2018–19 Esteghlal F.C. season
The 2018–19 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 18th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 25nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 73rd year in existence as a football club.
| 2018–19 season | |||
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| President | Ahmadreza Fathi | ||
| Head coach | Winfried Schäfer (until 29 April) Farhad Majidi (from 29 April) | ||
| Stadium | Azadi Stadium | ||
| Iran Pro League | 3rd | ||
| Hazfi Cup | Round of 16 | ||
| Super Cup | Runners-up | ||
| 2018 AFC Champions League | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2019 AFC Champions League | Group-stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Morteza Tabrizi (5) All: Morteza Tabrizi (7) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 78,000 (vs Tractor Sazi, 10 August 2018) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 9,500 (vs Esteghlal Khuzestan, 8 May 2019) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 29,033 | ||
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Players
First team squad
Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 June 2018.
| No. | Name | Nat | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | End | Signed from | |||
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| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Mehdi Rahmati (Captain) |  |
GK | 2 February 1983 (aged 35) | 2015 | 2019 | Paykan | |||
| 19 | Mehdi Nourollahi | |
GK | 24 March 1997 (aged 21) | 2018 | 2021 | Youth system | |||
| 22 | Hossein Hosseini | |
GK | 30 June 1992 (aged 26) | 2012 | 2019 | Youth system | |||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Khosro Heydari (2nd VC) | |
RB / RM / LB | 14 September 1983 (aged 35) | 2011 | 2019 | Sepahan | |||
| 3 | Milad Zakipour | |
LB / LM | 23 November 1995 (aged 23) | 2016 | 2021 | Naft Tehran | |||
| 12 | Meysam Teymouri | |
LB | 6 July 1992 (aged 26) | 2018 | 2021 | Pars Jonoubi | |||
| 13 | Armin Sohrabian | |
LB / CB | 26 July 1995 (aged 23) | 2017 | 2019 | Sepahan | |||
| 21 | Vouria Ghafouri | |
RB / RW | 20 September 1987 (aged 31) | 2016 | 2019 | Sepahan | |||
| 33 | Pejman Montazeri (3rd VC) | |
CB / RB | 6 September 1983 (aged 35) | 2017 | 2019 |  Al Ahli | |||
| 44 | Farshad Mohammadi | |
RB / RW | 4 September 1994 (aged 24) | 2018 | 2021 | Pars Jonoubi | |||
| 70 | Mohammad Daneshgar | |
CB | 20 January 1994 (aged 24) | 2018 | 2020 | Saipa | |||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 4 | Roozbeh Cheshmi | |
CB / DM | 24 July 1993 (aged 25) | 2015 | 2019 | Saba Qom | |||
| 5 | Ayanda Patosi |  |
AM / LW | 31 October 1992 (aged 26) | 2019 | 2019 | Cape Town | |||
| 6 | Ali Karimi | |
CM / DM | 11 February 1994 (aged 24) | 2018 | 2019 | Sepahan | |||
| 8 | Farshid Esmaeili | |
AM / LW / RW | 23 February 1994 (aged 24) | 2015 | 2020 | Fajr Sepasi | |||
| 14 | Farshid Bagheri | |
DM / CM | 5 June 1992 (aged 26) | 2016 | 2020 | Saba Qom | |||
| 17 | Humam Tariq |  |
LW / RW / AM | 10 February 1996 (aged 22) | 2018 | 2021 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | |||
| 23 | Dariush Shojaeian | |
RW / LW / AM | 7 April 1992 (aged 26) | 2017 | 2020 | Gostaresh Foulad | |||
| 28 | Mohsen Karimi | |
LW / RW / SS | 20 September 1994 (aged 24) | 2014 | 2020 | Youth system | |||
| 30 | Omid Noorafkan | |
DM / LB | 9 April 1997 (aged 21) | 2019 | 2019 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Charleroi | |||
| 77 | Reza Azari | |
AM / CM | 10 February 1998 (aged 20) | 2018 | 2023 | Youth system | |||
| 88 | Reza Karimi | |
RW / LW / SS | 23 August 1998 (aged 20) | 2018 | 2021 |  Skënderbeu Korçë | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 10 | Rouhollah Bagheri | |
CF / RW | 12 February 1991 (aged 27) | 2018 | 2021 | Khooneh be Khooneh | |||
| 11 | Morteza Tabrizi | |
CF / LW | 6 January 1991 (aged 27) | 2018 | 2020 | Zob Ahan | |||
| 16 | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | |
CF / RW / LW | 29 June 2001 (aged 17) | 2018 | 2023 | Saipa | |||
| 20 | Esmaël Gonçalves |  |
CF / LW | 25 June 1991 (aged 27) | 2019 | 2020 |  Pakhtakor | |||
| 25 | Mehdi Ghayedi | |
LW / RW | 5 December 1998 (aged 20) | 2017 | 2023 | Iranjavan | |||
| 90 | Godwin Mensha |  |
CF / SS | 2 September 1989 (aged 29) | 2019 | 2020 | Persepolis | |||
| Players transferred during the season | ||||||||||
| 7 | Markus Neumayr |  |
AM / CM | 23 March 1986 (aged 32) | 2018 | 2020 |  Kasımpaşa | |||
| 9 | Alhaji Gero | |
CF | 10 October 1993 (aged 25) | 2018 | 2021 |  Östersunds | |||
| 24 | Jaber Ansari | |
SS / AM / RW | 10 January 1987 (aged 31) | 2015 | 2019 | Gostaresh Foulad | |||
Persian Gulf League Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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2018 AFC Champions League Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
Ends | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | CF | |
Morteza Aghakhan | 25 | Peykan | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | [1] |
| 44 | RB | |
Farshad Mohammadi | 23 | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | [2] |
| 10 | CF | |
Rouhollah Bagheri | 27 | Khooneh be Khooneh | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | [3] |
| 70 | CB | |
Mohammad Daneshgar | 24 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | [4] |
| 19 | GK | |
Mehdi Nourollahi | 21 | Esteghlal Academy | Promoted | Summer | 2021 | |
| 32 | RB | |
Amirhossein Kargar | 19 | Esteghlal Academy | Promoted | Summer | 2021 | |
| 45 | DM | |
Sina Khadempour | 21 | Naft Tehran | End of loan | Summer | 2021 | [5] |
| 99 | LW | |
Sajjad Aghaei | 19 | Aluminium Arak | End of loan | Summer | 2021 | [6] |
| 16 | CF | |
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | 16 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | [7] |
| 12 | LB | |
Meysam Teymouri | 25 | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | [8] |
| 77 | CM | |
Reza Azari | 20 | Esteghlal Academy | Promoted | Summer | 2021 | [9] |
| 18 | CB | |
Shahin Taherkhani | 21 | Peykan U21 | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | |
| 6 | CM | |
Ali Karimi | 24 | Sepahan | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [10] |
| 11 | LW | |
Morteza Tabrizi | 27 | Zob Ahan | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | [11] |
| 7 | AM | |
Markus Neumayr | 32 | Kasımpaşa |
Transfer | Summer | 2020 | |
| 17 | RW | |
Humam Tariq | 22 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Transfer | Summer | 2021 | [12] |
| 9 | CF | |
Alhaji Gero | 24 | Östersunds |
Transfer | Summer | 2021 | [13] |
| 88 | AM | |
Reza Karimi | 20 | Skënderbeu Korçë |
Transfer | Winter | 2021 | [14] |
| 20 | CF | |
Esmaël Gonçalves | 27 | Pakhtakor |
Transfer | Winter | 2020 | [15] |
| 30 | DM | |
Omid Noorafkan | 21 | Charleroi |
Loan | Winter | 2019 | [16] |
| 43 | LB | |
Amirhossein Pourmohammad | 20 | Esteghlal Academy | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | |
| 38 | CF | |
Meraj Pourtaghi | 20 | Esteghlal Academy | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | |
| 17 | RW | |
Zakaria Moradi | 20 | Esteghlal Academy | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | |
| 5 | AM | |
Ayanda Patosi | 26 | Cape Town |
Loan | Winter | 2019 | |
| 90 | CF | |
Godwin Mensha | 29 | Persepolis | Transfer | Winter | 2020 |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | CB |  |
Leandro Padovani Celin | 34 | Retired | End of contract | Summer | |
| 24 | DM | |
Omid Noorafkan | 21 | Charleroi |
Transfer | Summer | [17] |
| 70 | RW | |
Mohammad Javad Mohammadi | 21 | Arvand Khorramshahr | Loan | Summer | |
| 13 | LW | |
Miad Yazdani | 25 | Sepidrood Rasht | Transfer | Summer | |
| 77 | RW | |
Behnam Barzay | 25 | Sanat Naft | Transfer | Summer | |
| CM | |
Majid Tajik | 21 | Gol Reyhan | Transfer | Summer | ||
| 6 | DM | |
Omid Ebrahimi | 30 | Al-Ahli |
End of contract | Summer | |
| 26 | CF | |
Fardin Najafi | 20 | Baadraan | Loan | Summer | |
| 20 | AM | |
Server Djeparov | 35 |  Zhetysu |
End of contract | Summer | |
| 5 | CB | |
Majid Hosseini | 22 | Trabzonspor |
Transfer | Summer | |
| 25 | CF |  |
Mame Baba Thiam | 25 |  Al-Ajman |
Transfer | Summer | [18] |
| 80 | CM |  |
Bojan Najdenov | 26 | KF Laçi |
Transfer | Summer | |
| 9 | CF | |
Ali Ghorbani | 27 |  Spartak Trnava |
End of contract | Summer | |
| DM | |
Amirhossein Sheikholeslami | 19 |  Marítimo B |
Transfer | Summer | ||
| 7 | AM | |
Markus Neumayr | 32 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Aarau |
Transfer | Winter | [19] |
| 45 | DM | |
Sina Khadempour | 22 | Gol Gohar | Loan | Winter | |
| 24 | RW | |
Jaber Ansari | 32 | Paykan | Transfer | Winter | |
| 69 | LW | |
Heydar Ali Ahmadzadeh | 21 | Shahrdari Mahshahr | Transfer | Winter | [20] |
| 9 | CF | |
Alhaji Gero | 25 | Östersunds |
Transfer | Winter |
Pre-season and friendlies
| 18 July 2018 4 | Bursaspor U23 | 0 – 6 | Esteghlal | Kartepe, Turkey |
| 16:30 Turkey Time (UTC+03:00) | Report |
| 20 July 2018 5 | Esteghlal | 2 – 0 |  Nebitçi Balkanabat | Kartepe, Turkey |
| 17:00 Turkey Time (UTC+03:00) | Report |
| 14 October 2018 1 | Esteghlal | 2 – 1 | Esteghlal Academy | Tehran, Iran |
| 15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | F. Bagheri  M. Tabrizi |
Report | M. Pourtaghi |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Pro League | 27 July 2018 | 16 May 2019 | — | 3rd | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 53.33 |
| Hazfi Cup | 2 October 2018 | 1 November 2018 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Super Cup | 20 July 2018 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 | |
| 2018 ACL | 27 August 2018 | 17 September 2018 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0.00 |
| 2019 ACL | February 2019 | 20 May 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 33.33 |
| Total | 41 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 46.34 | ||||
Last updated: 21 May 2019.
Source: Competitions
Iran Pro League
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 58 | |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 57 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 |
| 4 | Padideh | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 56 | |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 52 |
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 9 | +11 |
Last updated: 16 May 2019.
Source: Ipl Stats
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
| 27 July 2018 1 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Paykan | Tehran |
| 20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | F. Bagheri  23' S. Aghaei 26' |
Report | F. Emamali 5' M. Batista 32' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar |
| 2 August 2018 2 | Zob Ahan | 2 – 2 | Esteghlal | Isfahan |
| 20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | R. Habibzadeh 24' 18' E. Hernández 45' M. Nejadmehdi 45' V. Mohammadzadeh 59'  75' |
Report | V. Ghafouri 43', 56' M. Daneshgar 10' 90+1' F. Mohammadi-Mehr 76' A. Sohrabian 76' A. Sayyadmanesh 85' |
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari |
| 10 August 2018 3 | Esteghlal | 3 – 0 | Tractor Sazi | Tehran |
| 20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | A. Abdollahzadeh 13' (o.g.) M. Tabrizi 28' F. Esmaeili 51' |
Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali |
| 16 August 2018 4 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Jam |
| 20:33 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | A. Sohrabian 12' (o.g.) E. Salehi 56' Nouri 70' M. Lotfi 85' H. Noormohammadi 90+5' |
Report | M. Daneshgar 19' A. Karimi 86' |
Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar |
| 22 August 2018 5 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Foolad | Tehran |
| 20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | M. Daneshgar 34' |
Report | E. Moradian 73' M. Najjarian 78' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Koupal Nazemi |
| 22 September 2018 7 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal | Qaem Shahr |
| 19:32 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M. Abshak 25' A. Abdollahzadeh 87' |
Report | R. Bagheri 66' |
Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar |
| 27 September 2018 8 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Persepolis | Tehran |
| 18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | A. Sohrabian 25' P. Montazeri 47' R. Cheshmi 90+2' |
Report | A. Nourollahi 75' S. Khalilzadeh 90+1' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani |
| 6 October 2018 6 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 1 – 2 | Esteghlal | Masjed Soleyman |
| 18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | H.Nassari 12' (p) 16' E. Sharifat 7' M. Ghaed Rahmati 65' M. Coulibaly  73' M. Hosseini 90' |
Report | A. Sayyadmanesh 2' 25' M. Ghayedi 29' M. Zakipour 17' 47' R. Bagheri 65' F. Mohammadi Mehr 71' |
Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali |
| 19 October 2018 9 | Saipa | 1 – 2 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 15:32 IRST (UTC+03:30) | A. Dashti 7' 28' M. Torabi 70' |
Report | M. Daneshgar 23' V. Ghafouri 81' (p) A. Sohrabian 70' |
Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard |
| 26 October 2018 10 | Esteghlal | 0 – 1 | Sepahan | Tehran |
| 16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | F. Bagheri 36' F. Esmaeili 88' |
Report | K. Stanlley 81' M. Mohammadi 25' M. Kiani 71' E. Pourghaz 77' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi |
| 5 November 2018 11 | Machine Sazi | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal | Tabriz |
| 15:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | A.Maboudi 89' |
Report | Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 7,000 |
| 13 December 2018 12 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Padideh | Tehran |
| 16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M. Daneshgar 11' M. Zakipour 29' A. Sayyad 84' 88' |
Report | H. Mehraban 11' A. Nemati 53' M. Khalatbari 57' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard |
| 25 November 2018 13 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 0 – 1 | Esteghlal | Ahvaz |
| 17:35 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M.Shahmakvandzadeh 54' |
Report | R.Bagheri 29' F. Bagheri 25' F. Esmaeili 57' F. Mohammadi 58' |
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 8,000 |
| 29 November 2018 14 | Esteghlal | 3 – 0 | Sanat Naft | Tehran |
| 17:33 IRST (UTC+03:30) | F. Bagheri 9' H. Tariq 24' A. Sayyadmanesh 74' M. Zakipour 80' M. Neumayr 86' |
Report | H. Saki 69' A. Imani 76' S. Ghorbani 85' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Man of the Match: Farshid Esmaeili |
| 7 December 2018 15 | Sepidrood | 0 – 5 | Esteghlal | Rasht |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M. Nozhati 26' A. Ezzati 55' |
Report | F. Bagheri 12', 34' J. Ansari 57' Tohidast 58' (o.g.) R. Azari 75' |
Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Man of the Match: Farshid Bagheri |
| 7 February 2019 16 | Paykan | 0 – 4 | Esteghlal | Shahr-e Qods |
| 15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M. Batista 6' F. Emamali 57' |
Report | M. Tabrizi 16' O. Noorafkan 20' M. Zakipour 58'M. Daneshgar 81' Isma 83' F. Bagheri 90+1' V. Ghafouri 90+2' |
Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 10,000 |
| 24 February 2019 17 | Esteghlal | 3 – 0 | Zob Ahan | Tehran |
| 18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | F. Esmaeili 7'} R. Cheshmi 38' A. Patosi 40' M. Daneshgar 51' |
Report | H. Mohammadi 38' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: A. Patosi |
| 15 February 2019 18 | Tractor Sazi | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Tabriz |
| 15:36 IRST (UTC+03:30) | A. Dejagah 45' 53' A. Imani 58' |
Report | D. Shojaeian 32' R. Cheshmi 90' |
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi |
| 20 February 2019 19 | Esteghlal | 2 – 0 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Tehran |
| 18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | E. Mirjavan 11' (o.g.) R. Cheshmi 23' A. Patosi 38' P. Montazeri 64' V. Ghafouri 84' Isma 92' |
Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Hassan Ekrami Man of the Match: Ayanda Patosi |
| 28 February 2019 20 | Foolad | 1 – 3 | Esteghlal | Ahvaz |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | H. Beyt Saeed 38' R. Mirzaei 34' R. Messi 64' |
Report | G. Mensha 15' M. Daneshgar 19' A. Patosi 40' M. Karimi 90+2' Isma 90+4' |
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali Man of the Match: Godwin Mensha |
| 8 March 2019 21 | Esteghlal | 1 – 0 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | Tehran |
| 18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | A. Karimi 9' O. Noorafkan 41' H. Hosseini 79' |
Report | H. Nassari 40' Y. Vakia 74' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ali Safaei |
| 16 March 2019 22 | Esteghlal | 1 – 0 | Nassaji Mazandaran | Tehran |
| 19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M. Tabrizi 42' (pen.) D. Shojaeian 68' G. Mensha 90+2' |
Report | F. Faraji 38' M. Abdi 41' M. Abshak 67' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian |
| 30 March 2019 23 | Persepolis | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 16:01 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | A. Nourollahi 21' S. Khalilzadeh 44' A. Beiranvand 45+2' M. Torabi 57' J. Hosseini 57' |
Report | M. Zakipour 44' F. Esmaeili  45+1' A. Karimi 59' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi |
| 3 April 2019 24 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Saipa | Tehran |
| 17:46 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | A. Karimi 90' |
Report | A. Dashti 57' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani |
| 12 April 2019 25 | Sepahan | 0 – 1 | Esteghlal | Isfahan |
| 17:47 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | K. Shafiei 57' |
Report | A. Patosi 90+7' |
Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Man of the Match: Ayanda Patosi |
| 17 April 2019 26 | Esteghlal | 1 – 0 | Machine Sazi | Tehran |
| 20:17 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | M. Ghayedi 76' O. Noorafkan 49' 90+2' R. Cheshmi 50' |
Report | J. Quitongo 55' F. Karimi 71' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Man of the Match: Mehdi Ghayedi |
| 27 April 2019 27 | Padideh | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Mashhad |
| 20:16 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Barzay 8' M. Ghaseminejad 42' A. Sadeghi 45' A. Hosseini 67' M. Farahani 89' |
Report | Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Koupal Nazemi |
| 1 May 2019 28 | Esteghlal | 4 – 2 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Tehran |
| 20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | D. Shojaeian 4' Isma 26' R. Karimi 68' M. Tabrizi 86' A. Karimi 90' |
Report | V. Hamdinejad 26' Farid Amiri 28' R. Naami 37' M. Sharifi 63' R. Darvishi 75' A. Kalantari 79' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar |
| 11 May 2019 29 | Sanat Naft | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal | Abadan |
| 21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | H. Saki 83' M. Ghorishi 90' |
Report | A. Sohrabian 30' P. Montazeri 51' R. Cheshmi 63' M. Tabrizi 75' |
Stadium: Takhti Abadan Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian |
| 16 May 2019 30 | Esteghlal | 2 – 1 | Sepidrood | Tehran |
| 21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | M. Ghayedi 26' M. Tabrizi 68' A. Sohrabian 57' R. Cheshmi 68' D. Shojaeian 83' |
Report | M. Bayrami 84' 92' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani |
Hazfi Cup
| 2 October 2018 Round of 32 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Esteghlal | Masjed Soleyman |
| 20:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | H. Nassari 64' |
Report | R. Bagheri 96' M. Tabrizi 70' M. Ghayedi 95' V. Ghafouri 109' |
Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi |
| 1 November 2018 Round of 16 | Esteghlal | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 p) | Saipa | Tehran |
| 16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | F. Esmaeili 17' (pen.) 49' A. Gero 34' (pen.) M. Daneshgar 54' M. Zakipour 66' R. Cheshmi 111' |
Report | M. Torabi 28' M. Hajmohammadi 42' S. Sarfo 23' 33' R. Asadi 80' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari |
| Penalties | ||||
Sohrabian  Ghayedi R. Bagheri Esmaeili |
Rezavand Ramezani Asadi Torabi |
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Super Cup
| 20 July 2018 Final | Persepolis | 3 – 0 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| (DST+04:30) | Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium | ||
| Note: The match was not played, because Esteghlal refused to do it. Football Federation declared the match 3–0 in favor of Persepolis. | ||||
2018 AFC Champions League
Quarter-finals
| 27 August 2018 First leg | Esteghlal | 1 – 3 | Al-Sadd | Tehran, Iran |
| 20:30 UTC+4:30 | M. Barsham 12' (o.g.) M. Neumayr 42'A. Sohrabian 47'F. Bagheri 64' |
Live Report Stats Report |
A. Afif 61' B. Bounedjah 65' 74' (pen.)J. Woo-young 24' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 78,116 Referee:  Ma NingMan of the Match: Baghdad Bounedjah |
| 17 September 2018 Second leg | Al-Sadd | 2 – 2 (5 – 3 agg.) | Esteghlal | Doha, Qatar |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | A. Afif 27' B. Bounedjah 90+1' (pen.)Y. Abubakar 81' |
Live Report Stats Report |
R. Bagheri 33' M. Tabrizi 49'R. Cheshmi 22' 51'F. Esmaeili 86'M. Rahmati 90+1' |
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 6,462 Referee:  Muhammad TaqiMan of the Match: Akram Afif |
2019 AFC Champions League
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | DUH | EST | AIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Al-Hilal |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Al-Duhail |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Esteghlal |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Al-Ain |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
Matches
| 5 March 2019 1 | Al-Duhail | 3 – 0 | Esteghlal | Doha, Qatar |
| 18:15 UTC+3 | M. Benatia 56' Y. El-Arabi 73' A. Afifi 90+1' A. Yasser 32' |
Live Report Stats Report |
O. Noorafkan 27' V. Ghafouri 65' |
Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 6,888 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Man of the Match: Shoya Nakajima |
| 12 March 2019 2 | Esteghlal | 1 – 1 | Al-Ain | Tehran, Iran |
| 19:00 UTC+3:30 | F. Bagheri 53' 19' F. Esmaeili 82' |
Live Report Stats Report |
T. Shiotani 85' A. Abdulrahman 90+1' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,178 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) Man of the Match: Farshid Bagheri |
| 8 April 2019 3 | Esteghlal | 2 – 1 | Al-Hilal | Doha, Qatar |
| 20:00 UTC+3 | A. Karimi 5' 19' P. Montazeri 30' M. Daneshgar 51' F. Esmaeili 56' M. Zakipour 90+5' |
Live Report Stats Report |
A. Al-Bulaihi 32' B. Gomis 71' |
Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 947 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
| 23 April 2019 4 | Al-Hilal | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| 19:00 UTC+4 | N. Al Abed 25' 52' M. Al-Breik 48' S. Giovinco 51' Y. Al-Shahrani 74' |
Live Report Stats Report |
G. Mensha 15' M. Daneshgar 30' D. Shojaeian 45' R. Cheshmi 60' |
Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 2,212 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) |
| 6 May 2019 5 | Esteghlal | 1 – 1 | Al-Duhail | Tehran, Iran |
| 20:30 UTC+4:30 | D. Shojaeian 7' R. Cheshmi 53' A. Sohrabian 65' |
Live Report Stats Report |
Edmilson 55' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 37,400 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
| 20 May 2019 6 | Al-Ain | 1 – 2 | Esteghlal | Al Ain, UAE |
| 22:00 UTC+4 | M. Berg 13' 38' Caio 34' S. Jumaa 90+3' |
Live Report Stats Report |
M. Daneshgar 22' 78' M. Tabrizi 45+1' R. Cheshmi 50' |
Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) Man of the Match: Morteza Tabrizi |
Statistics
Squad statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Super Cup | 2018 ACL | 2019 ACL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | |
Mehdi Rahmati | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | |
Khosro Heydari | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | |
Milad Zakipour | 28 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | |
Roozbeh Cheshmi | 27 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | |
Ayanda Patosi | 19 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | |
Ali Karimi | 33 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | |
Markus Neumayr † | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | |
Farshid Esmaeili | 28 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | |
Alhaji Gero † | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | |
Rouhollah Bagheri | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | |
Morteza Tabrizi | 29 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | |
Meysam Teymouri | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | |
Armin Sohrabian | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | |
Farshid Bagheri | 28 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | |
Allahyar Sayyad | 18 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | |
Humam Tariq | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | |
Esmaël Gonçalves | 18 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | |
Vouria Ghafouri | 31 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | |
Hossein Hosseini | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | |
Dariush Shojaeian | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | |
Jaber Ansari † | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | |
Mehdi Ghayedi | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | |
Mohsen Karimi | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | |
Omid Noorafkan | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | |
Pejman Montazeri | 34 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | |
Farshad Mohammadi Mehr | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | |
Mohammad Daneshgar | 29 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | |
Reza Azari | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | |
Reza Karimi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | |
Godwin Mensha | 18 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | |
Sajjad Aghaei | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 4 June 2019
Source: Competitions
- † Players who left the club mid-season.
Goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Position | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | ACL1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morteza Tabrizi |
FW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Vouria Ghafouri |
DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ayanda Patosi |
MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Farshid Bagheri |
MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Mehdi Ghayedi |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Esmaël Gonçalves |
FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ali Karimi |
MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mohammad Daneshgar |
DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Farshid Esmaeili |
MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rouhollah Bagheri |
FW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Allahyar Sayyad |
FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Milad Zakipour |
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Humam Tariq |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reza Azari |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reza Karimi |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Godwin Mensha |
FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jaber Ansari |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Roozbeh Cheshmi |
DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pejman Montazeri |
DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alhaji Gero |
FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Total | 40 | 3 | 9 | 52 | ||
1 Includes 2018 AFC Champions League, 2019 AFC Champions League.
Clean sheets
| Rank | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | ACL1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehdi Rahmati |
12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Hossein Hosseini |
7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 20 | |
1 Includes 2018 AFC Champions League, 2019 AFC Champions League.
Bookings & sending-off
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | 2018 ACL | 2019 ACL | Total | Notes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | GK | |
Mehdi Rahmati | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | |
Milad Zakipour | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | |
Roozbeh Cheshmi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | |
Ali Karimi | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | |
Markus Neumayr | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | |
Farshid Esmaeili | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 10 | FW | |
Rouhollah Bagheri | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | |
Morteza Tabrizi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | DF | |
Armin Sohrabian | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 14 | MF | |
Farshid Bagheri | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | FW | |
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | |
Esmaël Gonçalves | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | DF | |
Vouria Ghafouri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 22 | GK | |
Hossein Hosseini | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | |
Dariush Shojaeian | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | MF | |
Mehdi Ghayedi | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | MF | |
Mohsen Karimi | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | |
Omid Noorafkan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 33 | DF | |
Pejman Montazeri | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 44 | DF | |
Farshad Mohammadi | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 70 | DF | |
Mohammad Daneshgar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 90 | FW | |
Godwin Mensha | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 99 | FW | |
Sajjad Aghaei | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 5 June 2019
Source: Scoreway
Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Suspensions
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | No. of matches served |
Reason | Competition | Date served | Opponent(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | DF | |
Mohammad Daneshgar | 1 | Double yellow card in a match against Zob Ahan | League | 10 August 2018 | Tractor Sazi | |
| 16 | FW | |
Allahyar Sayyad | 2 | Immoral celebration | 16 August 2018 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | ||
| 22 August 2018 | Foolad | ||||||||
| 99 | FW | |
Sajjad Aghaei | 2 | 16 August 2018 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | |||
| 22 August 2018 | Foolad | ||||||||
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