2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season

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Esteghlal F.C.
2017–18 season
PresidentAmir hosein fat’hi
Head coachWinfried Schäfer
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi CupChampions
AFC Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Ali Ghorbani (7)
All: Mame Thiam (12)
Highest home attendance85,000
Lowest home attendance0
Average home league attendance27,200

The 2017–18 season is Esteghlal Football Club's 72nd season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

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Squad information

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Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 July 2017.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed in Contract until Signed from Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Mehdi Rahmati Iran GK (1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 34) 2015 2019 Iran Paykan Captain
19 Arshia Babazadeh U23 Iran GK (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 22) 2016 2022 United States De Anza Force
22 Hossein Hosseini Iran GK (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 25) 2012 2019 Youth system
Defenders
2 Khosro Heydari Iran RB / RM / RW (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 34) 2011 2019 Iran Sepahan Vice-captain
4 Roozbeh Cheshmi Iran DM / CB / CM (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 24) 2015 2019 Iran Saba Qom
5 Majid Hosseini U23 Iran CB / DM (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 21) 2014 2019 Youth system
13 Armin Sohrabian U23 Iran LB / CB (1995-07-26)26 July 1995 (aged 22) 2017 2019 Iran Sepahan
18 Milad Zakipour U23 Iran LB / LM (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 22) 2016 2021 Iran Naft Tehran
21 Vouria Ghafouri Iran RB / RM (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 30) 2016 2018 Iran Sepahan
33 Pejman Montazeri Iran CB / RB (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 34) 2017 2019 Qatar Al Ahli
90 Leandro Padovani Celin Brazil CB (1983-12-21)21 December 1983 (aged 34) 2016 2018 Iran Sepahan
Midfielders
6 Omid Ebrahimi Iran DM / CM (1987-09-15)15 September 1987 (aged 30) 2014 2018 Iran Sepahan
14 Farshid Bagheri Iran DM / CB / CM (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 25) 2016 2018 Iran Saba Qom
16 Mehdi Ghaedi U21 Iran LW / RW (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 19) 2017 2020 Iran Iranjavan
20 Server Djeparov Uzbekistan AM / CM / LM (1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 35) 2017 2018 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
23 Dariush Shojaeian Iran RW / LW / AM (1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 25) 2017 2020 Iran Gostaresh Foulad
24 Omid Noorafkan U21 Iran DM / LB / LW (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 20) 2015 2019 Youth system
28 Mohsen Karimi Iran LW / RW (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 23) 2014 2020 Youth system
77 Behnam Barzay Iran RW / LW (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 24) 2015 2020 Iran Rah Ahan
80 Bojan Najdenov North Macedonia CM (1991-08-27)27 August 1991 (aged 26) 2018 2019 Egypt Smouha
88 Farshid Esmaeili Iran AM / LW / SS (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 23) 2015 2020 Iran Fajr Sepasi
Forwards
9 Ali Ghorbani Iran CF / LW / RW (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 27) 2016 2018 Iran Naft Tehran
11 Jaber Ansari Iran SS / LW (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 30) 2015 2019 Iran Gostaresh Foulad
25 Mame Baba Thiam Senegal CF (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 25) 2018 2019 Italy Juventus[1]
Players transferred during the season
30 Azim Gök U23 Iran CB (1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 21) 2016 2019 Youth system
17 Yaghoub Karimi Iran LB / LM (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 26) 2014 2018 Iran Sepahan
8 Mojtaba Jabbari Iran AM (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 34) 2017 2019 Qatar Al Ahli
7 Hassan Beyt Saeed Iran LW / CF / RW (1990-04-01)1 April 1990 (aged 27) 2017 2019 Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan
10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Iran CF (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 27) 2017 2018 Iran Naft Tehran

Persian Gulf League Squad

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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 Mehdi Rahmati (Captain)
2 DF Iran IRN Khosro Heydari (Vice-captain)
4 MF Iran IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi
5 DF Iran IRN Majid Hosseini
6 MF Iran IRN Omid Ebrahimi (3rd-captain)
9 FW Iran IRN Ali Ghorbani
11 FW Iran IRN Jaber Ansari
13 DF Iran IRN Armin Sohrabian
14 MF Iran IRN Farshid Bagheri
16 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Ghaedi
18 DF Iran IRN Milad Zakipour
19 GK Iran IRN Arshia Babazadeh
20 MF Uzbekistan UZB Server Djeparov
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Iran IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK Iran IRN Hossein Hosseini
23 MF Iran IRN Dariush Shojaeian
24 MF Iran IRN Omid Noorafkan
25 FW Senegal SEN Mame Thiam
28 MF Iran IRN Mohsen Karimi
33 DF Iran IRN Pejman Montazeri
70 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Javad Mohammadi
77 MF Iran IRN Behnam Barzay
80 MF North Macedonia MKD Bojan Najdenov
88 MF Iran IRN Farshid Esmaeili
90 DF Brazil BRA Padovani

AFC Champions League Squad

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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 Mehdi Rahmati (Captain)
2 DF Iran IRN Khosro Heydari (Vice-captain)
4 MF Iran IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi
5 DF Iran IRN Majid Hosseini
6 MF Iran IRN Omid Ebrahimi (3rd-captain)
7 FW Senegal SEN Mame Thiam
8 MF Iran IRN Farshid Esmaeili
9 FW Iran IRN Ali Ghorbani
10 MF North Macedonia MKD Bojan Najdenov
11 FW Iran IRN Jaber Ansari
13 DF Iran IRN Armin Sohrabian
14 MF Iran IRN Farshid Bagheri
16 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Ghaedi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Iran IRN Milad Zakipour
19 GK Iran IRN Arshia Babazadeh
20 MF Uzbekistan UZB Server Djeparov
21 DF Iran IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK Iran IRN Hossein Hosseini
23 MF Iran IRN Dariush Shojaeian
24 MF Iran IRN Omid Noorafkan
28 MF Iran IRN Mohsen Karimi
33 DF Iran IRN Pejman Montazeri
70 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Javad Mohammadi
77 MF Iran IRN Behnam Barzay
90 DF Brazil BRA Padovani

Transfers

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Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2017 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2017–18

In

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No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer
window 		Ends Source
16 LM Iran Mehdi Ghaedi 18 Iranjavan Transfer Summer 2020 [2]
26 CF Iran Fardin Najafi 19 Esteghlal Academy Promotion Summer 2020 [3]
27 AM Iran Hossein Heydari 18 Esteghlal Academy Promotion Summer 2022 [4]
7 LW Iran Hassan Beyt Saeed 27 Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Summer 2019 [5]
10 CF Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 27 Naft Tehran Transfer Summer 2018 [6]
23 AM Iran Dariush Shojaeian 25 Gostaresh Foulad Transfer Summer 2020 [7]
32 DM Iran Sina Khadempour 20 Naft Tehran Transfer Summer 2022 [8]
33 CB Iran Pejman Montazeri 33 Qatar Al Ahli Transfer Summer 2019 [9]
70 RW Iran Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 21 Haf Semnan Transfer Summer 2022 [10]
13 LB Iran Armin Sohrabian 21 Sepahan Transfer Summer 2019 [11]
8 AM Iran Mojtaba Jabari 34 Qatar Al Ahli Transfer Summer 2019 [12]
77 LW Iran Sajjad Aghaei 18 Persepolis Academy Transfer Summer 2022 [13]
20 AM Uzbekistan Server Djeparov 34 Sepahan End of loan Summer 2018 [14]
77 RW Iran Behnam Barzay 24 Unattached Transfer Winter 2020 [15]
80 CM North Macedonia Bojan Najdenov 26 Egypt Smouha Transfer Winter 2019 [16]
25 CF Senegal Mame Thiam 26 Italy Juventus Transfer Winter 2019 [17]

Out

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No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer
window 		Source
5 CB Iran Hossein Kanaanizadegan 23 Saipa Released Summer [18]
20 CB Iran Taha Shariati 17 Saipa Transfer Summer [19]
31 CB Iran Alireza Sayyar 23 Unattached Released Summer [20]
27 DM Iran Hossein Abarghouei 20 Gostaresh Foulad Transfer Summer [21]
13 LW Iran Miad Yazdani 24 Sepidrood Rasht Loan Summer [22][23]
9 CF Iran Kaveh Rezaei 25 Belgium Charleroi End of contract Summer [24]
74 AM Iran Mojtaba Haghdoust 21 Naft Tehran End of loan Summer
3 CB Brazil Róbson Januário de Paula 23 Brazil Bahia End of loan Summer
77 RW Iran Behnam Barzay 24 Sanat Naft Abadan End of contract Summer
12 LB Iran Mohammad Reza Hashemi 20 Shemushack Transfer Summer
GK Iran Mehrdad Lashni 19 Mes Rafsanjan Transfer Summer [25]
32 DM Iran Sina Khadempour 20 Naft Tehran Loan Summer [26]
77 LW Iran Sajjad Aghaei 18 Aluminium Arak Loan Summer [27]
7 LW Iran Hassan Beyt Saeed 27 Foolad Transfer Winter [28]
30 CB Iran Azim Gök 21 Malavan Loan Winter [29]
17 LM Iran Yaghoub Karimi 26 Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Winter [30]
8 AM Iran Mojtaba Jabari 34 Unattached Released Winter [31]
10 CF Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 27 Qatar Qatar Transfer Winter [32]
15 CB Armenia Hrayr Mkoyan 31 Armenia Shirak Transfer Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

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1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 1 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Nassaji Tehran, Iran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) H. Beyt Saeed Report
10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) 2 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Pars Jonoubi Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 AMT (UTC+04:00) S. Shahbazzadeh 68'
A. Ghorbani 83'		 Report Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy
Attendance: 400
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 3 Ararat Armenia 1 – 2 Iran Esteghlal Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 AMT (UTC+04:00) 88' Report A. Ghorbani 20', 42' Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy
Attendance: 200
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 4 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Baadraan Tehran, Iran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Jaber Ansari 57' Report Saeed Vasei 43' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 28 July 2017 27 April 2018 — 3rd 30 15 9 6 43 18 +25 050.00
Hazfi Cup 8 September 2017 3 May 2018 Round of 32 Winners 5 5 0 0 10 3 +7 100.00
AFC Champions League 30 January 2018 15 May 2018 Group stage Round of 16 8 4 3 1 12 7 +5 050.00
Total 43 24 12 7 65 28 +37 055.81

Last updated: 16 May 2018 (2018-05-16).
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

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Main article: 2017–18 Iran Pro League

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 19 7 4 48 15 +33 64 Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Zob Ahan 30 15 10 5 46 30 +16 55 Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
3 Esteghlal 30 15 9 6 43 18 +25 54 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
4 Saipa 30 15 9 6 40 34 +6 54 Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5 Pars Jonoubi Jam 30 11 14 5 34 24 +10 47
Updated to match(es) played on April 13, 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[33]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

Results summary

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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
30 15 9 6 43 18  +25 54 10 4 1 29 7  +22 5 5 5 14 11  +3

Last updated: 3 May 2018.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDWLLLDWDLWDWDWWWDDDWLWWWWWDWW
Position13119111515161012131111988654566663333333
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2018. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) 1 Sanat Naft 1 – 0 Esteghlal Abadan
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) J. Karrar 18'
M. Shadkam Yellow card 41'		 Report Stadium: Takhti Abadan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) 2 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) M. Zakipour Yellow card 91'
S. Shahbazzadeh Yellow card 93'		 Report H. Bahrami Yellow card 19'
A. Alaei Yellow card 84'
Y. Delfi Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Vahid Kazemi
11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) 3 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Tractor Sazi Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Djeparov 42'
Shojaeian Yellow card 67'		 Report Taheran Yellow card 41' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 61,000
Referee: Iran Bijan Heydari
Man of the Match: Server Djeparov
17 August 2017 (2017-08-17) 4 Saipa 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Abbaszadeh 58' (pen.) Yellow card 58'
Shahalidoost Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card
Akhbari Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Rahmati Yellow card 57'
Cheshmi Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Iran Mohammad Zahedifar
Man of the Match: Mohammad Abbaszadeh
22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) 5 Esteghlal 0 – 2 Padideh Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) H. Beyt Saeed Yellow card 41' Report Mohammad Ghazi 15'
Hossein Mehraban 72'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Man of the Match: Mohammad Ghazi
15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) 6 Pars Jonoubi Jam 2 – 0 Esteghlal Jam
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Ali Dashti 38'
Farshad Salarvand 90+6'		 Report Roozbeh Cheshmi Yellow card 33'
F. Bagheri Yellow card 85'
H. Hosseini Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Mohammad Seyed Ali
Man of the Match: Ali Dashti
20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 7 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Cheshmi 12'Yellow card 93'
Padovani Yellow card 90'		 Report NejadMehdi 78' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Payam Heydari
26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 8 Sepidrood 1 – 2 Esteghlal Rasht
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) ebrahimi 86' (pen.) Jaber Ansari 53'
Majid Hosseini Yellow card 54'
Dariush Shojaeian 68'
Heydari Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Sardar Jangal stadium
Attendance: 6,000
13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) 9 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Foolad Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Cheshmi Yellow card 95' Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) 10 Persepolis 1 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Alipour 23' (pen.) Cheshmi Yellow card 22'
Farshid Bagheri Yellow card 50'
Omid Ebrahimi Yellow card 59'
Vouria Ghafouri Yellow card 87'
Milad Zakipour Yellow card 89'
Farshid Esmaeili Yellow card 96'
Dariush Shojaeian Yellow card 96'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 85,000
31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 11 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Naft Tehran Tehran
17:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) Mohammadizadeh 56' (og.)
Farshid Bagheri Yellow card 62'}
J. Ansari 66'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
15 November 2017 (2017-11-15) 12 Siah Jamegan 0 – 0 Esteghlal Mashhad
14:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) Amraei Yellow card 76'
Badamaki Yellow card 77'
Seifollahi Yellow card 82'
Malekian Yellow card 82'		 Report Esmaeili Yellow card 18'
Djeparov Yellow card 49'
Ghaedi Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Iran Mehdi Seyedali
25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Gostaresh Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili 63', 86' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: N/C
30 November 2017 (2017-11-30) 14 Paykan 0 – 0 Esteghlal Shahr-e Qods
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium
6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 15 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Sepahan Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) A. Ghorbani 4'
S. Djeparov 36', 47'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
22 December 2017 (2017-12-22) 16 Esteghlal 4 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Karimi 15', 42', 67'
D. Shojaeian 55'}
Milad ZakipourYellow card 63'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
28 December 2017 (2017-12-28) 17 Esteghlal Khuzestan 0 – 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz
16:25 IRST (UTC+03:30) V. Ghafouri 7'
M. Karimi Yellow card 61'
O.G 48'
Djeparov Yellow card 61'
R. CheshmiYellow card 15', 73'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
5 January 2018 (2018-01-05) 18 Tractor Sazi 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) 19 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Saipa Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30) D. Shojaeian 23'
F. Bagheri Yellow card 50'
Noorafkan Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 20 Padideh 0 – 0 Esteghlal Mashhad
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Hosseini Yellow card 74'
B. Barzay Yellow card 83'
Ali Ghorbani Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) 21 Esteghlal 4 – 0 Pars Jonoubi Jam Tehran
16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30) S. Djebarov 4'
B. Barzay 31'
A. GhorbaniYellow card 34', 48', 65'
Noorafkan Yellow card 41'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 22 Zob Ahan 2 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) V. Ghafouri 31'
M. Hosseini Yellow card 59'
B. Barzay Yellow card 67'
Cheshmi Yellow card 85'
Shojaeian Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr
8 February 2018 (2018-02-08) 23 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Sepidrood Tehran
18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili 14'
O. Ebrahimi 64'
J. AnsariYellow card 42', 77'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24 Foolad 1 – 4 Esteghlal Ahvaz
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Rahim Zahivi 12' M. Thiam 2', 90+2'
R. Cheshmi 7',Yellow card 38'
D. Shojaeian 17'
Hossein Hosseini Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
1 March 2018 (2018-03-01) 25 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Persepolis Tehran
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) V. Ghafouri 43',Yellow card 52'
Thiam Yellow card 45'
Farshid Esmaeili Yellow card 54'
Djeparov Yellow card 77'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 March 2018 (2018-03-28) 26 Naft Tehran 1 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
18:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Mohsen Bengar 37' Report J. Ansari 75'
O. Noorafkan 88',Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali
Man of the Match: Omid Noorafkan
6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 27 Esteghlal 4 – 1 Siah Jamegan Tehran
18:55 IRDT (UTC+04:30) F.Esmaeili 50', 84'
A. Ghorbani 67', 76'		 Report Ali Asgari 80' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
Man of the Match: Farshid Esmaeili
11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 28 Gostaresh 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tabriz
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Reza Khaleghifar 57' Report A. Ghorbani 11' Stadium: Bonyan Diesel
Attendance: 1000
Man of the Match: A. Ghorbani 67'
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 29 Esteghlal 3 – 2 Paykan Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
Man of the Match: M.Thiam
27 April 2018 (2018-04-27) 30 Sepahan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) Report
Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
Man of the Match: M.Thiam

Hazfi Cup

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Main article: 2017–18 Hazfi Cup
8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) Round of 32 Gol Gohar 1 – 2 Esteghlal Sirjan
17:45 DST+04:30 M. Gholami 76' (pen.) Report O. Noorafkan 56'
K. Heydari 85'		 Stadium: Gol Gohar
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) Round of 16 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Nassaji Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) F. Esmaeili 28'
A. Ghorbani 59'		 Report M. Ousani 71' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Quarter Final Esteghlal 3 – 0 Iranjavan Bushehr Tehran
13:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) M. Hosseini 45+4'
S. Djeparov 50'
A. Ghorbani 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Reza Adel
30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) Semi-Final Sanat Naft Abadan 1 – 2 Esteghlal Abadan
14:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) L. Pereira 61' Report P. Montazeri 8'
D. Shojaeian 44'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Alireza Faghani
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) Final Esteghlal 1 – 0 Khooneh be Khooneh Khorramshahr
17.15 DST+04:30 Mame Thiam 35' Report Stadium: Khorramshahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
Man of the Match: Mame Thiam

AFC Champions League

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Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League

Group stage

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Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iran Esteghlal 6 3 3 0 9 5 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 6 2 4 0 10 6 +4 10
3 Qatar Al-Rayyan 6 1 3 2 7 11 −4 6
4 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 0 2 4 3 7 −4 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) Al-Rayyan Qatar 2 – 2 Iran Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
18:10 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 5,038
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
20 February 2018 (2018-02-20) Esteghlal Iran 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Muscat, Oman
19:30 UTC+4
Report Stadium: Al-sib Stadium
Attendance: 4,175
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2 – 2 Iran Esteghlal Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:20 UTC+4
Report
Attendance: 10,036
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
12 March 2018 (2018-03-12) Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Tehran, Iran
--:-- UTC+3:30
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 90000
2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) Esteghlal Iran 2 – 0 Qatar Al-Rayyan Tehran, Iran
--:-- UTC+4:30
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 0 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
--:-- UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 4500

Round of 16

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Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage
8 May 2018 (2018-05-08) First leg Zob Ahan Iran 1 – 0 Iran Esteghlal Esfahan, Iran
Gvelesiani 92' (pen.) Report Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) Second leg Esteghlal Iran 3 – 1
(3 – 2 agg.)		 Iran Zob Ahan Tehran, Iran
20:45 --:-- UTC+4:30 M. Thiam 11' (pen.), 41', 64' Report G. Hadadifar 65' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 75,680
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Iran IRN Mehdi Rahmati 18 0 10 0 4 0 4 0
2 DF Iran IRN Khosro Heydari 25 1 15 0 4 1 6 0
4 MF Iran IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi 38 3 26 3 5 0 7 0
5 DF Iran IRN Majid Hosseini 33 1 24 0 4 1 5 0
6 MF Iran IRN Omid Ebrahimi 33 2 23 2 4 0 6 0
9 FW Iran IRN Ali Ghorbani 40 9 27 6 5 2 8 1
11 FW Iran IRN Jaber Ansari 26 4 22 4 1 0 3 0
13 DF Iran IRN Armin Sohrabian 13 0 8 0 1 0 4 0
14 MF Iran IRN Farshid Bagheri 30 0 18 0 5 0 7 0
16 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Ghaedi 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0
18 DF Iran IRN Milad Zakipour 25 0 21 0 2 0 2 0
20 MF Uzbekistan UZB Server Djeparov 39 6 26 4 5 1 8 1
21 DF Iran IRN Vouria Ghafouri 36 6 24 4 4 0 8 2
22 GK Iran IRN Hossein Hosseini 25 0 20 0 1 0 4 0
23 MF Iran IRN Dariush Shojaeian 33 5 24 4 3 1 6 0
24 MF Iran IRN Omid Noorafkan 34 2 24 1 4 1 6 0
25 FW Senegal SEN Mame Baba Thiam 13 12 6 4 1 1 6 7
27 MF Iran IRN Hossein Heydari 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Iran IRN Mohsen Karimi 6 3 5 3 1 0 0 0
33 DF Iran IRN Pejman Montazeri 25 1 15 0 3 1 7 0
70 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Javad Mohammadi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
77 MF Iran IRN Behnam Barzay 8 1 5 1 1 0 2 0
80 DF North Macedonia MKD Bojan Najdenov 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
88 MF Iran IRN Farshid Esmaeili 34 6 23 5 4 1 7 0
90 DF Brazil BRA Leandro Padovani 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
7 FW Iran IRN Hassan Beyt Saeed 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF Iran IRN Mojtaba Jabbari 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Iran IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
17 DF Iran IRN Yaghoub Karimi 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Iran IRN Azim Gök 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC CL Total
1 25 FW Senegal Mame Baba Thiam 4 1 7 12
2 9 FW Iran Ali Ghorbani 7 2 1 10
3 88 CM Iran Farshid Esmaeili 5 1 0 6
20 CM Uzbekistan Server Djeparov 4 1 1 6
21 DF Iran Vouria Ghafouri 4 0 2 6
4 23 CM Iran Dariush Shojaeian 4 1 0 5
5 11 FW Iran Jaber Ansari 4 0 0 4
6 28 FW Iran Mohsen Karimi 3 0 0 3
4 MF Iran Roozbeh Cheshmi 3 0 0 3
7 6 MF Iran Omid Ebrahimi 2 0 0 2
24 MF Iran Omid Noorafkan 1 1 0 2
8 77 FW Iran Behnam Barzay 1 0 0 1
2 DF Iran Khosro Heydari 0 1 0 1
5 DF Iran Majid Hosseini 0 1 0 1
33 DF Iran Pejman Montazeri 0 1 0 1
Totals 42 10 11 63

Last updated: 16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)

Clean sheets

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Rank Name Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC CL Total
1 Iran Hossein Hosseini 10 0 1 11
2 Iran Mehdi Rahmati 6 2 2 10
Total 16 2 3 21

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.

N P Nat. Name Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC CL Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Iran Mehdi Rahmati 1 1 1 3
4 MF Iran Roozbeh Cheshmi 8 2 10
14 MF Iran Farshid Bagheri 4 1 5
16 FW Iran Mehdi Ghaedi 1 1
18 DF Iran Milad Zakipour 3 2 5
23 MF Iran Dariush Shojaeian 4 1 1 1 6 1
88 MF Iran Farshid Esmaeili 1 1

Last updated: 7 August 2017 (2017-08-07)
Source: Matches
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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  2. ^ قائدی رسما استقلالی شد
  3. ^ استقلال از رده پایه بازیکن گرفت
  4. ^ استقلال یک جوان دیگر هم جذب کرد
  5. ^ بیت سعید بالاخره آبی‌پوش شد
  6. ^ سجاد شهباززاده به خانه اش برگشت
  7. ^ داریوش شجاعیان به استقلال پیوست
  8. ^ مدافع تیم ملی امید استقلالی شد
  9. ^ پژمان منتظری به استقلال پیوست
  10. ^ محمدی به استقلال پیوست
  11. ^ سهرابیان آبی پوش شد
  12. ^ مجتبی جباری به استقلال پیوست
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  20. ^ علیرضا سیار با اشک از استقلال جدا شد
  21. ^ ستاره‌ی امیدهای استقلال به گسترش پیوست
  22. ^ هافبک استقلال به سپیدرود پیوست
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