2014–15 Esteghlal F.C. season

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Esteghlal F.C.
2014–15 season
PresidentBahram Afsharzadeh
Head coachAmir Ghalenoei
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League6th
Hazfi CupQuarter-Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Shahbazzadeh (12)
All: Shahbazzadeh (13)
Highest home attendance67,000 v Persepolis (23 November 2014)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,000 v Rah Ahan
(1 December 2014)
Average home league attendance16,400

The 2014–15 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 14th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 70th year in existence as a football club.

Club[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Position Staff
Head coach Amir Ghalenoei
Assistant coach Javad Zarrincheh
Assistant coach Mahmoud Fekri
Assistant coach Sattar Hamedani
Goalkeepers coach Karim Boostani
Fitness trainer Parviz Heydari
Fitness advisor Parviz Komasi
Analyzers Iman Alami
Analyzers Nima Rasouli
Physiotherapists Amin Norouzi
Doctor Kaveh Sotoudeh
Psychologist Abbas Montazeri
Munition Team Madad Jabbari
Munition Team Hossein Amanati

Other information[edit]

Chairman Bahram Afsharzadeh
Deputy Chairman Ali Nazari Juybari
Media Officer Mohammad Nourifar
Director of Football Mirshad Majedi
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground Nasser Hejazi Camp

First team squad[edit]

Last updated: 14 June 2015
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Ends Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Mohsen Forouzan Iran GK 2014 (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 26) Iran Gostaresh Foulad 2017 0 0
21 Farzin Garousian Iran GK 2014 (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 22) Iran Mes Soongoun 2017 0 0
22 Vahid Talebloo Iran GK 2014 (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 32) Iran Rah Ahan 2017 191 0
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari Iran RM, RB 2011 (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31) Iran Sepahan 2015 208 7
4 Amir Hossein Sadeghi Iran CB, SW 2012 (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 33) Iran Tractor Sazi 2016 296 17
5 Hanif Omranzadeh Iran CB, SW 2009 (1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 29) Iran Pas 2016 191 23
15 Hrayr Mkoyan Armenia CB, SW 2014 (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 28) Armenia FC Shirak 2016 24 0
16 Hashem Beikzadeh Iran LB, LM 2012 (1984-01-22)22 January 1984 (aged 30) Iran Sepahan 2016 127 4
20 Majid Hosseini Iran CB, RB 2014 (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 18) Youth system 2017 4 0
34 Milad Fakhreddini Iran RB, RW 2014 (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 24) Iran Tractor Sazi 2016 28 1
Midfielders
3 Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia Iran DM, CB 2014 (1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 26) Iran Padideh 2017 27 0
6 Omid Ebrahimi Iran DM, CM 2014 (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 27) Iran Sepahan 2015 31 9
13 Karrar Jassim Iraq AM, LM, RM, SS 2014 (1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 27) Iraq Al-Talaba 2016 35 6
17 Yaghoub Karimi Iran LM, RM 2014 (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 23) Iran Sepahan 2015 24 1
28 Mohsen Karimi Iran LM, RM, LW, RW 2014 (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 20) Youth system 2017 4 0
99 Milad Nouri Iran CM, AM 2014 (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 28) Iran Paykan 2015 13 3
Forwards
9 Arash Borhani Iran CF, RW, LW 2007 (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31) Iran PAS Tehran 2016 276 106
10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Iran CF, ST 2014 (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 24) Iran Saipa 2017 32 13
29 Milad Soleiman Fallah Iran CF, ST 2014 (1986-09-15)15 September 1986 (aged 28) Iran Naft Masjed Soleyman 2017 4 0
44 Behnam Barzay Iran RW, LW, RM, LM 2015 (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 21) Iran Rah Ahan 2017 3 0
80 Reza Enayati Iran CF, ST 2014 (1976-09-23)23 September 1976 (aged 38) Iran Padideh 2016 107 63
Players transferred during the season
32 Amir Hossein Tahuni Iran LM, LW 2014 (1992-10-22)22 October 1992 (aged 22) Iran Damash Iranian 2019 6 0
11 Mohammad Ghazi Iran CF, LW, ST 2013 (1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 30) Iran Persepolis 2016 55 16
23 Mehdi Karimian Iran CM, AM 2014 (1980-08-28)28 August 1980 (aged 34) Iran Tractor Sazi 2016 11 1
19 Alireza Ramezani Iran RM, LM, RW, LW 2014 (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 21) Iran Naft Gachsaran 2017 11 1
14 Andranik Teymourian Iran DM, CM 2013 (1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 31) Qatar Al-Kharitiyath 2016 73 3
8 Pejman Nouri Iran DM, CM, LM 2013 (1980-07-13)13 July 1980 (aged 34) Iran Malavan 2015 56 0
12 Alberto Rafael da Silva Brazil GK 2014 (1984-03-24)24 March 1984 (aged 30) Brazil Fluminense 2015 0 0

Iran Pro League squad[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Mohsen Forouzan
2 DF Iran IRN Khosro Heidari
3 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia
4 DF Iran IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi (c)
5 DF Iran IRN Hanif Omranzadeh
6 MF Iran IRN Omid Ebrahimi
9 FW Iran IRN Arash Borhani
10 FW Iran IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
13 MF Iraq IRQ Karrar Jassim
15 DF Armenia ARM Hrayr Mkoyan
16 DF Iran IRN Hashem Beikzadeh
17 MF Iran IRN Yaghoub Karimi (on loan from Sepahan)
18 DF Iran IRN Soheil AsgharzadehU23
19 MF Iran IRN Alireza RamezaniU21
20 DF Iran IRN Majid HosseiniU21
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Iran IRN Farzin GarousianU23
22 GK Iran IRN Vahid Talebloo
24 MF Iran IRN Omid NoorafkanU21
25 DF Iran IRN Mohammad KhaliliU23
26 DF Iran IRN Iman AbaszadehU21
27 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza SoleimaniU21
28 MF Iran IRN Mohsen KarimiU21
29 FW Iran IRN Milad Soleiman Fallah
34 DF Iran IRN Milad Fakhreddini
35 DF Iran IRN Mehdi KarbalaeiU23
44 FW Iran IRN Behnam BarzayU23
77 MF Germany GER Hendrik Helmke
80 FW Iran IRN Reza Enayati
99 MF Iran IRN Milad Nouri
  • U21 = Under 21 Player
  • U23 = Under 23 Player

New contracts[edit]

No. Pos Name Age Contract length Ends Date Source
5 CB Iran Hanif Omranzadeh 29 2 year 2016 30 June 2014
8 CM Iran Pejman Nouri 34 1 year 2015 30 June 2014
9 CF Iran Arash Borhani 30 2 year 2016 30 June 2014
11 LW Iran Mohammad Ghazi 29 2 year 2016 30 June 2014
16 LB Iran Hashem Beikzadeh 30 2 year 2016 8 July 2014
4 CB Iran Amir Hossein Sadeghi 32 2 year 2016 13 July 2014
2 RB Iran Khosro Heydari 30 1 year 2015 13 July 2014
14 DM Iran Andranik Teymourian 31 2 year 2016 17 July 2014

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving From Type Ends Date Source
21 GK Iran Farzin Garousian 21 Mes Soongoun Transfer 2017 10 June 2014 [2]
3 DM Iran Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 26 Padideh Transfer 2017 10 June 2014 [3]
6 DM Iran Omid Ebrahimi 26 Sepahan Free transfer 2015 10 June 2014 [4]
10 ST Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 24 Saipa Transfer 2017 10 June 2014 [5]
34 RB Iran Milad Fakhreddini 24 Tractor Sazi Transfer 2016 10 June 2014 [6]
15 CB Armenia Hrayr Mkoyan 27 Armenia FC Shirak Transfer 2016 16 June 2014 [7]
27 MF Iran Mohammad Reza Soleimani 18 PAS Hamedan Transfer 2017 21 June 2014 [8]
23 CM Iran Mehdi Karimian 33 Tractor Sazi Transfer 2016 25 June 2014 [9]
18 MF Iran Soheil Asgharzadeh 21 Malavan Free Transfer 2017 28 June 2014
1 GK Iran Mohsen Forouzan 26 Tractor Sazi Free transfer 2017 29 June 2014 [10]
19 RM Iran Alireza Ramezani 21 Naft Gachsaran Free Transfer 2017 29 June 2014
13 AM Iraq Karrar Jassim 27 Iraq Al-Talaba Transfer 2016 4 July 2014 [11]
12 GK Brazil Alberto Rafael da Silva 30 Brazil Fluminense Transfer 2015 7 July 2014 [12]
26 FW Iran Iman Abaszadeh 18 Nassaji Mazandaran Transfer 2017 22 July 2014
32 LM Iran Amir Hossein Tahuni 21 Damash Iranian Transfer 2019 23 July 2014
35 DF Iran Mehdi Karbalaei 21 Naft Tehran Transfer 2017 23 July 2014
40 GK Iran Abbas Bakhtiari 20 Moghavemat Tehran Transfer 2017 July 2014

Winter[edit]

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving From Type Ends Date Source
20 CB Iran Majid Hosseini 18 Saipa Transfer 2017 24 November 2014 [13]
29 ST Iran Milad Soleiman Fallah 28 Naft Masjed Soleyman Free Transfer 2017 1 December 2014 [14]
22 GK Iran Vahid Talebloo 32 Rah Ahan Free Transfer 2017 21 December 2014
99 CM Iran Milad Nouri 28 Paykan Transfer 2015 22 December 2014
80 ST Iran Reza Enayati 38 Padideh Free Transfer 2016 26 December 2014 [15]
77 CM Germany Hendrik Helmke 27 Finland FF Jaro Free Transfer 2015 27 December 2014
44 RW Iran Behnam Barzay 21 Rah Ahan Free Transfer 2017 7 February 2015

Out[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving To Type Date Source
19 ST France Boubacar Kébé 27 Sudan Al-Hilal Transfer 27 April 2014
32 CF Iran Mehdi Nazari 24 Gostaresh Foolad End of contract 29 May 2014
27 AM Brazil Tony 28 Brazil Boavista End of Loan 15 June 2014
22 LM Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 34 Khoneh Be Khoneh End of contract 15 June 2014
70 RB Iran Majid Gholamnejad 31 Unattached Transfer 15 June 2014
1 GK Iran Mehdi Rahmati 31 Paykan End of contract 18 June 2014 [16]
3 DM Trinidad and Tobago Jlloyd Samuel 33 Paykan End of contract 23 June 2014 [17]
23 AM Iran Iman Mobali 31 Naft Tehran End of contract 23 June 2014 [18]
77 CF Iran Mehrdad Oladi 29 Malavan Transfer 6 July 2014 [19]
10 CF Iran Siavash Akbarpour 29 Paykan Transfer 12 July 2014
20 AM Iran Ahmad Jamshidian 30 Paykan Transfer 21 July 2014
13 GK Iran Mehrdad Hosseini 25 Retired Transfer July 2014
12 DF Iran Meysam Joudaki 19 Naft Tehran Transfer July 2014
30 AM Iran Arash Rezavand 20 Naft Tehran Transfer July 2014
GK Iran Taha Zareei 19 Portugal Naval Transfer August 2014

Winter[edit]

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving To Type Date Source
23 CM Iran Mehdi Karimian 34 Fajr Sepasi Released 22 November 2014 [20]
8 CM Iran Pejman Nouri 34 Malavan Released 28 November 2014 [21]
30 MF Iran Saeid Amraei 22 Retired Released November 2014
12 GK Brazil Alberto Rafael da Silva 30 Brazil Cabofriense Released 16 December 2014 [22]
14 DM Iran Andranik Teymourian 31 Tractor Sazi Released 24 December 2014
11 ST Iran Mohammad Ghazi 30 Foolad Released 30 December 2014 [23]
77 CM Germany Hendrik Helmke 27 Egypt Al Ahly Released 30 January 2015
40 GK Iran Abbas Bakhtiari 21 Nassaji Transfer January 2015

Loan in[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Loaned From Start Ends Source
17 LM Iran Yaghoub Karimi 22 Sepahan 21 July 2014 30 June 2015 [24]

Loan out[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Loaned To Start Ends Source
34 RM Iran Iman Basafa 22 Esteghlal Khuzestan June 2014 30 June 2015 [25]
21 GK Iran Hossein Hosseini 21 Malavan 17 June 2014 30 June 2016

Winter[edit]

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Loaned To Start Ends Source
32 LM Iran Amir Hossein Tahuni 22 Nassaji 3 January 2015 30 June 2015 [26]

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Iran Pro League 6th 6th 1 August 2014 15 May 2015
Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Quarter-Final Quarter-Final 18 October 2014 27 November 2014

Updated to match played 15 May 2015
Source: Competitions
Note: Current Position/Round Only use for team still a part of Competition.

Competition record[edit]

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 30 13 8 9 40 34 +6 043.33
Hazfi Cup 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 066.67
Total 33 15 9 9 47 38 +9 045.45

Persian Gulf Pro League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Zob Ahan 30 14 10 6 46 26 +20 52 Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
5 Foolad 30 15 7 8 33 24 +9 52
6 Esteghlal 30 13 8 9 40 34 +6 47
7 Saipa 30 11 8 11 36 34 +2 41
8 Persepolis 30 9 9 12 31 35 −4 36
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

Results summary[edit]

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 8 9 40 34  +6 47 8 3 4 19 14  +5 5 5 5 21 20  +1

Last updated: 15 May 2015.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLWWWWLLLWDDDLWDWWWDWLLDDDWLL
Position224311122222346555212233556666
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

1 August 2014 1 Rah Ahan 1–2 Esteghlal Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Rezaïan 2'
Irannejad Yellow card 37'
Karimi Yellow card 52'
K. Jassim 55'
Ghazi 74'
Khorsandnia Yellow card 83'
Stadium: Takhti Tehran
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
Man of the Match: Khosro Heydari
8 August 2014 2 Esteghlal 1–0 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Teymourian Yellow card
Shahbazzadeh 90+2'
Summary Hadi Khanifar Yellow card
Coulibaly Yellow card
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
14 August 2014 3 Sepahan 3–1 Esteghlal Isfahan
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Hajsafi 27'
Sharifi 32'
Aghili Yellow card 44'
Pereira 64'
Khalilzadeh Yellow card 67'
Khalatbari Yellow card 69'
Khalilzadeh Yellow card 90' Red card
Fakhreddini 16' Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
19 August 2014 4 Esteghlal 3–2 Saipa Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) K. Jassim 32'
Ebrahimi 64'
FakhreddiniYellow card 70'
Ebrahimi 91'
Shakouri 6'
Shiri 49'
Shakouri Yellow card 78'
M. Ramezani Yellow card 78'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
24 August 2014 5 Paykan 0–3 Esteghlal Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Nosrati Yellow card 66'
Divsalar Yellow card 79'
Heydari 30'
Beikzadeh Yellow card 41'
Karimian 53'
Shahbazzadeh 61'
Stadium: Takhti Tehran
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
29 August 2014 6 Esteghlal 3–0 Gostaresh Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Borhani Yellow card 27'
Borhani 39' (pen.)
Ebrahimi 45'
Teymourian Yellow card 59'
K. Jassim Yellow card 76'
Ghazi 89'
Asadi Yellow card 74'
Naghizadeh Yellow card
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
4 September 2014 7 Naft Masjed Soleyman 0–2 Esteghlal Masjed Soleyman
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Mahmoud Tighnavard Yellow card 22'
Kiamars Cheraghi Yellow card 23'
Fakhreddini Yellow card 25'
Ghazi 42'
Shahbazzadeh 90'
Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hajbabaei
9 September 2014 8 Naft Tehran 2–0 Esteghlal Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30) Amiri 1'
Amiri Yellow card 76'
Motahari 88'
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali
18 September 2014 9 Esteghlal 0–1 Foolad Tehran
Ghazi Yellow card Rafiei 84' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
26 September 2014 10 Zob Ahan 2–1 Esteghlal Isfahan
19:00 Rajabzadeh Yellow card 7' Yellow-red card 80' 9'
Imani Yellow card
Seifpanahi Yellow card
Hassanzadeh 73'
Farhadi Yellow card
Summary Sadeghi Yellow card
Beikzadeh 50'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Iran Yadollah Jahanbazi
2 October 2014 11 Esteghlal 3–1 Malavan Tehran
19:00 Ebrahimi 34'
Ghazi 41'
Shahbazzadeh 84'
Rafkhaei 56' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
22 October 2014 12 Padideh 1–1 Esteghlal Mashhad
15:00 Jovanović Yellow card 24'
Nasehi Yellow card 36'
Kheiri 52'
Nazarzadeh Yellow card 76'
Prahić Yellow card 81'
Varzesh 3 Shahbazzadeh 3'
Khorsandnia Yellow card 15'
Sadeghi Yellow card 47'
Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian
30 October 2014 13 Esteghlal 1–1 Saba Qom Tehran
16:35 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Milad Fakhreddini Yellow card 17' downward-facing red arrow 58'
Andranik Teymourianupward-facing green arrow 45'
Mohammad Reza Khorsandniadownward-facing red arrow 45'
Alireza Ramezaniupward-facing green arrow 58'downward-facing red arrow 68'
Pezhman Nooriupward-facing green arrow 68'
Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 72'
varzesh3 Ayoub Kalantari 77' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Turaj Haghverdi
23 November 2014 15 Esteghlal 1–2 Persepolis Tehran
18:05 DST+03:30 S. Shahbazzaadeh 44'
A. Teymourian Yellow card 63'
M. Fakhreddini Yellow card 78'
Summary
Stats
Live TV:
IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2
M. Bengar Yellow card 54'
M. Nouri 74' Yellow card 74'
O. Alishah 82' Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card 82'
Nilson C. Yellow card 90'
M. Taremi Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
1 December 2014 16 Esteghlal 1–0 Rah Ahan Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30 S. Shahbazzaadeh 62' varzesh3 M.Gholami Yellow card 33'
V.Talebloo Yellow card 45'
B.Abdi Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
11 December 2014 17 Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–4 Esteghlal Ahvaz
16:20 DST+03:30 Seyed-Salehi 6', 43'
Momeni 38' (pen.) Yellow card 46'
Tayyebi 74'
Varzesh3 Karimi 4'
Ebrahimi 30', 51' (pen.)
Karrar Yellow card 45'
Shahbazzaadeh 62'
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi
Man of the Match: Seyed-Salehi
30 January 2015 18 Esteghlal 2–1 Sepahan Tehran
16:55 DST+03:30 Enayati 8'
Ebrahimi 90+2'
varzesh3 Papi 42' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
4 February 2015 19 Saipa 0–1 Esteghlal Karaj
15:30 DST+03:30 Sadeghi Yellow card 73' varzesh3 Shahbazzadeh 45'
Jassim Yellow card 84' Yellow-red card
Stadium: Enghelab Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Alireza Faghani
8 February 2015 20 Esteghlal 1–0 Paykan Tehran
17:10 DST+03:30 Yazdani Yellow card 13'
Akbarpour Yellow card 19'
varzesh3 Borhani Yellow card 9'
Shahbazzadeh 90+3'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi
20 February 2015 21 Gostaresh 0–0 Esteghlal Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30 Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
6 March 2015 22 Esteghlal 1–0 Naft Masjed Soleyman Tehran
17:30 DST+03:30 Enayati 61' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
12 March 2015 23 Esteghlal 0–1 Naft Tehran Tehran
18:15 DST+03:30 Padovani 81' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
2 April 2015 24 Foolad 2–1 Esteghlal Ahvaz
18:55 DST+03:30 Sharifat 76'
Chago 81'
Enayati 13' Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
10 April 2015 25 Esteghlal 1–1 Zob Ahan Tehran
19:00 DST+03:30 Ebrahimi 63' Esmaeilifar 75' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
17 April 2015 26 Malavan 1–1 Esteghlal Bandar-e Anzali
17:30 DST+03:30 Kanaani 47' Enayati 16' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
26 April 2015 27 Esteghlal 0–0 Padideh Tehran
19:15 DST+03:30 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
30 April 2015 28 Saba Qom 1–2 Esteghlal Qom
Badamaki 77' K. Jassim 8'
Shahbazzadeh 58'
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
15 May 2015 30 Persepolis 1–0 Esteghlal Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30 A. Alipour 65' Stats
Summary
Live TV:
IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Hazfi Cup[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

18 October 2014 (18 October 2014) Round of 32 Foolad Novin 0–1 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal Ahvaz
19:00 DST+03:30 Ramezani 109' Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
27 October 2014 (27 October 2014) Round of 16 Esteghlal 4–2 Parseh Tehran
16:40 DST+03:30 Karrar 46', 90+3'
Shahbazzadeh 51' Yellow card 45' Red card 70'
Andranik TeymourianYellow card 67'
Khosro HeydariYellow card 68'
Ghazi 90+1'
Varzesh3 Poursafshekan 9'
Ashouri 90+1'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
27 November 2014 (27 November 2014) Quarter-Final Zob Ahan 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)
EsteghlalIsfahan
17:20 DST+03:30 Dehnavi 23'
Hassanzadeh 75'
Borhani 7'
Jassim 22'
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Alborz Hajipour
Penalties
Rajabzadeh soccer ball with check mark
Santos soccer ball with check mark
Dehnavi soccer ball with check mark
Beikzadeh soccer ball with red X
Ebrahimi soccer ball with red X
Borhani soccer ball with red X

Friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season[edit]

11 July 2014 (2014-07-11) Bursaspor Turkey 2–0 Iran Esteghlal Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Green Park Camp
15 July 2014 (2014-07-15) Esteghlal Iran 2–3 Algeria USM Alger Istanbul, Turkey
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Green Park Camp

Shohada tournament[edit]

21 July 2014 (2014-07-21) Esteghlal 2–1 Malavan Tehran, Iran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Borhani 68' (pen.), 77' report Rafkhaei 18' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mehdi Seyed-Ali
24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) Esteghlal 1–2 Tractor Sazi Tehran, Iran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Ghazi 15' report Ahmadzadeh 45'
Dalir 55'
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Iman Ariyamansh

During season[edit]

20 August 2014 (2014-08-20) Esteghlal 1–1 Khooneh Be Khooneh Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Nouri 12' report Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 60
6 September 2014 (2014-09-06) Esteghlal 3–1 Parseh Tehran, Iran
17:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Noorafkan
Tahuni
report Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 100
12 October 2014 (2014-10-12) FC Shirak Armenia 3–2 Iran Esteghlal Gyumri, Armenia
report Ghazi 87' (pen.)
Karimi 90'
Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium
Attendance: 500
16 November 2014 (2014-11-16) Esteghlal 1–1 Saipa Tehran, Iran
Fakhreddini 50' report Ayoubi 70' Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
6 January 2015 (2015-01-06) Esteghlal 1–1 Padideh Kish, Iran
Enayati report Jovanović Stadium: Olympic Kish
Attendance: 600
13 January 2015 (2015-01-13) Esteghlal 1–1 Mes Kerman Kish, Iran
Karrar pen.' report ? Stadium: Olympic Kish
Attendance: 700
16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) Sanat Naft 0–1 Esteghlal Abadan, Iran
Shahbazzadeh 42' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
22 January 2015 (2015-01-22) Esteghlal 1–1 Rah Ahan Tehran, Iran
Fakhreddini 72' Mohammadrezaei 5' Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
16 February 2015 (2015-02-16) Esteghlal 2–2 Parseh Tehran, Iran
Mohsen Karimi 25'
Milad Soleiman Fallah 60'
report Shahab Zandi 61'
Ali Shams 89'
Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 50
26 February 2015 (2015-02-26) Aluminium Arak 3–3 Esteghlal Arak, Iran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Nasiri 10'
Javad Molaie 75' 90'
report Karimi 21'
Fakhreddini 53'
Noorafkan 56'
Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) Esteghlal 2–1 Aluminium Hormozgan Tehran, Iran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Karimi 35', 36' report Alekasir 47' Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 100
19 March 2015 (2015-03-19) Esteghlal 1–4 Saba Qom Tehran, Iran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Karimi 80' report Alimohammadi 12'
Kalantari 44', 45'
Forouzan 57' (o.g.)
Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
27 March 2015 (2015-03-27) Esteghlal 1–1 Saipa Tehran, Iran
17:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Nouri report
report 2
Zahedi Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp
Attendance: 250

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Iran IRN Mohsen Forouzan 28 0 26 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF Iran IRN Khosro Heidari 23 1 21 1 2 0
3 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 24 0 22 0 2 0
4 DF Iran IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi 21 1 19 1 2 0
5 DF Iran IRN Hanif Omranzadeh 13 0 13 0 0 0
15 DF Armenia ARM Hrayr Mkoyan 20 0 20 0 0 0
16 DF Iran IRN Hashem Beikzadeh 21 1 21 1 0 0
34 DF Iran IRN Milad Fakhreddini 24 1 22 1 2 0
Midfielders
6 MF Iran IRN Omid Ebrahimi 27 8 25 8 2 0
13 MF Iraq IRQ Karrar Jassim 20 4 20 2 0 2
17 MF Iran IRN Yaghoub Karimi 20 1 18 1 2 0
19 MF Iran IRN Alireza Ramezani 11 1 10 0 1 1
31 MF Iran IRN Milad Nouri 8 0 8 0 0 0
Strikers
9 FW Iran IRN Arash Borhani 22 2 22 2 0 0
10 FW Iran IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 29 12 27 11 2 1
29 FW Iran IRN Milad Soleiman Fallah 3 0 3 0 0 0
80 FW Iran IRN Reza Enayati 10 4 10 4 0 0
Players sold or loaned out or retired after the start of the season:
8 MF Iran IRN Pejman Nouri 13 0 12 0 1 0
14 MF Iran IRN Andranik Teymourian 16 0 14 0 2 0
23 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Karimian 11 1 9 1 2 0
32 FW Iran IRN Amir Hossein Tahuni 4 0 3 0 1 0
11 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Ghazi 17 5 15 4 2 1

Last updated: 1 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Starting 11[edit]

Considering starts in all competitions.

Disciplinary record[edit]

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

No. Nat. Position Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
34 Iran DF Milad Fakhreddini 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
13 Iraq MF Karrar Jassim 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
14 Iran MF Andranik Teymourian 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
3 Iran DF Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
4 Iran DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
2 Iran DF Khosro Heydari 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
16 Iran DF Hashem Beikzadeh 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 Iran FW Arash Borhani 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 Iran FW Mohammad Ghazi 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
10 Iran FW Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
6 Iran MF Omid Ebrahimi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 Iran MF Alireza Ramezani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 Iran FW Milad Soleiman Fallah 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Iran MF Yaghoub Karimi 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
5 Iran DF Hanif Omranzadeh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 31 0 0 8 1 0 39 2 0

Last updated: 20 February 2015
Source: Competitive matches and ipl

Top scorers[edit]

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

Rnk Pos No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
1 FW 10 Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 12 1 13
2 MF 6 Iran Omid Ebrahimi 9 0 9
3 FW 11 Iran Mohammad Ghazi 4 1 5
MF 13 Iraq Karrar Jassim 3 3 6
5 FW 9 Iran Arash Borhani 2 1 3
6 DF 2 Iran Khosro Heydari 1 0 1
DF 4 Iran Amir Hossein Sadeghi 1 0 1
MF 16 Iran Hashem Beikzadeh 1 0 1
MF 17 Iran Yaghob Karimi 1 0 1
MF 19 Iran Alireza Ramezani 0 1 1
MF 23 Iran Mehdi Karimian 1 0 1
DF 34 Iran Milad Fakhreddini 1 0 1
FW 80 Iran Reza Enayati 1 0 1
TOTALS 33 7 40

Last updated: 8 July 2015
Source: Competitive matches

Top Assister[edit]

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

Rnk Pos No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
1 MF 13 Iraq Karrar Jassim 8 2 10
2 DF 2 Iran Khosro Heydari 4 0 4
MF 17 Iran Yaghoub Karimi 3 1 4
4 FW 9 Iran Arash Borhani 2 1 3
5 FW 10 Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 2 0 2
6 DF 5 Iran Hanif Omranzadeh 1 0 1
MF 19 Iran Alireza Ramezani 1 0 1
DF 34 Iran Milad Fakhreddini 1 0 1
TOTALS 22 4 26

Last updated: 8 February 2015
Source: Competitive matches

Goals conceded[edit]

Position Nation Number Name Pro League Hazfi Cup Total Minutes per goal
GK Iran 1 Mohsen Forouzan 23 4 27 72.2 min
GK Brazil 12 Alberto Rafael da Silva 0 0 0 0 min
GK Iran 21 Farzin Garousian 0 0 0 0 min
GK Iran 30 Vahid Talebloo 0 0 0 0 min
TOTALS 23 4 27 72.2 min

Last updated: 30 January 2015
Source: Competitive matches

Overall statistics[edit]

Total Home Away
Pro League Hazfi Cup Total Pro League Hazfi Cup Total Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
Games played 16 3 19 8 1 9 8 2 10
Games won 8 2 10 5 1 6 3 1 4
Games drawn 3 1 4 2 0 2 1 1 2
Games lost 5 0 5 2 0 2 3 0 3
Biggest win 3–0 4–2 3–0 3–0 4–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0
Biggest loss 3–1 N/A 3–1 2–1 N/A 2–1 3–1 N/A 3–1
Clean sheets 5 1 6 3 0 3 2 1 3
Goals scored 25 7 32 13 4 17 12 3 15
Goals conceded 18 4 22 7 2 9 11 2 13
Goal difference +7 +3 +10 +6 +2 +8 +1 +1 +2
Average GF per game 1.6 2.3 1.7 1.6 4 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.5
Average GA per game 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 2 1 1.4 1 1.3
Points 27/48 (56.25%) 7/9 (77.78%) 34/57 (59.65%) 19/24 (79.17%) 3/3 (100%) 22/27 (81.48%) 8/24 (33.33%) 4/6 (66.67%) 12/30 (40%)
Winning rate 50% 66.67% 52.63% 62.5% 100% 66.67% 37.5% 50% 40%
Most appearances 16 3 19 Iran Mohsen Forouzan
Most minutes played 1440 330 1770 Iran Mohsen Forouzan
Top scorer 7 1 8 Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
Top assister 5 2 7 Iraq Karrar Jassim

Last updated: 4 December 2014
Source: Competitive matches

See also[edit]

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