The 2016–17 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 16th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of

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, and 71st year in existence as a

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. They also compete in the Hazfi Cup and

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Club

Coaching Staff

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Alireza Mansourian Alireza Mansourian ( fa, علیرضا منصوريان; born 2 December 1971) is an Iranian football coach and retired player. Club career Mansourian was born in Tehran. During his career, he played for Singapore S.League clubs: Balestier Khal ...

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Ali Chini Ali Chini ( fa, علی چینی, born 10 July 1976) is a former Iranian football player and a current coach. He was assistant coach of Esteghlal Club career He previously played for the Payam Mashhad Payam Toos Khorasan Football Club ( fa, ب� ...

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Mohammad Khorramgah Mohammad Khorramgah ( fa, محمد خرمگاه; born 23 September 1973) is an Iranian football coach and retired player.

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Mansour Pourheidari Mansour Pourheidari ( fa, منصور پورحیدری, 26 January 1946 – 4 November 2016) was an Iranian football player, coach and manager. He started his football career at Daraei, before joining Taj (currently known as Esteghlal) in 1965. ...

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First team squad

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Mehdi Rahmati Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Oskuei ( fa, سید مهدی رحمتی اسکویی; born February 3, 1983) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Aluminium Arak in the Persian Gulf Pro League. He played for the Iran nationa ...

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Khosro Heydari Khosro Heydari ( fa, خسرو حیدری, born September 14, 1983) is a retired Iranian football player who mostly played as a defender for Esteghlal. Club career After his excellent performances for Pas he finally accepted the offer from Est ...

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Yaghoub Karimi Yaghoub Karimi ( fa, یعقوب کریمی; August 31, 1991) is an Iranian football midfielder. Club career Pas He joined Pas in the summer 2003 from the youth academy. He played five seasons for Pas youth team. Esteghlal In summer 2009, Ka ...

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Hrayr Mkoyan Hrayr Mkoyan ( hy, Հրայր Մկոյան, born 2 September 1986) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shirak, which he captains, and the Armenia national team. Club career Ararat Yerevan Hrayr Mkoyan spent h ...

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Naft Tehran Naft Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال نفت تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Nuft Teheran'') is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They competed in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They were owned by the National ...

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Vouria Ghafouri Voria Ghafouri ( ku, وریا غەفووری, translit=Wirya Ghefûrî; fa, وریا غفوری; born 20 September 1987) is an Iranian retired association football, footballer. He has played much of his career as a right-back and also played as ...

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Leandro Padovani Celin Leandro Padovani Celin (born 21 December 1983) is a retired Brazilian football defender. Club career Padovani has spent the majority of his career in Brazil. In 2012, he transferred to Foolad in the Iranian Premier League where he won the tit ...

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Omid Ebrahimi Omid Ebrahimi ( fa, امید ابراهیمی; born 16 September 1987) is an Iranian Association football, footballer who plays for Al-Shamal SC, Al-Shamal and Iran national football team, Iran’s National Team as a defensive midfielder. Early ...

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Jaber Ansari Jaber Ansari ( fa, جابر انصاری; born 10 January 1987) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Aluminium Arak in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Club career Ansari joined Saba Qom in 2009 after spending the previous season a ...

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Gostaresh Foulad Gostaresh Foulad Tabriz Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال گسترش فولاد تبریز, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Gâsteresh Fulâd Tebriz'') was an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, Iran. The club was founded in 2008. They wer ...

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Farshid Bagheri Farshid Bagheri ( fa, فرشید باقری) is an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for the Iranian football club Gol Gohar in the Iran Pro League. Club career Early years Bagheri started his career with Mes Kerman from youth leve ...

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Saba Qom Saba Qom Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال صبای قم, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Sâbay-e Qâm'') was an Iranian football team based in Qom, Iran. The club was dissolved in 2018. The team is a former part of Saba Battery Club, owned by ...

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Omid Noorafkan Omid Noorafkan ( fa, امید نورافکن; born 9 April 1997) is an Iranian professional Association football, footballer who plays as defensive midfielder or left-back for Iranian club Malavan F.C., Malavan and the Iran national football team ...

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Mojtaba Haghdoust Mojtaba Haghdoust ( fa, مجتبی حق‌دوست) is an Iranian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form ...

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Behnam Barzay Behnam Barzay ( fa, بهنام برزای, born 11 February 1993) is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Gol Gohar Sirjan in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Career He played his entire career in Sanat Naft for three seasons. In June 20 ...

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Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the Azadegan Leagu ...

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Farshid Esmaeili Farshid Esmaeili ( fa, فرشید اسماعیلی; born 23 February 1994) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Iran national team. Club career Early career Born in Bandar Lengeh, Esmaeili started his career with Badr Hor ...

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Kaveh Rezaei Kaveh Rezaei ( fa, کاوه رضایی) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tractor club in Persian Gulf Pro League and Iran national team. Club career Foolad Rezaei started his career at Foolad. In the 2010–1 ...

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Meysam Majidi Meysam Majidi ( fa, ميثم مجيدى; born 25 October 1986) is a retired Football player who mostly played as a defender. Club career Club career statistics * Assist Goals International career Majidi was called up to the senior Iran ...

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Persian Gulf Pro League squad

* List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization * U21 = Under 21 Player , U23 = Under 23 Player

New contracts

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Roozbeh Cheshmi Rouzbeh Cheshmi ( fa, روزبه چشمی; born 24 July 1993) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Esteghlal and the Iran national team. Early life Cheshmi was born in Tehran to a family originally ...

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Transfers

In

Summer

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Gol Gohar Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى گل‌گهر سیرجان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Gol Gohăr Sirjan'') is an Iranian football club based in Sirjan, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro ...

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Winter

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Out

Summer

Foolad Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال فولاد خوزستان, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian football club, based in Ahwaz, Khuzestan that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. Foolad F.C. ...

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Winter

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Loan in

Summer

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Loan out

Winter

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Friendly Matches

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Overview

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Hazfi Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Group stage

Knockout stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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, 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 9 , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 90 , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 0 , 1 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 99 , - , 21, , , , , ,

, 13 , , 14 , , 0 , , 2 , , 0.0 , , 1122 , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 0 , 5 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 344 , 14 , , 16 , , 0 , , 2 , , 0.0 , , 1122 , - , 22, , , , , , Hossein Hosseini , 6 , , 6 , , -5 , , 0 , , -1.0 , , 360 , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 0 , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 0 , 5 , , 5 , , -4 , , 0 , , -1.0 , , 360 , - , 24, , , , , ,

, 8 , , 8 , , 2 , , 2 , , 0.3 , , 532 , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 0 , 6 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 570 , 10 , , 10 , , 2 , , 2 , , 0.3 , , 532 , - , 25, , , , , , Azim Gök , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 3 , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 0 , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 0 , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 3 , - , 28, , , , , , Mohsen Karimi , 5 , , 10 , , 4 , , 0 , , 0.8 , , 327 , 2 , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0.4 , , 240 , 3 , , 7 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 346 , 6 , , 12 , , 5 , , 0 , , 0.6 , , 567 , - , 33, , , , , , Majid Hosseini , 12 , , 13 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0.1 , , 811 , 2 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 210 , 2 , , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 181 , 12 , , 14 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0.1 , , 1021 , - , 74, , , , , , Haghdoust , 7 , , 13 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0.4 , , 481 , 3 , , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 228 , 2 , , 4 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 201 , 9 , , 15 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0.3 , , 709 , - , 77, , , , , ,

, 8 , , 10 , , 4 , , 0 , , 0.6 , , 568 , 1 , , 3 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 120 , 3 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 283 , 10 , , 15 , , 5 , , 0 , , 0.6 , , 688 , - , 88, , , , , ,

, 13 , , 20 , , 2 , , 2 , , 0.0 , , 1039 , 1 , , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 217 , 6 , , 8 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0.2 , , 564 , 15 , , 24 , , 3 , , 3 , , 0.0 , , 1256 , - , 90, , , , , , Padovani , 14 , , 16 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0.0 , , 1023 , 3 , , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 360 , 9 , , 9 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0.1 , , 840 , 19 , , 21 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0.0 , , 1383 , - , -align="left" style="background:#DCDCDC" ! colspan="28", Last updated: 1 February 2017

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only. {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" , - !rowspan="2" style="width:5%;", No. !rowspan="2" style="width:5%;", Nat. !rowspan="2" style="width:5%;", Position !rowspan="2" style="width:20%;", Name !colspan=3, Pro League !colspan=3, Hazfi Cup !colspan=3, ACL !colspan=3, Total , - !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , !width=60 , , - , 7, , , , MF, , Bakhtiar Rahmani, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0 , - , 8, , , , MF, ,

, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0 , - , 15, , , , DF, ,

, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0 , - , colspan="4", TOTALS , 3 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 0 , -

Top scorers

''The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.'' {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" , - !width=10, !width=10, !width=10, !width=200, Player !width=80, Pro League !width=80, Hazfi Cup !width=80, ACL !width=80, Total , - , rowspan="1", 1 , FW , 9 , align=left,

, 7, , 0, , 6, , 13 , - , rowspan="3", 2 , MF , 6 , align=left,

, 7, , 0, , 1, , 8 , - , FW , 17 , align=left, Ali Ghorbani , 6, , 1, , 1, , 8 , - , MF , 11 , align=left,

, 6, , 1, , 1, , 8 , - , rowspan="1", 3 , FW , 28 , align=left, Mohsen Karimi , 4, , 1, , 1, , 6 , - , rowspan="1", 4 , FW , 77 , align=left,

, 4, , 1, , 0, , 5 , - , rowspan="2", 5 , MF , 24 , align=left,

, 3, , 0, , 0, , 3 , - , MF , 88 , align=left,

, 2, , 0, , 1, , 3 , - , rowspan="3", 6 , MF , 74 , align=left,

, 2, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , MF , 14 , align=left,

, 2, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , DF , 90 , align=left, Leandro Padovani , 1, , 0, , 1, , 2 , - , rowspan="2", 7 , DF , 33 , align=left, Majid Hosseini , 1, , 0, , 0, , 1 , - , MF , 7 , align=left, Bakhtiar Rahmani , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="4", Own goals , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=4, TOTALS , 45 , 5 , 12 , 62

Clean sheets

''The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.'' {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" , - !width=10, !width=10, !width=200, Player !width=80, Pro League !width=80, Hazfi Cup !width=80, ACL !width=80, Total , - , 1 , 1 ,

, 8 , 3 , 4 , 15 , - , 2 , 22 , Hossein Hosseini , 3 , 0 , 0 , 3 , - , colspan="3", TOTALS , 11, , 3, , 4, , 18

Goals conceded

''The list is sorted by shirt number when total 'minutes played' are equal.'' {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" , - !width=10, !width=10, !width=200, Player !width=80, Pro League !width=80, Hazfi Cup !width=80, ACL !width=80, Total !width=110, Minutes Played , - , 1 , 1 ,

, 21 , 3 , 11 , 35 , min , - , 2 , 22 , Hossein Hosseini , 6 , 0 , 0 , 6 , min , - , colspan="3", TOTALS , 27 , 3 , 11 , 41 , min

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