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2000–01 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2000–01 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 9th season in the Azadegan League, and their 7th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and 56th year in existence as a football club.

Esteghlal F.C.
2000–01 season
PresidentIran Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coachIran Mansour Pourheidari
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan LeagueChampions
Hazfi CupSemifinals
Asian Cup Winners' Cup4th
Top goalscorerAli Samereh (14)

Player

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As of 1 September 2001. [1]

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 Parviz Boroumand
6 DF   IRN Mahmoud Fekri
8 MF   IRN Mohammad Navazi
12 MF   IRN Mojahed Khaziravi
14 MF   IRN Sirous Dinmohammadi
15 MF   IRN Farzad Majidi
16 FW   IRN Alireza Akbarpour
17 FW   IRN Ahmad Momenzadeh
20 DF   IRN Mehdi Hasheminasab
— DF   IRN Arastou Mohammadi
22 MF   IRN Alireza Nikbakht
24 MF   AZE Rufat Quliyev
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   IRN Masoud Ghasemi
30 GK   IRN Hadi Tabatabaei
25 MF   IRN Behzad Dadashzadeh
23 DF   IRN Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
2 DF   IRN Javad Zarincheh
7 MF   IRN Sattar Hamedani
10 MF   IRN Dariush Yazdani
18 FW   IRN Ali Samereh
19 FW   IRN Bahman Tahmasebi
9 FW   IRN Ali Latifi
11 FW   IRN Farhad Majidi
— FW   IRN Mehdi Salehpour

Pre-season and friendlies

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Partizan   1 – 1   Esteghlal Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Napredak Kruševac   1 – 1   Esteghlal Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Farhad Majidi  
Al-Nasr   2 – 6   Esteghlal Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Farhad Majidi   Farzad Majidi  
Ali Mousavi  
Alireza Akbarpour   
Sirous Dinmohammadi   		 Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
Esteghlal Kashan 0 – 5 Esteghlal Kashan
Bahman Tahmasebi  
Afshin Hajipour  
Alireza Akbarpour  
Ali Latifi  
Mohammad Niksirat  		 Stadium: Shahid Naser Fekfi Stadium
Esteghlal 3 – 0 basij Khazaneh Tehran
Ali Latifi  
Dariush Yazdani  
Mohammad Niksirat  		 Stadium: Marghoubkar Stadium
Vahdat Abadan 2 – 2 Esteghlal
Ali Samereh  
Alireza Akbarpour  
Sepidrood 0 – 4 Esteghlal Rasht
Rufat Quliyev  
Mehdi Salehpour  
Bahman Tahmasebi  
Behzad Dadashzadeh  		 Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
Esteghlal 1 – 1 Esteghlal Novin Tehran
Stadium: Marghoubkar Stadium

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 — — Winner 4 August 2000 19 April 2001
Hazfi Cup 1/8 finals — Semifinals 26 June 2001
Asian Cup Winners' Cup — — 4th 14 September 2000 19 May 2001

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League

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Main article: 2000–01 Azadegan League

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Esteghlal (C) 22 15 5 2 52 21 +31 50 Qualification for the 2001–02 Asian Club Championship
2 Persepolis 22 13 7 2 36 16 +20 46
3 Saipa 22 8 9 5 29 27 +2 33
4 Zob Ahan 22 7 9 6 30 22 +8 30
5 Paykan 22 7 7 8 19 29 −10 28
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 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
22 15 5 2 52 21  +31 50 8 3 0 31 12  +19 7 2 2 21 9  +12

Last updated: 17 June 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWDDDDWWWDWWLWWWWWWWL
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

4 August 2000 (2000-08-04) 1 Esteghlal 4 – 1 Paykan Tehran
Ali Samereh   28', 61', 90'
Dariush Yazdani   62'		 Ali Baghmisheh   90' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
10 August 2000 (2000-08-10) 2 Tractor Sazi 1 – 3 Esteghlal Tabriz
Ahmad Feyz-Karimloo   75' Farhad Majidi   52', 61', 90' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
18 August 2000 (2000-08-18) 3 Esteghlal 6 – 1 Esteghlal Rasht Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab   35'
Mahmoud Fekri   44'
Farzad Majidi   48'
Ahmad Momenzadeh   61', 84'
Ali Samereh   75'		 Saeed Bayat   30' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
25 August 2000 (2000-08-25) 4 Bargh Shiraz 0 – 0 Esteghlal Shiraz
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Note: match was paused in 3' for 20 minutes due to fan riot
10 November 2000 (2000-11-10) 5 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab   pen.' Davoud Dehghani   Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 September 2000 (2000-09-05) 6 Saipa 2 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
Farhad Khangoli   6'
Behnam Abolghasempour   10'		 Ali Samereh   61'
Ahmad Momenzadeh   88'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
29 December 2000 (2000-12-29) 7 Esteghlal 2 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
Mohammad Navazi   67'
Mehdi Hasheminasab   83'		 Behrouz Rahbarifar   58' (pen.)
Ali Karimi   88'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 110,000
3 December 2000 (2000-12-03) 8 Foolad 1 – 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Behnam Seraj   85' Ali Samereh   10', 48', 80' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
8 December 2000 (2000-12-08) 9 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Mohammad Navazi   28'
Ali Samereh   38'		 Faraz Fatemi   1' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
13 December 2000 (2000-12-13) 10 Zob Ahan 0 – 2 Esteghlal Fooladshahr
Sirous Dinmohammadi   38'
Ahmad Momenzadeh   45'		 Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
24 December 2000 (2000-12-24) 11 Esteghlal 1 – 1 PAS Tehran Tehran
Alireza Nikbakht   37' Rasoul Khatibi   73' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
4 January 2001 (2001-01-04) 12 Paykan 0 – 4 Esteghlal Tehran
Ahmad Momenzadeh   48'
Rufat Quliyev   49'
Alireza Akbarpour   52'
Mojahed Khaziravi   78'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
15 February 2001 (2001-02-15) 13 Esteghlal 5 – 1 Tractor Sazi Tehran
Ali Samereh   5', 90'
Farzad Majidi   45'
Mojahed Khaziravi   50'
Ahmad Momenzadeh   78'		 Aranik Marcussian   80' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
10 March 2001 (2001-03-10) 14 Esteghlal Rasht 1 – 0 Esteghlal Rasht
Shahram Parnianfar   80' Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 15 Esteghlal 4 – 2 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Alireza Akbarpour   18'
Sattar Hamedani   28'
Bahman Tahmasebi   80', 90'		 Mehdi Shiri   1'
Mohammad Motavvari   25'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
4 February 2001 (2001-02-04) 16 Sepahan 0 – 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
Sattar Hamedani   29', 41' Stadium: 22 Bahman Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
11 February 2001 (2001-02-11) 17 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Saipa Tehran
Farzad Majidi   19'
Ali Samereh   85'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
23 February 2001 (2001-02-23) 18 Persepolis 0 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Alireza Akbarpour   74' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
29 March 2001 (2001-03-29) 19 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Foolad Tehran
Alireza Nikbakht   44'
Ali Samereh   65'		 Behnam Seraj   6' Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
8 April 2001 (2001-04-08) 20 Fajr Sepasi 2 – 3 Esteghlal Shiraz
Faraz Fatemi   25' (pen.)
Mahmoud Khorramzi   68'		 Ali Samereh   31'
Rufat Quliyev   66', 78'		 Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
14 April 2001 (2001-04-14) 21 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Zob Ahan Tabriz
Mahmoud Fekri   60'
Ali Mousavi   77'		 Reza Sahebi   61' (pen.) Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Note: in Tabriz due to renovation Azadi stadium
19 April 2001 (2001-04-19) 22 PAS Tehran 2 – 1 Esteghlal Mashhad
Amir Hossein Yousefi   14'
Rasoul Khatibi   65'		 Mahmoud Fekri   43' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000

Hazfi Cup

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Main article: 2000–01 Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

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Esteghlal 2 – 0 Esteghlal Rasht Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16

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30 April 2001 (2001-04-30) First leg Esteghlal Ahvaz 2 – 2 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Afshin Kamali  
Gholamreza Eydi  		 Bahman Tahmasebi  
Ali Samereh  		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
7 May 2001 (2001-05-07) Second leg Esteghlal 1 – 1
(3 – 3 agg.)		 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
Ali Samereh   20' Asghar Rasoulzadeh   54' Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Note: Away goals rule

1/8 finals

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30 May 2001 (2001-05-30) Esteghlal 3 – 0 Paykan Tehran
Alireza Akbarpour  
Mehdi Salehpour  
Hamid Tabrizi  		 Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Quarterfinals

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11 June 2001 (2001-06-11) First leg Aboumoslem 3 – 2 Esteghlal Mashhad
Reza Enayati   11', 20'
Shokri   85'		 Mehdi Salehpour   51'
Mojahed Khaziravi   63'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
16 June 2001 (2001-06-16) Second leg Esteghlal 3 – 1
(5 – 4 agg.)		 Aboumoslem Tehran
Alireza Nikbakht   9'
Mehdi Salehpour   11', 56'		 Hossein Badamaki   15' Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Semifinal

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20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) First leg Fajr Sepasi 1 – 0 Esteghlal Shiraz
Davoud Seyed-Abbasi   Stadium: Koma Stadium
26 June 2001 (2001-06-26) Second leg Esteghlal 2 – 2
(2 – 3 agg.)		 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Saeed Beigi   85'
Mehdi Hasheminasab   89' (pen.)		 Vahid Rezaei   17'
Amir Vaziri   22'		 Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

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Main article: 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

First round

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14 September 2000 (2000-09-14) First leg Al-Wahda   3 – 2   Esteghlal Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Alireza Nikbakht   67'
Mehdi Hasheminasab   85'		 Stadium: Al-Nahyan Stadium
22 September 2000 (2000-09-22) Second leg Esteghlal   4 – 0
(6 – 3 agg.)		   Al-Wahda Tehran
Farhad Majidi   3', 70'
Sattar Hamedani   45'
Alireza Akbarpour   75'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Second round

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3 November 2000 (2000-11-03) First leg Al-Sadd   0 – 1   Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
Ali Samereh   Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
17 November 2000 (2000-11-17) Second leg Esteghlal   2 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)		   Al-Sadd Tehran, Iran
Farhad Majidi   12'
Alireza Nikbakht   19'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals

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2 March 2001 (2001-03-02) First leg Kairat   0 – 0   Esteghlal Almaty, Kazakhstan
Stadium: Central Stadium
16 March 2001 (2001-03-16) Second leg Esteghlal   3 – 0
(3 – 0 agg.)		   Kairat Tehran, Iran
Own Goals   49'
Sirous Dinmohammadi   64'
Ali Samereh   76'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinals

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17 May 2001 (2001-05-17) Esteghlal   2 – 3   Al-Shabab Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Navazi   28' (pen.)
Ahmad Momenzadeh   60'

Third place match

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19 May 2001 (2001-05-19) Esteghlal   1 – 3   Shimizu Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Alireza Nikbakht   34'

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2000–01". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
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