2021–22 Esteghlal F.C. season
The 2021–22 Esteghlal Football Club season is the club's 76th season in existence[1] and the 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Iranian football. In addition to the domestic league,[2] Esteghlal participates in this season's editions of the Hazfi Cup, and the AFC Champions League (2021).[3] The club will not compete in the AFC Champions League (2022) after failing to obtain an AFC license.[4][5][6][7]
| 2021–22 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Mostafa Ajorlu | ||
| Manager | Farhad Majidi | ||
| Stadium | Azadi Stadium | ||
| Pro League | 1st | ||
| Hazfi Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| AFC Champions League | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Arthur Yamga (10) All: Arthur Yamga (10) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 40,000 | ||
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Players
First team squad
- Last updated: 7 March 2022[8]
| No. | Name | Nat | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | End | Signed from | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Hossein Hosseini | GK | 30 June 1992 (aged 29) | 2012 | 2023 | |||||
| 90 | Sina Saeidifar | GK | 12 April 2001 (aged 20) | 2020 | 2024 | |||||
| 98 | Alireza Rezaei | GK | 11 December 1999 (aged 22) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Saleh Hardani | RB / RM | 14 September 1998 (aged 23) | 2022 | 2024 | |||||
| 5 | Aref Gholami | CB / RB | 19 April 1997 (aged 24) | 2019 | 2022 | |||||
| 21 | Vouria Ghafouri | RB / RW | 20 September 1987 (aged 34) | 2016 | 2022 | |||||
| 44 | Mohammad Javad Behafarin | CB | 26 July 1999 (aged 22) | 2020 | 2025 | |||||
| 55 | Raphael Silva | CB | 20 April 1992 (aged 29) | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
| 59 | Abolfazl Jalali | LB / LW | 26 June 1998 (aged 23) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 70 | Mohammad Daneshgar | CB / RB | 20 January 1994 (aged 27) | 2018 | 2023 | |||||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | CB / DM / CM | 24 July 1993 (aged 28) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 8 | Saeid Mehri | CM / AM / DM | 16 September 1995 (aged 26) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 9 | Mehdi Mehdipour | CM / DM / AM | 18 February 1994 (aged 27) | 2020 | 2023 | |||||
| 14 | Zobeir Niknafs | DM / CM | 12 April 1993 (aged 28) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 17 | Jafar Salmani | LW / LB | 12 January 1997 (aged 24) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 29 | Amirali Sadeghi | LW / AM | 9 February 2001 (aged 20) | 2021 | 2024 | |||||
| 30 | Azizbek Amonov | LM / CF | 30 October 1997 (aged 24) | 2022 | 2024 | |||||
| 77 | Reza Azari | DM / CM / AM | 10 February 1998 (aged 23) | 2018 | 2023 | |||||
| 79 | Sobhan Khaghani | RW / RB | 27 January 2000 (aged 21) | 2020 | 2026 | |||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 11 | Arthur Yamga | RW / CF / RB | 7 September 1996 (aged 25) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 23 | Arman Ramezani | CF | 22 June 1992 (aged 29) | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
| 39 | Rudy Gestede | CF / SS / RW / LW | 10 October 1988 (aged 33) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 72 | Amir Arsalan Motahari | CF / RW | 10 March 1993 (aged 28) | 2020 | 2023 | |||||
| 99 | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | LW / SS / CF / AM | 3 October 2000 (aged 21) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| Players transferred during the season | ||||||||||
| 3 | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand | CB | 22 June 1993 (aged 28) | 2020 | 2022 | |||||
| 4 | Siavash Yazdani | CB | 2 March 1992 (aged 29) | 2019 | 2023 | |||||
| 7 | Arash Rezavand | CM / DM / AM | 5 October 1993 (aged 28) | 2019 | 2023 | |||||
| 10 | Amin Ghaseminejad | CF / AM / LW / RW | 22 November 1986 (aged 35) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 12 | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | GK | 18 May 1989 (aged 32) | 2020 | 2023 | |||||
| 16 | Mohammad Reza Azadi | CF | 7 December 1999 (aged 22) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 22 | Babak Moradi | RW / LW / LB | 29 July 1993 (aged 28) | 2020 | 2024 | |||||
| 27 | Matin Karimzadeh | LB / LM | 1 July 1998 (aged 23) | 2020 | 2023 | |||||
| 33 | Aref Aghasi | CB | 2 January 1997 (aged 24) | 2021 | 2023 | |||||
| 42 | Fardin Rabet | RW / LW | 29 October 2001 (aged 20) | 2020 | 2025 | |||||
Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
Ends | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | CB | Mohammadjavad Behafarin | 22 | Chooka Talesh | End of loan | Summer | 2025 | ||
| 77 | CM | Reza Azari | 23 | Machine Sazi | End of loan | Summer | 2023 | [9] | |
| 14 | DM | Zobeir Niknafs | 28 | Foolad | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [10] | |
| 99 | AM | Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh | 20 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [11] | |
| 33 | CB | Aref Aghasi | 24 | Foolad | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [12] | |
| 98 | GK | Alireza Rezaei | 21 | Paykan | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [13] | |
| 16 | CF | Mohammad Reza Azadi | 21 | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [14] | ||
| 10 | CF | Amin Ghaseminejad | 34 | Padideh | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [15] | |
| 17 | LW | Jafar Salmani | 24 | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [16] | ||
| 59 | LB | Abolfazl Jalali | 23 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [17] | |
| 29 | LW | Amirali Sadeghi | 20 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | [18] | |
| 6 | CB | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | 28 | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [19] | ||
| 11 | RW | Arthur Yamga | 25 | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [20] | ||
| 39 | CF | Rudy Gestede | 33 | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [21] | ||
| 2 | RB | Saleh Hardani | 23 | Foolad | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | [22] | |
| 30 | LM | Azizbek Amonov | 24 | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | [23][24] | ||
| — | RB | Mehdi Taslimi | 20 | Esteghlal Academy | Promoted | Winter | [25] | ||
| 55 | CB | Raphael Silva | 29 | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | [26] |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | CF | Erfan Golmohammadi | 24 | Nassaji | End of loan | Summer | [27] | |
| 2 | LB | Mohammad Naderi | 24 | End of contract | Summer | [28] | ||
| 10 | SS | Mehdi Ghayedi | 22 | Transfer | Summer | [29] | ||
| 6 | DM | Masoud Rigi | 30 | Sepahan | End of contract | Summer | [30] | |
| — | CM | Farhad Zavoshi | 18 | Havadar | Transfer | Summer | [31] | |
| — | LB | Reza Gordan | 20 | Havadar | Transfer | Summer | [32] | |
| 7 | CF | Cheick Diabaté | 33 | End of contract | Summer | [33] | ||
| — | LB | Amirhossein Asudeh | 19 | Nirooye Zamini | Transfer | Summer | ||
| 19 | GK | Hossein Pour Hamidi | 23 | Aluminium Arak | Transfer | Summer | [34] | |
| 80 | LW | Mohammad Bolboli | 23 | Naft MIS | Transfer | Summer | [35] | |
| 41 | RB | Arash Dajliri | 22 | Havadar | Loan | Summer | [36] | |
| 71 | CF | Mohammad Hossein Fallah | 21 | Paykan | Transfer | Summer | [37] | |
| 40 | AM | Amir Hossein Khodamoradi | 21 | Havadar | Transfer | Summer | [38] | |
| — | RW | Pouria Bali Lashak | 21 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | [39] | |
| — | CF | Mohammad Hossein Alipour | 19 | Mes Shahr-e Babak | Transfer | Summer | ||
| 8 | AM | Farshid Esmaeili | 27 | End of contract | Summer | [40] | ||
| 99 | CF | Sajjad Aghaei | 22 | Aluminium Arak | Transfer | Summer | [41] | |
| 15 | DM | Sina Khadempour | 24 | Naft MIS | Loan | Summer | [42] | |
| 11 | AM | Dariush Shojaeian | 29 | Havadar | End of contract | Summer | [43] | |
| 20 | RB | Ahmad Mousavi | 29 | Gol Gohar | Transfer | Summer | [44] | |
| 33 | LB | Hrvoje Milić | 32 | Unattached | End of contract | Summer | ||
| 63 | GK | Amirhossein Bayat | 23 | Unattached | Released | Summer | ||
| 76 | CF | Fardin Najafi | 23 | Shahin Bushehr | Transfer | Winter | [45] | |
| 22 | RW | Babak Moradi | 28 | Havadar | Transfer | Winter | [46] | |
| 42 | LW | Fardin Rabet | 20 | Padideh | Loan | Winter | [47] | |
| 7 | AM | Arash Rezavand | 28 | Foolad | Loan | Winter | [48] | |
| 33 | CB | Aref Aghasi | 25 | Foolad | Transfer | Winter | [49] | |
| 27 | LB | Matin Karimzadeh | 23 | Nassaji | Loan | Winter | [50] | |
| 12 | GK | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | 32 | Sepahan | Transfer | Winter | [51] | |
| 10 | CF | Amin Ghaseminejad | 35 | Gol Gohar | Loan | Winter | [52] | |
| 16 | CF | Mohammad Reza Azadi | 22 | Aluminium Arak | Transfer | Winter | [53] | |
| 3 | CB | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand | 28 | Malavan | Loan | Winter | [54] | |
| 4 | CB | Siavash Yazdani | 30 | Malavan | Loan | Winter | [55] |
Pre-season and friendlies
| 2 September 2021 1 | Esteghlal | 2–0 | Esteghlal U21 | Tehran |
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Report | Stadium: Enghelab Sport Complex |
| 5 October 2021 3 | Esteghlal | 2–1 | Kheybar Khorramabad | Tehran |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Kheirieh Stadium |
| 15 October 2021 5 | Esteghlal | 0–1 | Team Melli Daneshjouyan | Tehran |
| 14:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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| 13 November 2021 6 | Esteghlal | 5–1 | Pishgaman Fonoon Pars | Tehran |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ararat Stadium |
| 25 April 2022 9 | Esteghlal | 4–0 | Fajr Sepasi | Tehran |
| Report |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Pro League | 20 October 2021 | Matchday 1 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 66.67 | ||
| Hazfi Cup | 19 December 2021 | 11 April 2022 | Round of 32 | Quarter-final | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 33.33 |
| Champions League | 13 September 2021 | 13 September 2021 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 60.71 | ||||
Last updated: 12 April 2022.
Source: Competitions
Persian Gulf Pro League
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal (X) | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 56 | Possible Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Persepolis | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 50 | |
| 3 | Sepahan | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 45 | Possible Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Foolad | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 38 | |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 35 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5)play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[56] [57]
(X) Assured a place of the AFC Cup
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 |
| 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 |
Last updated: 6 April 2022.
Source: Ipl Stats
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 20 October 2021 1 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Havadar | Tehran |
| 18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Kopal Nazemi |
| 25 October 2021 2 | Zob Ahan | 0–2 | Esteghlal | Isfahan |
| 18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Hassan Akrami |
| 30 October 2021 3 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Tractor | Tehran |
| 18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi |
| 6 November 2021 4 | Fajr Sepasi | 1–1 | Esteghlal | Shiraz |
| 16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Morteza Mansourian |
| 19 November 2021 5 | Esteghlal | 0–0 | Nassaji | Tehran |
| 18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani |
| 24 November 2021 6 | Gol Gohar | 0–3 | Esteghlal | Sirjan |
| 16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report | Stadium: Qasem Soleimani Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ali Safaei | ||
| Note: Esteghlal were awarded a 3–0 win over Gol Gohar on 16 December as a result of Gol Gohar fielding the ineligible player Eric Bocoum during the match. The match had originally ended 0–0 draw.[58] | ||||
| 29 November 2021 7 | Sanat Naft | 1–1 | Esteghlal | Abadan |
| 16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian |
| 4 December 2021 8 | Esteghlal | 0–0 | Persepolis | Tehran |
| 16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar |
| 9 December 2021 9 | Paykan | 0–3 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Payam Heydari |
| 14 December 2021 10 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Sepahan | Tehran |
| 16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Bijan Heydari |
| 24 December 2021 11 | Padideh | 0–3 | Esteghlal | Mashhad |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report | Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Meysam Heydari |
| 29 December 2021 12 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Foolad | Tehran |
| 18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi |
| 3 January 2022 13 | Aluminium Arak | 1–1 | Esteghlal | Arak |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ashkan Korshidi |
| 8 January 2022 14 | Esteghlal | 3–2 | Mes Rafsanjan | Tehran |
| 17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian |
| 13 January 2022 15 | Naft MIS | 0–3 | Esteghlal | Masjed Soleyman |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Hamid Haj-Malek |
| 4 February 2022 16 | Havadar | 1–2 | Esteghlal | Karaj |
| 17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report | Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Seyyed Asghar Momeni | ||
| Note: The match was originally scheduled to take place on January 22, but was postponed due to the positive COVID-19 test of some Esteghlal members.[59] | ||||
| 13 February 2022 17 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Zob Ahan | Tehran |
| 19:10 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] |
| 18 February 2022 18 | Tractor | 0–1 | Esteghlal | Tabriz |
| 17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar |
| 23 February 2022 19 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Fajr Sepasi | Tehran |
| 19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Reza Adel |
| 28 February 2022 20 | Nassaji | 0–0 | Esteghlal | Mashhad |
| 17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ali Safaei |
| 6 March 2022 21 | Esteghlal | 2–1 | Gol Gohar | Tehran |
| 17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Bijan Heydari |
| 11 March 2022 22 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Sanat Naft | Tehran |
| 20:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi |
| 17 March 2022 23 | Persepolis | 1–1 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali |
| 5 April 2022 24 | Esteghlal | 0–0 | Paykan | Tehran |
| 20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyyed Reza Mahdavi |
| 4 May 2022 25 | Sepahan | v | Esteghlal | Isfahan |
| 18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Report | Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 0[note 1] |
| 9 May 2022 26 | Esteghlal | v | Padideh | Tehran |
| 20:40 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] |
| 14 May 2022 27 | Foolad | v | Esteghlal | Ahvaz |
| 19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Report | Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 0[note 1] |
| 19 May 2022 28 | Esteghlal | v | Aluminium Arak | Tehran |
| 21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] |
Hazfi Cup
| 19 December 2021 Round of 32 | Esteghlal | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Navad Urmia | Tehran |
| 17:30 IRST | Report |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Keyvan Alimohammadi | |
| Penalties | ||||
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| 8 February 2022 Round of 16 | Paykan | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 17:00 IRST |
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Report | Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0 [note 1] | |
| Note: The match was originally scheduled to take place on January 18, but was postponed due to the positive COVID-19 test of some Esteghlal members.[60] | ||||
AFC Champions League
Knockout stage
| 13 September 2021 Round of 16 | Esteghlal | 0–2 | | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 21:00 UTC+4 | Live Report Stats Report |
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Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Fu Ming (China) |
Statistics
Squad statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Hossein Hosseini | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | DF | Saleh Hardani | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | DF | Aref Gholami | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 6 | MF | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 8 | MF | Saeid Mehri | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 9 | MF | Mehdi Mehdipour | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 11 | FW | Arthur Yamga | 23 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 14 | MF | Zobeir Niknafs | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 17 | MF | Jafar Salmani | 27 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 21 | DF | Vouria Ghafouri | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 23 | FW | Arman Ramezani | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | MF | Amirali Sadeghi | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 30 | MF | Azizbek Amonov | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 39 | FW | Rudy Gestede | 21 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 55 | DF | Raphael Silva | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 59 | DF | Abolfazl Jalali | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 70 | DF | Mohammad Daneshgar | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 72 | FW | Arsalan Motahari | 24 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 77 | MF | Reza Azari | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 79 | MF | Sobhan Khaghani | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 98 | GK | Alireza Rezaei | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 99 | FW | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | 27 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | DF | Siavash Yazdani | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | MF | Arash Rezavand | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 10 | FW | Amin Ghaseminejad | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 12 | GK | Rashid Mazaheri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 16 | FW | Mohammad Reza Azadi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 22 | MF | Babak Moradi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | DF | Matin Karimzadeh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | DF | Aref Aghasi | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Last updated: 25 April 2022
Source: Competitions
Goals
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Player | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 2 | 0 | 32 | |
Last updated: 18 March 2022.
Source: Competitive matches
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | |
Last updated: 12 April 2022.
Source: Competitive matches
Assists Goal
The list is sorted by shirt number when total Assists Goal are equal.
| Rank | Player | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |
Last updated: 28 February 2022.
Source: Competitive matches
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League | Total | Notes | ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Hossein Hosseini | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Siavash Yazdani | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Arash Rezavand | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Saeid Mehri | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | MF | Mehdi Mehdipour | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 11 | FW | Arthur Yamga | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | Zobeir Niknafs | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | Jafar Salmani | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | DF | Voria Ghafouri | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 23 | FW | Arman Ramezani | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | Azizbek Amonov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 33 | DF | Aref Aghasi | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | FW | Rudy Gestede | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 55 | DF | Raphael Silva | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 70 | DF | Mohammad Daneshgar | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 72 | FW | Arsalan Motahari | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 99 | MF | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Last updated: 25 April 2022
Source: Scoreway
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings;
= Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;
= Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Notes
- The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.
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