2011–12 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal Tehran FC

2011–12 season
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Manager	Parviz Mazloomi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	3rd
Champions League	Round of 16
Hazfi Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Mojtaba Jabari (10) All: Mojtaba Jabari (13) Arash Borhani (13)
Highest home attendance	93,000 vs Tractor Sazi (9 September 2011)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs Mes Sarcheshmeh (30 October 2011) 5,000 vs Sanat Naft (13 December 2011) 5,000 vs Mes Kerman (15 January 2012)
Average home league attendance	32,235
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2011–12 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 67th year in existence as a football club. Mojtaba Jabbari and Arash Borhani both with 13 goals are the top scorers of Esteghlal.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport
Sponsor(s): City Bank

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Parviz Mazloomi
Assistant Coach	Michael Henke
First Team Coach	Behtash Fariba
First Team Coach	Attila Hejazi
Goalkeeper Coach	Hossein Torabpour
Analyzer	Mehdi Arjanginia
Fitness Trainer	Mohammadreza Molaei
Technical Adviser	Morteza Mohasses
Technical Manager	Mansour Pourheidari

Other information

Chairman	Ali Fatollahzadeh
Deputy Chairman	Ali Nazari Juybari
Football Academy President	Reza Rajabi
Doctor	Akbar Rezaei
Psychologist	Abbas Montazeri
Media Officer	Mohammad Hayrani
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75 meters)

Technical Committee

Name
Hassan Rowshan
Alireza Mansourian
Javad Ghorab
Asghar Hajilou

Player

First team squad

Last updated: 5 January 2012

Out for Injuries

Released - Retired

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati		GK	February 2, 1983 (aged 28)	Sepahan
21	Mehrdad Hosseini		GK	February 8, 1989 (aged 22)	Persepolis
22	Hadi Zarrin Saed		GK	July 25, 1979 (aged 32)	Machine Sazi
30	Ferydoon Rezaei		GK	August 24, 1990 (aged 20)	(Youth system)
39	Mehdi Eslami		GK	May 5, 1985 (aged 26)	PAS Hamedan
41	Mohammad Torkaman		GK	November 5, 1990 (aged 20)	Gostaresh Foolad
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari		RM, RB	September 14, 1983 (aged 27)	Sepahan
3	Mehdi Amirabadi (c)		RB, LB	February 22, 1979 (aged 32)	Saipa
4	Hamid Azizzadeh		CB	June 6, 1981 (aged 30)	Aluminium Hormozgan
5	Hanif Omranzadeh		CB	April 30, 1985 (aged 26)	PAS Hamedan
12	Jlloyd Samuel		DF	March 29, 1981 (aged 30)	Bolton Wanderers
16	Meisam Hosseini		LB, CB	June 7, 1987 (aged 24)	Gostaresh Foolad
31	Javad Shirzad		LB	September 20, 1982 (aged 28)	Foolad
33	Pejman Montazeri		DF	September 6, 1983 (aged 27)	Foolad
40	Ali Hamoudi		RB, RM	March 21, 1986 (aged 25)	Foolad
Midfielders
6	Kianoush Rahmati		DM, CM	September 18, 1978 (aged 32)	Saipa
8	Mojtaba Jabari		CM, AM	June 16, 1983 (aged 28)	Aboomoslem
11	Mohsen Yousefi		LM, LW	May 26, 1984 (aged 27)	Saba Qom
13	Karrar Jassim		SM, SS	June 11, 1987 (aged 24)	Tractor Sazi
14	Andranik Teymourian		DM, CM	March 6, 1983 (aged 28)	Tractor Sazi
15	Waleed Ali		LM	November 3, 1980 (aged 30)	Al Kuwait
17	Jacques Elong Elong		DM	February 20, 1981 (aged 30)	DAC Dunajská Streda
28	Tohid Gholami		MF	December 22, 1991 (aged 19)	(Youth system)
29	Mehdi Akhoundi		MF		(Youth system)
32	Ferydoon Zandi		AM, LM	April 26, 1979 (aged 32)	Steel Azin
34	Hossein Alavi		MF	February 25, 1989 (aged 22)	Tarbiat Yazd
Forwards
7	Farhad Majidi		ST	June 3, 1977 (aged 34)	Al-Ahli
9	Arash Borhani		ST	September 14, 1983 (aged 27)	PAS Tehran
10	Milad Meydavoudi		RW, ST	January 20, 1985 (aged 26)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
19	Ali Sabahi		ST		(Youth system)
20	Goran Jerković		ST	November 10, 1986 (aged 24)	FK Tauras
25	Mojtaba Mojaz		ST	April 24, 1991 (aged 20)	(Youth system)
37	Esmaeil Sharifat		RM, RW	June 6, 1988 (aged 23)	Esteghlal Ahvaz

Iran Pro League squad

As of 1 September 2010. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2011-12

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 2 DF Khosro Heydari 3 DF Mehdi Amirabadi (Vice-Captain) 4 DF Hamid Azizzadeh 5 DF Hanif Omranzadeh 6 MF Kianoush Rahmati 7 FW Farhad Majidi (Captain) 8 MF Mojtaba Jabbari (3rd captain) 9 FW Arash Borhani 10 FW Milad Meydavoudi 11 MF Mohsen Yousefi 12 DF Jlloyd Samuel 13 MF Karrar Jassim 14 MF Andranik Teymourian 15 MF Waleed Ali

No. Position Player 16 DF Meysam Hosseini 17 MF Jacques Elong Elong 20 FW Goran Jerković 21 GK Mehrdad Mohammad-Hosseini 22 GK Hadi Zarrin Saed 29 MF Tohid Gholami 30 GK Ferydoon Rezaei 31 DF Javad Shirzad 32 MF Ferydoon Zandi 33 DF Pejman Montazeri 34 FW Hossein Alavi 37 FW Esmaeil Sharifat 39 GK Mehdi Eslami 40 DF Ali Hamoudi

AFC Champions League squad

As of 02 February 2012. Esteghlal F.C. Champions League Squad 2011-12

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 2 DF Khosro Heydari 3 DF Mehdi Amirabadi (captain) 4 DF Hamid Azizzadeh 5 DF Hanif Omranzadeh 6 MF Kianoush Rahmati 8 MF Mojtaba Jabbari (vice captain) 9 FW Arash Borhani 10 FW Milad Meydavoudi 11 MF Mohsen Yousefi 12 DF Jlloyd Samuel 14 MF Andranik Teymourian

No. Position Player 16 DF Meysam Hosseini 17 MF Jacques Elong Elong 20 FW Goran Jerković 21 GK Mehrdad Hosseini 22 GK Hadi Zarrin Saed 29 MF Tohid Gholami 31 DF Javad Shirzad 32 MF Ferydoon Zandi 33 DF Pejman Montazeri 36 GK Mehdi Eslami 37 FW Esmaeil Sharifat 40 DF Ali Hamoudi

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2011–12

• Updated on 6 January 2011

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 13 MF Karrar Jassim (from Tractor Sazi)[1] 40 MF Ali Hamoudi (from Foolad)[2] 16 DF Meysam Hosseini (from Gostaresh Foolad)[3] 1 GK Mehdi Rahmati (from Sepahan)[4][5][6] 14 MF Andranik Teymourian (from Tractor Sazi)[7][8] 4 DF Hamid Azizadeh (from Aluminium Hormozgan)[9] 15 MF Waleed Ali (from Al Kuwait)[10] 21 GK Mehrdad Hosseini (from Persepolis)[11][12] 32 MF Ferydoon Zandi (from Steel Azin)[13] 2 MF Khosro Heydari (from Sepahan)[14] 22 GK Hadi Zarrin-Saed (from Machine Sazi)[15]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 18 DF Mehrshad Momeni (to Los Angeles Blues)[16][17] 16 DF André Luiz de Oliveira Regatieri (released, to J. Malucelli)[18] 32 MF Iman Mobali (to Sharjah)[19] 22 GK Mohammad Mohammadi (to Damash Gilan)[20] 6 DF Hadi Shakouri (to Shahin Bushehr)[21] 17 MF Farzad Ashoubi (to Tractor Sazi)[22] 12 FW Mehdi Seyed-Salehi (to Sepahan)[23] 2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi (to Tractor Sazi)[24] 1 GK Vahid Talebloo (to Shahin Bushehr)[25] 5 DF Bijan Koushki (to Mes Kerman) 20 MF Felipe Alves de Souza (to Zob Ahan)[26] 23 MF Omid Ravankhah (to Saipa)[27] 15 MF Yaghoub Karimi (to Naft Tehran)[28] 11 MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed (to Zob Ahan)[29] 26 DF Fardin Abedini (to Tractor Sazi)[30]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 20 FW Goran Jerković (from FK Tauras)[31] 12 DF Jlloyd Samuel (from Bolton Wanderers)[32] 17 MF Jacques Elong Elong (from Dunajská Streda)[32] 34 MF Hossein Alavi (from Tarbiat Yazd)[33] 39 GK Mehdi Eslami (from Pas Hamedan)[34][34][35]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 25 FW Mojtaba Mahboub Mojaz (on loan to Mes Sarcheshmeh) 7 FW Farhad Majidi (on loan to Al-Gharafa)[36] 15 MF Waleed Ali (Released, to Al Kuwait)[37] 13 MF Karrar Jassim (Released, to Shahin Bushehr)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	Third-place	3 August 2011	11 May 2012
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	—	Round of 16	11 February 2012	May 22, 2012
2011–12 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Winner	26 October 2011	15 March 2012

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	19	10	5	54	27	+27	67	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Tractor Sazi	34	19	9	6	57	32	+25	66	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Esteghlal	34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1
4	Saba Qom	34	12	14	8	40	38	+2	50	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
5	Naft Tehran	34	13	10	11	36	38	−2	49
6	Zob Ahan	34	9	18	7	29	33	−4	45
7	Damash	34	11	11	12	34	38	−4	44
8	Saipa	34	10	13	11	50	39	+11	43
9	Sanat Mes	34	11	10	13	35	39	−4	43
10	Sanat Naft	34	11	10	13	49	57	−8	43
11	Rah Ahan	34	9	15	10	43	42	+1	42
12	Persepolis	34	10	12	12	50	54	−4	42
13	Fajr Sepasi	34	10	11	13	31	38	−7	41
14	Foolad	34	10	10	14	35	37	−2	40
15	Malavan	34	9	12	13	32	33	−1	39
16	Sh. Tabriz (R)	34	6	16	12	34	44	−10	34	Relegation to Azadegan League
17	Shahin Bushehr (R)	34	6	15	13	30	43	−13	33
18	Mes Sarcheshmeh (R)	34	5	9	20	23	54	−31	24

Updated to games played on 11 May 2012.
Source: varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Esteghlal secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 Hazfi Cup
(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
34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66	9	4	4	26	16	+10	10	5	2	32	18	+14

Last updated: 11 May 2012.
Source: FIFA.com

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	27	28	26	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W
Position	5	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

Last updated: 11 May 2012.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Sepahan v Esteghlal

August 3, 2011 1	Sepahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
22:30 UTC+04:30	Januário  64' Jamshidian	Report	Borhani  84' Borhani Sharifat	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Damash Gilan

August 8, 2011 2	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Damash Gilan	Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30	Majidi  32' Teymourian	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Mes Kerman v Esteghlal

August 12, 2011 3	Mes Kerman	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Kerman
22:00 UTC+04:30	Bayatinia  86' Seifi Salaripour Kolahkaj	Report	Majidi  70' Sharifat  80' Sharifat Teymourian Rahmati	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

August 16, 2011 4	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30	Waleed Ali  44' Farhad Majidi  49'	Report	Haghighi Heydari	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

Foolad v Esteghlal

August 24, 2011 5	Foolad	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+04:30	Reza Norouzi  4' Samal Said Rinaldo	Report	Majidi  3'  89' Sharifat  38' Meydavoudi  85' Majidi Teymourian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Esteghlal v Tractor Sazi

September 9, 2011 6	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
18:45 UTC+4:30	Majidi  19' Jabbari  67' Omranzadeh Karrar Rahmati	Report	Hosseini  42' Alenemeh  45+2' Flávio Paixão  84' Akbarpour Asadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Persepolis v Esteghlal

September 16, 2011 7	Persepolis	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30	Badamaki Rezaei Zare Noormohammadi	Report	Majidi  15' Jabari  82' Rahmati Heidari	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky Man of the Match: Jabari

Esteghlal v Saipa

September 26, 2011 8	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30	Jabari  78' Majidi Jabari Karrar	Report	Sadeghi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Malavan v Esteghlal

October 1, 2011 9	Malavan	4 – 2	Esteghlal	Anzali
17:15 UTC+03:30	Rafkhaei  43'  61' (pen) Nezamipour  45' Nozhati  64' Daghagheleh	Report	Borhani  8' Meydavoudi  48' Rahmati Borhani Karrar Montazeri	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Esteghlal v Rah Ahan

October 14, 2011 10	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30	Jabari  75' Hamoudi Teymourian Rahmati Jabari Sharifat	Report	Abbasfard  16' Chahjouei Pashaei Kazemi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mahmud Rafiei

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

October 22, 2011 11	Zob Ahan	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
16:45 UTC+03:30	Mahini Hadadifar	Report	Omranzadeh  9' Meydavoudi  45' Majidi Zandi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Esteghlal v Mes Sarcheshmeh

October 30, 2011 12	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Mes Sarcheshmeh	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	Meydavoudi  56' Teymourian	Report	Nourollahi Fathollahi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Saba Qom v Esteghlal

November 19, 2011 13	Saba Qom	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Qom
14:15 UTC+03:30	Enayati  2' Bayat Nouri	Report	Borhani  17' Amirabadi Omranzadeh	Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Esteghlal v Shahin Bushehr

November 24, 2011 14	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Shahin Bushehr	Tehran
16:45 UTC+03:30	Jabbari  45+1'  54'  90+4' Meydavoudi	Report	Nazarzadeh  66' Lek Kcira  88' Talebloo	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Shahrdari Tabriz v Esteghlal

December 3, 2011 15	Shahrdari Tabriz	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:15 UTC+03:30	Ghanbari  87' Kamyabinia Pirzadeh	Report	Borhani  18' Majidi  39' (pen) Rahmati	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

Esteghlal v Sanat Naft

December 13, 2011 16	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Majidi  30'	Report	Koohnavard  9' Ramezani  32'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Naft Tehran v Esteghlal

December 17, 2011 17	Naft Tehran	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	José Narciso	Report	Teymourian  30' Omranzadeh  86' Rahmati	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Sepahan

January 6, 2012 18	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Shirzad  32' Montazeri Borhani	Report	Seyed-Salehi  53' Ahmadi Beikzadeh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Damash Gilan v Esteghlal

January 10, 2012 19	Damash Gilan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Rasht
15:00 UTC+03:30		Report	Jerković  37' Jerković Sharifat Samuel	Stadium: Shahid Azodi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Mes Kerman

January 15, 2012 20	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Mes Kerman	Tehran
16:40 UTC+03:30	Borhani Samuel Jabari	Report	Hasanzadeh  85' Seifi Hosseinkhani	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmud Rafiei

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal

January 19, 2012 21	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30	Rajabzadeh  9' (pen)  84' Rajabzadeh	Report	Jabari  19' (pen) Amirabadi Montazeri Yousefi	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Esteghlal v Foolad

January 25, 2012 22	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	Borhani  60'  77'	Report	Norouzi  90+1' Salimi Karimi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Tractor Sazi v Esteghlal

January 29, 2012 23	Tractor Sazi	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30	Ebrahimi Hatami Ashoubi Hosseini Hajsafi	Report	Jabari  43' (pen)  90+4' (pen) Heydari Samuel	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Esteghlal v Persepolis

February 2, 2012 24	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Persepolis	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	Meydavoudi  32' Zandi  49' Hamoudi Zandi Sharifat	Report 1 Report 2	Zayed  81'  83'  90+2' Oladi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Zayed

Saipa v Esteghlal

February 6, 2012 25	Saipa	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Manouchehri  33'  54' Mohammad Rezaei Ansarifard Ebrahimi Latifi Sadeghi	Report 1 Report 2	Zandi  58'  89'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Esteghlal v Malavan

March 28, 2012 26	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	Yousefi  18' Hamoudi	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Rah Ahan v Esteghlal

March 10, 2012 27	Rah Ahan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30	Abdi  2' Kazemi  16' Barani	Report 1 Report 2	Samuel  24' Montazeri  52' Heydari Amirabadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

March 24, 2012 28	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	Yousefi  63' Meydavoudi  70' Sharifat	Report 1 Report 2	Mansouri  35' Felipe Alves  54' Salsali Ahmadi Mahini	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Mes Sarcheshmeh v Esteghlal

April 8, 2012 29	Mes Sarcheshmeh	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Sarcheshmeh
17:00 UTC+04:30	Samereh  15'	Report 1 Report 2	Hamoudi  40' Jerković  52' Zandi  74' Samuel Borhani	Stadium: Mes Sarcheshmeh Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Esteghlal v Saba Qom

April 13, 2012 30	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
18:55 UTC+04:30	Montazeri  16' Jerković  26' Hosseini  43' Teymourian Hosseini Meydavoudi	Report 1 Report 2	Kashi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Shahin Bushehr v Esteghlal

April 22, 2012 31	Shahin Bushehr	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Bushehr
17:00 UTC+04:30	Shokouhmagham  45' Latifi	Report 1 Report 2	Jerković  61'	Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Esteghlal v Shahrdari Tabriz

April 27, 2012 32	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Shahrdari Tabriz	Tehran
19:10 UTC+04:30	Teymourian Montazeri	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Sanat Naft v Esteghlal

May 6, 2012 33	Sanat Naft	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Abadan
17:00 UTC+04:30	Founéké Sy  9'	Report	Jerković  24' Hosseini  76' Teymourian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Naft Tehran

May 11, 2012 34	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	Jerković  19' Arash Borhani  3'  93'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

February 10, 2012 Semi-final	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30	Heydari  23' Borhani  67'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 33,750 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Esteghlal v Al-Ettifaq

February 18, 2012 Final	Esteghlal	3 - 1	Al-Ettifaq	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	Jerković  37' Heydari  62' Borhani  65'	Report	Al-Salem  59'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 61,120 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Jazira	6	5	1	0	18	10	+8	16
Esteghlal	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11
Al-Rayyan	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	6
Nasaf Qarshi	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1

  Win   Draw   Loss

Al-Rayyan v Esteghlal

March 6, 2012 1	Al-Rayyan	0 - 1	Esteghlal	Al-Rayyan
18:20 UTC+03:00		Report 1 Report 2	Jerković  90+1'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 5,422 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Esteghlal v Nasaf Qarshi

March 20, 2012 2	Esteghlal	0 - 0	Nasaf Qarshi	Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 41,520 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Esteghlal v Al-Jazira

April 3, 2012 3	Esteghlal	1 - 2	Al-Jazira	Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30	Zandi  69'	Report 1 Report 2	Juma  6' Baré  73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 36,735 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

Al-Jazira v Esteghlal

April 18, 2012 4	Al-Jazira	1 - 1	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi
19:45 UTC+04:00	Oliveira  63'	Report 1 Report 2	Borhani  24'	Stadium: Mohamed Bin Zayid Stadium Attendance: 4,562 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Esteghlal v Al-Rayyan

May 2, 2012 5	Esteghlal	3 - 0	Al-Rayyan	Tehran
19:20 UTC+04:30	Borhani  22' (pen)  90+3' Sharifat  77'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 53774 Referee: Tan Hai (China P.R.)

Nasaf Qarshi v Esteghlal

May 16, 2012 6	Nasaf Qarshi	0 - 2	Esteghlal	Qarshi
19:30 UTC+05:00		Report 1 Report 2	Jerković  10' Jabari  50' (pen)	Stadium: Qarshi Stadium Attendance: 929 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Knockout Stage

Sepahan v Esteghlal

May 22, 2012 Round of 16	Sepahan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
20:30 UTC+04:30	Correa  8' Bengar  34'	Report		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,351 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Esteghlal v Shirin Faraz

October 26, 2011 1/32	Esteghlal	5 – 1	Shirin Faraz	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	Meydavoudi  33'  53' Yousefi  62'  68' Sharifat  76'	Report	Khosravi  88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shahin Hajbabaei

Esteghlal v Mehr Karaj

November 28, 2011 1/16	Esteghlal	1 – 0 (a.e.t)	Mehr Karaj	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Ali Ahmadi  105' (OG)	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Persepolis v Esteghlal

December 9, 2011 Quarterfinal	Persepolis	0 – 3 (a.e.t)	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30		Report	Jabbari  95'  99' Sharifat  107'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini Man of the Match: Jabari

Esteghlal v Shahrdari Yasuj

December 30, 2011 Semifinal	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Shahrdari Yasuj	Tehran
16:30 UTC+03:30	Omranzadeh  57'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Esteghlal v Shahin Bushehr

March 15, 2012 Final	Esteghlal	0 – 0 (a.e.t) (4-1 p)	Shahin Bushehr	Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30		Report		Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 16,369 Referee: Alireza Faghani
		Penalties
	Yousefi Zandi Samuel Jerković		Noori Shokouhmagham Ansarian

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

H

Persepolis

2

A

Mes Rafsanjan

1

A

Persepolis

3

H

Zob Ahan

2

H

Zob Ahan

2

A

Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz

1

H

Persepolis

0

A

Esteghlal

3

A

Rah Ahan

1

H

Mehr Karaj

3

A

Mehr Karaj

0

H

Esteghlal

1

H

Esteghlal

5

A

Shirin Faraz Kermanshah

1

H

Esteghlal

1

A

Shahrdari Yasuj

0

H

Foolad

2

A

Sepahan

0

A

Foolad

1

H

Sanat Naft

0

H

Sanat Naft Abadan

3

A

Gahar Zagros

1

A

Foolad

1(2)

H

Shahrdari Yasuj

1(4)

H

Saipa

0

A

Siah Jamegan Khorasan

1

H

Siah Jamegan Khorasan

1

A

Shahrdari Yasuj

2

A

Tractor Sazi

0(3)

H

Shahrdari Yasuj

0(4)

-

Esteghlal

0(4)

-

Shahin Bushehr

0(1)

H

Moghavemat Sepasi

1

A

Etka Gorgan

0

A

Moghavemat Sepasi

0

H

Sanat Mes Kerman

3

H

Sanat Mes Kerman

(w/o)

A

Esteghlal Khuzestan

-

A

Sanat Mes Kerman

1(5)

H

Saba Qom

1(4)

H

Saba

2

A

Payam Mokhaberat

1

A

Saba Qom

0(5)

H

Mes Sarcheshme

0(4)

A

Mes Sarcheshme

1

H

Shahrdari Arak

0

A

Mes Kerman

0

H

Shahin Bushehr

2

H

Damash Gilan

1(5)

A

Naft Tehran

1(4)

A

Damash Gilan

2

H

Machine Sazi Tabriz

1

H

Shahrdari Tabriz

1

A

Machine Sazi Tabriz

2

H

Damash Gilan

1

A

Shahin Bushehr

2

A

Malavan

2

H

Aboomoslem Khorasan

3

H

Aboomoslem Khorasan

0

A

Shahin Bushehr

1

H

Shahin Bushehr

3

A

Nirooye Zamini

1

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Friendly Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Jonub

July 21, 2011	Esteghlal	1 - 1	Esteghlal Jonub	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	Borhani  57'	Goal report Farsnews report	Doroudian  43'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 500

Esteghlal v Saba Qom

July 24, 2011	Esteghlal	1 - 3	Saba Qom	Tehran
18:15 UTC+04:30	Yousefi  40'	Farsnews report ILNA report	Enayati  1', 6' Eslami  36'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Esteghlal v Gol Gohar

July 27, 2011	Esteghlal	3 - 2	Gol Gohar	Tehran
18:20 UTC+04:30	Zandi  30' Borhani  50' (pen.) Yousefi  60'	Farsnews Half-time report Farsnews report Goal report	20'  35'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 200

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Ahvaz

September 3, 2011	Esteghlal	3 - 2	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
18:45 UTC+04:30	Meydavoudi  55' Azizzadeh  74' Sharifat  90+1'	Farsnews Half-time report Farsnews report EsteghlalTehranFC report	Rafiei  59' Kiani  72'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Morteza Kamrani

Velayat Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Nacional	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
Esteghlal	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

  Win   Draw   Loss

Esteghlal v Nacional

November 5, 2011 1	Esteghlal	0 - 1	Nacional	Tehran, Iran
16:30 UTC+03:30	Amirabadi	FarsNews Report Report	Teixeira  65'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Don[38]

Persepolis v Esteghlal

November 7, 2011 2	Persepolis	2 - 2	Esteghlal	Tehran, Iran
16:30 UTC+03:30	Norouzi  6' (pen)  46' Memarzadeh Mamadou Tall Mohammad  80'	FarsNews Report Report	Borhani  33' Omranzadeh  70' Shirzad Zandi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh Man of the Match: Norouzi[39]

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		Mehdi Rahmati	18	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
2	MF		Khosro Heydari	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Mehdi Amirabadi	9	0	6+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Hamid Azizzadeh	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Hanif Omranzadeh	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF		Kianoosh Rahmati	14	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Farhad Majidi	14	7	13+1	7	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Mojtaba Jabari	13	1	11+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Arash Borhani	12	1	9+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Milad Meydavoudi	12	0	6+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Mohsen Yousefi	8	0	2+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF		Karrar Jassim	9	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
14	MF		Andranik Teymourian	13	1	13+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Waleed Ali	2	1	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF		Meysam Hosseini	13	0	10+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Mehrdad Hosseini	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK		Hadi Zarrin-Saed	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Tohid Gholami	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF		Javad Shirzad	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF		Ferydoon Zandi	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Pejman Montazeri	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Esmaeil Sharifat	11	1	5+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF		Ali Hamoudi	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by scored goals in Pro League when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 20 May 2012

Ranking	Position	Nation	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	MF		Mojtaba Jabbari	10	1	2	13
	FW		Arash Borhani	8	5	0	13
3	FW		Farhad Majidi	9	0	0	9
	FW		Goran Jerković	6	3	0	9
5	FW		Milad Meydavoudi	6	0	2	8
6	MF		Ferydoon Zandi	4	1	0	5
	FW		Esmaeil Sharifat	2	1	2	5
8	MF		Mohsen Yousefi	2	0	2	4
TOTALS				47	11	8	66

Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Top assistors

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assistors are equal.

Last updated on 22 October 2011

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Iran Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	MF		Mojtaba Jabbari	6	0	4	10
2	FW		Farhad Majidi	7	0	0	7
TOTALS				13	0	4	16

Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match assists.

Disciplinary record

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

Last updated on 22 October 2011

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Iran Pro League			AFC Champions League			Hazfi Cup			Total
14		MF	Andranik Teymourian	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
37		MF	Esmaeil Sharifat	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
6		MF	Kianoush Rahmati	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7		FW	Farhad Majidi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9		FW	Arash Borhani	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2		DF	Khosro Heydari	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
32		MF	Fereydoon Zandi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0

Last updated: 22 October 2011
Source: Competitive matches and IPLStats.com
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Goals conceded

• Updated on 20 May 2012

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Minutes per goal
1		GK	Mehdi Rahmati	34	4	0	38	111.18421 min
21		GK	Mehrdad Hosseini	0	0	0	0	0 min
22		GK	Hadi Zarrin-Saed	0	0	1	1	10 min
TOTALS				34	4	1	39	108.46154 min

Own goals

• Updated on 20 May 2012

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	48	25	22	1
Games won	29	15	13	1
Games drawn	11	5	6	0
Games lost	8	5	3	0
Biggest win	5-1	5-1	4-1	4-1(Pen)
Biggest loss	2-4	2-3	2-4	N/A
Biggest win (League)	4-1	3-0	4-1	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	5-1	5-1	3-0	N/A
Biggest win (Asia)	N/A	3-0	2-0	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	2-4	2-3	2-4	N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Asia)	0-2	1-2	0-2	N/A
Clean sheets	22	13	8	1
Goals scored	81	42	39	0
Goals conceded	41	20	21	0
Goal difference	+40	+22	+18	0
Average GF per game	1.7	1.7	1.8	0
Average GA per game	0.9	0.8	1	0
Points (League)	66/102 (64.71%)	31/51 (60.78%)	35/51 (68.63%)	N/A
Winning rate	60.42%	60%	59.09%	100%
Most appearances	47	Mehdi Rahmati
Most minutes played	4225	Mehdi Rahmati
Top scorer	12	Mojtaba Jabari
Top assister	13	Mojtaba Jabari

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2011–12 Hazfi Cup
• 2012 AFC Champions League

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External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League