2018–19 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
201819 season
Chairman Reza Eftekhari
Manager Winfried Schäfer
Stadium Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League 10th
Hazfi Cup Round of 32
Super Cup Runners-up
2018 AFC Champions League Quarter-finals
2019 AFC Champions League Group-stage
Home colours
Away colours

The 2018–19 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 18th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 25nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 73th year in existence as a football club.

Players

First team squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 June 2018.

No. Name Nat Position Date of Birth (Age) Since End Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati (Captain) Iran GK 2 February 1983 (aged 35) 2015 2019 Iran Paykan
19 Mehdi Nourollahi Iran GK 24 March 1997 (aged 21) 2018 2021 Youth system
22 Hossein Hosseini Iran GK 30 June 1992 (aged 26) 2012 2019 Iran Bargh Shiraz
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari (2nd VC) Iran RB / RM / LB 14 September 1983 (aged 35) 2011 2019 Iran Sepahan
3 Milad Zakipour Iran LB / LM 23 November 1995 (aged 23) 2016 2021 Iran Naft Tehran
13 Armin Sohrabian Iran LB / CB 26 July 1995 (aged 23) 2017 2019 Iran Sepahan
21 Vouria Ghafouri Iran RB / RW 20 September 1987 (aged 31) 2016 2019 Iran Sepahan
33 Pejman Montazeri (3rd VC) Iran CB / RB 7 November 1983 (aged 35) 2017 2019 Qatar Al Ahli
44 Farshad Mohammadi Iran RB / RW 9 April 1993 (aged 25) 2018 2021 Iran Pars Jonoubi
70 Mohammad Daneshgar Iran CB 20 January 1994 (aged 24) 2018 2020 Iran Saipa
12 Meysam Teymouri Iran LB / CB 6 July 1992 (aged 26) 2018 2021 Iran Pars Jonoubi
Midfielders
4 Roozbeh Cheshmi Iran CB / DM 24 July 1993 (aged 25) 2015 2019 Iran Saba Qom
6 Ali Karimi Iran CM 11 February 1994 (aged 24) 2018 2019 Iran Sepahan
7 Markus Neumayr Germany AM / CM 23 March 1986 (aged 32) 2018 2020 Turkey Kasımpaşa
8 Farshid Esmaeili Iran LW / AM / RW 23 February 1994 (aged 24) 2015 2020 Iran Fajr Sepasi
14 Farshid Bagheri Iran DM / CM 5 June 1992 (aged 26) 2016 2020 Iran Saba Qom
17 Humam Tariq Iraq RW / LW / AM 10 February 1996 (aged 22) 2018 2021 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
77 Reza Azari Iran AM / CM 10 February 1998 (aged 20) 2018 2023 Youth system
Forwards
9 Alhaji Gero Nigeria CF 10 October 1993 (aged 25) 2018 2021 Sweden Östersunds
10 Rouhollah Bagheri Iran CF 12 February 1991 (aged 27) 2018 2021 Iran Khooneh be Khooneh
11 Morteza Tabrizi Iran LW / CF 6 January 1991 (aged 27) 2018 2020 Iran Zob Ahan
16 Allahyar Sayyad Iran CF / LW / RW 29 June 2001 (aged 17) 2018 2023 Iran Saipa
24 Jaber Ansari Iran SS / AM / RW 10 January 1987 (aged 31) 2015 2019 Iran Gostaresh Foulad
25 Mehdi Ghaedi Iran LW / RW 5 December 1998 (aged 20) 2017 2023 Iran Iranjavan
99 Sajjad Aghaei Iran LW / RW 19 March 1999 (aged 19) 2017 2021 Iran Persepolis

Persian Gulf League Squad

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

No. Position Player
1‌ Iran GK Mehdi Rahmati (captain)
2 Iran DF Khosro Heydari (vice-captain)
3 Iran DF Milad Zakipour
4 Iran DF Rouzbeh Cheshmi
6 Iran MF Ali Karimi
7 Germany MF Markus Neumayr
8 Iran MF Farshid Esmaeili
9 Nigeria FW Alhaji Gero
10 Iran FW Rouhollah Bagheri
11 Iran FW Morteza Tabrizi
12 Iran DF Meysam Teymouri
13 Iran DF Armin Sohrabian
14 Iran MF Farshid Bagheri
16 Iran FW Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
17 Iraq MF Humam Tariq
No. Position Player
18 Iran DF Shahin Taherkhani
19 Iran GK Mehdi Nourollahi
21 Iran DF Vouria Ghafouri
22 Iran GK Hossein Hosseini
24 Iran FW Jaber Ansari
25 Iran FW Mehdi Ghaedi
27 Iran MF Hossein Heydari
33 Iran DF Pejman Montazeri (third-captain)
43 Iran DF Amirhossein Kargar
44 Iran DF Farshad Mohammadi Mehr
45 Iran MF Sina Khadempour
70 Iran DF Mohammad Daneshgar
77 Iran MF Reza Azari
99 Iran FW Sajjad Aghaei

2018 AFC Champions League Squad

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

No. Position Player
1‌ Iran GK Mehdi Rahmati (captain)
2 Iran DF Khosro Heydari (vice-captain)
4 Iran MF Roozbeh Cheshmi
8 Iran MF Farshid Esmaeili
12 Nigeria FW Alhaji Gero
13 Iran DF Armin Sohrabian
14 Iran MF Farshid Bagheri
16 Iran MF Mehdi Ghaedi
17 Iraq MF Humam Tariq
18 Iran DF Milad Zakipour
21 Iran DF Vouria Ghafouri
22 Iran GK Hossein Hosseini
27 Iran MF Hossein Heydari
29 Iran DF Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh
No. Position Player
32 Iran DF Amirhossein Kargar
33 Iran DF Pejman Montazeri (third-captain)
37 Iran MF Reza Azari
39 Iran FW Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
44 Iran DF Farshad Mohammadi Mehr
49 Iran DF Shahin Taherkhani
60 Iran MF Ali Karimi
69 Iran FW Heydar Ali Ahmadzadeh
70 Iran DF Mohammad Daneshgar
71 Germany MF Markus Neumayr
78 Iran FW Morteza Tabrizi
88 Iran GK Mehdi Nourollahi
91 Iran FW Rouhollah Bagheri
99 Iran FW Sajjad Aghaei

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer
window
Ends Source
CF Iran Morteza Aghakhan 25 Peykan Transfer Summer 2022 [1]
44 RB Iran Farshad Mohammadi 25 Pars Jonoubi Transfer Summer 2020 [2]
10 CF Iran Rouhollah Bagheri 27 Khooneh be Khooneh Transfer Summer 2021 [3]
70 CB Iran Mohammad Daneshgar 24 Saipa Transfer Summer 2020 [4]
19 GK Iran Mehdi Nourollahi 21 Esteghlal U21 Promoted Summer 2021
43 RB Iran Amirhossein Kargar 19 Esteghlal U21 Promoted Summer 2021
45 DM Iran Sina Khadempour 21 Naft Tehran End of loan Summer 2021 [5]
99 LW Iran Sajjad Aghaei 19 Aluminium Arak End of loan Summer 2021 [6]
16 CF Iran Allahyar Sayyad 16 Saipa Transfer Summer 2023 [7]
12 LB Iran Meysam Teymouri 25 Pars Jonoubi Transfer Summer 2021 [8]
77 AM Iran Reza Azari 20 Esteghlal U21 Promoted Summer 2021 [9]
18 CB Iran Shahin Taherkhani 21 Peykan U21 Transfer Summer 2021
6 CM Iran Ali Karimi 24 Sepahan Transfer Summer 2019 [10]
11 LW Iran Morteza Tabrizi 27 Zob Ahan Transfer Summer 2020 [11]
7 AM Germany Markus Neumayr 32 Turkey Kasımpaşa Transfer Summer 2020
17 RW Iraq Humam Tariq 22 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Transfer Summer 2021 [12]
9 CF Nigeria Alhaji Gero 24 Sweden Östersunds Transfer Summer 2021 [13]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer
window
Source
90 CB Brazil Leandro Padovani Celin 34 Unattached End of contract Summer
24 DM Iran Omid Noorafkan 21 Belgium Charleroi Transfer Summer [14]
70 RW Iran Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 21 Arvand Khorramshahr Loan Summer
13 LW Iran Miad Yazdani 25 Sepidrood Rasht Transfer Summer
77 RW Iran Behnam Barzay 25 Sanat Naft Transfer Summer
19 GK Iran Arshia Babazadeh 22 United States De Anza Force Transfer Summer
6 DM Iran Omid Ebrahimi 30 Qatar Al-Ahli End of contract Summer
26 CF Iran Fardin Najafi 20 Baadraan Loan Summer
20 AM Uzbekistan Server Djeparov 35 Kazakhstan Zhetysu End of contract Summer
5 CB Iran Majid Hosseini 22 Turkey Trabzonspor Transfer Summer
LB Iran Mohammad Ali Shafiei 21 Meshki Pooshan Transfer Summer [15]
25 CF Senegal Mame Baba Thiam 25 United Arab Emirates Al-Ajman Transfer Summer [16]
80 CM Republic of Macedonia Bojan Najdenov 26 Albania KF Laçi Transfer Summer
9 CF Iran Ali Ghorbani 27 Slovakia Spartak Trnava End of contract Summer

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 8 2 5 1 7 4 +3 025.00
Hazfi Cup Round of 32 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Super Cup 20 July 2018 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
2018 ACL 27 August 201817 September 2018 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 000.00
2019 ACL February 2019 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 12 3 6 3 11 12 −1 025.00

Last updated: 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07).
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Saipa 8 4 2 2 9 7 +2 14
6 Tractor Sazi 8 3 4 1 12 7 +5 13
7 Esteghlal 8 2 5 1 7 4 +3 11
8 Pars Jonoubi Jam 8 2 3 3 8 8 0 9
9 Zob Ahan 8 2 3 3 9 10 1 9
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[17]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
8 2 5 1 7 4  +3 11 1 3 0 3 0  +3 1 2 1 4 4  0

Last updated: 11 August 2018 (2018-08-11).
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultDDWLDWDD
Position7947810117

Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2018 (2018-06-07). Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Super Cup

  Win   Loss

AFC Champions League

2018 AFC Champions League

Quarter-finals

2019 AFC Champions League

Statistics

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPro LeagueHazfi CupSuper Cup2018 ACL2019 ACL
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Iran Mehdi Rahmati 202000000000
2 DF Iran Khosro Heydari 101000000000
3 DF Iran Milad Zakipour 202000000000
4 MF Iran Roozbeh Cheshmi 000000000000
6 MF Iran Ali Karimi 202000000000
7 MF Germany Markus Neumayr 000000000000
8 MF Iran Farshid Esmaeili 202000000000
9 FW Nigeria Alhaji Gero 000000000000
10 FW Iran Rouhollah Bagheri 202000000000
11 FW Iran Morteza Tabrizi 000000000000
13 DF Iran Armin Sohrabian 101000000000
14 MF Iran Farshid Bagheri 202000000000
16 FW Iran Allahyar Sayyad 202000000000
21 DF Iran Vouria Ghafouri 222200000000
22 GK Iran Hossein Hosseini 000000000000
23 MF Iraq Humam Tariq 000000000000
33 DF Iran Pejman Montazeri 202000000000
44 DF Iran Farshad Mohammadi Mehr 202000000000
70 DF Iran Mohammad Daneshgar 202000000000
77 MF Iran Reza Azari 202000000000
99 FW Iran Sajjad Aghaei 101000000000
FW Iran Mehdi Ghaedi 000000000000

Last updated: 8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)
Source: Competitions

Goals

As of 1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)
Rank Player Position Pro League Hazfi Cup Super Cup AFC CL1 Total
1 0 0 0 0 0
Own goals 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0

1 Includes 2018 AFC Champions League and 2019 AFC Champions League.

Goalkeeping

PGPL Hazfi Cup 2018 ACL 2019 ACL Total
Rank No N Name M GA CS M GA CS M GA CS M GA CS M GA CS
11IranMehdi Rahmati 845 101 250 1196
221IranHossein Hosseini
319IranMehdi Nourollahi
Total 845 101 250 1196

Disciplinary record

Bookings & sending-off

PGPL Hazfi Cup 2018 ACL 2019 ACL Total
No P N Name
1GKIranMehdi Rahmati 1 1
4DFIranRouzbeh Cheshmi 1 1 11
6MFIranAli Karimi 1 1
7MFGermanyMarkus Neumayr 1 1
10FWIranRouhollah Bagheri 1 1
13DFIranArmin Sohrabian 2 1 3
14MFIranFarshid Bagheri 1 1 2
16FWIranAllahyar Sayyad 1 1
33DFIranPejman Montazeri 1 1
44DFIranFarshad Mohammadi Mehr 1 1
70DFIranMohammad Daneshgar 21 21
88MFIranFarshid Esmaeili 1 1
99FWIranSajjad Aghaei 1 1
Total 121 51 172

Suspensions

No. Pos Nat Player No. of
matches served
Reason Competition Date served Opponent(s) Ref.
70 DF Iran Mohammad Daneshgar 1 Double yellow card in a match against Zob Ahan League 10 August 2018 Tractor Sazi
16 FW Iran Allahyar Sayyad 2 Immoral celebration 16 August 2018 Pars Jonoubi Jam
22 August 2018 Foolad
99 FW Iran Sajjad Aghaei 2 16 August 2018 Pars Jonoubi Jam
22 August 2018 Foolad

References

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  2. "فرشاد محمدی مهر به استقلال پیوست". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  3. "روح الله باقری آبی‌پوش شد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  4. "محمد دانشگر به استقلال پیوست". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
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