2020–21 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
2020–21 season
President	Ahmad Madadi
Head coach	Mahmoud Fekri; (until 2 March 2021); Farhad Majidi; (from 3 March 2021)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Pro League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Amir Arsalan Motahari (7); All: ; Mehdi Ghayedi (9)
Average home league attendance	0
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Esteghlal Football Club season is the club's 75th season in existence and the 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Iranian football. In addition to the domestic league, Esteghlal participates in this season's editions of the Hazfi Cup, and the AFC Champions League.

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

Last updated: 28 February 2021 (2021-02-28)^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	End	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Hossein Hosseini	GK	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 28)	2012	2021	Youth Sector
12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	GK	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 31)	2020	2022	Tractor
90	Sina Saeidifar	GK	(2001-04-12)12 April 2001 (aged 19)	2020	2024	Youth Sector
Defenders
2	Mohammad Naderi	LB / CB	(1996-10-05)5 October 1996 (aged 24)	2020	2021	Kortrijk
3	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	CB	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 27)	2020	2022	Shahr Khodro
4	Siavash Yazdani	CB	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 28)	2019	2021	Sepahan
5	Aref Gholami	CB / RB	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 23)	2019	2022	Foolad
20	Ahmad Mousavi	RB / RW	(1992-02-04)4 February 1992 (aged 28)	2020	2022	Gol Gohar
21	Vouria Ghafouri	RB / RW	(1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 33)	2016	2022	Sepahan
27	Matin Karimzadeh	LB / LM	(1998-07-01)1 July 1998 (aged 22)	2020	2023	Pars Jonoubi
33	Hrvoje Milić	LB / LM	(1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 31)	2019	2021	Crotone
70	Mohammad Daneshgar	CB / RB	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 26)	2018	2022	Saipa
Midfielders
6	Masoud Rigi	DM / CM	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 29)	2019	2021	Shahr Khodro
8	Farshid Esmaeili	AM / LW / RW	(1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 26)	2015	2021	Fajr Sepasi
9	Mehdi Mehdipour	CM / DM	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 26)	2020	2023	Zob Ahan
11	Dariush Shojaeian	AM / RW / LW	(1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 28)	2017	2021	Gostaresh Foulad
15	Sina Khadempour	DM / CB	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 23)	2017	2023	Naft Tehran
22	Babak Moradi	LW / LB	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 27)	2020	2022	Machine Sazi
66	Saeid Mehri	CM / DM	(1995-09-16)16 September 1995 (aged 25)	2021	2023	Tractor
79	Sobhan Khaghani	RW / RB	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 20)	2020	2025	Tractor
88	Arash Rezavand	AM / CM / RW	(1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 27)	2019	2021	Saipa
Forwards
7	Cheick Diabaté	CF	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 32)	2019	2021	Osmanlıspor
10	Mehdi Ghayedi	CF / SS / LW	(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 22)	2017	2023	Iranjavan
17	Arman Ramezani	CF	(1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 28)	2021	2022	Persepolis
72	Arsalan Motahari	CF / RW	(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 27)	2020	2021	Zob Ahan
Players transferred during the season
14	Farshid Bagheri	DM / CM	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 28)	2016	2021	Saba Qom

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
40	AM	Amir Hossein Khodamoradi	19	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2023	^[2]
41	RB	Arash Dajliri	21	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2023	^[3]
42	LW	Fardin Rabet	18	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2025
43	CF	Mohammad Abedi	21	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2024	^[2]
74	CB	Erfan Rohani	19	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2024	^[4]
—	GK	Amir Mohammad Bahrehmand	18	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2022
99	CF	Sajjad Aghaei	21	Zob Ahan	End of loan	Summer	2022	^[5]
12	GK	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	31	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	2022	^[6]
27	LB	Matin Karimzadeh	22	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2023	^[7]
22	LW	Babak Moradi	27	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer	2022	^[8]
20	RB	Ahmad Mousavi	28	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	2022	^[9]
3	CB	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	27	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer	2022	^[10]
9	CM	Mehdi Mehdipour	26	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	2023	^[11]
2	LB	Mohammad Naderi	24	Kortrijk	Transfer	Summer	2021	^[12]
—	CB	Mikaeil Sheikhi	18	Karun Ramhormoz	Transfer	Summer	2025	^[13]
—	RW	Alireza Khodabakhshi	18	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2025	^[14]
71	CF	Mohammad Hossein Fallah	20	Nirooye Zamini	Transfer	Summer	2025	^[15]
79	RW	Sobhan Khaghani	20	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	2025	^[16]
44	CB	Mohammad Javad Behafarin	21	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2025
55	CF	Erfan Golmohammadi	23	Nassaji	Loan	Winter	2021
66	CM	Saeid Mehri	25	Tractor	Transfer	Winter	2023	^[17]
63	GK	Amirhossein Bayat	22	Persepolis	Transfer	Winter		^[18]
23	CF	Arman Ramezani	28	Persepolis	Transfer	Winter	2022	^[19]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
20	CB	Nikolay Bodurov	33	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Transfer	Summer	^[20]
30	CB	Azim Gök	24	Mes Kerman	Transfer	Summer	^[21]
28	LW	Mohsen Karimi	26	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	^[22]
4	CB	Roozbeh Cheshmi	27	Umm Salal	Transfer	Summer	^[23]
—	CM	Aref Gholampour	20	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	^[24]
9	RW	Ali Dashti	26	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	^[25]
80	LW	Mohammad Bolboli	22	Naft MIS	Loan	Summer	^[26]
6	CM	Ali Karimi	25	Qatar	Transfer	Summer	^[27]
43	CF	Mohammad Abedi	21	Badran Tehran	Transfer	Summer
3	LB	Milad Zakipour	24	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	^[28]
—	LM	Mohammad Eslami	20	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	^[29]
32	RB	Amirhossein Kargar	21	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	^[13]
19	GK	Hossein Pour Hamidi	22	Aluminium Arak	Loan	Summer
17	RW	Zakaria Moradi	22	Malavan	Loan	Summer	^[30]
57	CB	Shahin Taherkhani	23	Paykan	Transfer	Summer	^[31]
38	CM	Ali Tari	20	Sabail	Transfer	Summer
11	CF	Morteza Tabrizi	30	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Winter	^[32]
99	CF	Sajjad Aghaei	21	Nassaji	Loan	Winter	^[33]
77	CM	Reza Azari	23	Machine Sazi	Loan	Winter	^[34]
42	LW	Fardin Rabet	19	Naft MIS	Loan	Winter
44	CB	Mohammadjavad Behafarin	21	Chooka Talesh	Loan	Winter
71	CF	Mohammad Hossein Fallah	21	Machine Sazi	Loan	Winter	^[35]
14	DM	Farshid Bagheri	28	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Winter

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

19 October 2020 (2020-10-19) 1	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Naft MIS	Tehran
14:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Rigi 28' Rezavand 34'	Report	Niyayesh-Pour 73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Havadar	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Rezavand 41'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) 3	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Shahrdari Astara	Tehran
14:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghafouri 80' (pen.)	Report	Rezapour 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

30 October 2020 (2020-10-30) 4	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Chooka Talesh	Tehran
14:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yazdani 57' Esmaeili 62' Rezavand 67'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	7 November 2020 (2020-11-07)	30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)	—	3rd	30	16	8	6	36	19	+17	053.33
Hazfi Cup	11 March 2021 (2021-03-11)	8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Round of 32	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3	060.00
AFC Champions League	15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)	30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)	Group stage	Round of 16	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	050.00
Total					41	22	12	7	56	30	+26	053.66

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis^[a] (C)	30	19	10	1	47	14	+33	67
2	Sepahan	30	19	8	3	53	24	+29	65	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Esteghlal^[a]	30	16	8	6	36	19	+17	56
4	Tractor	30	12	9	9	35	29	+6	45
5	Gol Gohar	30	13	6	11	33	32	+1	45

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2021. Source: IPL Table, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[36]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Persepolis and Esteghlal did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate.

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	16	8	6	36	19	+17	56	9	3	3	18	9	+9	7	5	3	18	10	+8

Last updated: 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31).
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	4	6	2	5	4	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2021. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 1	Esteghlal	2–0	Mes Rafsanjan	Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Bagheri 40' Ghafouri 58' 79' Esmaeili 65' Motahari 66' Rezavand 83'	Report	Eslamikhah 17' Aghajanpour 55' Zahedi 60'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Reza Jafari

20 November 2020 (2020-11-20) 2	Foolad	2–1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ahmadzadeh 66' 72' Coulibaly 79' Abshak 83' Derakhshan-Mehr 84' Pereira 90' (pen.)	Report	Ghafouri 63' (pen.) Rigi 86' Gholami 86' Moradmand 89'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 3	Esteghlal	1–0	Machine Sazi	Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Milić 57'	Report	Sadeghi 84'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Ali Bye

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 4	Paykan	0–0	Esteghlal	Shahr-e Qods
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Abdi 41' Salehi 47'	Report	Rezavand 17'	Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali

7 December 2020 (2020-12-07) 5	Esteghlal	1–1	Sanat Naft	Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shojaeian 45' Mousavi 50' Ghayedi 63' Moradmand 90+1'	Report	Tayyebi 82' Alekasir 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Hassan Akrami

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 6	Shahr Khodro	0–2	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Masoumi 25' Faramarzi 74'	Report	Shojaeian 32' Daneshgar 45' Rezavand 72'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Kopal Nazemi

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 7	Zob Ahan	0–0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Jahani 44' Hosseini 43' Pourafzar 60'	Report	Mehdipour 64'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Morteza Mansourian

11 January 2021 (2021-01-11) 8	Esteghlal	2–2	Persepolis	Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 2' Mousavi 41' Gholami 55' Ghayedi 90+3'	Report	Abdi 51' Amiri 66' Kanaanizadegan 76' Sarlak 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

30 December 2020 (2020-12-30) 9	Gol Gohar	1–2	Esteghlal	Sirjan
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Haghighi 6' Ebrahimi 45' Zendeh-Rouh 78' (pen.) 86' Alizadeh 90+3'	Report	Ghafouri 8' (pen.) 30' Ghayedi 14' Daneshgar 15' Mazaheri 83'	Stadium: Imam Ali Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

4 January 2021 (2021-01-04) 10	Esteghlal	2–0	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 38' Ghayedi 73'	Report	Ahmadi 18'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Aliasghar Momeni

18 January 2021 (2021-01-18) 11	Tractor	1–3	Esteghlal	Tabriz
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mehri 53' Fakhreddini 63' Abbaszadeh 80'	Report	Naderi 18' Rigi 35' Shojaeian 36' Diabaté 38', 65' Ghayedi 60'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Bijan Heydari

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 12	Esteghlal	0–1	Saipa	Tehran
16:45IRST (UTC+03:30)	Daneshgar 45' Mehdipour 54' Naderi 80'	Report	Monadi 43' Maleki 49' Jafari 76' Jalali 83' Heydari 86' Mahini 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Yaser Hamrang

29 January 2021 (2021-01-29) 13	Naft MIS	1–1	Esteghlal	Masjed Soleyman
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Bolboli 22' Hosseini 32' (o.g.) Entezari 83'	Report	Rezavand 55' Ghafouri 70'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Payam Heydari

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 14	Esteghlal	1–0	Nassaji	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Daneshgar 41' Moradi 59' Naderi 69' Ghafouri 72' Esmaeili 86' Ghayedi 90'	Report	M. Bayrami 60' A. Davaran 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Moud Bonyadifar

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 15	Sepahan	2–0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
17:10 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shahbazzadeh 14' Karimi 32' Rafiei 35' Noorafkan 42'	Report	A. Rezavand 34'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Seyyed Vahid Kazemi

1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) 16	Mes Rafsanjan	1–1	Esteghlal	Rafsanjan
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Zahedi 15' Eslamikhah 38' Tarhani 56'	Report	H. Noormohammadi 52' (o.g.) A. Rezavand 90+5'	Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Saeid Rahimi Moghaddam

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 17	Esteghlal	1–0	Foolad	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghayedi 32' Daneshgar 45' Motahari 82' (pen.) Mazaheri 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Komeil Gholami

17 March 2021 (2021-03-17) 18	Machine Sazi	0–2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Gordani 73'	Report	Naderi 19' 53' Motahari 42'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 19	Esteghlal	0–0	Paykan	Tehran
18:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Diabaté 30' Shojaeian 66' Moradmand 78'	Report	Pour Amini 28' Mohammadi 31'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

24 May 2021 (2021-05-24) 20	Sanat Naft	0–1	Esteghlal	Abadan
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Baghlani 52'	Report	Ghayedi 36' Ramezani 90+5'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Hamid Hajmalek

21 June 2021 (2021-06-21) 21	Esteghlal	2–0	Shahr Khodro	Tehran
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ramezani 48' Rigi 71' Naderi 72' Ghayedi 90+15'	Report	Masoumi 42' Mohammadzadeh 90+13'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Komeil Gholami

9 May 2021 (2021-05-09) 22	Esteghlal	0–2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rezavand 24'	Report	Mohammadzadeh 7' Mahmoud-Abadi 15' Ranjbari 45' Kazemi 51' Jahani 60' Soltani-Mehr 70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Reza Adel

14 May 2021 (2021-05-14) 23	Persepolis	1–0	Esteghlal	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moghanlou 30' Amiri 51' Alekasir 55' 81' Lak 65' Faraji 90+7'	Report	Naderi 90+7'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

25 June 2021 (2021-06-25) 24	Esteghlal	2–0	Gol Gohar	Tehran
21:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moradmand 12' Mehdipour 19' Esmaeili 87'	Report	Mensha 24' Alizadeh 70' Sohrabian 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard

1 July 2021 (2021-07-01) 25	Aluminium Arak	0–0	Esteghlal	Arak
19:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ahmadi 80'	Report	Esmaeili 80'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali

6 July 2021 (2021-07-06) 26	Esteghlal	2–1	Tractor	Tehran
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Naderi 45' Mohammadi 55' (o.g.) Ghayedi 59' Gholami 73'	Report	Abbaszadeh 37' Akhbari 55' Ghaderi 90' Salami 90+1' Asadi 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Payam Heydari

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10) 27	Saipa	0–2	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nikkhoui 45' Aliyari 54'	Report	Motahari 79' (pen.), 87'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Morteza Mansourian

20 July 2021 (2021-07-20) 28	Esteghlal	1–0	Naft MIS	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Khaghani 7'	Report	Mirjavan 64' Hosseini 73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 29	Nassaji	1–3	Esteghlal	Qaem Shahr
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Eslami 17' Kalantari 23' Janmaleki 38'	Report	Ghafouri 45' (pen.), 51' Karimzadeh 83' Khadempour 61' Mazaheri 71' Moradi 71'	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Bijan Heydari

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 30	Esteghlal	1–2	Sepahan	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghafouri 69' Moradmand 72' Mehdipour 90+1'	Report	Mohebi 44' Gvelesiani 45' Salmani 54' Esmaeilifar 65' Shahbazzadeh 85' Karimi 81' 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Payam Heydari

Score overview[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Aluminium Arak	2–0	0–0	2–0
Foolad	1–0	1–2	2–2
Gol Gohar	2–0	2–1	4–1
Machine Sazi	1–0	2–0	3–0
Mes Rafsanjan	2–0	1–1	3–1
Naft MIS	1–0	1–1	2–1
Nassaji	1–0	3–1	4–1
Paykan	0–0	0–0	0-0
Persepolis	2–2	0–1	2–3
Saipa	0–1	2–0	2–1
Sanat Naft	1–1	1–0	2–1
Sepahan	1–2	0–2	1–4
Shahr Khodro	2–0	2–0	4–0
Tractor	2–1	3–1	5–2
Zob Ahan	0–2	0–0	0–2

Hazfi Cup[edit]

11 March 2021 (2021-03-11) Round of 32	Paykan	1–2	Esteghlal	Shahre Qods
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Roustaei 10' Eidi 14' Salehi 58' Mohammadi 60'	Report	Diabaté 16' (pen.) Daneshgar 34' 38'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Hamid Hajmalek

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19) Round of 16	Esteghlal	2–1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:35 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Esmaeili 55', 66'	Report	Gordan 55' Bjedov 63'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Moud Bonyadifar

15 July 2021 (2021-07-15) Quarter-final	Persepolis	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moghanlou 23' Nemati 79'	Report	Moradmand 2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Siavash Yazdani
	Penalties
	Torabi Kanaanizadegan Aghaei Alekasir Abdi		Ghafouri Esmaeili Moradi Motahari Ghayedi

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) Semi-final	Esteghlal	2–1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Daneshgar 45' Ghafouri 74' (pen.), 82' (pen.) Hosseini 90+4'	Report	Alizadeh 1' Aghajanpour 45' Pourali 45' Zakipour 79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Seyyed Vahid Kazemi

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) Final	Foolad	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Esteghlal	Isfahan
20:30 IRDT	Abshak 81' Niknafs 96'	Report	Rigi 5' Yazdani 85' Moradmand 94'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Bijan Heydari
	Penalties
	Mousavi Niknafs Ansari Abdollahzadeh		Ghafouri Esmaeili Mehdipour Shojaeian

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	DUH	AHL	SHO
1	Esteghlal	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11	Advance to Round of 16	—	2–2	5–2	1–0
2	Al-Duhail	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9		4–3	—	1–1	2–0
3	Al-Ahli (H)	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9		0–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Al-Shorta	6	1	0	5	3	12	−9	3		0–3	2–1	0–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) 1	Esteghlal	5–2	Al-Ahli	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
23:15 UTC+3	Esmaeili 5' Naderi 54' Ghayedi 67', 86' Diabaté 89'	Report	Al Somah 27', 79'	Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) 2	Al-Shorta	0–3	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
23:15 UTC+3	Naderi 44' Esmaeili 55' Diabaté 65'	Report		Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 3	Al-Duhail	4–3	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Olunga 10', 27', 85' Al-Ahrak 43'	Report	Motahari 4' Diabaté 34' Esmaeili 74'	Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 4	Esteghlal	2–2	Al-Duhail	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
23:15 UTC+3	Diabaté 27' (pen.) Ghayedi 61'	Report	Olunga 45+3' (pen.), 59'	Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

27 April 2021 (2021-04-27) 5	Al-Ahli	0–0	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
23:15 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) 6	Esteghlal	1–0	Al-Shorta	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Diabaté 14' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Hazfi Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini	14	0	11	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF		Mohammad Naderi	32	3	23	1	5	0	4	2
3	DF		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	32	1	24	1	4	0	4	0
4	DF		Siavash Yazdani	28	0	18	0	5	0	5	0
5	DF		Aref Gholami	28	0	20	0	3	0	5	0
6	MF		Masoud Rigi	36	0	25	0	5	0	6	0
7	FW		Cheick Diabaté	20	8	13	2	1	1	6	5
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	32	6	22	1	5	2	5	3
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	33	2	23	2	5	0	5	0
10	FW		Mehdi Ghayedi	40	9	29	6	5	0	6	3
11	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	22	0	17	0	1	0	4	0
12	GK		Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	27	0	19	0	2	0	6	0
15	MF		Sina Khadempour	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Arman Ramezani	16	2	12	2	1	0	3	0
20	DF		Ahmad Mousavi	24	1	19	1	1	0	4	0
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	33	8	22	6	5	2	6	0
22	MF		Babak Moradi	17	0	11	0	4	0	2	0
27	DF		Matin Karimzadeh	16	1	15	1	1	0	0	0
33	DF		Hrvoje Milic	18	1	12	1	1	0	5	0
41	DF		Arash Dajliri	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF		Saeid Mehri	10	0	6	0	0	0	4	0
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	28	2	25	1	3	1	0	0
72	FW		Arsalan Motahari	38	8	29	7	5	0	4	1
79	MF		Sobhan Khaghani	15	2	11	2	2	0	2	0
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	38	0	27	0	5	0	6	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
14	MF		Farshid Bagheri	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
42	MF		Fardin Rabet	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
71	FW		Mohammad Hossein Fallah	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Sajjad Aghaei	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)
Source: Competitions

Goals[edit]

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

Rank	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Mehdi Ghayedi	6	0	3	9
2	Cheick Diabaté	2	1	5	8
	Vouria Ghafouri	6	2	0
	Arsalan Motahari	7	0	1
4	Farshid Esmaeili	1	2	3	6
6	Mohammad Naderi	1	0	2	3
7	Arman Ramezani	2	0	0	2
	Mohammad Daneshgar	1	1	0
	Mehdi Mehdipour	2	0	0
	Sobhan Khaghani	2	0	0
11	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	1	0	0	1
	Ahmad Mousavi	1	0	0
	Hrvoje Milić	1	0	0
	Matin Karimzadeh	1	0	0
Own goals		2	0	0	2
Total		36	6	14	56

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10).
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	10	1	3	14
2	Hossein Hosseini	6	1	0	7
Total		16	2	3	21

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (2021-08-09).
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record[edit]

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

N	P	Nat.	Name							Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Pro League		Hazfi Cup	Champions League	Total		Notes
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini			1		1
2	DF		Mohammad Naderi	7				7
3	DF		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	3		2	1	6
4	DF		Siavash Yazdani			1		1
5	DF		Aref Gholami	3				3
6	MF		Masoud Rigi	3		1		4
7	FW		Cheick Diabaté	1			1	2
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	3				3
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	2				2
10	FW		Mehdi Ghayedi	3			1	4
11	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	4			1	5
12	GK		Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	3				3
14	DF		Farshid Bagheri	1				1
15	DF		Sina Khadempour	1				1
20	DF		Ahmad Mousavi	1				1
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	2				2
22	MF		Babak Moradi	1	1			1	1
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	4		2		6
79	MF		Sobhan Khaghani				1	1
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	7				7

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)
Source: Scoreway
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes[edit]

^ All matches were played behind closed doors.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

References[edit]

^ "ESTEGHLAL FC". soccerway.
^ ^a ^b "جذب دو بازیکن جدید برای استقلال". تهران نیوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-07-11.
^ "توافق سه ساله استقلال با مدافع راست جوان". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
^ "اضافه شدن یک مدافع و یک مهاجم جوان به استقلال". مهرنیوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-06-21.
^ "مهاجم ذوب آهن به استقلال برگشت". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
^ "بمب اول ترکید؛ مظاهری در تور استقلال". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-06.
^ "رسمی؛ کریم زاده خرید جدید استقلال برای لیگ بیستم". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
^ "مو فرفری لیگ برتر به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-09.
^ "یک تراکتوری دیگر استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-09.
^ "مرادمند رسما به استقلال پیوست (عکس)". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
^ "رسمی؛ مهدی مهدی‌پور به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
^ "محمد نادری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
^ ^a ^b "میکائیل شیخی به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "استقلال با چهار بازیکن جوان قرارداد امضا کرد". ایسنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "روز شلوغ نقل و انتقالاتی استقلال در آستانه لیگ برتر". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "سبحان خاقانی به استقلال پیوست". خبرگزاری دانشجو (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-08.
^ "رسمی؛ سعید مهری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ "امیرحسین بیات به استقلال پیوست". ایسنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ "انتقال غیرمنتظره: آرمان رمضانی در استقلال". ورزش۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ "بودروف قراردادش را با استقلال فسخ کرد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-04-02.
^ "عظیم گوک از استقلال به خط دفاع مس آمد". باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی مس کرمان (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ "محسن کریمی خرید جدید گل گهر". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
^ "روزبه چشمی با ام صلال به توافق رسید". خبرگزاری دانشجو (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
^ "عارف غلامپور بازیکن ریزنقش و جنگنده استقلال تهران به فولاد خوزستان پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-06.
^ "وینگر استقلال به ذوب‌آهن پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
^ "بلبلی به نفت مسجد سلیمان پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-20.
^ "علی کریمی به جای «بشار رسن» به تیم فوتبال القطر پیوست". خبرگزاری مهر (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-28.
^ "میلاد زکی‌پور به گل‌گهر پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-03.
^ "خرید جدید تراکتور؛ چپ پای تکنیکی از پایه های استقلال". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "مهاجم استقلال راهی ملوان شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ "طاهرخانی از استقلال و پرسپولیس به پیکان رفت". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ "مرتضی تبریزی رسماً به گل گهر سیرجان پیوست". خبرورزشی (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
^ "سجاد آقایی به نساجی پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
^ "رضا آذری به ماشین سازی پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ "پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ "Persian Gulf Pro League/2020-21". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

External links[edit]

[table_note_PRS0.36280626867097-37] Persepolis and Esteghlal did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate.

[1] All matches were played behind closed doors.

[Covid-39] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

[2] "ESTEGHLAL FC". soccerway.

[tehrannews_2020-07-11-3] "جذب دو بازیکن جدید برای استقلال". تهران نیوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-07-11.

[4] "توافق سه ساله استقلال با مدافع راست جوان". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-21.

[5] "اضافه شدن یک مدافع و یک مهاجم جوان به استقلال". مهرنیوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-06-21.

[6] "مهاجم ذوب آهن به استقلال برگشت". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-10.

[7] "بمب اول ترکید؛ مظاهری در تور استقلال". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-06.

[8] "رسمی؛ کریم زاده خرید جدید استقلال برای لیگ بیستم". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-08.

[9] "مو فرفری لیگ برتر به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-09.

[10] "یک تراکتوری دیگر استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-09.

[11] "مرادمند رسما به استقلال پیوست (عکس)". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-10.

[12] "رسمی؛ مهدی مهدی‌پور به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-10.

[13] "محمد نادری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-23.

[varzesh3_1717379-14] "میکائیل شیخی به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[15] "استقلال با چهار بازیکن جوان قرارداد امضا کرد". ایسنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[16] "روز شلوغ نقل و انتقالاتی استقلال در آستانه لیگ برتر". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[17] "سبحان خاقانی به استقلال پیوست". خبرگزاری دانشجو (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-08.

[18] "رسمی؛ سعید مهری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-28.

[19] "امیرحسین بیات به استقلال پیوست". ایسنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[20] "انتقال غیرمنتظره: آرمان رمضانی در استقلال". ورزش۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[21] "بودروف قراردادش را با استقلال فسخ کرد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-04-02.

[22] "عظیم گوک از استقلال به خط دفاع مس آمد". باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی مس کرمان (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-16.

[23] "محسن کریمی خرید جدید گل گهر". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-28.

[24] "روزبه چشمی با ام صلال به توافق رسید". خبرگزاری دانشجو (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-28.

[25] "عارف غلامپور بازیکن ریزنقش و جنگنده استقلال تهران به فولاد خوزستان پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-06.

[26] "وینگر استقلال به ذوب‌آهن پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.

[27] "بلبلی به نفت مسجد سلیمان پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-20.

[28] "علی کریمی به جای «بشار رسن» به تیم فوتبال القطر پیوست". خبرگزاری مهر (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-28.

[29] "میلاد زکی‌پور به گل‌گهر پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-03.

[30] "خرید جدید تراکتور؛ چپ پای تکنیکی از پایه های استقلال". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[31] "مهاجم استقلال راهی ملوان شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[32] "طاهرخانی از استقلال و پرسپولیس به پیکان رفت". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[33] "مرتضی تبریزی رسماً به گل گهر سیرجان پیوست". خبرورزشی (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-01-09.

[34] "سجاد آقایی به نساجی پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-25.

[35] "رضا آذری به ماشین سازی پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.

[36] "پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-03-18.

[38] "Persian Gulf Pro League/2020-21". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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