2016–17 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
2016–17 season
President	Reza Eftekhari
Head coach	Ali Reza Mansourian
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	2nd
Top goalscorer	League: Kaveh Rezaei; (7 goals); All: Kaveh Rezaei; (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	77,560 v Persepolis; (12 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance	0 v Naft Tehran ; (25 July 2016); (spectator ban)
Average home league attendance	32,500
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2016–17 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 16th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football, and 71st year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League.

Club

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Alireza Mansourian
Assistant coach	Ali Chini
Assistant coach	Mohammad Khorramgah
Assistant coach	Saleh Mostafavi
Goalkeeper coach	Hamid Babazadeh
Fitness coach	Steven Jones
Physiotherapist	Amin Noroozi
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Analyst	Kianoush Forouzesh
Team Manager	Mansour Pourheidari

Source: Jam News

Other information

Chairman	Reza Eftekhari
Deputy Chairman
Media Officer	Mohammad hossein Zarandi
Director of Football
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (78,116 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Nasser Hejazi Training Camp

Kit

Kit manufacturer	Sponsor(s)
Li-Ning	Major Sponsor	Hamrah Avval
	Sleeve	Bimeh Iran
	Back of Shirt	Kosar Credit Institution, Bimeh Iran

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First team squad

Last updated: 22 May 2017

No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Ends	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati	GK	2015	(1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 33)	Paykan	2019	223	0
19	Arshia Babazadeh	GK	2016	(1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 21)	De Anza Force	2017	0	0
22	Hossein Hosseini	GK	2012	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 24)	Youth system	2019	10	0
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari	RB, RM	2011	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 33)	Sepahan	2019	265	7
3	Róbson Januário de Paula	CB	2016	(1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 22)	Bahia	2017	35	0
8	Yaghoub Karimi	LM, LB	2014	(1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 25)	Sepahan	2017	60	1
15	Hrayr Mkoyan	CB, RB, LB	2014	(1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 30)	FC Shirak	2018	75	0
18	Milad Zakipour	LB	2016	(1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 21)	Naft Tehran	2019	23	0
21	Vouria Ghafouri	RB, RM	2016	(1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 29)	Sepahan	2017	22	0
33	Majid Hosseini	CB, RB, DM	2014	(1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 20)	Youth system	2017	24	1
90	Leandro Padovani Celin	CB	2016	(1983-12-21)21 December 1983 (aged 33)	Sepahan	2017	32	2
Midfielders
6	Omid Ebrahimi	DM, CM	2014	(1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 29)	Sepahan	2017	100	28
11	Jaber Ansari	AM, LM, RM	2015	(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 29)	Gostaresh Foulad	2017	64	16
13	Miad Yazdani	RM, LM	2016	(1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 24)	Sepidrood Rasht	2019	6	0
14	Farshid Bagheri	DM	2016	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 24)	Saba Qom	2018	26	2
24	Omid Noorafkan	DM, CM, LB	2015	(1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 19)	Youth system	2017	30	3
28	Mohsen Karimi	LW, RW	2014	(1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 22)	Youth system	2018	52	10
74	Mojtaba Haghdoust	AM, LM, RM	2016	(1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 20)	Naft Tehran	2017	23	2
77	Behnam Barzay	RW, LW	2015	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 23)	Rah Ahan	2017	50	7
88	Farshid Esmaeili	AM, CM, RM	2015	(1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 22)	Fajr Sepasi	2018	58	4
Forwards
9	Kaveh Rezaei	CF	2016	(1992-04-05)5 April 1992 (aged 24)	Zob Ahan	2017	39	12
17	Ali Ghorbani	CF, RW, LW	2016	(1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 26)	Naft Tehran	2018	39	8
Players transferred during the season
7	Bakhtiar Rahmani	AM, CF, RW, LW	2016	(1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 25)	Naft Tehran	2018	16	1
16	Arash Afshin	CF, RW, LW	2016	(1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 27)	Naft Tehran	2018	6	0
20	Meysam Majidi	LB, LM	2015	(1986-10-25)25 October 1986 (aged 30)	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2017	31	3
55	Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi	CB	2015	(1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 25)	Naft Tehran	2017	18	1

Persian Gulf Pro League squad

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	IRN	Mehdi Rahmati (Captain)
2	DF	IRN	Khosro Heydari (Vice-captain)
3	DF	BRA	Róbson Januário ^U23
5	DF	IRN	Hossein Kanaanizadegan ^U23
6	MF	IRN	Omid Ebrahimi
8	MF	IRN	Yaghoub Karimi
9	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei
11	MF	IRN	Jaber Ansari
13	MF	IRN	Miad Yazdani
14	MF	IRN	Farshid Bagheri
15	DF	ARM	Hrayr Mkoyan
17	FW	IRN	Ali Ghorbani
18	DF	IRN	Milad Zakipour ^U23


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	GK	IRN	Arshia Babazadeh ^U23
21	DF	IRN	Vouria Ghafouri
22	GK	IRN	Hossein Hosseini
24	MF	IRN	Omid Noorafkan ^U21
28	MF	IRN	Mohsen Karimi ^U23
30	DF	IRN	Azim Gök ^U21
33	DF	IRN	Majid Hosseini ^U21
74	MF	IRN	Mojtaba Haghdoust ^U21
77	FW	IRN	Behnam Barzay
88	MF	IRN	Farshid Esmaeili ^U23
90	DF	BRA	Leandro Padovani
99	MF	IRN	Alireza Sayyar ^U23

List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization^[1]
[U19 = Under 19 Player | U21 = Under 21 Player | U23 = Under 23 Player]^[2]

New contracts

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Contract length	Ends	Date	Source
2	RB	Khosro Heydari	32	3 years	2019	19 June 2016	^[3]
4	DM	Roozbeh Cheshmi	22	3 years	2019	29 June 2016	^[4]
6	DM	Omid Ebrahimi	28	1 year	2017	3 July 2016	^[5]
15	CB	Hrayr Mkoyan	29	2 years	2018	4 July 2016	^[6]
22	GK	Hossein Hosseini	24	3 years	2019	19 July 2016	^[7]

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Ends	Date	Source
7	CM	Bakhtiar Rahmani	26	Tractor Sazi	Free transfer	2018	3 June 2016	^[8]
14	DM	Farshid Bagheri	24	Saba Qom	Free transfer	2018	4 June 2016	^[9]
21	RB	Vouria Ghafouri	28	Sepahan	Free transfer	2017	5 June 2016	^[10]
22	GK	Hossein Hosseini	23	Malavan	Loan return	2017	7 June 2016	^[11]
19	LB	Milad Zakipour	20	Naft Tehran	Free transfer	2019	8 June 2016	^[12]
17	CF	Ali Ghorbani	25	Naft Tehran	Free transfer	2018	9 June 2016	^[13]
5	CB	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	22	Persepolis	Free transfer	2018	14 June 2016	^[14]
23	CB	Majid Hosseini	19	Rah Ahan	Loan return	2017	16 June 2016	^[15]
12	GK	Arshia Babazadeh	21	De Anza Force	Free transfer		17 June 2016	^[16]
9	CF	Kaveh Rezaei	24	Zob Ahan	Free transfer	2017	19 June 2016	^[17]
16	CF	Arash Afshin	27	Malavan	Free transfer	2018	20 June 2016	^[18]
13	RM	Mi'ad Yazdani	24	Sepidrood Rasht	Free transfer	2019	31 July 2016	^[19]
30	CB	Alireza Sayyar	21	Gol Gohar	Free transfer		5 September 2016	^[20]
90	CB	Leandro Padovani	32	Sepahan	Free transfer	2017	6 September 2016	^[21]

Winter

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Ends	Date	Source
44	AM		Server Djeparov	34	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Free transfer	2018	15 January 2017	^[22]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Moving To	Type	Date	Source
1	GK	Vahid Talebloo	34	Foolad	Released	8 June 2016	^[23]
16	AM	Mehdi Momeni	30	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Released	8 June 2016	^[24]
14	CF	Pero Pejić	33	FK Kukësi	Released	8 June 2016	^[25]
3	DM	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia	28	Padideh	Released	8 June 2016	^[26]
34	RB	Milad Fakhreddini	26	Naft Tehran	End of Contract	8 June 2016	^[27]
5	CB	Hanif Omranzadeh	31	Khooneh Be Khooneh	End of Contract	8 June 2016	^[28]
9	CF	Arash Borhani	32	Paykan	End of Contract	8 June 2016	^[29]
99	RM	Adil Chihi	28	FSV Frankfurt	End of Contract	8 June 2016	^[30]
33	GK	Amir Hossein Najafi	19	Sardar Bukan	Released	17 June 2016	^[31]
37	CM	Mohammad Mehdi Rajabifar	18	Moghavemat Tehran	Free transfer	21 June 2016	^[32]
17	CM	Milad Shabanloo	21	Sanat Naft	Released	23 June 2016	^[33]
19	RM	Alireza Ramezani	23	Tractor Sazi	Free transfer	26 June 2016	^[34]
10	CF	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	26	Alanyaspor	Transfer	20 July 2016	^[35]
26	RB	Iman Abbaszadeh	20	Nassaji	Free transfer	15 August 2016	^[36]

Winter

No.	Pos	Name	Age	Moving To	Type	Date	Source
16	CF	Arash Afshin	27	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Released	5 January 2017	^[37]
7	CM	Bakhtiar Rahmani	25	Foolad	Released	17 January 2017	^[38]
55	CB	Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi	26	Machine Sazi	Released	21 January 2017	^[39]
20	LM	Meysam Majidi	30	Saba Qom	Released	25 January 2017	^[40]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
3	CB		Róbson Januário	22	Bahia	24 June 2016	30 June 2017	^[41]
74	AM		Mojtaba Haghdoost	20	Naft Tehran	31 August 2016	June 2017	^[42]

Loan out

Winter

No.	Pos	Nat.	Name	Age	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
44	AM		Server Djeparov	34	Sepahan	2 February 2017	1 June 2017	^[43]
4	DM		Roozbeh Cheshmi	23	Saba Qom	15 February 2017	1 June 2017	^[44]

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) 1	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Esteghlal B	Tehran, Iran
17:45 (UTC+03:30)	V. Ghafouri 20' K. Rezaei 35', 38' F. Bagheri 45' M. Majidi	report		Stadium: Nasser Hejazi Camp Attendance: 2,000

8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) 2	Ararat	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 (UTC+04:00)	65'	report		Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Attendance: 200

14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) 3	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Armenia
19:00 (UTC+04:00)		report	J. Ansari 34', 44', 45' Y. Karimi 70' (pen.)	Attendance: 50

18 July 2016 (2016-07-18) 4	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Khooneh Be Khooneh	Tehran, Iran
19:00 (UTC+03:30)	K. Rezaei 18' J. Ansari O. Ebrahimi p'	report	R. Bagheri	Stadium: Azadi Football Training Pitches Attendance: 2,000

Mid-season

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 1	Esteghlal	0 – 1	PAS Hamedan	Tehran, Iran
18:00 (UTC+03:30)		report	S. Kowsari 19'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Shahrdari Fouman	Tehran, Iran
18:15 (UTC+03:30)	A. Ghorbani 10'	report	S. Delavar	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) 3	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tehran, Iran
17:45 (UTC+03:30)	J. Ansari 36' A. Ghorbani 78'	report	M. Jamshidi 76'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) 4	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran, Iran
17:15 (UTC+03:30)	M. Hosseini 65' A. Ghorbani 80'	report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	25 July 2016	4 May 2017	—	Runners-up	30	16	9	5	45	27	+18	053.33
Hazfi Cup	1 October 2016	20 December 2016	Round of 32	Quarter-Final	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	075.00
AFC Champions League	7 February 2017	29 May 2017	qualifying play-off	Round of 16	9	5	2	2	12	11	+1	055.56
Total					43	24	11	8	62	41	+21	055.81

Last updated: 12 June 2017 (2017-06-12).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	20	6	4	46	14	+32	66	Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	30	16	9	5	45	27	+18	57
3	Tractor Sazi	30	15	11	4	38	24	+14	56
4	Zob Ahan	30	12	10	8	39	30	+9	46	Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5	Sepahan	30	12	9	9	38	34	+4	45

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[45]
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	9	4	39	23	+16	48	6	4	3	20	16	+4	7	5	1	19	7	+12

Last updated: 7 April 2017.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

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	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	7	12	15	15	14	15	10	7	5	5	6	5	7	7	7	5	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2017. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

25 July 2016 (2016-07-25) 1	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	J. Ansari 31'	report	A. Motahari 68' R. Aliyari 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (spectator ban) Referee: Hossein Zargar

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31) 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	H. Beyt Saeed 25', 84'	report	K. Rezaei 77'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) 3	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	A. Ghorbani 66'	report	H. Baghlani 58' 90+3' (pen.) K. Gwi-hyeon 66' R. Norouzi 86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: MohammadReza Akbarian

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 4	Paykan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Shahr-e Qods
18:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	A. Sadeghi 7' S. Nemati 33' M. Aghakhan 40' 40' M. Shiri 88'	report	B. Rahmani 36' R. Januário 42' B. Barzay 82' H. Mkoyan 83'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 8,360 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) 5	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Machine Sazi	Tehran
18:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	K. Rezaei 7'	report	S. Narimanjahan 52' A. Amir Kamdar 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000

16 September 2016 (2016-09-16) 6	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	A. Alipour 21'	report	O. Ebrahimi 13' F. Bagheri 69' K. Heydari 89'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 7	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	K. Rezaei 37' O. Ebrahimi 43' (pen.) A. Ghorbani 48'	report	M. Tabrizi 64' M. Hosseini 78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 8	Siah Jamegan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Khanzadeh 66' A. Kalantari 90+1'	report	K. Rezaei 27' O. Khaledi 88'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

21 October 2016 (2016-10-21) 9	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Karimi 76' J. Ansari 82' L. Padovani 88'	report	O. Khaledi 32'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27) 10	Foolad	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	J. Ansari 35' F. Esmaeili 44' L. Padovani 69'	report	A. Nasseri 64' S. Ansari 77' Y. Vakia 83'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) 11	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Gostaresh	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Hosseini 14' (o.g.) M. Karimi 23'	report	L. Pereira 43' F. de Jesus 74' A. Naghizadeh 80'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

1 December 2016 (2016-12-01) 12	Saba Qom	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Qom
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	R. Enayati 8' 40' H. Divsalar 55' G. Dehnavi 76' M. Haghjou 86'	report	K. Rezaei 18' A. Ghorbani 68' B. Rahmani 80' Y. Karimi 86'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

9 December 2016 (2016-12-09) 13	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	K. Rezaei 7' 90+3' O. Ebrahimi 29' Y. Karimi 83'	report	F. Hatami 56', 68' 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

15 December 2016 (2016-12-15) 14	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Padideh	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	J. Ansari 69'	report	M. Kafshgari 54' A. Jafari 63'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

25 December 2016 (2016-12-25) 15	Sepahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
16:25 IRST (UTC+03:30)	J. Alimohammadi 69'	report	F. Esmaeili 21' H. Mkoyan 56' B. Barzay 90+2'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

12 January 2017 (2017-01-12) 16	Naft Tehran	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30)	R. Asadi 12' V. Hamdinejad 13' I. Alekasir 22' M. Farahani 90+3'	report	M. Hosseini 7' O. Ebrahimi 16' 59' H. Hosseini 71'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 6,854 Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi Man of the Match: Omid Ebrahimi

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17) 17	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:40 IRST (UTC+03:30)	L. Padovani 49' M. Hosseini 66' K. Rezaei 88'	report	S. Bahrani 58' H. Beyt Saeed 68' A. Alaei 79' A. Ashouri 83' M. Tayyebi 90' 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Payam Heydari

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 18	Sanat Naft	0 – 3	Esteghlal	Abadan
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Mamashli 82'	report	V. Ghafouri 15' M. Haghdoust 28' B. Barzay 56' M. Hosseini 62' M. Yazdani 90'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium (Abadan) Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi Man of the Match: Omid Ebrahimi

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 19	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Paykan	Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	O. Ebrahimi 13' O. Noorafkan 61' A. Ghorbani 80' M. Hosseini 85' F. Esmaeili 90+3'	report	S. Yazdani 11' S. Nemati 21' 90+2' M. Aghakhan 35' 87.pen'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar Man of the Match: Ali Ghorbani

1 February 2017 (2017-02-01) 20	Machine Sazi	0 – 3	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Amir Kamdar 60' F. Abedini 72' H. Gordani 80' M. Hajmohammadi 90+2'	report	L. Padovani 32' A. Ghorbani 42' M. Haghdoust 77' O. Noorafkan 90+2'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium (Tabriz) Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar Man of the Match: Omid Noorafkan

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 21	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	F. Esmaeili 18' 74' A. Ghorbani 20' O. Ebrahimi 23' Róbson 27' K. Rezaei 44' M. Rahmati 90+2' 90+3' O. Noorafkan 90+5' B. Barzay 90+5'	report	S. Rafiei 5' H. Mahini 39' J. Hosseini 90+2' 90+3' F. Ahmadzadeh 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

16 February 2017 (2017-02-16) 22	Zob Ahan	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Tabrizi 10' M. Hosseini 80'	report	F. Esmaeili 24' L. Padovani 29' B. Barzay 78' M. Zakipour 88'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar Man of the Match: F. Esmaeili

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05) 23	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Siah Jamegan	Tehran
17:25 IRST (UTC+03:30)	O. Ebrahimi 65' Y. Karimi 66'	Report	G. Jerković 44' A. Jalali 71'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar Man of the Match: Mohammad Nasseri

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	Saipa	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	E. Pourghaz 81' 89' A. Kalantari 88' 90+6'	report	M. Hosseini 34' F. Bagheri 41' L. Padovani 90+4'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Faghani

31 March 2017 (2017-03-31) 25	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	K.Rezaei 60' M.Karimi 71'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: M.Karimi

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 26	Gostaresh	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M.Naghizadeh 74'	Report	O. Ebrahimi 80'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi Man of the Match: Omid Ebrahimi

14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) 27	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Saba Qom	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	O. Ebrahimi 18' 87'	Report	Keyvan Amraei 28'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hamid Hajmalek Man of the Match: O. Ebrahimi

20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) 28	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Mohammad Ebrahimi 87'	Report	Róbson Januário Omid Ebrahimi	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 29	Padideh	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Mashhad
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Moein Abbasian 33'	Report	Omid Noorafkan 57' Yaghoub Karimi 72' Jaber Ansari 81' Ali Ghorbani 89' Hrayr Mkoyan	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Payam Heydari Man of the Match: Jaber Ansari

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) 30	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Jaber Ansari 59' Farshid Bagheri 84'	Report	Mehrdad Mohammadi 39'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25000 Referee: Zahedi Fard Man of the Match: Jaber Ansari

Hazfi Cup

Win Draw Loss Postponed

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) First Round	Malavan Novin	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Bandar-e Anzali
16:10 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Moaf 16' A. Rahnavard 21'	report	A. Ghorbani 8' B. Rahmani 27' Róbson 35'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ali Safaei Man of the Match: Kaveh Rezaei

31 October 2016 (2016-10-31) 1/16	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Mes Kerman	Tehran
16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Y. Karimi 107' M. Karimi 113'	report	M. Ayoubi 28' Z. Kheiri 87' 31' F. Hosseinkhani 92'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Faghani

18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) 1/8	Esteghlal	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p)	Saba Qom	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	F. Esmaeili 80' Y. Karimi 97'	report	G. Dehnavi 31' V. Aliabadi 43' 31' H. Lak 119'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi
	Penalties
	H. Mkoyan O. Ebrahimi A. Ghorbani Y. Karimi F. Esmaeili		K. Amraei M. Haghjou G. Dehnavi M. Abtahi

20 December 2016 (2016-12-20) 1/4	Naft Tehran	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Ghazi 2.pen' 108' A. Motahari 22' A. Sadeghi 37' M. Fakhreddini 90' I. Mobali 90' M. Daneshgar 105' I. Alekasir 106' 106'	report	R. Januário 2' K. Rezaei 40' J. Ansari 68' B. Barzay 92' 96' M. Zakipour 119'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium (Tehran) Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Win Draw Loss Postponed

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07) qualifying play-off	Esteghlal	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Al-Sadd	Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30	B. Barzay 52' M. Karimi 106'	report	H. Ismail 45+1' J. Hamroun 63'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 74,560 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
	Penalties
	K. Rezaei O. Ebrahimi A. Ghorbani F. Esmaeili K. Heydari		H. Al-Haidos Xavi I. Majid M. Kasola B. Bounedjah

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ahli	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Esteghlal	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Al-Taawoun	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5^[b]
4	Lokomotiv Tashkent	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5^[b]

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal, Esteghlal 1–1 Al-Ahli.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Al-Taawoun 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent, Lokomotiv Tashkent 4–4 Al-Taawoun.

20 February 2017 (2017-02-20) 1	Al-Ahli	2–1	Esteghlal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:15 UAEST (UTC+04:00)	Majed H. 41' M. Diop 45+1', 90' H. Al-Fardan 55'	summary	B. Barzay 10' Róbson 20' K. Heydari 57' O. Ebrahimi 74' M. Zakipour 85'	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) 2	Esteghlal	3–0	Al-Taawoun	Muscat, Oman
19:30 UTC+4	K.Rezaei 1' J.Ansari 55' M.Karimi 70' L.Padovani 89'	summary	M.Muaaz 88' L.Sânmărtean 90+4'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

13 March 2017 (2017-03-13) 3	Esteghlal	2–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Tehran, Iran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Esmaeili 37' Ghorbani 84'	summary		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 42,369 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

11 April 2017 (2017-04-11) 4	Lokomotiv Tashkent	1–1	Esteghlal	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16:00 UST (UTC+05:00)		summary	K.Rezaei 88'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium

25 April 2017 (2017-04-25) 5	Esteghlal	1–1	Al-Ahli	Tehran, Iran
20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rezaei 58'	summary	Sanqour 17'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 76,428 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

9 May 2017 (2017-05-09) 6	Al-Taawoun	1–2	Esteghlal	Doha, Qatar
18:50 AST (UTC+03:00)	Al-Saiari 36'	summary	Ansari 19' Rezaei 76'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 375 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Knockout stage

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) First leg	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Al-Ain	Tehran, Iran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rezaei 90+2' (pen.)	summary		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 67,202 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) Second leg	Al-Ain	6 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.)	Esteghlal	Al Ain, UAE
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[table_hth_AHL0.61276727244852-46] Head-to-head results: Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal, Esteghlal 1–1 Al-Ahli.

[table_hth_TAA0.61276727244852-47] Head-to-head results: Al-Taawoun 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent, Lokomotiv Tashkent 4–4 Al-Taawoun.

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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
26	13	9	4	39	23	+16	48	6	4	3	20	16	+4	7	5	1	19	7	+12

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	9	4	39	23	+16	48	6	4	3	20	16	+4	7	5	1	19	7	+12

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Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	9	4	39	23	+16	48	6	4	3	20	16	+4	7	5	1	19	7	+12