2019–20 Esteghlal F.C. season

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Esteghlal F.C.
2019–20 season
PresidentAmirhossein Fathi
(until 10 December 2019)[1]
Esmaeil Khalilzadeh
(from 10 December 2019
until 26 February 2020)[2]
Ali Fatollahzadeh
(from 26 February 2020
until 30 March 2020)[3]
Ahmad Saadatmand
(from 30 March 2020)[4]
Head coachAndrea Stramaccioni
(until 8 December 2019)
Voria Ghafouri (caretaker)
(from 9 december 2019
until 2 January 2020)[5]
Farhad Majidi
(from 2 January 2020
until 3 September 2020)
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
(from 6 September 2020)
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Pro League2nd
Hazfi CupRunners-up
AFC Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Cheick Diabaté (15)

All:
Cheick Diabaté (19)
Highest home attendance65,000
(vs Shahr Khodro, 5 December 2019)
Lowest home attendance9,000
(vs Naft MIS, 2 February 2020)
Biggest winEsteghlal 5–0 Sanat Naft
Al-Rayyan 0–5 Esteghlal
Biggest defeatEsteghlal 1–2 Machine Sazi
Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal

The 2019–20 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 19th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 26th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 74th year in existence as a football club.

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

Last updated: 2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)
No. Name Nat Position Date of Birth (Age) Since End Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Hossein Hosseini Iran GK (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 27) 2012 2021 Iran Youth Sector
19 Hossein Pour Hamidi Iran GK (1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (aged 21) 2019 2022 Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan
78 Alireza Ansari Iran GK (2000-02-06)6 February 2000 (aged 19) 2019 2020 Iran Youth Sector
Defenders
3 Milad Zakipour Iran LB / LM (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 24) 2016 2021 Iran Naft Tehran
4 Roozbeh Cheshmi Iran CB / DM (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 26) 2015 2020 Iran Saba Qom
5 Aref Gholami Iran CB / RB / LB (1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 22) 2019 2021 Iran Foolad
21 Vouria Ghafouri Iran RB / RW (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 32) 2016 2021 Iran Sepahan
22 Siavash Yazdani Iran CB (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 27) 2019 2021 Iran Sepahan
30 Azim Gök Iran CB / LB (1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 23) 2016 2021 Iran Youth Sector
32 Amirhossein Kargar Iran RB (1998-11-22)22 November 1998 (aged 21) 2018 2021 Iran Youth Sector
33 Hrvoje Milić Croatia LB / LM (1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 30) 2019 2021 Italy Crotone
41 Arash Dajliri Iran RB (1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 20) 2020 Iran Youth Sector
57 Shahin Taherkhani Iran CB (1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 22) 2018 2021 Iran Youth Sector
70 Mohammad Daneshgar Iran CB (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 25) 2018 2020 Iran Saipa
Midfielders
6 Ali Karimi Iran CM / DM (1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 25) 2018 2020 Iran Sepahan
8 Farshid Esmaeili Iran AM / LW / RW (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 25) 2015 2020 Iran Fajr Sepasi
9 Ali Dashti Iran RW / SS (1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 25) 2018 2021 Iran Saipa
14 Farshid Bagheri Iran DM / CM (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 27) 2016 2020 Iran Saba Qom
15 Sina Khadempour Iran DM / CM / CB (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22) 2017 2022 Iran Naft Tehran
23 Dariush Shojaeian Iran AM / RW / LW (1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 27) 2017 2020 Iran Gostaresh Foulad
28 Mohsen Karimi Iran LW / RW / SS (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 25) 2014 2020 Iran Youth Sector
40 Amir Hossein Khodamoradi Iran AM (2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 19) 2020 2024 Iran Youth Sector
66 Masoud Rigi Iran DM / CM (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 28) 2019 2021 Iran Shahr Khodro
77 Reza Azari Iran DM / CM / AM (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 21) 2018 2023 Iran Youth Sector
80 Mohammad Bolboli Iran LW (1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 21) 2019 2023 Iran Sepidrood
88 Arash Rezavand Iran AM / CM (1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 26) 2019 2021 Iran Saipa
Forwards
7 Cheick Diabaté Mali CF / SS (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 31) 2019 2021 Turkey Osmanlıspor
10 Mehdi Ghayedi Iran SS / RW / LW (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 21) 2017 2023 Iran Iranjavan
11 Morteza Tabrizi Iran CF / LW (1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 28) 2018 2020 Iran Zob Ahan
17 Zakaria Moradi Iran CF / RW (1998-08-14)14 August 1998 (aged 21) 2019 2023 Iran Youth Sector
72 Amir Arsalan Motahari Iran CF / RW (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 26) 2020 2021 Iran Zob Ahan
Players transferred during the season
99 Sajjad Aghaei Iran CF / LW / RW (1999-03-19)19 March 1999 (aged 20) 2017 2022 Iran Youth Sector
20 Nikolay Bodurov Bulgaria CB (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 33) 2020 2021 Unattached

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer
window
Ends Source
Iran Hamed Bakhshi 18 Peykan Transfer Summer [6]
80 LW Iran Mohammad Bolboli 21 Sepidrood Transfer Summer 2023 [7]
9 RW Iran Ali Dashti 25 Saipa Transfer Summer 2021 [8]
44 CB Iran Milad Bagheri 23 Mes Kerman Transfer Summer 2022 [9]
22 CB Iran Siavash Yazdani 27 Sepahan Transfer Summer 2021 [10]
66 DM Iran Masoud Rigi 28 Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer 2021 [11]
15 DM Iran Sina Khadempour 22 Gol Gohar End of loan Summer 2022
70 RW Iran Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 23 Arvand Karun End of loan Summer 2022
80 RW Iran Mohammad Dehghan Nejad 19 Saipa Transfer Winter 2020
88 AM Iran Arash Rezavand 25 Saipa Transfer Summer 2021 [12]
7 CF Mali Cheick Diabaté 31 Turkey Osmanlıspor Transfer Summer 2021 [13]
38 CM Iran Ali Tari 18 Zob Ahan Transfer Summer 2024
5 CB Iran Aref Gholami 22 Foolad Transfer Summer 2021 [14]
GK Iran Erfan Khalili 19 Niroo Zamini Transfer Summer 2020
19 GK Iran Hossein Pour Hamidi 21 Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Summer 2022
33 LB Croatia Hrvoje Milić 30 Italy Crotone Transfer Summer 2021 [15]
LW Iran Hossein Bijani 16 Foolad Transfer Summer 2022 [16]
30 CB Iran Azim Gök 23 Malavan End of loan Winter 2021
72 CF Iran Amir Arsalan Motahari 26 Zob Ahan Transfer Winter 2021 [17]
20 CB Bulgaria Nikolay Bodurov 33 Unattached Transfer Winter 2021 [18]

Out[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer
window
Source
GK Iran Sasan Zamaneh 20 Persepolis Transfer Summer [19]
GK Iran Parsa Jafari 19 Saipa Transfer Summer [20]
2 RB Iran Khosro Heydari 35 Retired End of contract Summer [21]
1 GK Iran Mehdi Rahmati 36 Shahr Khodro End of contract Summer [22]
19 GK Iran Arshia Babazadeh 23 Thailand Surat Thani Transfer Summer
GK Iran Mohammad Javad Kia 17 Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer [23]
44 RB Iran Farshad Mohammadi 24 Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer [24]
12 LB Iran Meysam Teymouri 26 Tractor Sazi Transfer Summer [25]
5 AM South Africa Ayanda Patosi 26 South Africa Cape Town Loan return Summer
26 CF Iran Fardin Najafi 21 Oghab Tehran Loan Summer
30 DM Iran Omid Noorafkan 22 Belgium Charleroi Loan return Summer [26]
16 RW Iran Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 18 Turkey Fenerbahçe Transfer Summer [27]
29 LB Iran Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh 19 Pars Jonoubi Transfer Summer [28]
88 RW Iran Reza Karimi 20 Unattached Released Summer
90 CF Nigeria Godwin Mensha 29 United Arab Emirates Ajman Transfer Summer [29]
LW Iran Ahmadreza Ahmadvand 20 Persepolis Transfer Summer [30]
13 LB Iran Armin Sohrabian 23 Saipa Transfer Summer
10 CF Iran Rouhollah Bagheri 28 Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer
27 AM Iran Hossein Heydari 20 Qashqai Transfer Summer
70 RW Iran Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 23 Sorkhpooshan Transfer Summer
43 LB Iran Amirhossein Pourmohammad 21 Sorkhpooshan Transfer Summer
17 LW Iraq Humam Tariq 23 Egypt Ismaily Transfer Summer
33 CB Iran Pejman Montazeri 35 Qatar Al Kharitiyat End of contract Summer
38 CF Iran Meraj Pourtaghi 21 Damash Gilan Transfer Summer
22 GK Iran Mehdi Nourollahi 22 Saipa Transfer Summer [31]
20 CF Guinea-Bissau Esmaël Gonçalves 28 Japan Matsumoto Yamaga Transfer Summer [32]
44 CB Iran Milad Bagheri 24 Pars Jonoubi Transfer Winter [33]
98 RW Iran Morteza Aghakhan 26 Saipa Transfer Winter [34]
99 CF Iran Sajjad Aghaei 20 Zob Ahan Loan Winter [35]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30) 1 Esteghlal 5 – 0 Esteghlal B Tehran
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) M. Tabrizi 8 (pen.)', 38'
R. Bagheri 16'
A. Dashti 64'
M. Bolboli
Report
4 July 2019 (2019-07-04) 2 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Niroo Zamini Tehran
18:40 IRDT (UTC+04:30) D. Shojaeian 9' Report A. Akvan 45'
11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) 3 Esteghlal Iran 5 – 0 Nigeria Heartland Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+03:00) M. Zakipour 18'
S. Aghaei 20', 39'
M. Tabrizi 59'
A. Dashti 65'
Report
17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) 4 Esteghlal Iran 3 – 1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+03:00) S. Aghaei 22'
D. Shojaeian 63'
A. Dashti 75'
Report 12'
25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) 5 Esteghlal 4 – 2 Baadraan Tehran Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Diabate 34'
Esmaeili 40'
Tabrizi 66'
F.Bagheri 70'
Report Vakili 10'
Ebrahimi 12'
1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) 6 Esteghlal 4 – 0 Machine Sazi Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Shojaeian 26'
Esmaeili 30'
Daneshgar 50'
Dashti 90'
5 August 2019 (2019-08-05) 7 Esteghlal 4 – 0 Esteghlal U-20 Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
12 August 2019 (2019-08-12) 8 Esteghlal 0–2 Paykan Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) 9 Esteghlal 5–0 Oghab Tehran
09:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 22 August 2019 20 August 2020 Matchday 1 2nd 30 14 11 5 55 31 +24 046.67
Hazfi Cup 30 September 2019 3 September 2020 Round of 32 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 12 6 +6 060.00
AFC Champions League 21 January 2020 26 September 2020 Preliminary round 2 Round of 16 7 3 2 2 15 6 +9 042.86
Total 42 20 14 8 82 43 +39 047.62

Last updated: 27 September 2020 (2020-09-27).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League[edit]


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 14 11 5 55 31  +24 53 8 5 2 25 12  +13 6 6 3 30 19  +11

Last updated: 21 August 2020 (2020-08-21).
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLDDLDWWWWWWDWDWLLWDWLDLDWDWDDW
Position121211151411877433122554434545222222
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2020 (2020-08-21). Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 21 4 5 46 17 +29 67 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 55 31 +24 53
3 Foolad 30 14 9 7 28 19 +9 51 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
4 Tractor 30 14 8 8 31 23 +8 50 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
5 Sepahan 30 12 13 5 39 22 +17 49
Source: IPL Table, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[36]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Tractor qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup


Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) 1 Machine Sazi 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report
Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Payam Heydari
29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) 2 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Foolad Tehran
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 3 Naft MIS 1 – 1 Esteghlal Masjed Soleyman
19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report
Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 4 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Note: 91st Tehran derby
26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) 5 Zob Ahan 2 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bijan Heydari
4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) 6 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Gol Gohar Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Hassan Akrami
21 October 2019 (2019-10-21) 7 Saipa 0 – 4 Esteghlal Shahr-e Qods
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 8 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Pars Jonoubi Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi
1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) 9 Tractor 2 – 4 Esteghlal Tabriz
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Bijan Heydari
5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 10 Esteghlal 5 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 11 Nassaji 1 – 2 Esteghlal Qaem Shahr
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Vatani Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ali Safaei
30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 12 Sepahan 2 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) 13 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Shahr Khodro Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
9 December 2019 (2019-12-09) 14 Paykan 2 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 15 Esteghlal 4 – 1 Shahin Bushehr Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ali Bay
19 December 2019 (2019-12-19) 16 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Machine Sazi Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)
Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,010
Referee: Seyyed Vahid Kazemi
24 June 2020 (2020-06-24) 17 Foolad 2 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report
Stadium: Foolad Arena
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali
Note: The match was postponed and rescheduled to 24 June. The match was played behind closed doors.
2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 18 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Naft MIS Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Hamid Haj-Malek
6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 19 Persepolis 2 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)
Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 56,780
Referee: Bijan Heydari
Man of the Match: Amir Arsalan Motahari
Note: 92nd Tehran derby
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 20 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: No spectator due to the COVID-19 pandemic
27 February 2020 (2020-02-27) 21 Gol Gohar 1 – 0 Esteghlal Sirjan
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report Stadium: Gol Gohar Sport Complex
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
Note: No spectator due to the COVID-19 pandemic
29 June 2020 (2020-06-29) 22 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Saipa Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 29 June. The match was played behind closed doors.
27 July 2020 (2020-07-27) 23 Pars Jonoubi 0 – 2 Esteghlal Jam
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 27 July. The match was played behind closed doors.
11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 24 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Tractor Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Hassan Akrami
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 11 July. The match was played behind closed doors.
17 July 2020 (2020-07-17) 25 Sanat Naft 0 – 2 Esteghlal Abadan
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report Stadium: Takhti Abadan
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 17 July. The match was played behind closed doors.
23 July 2020 (2020-07-23) 26 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Nassaji Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 23 July. The match was played behind closed doors.
1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 27 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Bijan Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 1 August. The match was played behind closed doors.
6 August 2020 (2020-08-06) 28 Shahr Khodro 2 – 2 Esteghlal Mashhad
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Vahid Kazemi[37]
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 6 August. The match was played behind closed doors.
15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 29 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Paykan Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 15 August. The match was played behind closed doors.
20 August 2020 (2020-08-20) 30 Shahin Bushehr 1 – 4 Esteghlal Bushehr
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Aliasghar Momeni
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 20 August. The match was played behind closed doors.

Hazfi Cup[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) Round of 32 Gol Reyhan 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal Karaj
18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)
Report Stadium: Enghelab Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali

Round of 16[edit]

17 October 2019 (2019-10-17) Round of 16 Esteghlal 3 – 0 (a.e.t.) Fajr Sepasi Tehran
16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30) Report
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Payam Heydari

Quarter-final[edit]

10 August 2020 (2020-08-10) Quarter-Final Esteghlal 2 – 0 Sepahan Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Note: The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Semi-final[edit]

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) Semi-Final Persepolis 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(1-4 p)
Esteghlal Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Payam Heydari
Penalties
Note: 1. 93th Tehran derby
2. The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Final[edit]

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) Final Esteghlal 2 – 3 Tractor Mashhad
18:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium
Attendance: 0 (NC)
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Note: The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

AFC Champions League[edit]

Qualifying play-off[edit]

Preliminary[edit]
Play-off[edit]
28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) Play-off round Al-Rayyan Qatar 0 – 5 Iran Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
18:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL EST SHO WAH
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 1–0 20 Sep
2 Iran Esteghlal 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5 3–0 1–1 17 Sep
3 Iraq Al-Shorta 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 2–1 1–1 0–1
4 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[a] 1–1 14 Sep 23 Sep
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Wahda were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to several team members testing positive for COVID-19.[38] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[39]
10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) 1 Al-Shorta Iraq 1 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Erbil, Iraq
17:30 UTC+3
Live Report
Stats Report
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
17 February 2020 (2020-02-17) 2 Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+3
Live Report
Stats Report
Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 6,740
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.
14 September 2020 (2020-09-14) 3 Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates Cancelled Iran Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3 Live Report
Stats Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) 4 Esteghlal Iran Cancelled United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3 Live Report
Stats Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) 5 Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1 Iraq Al-Shorta Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3 Live Report
Stats Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) 6 Esteghlal Iran 3 – 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3 Live Report
Stats Report
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Knockout stage[edit]

Round of 16[edit]
26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) Round of 16 Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 2 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Al Wakrah, Qatar
20:45 UTC+3 Live Report
Stats Report
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Iran Hossein Hosseini 42 0 30 0 5 0 7 0
3 DF Iran Milad Zakipour 27 0 17 0 5 0 5 0
4 DF Iran Roozbeh Cheshmi 31 1 22 1 3 0 6 0
5 DF Iran Aref Gholami 29 1 21 1 5 0 3 0
6 MF Iran Ali Karimi 37 8 27 5 4 1 6 2
7 FW Mali Cheick Diabaté 28 19 21 15 2 0 5 4
8 MF Iran Farshid Esmaeili 29 3 22 2 4 1 3 0
9 FW Iran Ali Dashti 17 0 14 0 1 0 2 0
10 MF Iran Mehdi Ghayedi 41 15 30 10 5 2 6 3
11 FW Iran Morteza Tabrizi 16 0 11 0 2 0 3 0
14 MF Iran Farshid Bagheri 21 0 15 0 1 0 5 0
15 MF Iran Sina Khadempour 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW Iran Zakaria Moradi 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
21 DF Iran Vouria Ghafouri 39 8 29 5 4 2 6 1
22 DF Iran Siavash Yazdani 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0
23 MF Iran Dariush Shojaeian 9 2 7 1 2 1 0 0
28 MF Iran Mohsen Karimi 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Iran Amirhossein Kargar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Croatia Hrvoje Milić 30 2 22 2 4 0 4 0
40 MF Iran Amir Hossein Khodamoradi 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
41 DF Iran Arash Dajliri 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF Iran Fardin Rabet 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
57 DF Iran Shahin Taherkhani 11 0 6 0 0 0 5 0
66 MF Iran Masoud Rigi 38 1 26 1 5 0 7 0
70 DF Iran Mohammad Daneshgar 36 5 24 4 5 1 7 0
72 FW Iran Amir Arsalan Motahari 20 10 11 5 2 1 7 4
77 MF Iran Reza Azari 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
80 MF Iran Mohammad Bolboli 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
88 MF Iran Arash Rezavand 38 1 27 1 5 0 6 0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
20 DF Bulgaria Nikolay Bodurov 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
99 FW Iran Sajjad Aghaei 7 3 5 1 2 2 0 0

Last updated: 29 September 2020 (2020-09-29)
Source: Competitions

Goals[edit]

Cheick Diabaté and Mehdi Ghayedi are best scorers during the season
Rank Player Position Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
1 Cheikh Diabaté FW 15 0 4 19
2 Mehdi Ghayedi FW 10 2 3 15
3 Amir Arsalan Motahari FW 5 1 4 10
4 Voria Ghafouri DF 5 2 1 8
Ali Karimi MF 5 1 2 8
6 Mohammad Daneshgar DF 4 1 0 5
7 Farshid Esmaeili MF 2 1 0 3
Sajjad Aghaei FW 1 2 0 3
9 Hrvoje Milić DF 2 0 0 2
Dariush Shojaeian FW 1 1 0 2
11 Aref Gholami DF 1 0 0 1
Masoud Rigi MF 1 0 0 1
Arash Rezavand MF 1 0 0 1
Rouzbeh Cheshmi DF 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 1 1 3
Total 55 12 15 82

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Name Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
1 Hossein Hosseini 7 2 3 12
Total 7 2 3 12

Disciplinary record[edit]

N P Nat. Name Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC CL Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Iran Hossein Hosseini 1 2 3
3 DF Iran Milad Zakipour 2 1 3
4 DF Iran Roozbeh Cheshmi 2 1 3
5 DF Iran Aref Gholami 3 1 1 4 1
6 MF Iran Ali Karimi 3 1 1 1 1 5 1 1
7 MF Mali Cheick Diabaté 4 4
8 MF Iran Farshid Esmaeili 2 1 2 4 1
9 MF Iran Ali Dashti 6 1 7
10 FW Iran Mehdi Ghayedi 2 1 3
11 FW Iran Morteza Tabrizi 2 2
14 MF Iran Farshid Bagheri 1 1
21 DF Iran Vouria Ghafouri 2 1 3
23 MF Iran Dariush Shojaeian 2 2
33 DF Croatia Hrvoje Milić 1 2 3
57 DF Iran Shahin Taherkhani 1 1
66 MF Iran Masoud Rigi 5 1 1 7
70 DF Iran Mohammad Daneshgar 3 1 1 2 6 1
72 FW Iran Amir Arsalan Motahari 1 1 2
88 MF Iran Arash Rezavand 6 1 4 10 1

Last updated: 29 September 2020 (2020-09-29)
Source: Scoreway
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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