2013–14 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2013–14 season

Chairman

Ali Fathollahzadeh

Manager

Amir Ghalenoei

Stadium

Azadi Stadium

IPL

5th

Hazfi Cup

Semi-Final

Champions League

2013: Semi-finals
2014: Group stage

Top goalscorer

League: Mohammad Ghazi
(7 goals)
All: Mohammad Ghazi
Hanif Omranzadeh (8 goals)

Highest home attendance

100,000 vs Persepolis
(6 September 2013)

Lowest home attendance

1,000 vs Damash
(24 December 2013)
1,000 vs Esteghlal Khuzestan
(11 January 2014)

Average home league attendance

19,453

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2013–14 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 13th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 69th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport,^[1]^[2] Merooj^[3]^[4]
Sponsor(s): Taban Air, Bazar Mobl Iran, Zagros Air, Vistar, Majol, Shahr Bank

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	parviz mazlomi
Assistant coach	Majid Saleh
Assistant coach	Karim Bostani
Assistant coach	Sattar Hamedani
Goalkeepers coach	Hamid Babazadeh
Fitness trainer	Amir Haj-Ghasem
Analyzers	Shahrokh Bayani, Iman Alami, Nima Rasouli
Physiotherapists	Amin Norouzi, Ferydoon Molaei
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Psychologist	Abbas Montazeri
Munition Team	Madad Jabbari, Hossein Amanati

Other personnel

Position	Staff
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Media Officer	Mohammad Nourifar
Director	Mirshad Majedi

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Hejazi Camp

Player

First team squad

Last updated: 1 February 2014

	Out for Injuries		Released - retired

No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati	GK	2011	(1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 30)	Sepahan	177	0
21	Hossein Hosseini	GK	2012	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 21)	Bargh Shiraz	1	0
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari	RM, RB	2011	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 29)	Sepahan	173	6
4	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	CB, SW	2012	(1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 31)	Tractor Sazi	262	15
5	Hanif Omranzadeh	CB, SW	2009	(1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 28)	PAS Hamedan	167	19
16	Hashem Beikzadeh	LB, LM	2012	(1984-01-22)22 January 1984 (aged 29)	Sepahan	95	3
26	~~Fardin Abedini~~	~~RM, RB~~	~~2010~~	~~(1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 21)~~	(Youth system)	16	0
33	~~Pejman Montazeri~~	~~CB, SW~~	~~2007~~	~~(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 29)~~	Foolad	~~235~~	16
70	Majid Gholamnejad	RB, RM	2013	(1983-06-18)June 18, 1983 (aged 30)	Saipa	9	0
Midfielders
3	Jlloyd Samuel	DM, CM, LB	2011	(1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 32)	Bolton	78	9
6	~~Javad Nekounam~~	~~CM, DM, AM~~	~~2012~~	~~(1980-10-07)7 October 1980 (aged 32)~~	Osasuna	59	12
8	Pejman Nouri	DM, CM, LM	2013	(1980-07-13)13 July 1980 (aged 33)	Malavan	32	0
14	Andranik Teymourian	DM, CM	2013	(1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 30)	Al-Kharitiyath	52	3
20	Ahmad Jamshidian	AM, RM	2013	(1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 29)	Sepahan	9	0
22	Alireza Nikbakht	LB, LM, LW	2013	(1980-07-13)13 July 1980 (aged 33)	Damash	161	40
27	Tony	AM, SS	2014	(1986-05-29)29 May 1986 (aged 27)	ABC	5	0
28	~~Mehran Ghasemi~~	MF	~~2012~~	~~(1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 21)~~	Steel Azin	3	0
31	~~Goran Lovre~~	~~AM, CM, RM~~	~~2013~~	~~(1982-03-23)23 March 1982 (aged 31)~~	Partizan	3	0
34	Iman Basafa	MF	2013	(1992-01-03)3 January 1992 (aged 21)	Shahrdari Arak	7	0
Forwards
7	~~Farhad Majidi~~ (c)	~~CF, SS, AM~~	~~2007~~	~~(1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 37)~~	Al-Ahli	~~186~~	92
9	Arash Borhani	CF, RW, LW	2007	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 29)	PAS Tehran	241	100
10	Siavash Akbarpour	AM, SS	2012	(1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 28)	Tractor Sazi	206	46
11	Mohammad Ghazi	CF, LW, ST	2013	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 28)	Persepolis	28	7
19	Boubacar Kébé	ST	2013	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 26)	Damash Gilan	2	1
32	Mehdi Nazari	ST	2013	(1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 23)	Fajr Sepasi	26	1
77	Mehrdad Oladi	CF	2013	(1985-05-25)25 May 1985 (aged 28)	Naft Tehran	11	1

Iran 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
3	DF	Jlloyd Samuel (3rd vice Captain)
4	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
5	DF	Hanif Omranzadeh (2nd vice Captain)
8	MF	Pejman Nouri
9	FW	Arash Borhani (1st vice Captain)
10	FW	Siavash Akbarpour
11	FW	Mohammad Ghazi
12	DF	Meisam Joudaki ^U21
14	MF	Andranik Teymourian
16	DF	Hashem Beikzadeh

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Hamed Khosravi ^U21
18	FW	Babak Jabbari ^U21
19	FW	Boubacar Kébé
20	MF	Ahmad Jamshidian
21	GK	Hossein Hosseini ^U23
22	MF	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
27	MF	Antonio de Moura Carvalho
32	FW	Mehdi Nazari
34	MF	Iman Basafa ^U23
70	DF	Majid Gholamnejad
77	FW	Mehrdad Oladi

U21 = Under 21 Player
U23 = Under 23 Player

Source: 2013–14 Pro League squad

ACL 2013 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 (Vice-Captain)
2	DF	Khosro Heydari
3	MF	Jlloyd Samuel
4	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
5	DF	Hanif Omranzadeh
6	MF	Javad Nekounam
7	FW	Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8	MF	Pejman Nouri
9	FW	Arash Borhani
10	MF	Siavash Akbarpour
11	FW	Mohammad Ghazi
12	DF	Meisam Joudaki
14	MF	Andranik Teymourian

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Ehsan Pirhadi
16	MF	Hashem Beikzadeh
18	MF	Babak Jabbari
19	DF	Ghasem Ramandi
20	MF	Ahmad Jamshidian
21	MF	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
22	GK	Hossein Hosseini
26	MF	Fardin Abedini
28	MF	Mehran Ghasemi
31	MF	Goran Lovre
32	FW	Mehdi Nazari
33	DF	Pejman Montazeri

Source: 2013 ACL squad

ACL 2014 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 (Vice-Captain)
2	DF	Khosro Heydari
3	MF	Jlloyd Samuel
4	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
5	DF	Hanif Omranzadeh
8	MF	Pejman Nouri
9	FW	Arash Borhani
10	MF	Siavash Akbarpour
11	FW	Mohammad Ghazi
12	GK	Mehrdad Hosseini
13	DF	Ghasem Ramandi
14	MF	Andranik Teymourian
15	DF	Ahmad Nematollahi

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Hashem Beikzadeh
17	DF	Meisam Joudaki
18	MF	Babak Jabbari
19	FW	Boubacar Kébé
20	MF	Ahmad Jamshidian
21	GK	Hossein Hosseini
22	MF	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
23	MF	Iman Mobali
27	MF	Antonio de Moura Carvalho
32	FW	Mehdi Nazari
34	MF	Iman Basafa
70	DF	Majid Gholamnejad
77	FW	Mehrdad Oladi

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2013

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	MF	Ahmad Jamshidian ^PL (from Sepahan)^[5]
26	MF	Fardin Abedini (Loan return from Tractor Sazi)^[6]
32	FW	Mohammad Mehdi Nazari ^PL (from Fajr Sepasi)^[7]
8	MF	Pejman Nouri ^PL (from Malavan)^[7]
11	FW	Mohammad Ghazi ^PL (from Persepolis)^[8]
22	MF	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (from Damash)^[9]
14	MF	Andranik Teymourian (from Al-Kharitiyath)^[10]
31	MF	Goran Lovre (from Partizan)^[11]^[12]
17	MF	Hamed Khosravi (from Shahrdari Tabriz)

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

No.	Position	Player
38	MF	Vicente Arze (Loan return to Charleroi)^[13]
	MF	Mehdi Shiri (to Malavan)^[14]
12	DF	Hassan Ashjari (to Malavan)^[15]^[16]^[17]
17	MF	Maysam Baou (to Tractor Sazi)^[18]^[19]^[20]
40	DF	Ali Hamoudi (to Sepahan)^[21]
36	FW	Iman Mousavi (to Gostaresh Foolad)^[22]
19	MF	Abbas Mohammadrezaei (to Foolad)^[23]^[24]
	MF	Mohammad Hosseinpour (to Rah Ahan Sorinet)^[25]^[26]
21	MF	Armen Tahmasian (Released)^[27]^[28]
24	FW	Farzad Hatami (to Foolad)^[29]^[30]
14	MF	Kianoush Rahmati (to Saipa)^[31]^[32]
8	MF	Mojtaba Jabbari (to Sepahan)^[33]
25	FW	Hojjat Chaharmahali (Released)
26	MF	Mahdi Eslami (to Padideh Shandiz)^[34]
35	GK	Hadi Rishi Esfahani (to Shahrdari Bandar Abbas)^[35]
	FW	Farhad Gholizadeh (to Sanat Naft)^[36]

Winter

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2013–14

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

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Boubacar Kébé (from Damash)^[37]
77	FW	Mehrdad Oladi (from Naft Tehran)^[38]^[39]^[40]
34	MF	Iman Basafa (from Free Agent)^[41]
70	DF	Majid Gholamnejad (from Saipa)^[42]
27	MF	Antonio de Moura Carvalho (from ABC)^[43]

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

No.	Position	Player
7	FW	Farhad Majidi (Retired)
26	DF	Fardin Abedini (to Gostaresh Foolad)^[44]
28	MF	Mehran Ghasemi (to Zob Ahan)^[45]^[46]
15	MF	Ehsan Pirhadi (to Pas Hamedan)
31	MF	Goran Lovre (Released, to SSV Ulm 1846)
33	DF	Pejman Montazeri (to Umm Salal)^[47]
6	MF	Javad Nekounam (to Al-Kuwait)^[48]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2013–14 Iran Pro League	—	—		25 July 2013	21 May 2014
2013–14 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32
AFC Champions League	Round of 16	—	Semi-finals	21 August 2013	2 October 2013
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Group stage		February 2014

Last updated: 17 June 2013
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 %
Iran Pro League	7001260000000000000♠26	7001140000000000000♠14	7000900000000000000♠9	7000300000000000000♠3	7001300000000000000♠30	7001170000000000000♠17	+13	7001538500000000000♠53.85
Hazfi Cup	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	+3	7001750000000000000♠75.00
2013 AFC Champions League	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7000500000000000000♠5	+0	7001500000000000000♠50.00
2014 AFC Champions League	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Total	7001340000000000000♠34	7001190000000000000♠19	7001100000000000000♠10	7000500000000000000♠5	7001400000000000000♠40	7001240000000000000♠24	+16	7001558800000000000♠55.88

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2013–14 Iran Pro League

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Foolad !Foolad (C)	30	16	9	5	36	24	+12	57	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Persepolis !Persepolis	30	16	8	6	34	15	+19	055¹	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	30	15	9	6	39	23	+16	54	2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Sepahan !Sepahan	30	14	12	4	36	20	+16	54
5	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	053¹
6	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	30	11	13	6	39	33	+6	045¹	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage ²
7	Malavan !Malavan	30	13	6	11	40	33	+7	044¹
8	Saipa !Saipa	30	7	14	9	26	31	−5	35
9	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	30	8	9	13	32	38	−6	33
10	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	30	7	11	12	31	34	−3	32
11	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	30	7	10	13	25	34	−9	31
12	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	30	6	11	13	26	37	−11	29
13	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	30	6	11	13	24	36	−12	29
14	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi (R)	30	6	11	13	20	34	−14	29	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Damash !Damash (R)	30	5	12	13	30	40	−10	026¹	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League
16	Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes (R)	30	1	19	10	21	36	−15	22	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League

Updated to games played on 11 April 2014.
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.
¹Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 points due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.
²Tractor Sazi secured qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013–14 Hazfi Cup.

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
30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	54	8	4	3	16	9	+7	7	5	3	18	16	+2

Last updated: 11 April 2014.
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	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	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L
Position	3	6	3	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	5	3	4	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	5

Last updated: 11 April 2014.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

25 July 2013 (2013-07-25) 1	Gostaresh Foolad	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Bayrami 19'	Goal report	Borhani 33' Omranzadeh 74' Beikzadeh 83' Samuel 87' Majidi 89'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Farhad Majidi

1 August 2013 (2013-08-01) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Sepahan	Tehran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Sadeghi 77' Majidi Akbarpour	Goal report	Afshin 2' Aghili 55'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

6 August 2013 (2013-08-06) 3	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 4	Esteghlal	Shiraz
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Jokar 36' Heidari 53'	Gaol report	Nekounam 34' (pen.) Ghazi 47' Omranzadeh 73' Majidi 83'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh

10 August 2013 (2013-08-10) 4	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghazi 31' Teymourian Ghazi	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

15 August 2013 (2013-08-15) 5	Damash Gilan	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Rasht
19:20 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Motavaselzadeh 16'	Goal report	Akbarpour 25' Majidi 68'	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi Man of the Match: Farhad Majidi

25 August 2013 (2013-08-25) 6	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tehran
19:10 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghazi 12' Montazeri 59' Samuel 67' Majidi 79' Nekounam 60' 86'	Goal report	Abdi 52'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki Man of the Match: Jlloyd Samuel

31 August 2013 (2013-08-31) 7	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Kaebi 79' Kolahkaj 38' Bigdeli 75'	Goal Report	Montazeri 67'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian Man of the Match: Iman Mobali

6 September 2013 (2013-09-06) 8	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
18:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Montazeri Nazari Ghazi	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Payam Sadeghian

12 September 2013 (2013-09-12) 9	Zob Ahan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rajabzadeh 14' Haddadifar 50'	Goal report	Nouri Nazari	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi Man of the Match: Ghasem Haddadifar

29 October 2013 (2013-10-29) 10	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Mes Kerman	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Akbarpour 56' Sadeghi Nekounam Teymourian	Goal report	Shojaei 1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saeid Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Mehdi Rahmati

3 November 2013 (2013-11-03) 11	Saipa	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Karaj
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Omranzadeh Borhani 63' Ghazi	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

24 November 2013 (2013-11-24) 12	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh 31' Teymourian	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi Man of the Match: Hanif Omranzadeh

19 October 2013 (2013-10-19) 13	Naft Tehran	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghafouri 88'	Goal report	Majidi 66'	Stadium: Dastgerdi Attendance: 600 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Vouria Ghafouri

25 October 2013 (2013-10-25) 14	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
17:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nekounam 18' Teymourian 45+3' Mehdi Nazari	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Teymourian

8 November 2013 (2013-11-08) 15	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Baou Nosrati Daghighi 66' Gordani	Goal report	Borhani 2' Nekounam Nouri	Stadium: Sahand Stadium Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Ali Karimi

29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 16	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Gostaresh Foolad	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Teymourian Nazari	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi Man of the Match: Mohsen Forouzan

5 December 2013 (2013-12-05) 17	Sepahan	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Sadeghi Nekounam Ghazi	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Mehdi Rahmati

14 December 2013 (2013-12-14) 18	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghazi Beikzadeh 81'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi Man of the Match: Hashem Beikzadeh

20 December 2013 (2013-12-20) 19	Saba Qom	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Qom
15:05 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Reza Enayati 81'	Goal report	Gholamnejad 18' Ghazi 40' Montazeri 65'	Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Mohammad Ghazi

24 December 2013 (2013-12-24) 20	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Damash Gilan	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh 15' Omranzadeh 41' Ghazi 82' Sadeghi 84'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi Man of the Match: Andranik Teymourian

4 January 2014 (2014-01-04) 21	Rah Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Nazari 67'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyyed Ali Man of the Match: Mehdi Nazari

11 January 2014 (2014-01-11) 22	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nikbakht 24' Samuel 45' Ghazi 76'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei Man of the Match: Mohammad Ghazi

17 January 2014 (2014-01-17) 23	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Nouri 8' Omranzadeh 51' Beikzadeh 71' Gholamnejad 92'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Khosro Heydari

26 January 2014 (2014-01-26) 24	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh 86'	Goal report	Bayatinia 25'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

31 January 2014 (2014-01-31) 25	Mes Kerman	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Kerman
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Edinho 91'	Goal report	Samuel 40' 79' Ghazi 42' Akbarpour 87'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

9 February 2014 (2014-02-09) 26	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Akbarpour 40' Borhani 55' Teymourian 57' Kébé 74'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

20 February 2014 (2014-02-20) 27	Malavan	4 – 2	Esteghlal	Anzali
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Siamak Kouroshi 11' Ahmad Ahi 14' Shahin Saghebi 49' Mehdi Daghagheleh 53'		Sadeghi Beikzadeh Ghazi 52' Oladi Omranzadeh 90+4'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 12,000

27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) 28	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Gholamnejad Heydari Nazari		Norouzi 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000

5 April 2014 (2014-04-05) 29	Foolad	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Luciano Pereira 52' Rahmani 56' A. Karami 56'		Samuel 7' Borhani 23' Heydari 28' Teymourian 52', 71'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 50,199

11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) 30	Esteghlal	1 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Beikzadeh Sadeghi Omranzadeh 43' Ghazi Oladi	Summary	Kiani Ahmadzadeh 30' Daghighi Nosrati 52' Ansarifard 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Turaj Haghverdi

Last updated: 14 February 2014

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Hazfi Cup

10 December 2013 (2013-12-10) Round of 32	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Caspian Qazvin	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Oladi 41' Basafa	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

29 December 2013 (2013-12-29) Round of 16	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh 12', 67' 58' Gholamnejad 36' Akbarpour 54'	Goal report	Zare 35' Rafkhaei 36'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,000

21 January 2013 (2013-01-21) Quarter-finals	Zob Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Tabrizi Salsali Ashouri	Goal report	Gholamnejad 21' Teymourian 33' Samuel 43' (pen.) Sadeghi 87'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) Semi-finals	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Sadeghi 12' Ghazi	Goal report	Edinho 6', 85' Ebrahimi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Last updated: 14 February 2014

2013 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

21 August 2013 (2013-08-21) First leg	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Buriram United	Tehran, Iran
20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Heydari 2'	Report	Nuchnum 20' Srisai 40' Sukha 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 95,300 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) Second leg	Buriram United	1 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Esteghlal	Buriram, Thailand
18:00 THA (UTC+07:00)	Osmar 38' Bunmathan 62' Sukha 67'	Report	Heydari 11' Omranzadeh 36' 53' Majidi 65' Teymourian 81' 90+2'	Stadium: Buriram Stadium Attendance: 19,006 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Semi-finals

25 September 2013 (2013-09-25) First leg	FC Seoul	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Seoul, South Korea
TBC KST (UTC+09:00)	Damjanović 39' Ko Yo-Han 28' 47'	Report	Teymourian 49' Nekounam 62'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 12,774 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

2 October 2013 (2013-10-02) Second leg	Esteghlal	2 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	FC Seoul	Tehran, Iran
TBC IRST (UTC+03:30)	Samuel 50' Ghazi 75'	Report	Ha Dae-Sung 38' Kim Jin-Kyu 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 88,330 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Last updated: 14 February 2014

2014 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League group stage


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Shabab	6	5	0	1	12	8	+4	15
Al-Jazira	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10
Esteghlal	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
Al-Rayyan	6	1	0	5	9	15	−6	3

25 February 2014 (2014-02-25) 1	Esteghlal	0 - 1	Al-Shabab	Tehran, Iran
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Samuel 51'	Report	Al-Ghamdi 14' Khalili 58'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 23,300 Referee: Hai Tan

11 March 2014 (2014-03-11) 2	Al-Rayyan	1 - 0	Esteghlal	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:30 AST (UTC+03:00)	Uche 14' Mohammed Alaa Eddine 26' Al-Ali 60'	Report	Omranzadeh 75' Beikzadeh 81'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 2,394 Referee: Peter Green

18 March 2014 (2014-03-18) 3	Esteghlal	2 - 2	Al-Jazira	Tehran, Iran
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghazi 17' Jamshidian 63' Omranzadeh 65' 77'	Report	Barrada 6', 56' Jucilei 15' Abdullah Mousa 19' Khamis Esmaeel 44' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,350 Referee: Hettikankanamge Dilan Perera

2 April 2014 (2014-04-02) 4	Al-Jazira	0 - 1	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:40 UAEST (UTC+04:00)	Abdullah Qasem 85' Musallem Fayez Al Hamdani 90+4'	Report	Samuel 62' Ghazi 70' Rahmati 79'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 13,550 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

16 April 2014 (2014-04-16) 5	Al-Shabab	2 - 1	Esteghlal	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:35 AST (UTC+03:00)	Sayyaf Al-Beeshi 13' Rafinha 78' Fernando Menegazzo 82' (pen.) Saeed Al-Dosari 90+5'	Report	Beikzadeh 26' Borhani 47' Oladi 81'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla

23 April 2014 (2014-04-23) 6	Esteghlal	3 - 1	Al-Rayyan	Tehran, Iran
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghazi 31' 60' Kébé 54', 73'	Report	Younes Yaqoub 53' Ibrahim Dami 59' Khalfan 81' Nathan 82'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 330 Referee: Mohd Yaacob

Source: Matches
Last updated: 14 February 2014

Friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Postponed

4 July 2013 1	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Damash Karaj	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nikbakht 75' (pen.) Pirhadi 78'	report	Khorsandi 20'	Stadium: Hejazi camp Attendance: 1,000

9 July 2013 2	Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Kiev, Ukraine
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ruben 18'	report	Borhani 13' Majidi 69'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 4,000 Man of the Match: Majidi

18 July 2013 3	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		report		Stadium: Hejazi camp Attendance: 3,000

During season

14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Naftoon Tehran	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nazari 17'	Goal.com report Farsnews.com report	Hamrang 14' Bahrampour 49'	Attendance: 100

14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)	Montakhab Kish	3 – 6	Esteghlal	Kish
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Menarizadeh 36', 44', 76'	report	Sadeghi 8', 91' Borhani 50', 77' Kébé 55', 65'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hassan Yousefi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last Update 5 DEC 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup		AFC Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Mehdi Rahmati	42	0	30+0	0	3+0	0	9+0	0
21	GK		Hossein Hosseini	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Khosro Heydari	28	1	17+1	0	2+0	0	7+1	1
4	DF		Amir Hossein Sadeghi	42	2	28+1	1	4+0	1	9+0	0
5	DF		Hanif Omranzadeh	39	10	24+2	6	4+0	2	9+0	2
13	DF		Ghasem Ghamooshi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF		Ahmad Nematollahi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF		Hashem Beikzadeh	29	1	16+2	1	3+0	0	7+1	0
70	DF		Majid Gholamnejad	19	0	7+7	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
Midfielders
3	MF		Jlloyd Samuel	34	3	21+1	1	3+0	1	9+0	1
8	MF		Pejman Nouri	42	0	27+2	0	4+0	0	9+0	0
14	MF		Andranik Teymourian	31	2	20+2	1	4+0	0	5+0	1
18	MF		Babak Jabbari	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
20	MF		Ahmad Jamshidian	14	0	5+4	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
22	MF		Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	18	0	8+6	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
27	MF		Antonio de Moura Carvalho	14	0	5+4	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
34	MF		Iman Basafa	9	0	3+3	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
Strikers
9	FW		Arash Borhani	31	6	16+6	5	1+2	0	4+2	1
10	FW		Siavash Akbarpour	32	2	17+7	2	3+1	0	4+0	0
11	FW		Mohammad Ghazi	38	11	24+1	7	3+0	0	9+1	4
32	FW		Mehdi Nazari	33	1	18+7	1	0+2	0	2+4	0
77	FW		Mehrdad Oladi	25	3	9+10	2	2+2	1	2+0	0
19	FW		Boubacar Kébé	15	3	5+6	1	1+0	0	2+1	2
Players sold or loaned out or retired after the start of the season:
6	MF		Javad Nekounam	22	3	18+0	3	1+0	0	3+0	0
7	FW		Farhad Majidi	14	4	4+6	4	0+0	0	2+2	0
26	DF		Fardin Abedini	10	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
28	MF		Mehran Ghasemi	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF		Goran Lovre	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
33	DF		Pejman Montazeri	24	1	19+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	0

Last updated: 17 June 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

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

Last updated on 06 December 2013

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Iran Pro League			AFC Champions League			Hazfi Cup			Total
No.	Nat.	Position	Name
1		GK	Mehdi Rahmati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Khosro Heydari	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3		DF	Jlloyd Samuel	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
4		DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
5		DF	Hanif Omranzadeh	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6		MF	Javad Nekounam	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
8		MF	Pejman Nouri	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9		FW	Arash Borhani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		FW	Siavash Akbarpour	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11		FW	Mohammad Ghazi	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
14		MF	Andranik Teymourian	6	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
11		DF	Hashem Beikzadeh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
32		FW	Mehdi Nazari	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
70		DF	Majid Gholamnejad	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
TOTALS				46	0	1	7	0	0	3	0	0	56	0	1

Goals conceded

05 Dec 2013

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Minutes per goal
GK		1	Mehdi Rahmati	21	5	2	28	109.3 min
TOTALS				21	5	2	28	109.3 min

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	31	16	17	N/A
Games won	18	10	8	N/A
Games drawn	10	5	5	N/A
Games lost	5	1	4	N/A
Biggest win	4-2Fajr Sepasi F.C.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss	4-2Malavan F.C.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (Asia)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Asia)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clean sheets	14	9	5	N/A
Goals scored	37	19	18	N/A
Goals conceded	22	7	15	N/A
Goal difference	+18	+12	+3	N/A
Average GF per game	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Average GA per game	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Points	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Winning rate	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Most appearances	28: Mehdi Rahmati	N/A
Most minutes played	2520 min	N/A
Top scorer	Mohammad Ghazi	N/A
Top assister	N/A	N/A

Last updated: 17 June 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Awards

Player

No.	Player	Award	Month	Source
14	Andranik Teymourian	Persian Gulf Pro League Player of the year	June	^[49]
14	Andranik Teymourian	Persian Gulf Pro League Midfielder of the year	June	^[50]

References

External links

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

Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League 2013 2014

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round 2014 FIFA World Cup

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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
30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	54	8	4	3	16	9	+7	7	5	3	18	16	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	54	8	4	3	16	9	+7	7	5	3	18	16	+2

2013–14 Esteghlal F.C. season

Club

Kit

Coaching staff

Other personnel

Grounds

Player

First team squad

Iran Pro League squad

ACL 2013 squad

ACL 2014 squad

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Competitions

Overall

Competition record

Iran Pro League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Hazfi Cup

2013 AFC Champions League

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

2014 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Friendlies

Pre-season

During season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Goals conceded

Overall statistics

Awards

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
30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	54	8	4	3	16	9	+7	7	5	3	18	16	+2