2011–12 Esteghlal F.C. season
Encyclopedia
The 2011–12 season will be Esteghlal Football Club's 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football
. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup
and AFC Champions League
, and 67th year in existence as a football club. Their best player is Farhad Majidi, followed by Mojtaba Jabari.
Out:
Out:
Velayat Cup
Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.
Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match assissts.
Football in Iran
Football in Iran is quite possibly the most popular sport, with only wrestling and volleyball being able to match its popularity. Football has been a part of life for Iranians for many decades now and is played in schools, alleys, streets and football clubs nationwide.-History of football in...
. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup
Hazfi Cup
The Hazfi Cup is a knockout cup competition in Iranian football, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The competition wasn't regarded important by clubs until the IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's four AFC Champions League spots to the champion....
and AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
, and 67th year in existence as a football club. Their best player is Farhad Majidi, followed by Mojtaba Jabari.
First team squad
- As of 1 July 2011.
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| 1 | Mehdi Rahmati Mehdi Rahmati Seyed Mehdi Rahmati is an Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier League football and the Iran national football team.-Club career:... |
 Iran |
GK | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Sepahan |
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| 21 | Mehrdad Hosseini Mehrdad Hosseini Mehrdad Hosseini is an Iranian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Iran's Premier Football League club Esteghlal. He formely played for Persepolis.-Persepolis:He made his career debut in Youth Persepolis.-Club Career Statistics:... |
Iran |
GK | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Persepolis |
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| 22 | Hadi Zarrin Saed | Iran |
GK | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Machine Sazi Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C. Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan. They currently play the Azadegan League... |
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| 30 | Ferydoon Rezaei | Iran |
GK | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | (Youth system Youth system Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams... ) |
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| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Khosro Heydari Khosro Heydari Khosro Heydari is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal FC as a defender in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:... |
Iran |
RM, RB | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Sepahan |
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| 3 | Mehdi Amirabadi Mehdi Amirabadi Mehdi Amirabadi is an Iranian footballer. He currently plays for Iran's Premier Football League's Esteghlal, usually as a Side Back.-Esteghlal:... (vice-captain) |
Iran |
RB, LB | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Saipa |
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| 4 | Hamid Azizzadeh | Iran |
CB | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Aluminium Hormozgan Aluminium Hormozgan F.C. Aluminum Hormozgan F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Bandar Abbas, Iran. They currently compete in the Azadegan League.-Season-by-Season:The table below chronicles the achievements of Aluminium Hormozgan in various competitions since 2006.... |
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| 5 | Hanif Omranzadeh Hanif Omranzadeh Hanif Omranzadehian is an Iranian football defender who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and the Iran national football team.... |
Iran |
CB | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran PAS Hamedan PAS Hamedan F.C. PAS Hamedan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran.-Establishment:PAS Hamedan was formed as a result of the dissolution of PAS Tehran F.C... |
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| 16 | Meisam Hosseini | Iran |
LB, CB | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Gostaresh Foolad Gostaresh Foolad F.C. Gostaresh Foolad F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, Iran. They currently compete in the Azadegan League.-History:Formed in 2009, Gostaresh took over the licence of Niroye Zamini F.C. when they ran into financial difficulties... |
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| 31 | Javad Shirzad | Iran |
LB | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Foolad |
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| 33 | Pejman Montazeri Pejman Montazeri Pejman Montazeri is an Iranian football player. He currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:He was one of the talnted players in the Foolad squad and moved to Esteghlal when Foolad relegated to the first division.He has been a regular player for the team in his... |
Iran |
DF | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Foolad |
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| 40 | Ali Hamoudi | Iran |
RB, RM | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Foolad |
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| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Kianoush Rahmati Kianoush Rahmati Kianoush "Kia" Rahmati is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal. He usually plays in midfielder position.-Club career:He started his appearance in IPL in 2005 and moved to Saipa from Pas in 2007.He moved to Esteghlal in July 2009.... |
Iran |
DM, CM | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Saipa |
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| 8 | Mojtaba Jabari | Iran |
CM, AM | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Aboomoslem |
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| 11 | Mohsen Yousefi | Iran |
LM | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Saba Qom Saba Qom F.C. Saba Qom Football Club is an Iranian football team based in Qom, Iran and currently playing in Iran's Premier League football.The team is a former part of Saba Battery Club, owned by Saba Battery Co., and was moved to Qom in 2007, although they were formerly registered as a team from Tehran... |
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| 13 | Karrar |  Iraq |
SM, SS | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Tractor Sazi |
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| 14 | Andranik Teymourian Andranik Teymourian Andranik Timotian-Samarani , more commonly known as Andranik "Ando" Teymourian is an Armenian Iranian footballer. He usually plays as a defensive midfielder, but can also play as a side midfielder. He is notably the only Christian footballer in the Iranian national team.-Early career:Andranik was... |
Iran |
DM, CM | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Tractor Sazi |
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| 15 | Waleed Ali Waleed Ali Waleed Ali is a Kuwaiti footballer who is a midfielder for the Iran Pro League club Esteghlal. He formely plays for Khaitan and Al Kuwait.Waleed's most valuable goal came in the 2010 Gulf Cup of Nations Final against Saudi Arabia... |
 Kuwait |
LM, LW | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Kuwait Al Kuwait Kuwait SC Kuwait Sporting Club is a Kuwaiti professional football club. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League 10 times, with the most recent one coming in 2008. Kuwait SC also has 23 trophies to their name in Kuwaiti Club Football history. Kuwait SC plays in Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Al Asimah,... |
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| 28 | Tohid Gholami | Iran |
MF | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | (Youth system Youth system Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams... ) |
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| 32 | Ferydoon Zandi Ferydoon Zandi Ferydoon Zandi is an Iranian-German professional footballer who is currently playing for Esteghlal in Iran Pro League.- Childhood :Zandi was born in the city of Emden, in northern Germany, to an Iranian father and a German mother. He speaks German and Persian... |
Iran |
AM, LM | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Steel Azin Steel Azin F.C. Steel Azin Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Semnan, Iran.The club is owned by Hossein Hedayati, owner of Steel Azin Co.Steel Azin club also had a volleyball team, sponsored by the same Company, which competed in the Iranian Volleyball Super League.-Ekbatan football club:Ekbatan... |
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| 37 | Esmaeil Sharifat Esmaeil Sharifat Esmaeil Sharifat is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal of the IPL-Club career:Sharifat began his career with Foolad F.C... |
Iran |
RM, RW | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Esteghlal Ahvaz |
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| Jacques Elong Elong Jacques Elong Elong Jacques Aurelien Elong Elong is a Cameroonian football player who plays for Esteghlal in the Iran Pro League. He usually plays in the Defensive Midfielder position.-Club career:... |
 Cameroon |
DM, CB | August 03, 2011 (age 0) |  Slovakia Dunajská Streda |
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| 7 | Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi is an Iranian football striker who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League. He was also a member of Iran national football team.- Club career :... (captain) |
Iran |
ST, SS | August 03, 2011 (age 0) |  United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli |
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| 9 | Arash Borhani Arash Borhani Arash Borhani is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and is a member of Iran national football team.... |
Iran |
ST | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran PAS Tehran |
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| 10 | Milad Meydavoudi Milad Meydavoudi Milad Meydavoudi is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:Meydavoudi started his career at Esteghlal Ahvaz with whom he made his professional debut in 2004, He was broght to Esteghlal Ahvaz by Nasser Hejazi from youth team.In... |
Iran |
RW, ST | August 03, 2011 (age 0) | Iran Esteghlal Ahvaz |
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| 19 | Ali Sabahi | Iran |
ST | (Youth system Youth system Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams... ) |
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Iran Pro League squad
- As of 1 September 2011. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2011-12
Out on loan
Summer
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Winter
In:Out:
Competitions
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Group Stage
Matches
Friendly Matches
Velayat Cup2011 Velayat International CupThe 2011 Velayat Cup was a friendly football tournament that took place in Tehran in the Iran in November 2011.-Participating teams:Totally 3 teams get permission to participate in the tournament “2011 Velayat Cup”.* Persepolis from * Nacional from...
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persepolis |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
 NacionalClub Nacional Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904.-History:The club was founded on June 5, 1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción... |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Esteghlal |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
Appearances
|}Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.- Last updated on 22 October 2011
| Ranking | Position | Nation | Name | Pro League | Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | |
Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi is an Iranian football striker who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League. He was also a member of Iran national football team.- Club career :... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
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Mojtaba Jabbari Mojtaba Jabbari Mojtaba Jabbari is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Iran's Premier Football League's Esteghlal as a midfielder.-Club career:... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | |
Milad Meydavoudi Milad Meydavoudi Milad Meydavoudi is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:Meydavoudi started his career at Esteghlal Ahvaz with whom he made his professional debut in 2004, He was broght to Esteghlal Ahvaz by Nasser Hejazi from youth team.In... |
4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | |
Esmaeil Sharifat Esmaeil Sharifat Esmaeil Sharifat is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal of the IPL-Club career:Sharifat began his career with Foolad F.C... |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | |
Arash Borhani Arash Borhani Arash Borhani is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and is a member of Iran national football team.... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | 23 | 0 | 3 | 26 | |||
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 Mojtaba Jabbari Mojtaba Jabbari is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Iran's Premier Football League's Esteghlal as a midfielder.-Club career:... |
5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | |
Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi is an Iranian football striker who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League. He was also a member of Iran national football team.- Club career :... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |||
Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match assissts.
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 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup will be the eleventh season of the Iran Pro League and the sixth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Sepahan are the defending champions. The regular season started on 2 August 2011.- Stadia and locations :... |
AFC Champions League 2012 AFC Champions League The 2012 AFC Champions League will be the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. The winner will participate in 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.-Allocation of entries per... |
Hazfi Cup 2011–12 Hazfi Cup The 2011–12 Hazfi Cup will be the 25th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. Persepolis is the defending champion. The competition starts in the middle of September, 2011.-Participating teams:... |
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| 14 | Iran |
MF | Andranik Teymourian Andranik Teymourian Andranik Timotian-Samarani , more commonly known as Andranik "Ando" Teymourian is an Armenian Iranian footballer. He usually plays as a defensive midfielder, but can also play as a side midfielder. He is notably the only Christian footballer in the Iranian national team.-Early career:Andranik was... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Iran |
MF | Esmaeil Sharifat Esmaeil Sharifat Esmaeil Sharifat is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal of the IPL-Club career:Sharifat began his career with Foolad F.C... |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Iran |
MF | Kianoush Rahmati Kianoush Rahmati Kianoush "Kia" Rahmati is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal. He usually plays in midfielder position.-Club career:He started his appearance in IPL in 2005 and moved to Saipa from Pas in 2007.He moved to Esteghlal in July 2009.... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Iran |
FW | Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi is an Iranian football striker who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League. He was also a member of Iran national football team.- Club career :... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Iran |
FW | Arash Borhani Arash Borhani Arash Borhani is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and is a member of Iran national football team.... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Iran |
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
Khosro Heydari Khosro Heydari Khosro Heydari is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal FC as a defender in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Iran |
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 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Pro League | Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Total | Minutes per goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
GK | Mehdi Rahmati Mehdi Rahmati Seyed Mehdi Rahmati is an Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier League football and the Iran national football team.-Club career:... |
14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | min |
| 21 | |
GK | Mehrdad Hosseini Mehrdad Hosseini Mehrdad Hosseini is an Iranian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Iran's Premier Football League club Esteghlal. He formely played for Persepolis.-Persepolis:He made his career debut in Youth Persepolis.-Club Career Statistics:... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | min |
| 22 | |
GK | Hadi Zarrin-Saed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | min |
| TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | min | |||
Own goals
- Updated on 16 September 2011
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Pro League | Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Overall statistics
| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Games won | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Games lost | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Biggest win | 4-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | N/A |
| Biggest loss | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Biggest win (League) | 4-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 20 | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| Goals conceded | 11 | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| Goal difference | +9 | N/A | N/A | +0 |
| Average per game | 2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Average per game | 0.6 | 0 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Points | 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Winning rate | %87 | %90 | %75 | N/A |
| Most appearances | 0 | N/A | ||
| Most minutes played | 0 | N/A | ||
| Top scorer | 7 | Farhad Majidi | ||
| Top assister | 0 | N/ACoaching staff |
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Other information
>Technical Committee
| Name |
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| Hassan Rowshan Hassan Rowshan Hassan Rōshan is an Iranian football coach, manager, and former player. He usually played as a striker. As of 15 July 2011, He is Head of Technical Committee of Esteghlal.- Early life :... |
| Alireza Mansourian Alireza Mansourian Ali Reza Mansourian is an Iranian football coach and retired player. He is current Head Coach of Iran national under-23 football team.-Club career:... |
| Javad Ghorab |
| Asghar Hajilou |