2011–12 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal Tehran FC
2011–12 season
President	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coach	Parviz Mazloomi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	3rd
Champions League	Round of 16
Hazfi Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mojtaba Jabari (10); All: ; Mojtaba Jabari (13) ; Arash Borhani (13)
Highest home attendance	93,000 vs Tractor Sazi; (9 September 2011)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs Mes Sarcheshmeh; (30 October 2011); 5,000 vs Sanat Naft; (13 December 2011); 5,000 vs Mes Kerman; (15 January 2012)
Average home league attendance	32,235
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 67th year in existence as a football club. Mojtaba Jabbari and Arash Borhani both with 13 goals are the top scorers of Esteghlal.

Club[edit]

Kit[edit]

Supplier: Uhlsport
Sponsor(s): City Bank

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Parviz Mazloomi
Assistant Coach	Michael Henke
First Team Coach	Behtash Fariba
First Team Coach	Attila Hejazi
Goalkeeper Coach	Hossein Torabpour
Analyzer	Mehdi Arjanginia
Fitness Trainer	Mohammadreza Molaei
Technical Adviser	Morteza Mohasses
Technical Manager	Mansour Pourheidari

Other information[edit]

Chairman	Ali Fatollahzadeh
Deputy Chairman	Ali Nazari Juybari
Football Academy President	Reza Rajabi
Doctor	Akbar Rezaei
Psychologist	Abbas Montazeri
Media Officer	Mohammad Hayrani
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75 meters)

Technical Committee[edit]

Name
Hassan Rowshan
Alireza Mansourian
Javad Ghorab
Asghar Hajilou

Player[edit]

First team squad[edit]

Last updated: 5 January 2012

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati	GK	(1983-02-02)February 2, 1983 (aged 28)	Sepahan
21	Mehrdad Hosseini	GK	(1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 22)	Persepolis
22	Hadi Zarrin Saed	GK	(1979-07-25)July 25, 1979 (aged 32)	Machine Sazi
39	Mehdi Eslami	GK	(1985-05-05)May 5, 1985 (aged 26)	PAS Hamedan
41	Mohammad Torkaman	GK	(1990-11-05)November 5, 1990 (aged 21)	Gostaresh Foolad
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari	RM, RB	(1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 28)	Sepahan
3	Mehdi Amirabadi (c)	RB, LB	(1979-02-22)February 22, 1979 (aged 32)	Saipa
4	Hamid Azizzadeh	CB	(1981-06-06)June 6, 1981 (aged 30)	Aluminium Hormozgan
5	Hanif Omranzadeh	CB	(1985-04-30)April 30, 1985 (aged 26)	PAS Hamedan
12	Jlloyd Samuel	LB, CB, DM	(1981-03-29)March 29, 1981 (aged 30)	Bolton Wanderers
16	Meisam Hosseini	LB	(1987-06-07)June 7, 1987 (aged 24)	Gostaresh Foolad
31	Javad Shirzad	LB	(1982-09-20)September 20, 1982 (aged 29)	Foolad
33	Pejman Montazeri	CB, RB	(1983-09-06)September 6, 1983 (aged 28)	Foolad
40	Ali Hamoudi	RB, RM	(1986-03-21)March 21, 1986 (aged 25)	Foolad
Midfielders
6	Kianoush Rahmati	DM, CM	(1978-09-18)September 18, 1978 (aged 33)	Saipa
8	Mojtaba Jabari	CM, AM	(1983-06-16)June 16, 1983 (aged 28)	Aboomoslem
11	Mohsen Yousefi	LM, LW	(1984-05-26)May 26, 1984 (aged 27)	Saba Qom
14	Andranik Teymourian	DM, CM	(1983-03-06)March 6, 1983 (aged 28)	Tractor Sazi
17	Jacques Elong Elong	DM	(1981-02-20)February 20, 1981 (aged 30)	DAC Dunajská Streda
28	Tohid Gholami	MF	(1991-12-22)December 22, 1991 (aged 20)	(Youth system)
29	Mehdi Akhoundi	MF		(Youth system)
32	Ferydoon Zandi	AM, LM	(1979-04-26)April 26, 1979 (aged 32)	Steel Azin
34	Hossein Alavi	MF	(1989-02-25)February 25, 1989 (aged 22)	Tarbiat Yazd
Forwards
9	Arash Borhani	ST	(1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 28)	PAS Tehran
10	Milad Meydavoudi	RW, ST	(1985-01-20)January 20, 1985 (aged 26)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
19	Ali Sabahi	ST		(Youth system)
20	Goran Jerković	ST	(1986-11-10)November 10, 1986 (aged 25)	FK Tauras
37	Esmaeil Sharifat	RM, RW	(1988-06-06)June 6, 1988 (aged 23)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
Players transferred during the season
7	Farhad Majidi	ST	(1977-06-03)June 3, 1977 (aged 34)	Al-Ahli
13	Karrar Jassim	SM, SS	(1987-06-11)June 11, 1987 (aged 24)	Tractor Sazi
15	Waleed Ali	LM	(1980-11-03)November 3, 1980 (aged 31)	Al Kuwait
25	Mojtaba Mojaz	ST	~~(1991-04-24)April 24, 1991 (aged 20)~~	(Youth system)
30	Ferydoon Rezaei	GK	(1990-08-24)August 24, 1990 (aged 21)	(Youth system)

Iran Pro League squad[edit]

As of 1 September 2010. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2011-12

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	IRN	Mehdi Rahmati
2	DF	IRN	Khosro Heydari
3	DF	IRN	Mehdi Amirabadi (Vice-Captain)
4	DF	IRN	Hamid Azizzadeh
5	DF	IRN	Hanif Omranzadeh
6	MF	IRN	Kianoush Rahmati
7	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8	MF	IRN	Mojtaba Jabbari (3rd captain)
9	FW	IRN	Arash Borhani
10	FW	IRN	Milad Meydavoudi
11	MF	IRN	Mohsen Yousefi
12	DF	TRI	Jlloyd Samuel
13	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim
14	MF	IRN	Andranik Teymourian
15	MF	KUW	Waleed Ali


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IRN	Meysam Hosseini
17	MF	CMR	Jacques Elong Elong
20	FW	FRA	Goran Jerković
21	GK	IRN	Mehrdad Mohammad-Hosseini
22	GK	IRN	Hadi Zarrin Saed
29	MF	IRN	Tohid Gholami
30	GK	IRN	Ferydoon Rezaei
31	DF	IRN	Javad Shirzad
32	MF	IRN	Ferydoon Zandi
33	DF	IRN	Pejman Montazeri
34	FW	IRN	Hossein Alavi
37	FW	IRN	Esmaeil Sharifat
39	GK	IRN	Mehdi Eslami
40	DF	IRN	Ali Hamoudi

AFC Champions League squad[edit]

As of 02 February 2012. Esteghlal F.C. Champions League Squad 2011-12^{[permanent dead link]}

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	IRN	Mehdi Rahmati
2	DF	IRN	Khosro Heydari
3	DF	IRN	Mehdi Amirabadi (captain)
4	DF	IRN	Hamid Azizzadeh
5	DF	IRN	Hanif Omranzadeh
6	MF	IRN	Kianoush Rahmati
8	MF	IRN	Mojtaba Jabbari (vice captain)
9	FW	IRN	Arash Borhani
10	FW	IRN	Milad Meydavoudi
11	MF	IRN	Mohsen Yousefi
12	DF	TRI	Jlloyd Samuel
14	MF	IRN	Andranik Teymourian


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IRN	Meysam Hosseini
17	MF	CMR	Jacques Elong Elong
20	FW	FRA	Goran Jerković
21	GK	IRN	Mehrdad Hosseini
22	GK	IRN	Hadi Zarrin Saed
29	MF	IRN	Tohid Gholami
31	DF	IRN	Javad Shirzad
32	MF	IRN	Ferydoon Zandi
33	DF	IRN	Pejman Montazeri
36	GK	IRN	Mehdi Eslami
37	FW	IRN	Esmaeil Sharifat
40	DF	IRN	Ali Hamoudi

Transfers[edit]

Confirmed transfers 2011–12

Updated on 6 January 2011

Summer[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim (from Tractor Sazi)^[1]
40	MF	IRN	Ali Hamoudi (from Foolad)^[2]
16	DF	IRN	Meysam Hosseini (from Gostaresh Foolad)^[3]
1	GK	IRN	Mehdi Rahmati (from Sepahan)^[4]^[5]^[6]
14	MF	IRN	Andranik Teymourian (from Tractor Sazi)^[7]^[8]
4	DF	IRN	Hamid Azizadeh (from Aluminium Hormozgan)^[9]
15	MF	KUW	Waleed Ali (from Al Kuwait)^[10]
21	GK	IRN	Mehrdad Hosseini (from Persepolis)^[11]^[12]
32	MF	IRN	Ferydoon Zandi (from Steel Azin)^[13]
2	MF	IRN	Khosro Heydari (from Sepahan)^[14]
22	GK	IRN	Hadi Zarrin-Saed (from Machine Sazi)^[15]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	IRN	Mehrshad Momeni (to Los Angeles Blues)^[16]^[17]
16	DF	BRA	André Luiz de Oliveira Regatieri (released, to J. Malucelli)^[18]
32	MF	IRN	Iman Mobali (to Sharjah)^[19]
22	GK	IRN	Mohammad Mohammadi (to Damash Gilan)^[20]
6	DF	IRN	Hadi Shakouri (to Shahin Bushehr)^[21]
17	MF	IRN	Farzad Ashoubi (to Tractor Sazi)^[22]
12	FW	IRN	Mehdi Seyed-Salehi (to Sepahan)^[23]
2	DF	IRN	Amir Hossein Sadeghi (to Tractor Sazi)^[24]
1	GK	IRN	Vahid Talebloo (to Shahin Bushehr)^[25]
5	DF	IRN	Bijan Koushki (to Mes Kerman)
20	MF	BRA	Felipe Alves de Souza (to Zob Ahan)^[26]
23	MF	IRN	Omid Ravankhah (to Saipa)^[27]
15	MF	IRN	Yaghoub Karimi (to Naft Tehran)^[28]
11	MF	IRQ	Hawar Mulla Mohammed (to Zob Ahan)^[29]
26	DF	IRN	Fardin Abedini (to Tractor Sazi)^[30]

Winter[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FRA	Goran Jerković (from FK Tauras)^[31]
12	DF	TRI	Jlloyd Samuel (from Bolton Wanderers)^[32]
17	MF	CMR	Jacques Elong Elong (from Dunajská Streda)^[32]
34	MF	IRN	Hossein Alavi (from Tarbiat Yazd)^[33]
39	GK	IRN	Mehdi Eslami (from Pas Hamedan)^[34]^[35]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	IRN	Mojtaba Mahboub Mojaz (on loan to Mes Sarcheshmeh)
7	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi (on loan to Al-Gharafa)^[36]
15	MF	KUW	Waleed Ali (Released, to Al Kuwait)^[37]
13	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim (Released, to Shahin Bushehr)

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	Third-place	3 August 2011	11 May 2012
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	—	Round of 16	11 February 2012	May 22, 2012
2011–12 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Winner	26 October 2011	15 March 2012

Updated to match played 16 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	19	10	5	54	27	+27	67	Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Tractor Sazi	34	19	9	6	57	32	+25	66
3	Esteghlal	34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66
4	Saba Qom	34	12	14	8	40	38	+2	50	Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
5	Naft Tehran	34	13	10	11	36	38	−2	49

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66	9	4	4	26	16	+10	10	5	2	32	18	+14

Last updated: 11 May 2012.
Source: FIFA.com

Results by round[edit]

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	27	28	26	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W
Position	5	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

August 3, 2011 1	Sepahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
22:30 UTC+04:30	Januário 64' Jamshidian	Report	Borhani 84' Borhani Sharifat	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

August 8, 2011 2	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Damash Gilan	Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30	Majidi 32' Teymourian	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

August 12, 2011 3	Mes Kerman	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Kerman
22:00 UTC+04:30	Bayatinia 86' Seifi Salaripour Kolahkaj	Report	Majidi 70' Sharifat 80' Sharifat Teymourian Rahmati	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

August 16, 2011 4	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30	Waleed Ali 44' Farhad Majidi 49'	Report	Haghighi Heydari	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

August 24, 2011 5	Foolad	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+04:30	Reza Norouzi 4' Samal Said Rinaldo	Report	Majidi 3' 89' Sharifat 38' Meydavoudi 85' Majidi Teymourian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

September 9, 2011 6	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
18:45 UTC+4:30	Majidi 19' Jabbari 67' Omranzadeh Karrar Rahmati	Report	Hosseini 42' Alenemeh 45+2' Flávio Paixão 84' Akbarpour Asadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

September 16, 2011 7	Piroozi	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30	Badamaki Rezaei Zare Noormohammadi	Report	Majidi 15' Jabari 82' Rahmati Heidari	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky Man of the Match: Jabari

September 26, 2011 8	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30	Jabari 78' Majidi Jabari Karrar	Report	Sadeghi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

October 1, 2011 9	Malavan	4 – 2	Esteghlal	Anzali
17:15 UTC+03:30	Rafkhaei 43' 61' (pen) Nezamipour 45' Nozhati 64' Daghagheleh	Report	Borhani 8' Meydavoudi 48' Rahmati Borhani Karrar Montazeri	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

October 14, 2011 10	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30	Jabari 75' Hamoudi Teymourian Rahmati Jabari Sharifat	Report	Abbasfard 16' Chahjouei Pashaei Kazemi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mahmud Rafiei

October 22, 2011 11	Zob Ahan	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
16:45 UTC+03:30	Mahini Hadadifar	Report	Omranzadeh 9' Meydavoudi 45' Majidi Zandi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

October 30, 2011 12	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Mes Sarcheshmeh	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	Meydavoudi 56' Teymourian	Report	Nourollahi Fathollahi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

November 19, 2011 13	Saba Qom	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Qom
14:15 UTC+03:30	Enayati 2' Bayat Nouri	Report	Borhani 17' Amirabadi Omranzadeh	Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

November 24, 2011 14	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Shahin Bushehr	Tehran
16:45 UTC+03:30	Jabbari 45+1' 54' 90+4' Meydavoudi	Report	Nazarzadeh 66' Lek Kcira 88' Talebloo	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

December 3, 2011 15	Shahrdari Tabriz	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:15 UTC+03:30	Ghanbari 87' Kamyabinia Pirzadeh	Report	Borhani 18' Majidi 39' (pen) Rahmati	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

December 13, 2011 16	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Majidi 30'	Report	Koohnavard 9' Ramezani 32'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

December 17, 2011 17	Naft Tehran	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	José Narciso	Report	Teymourian 30' Omranzadeh 86' Rahmati	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

January 6, 2012 18	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Shirzad 32' Montazeri Borhani	Report	Seyed-Salehi 53' Ahmadi Beikzadeh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

January 10, 2012 19	Damash Gilan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Rasht
15:00 UTC+03:30		Report	Jerković 37' Jerković Sharifat Samuel	Stadium: Shahid Azodi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

January 15, 2012 20	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Mes Kerman	Tehran
16:40 UTC+03:30	Borhani Samuel Jabari	Report	Hasanzadeh 85' Seifi Hosseinkhani	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmud Rafiei

January 19, 2012 21	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30	Rajabzadeh 9' (pen) 84' Rajabzadeh	Report	Jabari 19' (pen) Amirabadi Montazeri Yousefi	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

January 25, 2012 22	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	Borhani 60' 77'	Report	Norouzi 90+1' Salimi Karimi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

January 29, 2012 23	Tractor Sazi	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30	Ebrahimi Hatami Ashoubi Hosseini Hajsafi	Report	Jabari 43' (pen) 90+4' (pen) Heydari Samuel	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

February 2, 2012 24	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Piroozi	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	Meydavoudi 32' Zandi 50' Hamoudi Zandi Sharifat	Report 1 Report 2	Zayed 82' 83' 90+2' Oladi 68'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani Man of the Match: Zayed

February 6, 2012 25	Saipa	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Manouchehri 33' 54' Mohammad Rezaei Ansarifard Ebrahimi Latifi Sadeghi	Report 1 Report 2	Zandi 58' 89'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

March 28, 2012 26	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	Yousefi 18' Hamoudi	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

March 10, 2012 27	Rah Ahan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30	Abdi 2' Kazemi 16' Barani	Report 1 Report 2	Samuel 24' Montazeri 52' Heydari Amirabadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

March 24, 2012 28	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	Yousefi 63' Meydavoudi 70' Sharifat	Report 1 Report 2	Mansouri 35' Felipe Alves 54' Salsali Ahmadi Mahini	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

April 8, 2012 29	Mes Sarcheshmeh	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Sarcheshmeh
17:00 UTC+04:30	Samereh 15'	Report 1 Report 2	Hamoudi 40' Jerković 52' Zandi 74' Samuel Borhani	Stadium: Mes Sarcheshmeh Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

April 13, 2012 30	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
18:55 UTC+04:30	Montazeri 16' Jerković 26' Hosseini 43' Teymourian Hosseini Meydavoudi	Report 1 Report 2	Kashi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

April 22, 2012 31	Shahin Bushehr	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Bushehr
17:00 UTC+04:30	Shokouhmagham 45' Latifi	Report 1 Report 2	Jerković 61'	Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

April 27, 2012 32	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Shahrdari Tabriz	Tehran
19:10 UTC+04:30	Teymourian Montazeri	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

May 6, 2012 33	Sanat Naft	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Abadan
17:00 UTC+04:30	Founéké Sy 9'	Report	Jerković 24' Hosseini 76' Teymourian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

May 11, 2012 34	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	Jerković 19' Arash Borhani 3' 93'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

AFC Champions League[edit]

Qualifying play-off[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

February 10, 2012 Semi-final	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30	Heydari 23' Borhani 67'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 33,750 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

February 18, 2012 Final	Esteghlal	3 - 1	Al-Ettifaq	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	Jerković 37' Heydari 62' Borhani 65'	Report	Al-Salem 59'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 61,120 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JAZ	EST	RAY	NQA
1	Al-Jazira	6	5	1	0	18	10	+8	16	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	3–2	4–1
2	Esteghlal	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	3–0	0–0
3	Al-Rayyan	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	6		3–4	0–1	—	3–1
4	Nasaf Qarshi	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1		2–4	0–2	0–1	—

Source: WorldFootball.net

Win Draw Loss

March 6, 2012 1	Al-Rayyan	0 - 1	Esteghlal	Al-Rayyan
18:20 UTC+03:00		Report 1 Report 2	Jerković 90+1'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 5,422 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

March 20, 2012 2	Esteghlal	0 - 0	Nasaf Qarshi	Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 41,520 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

April 3, 2012 3	Esteghlal	1 - 2	Al-Jazira	Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30	Zandi 69'	Report 1 Report 2	Juma 6' Baré 73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 36,735 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

April 18, 2012 4	Al-Jazira	1 - 1	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi
19:45 UTC+04:00	Oliveira 63'	Report 1 Report 2	Borhani 24'	Stadium: Mohamed Bin Zayid Stadium Attendance: 4,562 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

May 2, 2012 5	Esteghlal	3 - 0	Al-Rayyan	Tehran
19:20 UTC+04:30	Borhani 22' (pen) 90+3' Sharifat 77'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 53774 Referee: Tan Hai (China P.R.)

May 16, 2012 6	Nasaf Qarshi	0 - 2	Esteghlal	Qarshi
19:30 UTC+05:00		Report 1 Report 2	Jerković 10' Jabari 50' (pen)	Stadium: Qarshi Stadium Attendance: 929 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Knockout stage[edit]

May 22, 2012 Round of 16	Sepahan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
20:30 UTC+04:30	Correa 8' Bengar 34'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,351 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Hazfi Cup[edit]

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

October 26, 2011 1/32	Esteghlal	5 – 1	Shirin Faraz	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	Meydavoudi 33' 53' Yousefi 62' 68' Sharifat 76'	Report	Khosravi 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shahin Hajbabaei

November 28, 2011 1/16	Esteghlal	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Mehr Karaj	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Ali Ahmadi 105' (OG)	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

December 9, 2011 Quarterfinal	Persepolis	0 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30		Report	Jabbari 95' 99' Sharifat 107'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini Man of the Match: Jabari

December 30, 2011 Semifinal	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Shahrdari Yasuj	Tehran
16:30 UTC+03:30	Omranzadeh 57'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

March 15, 2012 Final	Esteghlal	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4-1 p)	Shahin Bushehr	Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30		Report		Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 16,369 Referee: Alireza Faghani
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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66	9	4	4	26	16	+10	10	5	2	32	18	+14

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66	9	4	4	26	16	+10	10	5	2	32	18	+14

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66	9	4	4	26	16	+10	10	5	2	32	18	+14