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.
| 2017–18 season | ||||
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| President | Amir hosein fat’hi | |||
| Head coach | Winfried Schäfer | |||
| Stadium | Azadi Stadium | |||
| Iran Pro League | 3rd | |||
| Hazfi Cup | Champions | |||
| AFC Champions League | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ali Ghorbani (7) All: Mame Thiam (12) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 85,000 | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 0 | |||
| Average home league attendance | 27,200 | |||
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Players
editSquad information
editPlayers 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 | ||
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| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Mehdi Rahmati | 
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GK | 2 February 1983 (aged 34) | 2015 | 2019 | Paykan
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Captain | ||
| 19 | Arshia Babazadeh U23 |
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GK | 5 November 1995 (aged 22) | 2016 | 2022 |  De Anza Force
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| 22 | Hossein Hosseini |
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GK | 30 June 1992 (aged 25) | 2012 | 2019 | Youth system | |||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Khosro Heydari |
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RB / RM / RW | 14 September 1983 (aged 34) | 2011 | 2019 | Sepahan
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Vice-captain | ||
| 4 | Roozbeh Cheshmi |
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DM / CB / CM | 24 July 1993 (aged 24) | 2015 | 2019 | Saba Qom
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| 5 | Majid Hosseini U23 |
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CB / DM | 20 June 1996 (aged 21) | 2014 | 2019 | Youth system | |||
| 13 | Armin Sohrabian U23 |
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LB / CB | 26 July 1995 (aged 22) | 2017 | 2019 | Sepahan
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| 18 | Milad Zakipour U23 |
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LB / LM | 23 November 1995 (aged 22) | 2016 | 2021 | Naft Tehran
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| 21 | Vouria Ghafouri |
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RB / RM | 20 September 1987 (aged 30) | 2016 | 2018 | Sepahan
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| 33 | Pejman Montazeri |
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CB / RB | 6 September 1983 (aged 34) | 2017 | 2019 |  Al Ahli
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| 90 | Leandro Padovani Celin | 
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CB | 21 December 1983 (aged 34) | 2016 | 2018 | Sepahan
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| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Omid Ebrahimi |
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DM / CM | 15 September 1987 (aged 30) | 2014 | 2018 | Sepahan
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| 14 | Farshid Bagheri |
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DM / CB / CM | 5 June 1992 (aged 25) | 2016 | 2018 | Saba Qom
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| 16 | Mehdi Ghaedi U21 |
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LW / RW | 5 December 1998 (aged 19) | 2017 | 2020 | Iranjavan
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| 20 | Server Djeparov | 
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AM / CM / LM | 3 October 1982 (aged 35) | 2017 | 2018 | Lokomotiv Tashkent
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| 23 | Dariush Shojaeian |
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RW / LW / AM | 7 April 1992 (aged 25) | 2017 | 2020 | Gostaresh Foulad
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| 24 | Omid Noorafkan U21 |
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DM / LB / LW | 9 April 1997 (aged 20) | 2015 | 2019 | Youth system | |||
| 28 | Mohsen Karimi |
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LW / RW | 20 September 1994 (aged 23) | 2014 | 2020 | Youth system | |||
| 77 | Behnam Barzay |
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RW / LW | 11 February 1993 (aged 24) | 2015 | 2020 | Rah Ahan
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| 80 | Bojan Najdenov | 
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CM | 27 August 1991 (aged 26) | 2018 | 2019 |  Smouha
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| 88 | Farshid Esmaeili |
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AM / LW / SS | 23 February 1994 (aged 23) | 2015 | 2020 | Fajr Sepasi
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| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Ali Ghorbani |
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CF / LW / RW | 18 September 1990 (aged 27) | 2016 | 2018 | Naft Tehran
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| 11 | Jaber Ansari |
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SS / LW | 10 January 1987 (aged 30) | 2015 | 2019 | Gostaresh Foulad
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| 25 | Mame Baba Thiam | 
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CF | 9 October 1992 (aged 25) | 2018 | 2019 |  Juventus[1]
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| Players transferred during the season | ||||||||||
| 30 | Azim Gök U23 |
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CB | 25 January 1996 (aged 21) | 2016 | 2019 | Youth system | |||
| 17 | Yaghoub Karimi |
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LB / LM | 31 August 1991 (aged 26) | 2014 | 2018 | Sepahan
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| 8 | Mojtaba Jabbari |
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AM | 16 June 1983 (aged 34) | 2017 | 2019 | Al Ahli
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| 7 | Hassan Beyt Saeed |
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LW / CF / RW | 1 April 1990 (aged 27) | 2017 | 2019 | Esteghlal Khuzestan
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| 10 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh |
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CF | 23 January 1990 (aged 27) | 2017 | 2018 | Naft Tehran
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Persian Gulf League Squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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AFC Champions League Squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
editIn
edit| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
Ends | Source |
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| 16 | LM |
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Mehdi Ghaedi | 18 | Iranjavan | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | [2] |
| 26 | CF |
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Fardin Najafi | 19 | Esteghlal Academy | Promotion | Summer | 2020 | [3] |
| 27 | AM |
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Hossein Heydari | 18 | Esteghlal Academy | Promotion | Summer | 2022 | [4] |
| 7 | LW |
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Hassan Beyt Saeed | 27 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [5] |
| 10 | CF |
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Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 27 | Naft Tehran | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | [6] |
| 23 | AM |
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Dariush Shojaeian | 25 | Gostaresh Foulad | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | [7] |
| 32 | DM |
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Sina Khadempour | 20 | Naft Tehran | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [8] |
| 33 | CB |
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Pejman Montazeri | 33 | Al Ahli
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Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [9] |
| 70 | RW |
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Mohammad Javad Mohammadi | 21 | Haf Semnan | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [10] |
| 13 | LB |
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Armin Sohrabian | 21 | Sepahan | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [11] |
| 8 | AM |
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Mojtaba Jabari | 34 | Al Ahli
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Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [12] |
| 77 | LW |
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Sajjad Aghaei | 18 | Persepolis Academy | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [13] |
| 20 | AM |
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Server Djeparov | 34 | Sepahan | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | [14] |
| 77 | RW |
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Behnam Barzay | 24 | Unattached | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | [15] |
| 80 | CM |
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Bojan Najdenov | 26 | Smouha
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Transfer | Winter | 2019 | [16] |
| 25 | CF |
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Mame Thiam | 26 | Juventus
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Transfer | Winter | 2019 | [17] |
Out
edit| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
Source |
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| 5 | CB |
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Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 23 | Saipa | Released | Summer | [18] |
| 20 | CB |
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Taha Shariati | 17 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | [19] |
| 31 | CB |
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Alireza Sayyar | 23 | Unattached | Released | Summer | [20] |
| 27 | DM |
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Hossein Abarghouei | 20 | Gostaresh Foulad | Transfer | Summer | [21] |
| 13 | LW |
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Miad Yazdani | 24 | Sepidrood Rasht | Loan | Summer | [22][23] |
| 9 | CF |
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Kaveh Rezaei | 25 |  Charleroi
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End of contract | Summer | [24] |
| 74 | AM |
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Mojtaba Haghdoust | 21 | Naft Tehran | End of loan | Summer | |
| 3 | CB |
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Róbson Januário de Paula | 23 | Bahia
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End of loan | Summer | |
| 77 | RW |
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Behnam Barzay | 24 | Sanat Naft Abadan | End of contract | Summer | |
| 12 | LB |
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Mohammad Reza Hashemi | 20 | Shemushack | Transfer | Summer | |
| GK |
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Mehrdad Lashni | 19 | Mes Rafsanjan | Transfer | Summer | [25] | |
| 32 | DM |
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Sina Khadempour | 20 | Naft Tehran | Loan | Summer | [26] |
| 77 | LW |
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Sajjad Aghaei | 18 | Aluminium Arak | Loan | Summer | [27] |
| 7 | LW |
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Hassan Beyt Saeed | 27 | Foolad | Transfer | Winter | [28] |
| 30 | CB |
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Azim Gök | 21 | Malavan | Loan | Winter | [29] |
| 17 | LM |
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Yaghoub Karimi | 26 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Transfer | Winter | [30] |
| 8 | AM |
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Mojtaba Jabari | 34 | Unattached | Released | Winter | [31] |
| 10 | CF |
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Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 27 | Qatar
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Transfer | Winter | [32] |
| 15 | CB | 
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Hrayr Mkoyan | 31 | Shirak
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Transfer | Winter |
Pre-season and friendlies
edit| 10 July 2017 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 3 | Ararat | 1 – 2 | Esteghlal | Yerevan, Armenia |
| 18:30 AMT (UTC+04:00) | 88' |
Report | A. Ghorbani 20', 42' |
Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Attendance: 200 |
| 22 July 2017 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
editOverview
edit| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Pro League | 28 July 2017 | 27 April 2018 | — | 3rd | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 50.00 |
| 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 | 50.00 |
| Total | 43 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 55.81 | ||||
Last updated: 16 May 2018.
Source: Competitions
Iran Pro League
editStandings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[33]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup
Results summary
edit| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
editUpdated to match(es) played on 26 January 2018. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
editWin Draw Loss Postponed
| 28 July 2017 1 | Sanat Naft | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Abadan |
| 21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | J. Karrar 18' M. Shadkam  41' |
Report | Stadium: Takhti Abadan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar |
| 4 August 2017 2 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Tehran |
| 21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | M. Zakipour 91' S. Shahbazzadeh 93' |
Report | H. Bahrami 19' A. Alaei 84' Y. Delfi 86' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi |
| 11 August 2017 3 | Esteghlal | 1 – 0 | Tractor Sazi | Tehran |
| 20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Djeparov 42' Shojaeian 67' |
Report | Taheran 41' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 61,000 Referee: Bijan HeydariMan of the Match: Server Djeparov |
| 17 August 2017 4 | Saipa | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Abbaszadeh 58' (pen.) 58' Shahalidoost 78'  Akhbari 90+3' |
Report | Rahmati 57' Cheshmi 80' |
Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Mohammad ZahedifarMan of the Match: Mohammad Abbaszadeh |
| 22 August 2017 5 | Esteghlal | 0 – 2 | Padideh | Tehran |
| 18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | H. Beyt Saeed 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 6 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 2 – 0 | Esteghlal | Jam |
| 20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Ali Dashti 38' Farshad Salarvand 90+6' |
Report | Roozbeh Cheshmi 33' F. Bagheri 85'H. Hosseini 90' |
Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Mohammad Seyed Ali Man of the Match: Ali Dashti |
| 20 September 2017 7 | Esteghlal | 1 – 1 | Zob Ahan | Tehran |
| 20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Cheshmi 12' 93' Padovani 90' |
Report | NejadMehdi 78' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Payam Heydari |
| 26 September 2017 8 | Sepidrood | 1 – 2 | Esteghlal | Rasht |
| 16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | ebrahimi 86' (pen.) |
Jaber Ansari 53' Majid Hosseini 54'Dariush Shojaeian 68'Heydari 84' |
Stadium: Sardar Jangal stadium Attendance: 6,000 |
| 13 October 2017 9 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Foolad | Tehran |
| 17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Cheshmi 95' |
Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 |
| 20 October 2017 10 | Persepolis | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | A. Alipour 23' (pen.) |
Cheshmi 22' Farshid Bagheri 50'Omid Ebrahimi 59'Vouria Ghafouri 87'Milad Zakipour 89'Farshid Esmaeili 96'Dariush Shojaeian 96' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 85,000 |
| 31 October 2017 11 | Esteghlal | 2 – 0 | Naft Tehran | Tehran |
| 17:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Mohammadizadeh 56' (og.) Farshid Bagheri 62'}J. Ansari 66' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| 15 November 2017 12 | Siah Jamegan | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal | Mashhad |
| 14:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Amraei 76' Badamaki 77'Seifollahi 82'Malekian 82' |
Report | Esmaeili 18' Djeparov 49'Ghaedi 84' |
Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali |
| 25 November 2017 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 14 | Paykan | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal | Shahr-e Qods |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium |
| 6 December 2017 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 16 | Esteghlal | 4 – 0 | Sanat Naft | Tehran |
| 17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M. Karimi 15', 42', 67' D. Shojaeian 55'}Milad Zakipour 63' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 |
| 28 December 2017 17 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 0 – 3 | Esteghlal | Ahvaz |
| 16:25 IRST (UTC+03:30) | V. Ghafouri 7' M. Karimi 61'O.G 48'Djeparov 61'R. Cheshmi 15', 73' |
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium |
| 5 January 2018 18 | Tractor Sazi | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal | Tabriz |
| 14:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 38,000 |
| 12 January 2018 19 | Esteghlal | 1 – 1 | Saipa | Tehran |
| 16:35 IRST (UTC+03:30) | D. Shojaeian 23' F. Bagheri 50'Noorafkan 71' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 33,000 |
| 19 January 2018 20 | Padideh | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal | Mashhad |
| 15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | M. Hosseini 74' B. Barzay 83'Ali Ghorbani 89' |
Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 35,000 |
| 25 January 2018 21 | Esteghlal | 4 – 0 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Tehran |
| 16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30) | S. Djebarov 4' B. Barzay 31'A. Ghorbani 34', 48', 65'Noorafkan 41' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 24,000 |
| 4 February 2018 22 | Zob Ahan | 2 – 1 | Esteghlal | Isfahan |
| 17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | V. Ghafouri 31' M. Hosseini 59'B. Barzay 67'Cheshmi 85'Shojaeian 87' |
Stadium: Foolad Shahr |
| 8 February 2018 23 | Esteghlal | 3 – 0 | Sepidrood | Tehran |
| 18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | F. Esmaeili 14' O. Ebrahimi 64' J. Ansari 42', 77' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
| 24 February 2018 24 | Foolad | 1 – 4 | Esteghlal | Ahvaz |
| 16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Rahim Zahivi 12' |
M. Thiam 2', 90+2' R. Cheshmi 7', 38'D. Shojaeian 17'Hossein Hosseini 83' |
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium |
| 1 March 2018 25 | Esteghlal | 1 – 0 | Persepolis | Tehran |
| 15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | V. Ghafouri 43', 52' Thiam 45'Farshid Esmaeili 54'Djeparov 77' |
Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
| 28 March 2018 26 | Naft Tehran | 1 – 2 | Esteghlal | Tehran |
| 18:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Mohsen Bengar 37' |
Report | J. Ansari 75' O. Noorafkan 88', 88' |
Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali Man of the Match: Omid Noorafkan |
| 6 April 2018 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 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 29 | Esteghlal | 3 – 2 | Paykan | Tehran |
| 18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) |
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Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi Man of the Match: M.Thiam |
| 27 April 2018 30 | Sepahan | 0 – 1 | Esteghlal | Isfahan |
| 18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Report |
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Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian Man of the Match: M.Thiam |
Hazfi Cup
edit| 8 September 2017 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 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 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 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 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
editGroup stage
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Esteghlal
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Al-Ain
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Al-Hilal
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
| 13 February 2018 | Al-Rayyan | 2 – 2 | Esteghlal | Doha, Qatar |
| 18:10 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 5,038 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) |
| 20 February 2018 | Esteghlal | 1 – 0 | Al-Hilal | Muscat, Oman |
| 19:30 UTC+4 |
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Report | Stadium: Al-sib Stadium Attendance: 4,175 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) |
| 6 March 2018 | Al-Ain | 2 – 2 | Esteghlal | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain |
| 19:20 UTC+4 | Report |
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Attendance: 10,036 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) |
| 12 March 2018 | Esteghlal | 1 – 1 | Al-Ain | Tehran, Iran |
| --:-- UTC+3:30 |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 90000 |
| 2 April 2018 | Esteghlal | 2 – 0 | Al-Rayyan | Tehran, Iran |
| --:-- UTC+4:30 |
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Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
| 16 April 2018 | Al-Hilal | 0 – 1 | Esteghlal | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| --:-- UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4500 |
Round of 16
edit| 8 May 2018 First leg | Zob Ahan | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Esfahan, Iran |
| Gvelesiani 92' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 |
| 15 May 2018 Second leg | Esteghlal | 3 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.) | 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
editAppearances and goals
edit| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | IRN
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Mehdi Rahmati | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | IRN
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Khosro Heydari | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 4 | MF | IRN
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Roozbeh Cheshmi | 38 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | IRN
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Majid Hosseini | 33 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | IRN
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Omid Ebrahimi | 33 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | IRN
|
Ali Ghorbani | 40 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 11 | FW | IRN
|
Jaber Ansari | 26 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 13 | DF | IRN
|
Armin Sohrabian | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF | IRN
|
Farshid Bagheri | 30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF | IRN
|
Mehdi Ghaedi | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | DF | IRN
|
Milad Zakipour | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF | UZB
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Server Djeparov | 39 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 21 | DF | IRN
|
Vouria Ghafouri | 36 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 22 | GK | IRN
|
Hossein Hosseini | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 23 | MF | IRN
|
Dariush Shojaeian | 33 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 24 | MF | IRN
|
Omid Noorafkan | 34 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 25 | FW | SEN
|
Mame Baba Thiam | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 27 | MF | IRN
|
Hossein Heydari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | IRN
|
Mohsen Karimi | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | DF | IRN
|
Pejman Montazeri | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 70 | MF | IRN
|
Mohammad Javad Mohammadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 77 | MF | IRN
|
Behnam Barzay | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 80 | DF | MKD
|
Bojan Najdenov | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 88 | MF | IRN
|
Farshid Esmaeili | 34 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 90 | DF | BRA
|
Leandro Padovani | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | IRN
|
Hassan Beyt Saeed | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | IRN
|
Mojtaba Jabbari | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | FW | IRN
|
Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF | IRN
|
Yaghoub Karimi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | DF | IRN
|
Azim Gök | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Last updated: 27 April 2018
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
edit| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | AFC CL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | FW |
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Mame Baba Thiam | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | FW |
|
Ali Ghorbani | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 88 | CM |
|
Farshid Esmaeili | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | CM |
|
Server Djeparov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 21 | DF |
|
Vouria Ghafouri | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | 23 | CM |
|
Dariush Shojaeian | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | FW |
|
Jaber Ansari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 28 | FW |
|
Mohsen Karimi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF |
|
Roozbeh Cheshmi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | 6 | MF |
|
Omid Ebrahimi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | MF |
|
Omid Noorafkan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | 77 | FW |
|
Behnam Barzay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF |
|
Khosro Heydari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF |
|
Majid Hosseini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | DF |
|
Pejman Montazeri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 42 | 10 | 11 | 63 | ||||
Last updated: 16 May 2018
Clean sheets
edit| Rank | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | AFC CL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hossein Hosseini
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10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Mehdi Rahmati
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6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 3 | 21 | |
Disciplinary record
editIncludes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | AFC CL | Total | Notes | ||||||||
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| 1 | GK |
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Mehdi Rahmati | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF |
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Roozbeh Cheshmi | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 14 | MF |
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Farshid Bagheri | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 16 | FW |
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Mehdi Ghaedi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 18 | DF |
|
Milad Zakipour | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 23 | MF |
|
Dariush Shojaeian | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| 88 | MF |
|
Farshid Esmaeili | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Last updated: 7 August 2017
Source: Matches
Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
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- ^ استقلال یک جوان دیگر هم جذب کرد
- ^ بیت سعید بالاخره آبیپوش شد
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- ^ هافبک استقلال به سپیدرود پیوست
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