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2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Esteghlal Football Club's 72nd season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Esteghlal F.C.
2017–18 season
PresidentAmir hosein fat’hi
Head coachWinfried Schäfer
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi CupChampions
AFC Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Ali Ghorbani (7)
All: Mame Thiam (12)
Highest home attendance85,000
Lowest home attendance0
Average home league attendance27,200

Players edit

Squad information edit

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 July 2017.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed in Contract until Signed from Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati   GK (1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 34) 2015 2019   Paykan Captain
19 Arshia Babazadeh U23   GK (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 22) 2016 2022   De Anza Force
22 Hossein Hosseini   GK (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 25) 2012 2019 Youth system
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari   RB / RM / RW (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 34) 2011 2019   Sepahan Vice-captain
4 Roozbeh Cheshmi   DM / CB / CM (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 24) 2015 2019   Saba Qom
5 Majid Hosseini U23   CB / DM (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 21) 2014 2019 Youth system
13 Armin Sohrabian U23   LB / CB (1995-07-26)26 July 1995 (aged 22) 2017 2019   Sepahan
18 Milad Zakipour U23   LB / LM (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 22) 2016 2021   Naft Tehran
21 Vouria Ghafouri   RB / RM (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 30) 2016 2018   Sepahan
33 Pejman Montazeri   CB / RB (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 34) 2017 2019   Al Ahli
90 Leandro Padovani Celin   CB (1983-12-21)21 December 1983 (aged 34) 2016 2018   Sepahan
Midfielders
6 Omid Ebrahimi   DM / CM (1987-09-15)15 September 1987 (aged 30) 2014 2018   Sepahan
14 Farshid Bagheri   DM / CB / CM (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 25) 2016 2018   Saba Qom
16 Mehdi Ghaedi U21   LW / RW (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 19) 2017 2020   Iranjavan
20 Server Djeparov   AM / CM / LM (1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 35) 2017 2018   Lokomotiv Tashkent
23 Dariush Shojaeian   RW / LW / AM (1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 25) 2017 2020   Gostaresh Foulad
24 Omid Noorafkan U21   DM / LB / LW (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 20) 2015 2019 Youth system
28 Mohsen Karimi   LW / RW (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 23) 2014 2020 Youth system
77 Behnam Barzay   RW / LW (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 24) 2015 2020   Rah Ahan
80 Bojan Najdenov   CM (1991-08-27)27 August 1991 (aged 26) 2018 2019   Smouha
88 Farshid Esmaeili   AM / LW / SS (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 23) 2015 2020   Fajr Sepasi
Forwards
9 Ali Ghorbani   CF / LW / RW (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 27) 2016 2018   Naft Tehran
11 Jaber Ansari   SS / LW (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 30) 2015 2019   Gostaresh Foulad
25 Mame Baba Thiam   CF (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 25) 2018 2019   Juventus[1]
Players transferred during the season
30 Azim Gök U23   CB (1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 21) 2016 2019 Youth system
17 Yaghoub Karimi   LB / LM (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 26) 2014 2018   Sepahan
8 Mojtaba Jabbari   AM (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 34) 2017 2019   Al Ahli
7 Hassan Beyt Saeed   LW / CF / RW (1990-04-01)1 April 1990 (aged 27) 2017 2019   Esteghlal Khuzestan
10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh   CF (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 27) 2017 2018   Naft Tehran

Persian Gulf 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 (Vice-captain)
4 MF   IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi
5 DF   IRN Majid Hosseini
6 MF   IRN Omid Ebrahimi (3rd-captain)
9 FW   IRN Ali Ghorbani
11 FW   IRN Jaber Ansari
13 DF   IRN Armin Sohrabian
14 MF   IRN Farshid Bagheri
16 MF   IRN Mehdi Ghaedi
18 DF   IRN Milad Zakipour
19 GK   IRN Arshia Babazadeh
20 MF   UZB Server Djeparov
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini
23 MF   IRN Dariush Shojaeian
24 MF   IRN Omid Noorafkan
25 FW   SEN Mame Thiam
28 MF   IRN Mohsen Karimi
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri
70 FW   IRN Mohammad Javad Mohammadi
77 MF   IRN Behnam Barzay
80 MF   MKD Bojan Najdenov
88 MF   IRN Farshid Esmaeili
90 DF   BRA Padovani

AFC Champions 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 (Vice-captain)
4 MF   IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi
5 DF   IRN Majid Hosseini
6 MF   IRN Omid Ebrahimi (3rd-captain)
7 FW   SEN Mame Thiam
8 MF   IRN Farshid Esmaeili
9 FW   IRN Ali Ghorbani
10 MF   MKD Bojan Najdenov
11 FW   IRN Jaber Ansari
13 DF   IRN Armin Sohrabian
14 MF   IRN Farshid Bagheri
16 MF   IRN Mehdi Ghaedi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   IRN Milad Zakipour
19 GK   IRN Arshia Babazadeh
20 MF   UZB Server Djeparov
21 DF   IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini
23 MF   IRN Dariush Shojaeian
24 MF   IRN Omid Noorafkan
28 MF   IRN Mohsen Karimi
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri
70 FW   IRN Mohammad Javad Mohammadi
77 MF   IRN Behnam Barzay
90 DF   BRA Padovani

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2017 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2017–18

In edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer
window 		Ends Source
16 LM   Mehdi Ghaedi 18 Iranjavan Transfer Summer 2020 [2]
26 CF   Fardin Najafi 19 Esteghlal Academy Promotion Summer 2020 [3]
27 AM   Hossein Heydari 18 Esteghlal Academy Promotion Summer 2022 [4]
7 LW   Hassan Beyt Saeed 27 Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Summer 2019 [5]
10 CF   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 27 Naft Tehran Transfer Summer 2018 [6]
23 AM   Dariush Shojaeian 25 Gostaresh Foulad Transfer Summer 2020 [7]
32 DM   Sina Khadempour 20 Naft Tehran Transfer Summer 2022 [8]
33 CB   Pejman Montazeri 33   Al Ahli Transfer Summer 2019 [9]
70 RW   Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 21 Haf Semnan Transfer Summer 2022 [10]
13 LB   Armin Sohrabian 21 Sepahan Transfer Summer 2019 [11]
8 AM   Mojtaba Jabari 34   Al Ahli Transfer Summer 2019 [12]
77 LW   Sajjad Aghaei 18 Persepolis Academy Transfer Summer 2022 [13]
20 AM   Server Djeparov 34 Sepahan End of loan Summer 2018 [14]
77 RW   Behnam Barzay 24 Unattached Transfer Winter 2020 [15]
80 CM   Bojan Najdenov 26   Smouha Transfer Winter 2019 [16]
25 CF   Mame Thiam 26   Juventus Transfer Winter 2019 [17]

Out edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer
window 		Source
5 CB   Hossein Kanaanizadegan 23 Saipa Released Summer [18]
20 CB   Taha Shariati 17 Saipa Transfer Summer [19]
31 CB   Alireza Sayyar 23 Unattached Released Summer [20]
27 DM   Hossein Abarghouei 20 Gostaresh Foulad Transfer Summer [21]
13 LW   Miad Yazdani 24 Sepidrood Rasht Loan Summer [22][23]
9 CF   Kaveh Rezaei 25   Charleroi End of contract Summer [24]
74 AM   Mojtaba Haghdoust 21 Naft Tehran End of loan Summer
3 CB   Róbson Januário de Paula 23   Bahia End of loan Summer
77 RW   Behnam Barzay 24 Sanat Naft Abadan End of contract Summer
12 LB   Mohammad Reza Hashemi 20 Shemushack Transfer Summer
GK   Mehrdad Lashni 19 Mes Rafsanjan Transfer Summer [25]
32 DM   Sina Khadempour 20 Naft Tehran Loan Summer [26]
77 LW   Sajjad Aghaei 18 Aluminium Arak Loan Summer [27]
7 LW   Hassan Beyt Saeed 27 Foolad Transfer Winter [28]
30 CB   Azim Gök 21 Malavan Loan Winter [29]
17 LM   Yaghoub Karimi 26 Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Winter [30]
8 AM   Mojtaba Jabari 34 Unattached Released Winter [31]
10 CF   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 27   Qatar Transfer Winter [32]
15 CB   Hrayr Mkoyan 31   Shirak Transfer Winter

Pre-season and friendlies edit

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 1 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Nassaji Tehran, Iran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) H. Beyt Saeed Report
10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) 2 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Pars Jonoubi Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 AMT (UTC+04:00) S. Shahbazzadeh   68'
A. Ghorbani   83'		 Report Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy
Attendance: 400
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 3 Ararat   1 – 2   Esteghlal Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 AMT (UTC+04:00)   88' Report A. Ghorbani   20', 42' Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy
Attendance: 200
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 4 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Baadraan Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Jaber Ansari   57' Report Saeed Vasei   43' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 28 July 2017 27 April 2018 — 3rd 30 15 9 6 43 18 +25 050.00
Hazfi Cup 8 September 2017 3 May 2018 Round of 32 Winners 5 5 0 0 10 3 +7 100.00
AFC Champions League 30 January 2018 15 May 2018 Group stage Round of 16 8 4 3 1 12 7 +5 050.00
Total 43 24 12 7 65 28 +37 055.81

Last updated: 16 May 2018 (2018-05-16).
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League edit

Main article: 2017–18 Iran Pro League

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 19 7 4 48 15 +33 64 Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Zob Ahan 30 15 10 5 46 30 +16 55 Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
3 Esteghlal 30 15 9 6 43 18 +25 54 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
4 Saipa 30 15 9 6 40 34 +6 54 Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5 Pars Jonoubi Jam 30 11 14 5 34 24 +10 47
Updated to match(es) played on April 13, 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[33]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

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 15 9 6 43 18  +25 54 10 4 1 29 7  +22 5 5 5 14 11  +3

Last updated: 3 May 2018.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDWLLLDWDLWDWDWWWDDDWLWWWWWDWW
Position13119111515161012131111988654566663333333
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2018. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) 1 Sanat Naft 1 – 0 Esteghlal Abadan
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) J. Karrar   18'
M. Shadkam   41'		 Report Stadium: Takhti Abadan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) 2 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) M. Zakipour   91'
S. Shahbazzadeh   93'		 Report H. Bahrami   19'
A. Alaei   84'
Y. Delfi   86'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Vahid Kazemi
11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) 3 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Tractor Sazi Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Djeparov   42'
Shojaeian   67'		 Report Taheran   41' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 61,000
Referee:   Bijan Heydari
Man of the Match: Server Djeparov
17 August 2017 (2017-08-17) 4 Saipa 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Abbaszadeh   58' (pen.)   58'
Shahalidoost   78'  
Akhbari   90+3'		 Report Rahmati   57'
Cheshmi   80'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee:   Mohammad Zahedifar
Man of the Match: Mohammad Abbaszadeh
22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) 5 Esteghlal 0 – 2 Padideh Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) H. Beyt Saeed   41' Report Mohammad Ghazi   15'
Hossein Mehraban   72'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Man of the Match: Mohammad Ghazi
15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) 6 Pars Jonoubi Jam 2 – 0 Esteghlal Jam
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Ali Dashti   38'
Farshad Salarvand   90+6'		 Report Roozbeh Cheshmi   33'
F. Bagheri   85'
H. Hosseini   90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Mohammad Seyed Ali
Man of the Match: Ali Dashti
20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 7 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Cheshmi   12'  93'
Padovani   90'		 Report NejadMehdi   78' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Payam Heydari
26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 8 Sepidrood 1 – 2 Esteghlal Rasht
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) ebrahimi   86' (pen.) Jaber Ansari   53'
Majid Hosseini   54'
Dariush Shojaeian   68'
Heydari   84'		 Stadium: Sardar Jangal stadium
Attendance: 6,000
13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) 9 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Foolad Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Cheshmi   95' Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) 10 Persepolis 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Alipour   23' (pen.) Cheshmi   22'
Farshid Bagheri   50'
Omid Ebrahimi   59'
Vouria Ghafouri   87'
Milad Zakipour   89'
Farshid Esmaeili   96'
Dariush Shojaeian   96'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 85,000
31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 11 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Naft Tehran Tehran
17:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) Mohammadizadeh   56' (og.)
Farshid Bagheri   62'}
J. Ansari   66'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
15 November 2017 (2017-11-15) 12 Siah Jamegan 0 – 0 Esteghlal Mashhad
14:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) Amraei   76'
Badamaki   77'
Seifollahi   82'
Malekian   82'		 Report Esmaeili   18'
Djeparov   49'
Ghaedi   84'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Mehdi Seyedali
25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Gostaresh Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili   63', 86' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: N/C
30 November 2017 (2017-11-30) 14 Paykan 0 – 0 Esteghlal Shahr-e Qods
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium
6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 15 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Sepahan Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Ghorbani   4'
S. Djeparov   36', 47'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
22 December 2017 (2017-12-22) 16 Esteghlal 4 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Karimi   15', 42', 67'
D. Shojaeian   55'}
Milad Zakipour  63'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
28 December 2017 (2017-12-28) 17 Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 – 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz
16:25 IRST (UTC+03:30) V. Ghafouri   7'
M. Karimi   61'
O.G   48'
Djeparov   61'
R. Cheshmi  15',   73'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
5 January 2018 (2018-01-05) 18 Tractor Sazi 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) 19 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Saipa Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30) D. Shojaeian   23'
F. Bagheri   50'
Noorafkan   71'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 20 Padideh 0 – 0 Esteghlal Mashhad
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Hosseini   74'
B. Barzay   83'
Ali Ghorbani   89'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) 21 Esteghlal 4 – 0 Pars Jonoubi Jam Tehran
16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30) S. Djebarov   4'
B. Barzay  31'
A. Ghorbani  34',  48',  65'
Noorafkan   41'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 22 Zob Ahan 2 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) V. Ghafouri   31'
M. Hosseini   59'
B. Barzay   67'
Cheshmi   85'
Shojaeian   87'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr
8 February 2018 (2018-02-08) 23 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Sepidrood Tehran
18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili   14'
O. Ebrahimi   64'
J. Ansari  42',   77'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24 Foolad 1 – 4 Esteghlal Ahvaz
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Rahim Zahivi  12' M. Thiam   2',  90+2'
R. Cheshmi   7',  38'
D. Shojaeian   17'
Hossein Hosseini   83'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
1 March 2018 (2018-03-01) 25 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Persepolis Tehran
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) V. Ghafouri   43',  52'
Thiam   45'
Farshid Esmaeili   54'
Djeparov   77'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 March 2018 (2018-03-28) 26 Naft Tehran 1 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
18:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Mohsen Bengar  37' Report J. Ansari   75'
O. Noorafkan   88',  88'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali
Man of the Match: Omid Noorafkan
6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 27 Esteghlal 4 – 1 Siah Jamegan Tehran
18:55 IRDT (UTC+04:30) F.Esmaeili  50',  84'
A. Ghorbani  67',  76'		 Report Ali Asgari   80' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
Man of the Match: Farshid Esmaeili
11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 28 Gostaresh 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tabriz
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Reza Khaleghifar  57' Report A. Ghorbani  11' Stadium: Bonyan Diesel
Attendance: 1000
Man of the Match: A. Ghorbani  67'
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 29 Esteghlal 3 – 2 Paykan Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
Man of the Match: M.Thiam
27 April 2018 (2018-04-27) 30 Sepahan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report
Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
Man of the Match: M.Thiam

Hazfi Cup edit

Main article: 2017–18 Hazfi Cup
8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) Round of 32 Gol Gohar 1 – 2 Esteghlal Sirjan
17:45 DST+04:30 M. Gholami   76' (pen.) Report O. Noorafkan   56'
K. Heydari   85'		 Stadium: Gol Gohar
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) Round of 16 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Nassaji Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili   28'
A. Ghorbani   59'		 Report M. Ousani   71' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Quarter Final Esteghlal 3 – 0 Iranjavan Bushehr Tehran
13:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Hosseini   45+4'
S. Djeparov   50'
A. Ghorbani   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Reza Adel
30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) Semi-Final Sanat Naft Abadan 1 – 2 Esteghlal Abadan
14:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) L. Pereira   61' Report P. Montazeri   8'
D. Shojaeian   44'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Alireza Faghani
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) Final Esteghlal 1 – 0 Khooneh be Khooneh Khorramshahr
17.15 DST+04:30 Mame Thiam   35' Report Stadium: Khorramshahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
Man of the Match: Mame Thiam

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Esteghlal 6 3 3 0 9 5 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Al-Ain 6 2 4 0 10 6 +4 10
3   Al-Rayyan 6 1 3 2 7 11 −4 6
4   Al-Hilal 6 0 2 4 3 7 −4 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) Al-Rayyan   2 – 2   Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
18:10 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 5,038
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
20 February 2018 (2018-02-20) Esteghlal   1 – 0   Al-Hilal Muscat, Oman
19:30 UTC+4
Report Stadium: Al-sib Stadium
Attendance: 4,175
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) Al-Ain   2 – 2   Esteghlal Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:20 UTC+4
Report
Attendance: 10,036
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
12 March 2018 (2018-03-12) Esteghlal   1 – 1   Al-Ain Tehran, Iran
--:-- UTC+3:30
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 90000
2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) Esteghlal   2 – 0   Al-Rayyan Tehran, Iran
--:-- UTC+4:30
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) Al-Hilal   0 – 1   Esteghlal Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
--:-- UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 4500

Round of 16 edit

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage
8 May 2018 (2018-05-08) First leg Zob Ahan   1 – 0   Esteghlal Esfahan, Iran
Gvelesiani   92' (pen.) Report Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) Second leg Esteghlal   3 – 1
(3 – 2 agg.)		   Zob Ahan Tehran, Iran
20:45 --:-- UTC+4:30 M. Thiam   11' (pen.), 41', 64' Report G. Hadadifar   65' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 75,680
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRN Mehdi Rahmati 18 0 10 0 4 0 4 0
2 DF   IRN Khosro Heydari 25 1 15 0 4 1 6 0
4 MF   IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi 38 3 26 3 5 0 7 0
5 DF   IRN Majid Hosseini 33 1 24 0 4 1 5 0
6 MF   IRN Omid Ebrahimi 33 2 23 2 4 0 6 0
9 FW   IRN Ali Ghorbani 40 9 27 6 5 2 8 1
11 FW   IRN Jaber Ansari 26 4 22 4 1 0 3 0
13 DF   IRN Armin Sohrabian 13 0 8 0 1 0 4 0
14 MF   IRN Farshid Bagheri 30 0 18 0 5 0 7 0
16 MF   IRN Mehdi Ghaedi 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0
18 DF   IRN Milad Zakipour 25 0 21 0 2 0 2 0
20 MF   UZB Server Djeparov 39 6 26 4 5 1 8 1
21 DF   IRN Vouria Ghafouri 36 6 24 4 4 0 8 2
22 GK   IRN Hossein Hosseini 25 0 20 0 1 0 4 0
23 MF   IRN Dariush Shojaeian 33 5 24 4 3 1 6 0
24 MF   IRN Omid Noorafkan 34 2 24 1 4 1 6 0
25 FW   SEN Mame Baba Thiam 13 12 6 4 1 1 6 7
27 MF   IRN Hossein Heydari 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   IRN Mohsen Karimi 6 3 5 3 1 0 0 0
33 DF   IRN Pejman Montazeri 25 1 15 0 3 1 7 0
70 MF   IRN Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
77 MF   IRN Behnam Barzay 8 1 5 1 1 0 2 0
80 DF   MKD Bojan Najdenov 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
88 MF   IRN Farshid Esmaeili 34 6 23 5 4 1 7 0
90 DF   BRA Leandro Padovani 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
7 FW   IRN Hassan Beyt Saeed 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF   IRN Mojtaba Jabbari 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
17 DF   IRN Yaghoub Karimi 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   IRN Azim Gök 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC CL Total
1 25 FW   Mame Baba Thiam 4 1 7 12
2 9 FW   Ali Ghorbani 7 2 1 10
3 88 CM   Farshid Esmaeili 5 1 0 6
20 CM   Server Djeparov 4 1 1 6
21 DF   Vouria Ghafouri 4 0 2 6
4 23 CM   Dariush Shojaeian 4 1 0 5
5 11 FW   Jaber Ansari 4 0 0 4
6 28 FW   Mohsen Karimi 3 0 0 3
4 MF   Roozbeh Cheshmi 3 0 0 3
7 6 MF   Omid Ebrahimi 2 0 0 2
24 MF   Omid Noorafkan 1 1 0 2
8 77 FW   Behnam Barzay 1 0 0 1
2 DF   Khosro Heydari 0 1 0 1
5 DF   Majid Hosseini 0 1 0 1
33 DF   Pejman Montazeri 0 1 0 1
Totals 42 10 11 63

Last updated: 16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)

Clean sheets edit

Rank Name Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC CL Total
1   Hossein Hosseini 10 0 1 11
2   Mehdi Rahmati 6 2 2 10
Total 16 2 3 21

Disciplinary record edit

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

N P Nat. Name Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC CL Total Notes
                       
1 GK   Mehdi Rahmati 1 1 1 3
4 MF   Roozbeh Cheshmi 8 2 10
14 MF   Farshid Bagheri 4 1 5
16 FW   Mehdi Ghaedi 1 1
18 DF   Milad Zakipour 3 2 5
23 MF   Dariush Shojaeian 4 1 1 1 6 1
88 MF   Farshid Esmaeili 1 1

Last updated: 7 August 2017 (2017-08-07)
Source: Matches
Only competitive matches
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References edit

  1. ^ "آی‌تی‌سی مهاجم استقلال از یوونتوس رسید". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ^ قائدی رسما استقلالی شد
  3. ^ استقلال از رده پایه بازیکن گرفت
  4. ^ استقلال یک جوان دیگر هم جذب کرد
  5. ^ بیت سعید بالاخره آبی‌پوش شد
  6. ^ سجاد شهباززاده به خانه اش برگشت
  7. ^ داریوش شجاعیان به استقلال پیوست
  8. ^ مدافع تیم ملی امید استقلالی شد
  9. ^ پژمان منتظری به استقلال پیوست
  10. ^ محمدی به استقلال پیوست
  11. ^ سهرابیان آبی پوش شد
  12. ^ مجتبی جباری به استقلال پیوست
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  19. ^ بازیکن استقلال به سایپا پیوست
  20. ^ علیرضا سیار با اشک از استقلال جدا شد
  21. ^ ستاره‌ی امیدهای استقلال به گسترش پیوست
  22. ^ هافبک استقلال به سپیدرود پیوست
  23. ^ با استقلال سه ساله تمدید کردم چون انگیزه‌های زیادی دارم
  24. ^ جدایی ناگهانی کاوه رضایی از استقلال(عکس)
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  27. ^ "مهاجم استقلال به آلومینیوم اراک پیوست". خبرگزاری دانشجو (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  28. ^ "بیت‌سعید به فولاد خوزستان پیوست". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-12-18.
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External links edit

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