2001–02 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2001–02 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 1st season in the Iran Pro League, and their 8th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 57th year in existence as a football club.

Esteghlal F.C.
2001–02 season
PresidentIran Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coachIran Mansour Pourheidari
StadiumAzadi Stadium
IPL2nd
Hazfi CupChampions
Asian Club ChampionshipThird place
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sirous Dinmohammadi (8)

All:
Faraz Fatemi (19)

Club edit

Kit edit

Supplier:   Daei SWE
Sponsor(s):   LG

 
 
 
 
 
Home Kit
 
 
 
 
 
Away Kit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Mansour Pourheidari
Assistant coach   Gholamhossein Mazloomi
Goalkeepers coach   Mansour Rashidi
Fitness coach   Valiollah Salehnia
Doctor   Dr. Amin Norouzi
Director   Nasrollah Abdollahi

Other information edit

Chairman   Hossein Gharib
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)

Player edit

As of 1 September 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2001–02[1]

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 Parviz Boroumand
4 DF   IRN Mohammad Khorramgah
5 DF   IRN Davoud Seyed Abbasi
6 DF   IRN Mahmoud Fekri
7 DF   IRN Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
8 MF   IRN Mohammad Navazi
9 FW   IRN Ali Mousavi
10 DF   IRN Mehdi Pashazadeh
11 MF   IRN Yadollah Akbari
12 MF   IRN Mojahed Khaziravi
14 MF   IRN Sirous Dinmohammadi
15 MF   IRN Farzad Majidi
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW   IRN Alireza Akbarpour
17 FW   IRN Ahmad Momenzadeh
18 FW   IRN Faraz Fatemi
19 DF   IRN Pirouz Ghorbani
20 DF   IRN Mehdi Hasheminasab
21 DF   IRN Arastou Mohammadi
22 MF   IRN Alireza Nikbakht
24 MF   AZE Rufat Guliev
29 GK   IRN Masoud Ghasemi
31 GK   IRN Hadi Tabatabaei
DF   IRN Saeed Beigi
MF   IRN Behzad Dadashzadeh

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
2001–02 Iran Pro League Runners-up November 4, 2001 May 28, 2002
2001–02 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Winner December 2, 2001 June 11, 2002
2001–02 Asian Club Championship Third-place December 21, 2001 April 5, 2002

Updated to match played 03 July 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 26 13 10 3 36 23 +13 49 Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Esteghlal 26 13 9 4 38 21 +17 48 Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification
3 Foolad 26 12 9 5 32 23 +9 45
4 Pas 26 10 13 3 39 24 +15 43
5 Aboumoslem 26 11 7 8 40 31 +9 40
Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]
(C) Champions

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
26 13 9 4 38 21  +17 48 7 5 1 25 12  +13 6 4 3 13 9  +4

Last updated: 17 June 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWLWWDWDWWWWWLWDWDDDDWDWL
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

1 Bargh Shiraz 1 – 1 Esteghlal Shiraz
  64' Ali Mousavi  78' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
9 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Piroozi Tehran
Mohammad Navazi   38' (pen.) Reza Jabbari   25'
Ali Ansarian   ?'   87'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Sepahan Tehran
Mohammad Navazi   10'
Javad Mohagheghian   46' (o.g.)
Sirous Dinmohammadi   86'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
26 Malavan 1 – 0 Esteghlal Anzali
Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup edit

Round of 32 edit

First leg Lashgar 30 Gorgan 1 – 4 Esteghlal Gorgan
Faraz Fatemi  
Faraz Fatemi  
Faraz Fatemi  
Davoud Seyed Abbasi  
Second leg Esteghlal 3 – 0
(7 – 1 agg.)
Lashgar 30 Gorgan Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab  
Mehdi Hasheminasab  
Faraz Fatemi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16 edit

Quarterfinals edit

Semifinal edit

First leg Sepahan 4 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
  17'
  48'
  50'
  55'
Yadollah Akbari   57'
Ali Mousavi   64'
Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium
Second leg Esteghlal 3 – 1
(5 – 5 agg.)
Sepahan Tehran
Yadollah Akbari   13' (pen.)
Faraz Fatemi   78'
Ahmad Momenzadeh   82'
  90' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: Away goals rule

Final edit

Second leg Esteghlal 2 – 2
(4 – 3 agg.)
Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Ali Mousavi  7',  38'   6'
  20'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Asian Club Championship edit

First round edit

Esteghlal   w/o   Al-Hekmeh
Note: Al-Hekmeh withdrew

Second round edit

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) First leg Al-Ittihad   3 – 2   Esteghlal Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nikbakht   o.g.' Nikbakht   16'
Fekri   44'
Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) Second leg Esteghlal   2 – 1
(4 – 4 agg.)
  Al-Ittihad Tehran, Iran
Navazi   70' (pen.)
Nikbakht   93'
  5' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: Away goals rule

Quarterfinals edit

West Asia edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Esteghlal 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
  Nasaf Qarshi 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
  Al-Kuwait 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
  Al-Wahda 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]


6 February 2002 (2002-02-06) 1 Al-Wahda   3 – 5   Esteghlal Abu Dhabi, UAE
Al Ruaisi   12'
Jumaa   49', 72'
Dinmohammadi   40'
Akbarpour   64'
Fatemi   80', 83'
Hasheminasab   87'
8 February 2002 (2002-02-08) 2 Nasaf Qarshi   1 – 1   Esteghlal Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nikbakht  
10 February 2002 (2002-02-10) 3 Al Kuwait Kaifan   0 – 3   Esteghlal Abu Dhabi, UAE
Akbarpour   76'
Fatemi   80', 85'

Semifinals edit

3 April 2002 (2002-04-03) Esteghlal   1 – 2   Anyang LG Cheetahs Tehran, Iran
Akbari   62' Aurélio   55'
Luiz   72'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Third place match edit

5 April 2002 (2002-04-05) Esteghlal   5 – 2   Nasaf Qarshi Tehran, Iran
Navazi   (pen.)  
Fatemi    
Pashazadeh  
Usmankhodjaev  
Kholmurodov  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2001–02
  2. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

External links edit