2014–15 Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. season

Esteghlal Khuzestan

2014–15 season

Manager

Abdollah Veisi

Stadium

Takhti Stadium

Persian Gulf Cup

14th

Hazfi Cup

Sixth Round vs Zob Ahan

← 2013–14

2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season are the Esteghlal Khuzestan Football Club's second season in the Iran Pro League and the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup.

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	Parviz Karimi
2	DF	Mohammad Tayyebi
3	DF	Majid Heidari
4	DF	Mohammad Ebrahim Khosravi
5	MF	Moussa Coulibaly
6	MF	Meysam Doraghi
7	MF	Hadi Khanifar
8	MF	Reza Kardoust
9	FW	Lamine Diawara
10	FW	Mehdi Momeni
11	MF	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
12	DF	Milad Rabbani ^U23
14	MF	Hamed Mohammadi ^U23
16	GK	Soumbeïla Diakité
17	FW	Rouhollah Seifollahi
19	MF	Yazdan Abbasian ^U23

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Meysam Majidi
21	MF	Meysam Baou
22	GK	Vahid Mashilashi ^U21
24	FW	Hojjat Chaharmahali
25	DF	Farzad Jafari ^U23
26	MF	Ali Daghagheleh ^U21
27	MF	Hamdollah Ebdam ^U23
28	DF	Bagher Hashemi ^U21
29	FW	Ali Ebrahimpour ^U21
31	DF	Elyas Vashahi ^U21
32	MF	Mohammad Ali Safia ^U21
33	GK	Ali Akbar Ahaki ^U23
34	MF	Iman Basafa ^U23 (on loan from Esteghlal)
88	DF	Mohsen Bayat
99	FW	Mehdi Seyed Salehi

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Ramtin Soleimanzadeh (at Fajr Sepasi until 30 June 2015)

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2014

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Majid Heidari (from Saba Qom)
14	MF	Iman Basafa (on loan from Esteghlal)
17	FW	Rouhollah Seifollahi (from Damash)
11	MF	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi (from Damash)
8	MF	Reza Kardoust (from Damash)
10	FW	Mehdi Momeni (from Saba Qom)
20	MF	Meysam Majidi (from Aluminium)
6	MF	Meysam Doraghi (from Naft Masjed Soleyman)
15	FW	Sadegh Sadeghi Baba-Ahmadi (from Naft Masjed Soleyman)
12	DF	Milad Rabbani (from Niroye Zamini)
19	MF	Yazdan Abbasian (from Gahar)
16	GK	Soumbeïla Diakité (from Stade Malien)
9	FW	Lamine Diawara (from Stade Malien)
27	MF	Hamdollah Ebdam (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
28	DF	Bagher Hashemi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
22	GK	Vahid Mashilashi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
26	MF	Ali Daghagheleh (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
29	FW	Ali Ebrahimpour (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
31	DF	Elyas Vashahi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
32	MF	Mohammad Ali Safia (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)

Out: 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	Fábio Carvalho (Released)
4	DF	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Retired)
7	FW	Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh (to Fajr Sepasi)
8	MF	Idrissa Traoré (to Djoliba)
9	MF	Mahmoud Tighnavard (to Naft Masjed Soleyman)
10	FW	Milad Meydavoudi (to Saipa)
11	FW	Mohammad Moaavi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)
13	DF	Hossein Kaabi (Released)
14	MF	Mehdi Kheiri (to Padideh)
15	MF	Karim Shaverdi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)
19	FW	Ali Bigdeli (to Iranjavan)
21	MF	Shahrokh Shams (Released)
24	DF	Ala Khalafzadeh (Released)
26	DF	Mohammad Mad Malisi (to Naft Masjed Soleyman)
27	FW	Ehsan Alvanzadeh (to Naft Masjed Soleyman)
35	FW	Sajjad Ghasemnejad (Released)
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj (Released)
66	DF	Saeid Chahjouei (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)

Winter

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2014–15

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

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Meysam Baou (from Free Agent)
24	FW	Hojjat Chaharmahali (from Free Agent)
99	FW	Mehdi Seyed Salehi (from Saipa)^[1]
88	DF	Mohsen Bayat (from Saba Qom)^[2]
14	MF	Hamed Mohammadi (from Free Agent)

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

No.	Position	Player
13	FW	Ebrahim Salehi (Conscription)
23	FW	Hassan Moaavi (to Nirouye Zamini – Conscription)
15	FW	Sadegh Sadeghi Baba-Ahmadi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)^[3]
30	FW	Mohammad Ousani (to Saba Qom)^[3]^[4]

Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2014–15 Iran Pro League

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan !Sepahan (C)	30	17	8	5	46	27	+19	59	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	30	17	7	6	58	34	+24	58	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	30	16	10	4	45	28	+17	58	2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	30	14	10	6	46	26	+20	52	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
5	Foolad !Foolad	30	15	7	8	33	24	+9	52
6	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	47
7	Saipa !Saipa	30	11	8	11	36	34	+2	41
8	Persepolis !Persepolis	30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	36
9	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	30	8	10	12	25	34	−9	34
10	Padideh !Padideh	30	6	15	9	23	25	−2	33
11	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	30	6	13	11	30	39	−9	31
12	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	30	8	7	15	27	48	−21	31
13	Malavan !Malavan	30	6	12	12	26	34	−8	30
14	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	30	4	15	11	35	46	−11	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Paykan !Paykan (R)	30	4	14	12	16	29	−13	26	Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League
16	Naft Masjed Soleyman !Naft Masjed Soleyman (R)	30	3	13	14	19	39	−20	22	Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League

Updated to games played on 15 May 2015.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 11 April 2014.
Source: Match reports

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
Result	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	D
Position	8	11	15	16	15	14	15	11	12	14	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	14

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

Matches

1 August 2014 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Gostaresh Foulad	Ahvaz
19:40 UTC+4:30	Seifollahi 90' Mahdavi	Summary	Kardoust 46' Jokar	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

8 August 2014 2	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
19:30 UTC+4:30	Shahbazzadeh 90+2' Teymourian	Summary	Khanifar Coulibaly	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

15 August 2014 3	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 2	Naft Tehran	Ahvaz
19:25 UTC+4:30	Coulibaly 86'	Summary	Kamyabinia 54' Wirikom 87' Pouraliganji Ghorbani	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Mohammad Maleki

19 August 2014 4	Foolad	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz
19:25 UTC+4:30	Vakia 12'	Summary	Khanifar 72' Heidari Seifollahi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

24 August 2014 5	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Ahvaz
19:15 UTC+4:30	Abbasian 86' Seifollahi Heidari Moaavi	Summary	Mohammadi , 69' Tabrizi 74' Carlos	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Babak Vasilehbar

30 August 2014 6	Malavan	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Bandar-e Anzali
18:00 UTC+4:30	Rafkhaei 71' Hosseini Maeboodi	Summary	Seifollahi 16' Diakité 68' Tayyebi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Omid Saeidfar

4 September 2014 7	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Padideh Khorasan	Ahvaz
19:00 UTC+4:30	Majidi 86' (pen.) Baba-Ahmadi Diawara	Summary	Enayati 90+2' (pen.) Prahić Nasehi Sadeghi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Payam Heydari

12 September 2014 8	Saba Qom	1 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Qom
18:45 UTC+4:30	Hassanzadeh 2' Aramtab Alimohammadi	Summary	Majidi 59' Basafa 79' Seifollahi	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Referee: Turaj Haghverdi

18 September 2014 9	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
18:40 UTC+4:30	Majidi 41' (pen.) Seifollahi 51' Coulibaly	Summary	Edinho 39' Delir 80' Iranpourian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Reza Adel

25 September 2014 10	Persepolis	2 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
19:30 UTC+4:30	Abbaszadeh 31', 45+2' (pen.)	Summary	Momeni 13' Momeni Khanifar Coulibaly	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

2 October 2014 11	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Rah Ahan Yazdan	Ahvaz
18:20 UTC+4:30	Majidi 5' Coulibaly 90' Mahdavi 90+10' Seifollahi	Summary	Irannejad 51' Abshak 65'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Mohammad Zahedifar

21 October 2014 12	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Ahvaz
18:00 UTC+4:30	Heidari Khosravi Kardoust	Summary		Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salehi

31 October 2014 13	Sepahan	3 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Fuladshahr
16:30 UTC+4:30	Sharifi 45+1', 78' Ghafouri 64' M.Ahmadi	Summary	Ousani 29' Seifollahi 51' Heidari	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

14		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

15		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

16		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

17		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

18		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

19		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

20		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

21		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

22		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

23		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

24		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

25		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

26		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

27		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

28		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

29		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

30		–
UTC+4:30		[ Summary]

Relegation Play-off

25 May 2015 1st leg	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Mes Kerman	Ahvaz
18:30 UTC+4:30	Momeni 90+4' Tayyebi Seifollahi	Summary	M.Esmaeili Beigi	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Seyed Zargar

30 May 2015 2nd leg	Mes Kerman	0 – 2 (0 – 3 agg.)	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Kerman
18:00 UTC+4:30	Sangchouli Nazifkar Eslami	Summary	Diawara 57', 87' Bayat	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Hazfi Cup

16 October 2014 Fifth Round	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 3	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Shiraz
14:30 UTC+4:30	Mardani 67'	[ Summary]	Majidi 17' Momeni 34' Diawara 44'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 7,000

26 October 2014 Sixth Round	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 3	Zob Ahan	Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+4:30	Majidi 75' Seifollahi 90+4'	[ Summary]	Dehnavi 37' Rajabzadeh 48' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Playoffs		Hazfi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Mohammad Tayyebi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF		Moussa Coulibaly	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF		Meysam Doraghi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF		Hadi Khanifar	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
8	MF		Reza Kardoust	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Lamine Diawara	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0
10	FW		Mehdi Momeni	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
11	MF		Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	GK		Soumbeïla Diakité	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW		Rouhollah Seifollahi	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
20	DF		Meysam Majidi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF		Maysam Baou	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	FW		Hojjat Chaharmahali	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	MF		Hamdollah Ebdam	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF		Bagher Hashemi	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
88	DF		Mohsen Bayat	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Players who left Esteghlal Khuzestan during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Relegation Playoff	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Lamine Diawara	2	1	3
2	FW	10	Mehdi Momeni	1	1	2
2	MF	20	Meysam Majidi	0	2	2
4	FW	17	Rouhollah Seifollahi	0	1	1
TOTALS				3	5	8

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Persian Gulf Cup		Relegation Playoff		Hazfi Cup		Total
2		DF	Mohammad Tayyebi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Rouhollah Seifollahi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
88		DF	Mohsen Bayat	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0

References

↑ "سیدصالحی تا پایان فصل با صنعتی خوزستان قرارداد بست". خبرگزاری مهر. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "فوری/محسن بیات به استقلال خوزستان پیوست". Khuzestan sport news agency.
1 2 "ليست مازاد ويسي اعلام شد". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "محمد اوسانی به صبای قم پیوست". Saba Qom official website. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

External links

Persian Gulf Pro League

2016–17 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Machine Sazi Mashhad Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Saba Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd

Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players

Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards

Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3

Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016

Hazfi Cup

2015–16 Hazfi Cup clubs

Champions	Zob Ahan

Final	Esteghlal

6th Round (Semi-Final)	Sepahan Tractor Sazi

5th Round (Quarter-Final)	Naft Tehran Persepolis Rah Ahan Saipa

4th Round (1/8)	Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Foulad Kara Shiraz Malavan Padideh Saba Qom Siah Jamegan

3rd Round (1/16)	Baderan Tehran Bazargani Vashta Amol Be'sat Kermanshah Diana Baqershahr Esteghlal Ahvaz Isar Jiroft Karun Khuzestan Mantagheye Azad Kish Niroo Zamini Oghab Tehran Omid Razakan Alborz Paykan Safir Qazvin Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Kashan Shahrdari Semnan

2nd Round	Alvand Hamedan Amir Kabir Noorabad Esteghlal Javan Saveh Hamun Sazeh Kowsar Mehran Ilam Moghavemat Tehran Montakhab Khorramabad Montakhab Qom Payam Ardehal Payam Mashhad Persepolis Ganaveh Rahian Kermanshah Sanat Sari Shahrdari Mahshahr Shahrdari Jouybar Shirin Faraz Aqqala

1st Round	Abidar Sanandaj Aboumoslem Abouzar Basht Aluminium Arak Ansar Bafq Arad Isfahan Caspian Qazvin Damash Gilan Esteghlal B Tehran Etka Gorgan Haf Semnan Kadous Masal Gilan Kargar Boneh Gaz Khoneh Be Khoneh Montakhab Arak Montakhab Birjand Montakhab Bojnord Montakhab Semnan Montakhab Urmia Naft Omidiyeh Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Pars Jam Bushehr Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr Sanat Naft Novin Shahin Ameri Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Shahrdari Kamyaran Shahrdari Tabriz Shahrdari Urmia Shahrdari Zanjan Sherkate Khalkhal Dasht Tarbiat Novin

Hazfi Cup seasons

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011–12 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Final	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct)

2014–15 in Iranian football

« 2013–14

2015–16 »

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

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Club seasons

Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Masjed Soleyman Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.