossein Najafi	GK	2015	(1996-10-14) 14 October 1996	Youth system	2017	0	0
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari	RB, RM	2011	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983	Sepahan	2017	227	7
5	Hanif Omranzadeh	CB	2009	(1985-04-30) 30 April 1985	Pas	2016	213	24
15	Hrayr Mkoyan	CB, RB	2014	(1986-09-02) 2 September 1986	FC Shirak	2016	52	0
20	Meysam Majidi	LB, LM	2015	(1986-10-25) 25 October 1986	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2017	27	3
21	~~Majid Hosseini~~	~~CB, RB~~	~~2014~~	~~(1996-06-20) 20 June 1996~~	Youth system	~~2017~~	4	0
24	Omid Noorafkan	LB, DM	2015	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997	Youth system	2017	8	0
34	Milad Fakhreddini	RB, RM, RW	2014	(1990-05-26) 26 May 1990	Tractor Sazi	2016	52	3
55	Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi	CB	2015	(1991-02-14) 14 February 1991	Naft Tehran	2017	17	0
Midfielders
3	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	DM, CB	2014	(1988-02-05) 5 February 1988	Padideh	2017	42	1
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi	DM, CB	2015	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993	Saba Qom	2017	26	0
6	Omid Ebrahimi	DM, CM	2014	(1987-09-16) 16 September 1987	Sepahan	2016	60	18
8	Yaghoub Karimi	LM, LB, AM	2014	(1991-08-31) 31 August 1991	Sepahan	2017	39	1
11	Jaber Ansari	RM, LM, AM, RW, LW, SS	2015	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987	Gostaresh Foulad	2017	30	8
13	~~Karrar Jassim~~	~~AM, LM, RM, SS~~	~~2014~~	~~(1987-06-11) 11 June 1987~~	Al-Talaba	~~2016~~	41	6
16	Mehdi Momeni	AM, SS	2016	(1985-09-21) 21 September 1985	Naft Tehran	2017	8	0
17	Milad Shabanloo	AM, CM	2014	(1995-01-02) 2 January 1995	Esteghlal Bushehr	2017	2	0
18	~~Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza~~	~~DM, LB~~	~~2015~~	~~(1985-08-25) 25 August 1985~~	Figueirense	~~2016~~	3	0
19	Alireza Ramezani	RM, RW	2014	(1993-06-03) 3 June 1993	Naft Gachsaran	2018	18	1
28	Mohsen Karimi	LM, LW	2014	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994	Youth system	2018	28	5
36	Mehdi Rajabifar	LM, RM	2015	(1997-11-19) 19 November 1997	Youth system	2017	0	0
88	Farshid Esmaeili	AM, SS	2015	(1994-02-23) 23 February 1994	Fajr Sepasi	2018	17	1
99	Adil Chihi	RM, RW	2016	(1988-02-21) 21 February 1988	Free Agent	2016	5	0
Forwards
9	Arash Borhani	CF, RW, LW	2007	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983	PAS Tehran	2016	291	108
10	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	CF, SS	2014	(1990-01-23) 23 January 1990	Saipa	2017	60	23
14	Pero Pejić	CF	2015	(1982-11-28) 28 November 1982	FK Kukësi	2017	16	5
77	Behnam Barzay	LW, RW, LM, RM	2015	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993	Rah Ahan	2017	22	2

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mehdi Rahmati (captain)
2	DF	Khosro Heydari (4th captain)
3	MF	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia
4	MF	Roozbeh Cheshmi ^U23
5	DF	Hanif Omranzadeh
6	MF	Omid Ebrahimi
8	MF	Yaghoub Karimi
9	FW	Arash Borhani (3rd captain)
10	FW	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
11	MF	Jaber Ansari
14	FW	Pero Pejić
15	DF	Hrayr Mkoyan
16	MF	Mehdi Momeni
17	MF	Milad Shabanloo ^U21

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Alireza Ramezani ^U23
20	DF	Meysam Majidi
22	GK	Vahid Talebloo (2nd captain)
24	MF	Omid Noorafkan ^U19
27	MF	Hossein Hosseini ^U21
28	MF	Mohsen Karimi ^U23
33	GK	Amir Hossein Najafi ^U21
34	DF	Milad Fakhreddini
36	MF	Mehdi Rajabifar ^U19
55	DF	Amin Hajmohammadi
77	FW	Behnam Barzay ^U23
88	MF	Farshid Esmaeili ^U23
99	MF	Adil Chihi

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	2 !RB	Khosro Heydari	31	2 years	2017	4 July 2015	^[3]
6	6 !CM	Omid Ebrahimi	28	1 year	2016	5 July 2015	^[4]
77	8 !LW	Behnam Barzay	22	2 years	2017	20 July 2015	^[5]
1	1 !GK	Mehdi Rahmati	33	3 years	2019	22 February 2016	^[6]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16

In

Summer

Pos	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Ends	Date	Source
800 !LM	Tahuni, Amir Hossein ! Amir Hossein Tahuni	22	Nassaji Mazandaran	End of loan	2019	000000002015-06-30-000030 June 2015
600 !CM	Basafa, Iman ! Iman Basafa	23	Esteghlal Khuzestan	End of loan	2017	000000002015-06-30-000030 June 2015
8 !RM	Ansari, Jaber ! Jaber Ansari	28	Gostaresh Foulad	Free Transfer	2017	000000002015-06-24-000024 June 2015	^[7]
3 !CB	Hajmohammadi, Mohammad Amin ! Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi	24	Naft Tehran	Free Transfer	2017	000000002015-06-25-000025 June 2015	^[8]
4 !LB	Majidi, Meysam ! Meysam Majidi	28	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Transfer	2017	000000002015-06-28-000028 June 2015	^[9]
1 !GK	Rahmati, Mehdi ! Mehdi Rahmati	32	Paykan	Free Transfer	2016	000000002015-06-29-000029 June 2015	^[10]
6 !DM	Cheshmi, Roozbeh ! Roozbeh Cheshmi	21	Saba Qom	Transfer	2017	000000002015-06-30-000030 June 2015	^[11]
8000 !AM	Esmaeili, Farshid ! Farshid Esmaeili	21	Fajr Sepasi	Free Transfer	2018	000000002015-07-05-00005 July 2015	^[12]
60 !CM	Barbosa de Souza, Rivaldo ! Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza	29	Figueirense	Free Transfer	2016	000000002015-07-20-000020 July 2015	^[13]
80 !LM	Karimi, Yaghoub ! Yaghoub Karimi	23	Sepahan	Transfer	2017	000000002015-07-24-000024 July 2015	^[14]
99 !ST	Pejić, Pero ! Pero Pejić	32	FK Kukësi	Free Transfer	2017	000000002015-08-02-00002 August 2015	^[15]

Winter

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Ends	Date	Source
	8 !AM		Momeni, Mehdi ! Mehdi Momeni	30	Naft Tehran	Free Transfer	2017	000000002015-12-28-000028 December 2015	^[16]
	7 !RM		Chihi, Adil ! Adil Chihi	28	Free Agent	Free Transfer	2016	000000002016-02-27-000027 February 2016	^[17]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Moving To	Type	Date	Source
99	6 !CM	Nouri, Milad ! Milad Nouri	29	Siah Jamegan	End of contract	000000002015-06-22-000022 June 2015	^[18]^[19]
17	8 !LM	Karimi, Yaghoub ! Yaghoub Karimi	23	Sepahan	End of loan	000000002015-06-30-000030 June 2015	^[20]
34	60 !CM	Basafa, Iman ! Iman Basafa	23	Fajr Sepasi	Released	000000002015-06-30-000030 June 2015	^[21]^[22]
80	9 !ST	Enayati, Reza ! Reza Enayati	39	Siah Jamegan	Released	000000002015-06-29-000029 June 2015	^[23]
32	80 !LM	Tahuni, Amir Hossein ! Amir Hossein Tahuni	22	Nassaji Mazandaran	Released	000000002015-07-11-000011 July 2015	^[24]
1	1 !GK	Forouzan, Mohsen ! Mohsen Forouzan	27	Siah Jamegan	Released	000000002015-07-22-000022 July 2015	^[25]
16	3 !LB	Beikzadeh, Hashem ! Hashem Beikzadeh	31	Saba Qom	Released	000000002015-07-26-000026 July 2015	^[26]
4	2 !CB	Sadeghi, Amir Hossein ! Amir Hossein Sadeghi	33	Saba Qom	Released	000000002015-07-26-000026 July 2015	^[27]^[28]
21	10 !GK	Garousian, Farzin ! Farzin Garousian	23	Aluminium Hormozgan	Released	000000002015-08-07-00007 August 2015	^[29]
29	90 !ST	Soleiman Fallah, Milad ! Milad Soleiman Fallah	28	Paykan	Released	000000002015-08-10-000010 August 2015	^[30]^[31]
27	4 !RB	Soleimani, Mohammad Reza ! Mohammad Reza Soleimani	20	Rah Ahan	Released	000000002015-08-10-000010 August 2015	^[32]

Winter

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Moving To	Type	Date	Source
18	5 !DM	Barbosa de Souza, Rivaldo ! Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza	30		Released	000000002015-09-27-000027 September 2015	^[33]
13	8 !AM	Jassim, Karrar ! Karrar Jassim	28	Naft Al-Wasat	Released	000000002015-11-29-000029 November 2015	^[34]^[35]
35	2 !CB	Karbalaei, Mehdi ! Mehdi Karbalaei	22	Gostaresh Foulad	Released	000000002016-01-08-00008 January 2016	^[36]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned To	Start	Ends	Source
35	2 !CB		Karbalaei, Mehdi ! Mehdi Karbalaei	22	Khoneh Be Khoneh	000000002015-08-03-00003 August 2015	30 June 2016	^[37]
48	20 !CB		Khalili, Mohammad ! Mohammad Khalili	21	Khoneh Be Khoneh	000000002015-08-03-00003 August 2015	30 June 2016	^[38]

Winter

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned To	Start	Ends	Source
21	2 !CB		Hosseini, Majid ! Majid Hosseini	19	Rah Ahan	000000002015-12-27-000027 December 2015	30 June 2016	^[39]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League	—	1st	30 July 2015	13 May 2016
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	Finalist	11 Sep 2015	29 May 2016
Last updated: 28 April 2016

Source: Competitions
Note: Current Position/Round Only use for team still a part of Competition.

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League	7001280000000000000♠28	7001130000000000000♠13	7001120000000000000♠12	7000300000000000000♠3	7001400000000000000♠40	7001240000000000000♠24	+16	7001464300000000000♠46.43
Hazfi Cup	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7001110000000000000♠11	7000300000000000000♠3	+8	7001750000000000000♠75.00
Total	7001320000000000000♠32	7001160000000000000♠16	7001130000000000000♠13	7000300000000000000♠3	7001510000000000000♠51	7001270000000000000♠27	+24	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Last updated: 28 April 2016

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	28	13	12	3	40	24	+16	51	2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	28	13	12	3	30	14	+16	51	2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Persepolis !Persepolis	28	14	9	5	44	31	+13	51	2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	28	11	12	5	35	25	+10	45
5	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	28	12	9	7	28	20	+8	45
6	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	28	10	13	5	35	23	+12	43
7	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	28	9	13	6	28	22	+6	40
8	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	28	10	8	10	33	27	+6	38
9	Sepahan !Sepahan	28	8	14	6	29	27	+2	38
10	Saipa !Saipa	28	10	6	12	26	30	−4	36
11	Padideh !Padideh	28	9	9	10	28	34	−6	36
12	Foolad !Foolad	28	9	7	12	24	34	−10	34
13	Malavan !Malavan	28	5	11	12	22	32	−10	26
14	Siah Jamegan !Siah Jamegan	28	6	6	16	20	31	−11	24	Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	28	4	10	14	22	34	−12	22
16	Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz (R)	28	2	7	19	15	51	−36	13

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
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.

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
28	13	12	3	40	24	+16	51	6	7	1	20	12	+8	7	5	2	20	12	+8

Last updated: 22 April 2016.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W
Position	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1

Last updated: 28 April 2016.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

30 July 2015 1	Siah Jamegan	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Mashhad
18:00 (DST+03:30)	A. Naghizadeh 63' M. Jovanović 52'	report	S. Shahbazzadeh 37', 78' M. Rahmati 51' A. Borhani 84'	Stadium: Samen Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

7 August 2015 2	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
19:30 (DST+03:30)	O. Ebrahimi 29', 38' A. Hajmohammadi 18' M. Majidi 20' O. Ebrahimi 39' R. Cheshmi 61'	report	H. Mahini 33' E. Pourghaz 37' S. Karami 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

14 August 2015 3	Esteghlal	0 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:20 (DST+03:30)	H. Mkoyan 40' M. Karimi 88'	report	E. Pahlevan 61' M. Tabrizi 85' M. Tabrizi 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

21 August 2015 4	Esteghlal Ahvaz	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
19:15 (DST+03:30)	T. Reykani 74' M-E Nazari 60' M. Hamidi 67' M-E Nazari 9+1'	report	M. Karimi 72' M. Majidi 90+2' H. Omranzadeh 36' M. Majidi 87'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian

21 September 2015 5	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
18:45 (DST+03:30)	M. Fakhreddini 51' O. Ebrahimi 56' (p) H. Omranzadeh 71' P. Pejić 86' S. Shahbazzadeh 90+4'	report	A. Nong 65' C. Santos 56' A. Nong 61'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

15 September 2015 6	Gostaresh	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:00 (DST+03:30)		report	S. Shahbazzadeh 25' M. Karimi 65' R. Cheshmi 31' Y. Karimi 42' M. Rahmati 76'	Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bijan Heidari

25 September 2015 7	Esteghlal	3 – 3	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:30 (DST+03:30)	O. Ebrahimi 37' (p), 45' (p) A. Borhani 53' H. Omranzadeh 20' A. Borhani 39'	report	B. Abdi 12' S. Strandvall 22' (p) F. Farji 52' I. Nenezić 35' I. Nenezić 45'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

16 October 2015 8	Padideh	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:00 (DST+03:30)	M. Kheiri 3' A. Jafari 45' M. Naghizadeh 45+3' R. Nasehi 81'	report	M. Moradmand 58' (o.g.) M. Fakhreddini 50'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyyed Ali

21 October 2015 9	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:45 (DST+03:30)	P. Pejić 44' R. Cheshmi 17'	report	A. Kaabi 36' M. Tayyebi 19' R. Seifollahi 31'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

26 October 2015 10	Sepahan	0 – 3	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:00 (DST+03:30)	F. Musaev 30'	report	F. Esmaeili 6' J. Ansari 53' B. Barzay 77' O. Ebrahimi 90+3'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

30 October 2015 11	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Perspolis	Tehran
15:00 (DST+03:30)	J. Ansari 49' M. Majidi 42' S. Shahbazzadeh 60' A. Hajmohammadi 82' O. Ebrahimi 90'	report	J. Bengtson 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

20 November 2015 12	Foolad	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:20 (DST+03:30)	L. Mesarić 82'	report	J. Ansari 56' P. Pejić 88' M.R. Khorsandnia 36' M. Fakhreddini 41'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

30 November 2015 13	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Saipa	Tehran
17:30 (DST+03:30)	J. Ansari 62' O. Ebrahimi 50'	report	A. Zeinali 82' M. Ayoubi 36' A. Zeinali 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

13 December 2015 14	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:00 (DST+03:30)		report		Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

17 December 2015 15	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
16:20 (DST+03:30)	S. Shahbazzadeh 18' B. Barzay 26' H. Mkoyan 37' K. Heydari 90+3'	report	F. Bagheri 44' M. Ousani 77' F. Bagheri 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

28 December 2015 16	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Siah Jamegan	Tehran
17:30 (DST+03:30)	M. Karimi 35' S. Shahbazzadeh 41' A. Borhani 66' M. Fakhreddini 70'	report	R. Enayati 50' S. Afrasiabi 49' R. Enayati 54' A. Kamdar 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bijan Heidari

1 January 2016 17	Malavan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Anzali
14:30 (DST+03:30)	J. Ansari 8' M. Karimi 22' H. Omranzadeh 40'	report	J. Rafkhaei 17', 77' (pen.) J. Rafkhaei 18' M. Abshak 61' H. Mahini 74'	Stadium: Takhti Anzali Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Mohsen Torky

2 February 2016 18	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
14:30 (DST+03:30)	H. Beikzadeh 31'	report	A. Hajmohammadi 33' M. Rahmati 90+3'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

7 February 2016 19	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
17:00 (DST+03:30)	O. Ebrahimi 28' M. Momeni 19'	report	H. Khaziravi 58' M. Sharifi 81' Luiz Fernando 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Moud Bonyadifar

14 February 2016 20	Naft Tehran	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:10 (DST+03:30)	H. Omranzadeh 9' (o.g.) V. Hamdinejad 20' A. Rezavand 29' I. Mobali 63' A.A.Motahari 86'	report	M. Fakhreddini 34' Y. Karimi 78' M. Fakhreddini 79'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,650 Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian

19 February 2016 21	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Gostaresh	Tehran
15:30 (DST+03:30)	S. Shahbazzadeh 33' M. Karimi 44' O. Ebrahimi 40' M. Rahmati 58' H. Omranzadeh 74'	report	M. Ebrahimi 30' S. Goudarzi 90+3' M. Hosseini 14' M. Batista 25' M. Nosrati 58'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

4 March 2016 22	Rah Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:30 (DST+03:30)	M. Mohammadi 40' F. Faraji 82'	report	M.R. Khorsandnia 45' M. Fakhreddini 65' A. Hajmohammadi 71' R. Cheshmi 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

10 March 2016 23	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Padideh	Tehran
17:30 (DST+03:30)	A. Chihi 67' S. Shahbazzadeh 68' M. Rahmati 90+4' B. Barzay 90+5'	report	M. Khamisi 62' H. Badamaki 84' M. Bayat 86' B. Salari 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

3 April 2016 24	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
18:55 (DST+03:30)	F. Salarvand 73' H. Nassari 30' D. Mahini 55' M. Coulibaly 88'	report	M. Majidi 31' K. Heydari 27' P. Pejić 65'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

10 April 2016 25	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
19:00 (DST+03:30)	F. Esmaeili 70'	report	S. Ghaedifar 32' M.R. Khalatbari 65' A. Karami 80'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi

15 April 2016 26	Perspolis	4 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 (DST+03:30)	M. Taremi 5', 35' M. Taremi 40' R. Rezaeian 54' M. Mosalman 85' M. Kafshgari 68' R. Rezaeian 77' L. Marić 84' M. Bengar 87' M. Taremi 90'	report	J. Ansari 55' O. Ebrahimi 89' (p) H. Omranzadeh 37' Y. Karimi 74' O. Ebrahimi 90' M. Majidi 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

22 April 2016 27	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
20:15 (DST+03:30)	O. Ebrahimi 8' B. Barzay 11' J. Ansari 36' J. Ansari 63'	report	M. Chago 35'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

28 April 2016 28	Saipa	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:00 (DST+03:30)	A. Gholizadeh 64'	report	O. Ebrahimi 52' (p) P. Pejić 81' S. Shahbazzadeh 38' H. Mkoyan 44'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

8 May 2016 29	Esteghlal	v	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
18:00 (DST+03:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

13 May 2016 30	Saba Qom	v	Esteghlal	Qom
18:00 (DST+03:30)				Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

Win Draw Loss Postponed

11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) Roundof 32	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Shahrdari Semnan	Tehran
18:30 (DST+03:30)	S. Shahbazzadeh 22', 46' P. Pejić 65', 75' M.Fakhreddini 80' A. Ramezani 29'	report	M. Kamranpour 45+3'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Seyyed Reza Mahdavi

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) Round of 16	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
16:30 (DST+03:30)	M. Majidi 15' H. Omranzadeh 20' J. Ansari 77' H. Omranzadeh 62' S. Shahbazzadeh 67' K. Heydari 70' R. Cheshmi 85'	report	E. Sharifat 3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) Quarterfinal	Naft Tehran	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:20 (DST+03:30)	S. Lotfi 90+2' H. Bou Hamdan 23' V. Amiri 72' S. Lotfi 90+2' V. Hamdinejad 104' P. Sadeghian 117'	report	M. Daneshgar 45+1' (o.g.) Y. Karimi 23' F. Esmaeili 66' Y. Karimi 79'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei
		Penalties
	M. Shiri M. Daneshgar A. Bouazar H. Bou Hamdan A.A. Motahari P. Sadeghian S. Lotfi		O. Ebrahimi P. Pejić M. Majidi H. Mkoyan R. Cheshmi F. Esmaeili K. Heydari

22 December 2015 (2015-12-22) Semifinal	Tractor Sazi	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
14:30 (DST+03:30)	Augusto 49' S. Khalilzadeh 32' S. Ashouri 90+3' S. Khalilzadeh 90+4'	report	S. Shahbazzadeh 29', 52' S. Shahbazzadeh 32' M. Rahmati 32' K. Heydari 55' H. Mkoyan 83'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29) Final	Zob Ahan	v	Esteghlal	Khorramshahr
				Stadium: Khorramshahr Soccer Stadium

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Postponed

13 July 2015 (2015-07-13)	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Bahman	Karaj, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ebrahimi 60' (pen.) Shahbazzadeh 63', 72'	report		Stadium: Kordan Camp Attendance: 150

16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Niroo Zamini	Karaj, Iran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		report		Stadium: Kordan Camp Attendance: 400^[40]

20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)	Paykan	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moghanlou 24'	report		Stadium: Iran Khodro Stadium

23 July 2015 (2015-07-23)	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ansari 37'	report	Zohaivi 42'	Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches Attendance: 300

Mid-season

31 August 2015 (2015-08-31)	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Tohid Tehran	Tehran, Iran
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Hosseini 25' K. Jassim 35' (pen.) S. Shahbazzadeh 39'	report	M. Ahmadi 30'	Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches Attendance: 300

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Padideh	Tehran, Iran
14:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	O. Ebrahimi 31' (p) P. Pejić 83'	report	M. Abbasian 26' M. Kheiri 78'	Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches

25 February 2016 (2016-02-25)	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Oxin Alborz	Tehran, Iran
15:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		report		Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)^[41]^[42]	Hammarby	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Stockholm, Sweden
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	D. Jajić 63' I. Lidberg 68' E. Israelsson 38' D. Jajić 50' Alex 90+3'	report	M. Majidi 2' (p)	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 7,127

Statistics

Appearances and goals

				Persian Gulf Pro League						Hazfi Cup						Total
No	P	N	Name	S	P			GP	M	S	P			GP	M	S	P			GP	M
1	1 !GK		Mehdi Rahmati	24	24	-19	0	-0.79	2160	3	3	-3	0	-0.90	300	27	27	-22	0	-0.80	2460
2	6 !RM		Khosro Heydari	16	16	0	3	0	1331	3	3	0	0	0	292	19	19	0	3	0	1623
3	4 !DM		Khorsandnia	9	14	1	0	0.11	854	1	2	0	0	0	90	10	16	1	0	0.10	944
4	40 !DM		Roozbeh Cheshmi	21	22	0	1	0	1876	4	4	0	0	0	390	25	26	0	1	0	2266
5	20 !CB		Hanif Omranzadeh	17	18	0	0	0	1598	4	4	1	1	0.23	390	21	22	1	1	0.05	1988
6	400 !DM		Omid Ebrahimi	26	26	9	1	0.35	2340	3	3	0	0	0	300	29	29	9	1	0.31	2640
8	7 !LM		Yaghoub Karimi	10	13	0	2	0	827	2	2	0	2	0	169	12	15	0	4	0	996
9	90 !CF		Arash Borhani	11	14	2	2	0.21	838	0	1	0	0	0	16	11	15	2	2	0.21	854
10	900 !CF		Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	23	24	6	5	0.26	2084	3	4	4	0	1.35	266	26	28	10	5	0.38	2350
11	8 !AM		Jaber Ansari	23	26	7	4	0.30	2103	4	4	1	3	0.24	375	27	30	8	7	0.29	2478
13	80 !AM		Karrar Jassim	2	6	0	0	0	232	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	232
14	9000 !CF		Pero Pejić	3	13	3	0	0.66	411	1	3	2	0	1.35	133	4	16	5	0	0.83	544
15	200 !CB		Hrayr Mkoyan	24	25	0	0	0	2092	3	3	0	0	0	300	27	28	0	0	0	2392
16	800 !AM		Mehdi Momeni	1	8	0	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	250
17	5 !CM		Milad Shabanloo	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8
18	50 !CM		Rivaldo	1	3	0	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	81
19	60 !RM		Alireza Ramezani	1	4	0	0	0	76	1	3	0	0	0	78	2	7	0	0	0	154
20	300 !LB		Meysam Majidi	20	23	2	2	0.10	1786	4	4	1	1	0.25	362	24	27	3	3	0.13	2148
22	10 !GK		Vahid Talebloo	4	4	-5	0	-1.25	360	1	1	0	0	0	90	5	5	-5	0	-1.0	450
24	70 !LM		Omid Noorafkan	5	8	0	0	0	460	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	460
28	700 !LM		Mohsen Karimi	12	21	5	0	0.43	1038	1	3	0	0	0	146	13	24	5	0	0.38	1184
34	30 !RB		Milad Fakhreddini	21	21	1	1	0.05	1842	2	3	1	1	0.46	195	23	24	2	2	0.09	2037
55	2000 !CB		Amin Hajmohammadi	15	16	0	0	0	1359	1	1	0	0	0	90	16	17	0	0	0	1449
77	9 !LW		Behnam Barzay	7	18	2	2	0.27	657	1	1	0	0	0	65	8	19	2	2	0.25	722
88	8000 !AM		Farshid Esmaeili	8	13	1	0	0.13	667	2	4	0	0	0	202	10	17	1	0	0.10	869
99	600 !RM		Adil Chihi	4	5	0	0	0	315	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	315
Last updated: 28 April 2016

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions.

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts	Substitute
1	GK	Mehdi Rahmati (C)	27	Vahid Talebloo (5 Starts)
34	RB	Milad Fakhreddini	23
15	CB	Hrayr Mkoyan	27
5	CB	Hanif Omranzadeh	21	Hajmohammadi (16 Starts)
20	LB	Meysam Majidi	24	Omid Noorafkan (5 Starts)
6	DM	Omid Ebrahimi	29	Khorsandnia (10 Starts)
4	DM	Roozbeh Cheshmi	25
2	RM	Khosro Heydari	19	Behnam Barzay (8 Starts)
28	LM	Mohsen Karimi	13	Yaghoub Karimi (12 Starts)
11	AM	Jaber Ansari	27	Farshid Esmaeili (10 Starts)
10	CF	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	26	Arash Borhani (11 Starts)

	Starting 11 line-up Rahmati Fakhreddini Mkoyan Omranzadeh Majidi Ebrahimi Cheshmi Karimi Heydari Ansari Shahbazzadeh

Last updated: 28 April 2016
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

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

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Persian Gulf Pro League			Hazfi Cup			Total
No.	Nat.	Position	Name
5		DF	Hanif Omranzadeh	6	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
1		GK	Mehdi Rahmati	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
6		MF	Omid Ebrahimi	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
10		FW	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	4	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0
34		DF	Milad Fakhreddini	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
4		MF	Roozbeh Cheshmi	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
8		MF	Yaghoub Karimi	3	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	0
2		DF	Khosro Heydari	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
15		DF	Hrayr Mkoyan	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
20		DF	Meysam Majidi	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
55		DF	Amin Hajmohammadi	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9		FW	Arash Borhani	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14		FW	Pero Pejić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
88		MF	Farshid Esmaeili	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
77		FW	Behnam Barzay	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
3		MF	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11		MF	Jaber Ansari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16		MF	Mehdi Momeni	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19		MF	Alireza Ramezani	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
28		MF	Mohsen Karimi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
99		MF	Adil Chihi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				57	1	1	11	1	0	68	2	1

Last updated: 28 April 2016
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	6	4	10
2	MF	6	Omid Ebrahimi	9	0	9
3	MF	11	Jaber Ansari	7	1	8
4	FW	14	Pero Pejić	3	2	5
4	MF	28	Mohsen Karimi	5	0	5
5	DF	20	Meysam Majidi	2	1	3
6	FW	9	Arash Borhani	2	0	2
6	DF	34	Milad Fakhreddini	1	1	2
6	FW	77	Behnam Barzay	2	0	2
7	MF	3	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	1	0	1
7	DF	5	Hanif Omranzadeh	0	1	1
7	MF	88	Farshid Esmaeili	1	0	1
Own goals				1	1	2
TOTALS				40	11	51

Last updated: 28 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Top Assister

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	MF	11	Jaber Ansari	4	3	7
2	FW	10	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	5	0	5
3	MF	8	Yaghoub Karimi	2	2	4
4	DF	2	Khosro Heydari	3	0	3
4	DF	20	Meysam Majidi	2	1	3
5	FW	9	Arash Borhani	2	0	2
	DF	34	Milad Fakhreddini	1	1	2
	FW	77	Behnam Barzay	2	0	2
6	MF	4	Roozbeh Cheshmi	1	0	1
	DF	5	Hanif Omranzadeh	0	1	1
	MF	6	Omid Ebrahimi	1	0	1
TOTALS				23	8	31

Last updated: 28 April 2016.
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	Total
1	1	Mehdi Rahmati	11	0	11
2	22	Vahid Talebloo	0	1	1
3	33	Amir Hossein Najafi	0	0	0
TOTALS			11	1	12

Last updated: 28 April 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	Total	Minutes Played
1	1	Mehdi Rahmati	19	3	22	2460 min
2	22	Vahid Talebloo	5	0	5	450 min
3	33	Amir Hossein Najafi	0	0	0	0 min
TOTALS			24	3	27	2910 min

Last updated: 28 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Summary

	Total			Home			Away
	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
Games played	28	4	32	14	2	16	14	2	16
Games won	13	3	16	6	2	8	7	1	8
Games drawn	12	1	13	7	0	7	5	1	6
Games lost	3	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	2
Goals scored	40	11	51	20	8	28	20	3	23
Goals conceded	24	3	27	12	1	13	12	2	14
Goal difference	+16	+8	+24	+8	+7	+15	+8	+1	+9
Clean sheets	11	1	12	5	1	6	6	0	6
Top scorer	6	4	10	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
Top assister	4	3	7	Jaber Ansari
Most appearances	Jaber Ansari
Most minutes played	Omid Ebrahimi

Last updated: 28 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Awards

Team

Award	Date	Source
Top Ten Asian Football Clubs	26 November 2015	AFC Club Ranking (2012–2015)

Player

No.	Player	Award	Month	Source
1	Mehdi Rahmati	Best Iranian Player of the Last Two Months	October, November 2015	^[43]

References

External links

Esteghlal Football Club

Honours Players Managers Presidents Seasons Asia Records and statistics Current season

History	History List of Esteghlal F.C. Scorers

Home stadium	Azadi Emam Reza (Former: Amjadieh Takhti)

Other teams	Women's Football Futsal Basketball

Media	IRIB TV3 Esteghlal Javan (Newspaper)

Rivalries	Tehran derby Sepahan rivalry

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Domestic leagues	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division

Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	13	12	3	40	24	+16	51	6	7	1	20	12	+8	7	5	2	20	12	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	13	12	3	40	24	+16	51	6	7	1	20	12	+8	7	5	2	20	12	+8

2015–16 Esteghlal F.C. season

Club

Current Management Team

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In

Summer

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Summer

Winter

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Overall

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Matches

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

Starting 11

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Top scorers

Top Assister

Clean sheets

Goals conceded

Summary

Awards

Team

Player

See also

References

External links

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	13	12	3	40	24	+16	51	6	7	1	20	12	+8	7	5	2	20	12	+8