1998–99 Esteghlal F.C. season

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Esteghlal F.C.
1998–99 season
PresidentAli Fathollahzadeh
Head coachNasser Hejazi
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan LeagueRunners-up
Hazfi CupRunners-up
AFC Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ali Mousavi (10)

All:
Ali Mousavi (15)

The 1998–99 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 7th season in the Azadegan League, and their 5th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 54th year in existence as a football club.[1][2]

Player

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As of 1 September 2018. [3][4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Parviz Boroumand
2 DF Iran IRN Javad Zarincheh
3 DF Iran IRN Ali Chini
4 DF Iran IRN Reza Hassanzadeh
5 DF Iran IRN Kazem Mahmoudi
6 DF Iran IRN Mahmoud Fekri
7 MF Iran IRN Attila Hejazi
8 MF Iran IRN Alireza Mansourian
9 FW Iran IRN Ali Mousavi
10 MF Iran IRN Dariush Yazdani
11 FW Iran IRN Mohsen Garousi
12 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Momeni
14 MF Iran IRN Sirous Dinmohammadi
15 MF Iran IRN Adel Hardani
16 MF Iran IRN Alireza Akbarpour
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Iran IRN Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
18 FW Iran IRN Fred Malekian
19 MF Iran IRN Serjik Teymourian
20 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Taghavi
21 FW Iran IRN Farhad Majidi
22 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Navazi
24 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Khorramgah
25 MF Iran IRN Javid Shokri
GK Iran IRN Mohammad Ali Yahyavi
GK Iran IRN Masoud Ghasemi
DF Iran IRN Ayoub Asgharkhani
MF Iran IRN Farzad Majidi
MF Iran IRN Hashem Heydari
FW Iran IRN Edmond Akhtar

Pre-season and friendlies

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25 October 1998 (1998-10-25) Esteghlal Iran 2 – 1 Oman Oman Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Navazi 53', 84' Report Qasim Masoud 56' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Fanaei
Note: In this match Mohammad Fanaei Goodbyed from refereeing football

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Azadegan League Runners-up 18 September 1998 24 May 1999
Hazfi Cup 1/8 finals Runners-up 14 December 1998 11 July 1999
Asian Club Championship Runners-up 9 October 1998 30 April 1999

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 19 8 3 56 21 +35 65 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 50 28 +22 53 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3 Sepahan 30 13 14 3 39 19 +20 53
4 Saipa 30 13 10 7 43 33 +10 49
5 PAS 30 9 15 6 30 25 +5 42
Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

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 14 11 5 50 28  +22 53 7 5 3 26 14  +12 7 6 2 24 14  +10

Last updated: 13 October 2018.
Source: RSSSF

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAH
ResultWDDWLWLWDLWDWDDWWDDWWDWWDLWWLD
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

27 December 1998 (1998-12-27) 1 Foolad 0 – 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Fred Malekian 52', 71'
Alireza Akbarpour 87'
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
18 September 1998 (1998-09-18) 2 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Sanat Naft Tehran
Ali Mousavi 15' Latif Janami 50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
25 September 1998 (1998-09-25) 3 PAS Tehran 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Hossein Khatibi 46' Ali Mousavi 30' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) 4 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Malavan Anzali
Ali Mousavi 8'
Ali Chini 30'
Shahram Parnianfar 53' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
3 November 1998 (1998-11-03) 5 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Aboomoslem Tehran
Mohammad Momeni pen.' Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh pen.'
Bagher Mahmoudi
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) 7 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
Kamal Hosseini Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 January 1999 (1999-01-05) 8 Bank Melli 1 – 3 Esteghlal Tehran
Reza Azizi 70' Alireza Akbarpour 30'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 39'
Adel Hardani 70'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
8 November 1998 (1998-11-08) 9 Shahrdari Tabriz 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 November 1998 (1998-11-13) 10 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab 45+3' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
12 January 1999 (1999-01-12) 11 Esteghlal 4 – 2 Polyacryl Tehran
Fred Malekian 3', 23'
Alireza Akbarpour 8'
Mahmoud Fekri 52'
Seyed Ali Mirzaei 54', 85' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 January 1999 (1999-01-19) 12 Chooka Talesh 1 – 1 Esteghlal Talesh
Iman Amini 70' Sirous Dinmohammadi 48' (pen.) Stadium: Pourya-ye Vali Stadium
9 March 1999 (1999-03-09) 13 Fajr Sepasi 0 – 1 Esteghlal Shiraz
Fred Malekian 44' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
4 April 1999 (1999-04-04) 14 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Saipa Tehran
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 15 Sepahan 1 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
Majid Basirat 18' (pen.) Alireza Akbarpour 22' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) 16 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Foolad Tehran
Ali Mousavi 17'
Alireza Akbarpour 49'
Fred Malekian 77'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
29 January 1999 (1999-01-29) 17 Sanat Naft 0 – 1 Esteghlal Abadan
Ali Mousavi 4' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) 18 Esteghlal 1 – 1 PAS Tehran Tehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi 85' (pen.) Hossein Khatibi 50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
14 February 1999 (1999-02-14) 19 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Malavan Tehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi 62' (pen.) Mohammad Khorramgah 4' (o.g.) Stadium: Azadi Stadium
4 May 1999 (1999-05-04) 20 Aboomoslem 1 – 2 Esteghlal Mashhad
Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh 30' (pen.) Farhad Majidi 12'
Ali Mousavi 65'
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
5 March 1999 (1999-03-05) 22 Zob Ahan 1 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
Javad Mohagheghian 67' Mojtaba Taghavi 33' Stadium: 22 Bahman Stadium
14 March 1999 (1999-03-14) 23 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Bank Melli Tehran
Farhad Majidi 40'
Fred Malekian 63'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 March 1999 (1999-03-19) 24 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Shahrdari Tabriz Tehran
Hashem Heydari Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 April 1999 (1999-04-09) 25 Persepolis 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab 4' Fred Malekian 44' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) 26 Polyacryl 1 – 0 Esteghlal Isfahan
Farzad Heydari 69'
19 April 1999 (1999-04-19) 27 Esteghlal 6 – 1 Chooka Talesh Tehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi 1', 58'soccer ball with red X
Ali Mousavi 44' (pen.)
Farhad Majidi 55', 62'
Hashem Heydari 89'
Arash Shafiei 7' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 April 1999 (1999-04-19) 28 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Hashem Heydari 13'
Mahmoud Fekri 47'
Mahmoud Khorramzi 75' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 May 1999 (1999-05-09) 29 Saipa 4 – 3 Esteghlal Tehran
Majid Saleh 25'
Safdar Youseflou 61'
Behnam Abolghasempour 70', 82'
Ali Mousavi 11', 34'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 58'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
24 May 1999 (1999-05-24) 30 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
Farhad Majidi 36'
Sirous Dinmohammadi soccer ball with red X
Ahmad Momenzadeh 38' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup

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1/8 finals

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9 February 1999 (1999-02-09) Second leg Shahrdari Ardabil 0 – 0
(0 – 8 agg.)
Esteghlal Ardabil
Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Quarterfinals

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20 June 1999 (1999-06-20) First leg Nassaji Mazandaran 0 – 2 Esteghlal Qa'em Shahr
Ali Mousavi 16', 90' Stadium: Vatani Stadium
27 June 1999 (1999-06-27) Second leg Esteghlal 5 – 0
(7 – 0 agg.)
Nassaji Mazandaran Tehran
Fred Malekian 7', 43'
51' (o.g.)
Hashem Heydari 54' (pen.)
Sirous Dinmohammadi 67'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinal

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2 July 1999 (1999-07-02) Esteghlal 1 – 0 PAS Tehran Tehran
Fred Malekian Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Final

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11 July 1999 (1999-07-11) Esteghlal 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
Bakhtiarizadeh 50' Hasheminasab 12' (pen.)
Peyrovani 86'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: 47th Tehran Derby

Asian Club Championship

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Second round

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9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) First leg Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 1 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Baghdad, Iraq
Ali Mousavi
23 October 1998 (1998-10-23) Second leg Esteghlal Iran 2 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Tehran, Iran
Alireza Akbarpour 35'
Mohammad Momeni 44'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals

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West Asia
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
Iran Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
25 February 1999 (1999-02-25) 1 Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1 – 2 Iran Esteghlal Al Ain, UAE
Bashar Abdullah 47' Farhad Majidi 13'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 40'
27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 2 Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 0 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Al Ain, UAE
Alireza Akbarpour 70'

Semifinals

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28 April 1999 (1999-04-28) Dalian Wanda China 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) Iran Esteghlal Tehran, Iran
Yan Song 60' 63'
Li Ming 77'
Mahmoud Fekri 44'
Ali Mousavi 51' 108'
Alireza Akbarpour 84'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Final

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Iran Football League in 1998–99
  2. ^ "Index of /Baziha/Azadegan".
  3. ^ "Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1998–99". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  4. ^ 1998–99 Esteghlal F.C. Squad
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