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 {| class="wikitable" |- !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
Other information
Mohammad hossein Zarandi
Kit Kit manufacturerSponsor(s)Li-NingMajor SponsorHamrah AvvalSleeveBimeh IranBack of ShirtKosar Credit Institution, Bimeh Iran
Kit information
First team squad Last updated: 22 May 2017 Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Mehdi Rahmati GK 2015 Paykan 2019 223 0 19 Arshia Babazadeh GK 2016 De Anza Force 2017 0 0 22 Hossein Hosseini GK 2012 Youth system 2019 10 0 Defenders 2 Khosro Heydari RB, RM 2011 Sepahan 2019 265 7 3 Róbson Januário de Paula CB 2016 Bahia 2017 35 0 8 Yaghoub Karimi LM, LB 2014 Sepahan 2017 60 1 15 Hrayr Mkoyan CB, RB, LB 2014 FC Shirak 2018 75 0 18 Milad Zakipour LB 2016 Naft Tehran 2019 23 0 21 Vouria Ghafouri RB, RM 2016 Sepahan 2017 22 0 33 Majid Hosseini CB, RB, DM 2014 Youth system 2017 24 1 90 Leandro Padovani Celin CB 2016 Sepahan 2017 32 2 Midfielders 6 Omid Ebrahimi DM, CM 2014 Sepahan 2017 100 28 11 Jaber Ansari AM, LM, RM 2015 Gostaresh Foulad 2017 64 16 13 Miad Yazdani RM, LM 2016 Sepidrood Rasht 2019 6 0 14 Farshid Bagheri DM 2016 Saba Qom 2018 26 2 24 Omid Noorafkan DM, CM, LB 2015 Youth system 2017 30 3 28 Mohsen Karimi LW, RW 2014 Youth system 2018 52 10 74 Mojtaba Haghdoust AM, LM, RM 2016 Naft Tehran 2017 23 2 77 Behnam Barzay RW, LW 2015 Rah Ahan 2017 50 7 88 Farshid Esmaeili AM, CM, RM 2015 Fajr Sepasi 2018 58 4 Forwards 9 Kaveh Rezaei CF 2016 Zob Ahan 2017 39 12 17 Ali Ghorbani CF, RW, LW 2016 Naft Tehran 2018 39 8 Players transferred during the season 7 Bakhtiar Rahmani AM, CF, RW, LW 2016 Naft Tehran 2018 16 1 16 Arash Afshin CF, RW, LW 2016 Naft Tehran 2018 6 0 20 Meysam Majidi LB, LM 2015 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2017 31 3 55 Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi CB 2015 Naft Tehran 2017 18 1
Persian Gulf Pro League squad
List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization [U19 = Under 19 Player | U21 = Under 21 Player | U23 = Under 23 Player]
New contracts
Name Contract length DateSource2 Khosro Heydari323 years201919 June 20164 Roozbeh Cheshmi223 years201929 June 20166 Omid Ebrahimi281 year20173 July 201615 Hrayr Mkoyan292 years20184 July 201622 Hossein Hosseini243 years201919 July 2016
Transfers
In
Summer Name Moving FromType DateSource 7 26 Tractor Sazi Free transfer 2018 14 24 Saba Qom Free transfer 2018 21 28 Sepahan Free transfer 2017 22 23 Malavan Loan return 2017 19 20 Naft Tehran Free transfer 2019 17 25 Naft Tehran Free transfer 2018 5 22 Persepolis Free transfer 2018 23 19 Rah Ahan Loan return 2017 12 21 De Anza Force Free transfer 9 24 Zob Ahan Free transfer 2017 16 27 Malavan Free transfer 2018 13 24 Sepidrood Rasht Free transfer 2019 30 21 Gol Gohar Free transfer 90 32 Sepahan Free transfer 2017
Winter Name Moving FromType DateSource 44 34 Lokomotiv Tashkent Free transfer 2018
Out
Summer Name Moving ToTypeDateSource 1 34 Foolad Released 16 30 Esteghlal Khuzestan Released 14 33 FK Kukësi Released 3 28 Padideh Released 34 26 Naft Tehran End of Contract 5 31 Khooneh Be Khooneh End of Contract 9 32 Paykan End of Contract 99 28 FSV Frankfurt End of Contract 33 19 Sardar Bukan Released 37 18 Moghavemat Tehran Free transfer 17 21 Sanat Naft Released 19 23 Tractor Sazi Free transfer 10 26 Alanyaspor Transfer 26 20 Nassaji Free transfer
Winter Name Moving ToTypeDateSource 16 27 Esteghlal Khuzestan Released 7 25 Foolad Released 55 26 Machine Sazi Released 20 30 Saba Qom Released
Loan in
Summer Name Loaned FromStartEndSource 3 22 Bahia 30 June 2017 74 20 Naft Tehran June 2017
Loan out
Winter Name Loaned ToStartEndSource 44 34 Sepahan 1 June 2017 4 23 Saba Qom 1 June 2017
Friendly Matches
Pre-season
Mid-season
Competitions
Overview
Persian Gulf Pro League
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Hazfi Cup
AFC Champions League
Qualifying play-off
Group stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Pro LeagueHazfi CupACLTotalPName1Mehdi Rahmati22 22 −21 0 −0.9 19804 4 −3 0 −0.6 4209 9 −11 0 −1.2 84035 35 −35 0 −1.0 32402Khosro Heydari17 19 0 3 0.0 10382 2 0 0 0.0 1407 9 0 2 0.0 71920 22 0 5 0.0 11783Róbson Januário19 19 0 0 0.0 13503 3 0 0 0.0 3309 9 0 0 0.0 84022 22 0 0 0.0 16805Kanaanizadegan2 2 0 0 0.0 1800 0 0 0 0.0 00 0 0 0 0.0 02 2 0 0 0.0 1806Omid Ebrahimi24 24 7 5 0.1 17101 2 0 0 0.0 2107 7 1 1 0.1 62425 26 8 6 0.1 19207Rahmani12 13 0 1 0.0 10033 3 1 0 0.4 2400 0 0 0 0.0 015 16 1 1 0.1 12438Yaghoub Karimi11 16 0 0 0.0 10082 2 0 0 0.0 2401 2 0 0 0.0 9013 15 0 0 0.0 12279Kaveh Rezaei22 22 7 9 0.3 16073 3 0 3 0.0 3229 9 6 1 0.6 84027 27 13 13 0.3 192911Jaber Ansari13 17 6 2 0.3 11273 3 1 1 0.3 3306 2 1 1 0.4 23317 19 5 4 0.3 145713Mi'ad Yazdani0 4 0 0 0.0 320 1 0 0 0.0 120 1 0 0 0.0 20 5 0 0 0.0 4414Farshid Bagheri7 15 2 0 0.0 5033 4 0 0 0.0 3603 6 0 1 0.4 2529 19 2 1 0.0 89015Hrayr Mkoyan12 12 0 2 0.0 10703 4 0 0 0.0 3803 4 0 0 0.0 26813 14 0 2 0.0 145016Arash Afshin0 3 0 0 0.0 351 3 0 0 0.0 1380 0 0 0 0.0 01 6 0 0 0.0 17317Ali Ghorbani13 21 6 3 0.6 7762 4 1 1 0.2 3686 8 1 0 0.2 55215 26 8 4 0.5 124618Milad Zakipour9 10 0 1 0.0 4491 1 0 0 0.0 1207 8 0 2 0.0 64611 12 0 2 0.0 56920Meysam Majidi0 1 0 0 0.0 91 1 0 0 0.0 900 0 0 0 0.0 01 2 0 0 0.0 9921Vouria Ghafouri13 14 0 2 0.0 11220 0 0 0 0.0 05 6 0 0 0.0 34414 16 0 2 0.0 112222Hossein Hosseini6 6 −5 0 −1.0 3600 0 0 0 0.0 00 0 0 0 0.0 05 5 −4 0 −1.0 36024Omid Noorafkan8 8 2 2 0.3 5320 0 0 0 0.0 06 6 0 0 0.0 57010 10 2 2 0.3 53225Azim Gök0 1 0 0 0.0 30 0 0 0 0.0 00 0 0 0 0.0 00 1 0 0 0.0 328Mohsen Karimi5 10 4 0 0.8 3272 2 1 0 0.4 2403 7 1 0 0.0 3466 12 5 0 0.6 56733Majid Hosseini12 13 1 0 0.1 8112 2 0 0 0.0 2102 3 0 0 0.0 18112 14 1 0 0.1 102174Haghdoust7 13 2 0 0.4 4813 3 0 0 0.0 2282 4 0 0 0.0 2019 15 2 0 0.3 70977Behnam Barzay8 10 4 0 0.6 5681 3 1 0 0.0 1203 6 0 0 0.0 28310 15 5 0 0.6 68888Farshid Esmaeili13 20 2 2 0.0 10391 3 0 0 0.0 2176 8 1 1 0.2 56415 24 3 3 0.0 125690Padovani14 16 1 1 0.0 10233 3 0 0 0.0 3609 9 1 0 0.1 84019 21 2 0 0.0 1383Last updated: 1 February 2017
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.
No.Nat.PositionNamePro LeagueHazfi CupACLTotal7MFBakhtiar Rahmani1000000001008MFYaghoub Karimi10000000010015DFHrayr Mkoyan100000000100 TOTALS300000000300
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupACLTotal1FW9 Kaveh Rezaei706132MF6 Omid Ebrahimi7018FW17 Ali Ghorbani6118MF11 Jaber Ansari61183FW28 Mohsen Karimi41164FW77 Behnam Barzay41055MF24 Omid Noorafkan3003MF88 Farshid Esmaeili20136MF74 Mojtaba Haghdoust2002MF14 Farshid Bagheri2002DF90 Leandro Padovani10127DF33 Majid Hosseini1001MF7 Bakhtiar Rahmani0101Own goals0000TOTALS4551262
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupACLTotal 1 1 Mehdi Rahmati 8 3 415 2 22 Hossein Hosseini 3 0 03 TOTALS113418
Goals conceded The list is sorted by shirt number when total 'minutes played' are equal. PlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupACLTotalMinutes Played 1 1 Mehdi Rahmati21 3 11 35 min 2 22 Hossein Hosseini6 0 0 6 min TOTALS27 3 11 41 min
See also 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League 2016–17 Hazfi Cup 2017 AFC Champions League
References
External links Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League