1997–98 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1997–98 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 6th season in the Azadegan League, and their 4th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Caspian Cup and Turkmenistan President's Cup, and 53rd year in existence as a football club.[1][2]

Esteghlal F.C.
1998–99 season
PresidentAli Fathollahzadeh
Head coachNasser Hejazi
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan League1st
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alireza Akbarpour
Fred Malekian
(9)
All:
Alireza Akbarpour
Fred Malekian
(9)

Player
As of 1 September 2018. [3][4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Parviz Boroumand
2 DF Iran IRN Javad Zarincheh
3 DF Iran IRN Ali Chini
4 DF Iran IRN Reza Hassanzadeh
5 DF Iran IRN Ahmed Kabianpour
6 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Khorramgah
7 MF Iran IRN Amin Rasti
8 MF Iran IRN Alireza Mansourian
9 MF Iran IRN Asghar Rasoulzadeh
10 DF Iran IRN Mehdi Pashazadeh
10 MF Iran IRN Dariush Yazdani
11 FW Iran IRN Mohsen Garousi
14 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Nouri
15 FW Iran IRN Farhad Majidi
16 FW Iran IRN Alireza Akbarpour
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Iran IRN Attila Hejazi
18 FW Iran IRN Fred Malekian
19 MF Iran IRN Serjik Teymourian
20 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Taghavi
22 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Mehranpour
25 MF Iran IRN Javid Shokri
— GK Iran IRN Mohammad Ali Yahyavi
— GK Iran IRN Hamid Reza Babaei
— GK Iran IRN Farhad Vali
— MF Iran IRN Hashem Heydari
— MF Iran IRN Farzad Majidi
— MF Iran IRN Vahid Rezaei
— MF Iran IRN Edmond Akhtar
— FW Iran IRN Samad Marfavi

Pre-season and friendlies
Tolypers Qazvin 3 – 3 Esteghlal Qazvin
Ali Akbarian
Samad Marfavi
Mirshad Majedi
Esteghlal 5 – 1 Montakhab Shahr-e Rey Tehran
Mohsen Garousi
Ahmed Kabianpour
Mohammad Momeni
Fred Malekian

Competitions

Overview
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Azadegan League — — Winner 30 July 199718 August 1998
Caspian Cup — — Winner 15 July 199725 July 1997
Turkmenistan President's Cup — — Winner 11 February 199819 February 1998

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League
Main article: 1997–98 Azadegan League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 28 16 10 2 46 21 +25 58 Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship
2 PAS 28 13 13 2 32 20 +12 52 Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3 Zob Ahan 28 11 12 5 31 30 +1 45
4 Fajr Sepasi 28 10 10 8 37 27 +10 40
5 Sh. Tabriz 28 10 9 9 37 29 +8 39
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Note: Persepolis withdrew due to international commitments of the players. before withdrew Persepolis had 5 wins 2 draws and 1 loss.
(C) Champions

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 16 10 2 46 21  +25 58 11 3 0 32 11  +21 5 7 2 14 10  +4

Last updated: 13 October 2018.
Source: RSSSF

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundHAAHAHAAHHAAHHAHHAHAHHAAHHAA
ResultWDDWWWDDWWDDDWWWDWWLWWDLWDWW
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

30 July 1997 (1997-07-30) 1 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
11 September 1997 (1997-09-11) 2 Polyacryl 3 – 3 Esteghlal Isfahan
Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
23 September 1997 (1997-09-23) 3 PAS 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 September 1997 (1997-09-28) 4 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Payam Mashhad Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 November 1997 (1997-11-16) 5 Bargh Shiraz 0 – 3 Esteghlal Yazd
4 October 1997 (1997-10-04) 6 Esteghlal 5 – 0 Foolad Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
11 November 1997 (1997-11-11) 7 Shahrdari Tabriz 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
8 Fajr Sepasi 0 – 0 Esteghlal
14 December 1997 (1997-12-14) 9 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Saipa Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
26 November 1997 (1997-11-26) 10 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Zob Ahan Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
21 December 1997 (1997-12-21) 11 Tractor Sazi 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
30 December 1997 (1997-12-30) 12 Sanat Naft 1 – 1 Esteghlal Abadan
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
8 January 1998 (1998-01-08) 13 Esteghlal 2 – 2 Bahman Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 January 1998 (1998-01-16) 14 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 January 1998 (1998-01-23) 15 Esteghlal Ahvaz 1 – 2 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
5 February 1998 (1998-02-05) 16 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Polyacryl Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
21 July 1998 (1998-07-21) 17 Esteghlal 1 – 1 PAS Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
30 January 1998 (1998-01-30) 18 Payam Mashhad 1 – 2 Esteghlal Mashhad
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
8 February 1998 (1998-02-08) 19 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
26 July 1998 (1998-07-26) 20 Foolad 1 – 0 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
27 February 1998 (1998-02-27) 21 Esteghlal 3 – 1 Shahrdari Tabriz Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
12 July 1998 (1998-07-12) 22 Esteghlal 3 – 2 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 March 1998 (1998-03-05) 23 Saipa 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 August 1998 (1998-08-09) 24 Zob Ahan 2 – 0 Esteghlal Isfahan
Stadium: 22 Bahman Stadium
4 August 1998 (1998-08-04) 25 Esteghlal 5 – 1 Tractor Sazi Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
31 July 1998 (1998-07-31) 26 Esteghlal 2 – 2 Sanat Naft Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
18 August 1998 (1998-08-18) 27 Bahman 1 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
17 July 1998 (1998-07-17) 28 Sepahan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
Stadium: 22 Bahman Stadium

Caspian Cup
15 July 1997 (1997-07-15) 1 Esteghlal Iran 0 – 1 Azerbaijan Kapaz Rasht
Report Ashiq Jabbarov 60' Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
18 July 1997 (1997-07-18) 2 Chooka Talesh Iran 1 – 5 Iran Esteghlal Rasht
Hossein Hajalizadeh Report Samad Marfavi pen.' pen.'
Mohsen Garousi 		Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
21 July 1997 (1997-07-21) 3 Sepidrood Rasht Iran 0 – 0 Iran Esteghlal Rasht
Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
23 July 1997 (1997-07-23) Semifinal Esteghlal Rasht Iran 1 – 2 Iran Esteghlal Rasht
Samad Marfavi pen.'
Mohammad Reza Mehranpour 		Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
25 July 1997 (1997-07-25) Final Esteghlal Iran 2 – 0 Iran Chooka Talesh Rasht
Farhad Majidi 41', 81' Report Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium

Turkmenistan President's Cup
Main article: Turkmenistan President's Cup
11 February 1998 (1998-02-11) 1 Esteghlal Iran 3 – 1 Armenia Ararat Yerevan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Mohsen Garousi 75'
Mehdi Pashazadeh 80'
Samad Marfavi 90'		 Report 43'
27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 2 Esteghlal Iran 1 – 0 China Liaoning Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Edmond Akhtar 22' Report
1 March 1999 (1999-03-01) 3 Nisa Aşgabat Turkmenistan 1 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Report Edmond Akhtar
28 April 1999 (1999-04-28) Semifinals Ulsan Hyundai South Korea 0 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Report Mohammad Khorramgah 75' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 February 1998 (1998-02-19) Final Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(6 – 7 p)		 Iran Esteghlal Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Report Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium
Penalties
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soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Samad Marfavi
soccer ball with red X Mohammad Khorramgah
soccer ball with check mark Fred Malekian
soccer ball with check mark Javad Zarincheh
soccer ball with check mark Mehdi Pashazadeh
soccer ball with check mark Reza Hassanzadeh
soccer ball with check mark Serjik Teymourian
soccer ball with red X Parviz Boroumand
soccer ball with check mark Mohammad Nouri

See also

References
  1. Iran Football League in 1997–98
  2. 1997–98 Esteghlal FC season
  3. "Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1997–98". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  4. 1997–98 Esteghlal F.C. Squad
  5. Esteghlal squad 1997–98
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