2021–22 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
2021–22 season
President	Mostafa Ajorlu
Head coach	Farhad Majidi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Pro League	Winner
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-final
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arthur Yamga (10); All: ; Arthur Yamga (10)
Highest home attendance	75,000
Lowest home attendance	0 (spectator ban)
Average home league attendance	28,400 (matches with spectator bans not included)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 June 2022.

The 2021–22 Esteghlal Football Club season was the club's 76th season in existence^[1] and the 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Iranian football. In addition to the domestic league,^[2] Esteghlal participated in this season's editions of the Hazfi Cup, and the AFC Champions League (2021).^[3] The club will not compete in the AFC Champions League (2022) after failing to obtain an AFC license.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] The season covered the period from 13 September 2021 to 30 May 2022.

Players

Squad information

Last updated: 7 March 2022 (2022-03-07)^[8]

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	End	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Hossein Hosseini	GK	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 29)	2012	2023	Youth Sector
90	Sina Saeidifar	GK	(2001-04-12)12 April 2001 (aged 20)	2020	2024	Youth Sector
98	Alireza Rezaei	GK	(1999-12-11)11 December 1999 (aged 22)	2021	2023	Paykan
Defenders
2	Saleh Hardani	RB / RM	(1998-09-14)14 September 1998 (aged 23)	2022	2024	Foolad
5	Aref Gholami	CB / RB	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 24)	2019	2022	Foolad
21	Vouria Ghafouri	RB / RW	(1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 34)	2016	2022	Sepahan
44	Mohammad Javad Behafarin	CB	(1999-07-26)26 July 1999 (aged 22)	2020	2025	Youth Sector
55	Raphael Silva	CB	(1992-04-20)20 April 1992 (aged 29)	2022	2022	Al Faisaly
59	Abolfazl Jalali	LB / LW	(1998-06-26)26 June 1998 (aged 23)	2021	2023	Saipa
70	Mohammad Daneshgar	CB / RB	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 27)	2018	2023	Saipa
Midfielders
6	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	CB / DM / CM	(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 28)	2021	2023	Umm Salal
8	Saeid Mehri	CM / AM / DM	(1995-09-16)16 September 1995 (aged 26)	2021	2023	Tractor
9	Mehdi Mehdipour	CM / DM / AM	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 27)	2020	2023	Zob Ahan
14	Zobeir Niknafs	DM / CM	(1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 28)	2021	2023	Foolad
17	Jafar Salmani	LW / LB	(1997-01-12)12 January 1997 (aged 24)	2021	2023	Portimonense
29	Amirali Sadeghi	LW / AM	(2001-02-09)9 February 2001 (aged 20)	2021	2024	Saipa
30	Azizbek Amonov	LM / AM	(1997-10-30)30 October 1997 (aged 24)	2022	2024	Lokomotiv
77	Reza Azari	DM / CM / AM	(1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 23)	2018	2023	Youth Sector
79	Sobhan Khaghani	RW / RB	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 21)	2020	2026	Tractor
Forwards
11	Arthur Yamga	RW / CF / RB	(1996-09-07)7 September 1996 (aged 25)	2021	2023	Vejle
23	Arman Ramezani	CF	(1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 29)	2021	2022	Persepolis
39	Rudy Gestede	CF / SS / RW / LW	(1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 33)	2021	2023	Panetolikos
72	Amir Arsalan Motahari	CF / RW	(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 28)	2020	2023	Zob Ahan
99	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	LW / SS / AM	(2000-10-03)3 October 2000 (aged 21)	2021	2023	Saipa
Players transferred during the season
3	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	CB	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 28)	2020	2022	Shahr Khodro
4	Siavash Yazdani	CB	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 29)	2019	2023	Sepahan
7	Arash Rezavand	CM / DM / AM	(1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 28)	2019	2023	Saipa
10	Amin Ghaseminejad	CF / AM / LW / RW	(1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 35)	2021	2023	Shahr Khodro
12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	GK	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 32)	2020	2023	Tractor
16	Mohammad Reza Azadi	CF	(1999-12-07)7 December 1999 (aged 22)	2021	2023	Panetolikos
22	Babak Moradi	RW / LW / LB	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 28)	2020	2024	Machine Sazi
27	Matin Karimzadeh	LB / LM	(1998-07-01)1 July 1998 (aged 23)	2020	2023	Pars Jonoubi
33	Aref Aghasi	CB	(1997-01-02)2 January 1997 (aged 24)	2021	2023	Foolad
42	Fardin Rabet	RW / LW	(2001-10-29)29 October 2001 (aged 20)	2020	2025	Youth Sector

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Ref.
10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)	MF	Reza Azari	Machine Sazi	End of loan	^[9]
10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)	DF	Mohammad Javad Behafarin	Chooka Talesh	End of loan	^[9]
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)	MF	Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh	Saipa	Transfer	^[10]
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)	MF	Zobeir Niknafs	Foolad		^[11]
22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)	DF	Aref Aghasi	Foolad		^[12]
22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)	GK	Alireza Rezaei	Paykan		^[13]
23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)	FW	Mohammad Reza Azadi	Panetolikos		^[14]
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)	FW	Amin Ghaseminejad	Shahr Khodro		^[15]
30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)	DF	Jafar Salmani	Portimonense		^[16]
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)	DF	Abolfazl Jalali	Saipa		^[17]
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)	MF	Amirali Sadeghi	Saipa		^[18]
10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)	MF	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	Umm Salal		^[19]
15 October 2021 (2021-10-15)	DF	Arthur Yamga	Vejle		^[20]
30 October 2021 (2021-10-30)	FW	Rudy Gestede	Panetolikos		^[21]
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)	DF	Saleh Hardani	Foolad		^[22]
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)	MF	Azizbek Amonov	Lokomotiv		^[23]
7 March 2022 (2022-03-07)	DF	Raphael Silva	Al Faisaly		^[24]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Ref.
10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)	GK	Amirhossein Bayat	Released
	FW	Erfan Golmohammadi	Nassaji	End of loan	^[25]
	DF	Hrvoje Milić	Unattached	End of contract
12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)	DF	Mohammad Naderi	Altay	End of contract	^[26]
23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)	FW	Mehdi Ghayedi	Shabab Al-Ahli	Transfer	^[27]
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)	MF	Masoud Rigi	Sepahan	End of contract	^[28]
9 September 2021 (2021-09-09)	MF	Farhad Zavoshi	Havadar	Transfer	^[29]
13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	DF	Reza Gordan	Havadar	Transfer	^[30]
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)	FW	Cheick Diabaté	Al-Gharafa	End of contract	^[31]
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)	DF	Amirhossein Asudeh	Nirooye Zamini	Transfer
26 September 2021 (2021-09-26)	GK	Hossein Pour Hamidi	Aluminium Arak		^[32]
28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)	FW	Mohammad Bolboli	Naft MIS		^[33]
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)	DF	Arash Dajliri	Havadar	Loan	^[34]
	MF	Amir Hossein Khodamoradi	Havadar	Transfer	^[35]
	FW	Mohammad Hossein Fallah	Paykan		^[36]
30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)	FW	Pouria Bali Lashak	Saipa		^[37]
1 October 2021 (2021-10-01)	FW	Mohammad Hossein Alipour	Mes Shahr-e Babak
6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)	MF	Farshid Esmaeili	Al-Arabi	End of contract	^[38]
10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)	FW	Sajjad Aghaei	Aluminium Arak	Transfer	^[39]
15 October 2021 (2021-10-15)	MF	Sina Khadempour	Naft MIS	Loan	^[40]
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)	MF	Dariush Shojaeian	Havadar	End of contract	^[41]
7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)	DF	Ahmad Mousavi	Gol Gohar	Transfer	^[42]
30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)	MF	Babak Moradi	Havadar	Transfer	^[43]
31 January 2022 (2022-01-31)	MF	Fardin Rabet	Shahr Khodro	Loan	^[44]
4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)	MF	Arash Rezavand	Foolad	Loan	^[45]
4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)	DF	Aref Aghasi	Foolad	Transfer	^[46]
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)	GK	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	Sepahan	Transfer	^[47]
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)	DF	Matin Karimzadeh	Nassaji	Loan	^[48]
12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)	FW	Amin Ghaseminejad	Gol Gohar	Loan	^[49]
13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)	FW	Fardin Najafi	Shahin Bushehr	Transfer	^[50]
14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)	FW	Mohammad Reza Azadi	Aluminium Arak	Transfer	^[51]
6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)	DF	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	Malavan	Loan	^[52]
6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)	DF	Siavash Yazdani	Malavan	Loan	^[53]

Pre-season and friendlies

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 1	Esteghlal	2–0	Esteghlal U21	Tehran
	Hosseinzadeh 3' Ramezani 17' Motahari 78'	Report		Stadium: Enghelab Sport Complex

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2	Regional F.C.	1–7	Esteghlal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	? 43'	Report	Khaghani 8' Moradmand 30', 45' Hosseinzadeh 38' Mousavi 51' Azadi 84' Rabet 87'	Stadium: Police Officers' Club Stadium

5 October 2021 (2021-10-05) 3	Esteghlal	2–1	Kheybar Khorramabad	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 38' (pen.) Rabet 90'	Report	Gharibi 70'	Stadium: Kheirieh Stadium

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 4	Esteghlal	2–2	Paykan	Tehran
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Motahari 43' Ramezani 77'	Report	Koushki 30' (pen.) Fallah 70'	Stadium: Kheirieh Stadium

15 October 2021 (2021-10-15) 5	Esteghlal	0–1	Team Melli Daneshjouyan	Tehran
14:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Report	Ousani 90'

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 6	Esteghlal	5–1	Pishgaman Fonoon Pars	Tehran
	Ghaseminejad 25' Gestede 40' Daneshgar 42' Ghafouri 70' Ramezani 80'	Report	Habibi 22'	Stadium: Ararat Stadium

31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) 7	Esteghlal	6–0	Esteghlal U23	Tehran
	Yamga 18' Ramezani 64', 80' Motahari 75', 89' Azari 85'	Report

21 April 2022 (2022-04-21) 8	Esteghlal	6–1	Esteghlal U23	Tehran
	Ramezani 19' Ghafouri 21', 39' Silva 23' Motahari 37' Gestede (pen.)	Report	Rezaei 8'

25 April 2022 (2022-04-25) 9	Esteghlal	4–0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Yamga 58', 10' (pen.) Amonov 71' Motahari 78'	Report

29 April 2022 (2022-04-29) 10	Esteghlal	1–1	Havadar	Tehran
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Yamga 8'	Report	Bagheri 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi 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	20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)	30 May 2022 (2022-05-30)	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	11	0	39	10	+29	063.33
Hazfi Cup	19 December 2021 (2021-12-19)	11 April 2022 (2022-04-11)	Round of 32	Quarter-final	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	033.33
Champions League	13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					34	20	13	1	41	13	+28	058.82

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Esteghlal^[a] (C)	30	19	11	0	39	10	+29	68
2	Persepolis	30	18	9	3	44	21	+23	63
3	Sepahan	30	16	8	6	43	21	+22	56
4	Gol Gohar	30	13	12	5	37	28	+9	51
5	Foolad	30	13	10	7	30	22	+8	49

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2022. Source: Soccerway, IPL Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played). ^[54]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Esteghlal could not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate. According to FFIRI special rules for ACL slots, the next best-ranked team of 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League will replace Esteghlal in ACL.

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
30	19	11	0	39	10	+29	68	10	5	0	13	3	+10	9	6	0	26	7	+19

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D
Position	4	4	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2022. Source: "Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20) 1	Esteghlal	1–0	Havadar	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ghafouri 56' Salmani 60'	Report	Haghshenas 54'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Kopal Nazemi

25 October 2021 (2021-10-25) 2	Zob Ahan	0–2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Noormohammadi 72' Ghoreishi 88'	Report	Yamga 27', 90+6' Rezavand 36'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Hassan Akrami

30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 3	Esteghlal	1–0	Tractor	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Salmani 9' Moradmand 43' Motahari 54' Ghafouri 69' 70' Yamga 84'	Report	Nasseri 24'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) 4	Fajr Sepasi	1–1	Esteghlal	Shiraz
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nemati 58' Masoumi 74' Ghorbani 90+5' 90+6'	Report	Yamga 60' (pen.) 62' Daneshgar 64' Moradmand 87'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Morteza Mansourian

19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) 5	Esteghlal	0–0	Nassaji	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Moradmand 21' Daneshgar 38' Gestede 45+4'	Report	Shiri 58'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

24 November 2021 (2021-11-24) 6	Gol Gohar	0–3	Esteghlal	Sirjan
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Alizadeh 43' Zakipour 48'	Report		Stadium: Qasem Soleimani Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ali Safaei
Note: Esteghlal were awarded a 3–0 win over Gol Gohar on 16 December as a result of Gol Gohar fielding the ineligible player Eric Bocoum during the match. The match had originally ended 0–0 draw.^[55]

29 November 2021 (2021-11-29) 7	Sanat Naft	1–1	Esteghlal	Abadan
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Hanafi 8' Bakhtiari 65' Shariatzadeh 84'	Report	Hosseinzadeh 39'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 8	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yamga 68' Rezavand 77' Moradmand 90+4'	Report	Kamyabinia 25' Torabi 63' Alishah 72' Aghaei 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) 9	Paykan	0–3	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Norouzifard 7'	Report	Yazdani 31' Hosseinzadeh 36' Salmani 71' Daneshgar 74' Motahari 84'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Payam Heydari

14 December 2021 (2021-12-14) 10	Esteghlal	1–0	Sepahan	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Salmani 35' Yazdani 62' Moradmand 63'	Report	Gvelesiani 75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Bijan Heydari

24 December 2021 (2021-12-24) 11	Shahr Khodro	0–3	Esteghlal	Mashhad
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Taheran 25' Kazemayni 70' 87' Sharifi 79'	Report	Salmani 12' Gestede 23' Aghasi 36' Ramezani 44' Yazdani 57' Moradmand 81'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Meysam Heydari

29 December 2021 (2021-12-29) 12	Esteghlal	1–0	Foolad	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mehdipour 58' 70' Niknafs 63' Aghasi 72' Moradmand 77'	Report	Pereira 44' Shah Abbasi 84' Mousavi 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi

3 January 2022 (2022-01-03) 13	Aluminium Arak	1–1	Esteghlal	Arak
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Pour Hamidi 15' Sharifat 67' Soleimanzadeh 70' Majidi 90+2' Aghaei 90+4'	Report	Mehdipour 58' Niknafs 28' Daneshgar 33' Hosseinzadeh 58' Hosseini 62' Gestede 70' Aghasi 76'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ashkan Korshidi

8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) 14	Esteghlal	3–2	Mes Rafsanjan	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yamga 9' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Ghaseminejad 87' Cheshmi 90+1' Mehdipour 90+3' Daneshgar 90+3'	Report	Mensha 35' (pen.) Soleimani 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian

13 January 2022 (2022-01-13) 15	Naft MIS	0–3	Esteghlal	Masjed Soleyman
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mojademi 42' Bolboli 53' Bagheri 59' Khadempour 71'	Report	Hosseinzadeh 16', 52' Yamga 45' 58'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Hamid Haj-Malek

4 February 2022 (2022-02-04) 16	Havadar	1–2	Esteghlal	Karaj
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shojaeian 9' Mohammadi 39' Abbasian 45'	Report	Gestede 11' (pen.) Niknafs 14' Motahari 84' Yazdani 68' 87'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Seyyed Asghar Momeni
Note: The match was originally scheduled to take place on January 22, but was postponed due to the positive COVID-19 test of some Esteghlal members.^[56]

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 17	Esteghlal	1–0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:10 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yamga 54' Niknafs 62' Daneshgar 72'	Report	Noormohammadi 36' Darvishi 65'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) 18	Tractor	0–1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Report	Hosseinzadeh 70' Mehri 87'	Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 19	Esteghlal	1–0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Cheshmi 35' Gestede 43' Salmani 54'	Report	Kordestani 38' R. Aliyari 67' Dana 75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Reza Adel

28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) 20	Nassaji	0–0	Esteghlal	Mashhad
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Karimzadeh 23' Shojaei 33'	Report		Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ali Safaei

6 March 2022 (2022-03-06) 21	Esteghlal	2–1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Amonov 16' Cheshmi 16' Yamga 45+5 45+5', 89' (pen.) Mehri 49'	Report	Alizadeh 16' Sadeghi 43 Khanzadeh 45' Forouzan 45+3' Tabrizi 54' Mosleh 78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Bijan Heydari

11 March 2022 (2022-03-11) 22	Esteghlal	1–0	Sanat Naft	Tehran
20:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Hosseinzadeh 32'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

17 March 2022 (2022-03-17) 23	Persepolis	1–1	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Temirov 16' Faraji 22' Nemati 40' Aghaei 67' Rezaeian 68'	Report	Gestede 81' Niknafs 87' Hosseini 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali

5 April 2022 (2022-04-05) 24	Esteghlal	0–0	Paykan	Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Silva 41'	Report	Norouzifard 53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyyed Reza Mahdavi

4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 25	Sepahan	1–1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Gvelesiani 14' (pen.) 81' Alimohammadi 39' Moghanlou 60' Karimi 63' Ahmadzadeh 82'	Report	Daneshgar 6' Hosseini 11'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

9 May 2022 (2022-05-09) 26	Esteghlal	1–0	Shahr Khodro	Tehran
20:40 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Niknafs 46' Gestede 75' Ramezani 88' Daneshgar 90' Rezaei 90+4'	Report	Heydari 75' Nemati 79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hassan Akrami

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14) 27	Foolad	1–2	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Abshak 66' Ansari 80' Koushki 90+3'	Report	Niknafs 26' Hosseinzadeh 53' 72' Hardani 73' Daneshgar 90+1' Hosseini 90+6'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard

19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) 28	Esteghlal	0–0	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
21:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		Report	Ahmadi 65' Pour Hamidi 90+4' Aghaei 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Javad Rahimzadeh

24 May 2022 (2022-05-24) 29	Mes Rafsanjan	0–2	Esteghlal	Rafsanjan
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		Report	Hosseinzadeh 48', 54' Ramezani 54' Silva 70' Daneshgar 30' 80' Mehdipour 90+4'	Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ahmad Mohammadi

30 May 2022 (2022-05-30) 30	Esteghlal	0–0	Naft MIS	Tehran
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Silva 19' Jalali 81'	Report	Moghtadaei 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Amir Saman Soltani

Score overview

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Aggregate score
Aluminium	0–0	1–1	1–1
Fajr Sepasi	1–0	1–1	2–1
Foolad	1–0	2–1	3–1
Gol Gohar	2–1	3–0	5–1
Havadar	1–0	2–1	3–1
Mes Rafsanjan	3–2	2–0	5–2
Naft MIS	0–0	3–0	3–0
Nassaji	0–0	0–0	0–0
Paykan	0–0	3–0	3-0
Persepolis	0–0	1–1	1–1
Sanat Naft	1–0	1–1	2–1
Sepahan	1–0	1–1	2–1
Shahr Khodro	1–0	3–0	4–0
Tractor	1–0	1–0	2–0
Zob Ahan	1–0	2–0	3–0

Hazfi Cup

19 December 2021 (2021-12-19) Round of 32	Esteghlal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Navad Urmia	Tehran
17:30 IRST	Rezavand 56' Ramezani 88'	Report	Mansouri 45' Terjerou 59' Safarzadeh 76' Rostamizad 89' Soleimani 93'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Keyvan Alimohammadi
	Penalties
	Azadi Mehri Moradi Sadeghi Rezavand		Soleimani Fallah Marabi Taftian

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) Round of 16	Paykan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 IRST	Babaei 22' Sabet-Imani 67' Fallah 76'	Report	Mehdipour 40' Motahari 92' 113'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}
Note: The match was originally scheduled to take place on January 18, but was postponed due to the positive COVID-19 test of some Esteghlal members.^[57]

11 April 2022 (2022-04-11) Quarter Finals	Esteghlal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Nassaji	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Amonov 93' Silva 105' Daneshgar 113' Ghafouri 118'	Report	Mansouri 4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000^[58] Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi
	Penalties
	Yamga Gestede Mehdipour Amonov Ramezani		Kalantari Abdi Gholamalibeygi Nazari Shiri

AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) Round of 16	Esteghlal	0–2	Al-Hilal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00 UTC+4		Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 39' Al-Dawsari 56'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Hazfi Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini	27	0	26	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Saleh Hardani	15	1	14	1	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Aref Gholami	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Rouzbeh Cheshmi	22	0	19	0	3	0	0	0
8	MF		Saeid Mehri	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	33	1	30	1	2	0	1	0
11	FW		Arthur Yamga	29	10	27	10	2	0	0	0
14	MF		Zobeir Niknafs	27	0	23	0	3	0	1	0
17	MF		Jafar Salmani	33	4	30	4	2	0	1	0
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	23	0	20	0	2	0	1	0
23	FW		Arman Ramezani	20	3	16	2	3	1	1	0
29	MF		Amirali Sadeghi	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Azizbek Amonov	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
39	FW		Rudy Gestede	25	3	23	3	2	0	0	0
55	DF		Raphael Silva	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
59	DF		Abolfazl Jalali	12	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	25	2	23	2	2	0	0	0
72	FW		Arsalan Motahari	29	4	26	3	2	1	1	0
77	MF		Reza Azari	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
79	MF		Sobhan Khaghani	17	0	13	0	3	0	1	0
98	GK		Alireza Rezaei	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
99	FW		Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	33	8	30	8	2	0	1	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
3	DF		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	17	0	15	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Siavash Yazdani	19	1	17	1	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Arash Rezavand	13	0	11	0	1	0	1	0
10	FW		Amin Ghaseminejad	12	1	10	1	1	0	1	0
12	GK		Rashid Mazaheri	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Mohammad Reza Azadi	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF		Babak Moradi	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
27	DF		Matin Karimzadeh	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
33	DF		Aref Aghasi	10	0	8	0	1	0	1	0

Last updated: 5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)
Source: Competitions

Goals

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	Arthur Yamga	10	0	10
2	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	8	0	8
4	Jafar Salmani	4	0	4
4	Arsalan Motahari	3	1	4
5	Arman Ramezani	2	1	3
5	Rudy Gestede	3	0	3
7	Mohammad Daneshgar	2	0	2
8	Saleh Hardani	1	0	1
	Siavash Yazdani	1	0
	Mehdi Mehdipour	1	0
	Amin Ghaseminejad	1	0
Own goals		0	0	0
Total		36	2	38

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	Hossein Hosseini	18	0	18
2	Alireza Rezaei	3	2	5
3	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	1	0	1
Total		22	2	24

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
Source: Competitive matches

Assists Goal

The list is sorted by shirt number when total Assists Goal are equal.

Rank	Player	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	Mehdi Mehdipour	7	0	7
2	Arthur Yamga	3	0	3
2	Jafar Salmani	2	1	3
4	Saleh Hardani	2	0	2
	Zobeir Niknafs	1	1
	Rudy Gestede	2	0
7	Siavash Yazdani	1	0	1
	Arash Rezavand	1	0
	Vouria Ghafouri	1	0
	Amirali Sadeghi	1	0
	Raphael Silva	1	0
	Arsalan Motahari	1	0
	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	1	0
Total		24	2	26

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01).
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.

N	P	Nat.	Name									Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Pro League			Hazfi Cup	Champions League	Total			Notes
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini	4					4
3	DF		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	7				1	8
4	DF		Siavash Yazdani	2	1				2	1
6	MF		Rouzbeh Cheshmi	3					3
7	MF		Arash Rezavand	2			1		3
8	MF		Saeid Mehri	2					2
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	3			1		4
11	FW		Arthur Yamga	4					4
14	MF		Zobeir Niknafs	7					7
17	MF		Jafar Salmani	2					2
21	DF		Voria Ghafouri	1			1		2
23	FW		Arman Ramezani	2					2
30	MF		Azizbek Amonov	1			1		2
33	DF		Aref Aghasi	3					3
39	FW		Rudy Gestede	4					4
55	DF		Raphael Silva	2		1	1		3		1
59	DF		Abolfazl Jalali	1					1
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	7	1		1		8	1
72	FW		Arsalan Motahari				1		1
99	MF		Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	3					3

Last updated: 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Source: Scoreway
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

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External links

[table_note_EST0.4477306862584-54] Esteghlal could not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate. According to FFIRI special rules for ACL slots, the next best-ranked team of 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League will replace Esteghlal in ACL.

[Covid-56] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

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