1998–99 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1998–99 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 7th season in the Azadegan League, and their 5th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 54th year in existence as a football club.[1][2]

Esteghlal F.C.
1998–99 season
ChairmanAli Fathollahzadeh
ManagerNasser Hejazi
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan LeagueRunners-up
Hazfi CupRunners-up
Asian Club ChampionshipRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ali Mousavi (10)
All:
Ali Mousavi (15)

Player
As of 1 September 2018. [3][4]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Parviz Boroumand
2 DF Javad Zarincheh
3 DF Ali Chini
4 DF Reza Hassanzadeh
5 DF Kazem Mahmoudi
6 DF Mahmoud Fekri
7 MF Attila Hejazi
8 MF Alireza Mansourian
9 FW Ali Mousavi
10 MF Dariush Yazdani
11 FW Mohsen Garousi
12 FW Mohammad Momeni
14 MF Sirous Dinmohammadi
15 MF Adel Hardani
16 MF Alireza Akbarpour
No. Position Player
17 DF Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
18 FW Fred Malekian
19 MF Serjik Teymourian
20 DF Mohammad Taghavi
21 FW Farhad Majidi
22 MF Mohammad Navazi
24 DF Mohammad Khorramgah
25 MF Javid Shokri
GK Mohammad Ali Yahyavi
GK Masoud Ghasemi
DF Ayoub Asgharkhani
MF Farzad Majidi
MF Hashem Heydari
FW Edmond Akhtar

Pre-season and friendlies
25 October 1998 (1998-10-25) Esteghlal 2 – 1 OmanTehran, Iran
Mohammad Navazi  53', 84' Report Qasim Masoud  56' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Fanaei
Note: In this match Mohammad Fanaei Goodbyed from refereeing football

Competitions

Overview
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Azadegan League — — Runners-up 18 September 199824 May 1999
Hazfi Cup 1/8 finals — Runners-up 14 December 199811 July 1999
Asian Club Championship — — Runners-up 9 October 199830 April 1999

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League
Main article: 1998–99 Azadegan League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 19 8 3 56 21 +35 65 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 50 28 +22 53 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3 Sepahan 30 13 14 3 39 19 +20 53
4 Saipa 30 13 10 7 43 33 +10 49
5 PAS 30 9 15 6 30 25 +5 42
Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 14 11 5 50 28  +22 53 7 5 3 26 14  +12 7 6 2 24 14  +10

Last updated: 13 October 2018.
Source: RSSSF

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAH
ResultWDDWLWLWDLWDWDDWWDDWWDWWDLWWLD
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

27 December 1998 (1998-12-27) 1Foolad0 – 3EsteghlalAhvaz
Fred Malekian  52', 71'
Alireza Akbarpour  87'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
18 September 1998 (1998-09-18) 2Esteghlal1 – 1Sanat NaftTehran
Ali Mousavi  15' Latif Janami  50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
25 September 1998 (1998-09-25) 3PAS Tehran1 – 1EsteghlalTehran
Hossein Khatibi  46' Ali Mousavi  30' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) 4Esteghlal2 – 1MalavanAnzali
Ali Mousavi  8'
Ali Chini  30'		 Shahram Parnianfar  53' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
3 November 1998 (1998-11-03) 5Esteghlal1 – 2AboomoslemTehran
Mohammad Momeni  pen.' Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh  pen.'
Bagher Mahmoudi 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 October 1998 (1998-10-16) 6Tractor Sazi1 – 4EsteghlalTabriz
Kourosh Barmak  13' Alireza Akbarpour  9'
Dariush Yazdani  35'
Alireza Mansourian  86'
Atila Hejazi  90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) 7Esteghlal0 – 1Zob AhanTehran
Kamal Hosseini Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 January 1999 (1999-01-05) 8Bank Melli1 – 3EsteghlalTehran
Reza Azizi  70' Alireza Akbarpour  30'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  39'
Adel Hardani  70'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
8 November 1998 (1998-11-08) 9Shahrdari Tabriz0 – 0EsteghlalTabriz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 November 1998 (1998-11-13) 10Esteghlal0 – 1PersepolisTehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab  45+3' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
12 January 1999 (1999-01-12) 11Esteghlal4 – 2PolyacrylTehran
Fred Malekian  3', 23'
Alireza Akbarpour  8'
Mahmoud Fekri  52'		 Seyed Ali Mirzaei  54', 85' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 January 1999 (1999-01-19) 12Chooka Talesh1 – 1EsteghlalTalesh
Iman Amini  70' Sirous Dinmohammadi  48' (pen.) Stadium: Pourya-ye Vali Stadium
9 March 1999 (1999-03-09) 13Fajr Sepasi0 – 1EsteghlalShiraz
Fred Malekian  44' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
4 April 1999 (1999-04-04) 14Esteghlal0 – 0SaipaTehran
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 15Sepahan1 – 1EsteghlalIsfahan
Majid Basirat  18' (pen.) Alireza Akbarpour  22' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) 16Esteghlal3 – 0FooladTehran
Ali Mousavi  17'
Alireza Akbarpour  49'
Fred Malekian  77'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
29 January 1999 (1999-01-29) 17Sanat Naft0 – 1EsteghlalAbadan
Ali Mousavi  4' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) 18Esteghlal1 – 1PAS TehranTehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  85' (pen.) Hossein Khatibi  50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
14 February 1999 (1999-02-14) 19Esteghlal1 – 1MalavanTehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  62' (pen.) Mohammad Khorramgah  4' (o.g.) Stadium: Azadi Stadium
4 May 1999 (1999-05-04) 20Aboomoslem1 – 2EsteghlalMashhad
Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh  30' (pen.) Farhad Majidi  12'
Ali Mousavi  65'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 May 1999 (1999-05-13) 21Esteghlal3 – 2Tractor SaziTehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  5' (pen.)
Farhad Majidi  8'
Ali Mousavi  34'		 Kourosh Barmak  44' (pen.)
Davoud Rostami  60'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 March 1999 (1999-03-05) 22Zob Ahan1 – 1EsteghlalIsfahan
Javad Mohagheghian  67' Mojtaba Taghavi  33' Stadium: 22 Bahman Stadium
14 March 1999 (1999-03-14) 23Esteghlal2 – 0Bank MelliTehran
Farhad Majidi  40'
Fred Malekian  63'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 March 1999 (1999-03-19) 24Esteghlal1 – 0Shahrdari TabrizTehran
Hashem Heydari Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 April 1999 (1999-04-09) 25Persepolis1 – 1EsteghlalTehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab  4' Fred Malekian  44' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) 26Polyacryl1 – 0EsteghlalIsfahan
Farzad Heydari  69'
19 April 1999 (1999-04-19) 27Esteghlal6 – 1Chooka TaleshTehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  1', 58'
Ali Mousavi  44' (pen.)
Farhad Majidi  55', 62'
Hashem Heydari  89'		 Arash Shafiei  7' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 April 1999 (1999-04-19) 28Esteghlal2 – 1Fajr SepasiTehran
Hashem Heydari  13'
Mahmoud Fekri  47'		 Mahmoud Khorramzi  75' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 May 1999 (1999-05-09) 29Saipa4 – 3EsteghlalTehran
Majid Saleh  25'
Safdar Youseflou  61'
Behnam Abolghasempour  70', 82'		 Ali Mousavi  11', 34'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  58'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
24 May 1999 (1999-05-24) 30Esteghlal1 – 1SepahanTehran
Farhad Majidi  36'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 		Ahmad Momenzadeh  38' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup
Main article: 1998–99 Hazfi Cup

1/8 finals
14 December 1998 (1998-12-14) First legEsteghlal8 – 0Shahrdari ArdabilTehran
Adel Hardani
Attila Hejazi
Ali Chini
Alireza Akbarpour 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 February 1999 (1999-02-09) Second legShahrdari Ardabil0 – 0
(0 – 8 agg.)		EsteghlalArdabil
Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Quarterfinals
20 June 1999 (1999-06-20) First legNassaji Mazandaran0 – 2EsteghlalQa'em Shahr
Ali Mousavi  16', 90' Stadium: Vatani Stadium
27 June 1999 (1999-06-27) Second legEsteghlal5 – 0
(7 – 0 agg.)		Nassaji MazandaranTehran
Fred Malekian  7', 43'
 51' (o.g.)
Hashem Heydari  54' (pen.)
Sirous Dinmohammadi  67'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinal
2 July 1999 (1999-07-02) Esteghlal1 – 0PAS TehranTehran
Fred Malekian Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Final
11 July 1999 (1999-07-11) Esteghlal1 – 2PersepolisTehran
Bakhtiarizadeh  50' Hasheminasab  12' (pen.)
Peyrovani  86'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: 47th Tehran Derby

Asian Club Championship
Main article: 1998–99 Asian Club Championship

Second round
9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) First legAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 – 1 EsteghlalBaghdad, Iraq
Ali Mousavi
23 October 1998 (1998-10-23) Second legEsteghlal 2 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)		 Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaTehran, Iran
Alireza Akbarpour  35'
Mohammad Momeni  44'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals
West Asia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
Source:
25 February 1999 (1999-02-25) 1Al-Hilal 1 – 2 EsteghlalAl Ain, UAE
Bashar Abdullah  47' Farhad Majidi  13'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  40'
27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 2Al-Ain 0 – 1 EsteghlalAl Ain, UAE
Alireza Akbarpour  70'
1 March 1999 (1999-03-01) 3Esteghlal 1 – 0 Köpetdag AşgabatAl Ain, UAE
Vladimir Khalikov  72'

Semifinals
28 April 1999 (1999-04-28) Dalian Wanda 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) EsteghlalTehran, Iran
Yan Song  60'  63'
Li Ming  77'		 Mahmoud Fekri  44'
Ali Mousavi  51'  108'
Alireza Akbarpour  84'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Final
30 April 1999 (1999-04-30) Júbilo Iwata 2 – 1 EsteghlalTehran, Iran
Hideto Suzuki  36'
Masashi Nakayama  45'		 Sirous Dinmohammadi  66' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also

References
  1. Iran Football League in 1998–99
  2. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Azadegan/
  3. "Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1998–99". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  4. 1998–99 Esteghlal F.C. Squad
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