1999–2000 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 8th season in the Azadegan League, and their 6th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and 55th year in existence as a football club.

Esteghlal F.C.
1999–2000 season
PresidentIran Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coachRussia Yevgeni Skomorokhov (until 23 February 2000)
Iran Mansour Pourheidari (From 23 February 2000)
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan LeagueRunners-up
Hazfi CupWinners
Asian Cup Winners' CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ali Latifi (5)
All:
Ali Latifi (14)

Player
As of 1 September 1999. [1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Iran IRN Parviz Boroumand
— GK Iran IRN Masoud Ghasemi
— GK Iran IRN Hadi Tabatabaei
— GK Iran IRN Mohammad Ali Yahyavi
— DF Iran IRN Mahmoud Fekri
— DF Iran IRN Reza Hassanzadeh
— DF Iran IRN Javad Zarincheh
— DF Iran IRN Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
— DF Iran IRN Mohammad Khorramgah
— MF Iran IRN Kazem Mahmoudi
— MF Iran IRN Ali Chini
— MF Iran IRN Mohammad Taghavi
— MF Iran IRN Attila Hejazi
— MF Iran IRN Javid Shokri
— MF Iran IRN Mohammad Navazi
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Iran IRN Alireza Nikbakht
— MF Iran IRN Farzad Majidi
— MF Iran IRN Afshin Hajipour
— MF Iran IRN Dariush Yazdani
— MF Iran IRN Behzad Dadashzadeh
— MF Iran IRN Sattar Hamedani
— MF Iran IRN Adel Hardani
— MF Iran IRN Sirous Dinmohammadi
— FW Iran IRN Farhad Majidi
— FW Iran IRN Alireza Akbarpour
— FW Iran IRN Mohammad Momeni
— FW Iran IRN Fred Malekian
— FW Iran IRN Ali Latifi
— FW Iran IRN Ali Mousavi
— FW Iran IRN Mohsen Garousi

Pre-season and friendlies
2 June 1999 (1999-06-02) Fortuna Köln Germany 0 – 0 Iran Esteghlal Leverkusen, Germany
5 June 1999 (1999-06-05) Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany 4 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Leverkusen, Germany
Farhad Majidi
8 June 1999 (1999-06-08) Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany 0 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Leverkusen, Germany
Farhad Majidi

Competitions

Overview
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Azadegan League — — Runners-up 13 Augustus 199921 May 2000
Hazfi Cup Round of 16 — Winner 8 December 199916 June 2000
Asian Cup Winners' Cup — — Second round 14 September 200017 November 2000

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League
Main article: 1999–2000 Azadegan League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 26 15 9 2 45 23 +22 54 Qualification for the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship
2 Esteghlal 26 12 11 3 32 16 +16 47 Qualification for the 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3 Fajr Sepasi 26 11 11 4 37 18 +19 44
4 Sepahan 26 11 9 6 28 19 +9 42
5 Zob Ahan 26 11 6 9 35 29 +6 39
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 12 11 3 32 16  +16 47 6 6 1 14 6  +8 6 5 2 18 10  +8

Last updated: 17 June 2000.
Source: RSSSF

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAAAHAHAAHHAHAHHHAHAHHA
ResultWDWWDLWWWWDLWDWWDLDDDDWWDD
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

13 August 1999 (1999-08-13) 1 Tractor Sazi 1 – 3 Esteghlal Tabriz
Davoud Rostami 8' Mohammad Navazi 25' (pen.)
Alireza Nikbakht 32'
Farhad Majidi 50'		 Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium
20 August 1999 (1999-08-20) 2 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Saipa Tehran
Farhad Majidi 85' Pejman Jamshidi 88' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 October 1999 (1999-10-19) 3 Sepahan 1 – 4 Esteghlal Isfahan
Majid Basirat 75' Ali Latifi 30'
Behzad Dadashzadeh 40'
Alireza Nikbakht 79'
Mohammad Navazi 85' (pen.)
2 November 1999 (1999-11-02) 4 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Chooka Talesh Tehran
Mahmoud Fekri 8'
Farhad Majidi 81'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
24 September 1999 (1999-09-24) 5 Piroozi 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 September 1999 (1999-09-28) 6 Foolad 2 – 0 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Amir Khalifeh-Asl 48', 59' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
3 October 1999 (1999-10-03) 7 Bahman 0 – 3 Esteghlal Tehran
Farhad Majidi 41'
Mohammad Navazi 47' (pen.)
Ahmad Momenzadeh 87'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
7 October 1999 (1999-10-07) 8 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Irsotter Tehran
Ali Latifi 44'
Alireza Nikbakht 50'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 October 1999 (1999-10-19) 9 Sanat Naft 0 – 1 Esteghlal Abadan
Sattar Hamedani 37' (pen.) Stadium: Takhti Stadium
24 October 1999 (1999-10-24) 10 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
Mahmoud Fekri 23' (25) Reza Sahebi 67' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
29 October 1999 (1999-10-29) 11 PAS Tehran 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Aref Mohammadvand 38' Alireza Akbarpour 35' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
8 November 1999 (1999-11-08) 12 Fajr Sepasi 3 – 0 Esteghlal Shiraz
Reza Rezaei-Kamal 70' (pen.)
Esmaeili 82'		 Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
14 November 1999 (1999-11-14) 13 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Aboomoslem Tehran
Ali Latifi 55' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
24 January 2000 (2000-01-24) 14 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Tractor Sazi Tehran
Behzad Dadashzadeh 50' Ali Zarei 30' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
13 February 2000 (2000-02-13) 15 Saipa 0 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Kazem Mahmoudi 55' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
30 January 2000 (2000-01-30) 16 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
Mohammad Niksirat 48'
Alireza Akbarpour 76'		 Levon Stepanyan 57' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
8 February 2000 (2000-02-08) 17 Chooka Talesh 0 – 0 Esteghlal Talesh
Stadium: Pourya-ye Vali Stadium
27 February 2000 (2000-02-27) 18 Esteghlal 0 – 2 Piroozi Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab 8'
Payan Rafat 81'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 February 2000 (2000-02-23) 19 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Foolad Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
3 March 2000 (2000-03-03) 20 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Bahman Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
8 March 2000 (2000-03-08) 21 Irsotter 1 – 1 Esteghlal Noshahr
Omid Rezaei 72' Arastoo Mohammadi 74' Stadium: Shohada Stadium
12 March 2000 (2000-03-12) 22 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 April 2000 (2000-04-28) 23 Zob Ahan 1 – 4 Esteghlal Fooladshahr
Davoud Mahabadi 63' Ali Latifi 26'
Alireza Akbarpour 53'
Dariush Yazdani 70'
Mohammad Navazi 79'		 Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
5 May 2000 (2000-05-05) 24 Esteghlal 3 – 0 PAS Tehran Tehran
Ali Latifi 15'
Behzad Dadashzadeh 29'
Mahmoud Fekri 53'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
11 May 2000 (2000-05-11) 25 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
21 May 2000 (2000-05-21) 26 Aboomoslem 0 – 0 Esteghlal Mashhad
Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup
Main article: 1999–2000 Hazfi Cup

Round of 16
8 December 1999 (1999-12-08) First leg Mes Kerman 0 – 3 Esteghlal Kerman
Mahmoud Fekri 42'
Alireza Akbarpour 56'
Ali Latifi 58'		 Stadium: Salimikia Stadium
15 December 1999 (1999-12-15) Second leg Esteghlal 5 – 0
(8 – 0 agg.)		 Mes Kerman Tehran
Alireza Akbarpour 49'
Afshin Hajipour 56'
Mohammad Navazi 60' (pen.)
Ali Latifi 61' 75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium

1/8 finals
20 April 2000 (2000-04-20) Esteghlal 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Keshavarz Tehran
Behzad Dadashzadeh 69'
Sattar Hamedani 111'		 Hossein Pashaei 73' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals
16 May 2000 (2000-05-16) First leg Irsotter 1 – 1 Esteghlal Noshahr
Omidreza Ramezani 16' Bahman Tahmasebi 1' Stadium: Shohada Stadium
26 May 2000 (2000-05-26) Second leg Esteghlal 6 – 0
(7 – 1 agg.)		 Irsotter Tehran
Alireza Nikbakht 19'
Dariush Yazdani 23', 49', 85', 91'
Behzad Nashta 29' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinal
31 May 2000 (2000-05-31) Esteghlal 2 – 1 Saipa Tehran
Dariush Yazdani 36', 78' Mojtaba Taghavi 50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Final
16 June 2000 (2000-06-16) Esteghlal 3 – 1 Bahman Tehran
Mohammad Navazi 45', 57'
Ali Latifi 82'		 Reza Jabbari 90' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Main article: 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

First round
14 September 2000 (2000-09-14) First leg Esteghlal Iran 7 – 0 Lebanon Homenmen Tehran, Iran
Ali Latifi 20', 55', 85'
Farhad Majidi 34', 64', 66'
Alireza Akbarpour 67'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
22 September 2000 (2000-09-22) Second leg Homenmen Lebanon 0 – 8
(0 – 15 agg.)		 Iran Esteghlal Beirut, Lebanon
Alireza Nikbakht 32'
Ali Latifi 38', 89'
Ahmad Momenzadeh 42'
Farhad Majidi 63', 75', 85', 86'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Second round
3 November 2000 (2000-11-03) First leg Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia 1 – 0 Iran Esteghlal Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Hamzah Idris 27' (pen.)
17 November 2000 (2000-11-17) Second leg Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1
(1 – 2 agg.)		 Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad Tehran, Iran
Mahmoud Fekri 75' Muhammad Hasavi 90' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also

References
  1. "Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 1999–2000". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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