2021–22 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2021–22 Esteghlal Football Club season was 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 participated 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] The season covered the period from 13 September 2021 to 30 May 2022.

Esteghlal F.C.

2021–22 season
President	Mostafa Ajorlu
Head coach	Farhad Majidi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Pro League	1st (champions)
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-final
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Yamga (10) All: Arthur Yamga (10)
Highest home attendance	75,000
Lowest home attendance	0 (spectator ban)
Average home league attendance	28,400 (matches with spectator bans not included)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 1 June 2022.

Players

Squad information

Last updated: 7 March 2022 (2022-03-07)^[8]

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	End	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Hossein Hosseini		GK	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 29)	2012	2023	Youth Sector
90	Sina Saeidifar		GK	(2001-04-12)12 April 2001 (aged 20)	2020	2024	Youth Sector
98	Alireza Rezaei		GK	(1999-12-11)11 December 1999 (aged 22)	2021	2023	Paykan
Defenders
2	Saleh Hardani		RB / RM	(1998-09-14)14 September 1998 (aged 23)	2022	2024	Foolad
5	Aref Gholami		CB / RB	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 24)	2019	2022	Foolad
21	Vouria Ghafouri		RB / RW	(1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 34)	2016	2022	Sepahan
44	Mohammad Javad Behafarin		CB	(1999-07-26)26 July 1999 (aged 22)	2020	2025	Youth Sector
55	Raphael Silva		CB	(1992-04-20)20 April 1992 (aged 29)	2022	2022	Al Faisaly
59	Abolfazl Jalali		LB / LW	(1998-06-26)26 June 1998 (aged 23)	2021	2023	Saipa
70	Mohammad Daneshgar		CB / RB	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 27)	2018	2023	Saipa
Midfielders
6	Rouzbeh Cheshmi		CB / DM / CM	(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 28)	2021	2023	Umm Salal
8	Saeid Mehri		CM / AM / DM	(1995-09-16)16 September 1995 (aged 26)	2021	2023	Tractor
9	Mehdi Mehdipour		CM / DM / AM	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 27)	2020	2023	Zob Ahan
14	Zobeir Niknafs		DM / CM	(1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 28)	2021	2023	Foolad
17	Jafar Salmani		LW / LB	(1997-01-12)12 January 1997 (aged 24)	2021	2023	Portimonense
29	Amirali Sadeghi		LW / AM	(2001-02-09)9 February 2001 (aged 20)	2021	2024	Saipa
30	Azizbek Amonov		LM / AM	(1997-10-30)30 October 1997 (aged 24)	2022	2024	Lokomotiv
77	Reza Azari		DM / CM / AM	(1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 23)	2018	2023	Youth Sector
79	Sobhan Khaghani		RW / RB	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 21)	2020	2026	Tractor
Forwards
11	Arthur Yamga		RW / CF / RB	(1996-09-07)7 September 1996 (aged 25)	2021	2023	Vejle
23	Arman Ramezani		CF	(1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 29)	2021	2022	Persepolis
39	Rudy Gestede		CF / SS / RW / LW	(1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 33)	2021	2023	Panetolikos
72	Amir Arsalan Motahari		CF / RW	(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 28)	2020	2023	Zob Ahan
99	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh		LW / SS / AM	(2000-10-03)3 October 2000 (aged 21)	2021	2023	Saipa
Players transferred during the season
3	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand		CB	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 28)	2020	2022	Shahr Khodro
4	Siavash Yazdani		CB	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 29)	2019	2023	Sepahan
7	Arash Rezavand		CM / DM / AM	(1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 28)	2019	2023	Saipa
10	Amin Ghaseminejad		CF / AM / LW / RW	(1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 35)	2021	2023	Shahr Khodro
12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri		GK	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 32)	2020	2023	Tractor
16	Mohammad Reza Azadi		CF	(1999-12-07)7 December 1999 (aged 22)	2021	2023	Panetolikos
22	Babak Moradi		RW / LW / LB	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 28)	2020	2024	Machine Sazi
27	Matin Karimzadeh		LB / LM	(1998-07-01)1 July 1998 (aged 23)	2020	2023	Pars Jonoubi
33	Aref Aghasi		CB	(1997-01-02)2 January 1997 (aged 24)	2021	2023	Foolad
42	Fardin Rabet		RW / LW	(2001-10-29)29 October 2001 (aged 20)	2020	2025	Youth Sector

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2021 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2021–22

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Ref.
10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)	MF	Reza Azari	Machine Sazi	End of loan	[9]
	DF	Mohammad Javad Behafarin	Chooka Talesh		[9]
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)	MF	Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh	Saipa	Transfer	[10]
	MF	Zobeir Niknafs	Foolad		[11]
22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)	DF	Aref Aghasi			[12]
	GK	Alireza Rezaei	Paykan		[13]
23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)	FW	Mohammad Reza Azadi	Panetolikos		[14]
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)	FW	Amin Ghaseminejad	Shahr Khodro		[15]
30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)	DF	Jafar Salmani	Portimonense		[16]
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)	DF	Abolfazl Jalali	Saipa		[17]
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)	MF	Amirali Sadeghi			[18]
10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)	MF	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	Umm Salal		[19]
15 October 2021 (2021-10-15)	DF	Arthur Yamga	Vejle		[20]
30 October 2021 (2021-10-30)	FW	Rudy Gestede	Panetolikos		[21]
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)	DF	Saleh Hardani	Foolad		[22]
	MF	Azizbek Amonov	Lokomotiv		[23]
7 March 2022 (2022-03-07)	DF	Raphael Silva	Al Faisaly		[24]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Ref.
10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)	GK	Amirhossein Bayat	Released
	FW	Erfan Golmohammadi	Nassaji	End of loan	[25]
	DF	Hrvoje Milić	Unattached	End of contract
12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)	DF	Mohammad Naderi	Altay		[26]
23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)	FW	Mehdi Ghayedi	Shabab Al-Ahli	Transfer	[27]
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)	MF	Masoud Rigi	Sepahan	End of contract	[28]
9 September 2021 (2021-09-09)	MF	Farhad Zavoshi	Havadar	Transfer	[29]
13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	DF	Reza Gordan			[30]
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)	FW	Cheick Diabaté	Al-Gharafa	End of contract	[31]
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)	DF	Amirhossein Asudeh	Nirooye Zamini	Transfer
26 September 2021 (2021-09-26)	GK	Hossein Pour Hamidi	Aluminium Arak		[32]
28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)	FW	Mohammad Bolboli	Naft MIS		[33]
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)	DF	Arash Dajliri	Havadar	Loan	[34]
	MF	Amir Hossein Khodamoradi		Transfer	[35]
	FW	Mohammad Hossein Fallah	Paykan		[36]
30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)	FW	Pouria Bali Lashak	Saipa		[37]
1 October 2021 (2021-10-01)	FW	Mohammad Hossein Alipour	Mes Shahr-e Babak
6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)	MF	Farshid Esmaeili	Al-Arabi	End of contract	[38]
10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)	FW	Sajjad Aghaei	Aluminium Arak	Transfer	[39]
15 October 2021 (2021-10-15)	MF	Sina Khadempour	Naft MIS	Loan	[40]
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)	MF	Dariush Shojaeian	Havadar	End of contract	[41]
7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)	DF	Ahmad Mousavi	Gol Gohar	Transfer	[42]
30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)	MF	Babak Moradi	Havadar		[43]
31 January 2022 (2022-01-31)	MF	Fardin Rabet	Shahr Khodro	Loan	[44]
4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)	MF	Arash Rezavand	Foolad		[45]
	DF	Aref Aghasi		Transfer	[46]
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)	GK	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	Sepahan		[47]
	DF	Matin Karimzadeh	Nassaji	Loan	[48]
12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)	FW	Amin Ghaseminejad	Gol Gohar		[49]
13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)	FW	Fardin Najafi	Shahin Bushehr	Transfer	[50]
14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)	FW	Mohammad Reza Azadi	Aluminium Arak		[51]
6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)	DF	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	Malavan	Loan	[52]
	DF	Siavash Yazdani			[53]

Pre-season and friendlies

Esteghlal v Esteghlal U21

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 1	Esteghlal	2–0	Esteghlal U21	Tehran
	Hosseinzadeh 3' Ramezani 17' Motahari 78'	Report		Stadium: Enghelab Sport Complex

Regional F.C. v Esteghlal

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2	Regional F.C.	1–7	Esteghlal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	? 43'	Report	Khaghani 8' Moradmand 30', 45' Hosseinzadeh 38' Mousavi 51' Azadi 84' Rabet 87'	Stadium: Police Officers' Club Stadium

Esteghlal v Kheybar Khorramabad

5 October 2021 (2021-10-05) 3	Esteghlal	2–1	Kheybar Khorramabad	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 38' (pen.) Rabet 90'	Report	Gharibi 70'	Stadium: Kheirieh Stadium

Esteghlal v Paykan

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 4	Esteghlal	2–2	Paykan	Tehran
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 43' Ramezani 77'	Report	Koushki 30' (pen.) Fallah 70'	Stadium: Kheirieh Stadium

Esteghlal v Team Melli Daneshjouyan

15 October 2021 (2021-10-15) 5	Esteghlal	0–1	Team Melli Daneshjouyan	Tehran
14:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Report	Ousani 90'

Esteghlal v Pishgaman Fonoon Pars

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 6	Esteghlal	5–1	Pishgaman Fonoon Pars	Tehran
	Ghaseminejad 25' Gestede 40' Daneshgar 42' Ghafouri 70' Ramezani 80'	Report	Habibi 22'	Stadium: Ararat Stadium

Esteghlal v Esteghlal U23

31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) 7	Esteghlal	6–0	Esteghlal U23	Tehran
	Yamga 18' Ramezani 64', 80' Motahari 75', 89' Azari 85'	Report

Esteghlal v Esteghlal U23

21 April 2022 (2022-04-21) 8	Esteghlal	6–1	Esteghlal U23	Tehran
	Ramezani 19' Ghafouri 21', 39' Silva 23' Motahari 37' Gestede (pen.)	Report	Rezaei 8'

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

25 April 2022 (2022-04-25) 9	Esteghlal	4–0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Yamga 58', 10' (pen.) Amonov 71' Motahari 78'	Report

Esteghlal v Havadar

29 April 2022 (2022-04-29) 10	Esteghlal	1–1	Havadar	Tehran
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Yamga 8'	Report	Bagheri 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

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 (2021-10-20)	30 May 2022 (2022-05-30)	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	11	0	39	10	+29	063.33
Hazfi Cup	19 December 2021 (2021-12-19)	11 April 2022 (2022-04-11)	Round of 32	Quarter-final	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	033.33
Champions League	13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					34	20	13	1	41	13	+28	058.82

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

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	19	11	0	39	10	+29	68	10	5	0	13	3	+10	9	6	0	26	7	+19

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
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	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D
Position	4	4	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01). Source: "Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Esteghlal v Havadar

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20) 1	Esteghlal	1–0	Havadar	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghafouri 56' Salmani 60'	Report	Haghshenas  54'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Kopal Nazemi

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

25 October 2021 (2021-10-25) 2	Zob Ahan	0–2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Noormohammadi  72' Ghoreishi  88'	Report	Yamga 27', 90+6' Rezavand  36'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Hassan Akrami

Esteghlal v Tractor

30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 3	Esteghlal	1–0	Tractor	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Salmani  9' Moradmand  43' Motahari 54' Ghafouri  69' 70' Yamga  84'	Report	Nasseri  24'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) 4	Fajr Sepasi	1–1	Esteghlal	Shiraz
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nemati  58' Masoumi  74' Ghorbani 90+5'  90+6'	Report	Yamga 60' (pen.)  62' Daneshgar  64' Moradmand  87'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Morteza Mansourian

Esteghlal v Nassaji

19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) 5	Esteghlal	0–0	Nassaji	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Moradmand  21' Daneshgar  38' Gestede  45+4'	Report	Shiri  58'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Gol Gohar v Esteghlal

24 November 2021 (2021-11-24) 6	Gol Gohar	0–3	Esteghlal	Sirjan
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Alizadeh  43' Zakipour  48'	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.[54]

Sanat Naft v Esteghlal

29 November 2021 (2021-11-29) 7	Sanat Naft	1–1	Esteghlal	Abadan
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Hanafi 8' Bakhtiari  65' Shariatzadeh  84'	Report	Hosseinzadeh 39'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

Esteghlal v Persepolis

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 8	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yamga  68' Rezavand  77' Moradmand  90+4'	Report	Kamyabinia  25' Torabi  63' Alishah  72' Aghaei  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

Paykan v Esteghlal

9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) 9	Paykan	0–3	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Norouzifard  7'	Report	Yazdani 31' Hosseinzadeh  36' Salmani  71' Daneshgar 74' Motahari 84'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Payam Heydari

Esteghlal v Sepahan

14 December 2021 (2021-12-14) 10	Esteghlal	1–0	Sepahan	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Salmani 35' Yazdani  62' Moradmand  63'	Report	Gvelesiani  75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Bijan Heydari

Shahr Khodro v Esteghlal

24 December 2021 (2021-12-24) 11	Shahr Khodro	0–3	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Taheran  25' Kazemayni  70'  87' Sharifi  79'	Report	Salmani 12' Gestede 23' Aghasi  36' Ramezani 44' Yazdani  57' Moradmand  81'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Meysam Heydari

Esteghlal v Foolad

29 December 2021 (2021-12-29) 12	Esteghlal	1–0	Foolad	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mehdipour 58'  70' Niknafs  63' Aghasi  72' Moradmand  77'	Report	Pereira  44' Shah Abbasi  84' Mousavi  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi

Aluminium Arak v Esteghlal

3 January 2022 (2022-01-03) 13	Aluminium Arak	1–1	Esteghlal	Arak
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Pour Hamidi  15' Sharifat  67' Soleimanzadeh  70' Majidi 90+2' Aghaei  90+4'	Report	Mehdipour 58' Niknafs  28' Daneshgar  33' Hosseinzadeh  58' Hosseini  62' Gestede  70' Aghasi  76'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ashkan Korshidi

Esteghlal v Mes Rafsanjan

8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) 14	Esteghlal	3–2	Mes Rafsanjan	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yamga 9' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Ghaseminejad 87' Cheshmi  90+1' Mehdipour  90+3' Daneshgar  90+3'	Report	Mensha 35' (pen.) Soleimani 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian

Naft MIS v Esteghlal

13 January 2022 (2022-01-13) 15	Naft MIS	0–3	Esteghlal	Masjed Soleyman
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mojademi  42' Bolboli  53' Bagheri  59' Khadempour  71'	Report	Hosseinzadeh 16', 52' Yamga  45' 58'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Hamid Haj-Malek

Havadar v Esteghlal

4 February 2022 (2022-02-04) 16	Havadar	1–2	Esteghlal	Karaj
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shojaeian  9' Mohammadi 39' Abbasian  45'	Report	Gestede 11' (pen.) Niknafs  14' Motahari 84' Yazdani  68'  87'	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.[55]

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 17	Esteghlal	1–0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:10 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yamga 54' Niknafs  62' Daneshgar  72'	Report	Noormohammadi  36' Darvishi  65'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1]

Tractor v Esteghlal

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) 18	Tractor	0–1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Report	Hosseinzadeh 70' Mehri  87'	Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 19	Esteghlal	1–0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Cheshmi  35' Gestede  43' Salmani 54'	Report	Kordestani  38' R. Aliyari  67' Dana  75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Reza Adel

Nassaji v Esteghlal

28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) 20	Nassaji	0–0	Esteghlal	Mashhad
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Karimzadeh  23' Shojaei  33'	Report		Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ali Safaei

Esteghlal v Gol Gohar

6 March 2022 (2022-03-06) 21	Esteghlal	2–1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Amonov  16' Cheshmi  16' Yamga 45+5 45+5', 89' (pen.) Mehri  49'	Report	Alizadeh  16' Sadeghi 43 Khanzadeh  45' Forouzan  45+3' Tabrizi 54' Mosleh  78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Bijan Heydari

Esteghlal v Sanat Naft

11 March 2022 (2022-03-11) 22	Esteghlal	1–0	Sanat Naft	Tehran
20:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Hosseinzadeh 32'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Persepolis v Esteghlal

17 March 2022 (2022-03-17) 23	Persepolis	1–1	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Temirov  16' Faraji  22' Nemati 40' Aghaei  67' Rezaeian  68'	Report	Gestede 81' Niknafs  87' Hosseini  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali

Esteghlal v Paykan

5 April 2022 (2022-04-05) 24	Esteghlal	0–0	Paykan	Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Silva  41'	Report	Norouzifard  53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyyed Reza Mahdavi

Sepahan v Esteghlal

4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 25	Sepahan	1–1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Gvelesiani 14' (pen.)  81' Alimohammadi  39' Moghanlou  60' Karimi  63' Ahmadzadeh  82'	Report	Daneshgar 6' Hosseini  11'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

Esteghlal v Shahr Khodro

9 May 2022 (2022-05-09) 26	Esteghlal	1–0	Shahr Khodro	Tehran
20:40 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Niknafs  46' Gestede  75' Ramezani 88' Daneshgar  90' Rezaei  90+4'	Report	Heydari  75' Nemati  79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hassan Akrami

Foolad v Esteghlal

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14) 27	Foolad	1–2	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Abshak  66' Ansari  80' Koushki 90+3'	Report	Niknafs  26' Hosseinzadeh 53'  72' Hardani 73' Daneshgar  90+1' Hosseini  90+6'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard

Esteghlal v Aluminium Arak

19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) 28	Esteghlal	0–0	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		Report	Ahmadi  65' Pour Hamidi  90+4' Aghaei  90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Javad Rahimzadeh

Mes Rafsanjan v Esteghlal

24 May 2022 (2022-05-24) 29	Mes Rafsanjan	0–2	Esteghlal	Rafsanjan
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		Report	Hosseinzadeh 48', 54' Ramezani  54' Silva  70' Daneshgar 30'  80' Mehdipour  90+4'	Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ahmad Mohammadi

Esteghlal v Naft MIS

30 May 2022 (2022-05-30) 30	Esteghlal	0–0	Naft MIS	Tehran
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Silva  19' Jalali  81'	Report	Moghtadaei  81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Amir Saman Soltani

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Aggregate score	Double
Aluminium	0–0	1–1	1–1
Fajr Sepasi	1–0	1–1	2–1
Foolad	1–0	2–1	3–1
Gol Gohar	2–1	3–0	5–1
Havadar	1–0	2–1	3–1
Mes Rafsanjan	3–2	2–0	5–2
Naft MIS	0–0	3–0	3–0
Nassaji	0–0	0–0	0–0
Paykan	0–0	3–0	3-0
Persepolis	0–0	1–1	1–1
Sanat Naft	1–0	1–1	2–1
Sepahan	1–0	1–1	2–1
Shahr Khodro	1–0	3–0	4–0
Tractor	1–0	1–0	2–0
Zob Ahan	1–0	2–0	3–0

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Hazfi Cup

Esteghlal v Navad Urmia

19 December 2021 (2021-12-19) Round of 32	Esteghlal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Navad Urmia	Tehran
17:30 IRST	Rezavand  56' Ramezani 88'	Report	Mansouri  45' Terjerou 59' Safarzadeh  76' Rostamizad  89' Soleimani  93'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Keyvan Alimohammadi
	Penalties
	Azadi Mehri Moradi Sadeghi Rezavand		Soleimani Fallah Marabi Taftian

Paykan v Esteghlal

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) Round of 16	Paykan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 IRST	Babaei  22' Sabet-Imani  67' Fallah  76'	Report	Mehdipour  40' Motahari 92'  113'	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.[56]

Esteghlal v Nassaji

11 April 2022 (2022-04-11) Quarter Finals	Esteghlal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Nassaji	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Amonov  93' Silva  105' Daneshgar  113' Ghafouri  118'	Report	Mansouri  4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000[57] Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi
	Penalties
	Yamga Gestede Mehdipour Amonov Ramezani		Kalantari Abdi Gholamalibeygi Nazari Shiri

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Esteghlal v Al-Hilal

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) Round of 16	Esteghlal	0–2	Al-Hilal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00 UTC+4		Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 39' Al-Dawsari 56'	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	27	0	26	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Saleh Hardani	15	1	14	1	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Aref Gholami	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Rouzbeh Cheshmi	22	0	19	0	3	0	0	0
8	MF		Saeid Mehri	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	33	1	30	1	2	0	1	0
11	FW		Arthur Yamga	29	10	27	10	2	0	0	0
14	MF		Zobeir Niknafs	27	0	23	0	3	0	1	0
17	MF		Jafar Salmani	33	4	30	4	2	0	1	0
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	23	0	20	0	2	0	1	0
23	FW		Arman Ramezani	20	3	16	2	3	1	1	0
29	MF		Amirali Sadeghi	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Azizbek Amonov	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
39	FW		Rudy Gestede	25	3	23	3	2	0	0	0
55	DF		Raphael Silva	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
59	DF		Abolfazl Jalali	12	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	25	2	23	2	2	0	0	0
72	FW		Arsalan Motahari	29	4	26	3	2	1	1	0
77	MF		Reza Azari	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
79	MF		Sobhan Khaghani	17	0	13	0	3	0	1	0
98	GK		Alireza Rezaei	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
99	FW		Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	33	8	30	8	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: 5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)
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	Arthur Yamga	10	0	0	10
2	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	8	0	0	8
4	Jafar Salmani	4	0	0	4
	Arsalan Motahari	3	1	0
5	Arman Ramezani	2	1	0	3
	Rudy Gestede	3	0	0
7	Mohammad Daneshgar	2	0	0	2
8	Saleh Hardani	1	0	0	1
	Siavash Yazdani	1	0	0
	Mehdi Mehdipour	1	0	0
	Amin Ghaseminejad	1	0	0
Own goals		0	0	0	0
Total		36	2	0	38

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Hossein Hosseini	18	0	0	18
2	Alireza Rezaei	3	2	0	5
3	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	1	0	0	1
Total		22	2	0	24

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
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	Mehdi Mehdipour	7	0	0	7
2	Arthur Yamga	3	0	0	3
	Jafar Salmani	2	1	0
4	Saleh Hardani	2	0	0	2
	Zobeir Niknafs	1	1	0
	Rudy Gestede	2	0	0
7	Siavash Yazdani	1	0	0	1
	Arash Rezavand	1	0	0
	Vouria Ghafouri	1	0	0
	Amirali Sadeghi	1	0	0
	Raphael Silva	1	0	0
	Arsalan Motahari	1	0	0
	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	1	0	0
Total		24	2	0	26

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
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	4									4
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	3			1						4
11	FW		Arthur Yamga	4									4
14	MF		Zobeir Niknafs	7									7
17	MF		Jafar Salmani	2									2
21	DF		Voria Ghafouri	1			1						2
23	FW		Arman Ramezani	2									2
30	MF		Azizbek Amonov	1			1						2
33	DF		Aref Aghasi	3									3
39	FW		Rudy Gestede	4									4
55	DF		Raphael Silva	2		1	1						3		1
59	DF		Abolfazl Jalali	1									1
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	7	1		1						8	1
72	FW		Arsalan Motahari				1						1
99	MF		Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	3									3

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
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

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