2013–14 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2013–14 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 13th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 69th year in existence as a football club.

Esteghlal F.C.

2013–14 season
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Manager	Amir Ghalenoei
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	5th
Hazfi Cup	Semi-Final
Champions League	2013: Semi-finals 2014: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mohammad Ghazi (7 goals) All: Mohammad Ghazi Hanif Omranzadeh (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 vs Persepolis (6 September 2013)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Damash (24 December 2013) 1,000 vs Esteghlal Khuzestan (11 January 2014)
Average home league attendance	19,453
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport,^[1][2] Merooj^[3][4]
Sponsor(s): Taban Air, Bazar Mobl Iran, Zagros Air, Vistar, Majol, Shahr Bank

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Parviz Mazloomi
Assistant coach	Majid Saleh
Assistant coach	Karim Bostani
Assistant coach	Sattar Hamedani
Goalkeepers coach	Hamid Babazadeh
Fitness trainer	Amir Haj-Ghasem
Analyzers	Shahrokh Bayani, Iman Alami, Nima Rasouli
Physiotherapists	Amin Norouzi, Ferydoon Molaei
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Psychologist	Abbas Montazeri
Munition Team	Madad Jabbari, Hossein Amanati

Other personnel

Position	Staff
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Media Officer	Mohammad Nourifar
Director	Mirshad Majedi

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Hejazi Camp

Player

First team squad

Last updated: 1 February 2014

Out for Injuries

Released – retired

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati		GK	2011	(1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 30)	Sepahan	177	0
21	Hossein Hosseini		GK	2012	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 21)	(Youth system)	1	0
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari		RM, RB	2011	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 29)	Sepahan	173	6
4	Amir Hossein Sadeghi		CB, SW	2012	(1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 31)	Tractor Sazi	262	15
5	Hanif Omranzadeh		CB, SW	2009	(1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 28)	PAS Hamedan	167	19
16	Hashem Beikzadeh		LB, LM	2012	(1984-01-22)22 January 1984 (aged 29)	Sepahan	95	3
70	Majid Gholamnejad		RB, RM	2013	(1983-06-18)June 18, 1983 (aged 30)	Saipa	9	0
Midfielders
3	Jlloyd Samuel		DM, CM, LB	2011	(1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 32)	Bolton	78	9
8	Pejman Nouri		DM, CM, LM	2013	(1980-07-13)13 July 1980 (aged 33)	Malavan	32	0
14	Andranik Teymourian		DM, CM	2013	(1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 30)	Al-Kharitiyath	52	3
20	Ahmad Jamshidian		AM, RM	2013	(1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 29)	Sepahan	9	0
22	Alireza Nikbakht		LB, LM, LW	2013	(1980-07-13)13 July 1980 (aged 33)	Damash	161	40
27	Tony		AM, SS	2014	(1986-05-29)29 May 1986 (aged 27)	ABC	5	0
34	Iman Basafa		MF	2013	(1992-01-03)3 January 1992 (aged 21)	Shahrdari Arak	7	0
Forwards
9	Arash Borhani		CF, RW, LW	2007	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 29)	PAS Tehran	241	100
10	Siavash Akbarpour		AM, SS	2012	(1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 28)	Tractor Sazi	206	46
11	Mohammad Ghazi		CF, LW, ST	2013	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 28)	Persepolis	28	7
19	Boubacar Kébé		ST	2013	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 26)	Damash Gilan	2	1
32	Mehdi Nazari		ST	2013	(1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 23)	Fajr Sepasi	26	1
77	Mehrdad Oladi		CF	2013	(1985-05-25)25 May 1985 (aged 28)	Naft Tehran	11	1
Players transferred during the season
6	Javad Nekounam		CM, DM, AM	2012	(1980-10-07)7 October 1980 (aged 32)	Osasuna	59	12
7	Farhad Majidi (c)		CF, SS, AM	2007	(1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 37)	Al-Ahli	186	92
26	Fardin Abedini		RM, RB	2010	(1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 21)	(Youth system)	16	0
28	Mehran Ghasemi		MF	2012	(1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 21)	Steel Azin	3	0
31	Goran Lovre		AM, CM, RM	2013	(1982-03-23)23 March 1982 (aged 31)	Partizan	3	0
33	Pejman Montazeri		CB, SW	2007	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 29)	Foolad	235	16

Iran Pro League squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Mehdi Rahmati (Captain) 2 DF  IRN Khosro Heydari 3 DF  TRI Jlloyd Samuel (3rd vice Captain) 4 DF  IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi 5 DF  IRN Hanif Omranzadeh (2nd vice Captain) 8 MF  IRN Pejman Nouri 9 FW  IRN Arash Borhani (1st vice Captain) 10 FW  IRN Siavash Akbarpour 11 FW  IRN Mohammad Ghazi 12 DF  IRN Meysam Joudaki U21 14 MF  IRN Andranik Teymourian 16 DF  IRN Hashem Beikzadeh

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  IRN Hamed Khosravi U21 18 FW  IRN Babak Jabbari U21 19 FW  BFA Boubacar Kébé 20 MF  IRN Ahmad Jamshidian 21 GK  IRN Hossein Hosseini U23 22 MF  IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 27 MF  BRA Antônio de Moura Carvalho 32 FW  IRN Mehdi Nazari 34 MF  IRN Iman Basafa U23 70 DF  IRN Majid Gholamnejad 77 FW  IRN Mehrdad Oladi

• U21 = Under 21 Player
• U23 = Under 23 Player

Source: 2013–14 Pro League squad

ACL 2013 squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Mehdi Rahmati (Vice-Captain) 2 DF  IRN Khosro Heydari 3 MF  TRI Jlloyd Samuel 4 DF  IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi 5 DF  IRN Hanif Omranzadeh 6 MF  IRN Javad Nekounam 7 FW  IRN Farhad Majidi (Captain) 8 MF  IRN Pejman Nouri 9 FW  IRN Arash Borhani 10 MF  IRN Siavash Akbarpour 11 FW  IRN Mohammad Ghazi 12 DF  IRN Meysam Joudaki 14 MF  IRN Andranik Teymourian

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  IRN Ehsan Pirhadi 16 MF  IRN Hashem Beikzadeh 18 MF  IRN Babak Jabbari 19 DF  IRN Ghasem Ramandi 20 MF  IRN Ahmad Jamshidian 21 MF  IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 22 GK  IRN Hossein Hosseini 26 MF  IRN Fardin Abedini 28 MF  IRN Mehran Ghasemi 31 MF  SRB Goran Lovre 32 FW  IRN Mehdi Nazari 33 DF  IRN Pejman Montazeri

Source: 2013 ACL squad^{[permanent dead link]}

ACL 2014 squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Mehdi Rahmati (Vice-Captain) 2 DF  IRN Khosro Heydari 3 MF  TRI Jlloyd Samuel 4 DF  IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghi 5 DF  IRN Hanif Omranzadeh 8 MF  IRN Pejman Nouri 9 FW  IRN Arash Borhani 10 MF  IRN Siavash Akbarpour 11 FW  IRN Mohammad Ghazi 12 GK  IRN Mehrdad Hosseini 13 DF  IRN Ghasem Ramandi 14 MF  IRN Andranik Teymourian 15 DF  IRN Ahmad Nematollahi

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  IRN Hashem Beikzadeh 17 DF  IRN Meysam Joudaki 18 MF  IRN Babak Jabbari 19 FW  BFA Boubacar Kébé 20 MF  IRN Ahmad Jamshidian 21 GK  IRN Hossein Hosseini 22 MF  IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 23 MF  IRN Iman Mobali 27 MF  BRA Antônio de Moura Carvalho 32 FW  IRN Mehdi Nazari 34 MF  IRN Iman Basafa 70 DF  IRN Majid Gholamnejad 77 FW  IRN Mehrdad Oladi

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2013

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  IRN Ahmad Jamshidian PL (from Sepahan)[5] 26 MF  IRN Fardin Abedini (Loan return from Tractor Sazi)[6] 32 FW  IRN Mohammad Mehdi Nazari PL (from Fajr Sepasi)[7] 8 MF  IRN Pejman Nouri PL (from Malavan)[7] 11 FW  IRN Mohammad Ghazi PL (from Persepolis)[8] 22 MF  IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (from Damash)[9] 14 MF  IRN Andranik Teymourian (from Al-Kharitiyath)[10] 31 MF  SRB Goran Lovre (from Partizan)[11][12] 17 MF  IRN Hamed Khosravi (from Shahrdari Tabriz)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 38 MF  BOL Vicente Arze (Loan return to Charleroi)[13] — MF  IRN Mehdi Shiri (to Malavan)[14] 12 DF  IRN Hassan Ashjari (to Malavan)[15][16][17] 17 MF  IRN Maysam Baou (to Tractor Sazi)[18][19][20] 40 DF  IRN Ali Hamoudi (to Sepahan)[21] 36 FW  IRN Iman Mousavi (to Gostaresh Foulad)[22] 19 MF  IRN Abbas Mohammadrezaei (to Foolad)[23][24] — MF  IRN Mohammad Hosseinpour (to Rah Ahan Sorinet)[25][26] 21 MF  IRN Armen Tahmasian (to Ararat Yerevan)[27][28] 24 FW  IRN Farzad Hatami (to Foolad)[29][30] 14 MF  IRN Kianoush Rahmati (to Saipa)[31][32] 8 MF  IRN Mojtaba Jabbari (to Sepahan)[33] 25 FW  IRN Hojjat Chaharmahali (Esteghlal Khuzestan) 26 MF  IRN Mehdi Eslami (to Padideh Shandiz)[34] 35 GK  IRN Hadi Rishi Esfahani (to Shahrdari Bandar Abbas)[35] — FW  IRN Farhad Gholizadeh (to Sanat Naft)[36]

Winter

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2013–14

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BFA Boubacar Kébé (from Damash)[37] 77 FW  IRN Mehrdad Oladi (from Naft Tehran)[38][39][40] 34 MF  IRN Iman Basafa (from Free agent)[41] 70 DF  IRN Majid Gholamnejad (from Saipa)[42] 27 MF  BRA Antônio de Moura Carvalho (from ABC)[43]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  IRN Farhad Majidi (Retired) 26 DF  IRN Fardin Abedini (to Gostaresh Foulad)[44] 28 MF  IRN Mehran Ghasemi (to Zob Ahan)[45][46] 15 MF  IRN Ehsan Pirhadi (to Pas Hamedan) 31 MF  SRB Goran Lovre (Released, to SSV Ulm 1846) 33 DF  IRN Pejman Montazeri (to Umm Salal)[47] 6 MF  IRN Javad Nekounam (to Al-Kuwait)[48]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2013–14 Iran Pro League	—	—		25 July 2013	21 May 2014
2013–14 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Semi-Final
AFC Champions League	Round of 16	—	Semi-finals	21 August 2013	2 October 2013
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Group stage		February 2014

Updated to match played 17 June 2013
Source: Competitions
Note: Current Position/Round Only use for team still a part of Competition.

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran Pro League	26	14	9	3	30	17	+13	053.85
Hazfi Cup	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	075.00
2013 AFC Champions League	4	2	1	1	5	5	+0	050.00
2014 AFC Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	34	19	10	5	40	24	+16	055.88

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2013–14 Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Naft Tehran	30	15	9	6	39	23	+16	54	Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Sepahan	30	14	12	4	36	20	+16	54
5	Esteghlal	30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	53[a]
6	Tractor Sazi	30	11	13	6	39	33	+6	45[a]	Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage[b]
7	Malavan	30	13	6	11	40	33	+7	44[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.
2. Tractor Sazi secured qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013–14 Hazfi 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
30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	54	8	4	3	16	9	+7	7	5	3	18	16	+2

Last updated: 11 April 2014.
Source: Ipl Stats

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L
Position	3	6	3	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	5	3	4	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	5

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Gostaresh Foulad v Esteghlal

25 July 2013 (2013-07-25) 1	Gostaresh Foulad	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Bayrami 19'	Goal report	Borhani 33' Omranzadeh  74' Beikzadeh  83' Samuel  87' Majidi 89'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Farhad Majidi

Esteghlal v Sepahan

1 August 2013 (2013-08-01) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Sepahan	Tehran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Sadeghi 77' Majidi Akbarpour	Goal report	Afshin 2' Aghili 55'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal

6 August 2013 (2013-08-06) 3	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 4	Esteghlal	Shiraz
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Jokar 36' Heidari 53'	Gaol report	Nekounam 34' (pen.) Ghazi 47' Omranzadeh 73' Majidi 83'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh

Esteghlal v Saba Qom

10 August 2013 (2013-08-10) 4	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghazi 31' Teymourian Ghazi	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Damash Gilan v Esteghlal

15 August 2013 (2013-08-15) 5	Damash Gilan	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Rasht
19:20 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Motavaselzadeh 16'	Goal report	Akbarpour 25' Majidi 68'	Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi Man of the Match: Farhad Majidi

Esteghlal v Rah Ahan

25 August 2013 (2013-08-25) 6	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tehran
19:10 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghazi 12' Montazeri  59' Samuel 67' Majidi  79' Nekounam  60' 86'	Goal report	Abdi 52'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki Man of the Match: Jlloyd Samuel

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Esteghlal

31 August 2013 (2013-08-31) 7	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Kaebi  79' Kolahkaj 38' Bigdeli 75'	Goal Report	Montazeri  67'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian Man of the Match: Iman Mobali

Esteghlal v Persepolis

6 September 2013 (2013-09-06) 8	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
18:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Montazeri Nazari Ghazi	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Payam Sadeghian

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

12 September 2013 (2013-09-12) 9	Zob Ahan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rajabzadeh 14' Haddadifar 50'	Goal report	Nouri Nazari	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi Man of the Match: Ghasem Haddadifar

Esteghlal v Mes Kerman

29 October 2013 (2013-10-29) 10	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Mes Kerman	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Akbarpour 56' Sadeghi Nekounam Teymourian	Goal report	Shojaei 1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saeid Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Mehdi Rahmati

Saipa v Esteghlal

3 November 2013 (2013-11-03) 11	Saipa	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Karaj
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Omranzadeh Borhani 63' Ghazi	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

Esteghlal v Malavan

24 November 2013 (2013-11-24) 12	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh 31' Teymourian	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi Man of the Match: Hanif Omranzadeh

Naft Tehran v Esteghlal

19 October 2013 (2013-10-19) 13	Naft Tehran	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghafouri 88'	Goal report	Majidi 66'	Stadium: Dastgerdi Attendance: 600 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Vouria Ghafouri

Esteghlal v Foolad

25 October 2013 (2013-10-25) 14	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
17:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nekounam 18' Teymourian 45+3' Mehdi Nazari	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Teymourian

Tractor Sazi v Esteghlal

8 November 2013 (2013-11-08) 15	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Baou Nosrati Daghighi 66' Gordani	Goal report	Borhani 2' Nekounam Nouri	Stadium: Sahand Stadium Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Ali Karimi

Esteghlal v Gostaresh Foulad

29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 16	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Gostaresh Foulad	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Teymourian Nazari	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi Man of the Match: Mohsen Forouzan

Sepahan v Esteghlal

5 December 2013 (2013-12-05) 17	Sepahan	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Sadeghi Nekounam Ghazi	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Mehdi Rahmati

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

14 December 2013 (2013-12-14) 18	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghazi Beikzadeh 81'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi Man of the Match: Hashem Beikzadeh

Saba Qom v Esteghlal

20 December 2013 (2013-12-20) 19	Saba Qom	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Qom
15:05 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Reza Enayati 81'	Goal report	Gholamnejad  18' Ghazi 40' Montazeri 65'	Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Mohammad Ghazi

Esteghlal v Damash Gilan

24 December 2013 (2013-12-24) 20	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Damash Gilan	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh  15' Omranzadeh 41' Ghazi  82' Sadeghi  84'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi Man of the Match: Andranik Teymourian

Rah Ahan v Esteghlal

4 January 2014 (2014-01-04) 21	Rah Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Nazari 67'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyyed Ali Man of the Match: Mehdi Nazari

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Khuzestan

11 January 2014 (2014-01-11) 22	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nikbakht  24' Samuel  45' Ghazi 76'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei Man of the Match: Mohammad Ghazi

Persepolis v Esteghlal

17 January 2014 (2014-01-17) 23	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Goal report	Nouri  8' Omranzadeh  51' Beikzadeh  71' Gholamnejad  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh Man of the Match: Khosro Heydari

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

26 January 2014 (2014-01-26) 24	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh 86'	Goal report	Bayatinia 25'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

Mes Kerman v Esteghlal

31 January 2014 (2014-01-31) 25	Mes Kerman	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Kerman
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Edinho 90+1'	Goal report	Samuel 40'  79' Ghazi 42' Akbarpour  87'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

Esteghlal v Saipa

9 February 2014 (2014-02-09) 26	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Akbarpour  40' Borhani 55' Teymourian  57' Kébé 74'	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi Man of the Match: Arash Borhani

Malavan v Esteghlal

20 February 2014 (2014-02-20) 27	Malavan	4 – 2	Esteghlal	Anzali
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Siamak Kouroshi 11' Ahmad Ahi 14' Shahin Saghebi 49' Mehdi Daghagheleh 53'		Sadeghi Beikzadeh Ghazi 52' Oladi Omranzadeh 90+4'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 12,000

Esteghlal v Naft Tehran

27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) 28	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Gholamnejad Heydari Nazari		Norouzi 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000

Foolad v Esteghlal

5 April 2014 (2014-04-05) 29	Foolad	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Luciano Pereira  52' Rahmani  56' A. Karami  56'		Samuel  7' Borhani 23' Heydari  28' Teymourian  52'  71'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 50,199

Esteghlal v Tractor Sazi

11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) 30	Esteghlal	1 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Beikzadeh Sadeghi Omranzadeh 43' Ghazi Oladi	Summary	Kiani Ahmadzadeh 30' Daghighi Nosrati 52' Ansarifard 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Turaj Haghverdi

Last updated: 14 February 2014

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Hazfi Cup

Esteghlal v Caspian Qazvin

10 December 2013 (2013-12-10) Round of 32	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Caspian Qazvin	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Oladi 41' Basafa	Goal report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

Esteghlal v Malavan

29 December 2013 (2013-12-29) Round of 16	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omranzadeh 12', 67'  58' Gholamnejad  36' Akbarpour  54'	Goal report	Zare  35' Rafkhaei  36'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,000

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

21 January 2014 (2014-01-21) Quarter-finals	Zob Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Tabrizi Salsali Ashouri	Goal report	Gholamnejad  21' Teymourian  33' Samuel 43' (pen.) Sadeghi  87'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Mes Kerman

4 February 2014 (2014-02-04) Semi-finals	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Sadeghi 12' Ghazi	Goal report	Edinho 6', 85' Ebrahimi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Last updated: 14 February 2014

2013 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Esteghlal v Buriram United

21 August 2013 (2013-08-21) First leg	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Buriram United	Tehran, Iran
20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Heydari 2'	Report	Nuchnum  20' Srisai  40' Sukha  72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 95,300 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Buriram United v Esteghlal

18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) Second leg	Buriram United	1 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Esteghlal	Buriram, Thailand
18:00 THA (UTC+07:00)	Osmar 38' Bunmathan  62' Sukha  67'	Report	Heydari  11' Omranzadeh  36' 53' Majidi  65' Teymourian  81' 90+2'	Stadium: Buriram Stadium Attendance: 19,006 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Semi-finals

FC Seoul v Esteghlal

25 September 2013 (2013-09-25) First leg	FC Seoul	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Seoul, South Korea
TBC KST (UTC+09:00)	Damjanović 39' Ko Yo-Han  28' 47'	Report	Teymourian  49' Nekounam  62'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 12,774 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Esteghlal v FC Seoul

2 October 2013 (2013-10-02) Second leg	Esteghlal	2 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	FC Seoul	Tehran, Iran
TBC IRST (UTC+03:30)	Samuel 50' Ghazi 75'	Report	Ha Dae-Sung 38' Kim Jin-Kyu 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 88,330 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Last updated: 14 February 2014

2014 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shabab	6	5	0	1	12	8	+4	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Jazira	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10
3	Esteghlal	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
4	Al-Rayyan	6	1	0	5	9	15	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Esteghlal v Al-Shabab

25 February 2014 (2014-02-25) 1	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Al-Shabab	Tehran, Iran
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Samuel  51'	Report	Al-Ghamdi  14' Khalili 58'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 23,300 Referee: Hai Tan

Al-Rayyan v Esteghlal

11 March 2014 (2014-03-11) 2	Al-Rayyan	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:30 AST (UTC+03:00)	Uche 14' Mohammed Alaa Eddine  26' Al-Ali  60'	Report	Omranzadeh  75' Beikzadeh  81'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 2,394 Referee: Peter Green

Esteghlal v Al-Jazira

18 March 2014 (2014-03-18) 3	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Al-Jazira	Tehran, Iran
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghazi 17' Jamshidian  63' Omranzadeh 65'  77'	Report	Barrada 6', 56' Jucilei  15' Abdullah Mousa  19' Khamis Esmaeel  44' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,350 Referee: Hettikankanamge Dilan Perera

Al-Jazira v Esteghlal

2 April 2014 (2014-04-02) 4	Al-Jazira	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:40 UAEST (UTC+04:00)	Abdullah Qasem  85' Musallem Fayez Al Hamdani  90+4'	Report	Samuel  62' Ghazi 70' Rahmati  79'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 13,550 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

Al-Shabab v Esteghlal

16 April 2014 (2014-04-16) 5	Al-Shabab	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:35 AST (UTC+03:00)	Sayyaf Al-Beeshi  13' Rafinha  78' Fernando Menegazzo 82' (pen.) Saeed Al-Dosari 90+5'	Report	Beikzadeh  26' Borhani 47' Oladi  81'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla

Esteghlal v Al-Rayyan

23 April 2014 (2014-04-23) 6	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Al-Rayyan	Tehran, Iran
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghazi  31' 60' Kébé 54', 73'	Report	Younes Yaqoub  53' Ibrahim Dami  59' Khalfan 81' Nathan  82'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 330 Referee: Mohd Yaacob

Source: Matches
Last updated: 14 February 2014

Friendlies

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Esteghlal v Damash Karaj

4 July 2013 1	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Damash Karaj	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nikbakht 75' (pen.) Pirhadi 78'	report	Khorsandi 20'	Stadium: Hejazi camp Attendance: 1,000

Dynamo Kyiv v Esteghlal

9 July 2013 2	Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Kyiv, Ukraine
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Ruben 18'	report	Borhani 13' Majidi 69'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 4,000 Man of the Match: Majidi

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

18 July 2013 3	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		report		Stadium: Hejazi camp Attendance: 3,000

During season

Esteghlal v Naftoon Tehran

14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Naftoon Tehran	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nazari 17'	Goal.com report Farsnews.com report	Hamrang 14' Bahrampour 49'	Attendance: 100

Montakhab Kish v Esteghlal

14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)	Montakhab Kish	3 – 6	Esteghlal	Kish
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Menarizadeh 36', 44', 76'	report	Sadeghi 8', 91' Borhani 50', 77' Kébé 55', 65'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hassan Yousefi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 DEC 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup		AFC Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IRN	Mehdi Rahmati	42	0	30+0	0	3+0	0	9+0	0
21	GK	IRN	Hossein Hosseini	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRN	Khosro Heydari	28	1	17+1	0	2+0	0	7+1	1
4	DF	IRN	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	42	2	28+1	1	4+0	1	9+0	0
5	DF	IRN	Hanif Omranzadeh	39	10	24+2	6	4+0	2	9+0	2
13	DF	IRN	Ghasem Ghamooshi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	IRN	Ahmad Nematollahi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh	29	1	16+2	1	3+0	0	7+1	0
70	DF	IRN	Majid Gholamnejad	19	0	7+7	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
Midfielders
3	MF	TRI	Jlloyd Samuel	34	3	21+1	1	3+0	1	9+0	1
8	MF	IRN	Pejman Nouri	42	0	27+2	0	4+0	0	9+0	0
14	MF	IRN	Andranik Teymourian	31	2	20+2	1	4+0	0	5+0	1
18	MF	IRN	Babak Jabbari	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
20	MF	IRN	Ahmad Jamshidian	14	0	5+4	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
22	MF	IRN	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	18	0	8+6	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
27	MF	BRA	Antônio de Moura Carvalho	14	0	5+4	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
34	MF	IRN	Iman Basafa	9	0	3+3	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
Strikers
9	FW	IRN	Arash Borhani	31	6	16+6	5	1+2	0	4+2	1
10	FW	IRN	Siavash Akbarpour	32	2	17+7	2	3+1	0	4+0	0
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Ghazi	38	11	24+1	7	3+0	0	9+1	4
32	FW	IRN	Mehdi Nazari	33	1	18+7	1	0+2	0	2+4	0
77	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Oladi	25	3	9+10	2	2+2	1	2+0	0
19	FW	BFA	Boubacar Kébé	15	3	5+6	1	1+0	0	2+1	2
Players sold or loaned out or retired after the start of the season:
6	MF	IRN	Javad Nekounam	22	3	18+0	3	1+0	0	3+0	0
7	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi	14	4	4+6	4	0+0	0	2+2	0
26	DF	IRN	Fardin Abedini	10	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
28	MF	IRN	Mehran Ghasemi	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	SRB	Goran Lovre	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
33	DF	IRN	Pejman Montazeri	24	1	19+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	0

Last updated: 17 June 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

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

Last updated on 06 December 2013

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Iran Pro League			AFC Champions League			Hazfi Cup			Total
1		GK	Mehdi Rahmati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Khosro Heydari	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3		DF	Jlloyd Samuel	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
4		DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
5		DF	Hanif Omranzadeh	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6		MF	Javad Nekounam	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
8		MF	Pejman Nouri	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9		FW	Arash Borhani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		FW	Siavash Akbarpour	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11		FW	Mohammad Ghazi	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
14		MF	Andranik Teymourian	6	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
11		DF	Hashem Beikzadeh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
32		FW	Mehdi Nazari	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
70		DF	Majid Gholamnejad	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
TOTALS				46	0	1	7	0	0	3	0	0	56	0	1

Goals conceded

• 05 Dec 2013

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Minutes per goal
GK		1	Mehdi Rahmati	21	5	2	28	109.3 min
TOTALS				21	5	2	28	109.3 min

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	31	16	17	N/A
Games won	18	10	8	N/A
Games drawn	10	5	5	N/A
Games lost	5	1	4	N/A
Biggest win	4-2Fajr Sepasi F.C.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss	4-2Malavan F.C.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (Asia)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Asia)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clean sheets	14	9	5	N/A
Goals scored	37	19	18	N/A
Goals conceded	22	7	15	N/A
Goal difference	+18	+12	+3	N/A
Average GF per game	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Average GA per game	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Points	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Winning rate	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Most appearances	28: Mehdi Rahmati	N/A
Most minutes played	2520 min	N/A
Top scorer	Mohammad Ghazi	N/A
Top assister	N/A	N/A

Last updated: 17 June 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Awards

Player

No.	Player	Award	Month	Source
14	Andranik Teymourian	Persian Gulf Pro League Player of the year	June	[49]
		Persian Gulf Pro League Midfielder of the year		[50]

See also

• 2013–14 Iran Pro League
• 2013–14 Hazfi Cup
• 2013 AFC Champions League
• 2014 AFC Champions League