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2015–16 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 15th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football, and 70th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup.

Esteghlal F.C.
2015–16 season
PresidentReza Eftekhari
Head coachParviz Mazloumi
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Persian Gulf League3rd
Hazfi CupRunner-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Omid Ebrahimi (10 goals)
All: Shahbazzadeh
Omid Ebrahimi
(11 goals each)
Highest home attendance90,000 v Persepolis
(30 October 2015)
Lowest home attendance2,500 v Est. Khuzestan
(21 October 2015)
Average home league attendance30,200

Club edit

Current Management Team edit

Position Name
Head coach   Parviz Mazloumi
Assistant coach   Majid Saleh
Assistant coach   Sirous Dinmohammadi
Goalkeeper coach   Hossein Torabpour
Fitness coach   Ali Asghar Ghorbanali Pour
Doctor   Kaveh Sotoudeh
Physiotherapist   Amin Noroozi
Analyzer   Mohammad Navazi
Analyzer   Farzad Majidi
Analyzer   Mahdi Arjangi Nia
Team Manager   Mansour Pourheidari

Other information edit

Chairman Bahram Afsharzadeh
Deputy Chairman Ali Nazari Juybari
Media Officer
Director of Football
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground Nasser Hejazi Camp

Kit edit

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First team squad edit

Last updated: 29 May 2016
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Ends Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati   GK 2015 (1983-06-28)28 June 1983 (aged 32)   Paykan 2019 189 0
22 Vahid Talebloo   GK 2014 (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 33)   Rah Ahan 2017 196 0
33 Amir Hossein Najafi   GK 2015 (1996-10-14)14 October 1996 (aged 19) Youth system 2017 0 0
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari   RB, RM 2011 (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 32)   Sepahan 2017 229 7
5 Hanif Omranzadeh   CB 2009 (1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 30)   Pas 2016 216 24
15 Hrayr Mkoyan   CB, RB 2014 (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 29)   FC Shirak 2016 54 0
20 Meysam Majidi   LB, LM 2015 (1986-10-25)25 October 1986 (aged 29)   Esteghlal Khuzestan 2017 29 3
24 Omid Noorafkan   LB, DM 2015 (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 18) Youth system 2017 10 0
34 Milad Fakhreddini   RB, RM, RW 2014 (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 25)   Tractor Sazi 2016 55 3
55 Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi   CB 2015 (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 24)   Naft Tehran 2017 18 1
Midfielders
3 Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia   DM, CB 2014 (1988-02-05)5 February 1988 (aged 27)   Padideh 2017 43 1
4 Roozbeh Cheshmi   DM, CB 2015 (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 22)   Saba Qom 2017 26 0
6 Omid Ebrahimi   DM, CM 2014 (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 28)   Sepahan 2016 63 20
8 Yaghoub Karimi   LM, LB, AM 2014 (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 24)   Sepahan 2017 40 1
11 Jaber Ansari   RM, LM, AM, RW, LW, SS 2015 (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 28)   Gostaresh Foulad 2017 33 8
16 Mehdi Momeni   AM, SS 2016 (1985-09-21)21 September 1985 (aged 30)   Naft Tehran 2017 8 0
17 Milad Shabanloo   AM, CM 2014 (1995-01-02)2 January 1995 (aged 20)   Esteghlal Bushehr 2017 3 0
19 Alireza Ramezani   RM, RW 2014 (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 22)   Naft Gachsaran 2018 19 1
28 Mohsen Karimi   LM, LW 2014 (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 21) Youth system 2018 30 5
36 Mehdi Rajabifar   LM, RM 2015 (1997-11-19)19 November 1997 (aged 18) Youth system 2017 0 0
88 Farshid Esmaeili   AM, SS 2015 (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 21)   Fajr Sepasi 2018 20 1
99 Adil Chihi   RM, RW 2016 (1988-02-21)21 February 1988 (aged 27) Free agent 2016 6 0
Forwards
9 Arash Borhani   CF, RW, LW 2007 (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 32)   PAS Tehran 2016 292 108
10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh   CF, SS 2014 (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 25)   Saipa 2017 62 24
14 Pero Pejić   CF 2015 (1982-11-28)28 November 1982 (aged 33)   FK Kukësi 2017 17 5
77 Behnam Barzay   LW, RW, LM, RM 2015 (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 22)   Rah Ahan 2017 24 2
Players transferred during the season
13 Karrar Jassim   AM, LM, RM, SS 2014 (1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 28)   Al-Talaba 2016 41 6
18 Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza   DM, LB 2015 (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 30)   Figueirense 2016 3 0
21 Majid Hosseini   CB, RB 2014 (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 19) Youth system 2017 4 0

Persian Gulf Pro League squad edit

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 Mehdi Rahmati (captain)
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari (4th captain)
3 MF   IRN Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia
4 MF   IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi U23
5 DF   IRN Hanif Omranzadeh
6 MF   IRN Omid Ebrahimi
8 MF   IRN Yaghoub Karimi
9 FW   IRN Arash Borhani (3rd captain)
10 FW   IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
11 MF   IRN Jaber Ansari
14 FW   CRO Pero Pejić
15 DF   ARM Hrayr Mkoyan
16 MF   IRN Mehdi Momeni
17 MF   IRN Milad Shabanloo U21
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   IRN Alireza Ramezani U23
20 DF   IRN Meysam Majidi
22 GK   IRN Vahid Talebloo (2nd captain)
24 MF   IRN Omid Noorafkan U19
27 MF   IRN Hossein Hosseini U21
28 MF   IRN Mohsen Karimi U23
33 GK   IRN Amir Hossein Najafi U21
34 DF   IRN Milad Fakhreddini
36 MF   IRN Mehdi Rajabifar U19
55 DF   IRN Amin Hajmohammadi
77 FW   IRN Behnam Barzay U23
88 MF   IRN Farshid Esmaeili U23
99 MF   MAR Adil Chihi
  • List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization[1]
  • [U19 = Under 19 Player | U21 = Under 21 Player | U23 = Under 23 Player][2]

New contracts edit

No. Pos Name Age Contract length Ends Date Source
2 RB   Khosro Heydari 31 2 years 2017 4 July 2015 [3]
6 CM   Omid Ebrahimi 28 1 year 2016 5 July 2015 [4]
77 LW   Behnam Barzay 22 2 years 2017 20 July 2015 [5]
1 GK   Mehdi Rahmati 33 3 years 2019 22 February 2016 [6]

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16

In edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving From Type Ends Date Source
LM   Amir Hossein Tahuni 22 Nassaji Mazandaran End of loan 2019 30 June 2015
CM   Iman Basafa 23 Esteghlal Khuzestan End of loan 2017 30 June 2015
RM   Jaber Ansari 28 Gostaresh Foulad Free Transfer 2017 24 June 2015 [7]
CB   Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi 24 Naft Tehran Free Transfer 2017 25 June 2015 [8]
LB   Meysam Majidi 28 Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer 2017 28 June 2015 [9]
GK   Mehdi Rahmati 32 Paykan Free Transfer 2016 29 June 2015 [10]
DM   Roozbeh Cheshmi 21 Saba Qom Transfer 2017 30 June 2015 [11]
AM   Farshid Esmaeili 21 Fajr Sepasi Free Transfer 2018 5 July 2015 [12]
CM   Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza 29   Figueirense Free Transfer 2016 20 July 2015 [13]
LM   Yaghoub Karimi 23 Sepahan Transfer 2017 24 July 2015 [14]
ST   Pero Pejić 32   FK Kukësi Free Transfer 2017 2 August 2015 [15]

Winter edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving From Type Ends Date Source
AM   Mehdi Momeni 30 Naft Tehran Free Transfer 2017 28 December 2015 [16]
RM   Adil Chihi 28   Fulham Free Transfer 2016 27 February 2016 [17]

Out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving To Type Date Source
99 CM   Milad Nouri 29 Siah Jamegan End of contract 22 June 2015 [18][19]
17 LM   Yaghoub Karimi 23 Sepahan End of loan 30 June 2015 [20]
34 CM   Iman Basafa 23 Fajr Sepasi Released 30 June 2015 [21][22]
80 ST   Reza Enayati 39 Siah Jamegan Released 29 June 2015 [23]
32 LM   Amir Hossein Tahuni 22 Nassaji Mazandaran Released 11 July 2015 [24]
1 GK   Mohsen Forouzan 27 Siah Jamegan Released 22 July 2015 [25]
16 LB   Hashem Beikzadeh 31 Saba Qom Released 26 July 2015 [26]
4 CB   Amir Hossein Sadeghi 33 Saba Qom Released 26 July 2015 [27][28]
21 GK   Farzin Garousian 23 Aluminium Hormozgan Released 7 August 2015 [29]
29 ST   Milad Soleiman Fallah 28 Paykan Released 10 August 2015 [30][31]
27 RB   Mohammad Reza Soleimani 20 Rah Ahan Released 10 August 2015 [32]

Winter edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Moving To Type Date Source
18 DM   Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza 30   Clube de Regatas Brasil Released 27 September 2015 [33]
13 AM   Karrar Jassim 28   Naft Al-Wasat Released 29 November 2015 [34][35]
35 CB   Mehdi Karbalaei 22 Gostaresh Foulad Released 8 January 2016 [36]

Loan in edit

Loan out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Loaned To Start End Source
35 CB   Mehdi Karbalaei 22 Khoneh Be Khoneh 3 August 2015 30 June 2016 [37]
48 LB   Mohammad Khalili 21 Khoneh Be Khoneh 3 August 2015 30 June 2016 [38]

Winter edit

No. Pos Nat. Name Age Loaned To Start End Source
21 CB   Majid Hosseini 19 Rah Ahan 27 December 2015 30 June 2016 [39]

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League — — 3rd 30 July 2015 13 May 2016
Hazfi Cup Round of 32 — Runner-up 11 Sep 2015 29 May 2016
Last updated: 29 May 2016

Source: Competitions
 Note: Current Position/Round Only use for team still a part of Competition.

Competition record edit

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League 30 13 13 4 43 28 +15 043.33
Hazfi Cup 5 3 2 0 12 4 +8 060.00
Total 35 16 15 4 55 32 +23 045.71
Last updated: 29 May 2016

Persian Gulf Pro League edit

Main article: 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Est. Khuzestan (C) 30 15 12 3 33 14 +19 57 Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Persepolis 30 16 9 5 50 34 +16 57
3 Esteghlal 30 13 13 4 43 28 +15 52 Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
4 Tractor Sazi 30 13 12 5 43 27 +16 51
5 Naft Tehran 30 13 10 7 30 21 +9 49
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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
30 13 13 4 43 28  +15 52 6 7 2 22 15  +7 7 6 2 21 13  +8

Last updated: 13 May 2016.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLWWWDDDWDWDDWWDDDLWWDDDLWWLD
Position114321111111122211121111232133
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

30 July 2015 1 Siah Jamegan 1–2 Esteghlal Mashhad
18:00 (DST+03:30) A. Naghizadeh   63'
M. Jovanović   52'		 report S. Shahbazzadeh   37', 78'
M. Rahmati   51'
A. Borhani   84'		 Stadium: Samen
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
7 August 2015 2 Esteghlal 2–0 Malavan Tehran
19:30 (DST+03:30) O. Ebrahimi   29', 38'
A. Hajmohammadi   18'
M. Majidi   20'
O. Ebrahimi   39'
R. Cheshmi   61'		 report H. Mahini   33'
E. Pourghaz   37'
S. Karami   90+1'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei
14 August 2015 3 Esteghlal 0–2 Zob Ahan Tehran
19:20 (DST+03:30) H. Mkoyan   40'
M. Karimi   88'		 report E. Pahlevan   61'
M. Tabrizi   85'
M. Tabrizi   85'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
21 August 2015 4 Esteghlal Ahvaz 1–2 Esteghlal Ahvaz
19:15 (DST+03:30) T. Reykani   74'
M-E Nazari   60'
M. Hamidi   67'
M-E Nazari   9+1'  		 report M. Karimi   72'
M. Majidi   90+2'
H. Omranzadeh   36'
M. Majidi   87'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian
21 September 2015 5 Esteghlal 2–1 Naft Tehran Tehran
18:45 (DST+03:30) M. Fakhreddini   51'
O. Ebrahimi   56' (p)
H. Omranzadeh   71'
P. Pejić   86'
S. Shahbazzadeh   90+4'		 report A. Nong   65'
C. Santos   56'
A. Nong   61'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
15 September 2015 6 Gostaresh 0–2 Esteghlal Tabriz
17:00 (DST+03:30) report S. Shahbazzadeh   25'
M. Karimi   65'
R. Cheshmi   31'
Y. Karimi   42'
M. Rahmati   76'		 Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bijan Heidari
25 September 2015 7 Esteghlal 3–3 Rah Ahan Tehran
18:30 (DST+03:30) O. Ebrahimi   37' (p), 45' (p)
A. Borhani   53'
H. Omranzadeh   20'
A. Borhani   39'		 report B. Abdi   12'
S. Strandvall   22' (p)
F. Farji   52'
I. Nenezić   35'
I. Nenezić   45'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
16 October 2015 8 Padideh 1–1 Esteghlal Mashhad
15:00 (DST+03:30) M. Kheiri   3'
A. Jafari   45'
M. Naghizadeh   45+3'
R. Nasehi   81'		 report M. Moradmand   58' (o.g.)
M. Fakhreddini   50'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Mehdi Seyyed Ali
21 October 2015 9 Esteghlal 1–1 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran
16:45 (DST+03:30) P. Pejić   44'
R. Cheshmi   17'		 report A. Kaabi   36'
M. Tayyebi   19'
R. Seifollahi   31'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
26 October 2015 10 Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal Isfahan
15:00 (DST+03:30) F. Musaev   30' report F. Esmaeili   6'
J. Ansari   53'
B. Barzay   77'
O. Ebrahimi   90+3'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei
30 October 2015 11 Esteghlal 1–1 Perspolis Tehran
15:00 (DST+03:30) J. Ansari   49'
M. Majidi   42'
S. Shahbazzadeh  60'
A. Hajmohammadi  82'
O. Ebrahimi  90'		 report J. Bengtson   90+5' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
20 November 2015 12 Foolad 0–2 Esteghlal Ahvaz
16:20 (DST+03:30) L. Mesarić   82' report J. Ansari   56'
P. Pejić   88'
M.R. Khorsandnia  36'
M. Fakhreddini   41'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
30 November 2015 13 Esteghlal 1–1 Saipa Tehran
17:30 (DST+03:30) J. Ansari   62'
O. Ebrahimi  50'		 report A. Zeinali   82'
M. Ayoubi  36'
A. Zeinali  87'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
13 December 2015 14 Tractor Sazi 0–0 Esteghlal Tabriz
15:00 (DST+03:30) report Stadium: Sahand
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
17 December 2015 15 Esteghlal 1–0 Saba Qom Tehran
16:20 (DST+03:30) S. Shahbazzadeh   18'
B. Barzay   26'
H. Mkoyan  37'
K. Heydari  90+3'		 report F. Bagheri  44'
M. Ousani  77'
F. Bagheri   88'  		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
28 December 2015 16 Esteghlal 3–1 Siah Jamegan Tehran
17:30 (DST+03:30) M. Karimi   35'
S. Shahbazzadeh   41'
A. Borhani   66'
M. Fakhreddini  70'		 report R. Enayati   50'
S. Afrasiabi  49'
R. Enayati  54'
A. Kamdar  72'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bijan Heidari
1 January 2016 17 Malavan 2–2 Esteghlal Anzali
14:30 (DST+03:30) J. Ansari   8'
M. Karimi   22'
H. Omranzadeh   40'		 report J. Rafkhaei   17', 77' (pen.)
J. Rafkhaei   18'
M. Abshak   61'
H. Mahini   74'		 Stadium: Takhti Anzali
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Mohsen Torky
2 February 2016 18 Zob Ahan 0–0 Esteghlal Isfahan
14:30 (DST+03:30) H. Beikzadeh   31' report A. Hajmohammadi   33'
M. Rahmati   90+3'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei
7 February 2016 19 Esteghlal 1–1 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
17:00 (DST+03:30) O. Ebrahimi   28'
M. Momeni   19'		 report H. Khaziravi   58'
M. Sharifi   81'
Luiz Fernando   90+2'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
14 February 2016 20 Naft Tehran 1–0 Esteghlal Tehran
17:10 (DST+03:30) H. Omranzadeh   9' (o.g.)
V. Hamdinejad   20'
A. Rezavand   29'
I. Mobali   63'
A.A.Motahari   86'		 report M. Fakhreddini   34'
Y. Karimi   78'
M. Fakhreddini   79'  		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 7,650
Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian
19 February 2016 21 Esteghlal 2–1 Gostaresh Tehran
15:30 (DST+03:30) S. Shahbazzadeh   33'
M. Karimi   44'
O. Ebrahimi   40'
M. Rahmati   58'
H. Omranzadeh   74'		 report M. Ebrahimi   30'
S. Goudarzi   90+3'
M. Hosseini   14'
M. Batista   25'
M. Nosrati   58'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
4 March 2016 22 Rah Ahan 0–1 Esteghlal Shahr-e Qods
15:30 (DST+03:30) M. Mohammadi   40'
F. Faraji   82'		 report M.R. Khorsandnia   45'
M. Fakhreddini   65'
A. Hajmohammadi   71'
R. Cheshmi   90+1'		 Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei
10 March 2016 23 Esteghlal 0–0 Padideh Tehran
17:30 (DST+03:30) A. Chihi   67'
S. Shahbazzadeh   68'
M. Rahmati   90+4'
B. Barzay   90+5'		 report M. Khamisi   62'
H. Badamaki   84'
M. Bayat   86'
B. Salari   90+4'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
3 April 2016 24 Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–1 Esteghlal Ahvaz
18:55 (DST+03:30) F. Salarvand   73'
H. Nassari   30'
D. Mahini   55'
M. Coulibaly   88'		 report M. Majidi   31'
K. Heydari   27'
P. Pejić   65'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
10 April 2016 25 Esteghlal 0–0 Sepahan Tehran
19:00 (DST+03:30) F. Esmaeili   70' report S. Ghaedifar   32'
M.R. Khalatbari   65'
A. Karami   80'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi
15 April 2016 26 Perspolis 4–2 Esteghlal Tehran
17:00 (DST+03:30) M. Taremi   5', 35'
M. Taremi   40'
R. Rezaeian   54'
M. Mosalman   85'
M. Kafshgari   68'
R. Rezaeian   77'
L. Marić   84'
M. Bengar   87'
M. Taremi   90'		 report J. Ansari   55'
O. Ebrahimi   89' (p)
H. Omranzadeh   37'
Y. Karimi   74'
O. Ebrahimi   90'
M. Majidi   90+4'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
22 April 2016 27 Esteghlal 3–0 Foolad Tehran
20:15 (DST+03:30) O. Ebrahimi   8'
B. Barzay   11'
J. Ansari   36'
J. Ansari   63'		 report M. Chago   35' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
28 April 2016 28 Saipa 1–2 Esteghlal Tehran
18:00 (DST+03:30) A. Gholizadeh   64' report O. Ebrahimi   52' (p)
P. Pejić   81'
S. Shahbazzadeh   38'
H. Mkoyan   44'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ahmad Salehi
8 May 2016 29 Esteghlal 2–3 Tractor Sazi Tehran
18:00 (DST+03:30) A. Hajmohammadi   14'
S. Shahbazzadeh   47'
M. Rahmati   9'		 report Augusto   21'
S. Rafiei   42'
A. Nong   79'
F. Hatami   12'
S. Rafiei   79'
S. Rafiei   90+2'  		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
13 May 2016 30 Saba Qom 1–1 Esteghlal Qom
18:00 (DST+03:30) M. Ghazi   28'
M. Farahani   31'
A.H. Sadeghi   59'
F. Machado   90'		 report O. Ebrahimi   32' (p) Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bijan Heidari

Hazfi Cup edit

Main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) Roundof 32 Esteghlal 5–0Shahrdari SemnanTehran
18:30 (DST+03:30) S. Shahbazzadeh   22', 46'
P. Pejić   65', 75'
M.Fakhreddini   80'
A. Ramezani   29'		 report M. Kamranpour   45+3' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Seyyed Reza Mahdavi
4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) Round of 16 Esteghlal 3–1FooladTehran
16:30 (DST+03:30) M. Majidi   15'
H. Omranzadeh   20'
J. Ansari   77'
H. Omranzadeh   62'
S. Shahbazzadeh   67'
K. Heydari   70'
R. Cheshmi   85'		 report E. Sharifat   3' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) QuarterfinalNaft Tehran1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Esteghlal Tehran
15:20 (DST+03:30) S. Lotfi   90+2'
H. Bou Hamdan   23'
V. Amiri   72'
S. Lotfi   90+2'
V. Hamdinejad   104'
P. Sadeghian   117'		 report M. Daneshgar   45+1' (o.g.)
Y. Karimi   23'
F. Esmaeili   66'
Y. Karimi   79'  		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei
Penalties
M. Shiri  
M. Daneshgar 
A. Bouazar 
H. Bou Hamdan  
A.A. Motahari  
P. Sadeghian 
S. Lotfi 		 O. Ebrahimi  
P. Pejić  
M. Majidi 
H. Mkoyan  
R. Cheshmi  
F. Esmaeili  
K. Heydari  
22 December 2015 (2015-12-22) Semifinal Tractor Sazi 1–2 Esteghlal Tabriz
14:30 (DST+03:30) Augusto   49'
S. Khalilzadeh   32'
S. Ashouri   90+3'
S. Khalilzadeh   90+4'  		 report S. Shahbazzadeh   29', 52'
S. Shahbazzadeh   32'
M. Rahmati   32'
K. Heydari   55'
H. Mkoyan  83'		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
29 May 2016 (2016-05-29) Final Zob Ahan 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		EsteghlalKhorramshahr
21:00 (DST+03:30) D. Esmaeilifar   20'
M.R. Mazaheri   33'
G. Hadadifar   55'
M.R. Hosseini   87'
A. Hamam   99'
W. Ismail   117'		 report O. Ebrahimi   56' (p)
M. Majidi   30'
A. Ramezani   117'		 Stadium: Khorramshahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Penalties
M. Rajabzadeh  
M. Mehdipour  
M. Hassanzadeh  
M.R. Hosseini  
H. Mohammadi  		 M. Majidi  
H. Mkoyan  
O. Ebrahimi  
A. Ramezani  
Y. Karimi  

Friendly Matches edit

Pre-season edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

13 July 2015 (2015-07-13) Esteghlal 3–0 Bahman Karaj, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Ebrahimi   60' (pen.)
Shahbazzadeh   63', 72'		 report Stadium: Kordan Camp
Attendance: 150
16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) Esteghlal 0–0 Niroo Zamini Karaj, Iran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) report Stadium: Kordan Camp
Attendance: 400[40]
20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) Paykan 1–0 Esteghlal Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Moghanlou   24' report Stadium: Iran Khodro Stadium
23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Esteghlal 1–1 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Ansari   37' report Zohaivi   42' Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches
Attendance: 300

Mid-season edit

31 August 2015 (2015-08-31) Esteghlal 3–1 Tohid Tehran Tehran, Iran
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) M. Hosseini   25'
K. Jassim   35' (pen.)
S. Shahbazzadeh   39'		 report M. Ahmadi   30' Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches
Attendance: 300
26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) Esteghlal 2–2 Padideh Tehran, Iran
14:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) O. Ebrahimi   31' (p)
P. Pejić   83'		 report M. Abbasian   26'
M. Kheiri   78'		 Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches
25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Esteghlal 0–0 Oxin Alborz Tehran, Iran
15:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) report Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)[41][42]   Hammarby 2–1 Esteghlal Stockholm, Sweden
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) D. Jajić   63'
I. Lidberg   68'
E. Israelsson   38'
D. Jajić   50'
Alex   90+3'		 report M. Majidi   2' (p) Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 7,127

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Persian Gulf Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
No P N Name S P     GP M S P     GP M S P     GP M
1 GK   Mehdi Rahmati 26 26 -23 0 -0.88 2340 4 4 -4 0 -0.86 420 30 30 -27 0 -0.88 2760
2 RM   Khosro Heydari 18 18 0 5 0 1511 3 3 0 0 0 292 21 21 0 5 0 1803
3 DM   Khorsandnia 9 14 1 0 0.11 854 2 3 0 0 0 144 11 17 1 0 0.09 998
4 DM   Roozbeh Cheshmi 21 22 0 1 0 1876 4 4 0 0 0 390 25 26 0 1 0 2266
5 CB   Hanif Omranzadeh 19 20 0 0 0 1778 5 5 1 1 0.18 510 24 25 1 1 0.04 2288
6 DM   Omid Ebrahimi 28 28 10 1 0.36 2520 4 4 1 0 0.21 420 32 32 11 1 0.34 2940
8 LM   Yaghoub Karimi 10 13 0 2 0 827 3 3 0 2 0 289 13 16 0 4 0 1116
9 CF   Arash Borhani 11 14 2 2 0.21 838 0 2 0 0 0 29 11 16 2 2 0.21 867
10 CF   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 25 26 7 5 0.28 2264 3 4 4 0 1.35 266 28 30 11 5 0.39 2530
11 AM   Jaber Ansari 25 28 7 4 0.28 2226 5 5 1 3 0.18 495 30 33 8 7 0.26 2721
13 AM   Karrar Jassim 2 6 0 0 0 232 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 232
14 CF   Pero Pejić 4 14 3 0 0.59 456 1 3 2 0 1.35 133 5 17 5 0 0.76 589
15 CB   Hrayr Mkoyan 25 26 0 0 0 2182 4 4 0 0 0 420 29 30 0 0 0 2602
16 AM   Mehdi Momeni 1 8 0 0 0 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 250
17 CM   Milad Shabanloo 0 3 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 38
18 CM   Rivaldo 1 3 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 81
19 RM   Alireza Ramezani 1 4 0 0 0 76 1 4 0 0 0 125 2 8 0 0 0 201
20 LB   Meysam Majidi 20 24 2 2 0.10 1790 5 5 1 1 0.19 482 25 29 3 3 0.12 2272
22 GK   Vahid Talebloo 4 4 -5 0 -1.25 360 1 1 0 0 0 90 5 5 -5 0 -1.0 450
24 LM   Omid Noorafkan 7 10 0 0 0 640 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 0 0 0 640
28 LM   Mohsen Karimi 12 23 5 0 0.41 1110 1 3 0 0 0 146 13 26 5 0 0.36 1256
34 RB   Milad Fakhreddini 23 23 1 1 0.04 2022 3 4 1 1 0.29 315 26 27 2 2 0.08 2337
55 CB   Amin Hajmohammadi 16 17 1 0 0.06 1449 1 1 0 0 0 90 17 18 1 0 0.06 1539
77 LW   Behnam Barzay 8 19 2 2 0.24 743 2 2 0 0 0 138 10 21 2 2 0.20 881
88 AM   Farshid Esmaeili 10 15 1 0 0.11 847 3 5 0 0 0 309 13 20 1 0 0.08 1156
99 RM   Adil Chihi 4 5 0 0 0 315 0 1 0 0 0 66 4 6 0 0 0 381
Last updated: 29 May 2016

Starting 11 edit

Considering starts in all competitions.

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.

No. Nat. Position Name Persian Gulf Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
                       
1   GK Mehdi Rahmati 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
5   DF Hanif Omranzadeh 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
6   MF Omid Ebrahimi 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
10   FW Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0
34   DF Milad Fakhreddini 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
4   MF Roozbeh Cheshmi 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
20   DF Meysam Majidi 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
8   MF Yaghoub Karimi 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0
2   DF Khosro Heydari 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
15   DF Hrayr Mkoyan 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
55   DF Amin Hajmohammadi 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
9   FW Arash Borhani 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14   FW Pero Pejić 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19   MF Alireza Ramezani 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
88   MF Farshid Esmaeili 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
77   FW Behnam Barzay 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
3   MF Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11   MF Jaber Ansari 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16   MF Mehdi Momeni 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28   MF Mohsen Karimi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
99   MF Adil Chihi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 58 1 1 13 1 0 71 2 1

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Last updated: 29 May 2016
Source: Competitive matches and ipl

Top scorers edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
1 MF 6   Omid Ebrahimi 10 1 11
1 FW 10   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 7 4 11
2 MF 11   Jaber Ansari 7 1 8
3 FW 14   Pero Pejić 3 2 5
3 MF 28   Mohsen Karimi 5 0 5
4 DF 20   Meysam Majidi 2 1 3
5 FW 9   Arash Borhani 2 0 2
5 DF 34   Milad Fakhreddini 1 1 2
5 FW 77   Behnam Barzay 2 0 2
6 MF 3   Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia 1 0 1
6 DF 5   Hanif Omranzadeh 0 1 1
6 DF 55   Amin Hajmohammadi 1 0 1
6 MF 88   Farshid Esmaeili 1 0 1
Own goals 1 1 2
TOTALS 43 12 55

Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Top Assister edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
1 MF 11   Jaber Ansari 4 3 7
2 DF 2   Khosro Heydari 5 0 5
FW 10   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 5 0 5
3 MF 8   Yaghoub Karimi 2 2 4
4 DF 20   Meysam Majidi 2 1 3
5 FW 9   Arash Borhani 2 0 2
DF 34   Milad Fakhreddini 1 1 2
FW 77   Behnam Barzay 2 0 2
6 MF 4   Roozbeh Cheshmi 1 0 1
DF 5   Hanif Omranzadeh 0 1 1
MF 6   Omid Ebrahimi 1 0 1
TOTALS 25 8 33

Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
1 1   Mehdi Rahmati 11 0 11
2 22   Vahid Talebloo 0 1 1
3 33   Amir Hossein Najafi 0 0 0
TOTALS 11 1 12

Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Goals conceded edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total 'minutes played' are equal.

Rnk No. Player Pro League Hazfi Cup Total Minutes played
1 1   Mehdi Rahmati 23 4 27 2760 min
2 22   Vahid Talebloo 5 0 5 450 min
3 33   Amir Hossein Najafi 0 0 0 0 min
TOTALS 28 4 32 3210 min

Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Summary edit

Total Home Away
Pro League Hazfi Cup Total Pro League Hazfi Cup Total Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
Games played 30 5 35 15 2 17 15 3 18
Games won 13 3 16 6 2 8 7 1 8
Games drawn 13 2 15 7 0 7 6 2 8
Games lost 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
Goals scored 43 12 55 22 8 30 21 4 25
Goals conceded 28 4 32 15 1 16 13 3 16
Goal difference +15 +8 +23 +7 +7 +14 +8 +1 +9
Clean sheets 11 1 12 5 1 6 6 0 6
Top scorer – – 11   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh   Omid Ebrahimi
Top assister 4 3 7   Jaber Ansari
Most appearances   Jaber Ansari
Most minutes played   Omid Ebrahimi

Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Awards edit

Team edit

Award Date Source
Top Ten Asian Football Clubs 26 November 2015 AFC Club Ranking (2012–2015)

Player edit

No. Player Award Month Source
1   Mehdi Rahmati Best Iranian Player of the Last Two Months October, November [43]
6   Omid Ebrahimi Persian Gulf Pro League Midfielder of the year
July
 [44]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ ۹۴-۹۵ شرايط سني براي بازيکنان فوتبال در فصل
  3. ^ خسرو حيدري با استقلال 2 ساله بست
  4. ^ اميد ابراهيمي در استقلال ماندني شد
  5. ^ بهنام برزاي با استقلال 2 ساله امضا کرد
  6. ^ رحمتی با استقلال سه ساله تمدید کرد
  7. ^ جابر انصاري با استقلال دوساله بست
  8. ^ حاج‌محمدي با استقلال دو ساله بست
  9. ^ ميثم مجيدي به استقلال پيوست
  10. ^ مهدي رحمتي استقلالي شد
  11. ^ روزبه چشمي استقلالي شد
  12. ^ فرشيد اسماعيلي استقلالي شد
  13. ^ ريوالدو باربوسا به استقلال پيوست
  14. ^ "با پرداخت مبلغ رضايت نامه به سپاهان/ يعقوب کريمي رسما استقلالي ماند". Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  15. ^ پروبجیچ با استقلال ثبت کرد
  16. ^ مهدی مومنی اولین خرید استقلال در نیم فصل
  17. ^ شیحی تا پایان فصل به استقلال پیوست
  18. ^ علي دايي ميلاد نوري را نخواست
  19. ^ میلاد نوری به سیاه جامگان پیوست
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  21. ^ ستاره‌های سوخته/ یک تیم بدون تیم
  22. ^ ایمان باصفا به تیم فجرسپاسی پیوست
  23. ^ جدايي رضا عنايتي از جمع استقلالي
  24. ^ اميرحسين طاحوني از استقلال جدا شد
  25. ^ محسن فروزان به عضويت تيم فوتبال سياه جامگان درآمد
  26. ^ بيک‌زاده قراردادش را با استقلال فسخ کرد
  27. ^ صادقي بازيکن مازاد استقلال شد
  28. ^ اميرحسين صادقي به صبا پيوست
  29. ^ دروازه‌بان فصل گذشته استقلال به آلومینیوم هرمزگان پیوست
  30. ^ ميلاد سليمان‌فلاح قراردادش را با آبي‌پوشان فسخ کرد
  31. ^ "بازیکنان سابق استقلال و راه‌آهن به پیکان پیوستند". Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  32. ^ بازیکن سابق استقلال به راه‌آهن پیوست
  33. ^ ریوالدو از استقلال جدا شد
  34. ^ کرار برای فسخ قرارداد به توافق رسید
  35. ^ یاغی استقلال به نفت الوسط پیوست
  36. ^ مدافع استقلال در راه گسترش فولاد
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  38. ^ اسامی بازیکنان تیم خونه به خونه مازندران در فصل جدید
  39. ^ مدافع جوان استقلال تهران به صورت قرضی به راه‌آهن پیوست
  40. ^ پايان ديدار دوستانه استقلال تهران و نيروي زميني با تساوي بدون گل
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  42. ^ جزئیات سفر نوروزی استقلال به سوئد
  43. ^ رحمتی بهترین بازیکن دو ماه اخیر ایران
  44. ^ امید ابراهیمی، برترین هافبک فوتبال ایران

External links edit

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