1995–96 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1995–96 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 4th season in the Azadegan League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 51st year in existence as a football club.[1][2]

Esteghlal F.C.
1995–96 season
PresidentKazem Oliaei
Head coachMansour Pourheidari
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan League3rd
Hazfi CupWinners
Top goalscorer
Edmond Akhtar (11)

Player edit

As of 29 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IRN Hamid Babazadeh
2 DF   IRN Masoud Ghafourihaye-Asl
3 DF   IRN Sadegh Varmazyar
4 DF   IRN Mehdi Pashazadeh
5 DF   IRN Javad Zarincheh
6 MF   IRN Mahmoud Fekri
7 MF   IRN Kourosh Tashtzar
8 MF   IRN Amir Ghalenoei
9 FW   IRN Abbas Sarkhab
10 MF   IRN Iman Alami
11 FW   IRN Ali Akarian
12 FW   IRN Edmond Akhtar
13 DF   IRN Davoud Mahabadi
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   IRN Mohammad Nouri
15 MF   IRN Ghasem Sianaki
16 MF   IRN Ali Hajakbari
17 DF   IRN Alireza Mansourian
18 MF   IRN Seyed Jalal Pourmousa
19 MF   IRN Serjik Teymourian
20 MF   IRN Mohammad Taghavi
21 MF   IRN Kamyar Kardar
22 MF   IRN Mohammad Reza Mehranpour
23 MF   IRN Behrouz Parvareshkhah
24 DF   IRN Mohammad Khorramgah
GK   IRN Mohammad Ali Yahyavi
MF   IRN Nasser Abbasi
  IRN Jaures Ghazaryan

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Esteghlal   2 – 1   Singapore Tehran, Iran
Behrouz Parvareshkhah  
Ali Akarian  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: In this match Shahin Bayani Goodbyed from football.

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Azadegan League 3rd 18 May 1995
Hazfi Cup 1/8 finals Winners 8 August 1995 8 July 1996

Updated to match played 20 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 15 12 3 33 18 +15 57 Qualification for the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship
2 Bahman 30 13 12 5 47 24 +23 51
3 Esteghlal 30 14 9 7 41 26 +15 51 Qualification for the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
4 PAS 30 13 6 11 33 35 −2 45
5 Sepahan 30 11 9 10 40 34 +6 42
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Hazfi Cup edit

Round of 16 edit

8 August 1995 (1995-08-08) First leg Basij Tabriz 0 – 1 Esteghlal Tabriz
Ali Akarian   Stadium: Takhti Stadium
9 February 1995 (1995-02-09) Second leg Esteghlal 4 – 2
(5 – 2 agg.)
Basij Tabriz Tehran
Kamyar Kardar  
Sadegh Varmazyar   pen.'
Abbas Sarkhab   
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

1/8 finals edit

1/8 finals Esteghlal 3 – 0 Pars Khodro Tehran Tehran
Abbas Sarkhab  
Mahmoud Fekri  
Alireza Mansourian  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals edit

Semifinal edit

First leg Esteghlal 1 – 0 Malavan
Second leg Malavan 1 – 1
(1 – 2 agg.)
Esteghlal

Final edit

28 June 1996 (1996-06-28) First leg Bargh Shiraz 1 – 3 Esteghlal Shiraz
Samad Marfavi   
Alireza Mansourian  
Stadium: Shohadaye Artesh Stadium
8 July 1996 (1996-07-08) Second leg Esteghlal 2 – 0
(5 – 1 agg.)
Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Amir Ghalenoei    Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Iran Football League in 1995–96
  2. ^ "بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 75-1374".
  3. ^ "Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1995–96". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  4. ^ 1995–96 Esteghlal F.C. Squad

External links edit