2016–17 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2016–17 season
Chairman	Reza Eftekhari
Manager	Alireza Mansourian
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	15th
Top goalscorer	League: Kaveh Rezaei Ali Ghorbani (2 goal each) All: Ali Ghorbani (3 goal)
Highest home attendance	55,000 v Sanat Naft (5 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	0 v Naft Tehran (25 July 2016) (spectator ban)
Average home league attendance	35,000
Home colours Away colours
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The 2016–17 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 16th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football, and 71st year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Hazfi Cup.

Club

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Alireza Mansourian
Assistant coach	Ali Chini
Assistant coach	Mohammad Khorramgah
Goalkeeper coach	Hamid Babazadeh
Fitness coach	Steven Jones
Physiotherapist	Amin Noroozi
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Analyzer	Mehdi Khanban
Analyzer	Saleh Mostafavi
Analyzer	Kianoush Forouzesh
Team Manager	Mansour Pourheidari

Source: Jam News

Other information

Chairman	Reza Eftekhari
Deputy Chairman
Media Officer
Director of Football
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (78,116 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Nasser Hejazi Training Camp

Kit

Kit manufacturer	Sponsor(s)
Li-Ning	Major Sponsor	Hamrah Avval
	Sleeve	N/A
	Back of Shirt	N/A
	Front of Shorts	Hamrah Avval, Kosar Credit Institution
	Back of Shorts	N/A

Home

Away

First team squad

Last updated: 1 December 2016

Out for Injuries

Released - retired

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Ends	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati		GK	2015	2 February 1983 (aged 33)	Paykan	2019	203	0
19	Arshia Aghababazadeh		GK	2016	5 November 1995 (aged 21)	De Anza Force	2017	0	0
22	Hossein Hosseini		GK	2012	30 June 1992 (aged 24)	Bargh Shiraz	2019	3	0
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari		RB, RM	2011	14 September 1983 (aged 33)	Sepahan	2019	241	7
3	Róbson Januário de Paula		CB, LB	2016	14 February 1994 (aged 22)	Bahia	2017	12	0
5	Hossein Kanaanizadegan		CB, RB	2016	23 March 1994 (aged 22)	Persepolis	2018	2	0
15	Hrayr Mkoyan		CB, RB	2014	2 September 1986 (aged 30)	FC Shirak	2018	66	0
18	Milad Zakipour		LB, LW	2016	23 November 1995 (aged 21)	Naft Tehran	2019	1	0
20	Meysam Majidi		LB, LM	2015	25 October 1986 (aged 30)	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2017	31	3
21	Vouria Ghafouri		RB, RM	2016	20 September 1987 (aged 29)	Sepahan	2017	9	0
24	Omid Noorafkan		LB, DM	2015	9 April 1997 (aged 19)	Youth system	2017	11	0
33	Majid Hosseini		CB, RB	2014	20 June 1996 (aged 20)	Youth system	2017	11	0
55	Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi		CB	2015	14 February 1991 (aged 25)	Naft Tehran	2017	18	1
90	Leandro Padovani Celin		CB	2016	21 December 1983 (aged 33)	Sepahan	2017	8	0
Midfielders
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi		DM, CM, CB	2015	24 July 1993 (aged 23)	Saba Qom	2019	26	0
6	Omid Ebrahimi		DM, CM	2014	16 September 1987 (aged 29)	Sepahan	2017	76	21
7	Bakhtiar Rahmani		AM, CM	2016	23 September 1991 (aged 25)	Tractor Sazi	2018	14	1
8	Yaghoub Karimi		LM, LB, AM	2014	31 August 1991 (aged 25)	Sepahan	2017	50	1
11	Jaber Ansari		AM, RW, LW, SS	2015	10 January 1987 (aged 29)	Gostaresh Foulad	2017	46	11
13	Mi'ad Yazdani		AM, LW, RW	2016	26 August 1992 (aged 24)	Sepidrood Rasht	2019	1	0
14	Farshid Bagheri		DM, CB	2016	5 June 1992 (aged 24)	Saba Qom	2018	12	0
28	Mohsen Karimi		LM, LW	2014	20 September 1994 (aged 22)	Youth system	2018	38	8
74	Mojtaba Haghdoust		AM, CF	2016	22 January 1996 (aged 20)	Naft Tehran	2017	6	0
88	Farshid Esmaeili		AM, SS	2015	23 February 1994 (aged 22)	Fajr Sepasi	2018	33	1
Forwards
9	Kaveh Rezaei		CF	2016	5 April 1992 (aged 24)	Zob Ahan	2017	14	4
16	Arash Afshin		CF, LW, RW	2016	21 January 1990 (aged 26)	Malavan	2018	4	0
17	Ali Ghorbani		CF	2016	18 September 1990 (aged 26)	Naft Tehran	2018	13	4
77	Behnam Barzay		RW, LW, SS	2015	11 February 1993 (aged 23)	Rah Ahan	2017	27	3

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 (Vice-captain) 3 DF Róbson Januário ^U23 4 MF Roozbeh Cheshmi 5 DF Hossein Kanaanizadegan ^U23 6 MF Omid Ebrahimi 7 MF Bakhtiar Rahmani 8 MF Yaghoub Karimi 9 FW Kaveh Rezaei 11 MF Jaber Ansari 12 GK Arshia Babazadeh ^U23 13 MF Mi'ad Yazdani [1] 14 MF Farshid Bagheri 15 DF Hrayr Mkoyan 16 FW Arash Afshin 17 FW Ali Ghorbani

No. Position Player 18 DF Milad Zakipour ^U23 20 DF Meysam Majidi 21 DF Vouria Ghafouri 22 GK Hossein Hosseini 24 MF Omid Noorafkan ^U21 25 DF Azim Gök ^U21 27 MF Hossein Hosseini ^U23 28 MF Mohsen Karimi ^U23 30 MF Alireza Sayyar ^U23 33 DF Majid Hosseini ^U21 37 MF Mehdi Rajabifar ^U21 55 DF Amin Hajmohammadi 74 MF Mojtaba Haghdoust ^U21 77 FW Behnam Barzay 88 MF Farshid Esmaeili ^U23 90 DF Leandro Padovani

• List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization^[2]
• [U19 = Under 19 Player | U21 = Under 21 Player | U23 = Under 23 Player]^[3]

New contracts

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Contract length	Ends	Date	Source
2	RB	Khosro Heydari	32	3 years	2019	19 June 2016	[4]
4	DM	Roozbeh Cheshmi	22	3 years	2019	29 June 2016	[5]
6	DM	Omid Ebrahimi	28	1 year	2017	3 July 2016	[6]
15	CB	Hrayr Mkoyan	29	2 years	2018	4 July 2016	[7]
22	GK	Hossein Hosseini	24	3 years	2019	19 July 2016	[8]

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Ends	Date	Source
7	AM		Bakhtiar Rahmani	26	Tractor Sazi	Free Transfer	2018	3 June 2016	[9]
14	DM		Farshid Bagheri	24	Saba Qom	Free Transfer	2018	4 June 2016	[10]
21	RB		Vouria Ghafouri	28	Sepahan	Free Transfer	2017	5 June 2016	[11]
22	GK		Hossein Hosseini	23	Malavan	Loan return	2017	7 June 2016	[12]
19	LB		Milad Zakipour	20	Naft Tehran	Free Transfer	2019	8 June 2016	[13]
17	CF		Ali Ghorbani	25	Naft Tehran	Free Transfer	2018	9 June 2016	[14]
5	CB		Hossein Kanaanizadegan	22	Persepolis	Free Transfer	2018	14 June 2016	[15]
23	CB		Majid Hosseini	19	Rah Ahan	Loan return	2017	16 June 2016	[16]
12	GK		Arshia Babazadeh	21	De Anza Force	Free Transfer		17 June 2016	[17]
9	CF		Kaveh Rezaei	24	Zob Ahan	Free Transfer	2017	19 June 2016	[18]
16	CF		Arash Afshin	27	Malavan	Free Transfer	2018	20 June 2016	[19]
13[20]	LW		Mi'ad Yazdani	24	Sepidrood Rasht	Free Transfer	2019	31 July 2016	[21]
30	DM		Alireza Sayyar	21	Gol Gohar	Free Transfer		5 September 2016	[22]
90	CB		Leandro Padovani	32	Sepahan	Free Transfer	2017	6 September 2016	[23]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving To	Type	Date	Source
1	GK		Vahid Talebloo	34	Foolad	Released	8 June 2016	[24]
16	AM		Mehdi Momeni	30	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Released	8 June 2016	[25]
14	CF		Pero Pejić	33	FK Kukësi	Released	8 June 2016	[26]
3	DM		Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	28	Padideh	Released	8 June 2016	[27]
34	RB		Milad Fakhreddini	26	Naft Tehran	End of Contract	8 June 2016	[28]
5	CB		Hanif Omranzadeh	31	Khooneh Be Khooneh	End of Contract	8 June 2016	[29]
9	CF		Arash Borhani	32	Paykan	End of Contract	8 June 2016	[30]
99	RM		Adil Chihi	28	FSV Frankfurt	End of Contract	8 June 2016	[31]
33	GK		Amir Hossein Najafi	19		Released	17 June 2016	[32]
17	CM		Milad Shabanloo	21	Sanat Naft	Released	23 June 2016	[33]
19	RM		Alireza Ramezani	23	Tractor Sazi	Free Transfer	26 June 2016	[34]
10	CF		Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	26	Alanyaspor	Transfer	20 July 2016	[35]
26	CF		Iman Abbaszadeh	20	Nassaji	Free Transfer	15 August 2016	[36]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
3	CB		Róbson Januário	22	Bahia	24 June 2016	30 June 2017	[37]
74	AM		Mojtaba Haghdoost	20	Naft Tehran	31 August 2016	June 2017	[38]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned To	Start	End	Source

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League	—	5th		25 July 2016
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	Round of 8
AFC Champions League	Third qualifying round	—
Last updated: 11 August 2016

Source: Competitions
Note: Current position/round ONLY use for team still a part of competition.

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League	12	4	6	2	15	11	+4	33.33
Hazfi Cup	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	100.000
AFC Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
Total	13	6	5	2	14	9	+5	46.15
Last updated: 18 November 2016

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis	12	7	5	0	13	3	+10	26	2018 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Tractor Sazi	12	6	6	0	19	8	+11	24
3	Naft Tehran	12	5	4	3	18	16	+2	19	2018 AFC Champions League Play-off round
4	Zob Ahan	12	5	3	4	19	11	+8	18
5	Esteghlal	12	4	6	2	15	11	+4	18
6	Foolad	12	3	7	2	16	14	+2	16
7	Paykan	12	3	7	2	14	14	0	16
8	Sanat Naft	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16
9	Est. Khuzestan	12	3	6	3	15	15	0	15
10	Sepahan	12	4	3	5	12	14	−2	15
11	Padideh	12	3	6	3	11	15	−4	15
12	Gostaresh	12	2	7	3	9	9	0	13
13	Mashhad	12	2	5	5	10	16	−6	11
14	Saba Qom	12	1	6	5	9	15	−6	9
15	Saipa	12	1	6	5	8	14	−6	9	Relegation to 2017–18 Azadegan League
16	Machine Sazi	12	1	3	8	7	20	−13	6

Updated to games played on 2 December 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
4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	0	1	1	2	3	−1

Last updated: 11 August 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W
Position	7	12	15	15	14	15	10	7	5	5	6	5

Last updated: 1 December 2016.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Esteghlal v Naft Tehran

25 July 2016 1	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
20:45 (UTC+03:30)	J. Ansari  31'	report	A.A. Motahari  68' R. Aliyari  90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (spectator ban) Referee: Hossein Zargar

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Esteghlal

31 July 2016 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
20:45 (UTC+03:30)	H. Beyt Saeed  25', 84'	report	K. Rezaei  77'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

Esteghlal v Sanat Naft

5 August 2016 3	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
20:30 (UTC+03:30)	A. Ghorbani  66'	report	R. Norouzi  86' H. Baghlani  90+3' (p) H. Baghlani  58' K. Gwi-hyeon  66'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian

Paykan v Esteghlal

11 August 2016 4	Paykan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:15 (UTC+03:30)	M. Aghakhan  40' A.H. Sadeghi  7' S. Nemati  33' M. Aghakhan  40' M. Shiri  88'	report	B. Barzay  82' B. Rahmani  36' Y. Karimi  42' H. Mkoyan  83'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 8,360 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Esteghlal v Machine Sazi

11 September 2016 5	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Machine Sazi	Tehran
18:45 (UTC+03:30)	K. Rezaei  7'		S. Narimanjahan  52'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000

Persepolis v Esteghlal

16 September 2016 6	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

20 September 2016 7	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:30 (UTC+03:30)	Ebrahimi  43' (pen.) Ghorbani  48'	report	Tabrizi  64'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek

FC Mashhad v Esteghlal

15 October 2016 8	FC Mashhad	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:30 (UTC+03:30)		report	Kaveh Rezaei  27'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 15,700

Esteghlal v Saipa

21 October 2016 9	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
16:45 (UTC+03:30)	M. Karimi  76' Jaber Ansari  82'	report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Moud Bonyadifar

Foolad v Esteghlal

27 October 2016 10	Foolad	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:40 (UTC+03:30)	J. Ansari  35'	report	Sasan Ansari  77'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Esteghlal v Gostaresh

25 November 2016 11	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Gostaresh	Tehran
16:20 (UTC+03:30)	Mohsen hoseini (OG)  14' Mohsen Karimi  23'	report	Luciano Pereira Mendes  43' Alireza Naghi zadeh  80'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Saba Qom v Esteghlal

1 December 2016 12	Saba Qom	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Qom
16:20 (UTC+03:30)	Reza Enayati  8' Reza Enayati  40' Hamid Div Salar  55' Ghasem Dehnavi  76' Masoud Haghjo  90'	report	K. Rezaei  18' A. Ghorbani  68' Yaghob Karimi  90'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium

Esteghlal v Tractor Sazi

9 December 2016 13	Esteghlal	v	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Padideh

15 December 2016 14	Esteghlal	v	Padideh	Tehran
16:20 (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Sepahan v Esteghlal

25 December 2016 15	Sepahan	v	Esteghlal	Isfahan
16:25 (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Malavan Novin v Esteghlal

1 October 2016 First Round	Malavan Novin	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Bandar-e Anzali
16:10 (UTC+03:30)	Moaf  16' Rahnavard  21'	report	Ghorbani  8' Rahmani  27' Róbson  35'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Ali Safaei Man of the Match: Kaveh Rezaei

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

v

		v

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

Esteghlal v Esteghlal B

2 July 2016 1	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Esteghlal B	Tehran, Iran
17:45 (UTC+03:30)	V. Ghafouri  20' K. Rezaei  35', 38' F. Bagheri  45' M. Majidi	report		Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp Attendance: 2,000

Ararat v Esteghlal

8 July 2016 2	Ararat	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 (UTC+04:00)	65'	report		Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Attendance: 200

Gandzasar Kapan v Esteghlal

14 July 2016 3	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Armenia
19:00 (UTC+04:00)		report	J. Ansari  34', 44', 45' Y. Karimi  70' (p)	Attendance: 50

Esteghlal v Khooneh Be Khooneh

18 July 2016 4	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Khooneh Be Khooneh	Tehran, Iran
19:00 (UTC+03:30)	K. Rezaei  18' J. Ansari O. Ebrahimi  p'	report	R. Bagheri	Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches Attendance: 2,000

Mid-season

Esteghlal v PAS Hamedan

19 August 2016 1	Esteghlal	0 – 1	PAS Hamedan	Tehran, Iran
18:00 (UTC+03:30)		report	S. Kowsari  19'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Shahrdari Fouman

21 August 2016 2	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Shahrdari Fouman	Tehran, Iran
18:15 (UTC+03:30)	A. Ghorbani  10'	report	S. Delavar	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Rah Ahan

28 August 2016 3	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tehran, Iran
17:45 (UTC+03:30)	J. Ansari  36' A. Ghorbani  78'	report	M. Jamshidi  76'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Saba Qom

4 September 2016 4	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran, Iran
17:15 (UTC+03:30)	M. Hosseini  65' A. Ghorbani  80'	report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

				Pro League						Hazfi Cup						ACL						Total
No	P	N	Name	S	P			GP	M	S	P			GP	M	S	P			GP	M	S	P			GP	M
1	GK		Mehdi Rahmati	11	11	-10	0	-0.9	990	3	3	0	0	-0.0	330	0	0	0	0	-0.0	0	14	14	-10	0	-0.7	1320
2	RM		Khosro Heydari	9	11	0	2	0.0	689	1	1	0	0	0.0	78	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	10	12	0	2	0.0	867
3	CB		Róbson Januário	10	10	0	0	0.0	900	2	2	0	0	0.0	210	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	12	12	0	0	0.0	1110
4	DM		Cheshmi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	CB		Kanaanizadegan	2	2	0	0	0.0	180	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	180
6	DM		Omid Ebrahimi	12	12	1	2	0.1	1080	0	1	0	0	0.0	90	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	12	13	1	2	0.1	1170
7	AM		Rahmani	10	11	0	1	0.0	847	3	3	1	0	0.4	240	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	13	14	1	1	0.1	1087
8	LM		Yaghoub Karimi	8	8	0	0	0.0	700	2	2	0	0	0.0	240	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	10	10	0	0	0.0	940
9	CF		Kaveh Rezaei	12	12	4	3	0.3	1077	2	2	0	2	0.0	210	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	14	14	4	5	0.3	1287
11	LW		Jaber Ansari	10	11	3	2	0.3	888	2	2	0	0	0.0	210	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	12	13	3	2	0.3	1098
13	LW		Mi'ad Yazdani	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	12
14	DM		Farshid Bagheri	6	9	0	0	0.0	490	3	3	0	0	0.0	302	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	9	12	0	0	0.0	792
15	CB		Hrayr Mkoyan	9	9	0	1	0.0	800	2	3	0	0	0.0	260	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	11	12	0	1	0.0	1070
16	CF		Arash Afshin	0	2	0	0	0.0	21	1	2	0	0	0.0	130	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	151
17	CF		Ali Ghorbani	6	10	3	0	0.6	470	1	3	1	1	0.6	148	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	7	13	4	1	0.6	618
18	LB		Milad Zakipour	0	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20
20	LB		Meysam Majidi	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	99
21	RB		Vouria Ghafouri	9	9	0	1	0	772	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	772
22	GK		Hossein Hosseini	1	1	-1	0	-1.0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	-1.0	90
24	LB		Omid Noorafkan	1	1	0	0	0.0	90	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	90
28	LM		Mohsen Karimi	2	6	3	0	1.1	252	2	2	1	0	0.4	240	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	4	8	4	0	0.7	492
33	CB		Majid Hosseini	4	5	0	0	0	361	2	2	0	0	0	210	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	571
55	CB		Hajmohammadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	RW		Behnam Barzay	0	1	1	0	4.3	21	1	2	0	0	0.0	88	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	3	1	0	0.8	109
87	AM		Haghdoust	0	4	0	0	0	82	2	2	0	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	222
88	AM		Farshid Esmaeili	7	10	0	0	0.0	616	1	3	0	0	0.0	217	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	8	13	0	0	0.0	808
90	CB		Padovani	5	6	0	0	0.0	451	2	2	0	0	0.0	240	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	7	8	0	0	0.0	691
Last updated: 30 November 2016

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions.

No. Pos. Name Starts Substitute 1 GK Mehdi Rahmati (C) 10 Hossein Hosseini (1 Starts) 21 RB Vouria Ghafouri 9 15 CB Hrayr Mkoyan 8 Majid Hosseini (4 Starts) 3 CB Róbson Januário 10 Padovani (3 Starts) 8 LB Yaghoub Karimi 6 6 DM Omid Ebrahimi 10 14 DM Farshid Esmaeili 6 Farshid Bagheri (6 Starts) 2 RM Khosro Heydari 10 11 LM Jaber Ansari 9 Mohsen Karimi (0 Starts) 7 AM Bakhtiar Rahmani 9 Haghdoust (0 Starts) 9 CF Kaveh Rezaei 11 Ali Ghorbani (6 Starts)

Starting 11 line-up Rahmati Ghafouri Mkoyan Róbson Karimi Ebrahimi Esmaeili Ansari Heydari Rahmani Rezaei

Last updated: 11 August 2016
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

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

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Pro League			Hazfi Cup			ACL			Total
7		MF	Bakhtiar Rahmani	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8		MF	Yaghoub Karimi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15		DF	Hrayr Mkoyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

Last updated: 11 August 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	FW	17	Ali Ghorbani	2	1	0	3
2	FW	9	Kaveh Rezaei	2	0	0	2
3	MF	6	Omid Ebrahimi	1	0	0	1
	MF	7	Bakhtiar Rahmani	0	1	0	1
	MF	11	Jaber Ansari	1	0	0	1
	FW	77	Behnam Barzay	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
TOTALS				7	2	0	9

Last updated: 4 October 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	ACL	Total
1	DF	2	Khosro Heydari	1	0	0	1
	MF	6	Omid Ebrahimi	1	0	0	1
	MF	7	Bakhtiar Rahmani	1	0	0	1
	FW	9	Kaveh Rezaei	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				4	0	0	4

Last updated: 11 August 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	ACL	Total
TOTALS			0	0	0	0

Last updated: 11 August 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	ACL	Total	Minutes Played
1	1	Mehdi Rahmati	5	0	0	5	270 min
2	22	Hossein Hosseini	1	0	0	1	90 min
TOTALS			6	0	0	6	360 min

Last updated: 11 August 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Summary

	Total				Home				Away
	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
Games played	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2
Games won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Games drawn	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Games lost	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Goals scored	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2
Goals conceded	6	0	0	6	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	3
Goal difference	-2	0	0	-2	-1	0	0	-1	-1	0	0	-1
Clean sheets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top scorer	1	–	–	1	4 players
Top assister	1	–	–	1	4 players
Most appearances
Most minutes played

Last updated: 11 August 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Awards

Team

Award	Date	Source

Player

No.	Player	Award	Month	Source

See also

• 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League
• 2016–17 Hazfi Cup
• 2017 AFC Champions League

References

1. http://www.ilna.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DB%8C-7/399314-%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA
2. لیست بازیکنان استقلال در سایت سازمان لیگ
3. شرایط سنی رده های تیم های پایه فوتبال آقایان
4. حیدری قراردادش را با استقلال ۳ ساله ثبت کرد
5. چشمی با آبی‌ها سه ساله تمدید می‌کند
6. خوشحالم یک سال دیگر پیراهن آبی می‌پوشم
7. http://sport.news.am/eng/news/69012/hrayr-mkoyan-signs-new-deal-with-iran-club.html
8. http://iranleague.ir/League/ClubProfile/70
9. بختیار رحمانی به استقلال پیوست
10. فرشید باقری با قراردادی دوساله به استقلال پیوست
11. غفوری استقلالی شد
12. بازگشت سید حسین حسینی به استقلال
13. مدافع نفت استقلالی شد
14. علی قربانی به استقلال پیوست
15. سند استقلالی شدن کنعانی‌زادگان
16. مجید حسینی به استقلال بازگشت
17. بابازاده دروازه‌بان سوم استقلال شد
18. منصوریان بالاخره کاوه را استقلالی کرد
20. http://www.ilna.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DB%8C-7/399314-%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA
21. میعاد یزدانی با استقلال قرارداد امضا کرد
22. 2 بازیکن جدید با استقلال ثبت کردند
23. پادوانی رسما استقلالی شد
24. طالب‌لو رسما قرمزپوش شد
25. مومنی به استقلال خوزستان بازگشت
26. پروپیچ با استقلال فسخ کرد
27. هافبک استقلال به پدیده پیوست
28. فخرالدینی با نفت تهران ثبت کرد
29. عمران زاده قرمزپوش شد
30. برهانی به پیکان پیوست
31. عادل شیحی در تیم سابق حاج‌صفی
32. دروازه‌بان سوم استقلال از جمع آبی‌پوشان کنار گذاشته شد
33. هافبک استقلال به صنعت نفت پیوست
34. علیرضا رمضانی رسما تراکتوری شد
35. قرارداد شهباززاده با آلانیا
36. بازیکن سابق استقلال به نساجی مازندران پیوست
37. رابسون بالاخره استقلالی شد
38. مجتبی حق دوست رسما استقلالی شد

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League