2019–20 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2019–20 season
Chairman	Amirhossein Fathi (until 10 December) Esmaeil Khalilzadeh (from 10 December)
Manager	Andrea Stramaccioni (until 6 December 2019) Farhad Majidi (from 2 January 2020)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Pro League	4th
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-Final
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mehdi Ghaedi (9) All: Mehdi Ghaedi (11) Cheick Diabaté (11)
Highest home attendance	65,000 (vs Shahr Khodro, 5 December 2019)
Lowest home attendance	9,000 (vs Naft MIS, 2 February 2020)
Biggest win	Esteghlal 5–0 Sanat Naft Al-Rayyan 0–5 Esteghlal
Biggest defeat	Esteghlal 1–2 Machine Sazi Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2019–20 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 19th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 26th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 74th year in existence as a football club.

Players

First team squad

Last updated: 2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	End	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Hossein Hosseini		GK	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 27)	2012	2021	Youth Sector
19	Hossein Pour Hamidi		GK	(1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (aged 21)	2019	2022	Esteghlal Khuzestan
78	Alireza Ansari		GK	(2000-02-06)6 February 2000 (aged 19)	2019	2020	Youth Sector
Defenders
3	Milad Zakipour		LB / LM	(1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 24)	2016	2021	Naft Tehran
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi		CB / DM	(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 26)	2015	2020	Saba Qom
5	Aref Gholami		CB / RB / LB	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 22)	2019	2021	Foolad
20	Nikolay Bodurov		CB	(1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 33)	2020	2021	Unattached
21	Vouria Ghafouri		RB / RW	(1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 32)	2016	2021	Sepahan
22	Siavash Yazdani		CB	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 27)	2019	2021	Sepahan
30	Azim Gök		CB / LB	(1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 23)	2016	2021	Youth Sector
32	Amirhossein Kargar		RB	(1998-11-22)22 November 1998 (aged 21)	2018	2021	Youth Sector
33	Hrvoje Milić		LB / LM	(1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 30)	2019	2021	Crotone
57	Shahin Taherkhani		CB	(1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 22)	2018	2021	Youth Sector
70	Mohammad Daneshgar		CB	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 25)	2018	2020	Saipa
Midfielders
6	Ali Karimi		CM / DM	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 25)	2018	2020	Sepahan
8	Farshid Esmaeili		AM / LW / RW	(1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 25)	2015	2020	Fajr Sepasi
9	Ali Dashti		RW / SS	(1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 25)	2018	2021	Saipa
14	Farshid Bagheri		DM / CM	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 27)	2016	2020	Saba Qom
15	Sina Khadempour		DM / CM / CB	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22)	2017	2022	Naft Tehran
23	Dariush Shojaeian		AM / RW / LW	(1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 27)	2017	2020	Gostaresh Foulad
28	Mohsen Karimi		LW / RW / SS	(1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 25)	2014	2020	Youth Sector
66	Masoud Rigi		DM / CM	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 28)	2019	2021	Shahr Khodro
77	Reza Azari		DM / CM / AM	(1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 21)	2018	2023	Youth Sector
80	Mohammad Bolboli		LW	(1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 21)	2019	2023	Sepidrood
88	Arash Rezavand		AM / CM	(1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 26)	2019	2021	Saipa
Forwards
7	Cheick Diabaté		CF / SS	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 31)	2019	2021	Osmanlıspor
10	Mehdi Ghaedi		SS / RW / LW	(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 21)	2017	2023	Iranjavan
11	Morteza Tabrizi		CF / LW	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 28)	2018	2020	Zob Ahan
72	Amir Arsalan Motahari		CF / RW	(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 26)	2020	2021	Zob Ahan
Players transferred during the season
99	Sajjad Aghaei		CF / LW / RW	(1999-03-19)19 March 1999 (aged 20)	2017	2022	Youth Sector

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2019–20

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
			Hamed Bakhshi	18	Peykan	Transfer	Summer
80	LW		Mohammad Bolboli	21	Sepidrood	Transfer	Summer	2023
9	RW		Ali Dashti	25	Saipa	Transfer	Summer	2021
44	CB		Milad Bagheri	23	Mes Kerman	Transfer	Summer	2022
22	CB		Siavash Yazdani	27	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer	2021
66	DM		Masoud Rigi	28	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer	2021
15	DM		Sina Khadempour	22	Gol Gohar	End of loan	Summer	2022
70	RW		Mohammad Javad Mohammadi	23	Arvand Karun	End of loan	Summer	2022
80	RW		Mohammad Dehghan Nezhad	19	Saipa	Transfer	Winter	2020
88	AM		Arash Rezavand	25	Saipa	Transfer	Summer	2021
7	CF		Cheick Diabaté	31	Osmanlıspor	Transfer	Summer	2021
38	CM		Ali Tari	18	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	2024
5	CB		Aref Gholami	22	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2021
	GK		Erfan Khalili	19	Niroo Zamini	Transfer	Summer	2020
19	GK		Hossein Pour Hamidi	21	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Transfer	Summer	2022
33	LB		Hrvoje Milić	30	Crotone	Transfer	Summer	2021
	LW		Hossein Bijani	16	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2022
30	CB		Azim Gök	23	Malavan	End of loan	Winter	2021
72	CF		Amir Arsalan Motahari	26	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Winter	2021
20	CB		Nikolay Bodurov	33	Unattached	Transfer	Winter	2021

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
	GK		Sasan Zamaneh	20	Persepolis	Transfer	Summer
	GK		Parsa Jafari	19	Saipa	Transfer	Summer
2	RB		Khosro Heydari	35	Retired	End of contract	Summer
1	GK		Mehdi Rahmati	36	Shahr Khodro	End of contract	Summer
19	GK		Arshia Babazadeh	23	Surat Thani	Transfer	Summer
	GK		Mohammad Javad Kia	17	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer
44	RB		Farshad Mohammadi	24	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer
12	LB		Meysam Teymouri	26	Tractor Sazi	Transfer	Summer
5	AM		Ayanda Patosi	26	Cape Town	Loan return	Summer
26	CF		Fardin Najafi	21	Oghab Tehran	Transfer	Summer
30	DM		Omid Noorafkan	22	Charleroi	Loan return	Summer
16	RW		Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	18	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Summer
29	LB		Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh	19	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer
88	RW		Reza Karimi	20	Unattached	Released	Summer
90	CF		Godwin Mensha	29	Ajman	Transfer	Summer
	LW		Ahmadreza Ahmadvand	20	Persepolis	Transfer	Summer
13	LB		Armin Sohrabian	23	Saipa	Transfer	Summer
10	CF		Rouhollah Bagheri	28	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer
27	AM		Hossein Heydari	20	Qashqai	Transfer	Summer
70	RW		Mohammad Javad Mohammadi	23	Sorkhpooshan	Transfer	Summer
43	LB		Amirhossein Pourmohammad	21	Sorkhpooshan	Transfer	Summer
17	LW		Humam Tariq	23	Ismaily	Transfer	Summer
33	CB		Pejman Montazeri	35	Al Kharitiyat	End of contract	Summer
38	CF		Meraj Pourtaghi	21	Damash Gilan	Transfer	Summer
22	GK		Mehdi Nourollahi	22	Saipa	Transfer	Summer
20	CF		Esmaël Gonçalves	28	Matsumoto Yamaga	Transfer	Summer
44	CB		Milad Bagheri	24	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Winter
98	RW		Morteza Aghakhan	26	Saipa	Loan	Winter
99	CF		Sajjad Aghaei	20	Zob Ahan	Loan	Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

Esteghlal v Esteghlal B

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30) 1	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Esteghlal B	Tehran
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Tabrizi 8 (pen.)', 38' R. Bagheri 16' A. Dashti 64' M. Bolboli	Report

Esteghlal v Niroo Zamini

4 July 2019 (2019-07-04) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Niroo Zamini	Tehran
18:40 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	D. Shojaeian 9'	Report	A. Akvan 45'

Esteghlal v Heartland

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) 3	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Heartland	Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)	M. Zakipour 18' S. Aghaei 20', 39' M. Tabrizi 59' A. Dashti 65'	Report

Esteghlal v Petrolul Ploiești

17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) 4	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Petrolul Ploiești	Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)	S. Aghaei 22' D. Shojaeian 63' A. Dashti 75'	Report	12'

Esteghlal v Baadraan Tehran

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) 5	Esteghlal	4 – 2	Baadraan Tehran	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Diabate 34' Esmaeili 40' Tabrizi 66' F.Bagheri 70'	Report	Vakili 10' Ebrahimi 12'

Esteghlal v Machine Sazi

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) 6	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Machine Sazi	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Shojaeian 26' Esmaeili 30' Daneshgar 50' Dashti 90'

Esteghlal v Esteghlal U-20

5 August 2019 (2019-08-05) 7	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Esteghlal U-20	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)

Esteghlal v Paykan

12 August 2019 (2019-08-12) 8	Esteghlal	0–2	Paykan	Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)

Esteghlal v Oghab

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) 9	Esteghlal	5–0	Oghab	Tehran
09:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	22 August 2019		—	19	10	6	3	37	20	+17	052.63
Hazfi Cup	30 September 2019		Round of 32	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
AFC Champions League	21 January 2020		Qualifying play-offs	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	050.00
Total				25	14	7	4	53	24	+29	056.00

Last updated: 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League

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
19	10	6	3	39	21	+18	36	7	1	2	20	8	+12	3	5	1	19	13	+6

Last updated: 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23).
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	P	W	D	W
Position	12	12	11	15	14	11	8	7	7	4	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23). Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	21	4	5	46	17	+29	67	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	30	14	11	5	55	31	+24	53
3	Foolad	30	14	9	7	28	19	+9	51	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
4	Tractor	30	14	8	8	31	23	+8	50	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
5	Sepahan	30	12	13	5	39	22	+17	49

Source: IPL Table, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Machine Sazi v Esteghlal

23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) 1	Machine Sazi	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Sh. Saghebi  13' M. Khorram  33' H. Lak  81' A. Zarei 90+5'	Report	A. Karimi  19' F. Esmaeili  55' Ch. Diabaté  78' M. Daneshgar  90+3'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Payam Heydari

Esteghlal v Foolad

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	F. Esmaeili 49' Ch. Diabaté  77' A. Dashti  90' H. Hosseini  90+3'	Report	Sh. Gordan  19' A. Bagherpour 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Naft MIS v Esteghlal

15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 3	Naft MIS	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Masjed Soleyman
19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	H. Noormohammadi 70' A. Alizadeh  76'	Report	F. Esmaeili  10'  87' M. Ghaedi 16'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

Esteghlal v Persepolis

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 4	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Karimi 28'  30'  89' M. Tabrizi  42' D. Shojaeian  75' A. Gholami  90+4'	Report	H. Kanaanizadegan  42' H. Hosseini 81' (o.g.) F. Ahmadzadeh  90+3' S. Nemati  90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard
Note: 91th Tehran derby

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) 5	Zob Ahan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Nejadmehdi  32' D. Esmaeilifar 73' A. Motahari 90+1'	Report	M. Daneshgar  87' D. Shojaeian 67' F. Esmaeili 89'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Esteghlal v Gol Gohar

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) 6	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	H. Milić 6' M. Ghaedi 49' A. Rezavand  87'	Report	B. Barzay 11' (pen.) M. Farahani  42'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Hassan Akrami

Saipa v Esteghlal

21 October 2019 (2019-10-21) 7	Saipa	0 – 4	Esteghlal	Shahr-e Qods
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Soleimani  45'	Report	A. Gholami 9' D. Shojaeian  22' Daneshgar 50' V. Ghafouri 68' (pen.) S. Aghaei 89'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Esteghlal v Pars Jonoubi

25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 8	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Pars Jonoubi	Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Karimi 28' M. Zakipour  36' M. Ghaedi 45' M. Tabrizi  90'	Report	F. Gerami  87' A. Abdollahzadeh  88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

Tractor v Esteghlal

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) 9	Tractor	2 – 4	Esteghlal	Tabriz
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M.R. Azadi 20' W. Mimbela  67' S. Ansari 79'	Report	Ch. Diabaté 40', 65', 69' M. Rigi  82' A. Karimi 84'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Esteghlal v Sanat Naft

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 10	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Sanat Naft	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ch. Diabaté  5' 20' M. Daneshgar 9' M. Ghaedi 26' V. Ghafouri 30' H. Milić 72'	Report	N. Salari  20' M. Hanafi  71'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

Nassaji v Esteghlal

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 11	Nassaji	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Qaem Shahr
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Abbaszadeh 61' M. Nazari  64' R. Aliyari  72'	Report	M. Rigi  6' A. Karimi 33' M. Ghaedi 49' A. Dashti  75'	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Safaei

Sepahan v Esteghlal

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 12	Sepahan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	G. Gvelesiani 14' S. Shahbazzadeh  60' O. Noorafkan 90+5'	Report	M. Ghaedi 33' Ch. Diabaté 49'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

Esteghlal v Shahr Khodro

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) 13	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Shahr Khodro	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ch. Diabaté  37' 61' A. Gholami  45+2' A. Dashti  85'	Report	A. Ghaseminejad  21'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Paykan v Esteghlal

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09) 14	Paykan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Shahr-e Qods
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Mousavi  18' F. Emamali  23' 33' Sh. Moghanlou  24' 44' H. Pour-Amini 90+4'	Report	M. Ghaedi 9' V. Ghafouri 59' R. Cheshmi  74'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard

Esteghlal v Shahin Bushehr

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 15	Esteghlal	4 – 1	Shahin Bushehr	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Rezavand 29' M. Ghaedi 52' M. Daneshgar 58' H. Milić  64' Ch. Diabaté 69'	Report	A. Safarzadeh  35' M.S. Barani  62' H. Maleki 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Bay

Esteghlal v Machine Sazi

19 December 2019 (2019-12-19) 16	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Machine Sazi	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Rigi  22' Ch. Diabaté 23' V. Ghafouri  37' M. Daneshgar  45+3' R. Cheshmi  50' A. Rezavand  64'	Report	M. Ghaderi 34' A. Alekasir  38' H. Lak  45+3' A. Zendehrouh 52' (pen.) F. Abedini  90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,010 Referee: Seyyed Vahi Kazemi

Foolad v Esteghlal

18 June 2020 (2020-06-18) 17	Foolad	v	Esteghlal
IRDT (UTC+04:30)

Esteghlal v Naft MIS

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 18	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Naft MIS	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Ghaedi 35' A. Motahari 51'	Report	A. Ghasemi 20' S. Sadeghi  32' H. Noormohammadi  67' M. Eydi  85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Hamid Haj-Malek

Persepolis v Esteghlal

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 19	Persepolis	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Alipour 29'  30' C. Osaguona  55' B. Resan 89'	Report	A. Motahari 24', 52'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 56,780 Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Amir Arsalan Motahari
Note: 92th Tehran derby

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 20	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Dashti  8' M. Daneshgar 29' V. Ghafouri 52'		D. Bjedov 49' E. Pahlevan  63' D. Esmaeilifar  90+1' M. Haghdoost  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: No spectator due to CoronaVirus prevention

Gol Gohar v Esteghlal

26 February 2020 (2020-02-26) 21	Gol Gohar	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Sirjan
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Gol Gohar Sport Complex

Esteghlal v Saipa

2020 (2020) 22	Esteghlal	v	Saipa	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Pars Jonoubi v Esteghlal

2020 (2020) 23	Pars Jonoubi	v	Esteghlal	Jam
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Esteghlal v Tractor

2020 (2020) 24	Esteghlal	v	Tractor	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Sanat Naft v Esteghlal

2020 (2020) 25	Sanat Naft	v	Esteghlal	Abadan
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Takhti Abadan

Esteghlal v Nassaji

2020 (2020) 26	Esteghlal	v	Nassaji	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Sepahan

2020 (2020) 27	Esteghlal	v	Sepahan	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Shahr Khodro v Esteghlal

2020 (2020) 28	Shahr Khodro	v	Esteghlal	Mashhad
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium

Esteghlal v Paykan

2020 (2020) 29	Esteghlal	v	Paykan	Tehran
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Shahin Bushehr v Esteghlal

2020 (2020) 30	Shahin Bushehr	v	Esteghlal	Bushehr
IRDT (UTC+04:30)				Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Hazfi Cup

Gol Reyhan v Esteghlal

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) Round of 32	Gol Reyhan	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal	Karaj
18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	K. Mirzaei  30' M. Papi 38'  112' M. Mehrazma  75'	Report	A. Dashti  25' H. Divsalar 43' (o.g.) M. Tabrizi 56' S. Aghaei 93' M. Daneshgar  98' A. Karimi  110' F. Esmaeili 113'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

17 October 2019 (2019-10-17) Round of 16	Esteghlal	3 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	F. Esmaeili  63' V. Ghafouri 112' S. Aghaei 118' D. Shojaeian 120'	Report	M. Gharibi  56'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

Esteghlal v Sepahan

23 December 2019 (2019-12-23) Quarter-Final	Esteghlal	v	Sepahan	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Esteghlal v Al-Kuwait

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Preliminary round	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Al-Kuwait	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:20 UTC+4	M. Rigi  19' Ch. Diabaté 27', 54' V. Ghafouri 59' A. Karimi  76' Sh. Taherkhani  77'	Live Report Stats Report	F. Hamoud  39' A. Abbas  44' Bismark  53' Y. Al-Khobizi  63'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Al-Rayyan v Esteghlal

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) Play-off round	Al-Rayyan	0 – 5	Esteghlal	Doha, Qatar
18:15 UTC+3	K. Muftah  56' A. El-Sayed  57' F. Younis  83' A. Hatem  87'	Report	Ch. Diabaté 8' M. Ghaedi 40', 47' M. Daneshgar  83' A. Motahari 84', 90+1' A. Rezavand  87'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group stage

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	EST	SHO	WAH
1	Al-Ahli	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	1–0	20 Sep
2	Esteghlal	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5			3–0	—	1–1	17 Sep
3	Al-Shorta	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5			2–1	1–1	—	0–1
4	Al-Wahda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew		1–1	14 Sep	23 Sep	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

Matches

Al-Shorta v Esteghlal

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) 1	Al-Shorta	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Erbil, Iraq
17:30 UTC+3	A. Faez 48' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	A. Rezavand  4' H. Kadhim 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Al-Ahli v Esteghlal

17 February 2020 (2020-02-17) 2	Al-Ahli	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+3	Al-Moasher 17' (pen.), 29' M. Al-Majhad  27' A. Al-Asmari  34' A. Hindi  52' Y. Belaïli  90+1'	Live Report Stats Report	R. Cheshmi  1' Motahari 22'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 6,740 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

Al-Wahda v Esteghlal

2 March 2020 (2020-03-02) 3	Al-Wahda	v	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:15 UTC+4		Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

Esteghlal v Al-Wahda

7 April 2020 (2020-04-07) 4	Esteghlal	v	Al-Wahda	Tehran, Iran
20:15 UTC+4:30		Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Esteghlal v Al-Shorta

21 April 2020 (2020-04-21) 5	Esteghlal	v	Al-Shorta	Tehran, Iran
20:30 UTC+4:30		Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Esteghlal v Al-Ahli

5 May 2020 (2020-05-05) 6	Esteghlal	v	Al-Ahli	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
21:30		Report
Note: 1. Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations. 2. The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Hazfi Cup		ACL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini	25	0	19	0	2	0	4	0
3	DF		Milad Zakipour	13	0	8	0	2	0	3	0
4	DF		Roozbeh Cheshmi	17	0	12	0	2	0	3	0
5	DF		Aref Gholami	15	1	13	1	2	0	0	0
6	MF		Ali Karimi	22	3	18	3	1	0	3	0
7	FW		Cheick Diabaté	15	11	13	8	0	0	2	3
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	16	3	14	2	2	1	0	0
9	FW		Ali Dashti	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF		Mehdi Ghaedi	24	11	19	9	2	0	3	2
11	FW		Morteza Tabrizi	16	0	11	0	2	0	3	0
14	MF		Farshid Bagheri	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		Zakaria Moradi	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF		Nikolay Bodurov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	24	6	19	4	1	1	4	1
22	DF		Siavash Yazdani	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	9	2	7	1	2	1	0	0
28	MF		Mohsen Karimi	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Hrvoje Milić	17	2	14	2	1	0	2	0
57	DF		Shahin Taherkhani	9	0	5	0	0	0	4	0
66	MF		Masoud Rigi	22	0	16	0	2	0	4	0
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	21	4	15	4	2	0	4	0
72	FW		Amir Arsalan Motahari	7	6	3	3	0	0	4	3
77	MF		Reza Azari	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF		Mohammad Bolboli	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	24	1	18	1	2	0	4	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
99	FW		Sajjad Aghaei	7	3	5	1	2	2	0	0

Last updated: 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
Source: Competitions

Goals

Cheick Diabaté and Mehdi Ghaedi are best scorers during the season

Rank	Player	Position	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	Mehdi Ghaedi	FW	9	0	2	11
	Cheick Diabaté	FW	8	0	3
3	Vouria Ghafouri	DF	4	1	1	6
	Amir Arsalan Motahari	FW	3	0	3
5	Mohammad Daneshgar	DF	4	0	0	4
6	Ali Karimi	MF	3	0	0	3
	Farshid Esmaeili	MF	2	1	0
	Sajjad Aghaei	FW	1	2	0
9	Hrvoje Milić	DF	2	0	0	2
	Dariush Shojaeian	MF	1	1	0
11	Arash Rezavand	MF	1	0	0	1
	Aref Gholami	DF	1	0	0
Own goals			0	1	1	2
Total			39	6	10	55

Last updated: 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	Hossein Hosseini	4	1	2	7
Total		4	1	2	7

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Pro League			Hazfi Cup			AFC CL			Total			Notes
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini	1									1
3	DF		Milad Zakipour	1									1
4	DF		Roozbeh Cheshmi	2						1			3
5	DF		Aref Gholami	2									2
6	MF		Ali Karimi	1	1		1			1			3	1
7	MF		Cheick Diabaté	4									4
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	1	1		1						2	1
9	MF		Ali Dashti	4			1						5
11	FW		Morteza Tabrizi	2									2
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	1									1
23	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	2									2
33	DF		Hrvoje Milić	1									1
57	DF		Shahin Taherkhani							1			1
66	MF		Masoud Rigi	3						1			4
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	2		1	1			1			4		1
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	2						2			4

Last updated: 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
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.

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League