The 2015–16 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 15th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football, and 70th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup.
Club
Other information
Chairman |
Bahram Afsharzadeh |
Deputy Chairman |
Ali Nazari Juybari |
Media Officer |
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Director of Football |
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Ground (capacity and dimensions) |
Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m) |
Training ground |
Nasser Hejazi Camp |
Kit
Supplier: 361 Degrees / Sponsor: RIRA, Samsung, 3090, Kerman Motor Company
First team squad
- Last updated: 29 May 2016
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Out for Injuries |
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Released - retired |
No. |
Name |
Nationality |
Position(s) |
Since |
Date of Birth (Age) |
Signed from |
Ends |
Games |
Goals |
Goalkeepers |
1 |
Mehdi Rahmati |
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GK |
2015 |
(1980-06-28)28 June 1980 (aged 35) |
Paykan |
2019 |
189 |
0 |
22 |
Vahid Talebloo |
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GK |
2014 |
(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 33) |
Rah Ahan |
2017 |
196 |
0 |
33 |
Amir Hossein Najafi |
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GK |
2015 |
(1996-10-14)14 October 1996 (aged 19) |
Youth system |
2017 |
0 |
0 |
Defenders |
2 |
Khosro Heydari |
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RB, RM |
2011 |
(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 32) |
Sepahan |
2017 |
229 |
7 |
5 |
Hanif Omranzadeh |
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CB |
2009 |
(1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 30) |
Pas |
2016 |
216 |
24 |
15 |
Hrayr Mkoyan |
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CB, RB |
2014 |
(1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 29) |
FC Shirak |
2016 |
54 |
0 |
20 |
Meysam Majidi |
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LB, LM |
2015 |
(1986-10-25)25 October 1986 (aged 29) |
Esteghlal Khuzestan |
2017 |
29 |
3 |
21 |
Majid Hosseini |
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CB, RB |
2014 |
(1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 19) |
Youth system |
2017 |
4 |
0 |
24 |
Omid Noorafkan |
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LB, DM |
2015 |
(1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 18) |
Youth system |
2017 |
10 |
0 |
34 |
Milad Fakhreddini |
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RB, RM, RW |
2014 |
(1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 25) |
Tractor Sazi |
2016 |
55 |
3 |
55 |
Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi |
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CB |
2015 |
(1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 24) |
Naft Tehran |
2017 |
18 |
1 |
Midfielders |
3 |
Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia |
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DM, CB |
2014 |
(1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 27) |
Padideh |
2017 |
43 |
1 |
4 |
Roozbeh Cheshmi |
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DM, CB |
2015 |
(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 22) |
Saba Qom |
2017 |
26 |
0 |
6 |
Omid Ebrahimi |
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DM, CM |
2014 |
(1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 28) |
Sepahan |
2016 |
63 |
20 |
8 |
Yaghoub Karimi |
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LM, LB, AM |
2014 |
(1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 24) |
Sepahan |
2017 |
40 |
1 |
11 |
Jaber Ansari |
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RM, LM, AM, RW, LW, SS |
2015 |
(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 28) |
Gostaresh Foulad |
2017 |
33 |
8 |
13 |
Karrar Jassim |
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AM, LM, RM, SS |
2014 |
(1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 28) |
Al-Talaba |
2016 |
41 |
6 |
16 |
Mehdi Momeni |
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AM, SS |
2016 |
(1985-09-21)21 September 1985 (aged 30) |
Naft Tehran |
2017 |
8 |
0 |
17 |
Milad Shabanloo |
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AM, CM |
2014 |
(1995-01-02)2 January 1995 (aged 20) |
Esteghlal Bushehr |
2017 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza |
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DM, LB |
2015 |
(1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 30) |
Figueirense |
2016 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
Alireza Ramezani |
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RM, RW |
2014 |
(1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 22) |
Naft Gachsaran |
2018 |
19 |
1 |
28 |
Mohsen Karimi |
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LM, LW |
2014 |
(1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 21) |
Youth system |
2018 |
30 |
5 |
36 |
Mehdi Rajabifar |
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LM, RM |
2015 |
(1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 18) |
Youth system |
2017 |
0 |
0 |
88 |
Farshid Esmaeili |
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AM, SS |
2015 |
(1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 21) |
Fajr Sepasi |
2018 |
20 |
1 |
99 |
Adil Chihi |
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RM, RW |
2016 |
(1988-02-21)21 February 1988 (aged 27) |
Free Agent |
2016 |
6 |
0 |
Forwards |
9 |
Arash Borhani |
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CF, RW, LW |
2007 |
(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 32) |
PAS Tehran |
2016 |
292 |
108 |
10 |
Sajjad Shahbazzadeh |
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CF, SS |
2014 |
(1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 25) |
Saipa |
2017 |
62 |
24 |
14 |
Pero Pejić |
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CF |
2015 |
(1982-11-28)28 November 1982 (aged 33) |
FK Kukësi |
2017 |
17 |
5 |
77 |
Behnam Barzay |
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LW, RW, LM, RM |
2015 |
(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 22) |
Rah Ahan |
2017 |
24 |
2 |
Persian Gulf Pro League squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization[1]
- [U19 = Under 19 Player | U21 = Under 21 Player | U23 = Under 23 Player][2]
New contracts
Transfers
In
Summer
Winter
Out
Summer
Winter
Loan out
Summer
Winter
Competitions
Overall
Competition |
Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match |
Last match |
Persian Gulf Pro League |
— | — |
3rd |
30 July 2015 | 13 May 2016 |
Hazfi Cup |
Round of 32 | — |
Runner-up |
11 Sep 2015 | 29 May 2016 |
Last updated: 29 May 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 |
7001300000000000000♠30 |
7001130000000000000♠13 |
7001130000000000000♠13 |
7000400000000000000♠4 |
7001430000000000000♠43 |
7001280000000000000♠28 |
+15 |
7001433300000000000♠43.33 |
Hazfi Cup |
7000500000000000000♠5 |
7000300000000000000♠3 |
7000200000000000000♠2 |
5000000000000000000♠0 |
7001120000000000000♠12 |
7000400000000000000♠4 |
+8 |
7001600000000000000♠60.00 |
Total |
7001350000000000000♠35 |
7001160000000000000♠16 |
7001150000000000000♠15 |
7000400000000000000♠4 |
7001550000000000000♠55 |
7001320000000000000♠32 |
+23 |
7001457100000000000♠45.71 |
Last updated: 29 May 2016 |
Persian Gulf Pro League
Standings
2015–16 Iran Pro League Table
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 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 |
30 |
13 |
13 |
4 |
43 |
28 |
+15 |
52 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
22 |
15 |
+7 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
21 |
13 |
+8 |
Last updated: 13 May 2016.
Source: Ipl Stats
Results by round
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | D |
Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Last updated: 13 May 2016.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Matches
Win
Draw
Loss
Postponed
Hazfi Cup
Win
Draw
Loss
Postponed
Friendly Matches
Pre-season
Win
Draw
Loss
Postponed
Mid-season
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Starting 11
- Considering starts in all competitions.
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Starting 11 line-up
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Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.
Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Top Assister
The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Goals conceded
The list is sorted by shirt number when total 'minutes played' are equal.
Rnk |
No. |
Player |
Pro League |
Hazfi Cup |
Total |
Minutes Played |
1 |
1 |
Mehdi Rahmati |
23 |
4 |
27 |
2760 min |
2 |
22 |
Vahid Talebloo |
5 |
0 |
5 |
450 min |
3 |
33 |
Amir Hossein Najafi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 min |
TOTALS |
28 |
4 |
32 |
3210 min |
Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Summary
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Total |
Home |
Away |
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Pro League |
Hazfi Cup |
Total |
Pro League |
Hazfi Cup |
Total |
Pro League |
Hazfi Cup |
Total |
Games played | 30 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
Games won | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Games drawn | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Games lost | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Goals scored | 43 | 12 | 55 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
Goals conceded | 28 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
Goal difference | +15 | +8 | +23 | +7 | +7 | +14 | +8 | +1 | +9 |
Clean sheets | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Top scorer | – | – | 11 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | Omid Ebrahimi |
Top assister | 4 | 3 | 7 | Jaber Ansari |
Most appearances | Jaber Ansari |
Most minutes played | Omid Ebrahimi |
Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Awards
Team
Player
See also
References
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