Esteghlal FC

🌍 Iran 📅 Founded 1945 🏷 EST

🏟 Azadi Stadium · Teheran · 100,000 cap.

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League History

League	25/26	24/25	23/24	22/23	21/22	20/21	19/20	18/19	17/18	16/17
AFC Champions League Two cup	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Hazfi Cup cup	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Persian Gulf Pro League	1	9	2	3	1	1	2	3	6	2
Super Cup cup	✓	·	·	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·
AFC Champions League Elite cup	·	6	·	·	1	2	3	✓	✓	·

Standings 2019

League	#	P	Pts	GD	Form
AFC Champions League Elite	3	6	8	-2
Persian Gulf Pro League	2	30	53	+24

Recent Fixtures 2019

Players by Country

Iran 40 ▾

A. Dashti A. Gholami A. Goug A. Karimi A. Khodamoradi A. Motahari A. Rezavand A. Sayyadmanesh A. Sohrabian D. Shojaeian F. Bagheri F. Esmaeili F. Mohammadi F. Rabet Farshid Bagheri H. Hosseini H. Pourhamidi Khosro Heydari M. Bolboli M. Daneshgar M. Ghaedi M. Karimi M. Mohammadi M. Nourollahi M. Rigi M. Tabrizi M. Teymouri M. Zakipour O. Noorafkan P. Montazeri R. Cheshmi Reza Azari Reza Karimi Rouhollah Bagheri S. Aghaei S. Taherkhani S. Yazdani Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Oskouei Sina Khadempour Vouria Ghafouri

Bulgaria 1 ▾

Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov

Guinea-Bissau 1 ▾

Esmaël Gonçalves

Iraq 1 ▾

Humam Tariq

Mali 1 ▾

C. Diabaté

Nigeria 1 ▾

G. Mensha

South Africa 1 ▾

Ayanda Patosi

Squad 2019

Goalkeeper 6 ▾

Player	Apps	Yellow	Rating
H. Hosseini Iran	30	2
H. Hosseini Iran	4	0	6.9
Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Oskouei Iran	2	0	6.3
M. Nourollahi Iran	0	0
M. Nourollahi Iran	0	0
H. Pourhamidi Iran	0	0

Defender 13 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
M. Daneshgar Iran	23	4		6	1
A. Gholami Iran	21	1		3	0
M. Zakipour Iran	17	0		2	0
S. Yazdani Iran	12	0		0	0
P. Montazeri Iran	6	1		0	0	6.7
M. Daneshgar Iran	5	1	1	3	0	7.0
M. Zakipour Iran	4	0		2	0	6.6
A. Sohrabian Iran	3	0		1	0	6.7
Khosro Heydari Iran	3	0		0	0	6.6
Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov Bulgaria	1	0		0	0
M. Teymouri Iran	0	0		0	0
F. Mohammadi Iran	0	0		0	0
A. Goug Iran	0	0		0	0

Midfielder 27 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
M. Ghaedi Iran	30	10		2	0
A. Rezavand Iran	27	1		6	0
M. Rigi Iran	26	1		5	0
R. Cheshmi Iran	22	1		2	0
F. Esmaeili Iran	22	2		3	0
F. Bagheri Iran	15	0		1	0
A. Dashti Iran	14	0		4	0
D. Shojaeian Iran	7	1		2	0
A. Karimi Iran	7	5	0	1	2
Ayanda Patosi South Africa	6	0	3	0	0	7.2
O. Noorafkan Iran	5	0		1	0	6.9
Vouria Ghafouri Iran	5	0	1	1	0	6.6
Sina Khadempour Iran	5	0		0	0
R. Cheshmi Iran	4	1		2	0	6.8
M. Karimi Iran	4	0		0	0
D. Shojaeian Iran	4	0		2	0	6.7
M. Ghaedi Iran	3	0		0	0	6.6
Farshid Bagheri Iran	3	1	1	1	0
F. Bagheri Iran	3	1	1	1	0	7.3
F. Esmaeili Iran	3	0		2	0	6.9
M. Karimi Iran	2	0		0	0	6.5
Reza Karimi Iran	1	0		0	0
Humam Tariq Iraq	1	0		0	0	6.9
A. Karimi Iran	1			0	0	6.7
A. Karimi Iran	1	1	0	0	0
Farshid Bagheri Iran	1	0	0	0	0
Reza Azari Iran	0	0		0	0

Attacker 15 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Rating
C. Diabaté Mali	21	15	5
A. Motahari Iran	11	5	0
M. Tabrizi Iran	11	0	2
S. Taherkhani Iran	6	0	0
Esmaël Gonçalves Guinea-Bissau	5	0	0	6.6
S. Aghaei Iran	5	1	0
G. Mensha Nigeria	5	0	1	6.8
A. Khodamoradi Iran	5	0	0
M. Bolboli Iran	4	0	0
M. Tabrizi Iran	2	1	0	7.0
Rouhollah Bagheri Iran	1	0	0	6.7
F. Rabet Iran	1	0	0
S. Aghaei Iran	0	0	0
M. Mohammadi Iran	0	0	0
S. Taherkhani Iran	0	0	0

Forward 1 ▾

#	Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
	A. Sayyadmanesh Iran	0	0		0	0

Transfers

▲ In 16 ▾

Date	Player	From	Type
Jan 2025	M. Azadi	Al Urooba	Transfer
Aug 2024	D. Ndong	Al Riyadh	Free
Aug 2024	G. Kakuta	Amiens	Free
Feb 2024	M. Fakhreddini	Aluminium Arak	Free
Jul 2023	M. Mohammadi	Al-Arabi SC	Free
Mar 2022	Raphael Silva	Al-Faisaly FC	Free
Jul 2019	C. Diabaté	Ankaraspor	Free
Jan 2019	Ayanda Patosi	Cape Town City	Loan
Jul 2018	S. Aghaei	Aluminium Arak	N/A
Jul 2016	Róbson	Bahia	Loan
Jan 2014	Antônio de Moura Carvalho	ABC	N/A
Nov 2013	I. Basafa	Aluminium Arak	N/A
Nov 2013	Boubacar Djeidy Kébé	Shahre Baran	N/A
Jul 2013	Andranik Timotian-Samarani	Al Kharaitiyat	N/A
Jul 2011	Waleed Ali Hussein Jumah	Al Kuwait	N/A
Jul 2011	Seyed Meisam Hosseini	Gostaresh	N/A

▼ Out 20 ▾

Date	Player	To	Type
Aug 2025	Raphael Silva	Al-Faisaly FC	Free agent
Jul 2025	Masoud Juma	Migori Youth	Free agent
Jan 2024	S. Mehri	Apoel Nicosia	Free
Feb 2022	M. Azadi	Aluminium Arak	Free
Oct 2021	F. Esmaeili	Al-Arabi SC	Free
Sept 2021	C. Diabaté	Al-Gharafa	N/A
Aug 2021	M. Naderi	Altay	Free
Aug 2019	P. Montazeri	Al Kharaitiyat	Free
Jul 2019	G. Mensha	Ajman	Free
Aug 2018	M. Thiam	Ajman	N/A
Jul 2018	Fardin Najafi	Baderan Tehran	Free
Jul 2018	O. Ebrahimi	Al Ahli Doha	Free
Jul 2018	B. Najdenov	Akademija Pandev	Free
Aug 2017	S. Aghaei	Aluminium Arak	Loan
Jul 2016	S. Shahbazzadeh	Alanyaspor	N/A
Jan 2015	Hendrik Helmke	Al Ahly	N/A
Jan 2015	Boubacar Djeidy Kébé	Al Hilal Omdurman	N/A
Jan 2015	Alberto Rafael da Silva	Cabofriense	N/A
Jan 2014	Javad Nekounam	Al Kuwait	N/A
Jul 2012	Andranik Timotian-Samarani	Al Kharaitiyat	N/A