2020–21 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2020–21 Esteghlal Football Club season is the club's 75th season in existence and the 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Iranian football. In addition to the domestic league, Esteghlal participates in this season's editions of the Hazfi Cup, and the AFC Champions League.

Esteghlal F.C.

2020–21 season
President	Ahmad Madadi
Head coach	Mahmoud Fekri (until 2 March 2021) Farhad Majidi (from 3 March 2021)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Pro League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Amir Arsalan Motahari (7) All: Mehdi Ghayedi (9)
Average home league attendance	0[note 1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Players

First team squad

Last updated: 28 February 2021 (2021-02-28)^[1]

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	End	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Hossein Hosseini		GK	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 28)	2012	2021	Youth Sector
12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri		GK	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 31)	2020	2022	Tractor
90	Sina Saeidifar		GK	(2001-04-12)12 April 2001 (aged 19)	2020	2024	Youth Sector
Defenders
2	Mohammad Naderi		LB / CB	(1996-10-05)5 October 1996 (aged 24)	2020	2021	Kortrijk
3	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand		CB	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 27)	2020	2022	Shahr Khodro
4	Siavash Yazdani		CB	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 28)	2019	2021	Sepahan
5	Aref Gholami		CB / RB	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 23)	2019	2022	Foolad
20	Ahmad Mousavi		RB / RW	(1992-02-04)4 February 1992 (aged 28)	2020	2022	Gol Gohar
21	Vouria Ghafouri		RB / RW	(1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 33)	2016	2022	Sepahan
27	Matin Karimzadeh		LB / LM	(1998-07-01)1 July 1998 (aged 22)	2020	2023	Pars Jonoubi
33	Hrvoje Milić		LB / LM	(1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 31)	2019	2021	Crotone
70	Mohammad Daneshgar		CB / RB	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 26)	2018	2022	Saipa
Midfielders
6	Masoud Rigi		DM / CM	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 29)	2019	2021	Shahr Khodro
8	Farshid Esmaeili		AM / LW / RW	(1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 26)	2015	2021	Fajr Sepasi
9	Mehdi Mehdipour		CM / DM	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 26)	2020	2023	Zob Ahan
11	Dariush Shojaeian		AM / RW / LW	(1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 28)	2017	2021	Gostaresh Foulad
15	Sina Khadempour		DM / CB	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 23)	2017	2023	Naft Tehran
22	Babak Moradi		LW / LB	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 27)	2020	2022	Machine Sazi
66	Saeid Mehri		CM / DM	(1995-09-16)16 September 1995 (aged 25)	2021	2023	Tractor
79	Sobhan Khaghani		RW / RB	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 20)	2020	2025	Tractor
88	Arash Rezavand		AM / CM / RW	(1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 27)	2019	2021	Saipa
Forwards
7	Cheick Diabaté		CF	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 32)	2019	2021	Osmanlıspor
10	Mehdi Ghayedi		CF / SS / LW	(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 22)	2017	2023	Iranjavan
17	Arman Ramezani		CF	(1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 28)	2021	2022	Persepolis
72	Arsalan Motahari		CF / RW	(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 27)	2020	2021	Zob Ahan
Players transferred during the season
14	Farshid Bagheri		DM / CM	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 28)	2016	2021	Saba Qom

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2020–21

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
40	AM		Amir Hossein Khodamoradi	19	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2023	[2]
41	RB		Arash Dajliri	21	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2023	[3]
42	LW		Fardin Rabet	18	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2025
43	CF		Mohammad Abedi	21	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2024	[2]
74	CB		Erfan Rohani	19	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2024	[4]
—	GK		Amir Mohammad Bahrehmand	18	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2022
99	CF		Sajjad Aghaei	21	Zob Ahan	End of loan	Summer	2022	[5]
12	GK		Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	31	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	2022	[6]
27	LB		Matin Karimzadeh	22	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2023	[7]
22	LW		Babak Moradi	27	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer	2022	[8]
20	RB		Ahmad Mousavi	28	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	2022	[9]
3	CB		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	27	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer	2022	[10]
9	CM		Mehdi Mehdipour	26	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	2023	[11]
2	LB		Mohammad Naderi	24	Kortrijk	Transfer	Summer	2021	[12]
—	CB		Mikaeil Sheikhi	18	Karun Ramhormoz	Transfer	Summer	2025	[13]
—	RW		Alireza Khodabakhshi	18	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2025	[14]
71	CF		Mohammad Hossein Fallah	20	Nirooye Zamini	Transfer	Summer	2025	[15]
79	RW		Sobhan Khaghani	20	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	2025	[16]
44	CB		Mohammad Javad Behafarin	21	Esteghlal Academy	Promoted	Summer	2025
55	CF		Erfan Golmohammadi	23	Nassaji	Loan	Winter	2021
66	CM		Saeid Mehri	25	Tractor	Transfer	Winter	2023	[17]
63	GK		Amirhossein Bayat	22	Persepolis	Transfer	Winter		[18]
23	CF		Arman Ramezani	28	Persepolis	Transfer	Winter	2022	[19]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
20	CB		Nikolay Bodurov	33	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Transfer	Summer	[20]
30	CB		Azim Gök	24	Mes Kerman	Transfer	Summer	[21]
28	LW		Mohsen Karimi	26	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	[22]
4	CB		Roozbeh Cheshmi	27	Umm Salal	Transfer	Summer	[23]
—	CM		Aref Gholampour	20	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	[24]
9	RW		Ali Dashti	26	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	[25]
80	LW		Mohammad Bolboli	22	Naft MIS	Loan	Summer	[26]
6	CM		Ali Karimi	25	Qatar	Transfer	Summer	[27]
43	CF		Mohammad Abedi	21	Badran Tehran	Transfer	Summer
3	LB		Milad Zakipour	24	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	[28]
—	LM		Mohammad Eslami	20	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	[29]
32	RB		Amirhossein Kargar	21	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Summer	[13]
19	GK		Hossein Pour Hamidi	22	Aluminium Arak	Loan	Summer
17	RW		Zakaria Moradi	22	Malavan	Loan	Summer	[30]
57	CB		Shahin Taherkhani	23	Paykan	Transfer	Summer	[31]
38	CM		Ali Tari	20	Sabail	Transfer	Summer
11	CF		Morteza Tabrizi	30	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Winter	[32]
99	CF		Sajjad Aghaei	21	Nassaji	Loan	Winter	[33]
77	CM		Reza Azari	23	Machine Sazi	Loan	Winter	[34]
42	LW		Fardin Rabet	19	Naft MIS	Loan	Winter
44	CB		Mohammadjavad Behafarin	21	Chooka Talesh	Loan	Winter
71	CF		Mohammad Hossein Fallah	21	Machine Sazi	Loan	Winter	[35]
14	DM		Farshid Bagheri	28	Gol Gohar	Transfer	Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

Esteghlal v Naft MIS

19 October 2020 (2020-10-19) 1	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Naft MIS	Tehran
14:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Rigi 28' Rezavand 34'	Report	Niyayesh-Pour 73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Havadar

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Havadar	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Rezavand 41'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Shahrdari Astara

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) 3	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Shahrdari Astara	Tehran
14:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghafouri 80' (pen.)	Report	Rezapour 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Chooka Talesh

30 October 2020 (2020-10-30) 4	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Chooka Talesh	Tehran
14:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yazdani 57' Esmaeili 62' Rezavand 67'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	7 November 2020 (2020-11-07)	30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)	—	3rd	30	16	8	6	36	19	+17	053.33
Hazfi Cup	11 March 2021 (2021-03-11)	8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)	Round of 32	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3	060.00
AFC Champions League	15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)	30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)	Group stage	Round of 16	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	050.00
Total					41	22	12	7	56	30	+26	053.66

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis[a] (C)	30	19	10	1	47	14	+33	67
2	Sepahan	30	19	8	3	53	24	+29	65	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Esteghlal[a]	30	16	8	6	36	19	+17	56
4	Tractor	30	12	9	9	35	29	+6	45
5	Gol Gohar	30	13	6	11	33	32	+1	45

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2021. Source: IPL Table, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[36]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Persepolis and Esteghlal did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate.

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	16	8	6	36	19	+17	56	9	3	3	18	9	+9	7	5	3	18	10	+8

Last updated: 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31).
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	4	6	2	5	4	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31). Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Esteghlal v Mes Rafsanjan

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 1	Esteghlal	2–0	Mes Rafsanjan	Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Bagheri  40' Ghafouri 58'  79' Esmaeili  65' Motahari 66' Rezavand  83'	Report	Eslamikhah  17' Aghajanpour  55' Zahedi  60'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Reza Jafari

Foolad v Esteghlal

20 November 2020 (2020-11-20) 2	Foolad	2–1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ahmadzadeh  66' 72' Coulibaly  79' Abshak  83' Derakhshan-Mehr  84' Pereira 90' (pen.)	Report	Ghafouri 63' (pen.) Rigi  86' Gholami  86' Moradmand  89'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

Esteghlal v Machine Sazi

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 3	Esteghlal	1–0	Machine Sazi	Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Milić 57'	Report	Sadeghi  84'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Ali Bye

Paykan v Esteghlal

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 4	Paykan	0–0	Esteghlal	Shahr-e Qods
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Abdi  41' Salehi  47'	Report	Rezavand  17'	Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali

Esteghlal v Sanat Naft

7 December 2020 (2020-12-07) 5	Esteghlal	1–1	Sanat Naft	Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shojaeian  45' Mousavi 50' Ghayedi  63' Moradmand  90+1'	Report	Tayyebi 82' Alekasir  90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Hassan Akrami

Shahr Khodro v Esteghlal

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 6	Shahr Khodro	0–2	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Masoumi  25' Faramarzi  74'	Report	Shojaeian  32' Daneshgar 45' Rezavand  72'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Kopal Nazemi

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 7	Zob Ahan	0–0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Jahani  44' Hosseini  43' Pourafzar  60'	Report	Mehdipour  64'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Morteza Mansourian

Esteghlal v Persepolis

11 January 2021 (2021-01-11) 8	Esteghlal	2–2	Persepolis	Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 2' Mousavi  41' Gholami  55' Ghayedi 90+3'	Report	Abdi 51' Amiri 66' Kanaanizadegan  76' Sarlak  81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Gol Gohar v Esteghlal

30 December 2020 (2020-12-30) 9	Gol Gohar	1–2	Esteghlal	Sirjan
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Haghighi  6' Ebrahimi  45' Zendeh-Rouh 78' (pen.)  86' Alizadeh  90+3'	Report	Ghafouri 8' (pen.) 30' Ghayedi 14' Daneshgar  15' Mazaheri  83'	Stadium: Imam Ali Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

Esteghlal v Aluminium Arak

4 January 2021 (2021-01-04) 10	Esteghlal	2–0	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 38' Ghayedi 73'	Report	Ahmadi  18'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Aliasghar Momeni

Tractor v Esteghlal

18 January 2021 (2021-01-18) 11	Tractor	1–3	Esteghlal	Tabriz
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mehri  53' Fakhreddini  63' Abbaszadeh 80'	Report	Naderi  18' Rigi  35' Shojaeian  36' Diabaté 38', 65' Ghayedi 60'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Bijan Heydari

Esteghlal v Saipa

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 12	Esteghlal	0–1	Saipa	Tehran
16:45IRST (UTC+03:30)	Daneshgar  45' Mehdipour  54' Naderi  80'	Report	Monadi  43' Maleki 49' Jafari  76' Jalali  83' Heydari  86' Mahini  88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Yaser Hamrang

Naft MIS v Esteghlal

29 January 2021 (2021-01-29) 13	Naft MIS	1–1	Esteghlal	Masjed Soleyman
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Bolboli  22' Hosseini 32' (o.g.) Entezari  83'	Report	Rezavand  55' Ghafouri 70'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Payam Heydari

Esteghlal v Nassaji

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 14	Esteghlal	1–0	Nassaji	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Daneshgar  41' Moradi  59' Naderi  69' Ghafouri  72' Esmaeili 86' Ghayedi 90'	Report	M. Bayrami  60' A. Davaran  77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Moud Bonyadifar

Sepahan v Esteghlal

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 15	Sepahan	2–0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
17:10 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shahbazzadeh 14' Karimi  32' Rafiei 35' Noorafkan  42'	Report	A. Rezavand  34'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Seyyed Vahid Kazemi

Mes Rafsanjan v Esteghlal

1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) 16	Mes Rafsanjan	1–1	Esteghlal	Rafsanjan
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Zahedi 15' Eslamikhah  38' Tarhani  56'	Report	H. Noormohammadi 52' (o.g.) A. Rezavand  90+5'	Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Saeid Rahimi Moghaddam

Esteghlal v Foolad

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 17	Esteghlal	1–0	Foolad	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghayedi  32' Daneshgar  45' Motahari 82' (pen.) Mazaheri  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Komeil Gholami

Machine Sazi v Esteghlal

17 March 2021 (2021-03-17) 18	Machine Sazi	0–2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Gordani  73'	Report	Naderi 19'  53' Motahari 42'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Esteghlal v Paykan

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 19	Esteghlal	0–0	Paykan	Tehran
18:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Diabaté  30' Shojaeian  66' Moradmand  78'	Report	Pour Amini  28' Mohammadi 31'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Sanat Naft v Esteghlal

24 May 2021 (2021-05-24) 20	Sanat Naft	0–1	Esteghlal	Abadan
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Baghlani  52'	Report	Ghayedi  36' Ramezani 90+5'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Hamid Hajmalek

Esteghlal v Shahr Khodro

21 June 2021 (2021-06-21) 21	Esteghlal	2–0	Shahr Khodro	Tehran
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ramezani 48' Rigi  71' Naderi  72' Ghayedi 90+15'	Report	Masoumi  42' Mohammadzadeh  90+13'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Komeil Gholami

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

9 May 2021 (2021-05-09) 22	Esteghlal	0–2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
22:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rezavand  24'	Report	Mohammadzadeh 7' Mahmoud-Abadi  15' Ranjbari  45' Kazemi  51' Jahani 60' Soltani-Mehr  70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Reza Adel

Persepolis v Esteghlal

14 May 2021 (2021-05-14) 23	Persepolis	1–0	Esteghlal	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moghanlou  30' Amiri  51' Alekasir 55'  81' Lak  65' Faraji  90+7'	Report	Naderi  90+7'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Esteghlal v Gol Gohar

25 June 2021 (2021-06-25) 24	Esteghlal	2–0	Gol Gohar	Tehran
21:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moradmand 12' Mehdipour 19' Esmaeili  87'	Report	Mensha  24' Alizadeh  70' Sohrabian  90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard

Aluminium Arak v Esteghlal

1 July 2021 (2021-07-01) 25	Aluminium Arak	0–0	Esteghlal	Arak
19:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ahmadi  80'	Report	Esmaeili  80'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali

Esteghlal v Tractor

6 July 2021 (2021-07-06) 26	Esteghlal	2–1	Tractor	Tehran
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Naderi  45' Mohammadi 55' (o.g.) Ghayedi 59' Gholami  73'	Report	Abbaszadeh  37' Akhbari  55' Ghaderi  90' Salami  90+1' Asadi 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Payam Heydari

Saipa v Esteghlal

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10) 27	Saipa	0–2	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:50 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nikkhoui  45' Aliyari  54'	Report	Motahari 79' (pen.), 87'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Morteza Mansourian

Esteghlal v Naft MIS

20 July 2021 (2021-07-20) 28	Esteghlal	1–0	Naft MIS	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Khaghani 7'	Report	Mirjavan  64' Hosseini  73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian

Nassaji v Esteghlal

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 29	Nassaji	1–3	Esteghlal	Qaem Shahr
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Eslami 17' Kalantari  23' Janmaleki  38'	Report	Ghafouri 45' (pen.), 51' Karimzadeh 83' Khadempour  61' Mazaheri  71' Moradi  71'	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Bijan Heydari

Esteghlal v Sepahan

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 30	Esteghlal	1–2	Sepahan	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Ghafouri  69' Moradmand  72' Mehdipour 90+1'	Report	Mohebi  44' Gvelesiani  45' Salmani 54' Esmaeilifar  65' Shahbazzadeh 85' Karimi  81'  90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Payam Heydari

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Aluminium Arak	2–0	0–0	2–0
Foolad	1–0	1–2	2–2
Gol Gohar	2–0	2–1	4–1
Machine Sazi	1–0	2–0	3–0
Mes Rafsanjan	2–0	1–1	3–1
Naft MIS	1–0	1–1	2–1
Nassaji	1–0	3–1	4–1
Paykan	0–0	0–0	0-0
Persepolis	2–2	0–1	2–3
Saipa	0–1	2–0	2–1
Sanat Naft	1–1	1–0	2–1
Sepahan	1–2	0–2	1–4
Shahr Khodro	2–0	2–0	4–0
Tractor	2–1	3–1	5–2
Zob Ahan	0–2	0–0	0–2

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2021 Hazfi Cup

Paykan v Esteghlal

11 March 2021 (2021-03-11) Round of 32	Paykan	1–2	Esteghlal	Shahre Qods
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Roustaei  10' Eidi  14' Salehi 58' Mohammadi  60'	Report	Diabaté 16' (pen.) Daneshgar  34' 38'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Hamid Hajmalek

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19) Round of 16	Esteghlal	2–1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:35 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Esmaeili 55', 66'	Report	Gordan  55' Bjedov 63'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Moud Bonyadifar

Persepolis v Esteghlal

15 July 2021 (2021-07-15) Quarter-final	Persepolis	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moghanlou  23' Nemati  79'	Report	Moradmand  2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Siavash Yazdani
	Penalties
	Torabi Kanaanizadegan Aghaei Alekasir Abdi		Ghafouri Esmaeili Moradi Motahari Ghayedi

Esteghlal v Gol Gohar

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) Semi-final	Esteghlal	2–1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Daneshgar  45' Ghafouri 74' (pen.), 82' (pen.) Hosseini  90+4'	Report	Alizadeh  1' Aghajanpour  45' Pourali 45' Zakipour  79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Seyyed Vahid Kazemi

Foolad v Esteghlal

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) Final	Foolad	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Esteghlal	Isfahan
20:30 IRDT	Abshak  81' Niknafs  96'	Report	Rigi  5' Yazdani  85' Moradmand  94'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Bijan Heydari
	Penalties
	Mousavi Niknafs Ansari Abdollahzadeh		Ghafouri Esmaeili Mehdipour Shojaeian

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	DUH	AHL	SHO
1	Esteghlal	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11	Advance to Round of 16		—	2–2	5–2	1–0
2	Al-Duhail	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9			4–3	—	1–1	2–0
3	Al-Ahli (H)	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9			0–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Al-Shorta	6	1	0	5	3	12	−9	3			0–3	2–1	0–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Esteghlal v Al-Ahli

15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) 1	Esteghlal	5–2	Al-Ahli	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01:45 UTC+4:30 IRDT	Esmaeili 5' Naderi 54' Ghayedi 67', 86' Diabaté 89'	Report	Al Somah 27', 79'	Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Al-Shorta v Esteghlal

18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) 2	Al-Shorta	0–3	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
23:15 UTC+3	Naderi 44' Esmaeili 55' Diabaté 65'	Report		Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Al-Duhail v Esteghlal

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 3	Al-Duhail	4–3	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Olunga 10', 27', 85' Al-Ahrak 43'	Report	Motahari 4' Diabaté 34' Esmaeili 74'	Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Esteghlal v Al-Duhail

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 4	Esteghlal	2–2	Al-Duhail	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
23:15 UTC+3	Diabaté 27' (pen.) Ghayedi 61'	Report	Olunga 45+3' (pen.), 59'	Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Al-Ahli v Esteghlal

27 April 2021 (2021-04-27) 5	Al-Ahli	0–0	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
23:15 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Esteghlal v Al-Shorta

30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) 6	Esteghlal	1–0	Al-Shorta	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Diabaté 14' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sports Hall Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

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	14	0	11	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF		Mohammad Naderi	32	3	23	1	5	0	4	2
3	DF		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	32	1	24	1	4	0	4	0
4	DF		Siavash Yazdani	28	0	18	0	5	0	5	0
5	DF		Aref Gholami	28	0	20	0	3	0	5	0
6	MF		Masoud Rigi	36	0	25	0	5	0	6	0
7	FW		Cheick Diabaté	20	8	13	2	1	1	6	5
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	32	6	22	1	5	2	5	3
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	33	2	23	2	5	0	5	0
10	FW		Mehdi Ghayedi	40	9	29	6	5	0	6	3
11	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	22	0	17	0	1	0	4	0
12	GK		Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	27	0	19	0	2	0	6	0
15	MF		Sina Khadempour	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Arman Ramezani	16	2	12	2	1	0	3	0
20	DF		Ahmad Mousavi	24	1	19	1	1	0	4	0
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	33	8	22	6	5	2	6	0
22	MF		Babak Moradi	17	0	11	0	4	0	2	0
27	DF		Matin Karimzadeh	16	1	15	1	1	0	0	0
33	DF		Hrvoje Milic	18	1	12	1	1	0	5	0
41	DF		Arash Dajliri	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF		Saeid Mehri	10	0	6	0	0	0	4	0
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	28	2	25	1	3	1	0	0
72	FW		Arsalan Motahari	38	8	29	7	5	0	4	1
79	MF		Sobhan Khaghani	15	2	11	2	2	0	2	0
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	38	0	27	0	5	0	6	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
14	MF		Farshid Bagheri	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
42	MF		Fardin Rabet	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
71	FW		Mohammad Hossein Fallah	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Sajjad Aghaei	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)
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	Mehdi Ghayedi	6	0	3	9
2	Cheick Diabaté	2	1	5	8
	Vouria Ghafouri	6	2	0
	Arsalan Motahari	7	0	1
4	Farshid Esmaeili	1	2	3	6
6	Mohammad Naderi	1	0	2	3
7	Arman Ramezani	2	0	0	2
	Mohammad Daneshgar	1	1	0
	Mehdi Mehdipour	2	0	0
	Sobhan Khaghani	2	0	0
11	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	1	0	0	1
	Ahmad Mousavi	1	0	0
	Hrvoje Milić	1	0	0
	Matin Karimzadeh	1	0	0
Own goals		2	0	0	2
Total		36	6	14	56

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10).
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	10	1	3	14
2	Hossein Hosseini	6	1	0	7
Total		16	2	3	21

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (2021-08-09).
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				1						1
2	DF		Mohammad Naderi	7									7
3	DF		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	3			2			1			6
4	DF		Siavash Yazdani				1						1
5	DF		Aref Gholami	3									3
6	MF		Masoud Rigi	3			1						4
7	FW		Cheick Diabaté	1						1			2
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	3									3
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	2									2
10	FW		Mehdi Ghayedi	3						1			4
11	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	4						1			5
12	GK		Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	3									3
14	DF		Farshid Bagheri	1									1
15	DF		Sina Khadempour	1									1
20	DF		Ahmad Mousavi	1									1
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	2									2
22	MF		Babak Moradi	1		1							1		1
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	4			2						6
79	MF		Sobhan Khaghani							1			1
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	7									7

Last updated: 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)
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.

See also

• 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League
• 2020–21 Hazfi Cup
• 2021 AFC Champions League

Notes

1. All matches were played behind closed doors.
2. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.