2014–15 Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. season

The 2014–15 season are the Esteghlal Khuzestan Football Club's second season in the Iran Pro League and the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup.

Esteghlal Khuzestan

2014–15 season
Manager	Abdollah Veisi
Stadium	Takhti Stadium
Persian Gulf Cup	14th
Hazfi Cup	Sixth Round vs Zob Ahan

Squad

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 Karimi
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Tayyebi
3	DF	IRN	Majid Heidari
4	DF	IRN	Mohammad Ebrahim Khosravi
5	MF	MLI	Moussa Coulibaly
6	MF	IRN	Meysam Doraghi
7	MF	IRN	Hadi Khanifar
8	MF	IRN	Reza Kardoust
9	FW	MLI	Lamine Diawara
10	FW	IRN	Mehdi Momeni
11	MF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
12	DF	IRN	Milad Rabbani U23
14	MF	IRN	Hamed Mohammadi U23
16	GK	MLI	Soumbeïla Diakité
17	FW	IRN	Rouhollah Seifollahi
19	MF	IRN	Yazdan Abbasian U23

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	IRN	Meysam Majidi
21	MF	IRN	Meysam Baou
22	GK	IRN	Vahid Mashilashi U21
24	FW	IRN	Hojjat Chaharmahali
25	DF	IRN	Farzad Jafari U23
26	MF	IRN	Ali Daghagheleh U21
27	MF	IRN	Hamdollah Ebdam U23
28	DF	IRN	Bagher Hashemi U21
29	FW	IRN	Ali Ebrahimpour U21
31	DF	IRN	Elyas Vashahi U21
32	MF	IRN	Mohammad Ali Safia U21
33	GK	IRN	Ali Akbar Ahaki U23
34	MF	IRN	Iman Basafa U23 (on loan from Esteghlal)
88	DF	IRN	Mohsen Bayat
99	FW	IRN	Mehdi Seyed Salehi

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	IRN	Ramtin Soleimanzadeh (at Fajr Sepasi until 30 June 2015)

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2014

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	IRN	Majid Heidari (from Saba Qom)
14	MF	IRN	Iman Basafa (on loan from Esteghlal)
17	FW	IRN	Rouhollah Seifollahi (from Damash)
11	MF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi (from Damash)
8	MF	IRN	Reza Kardoust (from Damash)
10	FW	IRN	Mehdi Momeni (from Saba Qom)
20	MF	IRN	Meysam Majidi (from Aluminium)
6	MF	IRN	Meysam Doraghi (from Naft Masjed Soleyman)
15	FW	IRN	Sadegh Sadeghi Baba-Ahmadi (from Naft Masjed Soleyman)
12	DF	IRN	Milad Rabbani (from Niroye Zamini)
19	MF	IRN	Yazdan Abbasian (from Gahar)
16	GK	MLI	Soumbeïla Diakité (from Stade Malien)
9	FW	MLI	Lamine Diawara (from Stade Malien)
27	MF	IRN	Hamdollah Ebdam (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
28	DF	IRN	Bagher Hashemi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
22	GK	IRN	Vahid Mashilashi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
26	MF	IRN	Ali Daghagheleh (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
29	FW	IRN	Ali Ebrahimpour (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
31	DF	IRN	Elyas Vashahi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)
32	MF	IRN	Mohammad Ali Safia (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21)

Out: 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	BRA	Fábio Carvalho (Released)
4	DF	IRN	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Retired)
7	FW	IRN	Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh (to Fajr Sepasi)
8	MF	MLI	Idrissa Traoré (to Djoliba)
9	MF	IRN	Mahmoud Tighnavard (to Naft Masjed Soleyman)
10	FW	IRN	Milad Meydavoudi (to Saipa)
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Moaavi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)
13	DF	IRN	Hossein Kaabi (Released)
14	MF	IRN	Mehdi Kheiri (to Padideh)
15	MF	IRN	Karim Shaverdi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)
19	FW	IRN	Ali Bigdeli (to Iranjavan)
21	MF	IRN	Shahrokh Shams (Released)
24	DF	IRN	Ala Khalafzadeh (Released)
26	DF	IRN	Mohammad Mad Malisi (to Naft Masjed Soleyman)
27	FW	IRN	Ehsan Alvanzadeh (to Naft Masjed Soleyman)
35	FW	IRN	Sajjad Ghasemnejad (Released)
40	MF	IRN	Adel Kolahkaj (Released)
66	DF	IRN	Saeid Chahjouei (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)

Winter

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2014–15

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	IRN	Meysam Baou (from Free Agent)
24	FW	IRN	Hojjat Chaharmahali (from Free Agent)
99	FW	IRN	Mehdi Seyed Salehi (from Saipa)
88	DF	IRN	Mohsen Bayat (from Saba Qom)
14	MF	IRN	Hamed Mohammadi (from Free Agent)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	FW	IRN	Ebrahim Salehi (Conscription)
23	FW	IRN	Hassan Moaavi (to Nirouye Zamini – Conscription)
15	FW	IRN	Sadegh Sadeghi Baba-Ahmadi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)
30	FW	IRN	Mohammad Ousani (to Saba Qom)

Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2014–15 Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Rah Ahan	30	8	7	15	27	48	−21	31
13	Malavan	30	6	12	12	26	34	−8	30
14	Est. Khuzestan (O)	30	4	15	11	35	46	−11	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Paykan (R)	30	4	14	12	16	29	−13	26	Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League
16	Naft Masjed Soleyman (R)	30	3	13	14	19	39	−20	22

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 11 April 2014.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

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
Result	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	D
Position	8	11	15	16	15	14	15	11	12	14	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Gostaresh Foulad

1 August 2014 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Gostaresh Foulad	Ahvaz
19:40 UTC+4:30	Seifollahi 90' Mahdavi	Summary	Kardoust  46' Jokar	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Khuzestan

8 August 2014 2	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
19:30 UTC+4:30	Shahbazzadeh 90+2' Teymourian	Summary	Khanifar Coulibaly	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Naft Tehran

15 August 2014 3	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 2	Naft Tehran	Ahvaz
19:25 UTC+4:30	Coulibaly 86'	Summary	Kamyabinia 54' Wirikom 87' Pouraliganji Ghorbani	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Mohammad Maleki

Foolad v Esteghlal Khuzestan

19 August 2014 4	Foolad	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz
19:25 UTC+4:30	Vakia 12'	Summary	Khanifar  72' Heidari Seifollahi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Zob Ahan

24 August 2014 5	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Ahvaz
19:15 UTC+4:30	Abbasian 86' Seifollahi Heidari Moaavi	Summary	Mohammadi   69' Tabrizi 74' Carlos	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Babak Vasilehbar

Malavan v Esteghlal Khuzestan

30 August 2014 6	Malavan	1 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Bandar-e Anzali
18:00 UTC+4:30	Rafkhaei 71' Hosseini Maeboodi	Summary	Seifollahi 16' Diakité  68' Tayyebi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Omid Saeidfar

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Padideh Khorasan

4 September 2014 7	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Padideh Khorasan	Ahvaz
19:00 UTC+4:30	Majidi 86' (pen.) Baba-Ahmadi Diawara	Summary	Enayati 90+2' (pen.) Prahić Nasehi Sadeghi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Payam Heydari

Saba Qom v Esteghlal Khuzestan

12 September 2014 8	Saba Qom	1 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Qom
18:45 UTC+4:30	Hassanzadeh 2' Aramtab Alimohammadi	Summary	Majidi 59' Basafa 79' Seifollahi	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Referee: Turaj Haghverdi

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Tractor Sazi

18 September 2014 9	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
18:40 UTC+4:30	Majidi 41' (pen.) Seifollahi 51' Coulibaly	Summary	Edinho 39' Delir 80' Iranpourian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Reza Adel

Persepolis v Esteghlal Khuzestan

25 September 2014 10	Persepolis	2 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
19:30 UTC+4:30	Abbaszadeh 31', 45+2' (pen.)	Summary	Momeni 13' Momeni Khanifar Coulibaly	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Rah Ahan Yazdan

2 October 2014 11	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Rah Ahan Yazdan	Ahvaz
18:20 UTC+4:30	Majidi 5' Coulibaly  90' Mahdavi  90+10' Seifollahi	Summary	Irannejad  51' Abshak  65'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Mohammad Zahedifar

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Naft Masjed Soleyman

21 October 2014 12	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Ahvaz
18:00 UTC+4:30	Heidari Khosravi Kardoust	Summary		Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Sepahan v Esteghlal Khuzestan

31 October 2014 13	Sepahan	3 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Fuladshahr
16:30 UTC+4:30	Sharifi 45+1', 78' Ghafouri 64' M.Ahmadi	Summary	Ousani 29' Seifollahi 51' Heidari	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

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Relegation play-off

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Mes Kerman

25 May 2015 1st leg	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Mes Kerman	Ahvaz
18:30 UTC+4:30	Momeni 90+4' Tayyebi Seifollahi	Summary	M.Esmaeili Beigi	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Seyed Zargar

Mes Kerman v Esteghlal Khuzestan

30 May 2015 2nd leg	Mes Kerman	0 – 2 (0 – 3 agg.)	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Kerman
18:00 UTC+4:30	Sangchouli Nazifkar Eslami	Summary	Diawara 57', 87' Bayat	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Hazfi Cup

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal Khuzestan

16 October 2014 Fifth Round	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 3	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Shiraz
14:30 UTC+4:30	Mardani 67'	[ Summary]	Majidi 17' Momeni 34' Diawara 44'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 7,000

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Zob Ahan

26 October 2014 Sixth Round	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 3	Zob Ahan	Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+4:30	Majidi 75' Seifollahi 90+4'	[ Summary]	Dehnavi 37' Rajabzadeh 48' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Playoffs		Hazfi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Tayyebi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF	MLI	Moussa Coulibaly	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF	IRN	Meysam Doraghi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	IRN	Hadi Khanifar	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
8	MF	IRN	Reza Kardoust	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	MLI	Lamine Diawara	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0
10	FW	IRN	Mehdi Momeni	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
11	MF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	GK	MLI	Soumbeïla Diakité	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW	IRN	Rouhollah Seifollahi	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
20	DF	IRN	Meysam Majidi	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	IRN	Maysam Baou	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	FW	IRN	Hojjat Chaharmahali	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	MF	IRN	Hamdollah Ebdam	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	IRN	Bagher Hashemi	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
88	DF	IRN	Mohsen Bayat	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Players who left Esteghlal Khuzestan during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Persian Gulf Cup	Relegation Playoff	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Lamine Diawara	0	2	1	3
2	FW		10	Mehdi Momeni	0	1	1	2
	MF		20	Meysam Majidi	0	0	2	2
4	FW		17	Rouhollah Seifollahi	0	0	1	1
TOTALS					0	3	5	8

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Persian Gulf Cup		Relegation Playoff		Hazfi Cup		Total
2		DF	Mohammad Tayyebi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Rouhollah Seifollahi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
88		DF	Mohsen Bayat	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League