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{{Short description|Football rivalry in Iran}}
{{Infobox football derby
| name                     = Esteghlal F.C. v Sepahan S.C.
| image                    = [[File:Esteghlal–Sepahan rivalry.png|200px]]
| caption                  = 
| city or region           = [[Tehran]]<br /> [[Isfahan]], [[Iran]]
| first contested          = Sepahan 0–4 Esteghlal<br>(28 January 1972)<br>[[1971–72 Local League]]
| teams involved           = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal Football Club]]<br />[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan Sport Club]]
| most wins                = Sepahan (32)
| total                    = Official: 80<br />Friendlies: 3
| most player appearances  = [[Moharram Navidkia]] (26)
| top scorer              =  [[Levon Stepanyan]]<br />[[Mehdi Seyed-Salehi]]<br />[[Rasoul Khatibi]] (6)
| largestvictory           = Sepahan 0–4 Esteghlal<br>(28 January 1972)<br>[[1971–72 Local League]]
| mostrecent               = Sepahan 1–0 Esteghlal<br>(23 August 2023)<br>[[2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League]]
| nextmeeting              = <br>Sepahan - Esteghlal
}}

The '''rivalry between Esteghlal and Sepahan''' is a [[Association football|football]] rivalry played between [[Iran]]ian football clubs [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal Tehran]] and [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan Isfahan]].

==History==
Since 1971–72 Iran football season, [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal Tehran]] and [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan Isfahan]] had several meetings in Iranian League, Hazfi Cup, and friendly matches.

The first was in [[Local League 1971–72]] in [[Isfahan]], that Esteghlal won the match with the result of '''''4-0'''''. First win for Sepahan was in [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1974-75]] with the result of '''''1-0'''''.<ref name="tabnak.ir">[http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/181219/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84 تاریخچه بازی های سپاهان و استقلال]</ref>

Before the [[Iranian Revolution|Iranian Revolution in 1979]], two football clubs met 10 times (2 times in Local League and 8 times in Takht Jamshid Cup). From these 10 meetings, each club won 4 matches and the result of 2 matches was draw.

From 1991–92 to 2000-01 Iranian Football Seasons, two clubs met 18 times (16 times in [[Azadegan League]], and 2 times in Naghsh-Jahan Tournament in Esfahan). From these 18 meetings, Esteghlal won 8 matches and Sepahan won 5. The result of the other 5 matches was draw.

Since the establishment of [[Iran Pro League]] in 2001, two clubs met 30 times (22 times in Iran Pro League, 6 times in Hazfi Cup, once in [[AFC Champions League]], and once in Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup). From these 30 meetings, Esteghlal won 8 matches and Sepahan won 15. The result of the other 7 matches was draw.

The best win for Esteghlal took place in the clubs first meeting in [[Local League 1971–72]] with the score of '''''4-0'''''. And the best win for Sepahan was in [[2002-03 Hazfi Cup]] with the score of '''''3-0'''''.

The highest goal-scoring match was in [[2010–11 Iran Pro League]] with the result of '''''4-3''''' for Esteghlal.

==Notable matches and seasons==

===2001–02 Hazfi Cup===
Two football clubs faced each other in Semi-final of [[2001–02 Hazfi Cup]] in a two-leg meeting.

The importance of this meeting for [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] was that, they missed the championship of [[2001–02 Iran Pro League]] in the last day to [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] and Winning the Hazfi Cup was a really high motivation for them. On the other side [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]], who lost both the meetings in [[2001–02 Iran Pro League]] to Esteghlal, was really eager to compensate those two losses.

The first leg was held in [[Isfahan]], and Sepahan could win the match with the result of '''''4-2'''''. However, in the second leg in [[Tehran]], it was Esteghlal who could win the match with the result of '''''3-1''''' in a really exciting match. Therefore, after these two dramatic and close matches, two clubs gain the score of 5–5 in total, and Esteghlal could advance into the final just because of higher number of scored-away goals.

In the final, Esteghlal also could beat [[Fajr Sepasi F.C.|Fajr Sepasi]] and became the champion.

===A dramatic season for Sepahan (5 matches, 5 wins)===

In 2002-03 Iranian Football Season, two clubs met each other 5 times, and dramatically, [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] could won all 5 meetings with coaching of [[Farhad Kazemi]]. From these five meetings, 2 of them were in [[2002-03 Iran Pro League]], 2 of them were in [[2002-03 Hazfi Cup]], and the last one in a four-team friendly tournament (Etehadiyeh Cup<ref name="jamejamonline.ir">[http://www.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100004190919 قهرمان و نايب قهرمان ليگ قبل به فينال رسيدند]</ref>) hosted by [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]].

In [[2002-03 Iran Pro League]], Sepahan could beat Esteghlal in both league matches in [[Tehran]] and [[Isfahan]] with the similar result of '''''3-2'''''.

In the 1/8 final of [[2002-03 Hazfi Cup]], two clubs again faced each other in a two-leg meeting. The first leg was held in Isfahan, and Sepahan could win the match with the result of '''''3-0'''''. In the second leg in Tehran, it was again Sepahan who could beat Esteghlal with the result of '''''1-0'''''.

After the end of 2002-03 Iran's Football Season and before the starting of the new Iranian Football Season, a four-team friendly tournament with the name of ''Etehadiyeh Cup'' held in Tehran hosted by Esteghlal. In this tournament Esteghlal as the host, Sepahan and [[Pas Tehran F.C.|Pas Tehran]] as the champion and runner-up of [[2002-03 Iran Pro League]], and [[Al Wasl FC|Al Wasl]] from [[Dubai]] as the guest team participated. In the Semi-final of the tournament, Seaphan and Esteghlal again faced each other and Sepahan could beat Esteghlal with the result of '''''3-2''''' and advanced to the final of the tournament. In the final, Sepahan also could beat Pas Tehran and became the champion.

Therefore, and after these five matches between the club in a single season, Sepahan could win all the matches and made a really dramatic record.

===2003–04 Hazfi Cup===
In 2003-04 Iran's Football Season, two football clubs reached the Final of [[2003–04 Hazfi Cup]].

[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] by coaching of [[Amir Ghalenoei]] had a great performance in [[2003–04 Iran Pro League]] and becoming the runner-up. On the other side, [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] by coaching of [[Farhad Kazemi]] did not have a successful season in [[2003–04 Iran Pro League]]. Therefore, and before the starting of Final, Esteghlal seemed to be the favor for winning the Hazfi Cup title.

The first leg was held in [[Isfahan]] and Sepahan could win the match with the result of '''''3-2''''', in a really close and exciting match and with the final scoring of Sepahan in 90th minute of the match. By this first-leg result, Esteghlal could simply become the champion with winning the second-leg match with the result of 1-0 or 2–1.

However, the story of second-leg match was different. In the second leg in [[Tehran]] and in front of more than 85000 Esteghlal fans, it was Sepahan could perform really great and won the match with the result of '''''2-0'''''. It was a really unexpected loss for Esteghlal fans and Amir Ghalenoei, due to their great performance during the league season. On the other side, it was a really dramatic win for Sepahan fans and Frahad Kazemi.

Therefore, after these two dramatic matches, Seaphan could become the champion by the total result of '''''5-2'''''.

===2012 AFC Champions League===
At the end of 2011-12 Iran's Football Season, two football clubs met each other in the 1/8 Final of [[2012 AFC Champions League]].

This was the first meeting of two football clubs in an international and continental tournaments. Moreover, the fact that Sepahan was the winner of [[2011–12 Iran Pro League]] and Esteghlal was the winner of [[2011–12 Hazfi Cup]], makes this match really important for both football clubs and their fans.

By winning this match, Esteghlal had the possibility to go for the first time to the Quarter-Finals of AFC Champions League since its establishment in 2002. On the other side, Sepahan's fans expected from their team to win this match and go forward for the first Asian title after three-year-in-a-row Iran's football championships.

On May 22, 2012, the match was held in Isfahan and finally Sepahan could win the match with the result of '''''2-0'''''. Therefore, Sepahan advanced to Quarter-Finals of AFC Champions League for the third time in the history of the club. The Quarter-Final round will be held in September 2012.

==All results==

{{Incomplete list|date=February 2012}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=20|'''No.'''
!width=55|'''Date'''
! width="2" |Home team
! width="2" |Score
! width="2" |Away team
!width=250|Home goal scorers
!width=250|Away goal scorers
!width=45|'''Venue'''
!width=180|'''Competition'''
!width=68|'''Est. coach'''
!width=68|'''Sep. coach'''
!'''Comment'''
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|1|| 28.01.1972 ||Sepahan||0–4||Esteghlal||-||[[Gholam Hossein Mazloumi|Mazloumi]] (32'-40') [[Masoud Mojdehi|Mojdehi]] (67') [[Karo Haghverdian|Haghverdian]] (89')||Isfahan|| [[Local League 1971–72]] ||[[Zdravko Rajkov|Rajkov]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="tabnak.ir"/><ref name="persiangig.com1">[http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_50.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 50]</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|2|| 17.03.1972 ||Esteghlal||2–0||Sepahan|| [[Ali Jabbari|Jabbari]] (43') [[Gholam Hossein Mazloumi|Mazloumi]] (61') || - ||Tehran|| [[Local League 1971–72]] ||[[Zdravko Rajkov|Rajkov]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com1"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|3|| 11.04.1974 ||Esteghlal||2–0||Sepahan|| [[Gholam Hossein Mazloumi|Mazloumi]] (34), [[Ali Jabbari|Jabbari]] (67) || - ||Tehran|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1974-75]] ||[[Zdravko Rajkov|Rajkov]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com2">[http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_53.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 53]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|4|| 01.11.1974 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal||[[Mostafa Heidari|Heidari]] (22)||-||Isfahan|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1974-75]] ||[[Zdravko Rajkov|Rajkov]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com2"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|5|| 30.05.1975 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal||[[Hamid Nadimian|Nadimian]] (77)||-||Isfahan|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1975-76]] ||[[Zdravko Rajkov|Rajkov]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com3">[http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_54.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 54]</ref>
|-
|6|| 14.11.1975 ||Esteghlal||0–0||Sepahan|| - || - ||Tehran|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1975-76]] ||[[Zdravko Rajkov|Rajkov]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com3"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|7|| 09.01.1976 ||Esteghlal||1–0||Sepahan|| [[Hassan Ebrahimi|Ebrahimi]] || - ||Tehran|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1976-77]] ||[[Zdravko Rajkov|Rajkov]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com4">[http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_55.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 55]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|8|| 02.07.1976 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal|| Safapour 57' || - ||Isfahan|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1976-77]] ||[[Vladimir Jekic|Jekic]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com4"/>
|-
|9|| 10.06.1977 ||Esteghlal||3–3||Sepahan||[[Hassan Nazari|Nazari]]&nbsp;(17),&nbsp;[[Hadi Naraghi|Naraghi]]&nbsp;(45),&nbsp;[[Hassan Rowshan|Rowshan]]&nbsp;(53)&nbsp;||[[Amir Shah Zeydi|Shah&nbsp;Zeydi]]&nbsp;(65),&nbsp;[[Rasoul Khorvash|Khorvash]]&nbsp;(83),&nbsp;[[Alireza Rahimi (footballer)|Rahimi]]&nbsp;(88) ||Tehran|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1977-78]] ||[[Vladimir Jekic|Jekic]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com5">[http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_56.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 56]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|10|| 13.01.1978 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal|| [[Taghi Jahani|Jahani]] (35) || - ||Isfahan|| [[Takht Jamshid Cup 1977-78]] ||[[Vladimir Jekic|Jekic]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="persiangig.com5"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|11|| 28.02.1992 ||Esteghlal||3–1||Sepahan|| [[Shahrokh Bayani|Bayani]] (2 goals), [[Mehdi Fonounizadeh|Fonounizadeh]]||[[Ramin Shahmohammadi|Shahmohammadi]] ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 1991–92]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Masoud Tabesh|Tabesh]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1">{{Cite web |url=http://abidelan.ir/?p=1309 |title=مروری بر تاریخچه دیدارهای استقلال و سپاهان در گذر تاریخ |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-date=2016-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204143626/http://abidelan.ir/?p=1309 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|12|| 22.05.1992 ||Sepahan||2–1||Esteghlal|| [[Majid Basirat|Basirat]], [[Karim Ghanbari|Ghanbari]] ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])||[[Mehdi Fonounizadeh|Fonounizadeh]] ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 1991–92]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Masoud Tabesh|Tabesh]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2">{{Cite web |url=http://abidelan.ir/?p=780 |title=تاریخچه دیدارهای سپاهان و استقلال در اصفهان |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-date=2016-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204140233/http://abidelan.ir/?p=780 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|-
|13|| 23.04.1993 ||Sepahan||2–2||Esteghlal|| [[Mehdi Tartar|Tartar]] (62',70') ||[[Iman Alami|Alami]] (37'), [[Abbas Sarkhab|Sarkhab]] (78') ||Isfahan|| Naghsh-Jahan Cup ||[[Bijan Zolfagharnassab|Zolfagharnassab]]||[[Firouz Karimi|Karimi]]||<ref>[http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Azadegan/Fasle_72-73.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال در جام نقش جهان اصفهان 1372]</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|14|| 28.07.1994 ||Esteghlal||3–2||Sepahan|| [[Mohammad Javad Nadafi|Nadafi]], [[Javad Zarincheh|Zarincheh]], [[Ali Akbarian|Akbarian]]||[[Seyed Amin Mousavi|Mousavi]], [[Karim Ghanbari|Ghanbari]] ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]]) ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 1994–95]] ||[[Leonid Terry Bilofsky|Bilofsky]]||[[Nasser Hejazi|Hejazi]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|15|| 11.11.1994 ||Sepahan||3–1||Esteghlal|| [[Seyed Amin Mousavi|Mousavi]] (3 goals)|| [[Mohammad Taghavi|Taghavi]]||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 1994–95]] ||[[Nasrollah Abdollahi|Abdollahi]]||[[Nasser Hejazi|Hejazi]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|16|| 15.06.1995 ||Esteghlal||1–0||Sepahan|| [[Alireza Mansourian|Mansourian]]||- ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 1995–96]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|17|| 09.11.1995 ||Sepahan||2–1||Esteghlal|| [[Houshang Louviniyan|Louviniyan]], [[Hamid Memariyan|Memariyan]]|| [[Sadegh Varmazyar|Varmazyar]]||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 1995–96]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Mahmoud Yavari|Yavari]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|18|| 02.05.1996 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal|| Louviniyan 33'|| - ||Isfahan|| Naghsh-Jahan Cup ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Rasoul Korbekandi|Korbekandi]]||<ref>[http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Azadegan/Fasle_75-76.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال در جام نقش جهان اصفهان 1375]</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|-
|19|| 27.06.1996 ||Sepahan||0–0||Esteghlal|| -||- ||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 1996–97]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Rasoul Korbekandi|Korbekandi]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|20|| 19.12.1996 ||Esteghlal||1–2||Sepahan|| [[Mehdi Pashazadeh|Pashazadeh]]||[[Levon Stepanyan|Stepanyan]], [[Seyed Amin Mousavi|Mousavi]] ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 1996–97]] ||[[Nasser Hejazi|Hejazi]]||[[Rasoul Korbekandi|Korbekandi]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|21|| 25.12.1997 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| [[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]], [[Alireza Mansourian|Mansourian]]||[[Masoud Khademi|Khademi]] ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 1997–98]] ||[[Nasser Hejazi|Hejazi]]||[[Rasoul Korbekandi|Korbekandi]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|22|| 08.05.1998 ||Sepahan||0–1||Esteghlal||-||[[Mohsen Garousi|Garousi]]||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 1997–98]] ||[[Nasser Hejazi|Hejazi]]||[[Rasoul Korbekandi|Korbekandi]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2"/>
|-
|23|| 13.04.1999 ||Sepahan||1–1||Esteghlal||[[Majid Basirat|Basirat]] ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])||[[Alireza Akbarpour|Akbarpour]]||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 1998–99]] ||[[Nasser Hejazi|Hejazi]]||[[Mehdi Monajati|Monajati]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2"/>
|-
|24|| 24.05.1999 ||Esteghlal||1–1||Sepahan|| [[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]]||[[Ahmad Momenzadeh|Momenzadeh]] ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 1998–99]] ||[[Javad Zarincheh|Zarincheh]]||[[Mehdi Monajati|Monajati]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|25|| 14.10.1999 ||Sepahan||1–4||Esteghlal||[[Abdollah Veisi|Veisi]]||[[Ali Latifi|Latifi]], [[Behzad Dadashzadeh|Dadashzadeh]], [[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht|Nikbakht]], [[Mohammad Navazi|Navazi]] ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]]) ||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 1999–2000|Azadegan League 1999–00]] ||[[Yevgeni Skomorokhov|Skomorokhov]]||[[Hamid Nadimian|Nadimian]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|26|| 30.01.2000 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| Niksirat, [[Alireza Akbarpour|Akbarpour]]||[[Levon Stepanyan|Stepanyan]] ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 1999–2000|Azadegan League 1999–00]] ||[[Yevgeni Skomorokhov|Skomorokhov]]||[[Hamid Nadimian|Nadimian]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1"/>
|-
|27|| 10.11.2000 ||Esteghlal||1–1||Sepahan|| [[Mehdi Hasheminasab|Hasheminasab]] ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])||[[Davoud Dehghani|Dehghani]] ||Tehran|| [[Azadegan League 2000-01]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Hamid Nadimian|Nadimian]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir1"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|28|| 04.02.2001 ||Sepahan||0–2||Esteghlal||-||[[Sattar Hamedani|Hamedani]] (2 goals)||Isfahan|| [[Azadegan League 2000-01]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Hamid Nadimian|Nadimian]]||<ref name="abidelan.ir2"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|29|| 27.01.2002 ||Sepahan||0–1||Esteghlal||-||[[Faraz Fatemi|Fatemi]] (34)||Isfahan|| [[2001–02 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Stanko Poklepovic|Poklepovic]]||<ref name="rsssf.com1">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran02.html 2001-02 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|30|| 14.05.2002 ||Esteghlal||3–0||Sepahan|| [[Mohammad Navazi|Navazi]] (10-[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]]), [[Javad Mohagheghian|Mohagheghian]] (46-[[Own goal|og]]), [[Sirous Dinmohammadi|Dinmohammadi]] (86)||- ||Tehran|| [[2001–02 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Stanko Poklepovic|Poklepovic]]||<ref name="rsssf.com1"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|31|| 07.06.2002 ||Sepahan||4–2||Esteghlal||[[Levon Stepanyan|Stepanyan]] (17, 48-[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]], 50), [[Mahmoud Karimi Sibaki|Karimi]] (55)||[[Yadollah Akbari|Akbari]] (57), [[Ali Mousavi|Mousavi]] (64) ||Isfahan|| [[2001–02 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Stanko Poklepovic|Poklepovic]]||Semi-final<ref name="rsssf.com1"/> 
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|32|| 11.06.2002 ||Esteghlal||3–1||Sepahan|| [[Yadollah Akbari|Akbari]] (13-[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]]), [[Faraz Fatemi|Fatemi]] (78), [[Ahmad Momenzadeh|Momenzadeh]] (82)||[[Edmond Bezik|Bezik]] (90) ||Tehran|| [[2001–02 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Stanko Poklepovic|Poklepovic]]||Semi-final<ref name="rsssf.com1"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|33|| 03.11.2002 ||Esteghlal||2–3||Sepahan|| [[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht|Nikbakht]] (52), [[Yadollah Akbari|Akbari]] (71)||[[Afshin Hajipour|Hajipour]] (10, 32), [[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]] (90-[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]]) ||Tehran|| [[2002–03 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Roland Koch (footballer)|Koch]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran03.html 2002-03 Iran Football Season]</ref> 
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|34|| 15.02.2003 ||Sepahan||3–0||Esteghlal||[[Nasser Farshbaf|Farshbaf]] (52, 72), [[Mehdi Seyed-Salehi|Seyed-Salehi]] (84)||-||Isfahan|| [[2002–03 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Roland Koch (footballer)|Koch]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||1/8 Final<ref>[http://www.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100004200006 سپاهان، استقلال را در جام حذفي مايوس کرد]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|35|| 24.04.2003 ||Sepahan||3–2||Esteghlal||[[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]] (43-[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]], 48), [[Mahmoud Karimi Sibaki|Karimi]] (88)||[[Yadollah Akbari|Akbari]] (75), [[Reza Hassanzadeh (Tractor, footballer)|Hassanzadeh]] (80-[[Own goal|og]])||Isfahan|| [[2002–03 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Javad Zarincheh|Zarincheh]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||<ref>[http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/31363/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85-10-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86 طلسم 10 ساله استقلال در اصفهان ]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|36|| 15.05.2003 ||Esteghlal||0–1||Sepahan|| -||[[Mehdi Seyed-Salehi|Seyed-Salehi]] (35) ||Tehran|| [[2002–03 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Mansour Pourheidari|Pourheidari]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||1/8 Final<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iransport.net/News/asp/Detail_News_1382.asp?id=1151 |title=2002-03 Hazfi Cup result |access-date=2012-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118105337/http://www.iransport.net/News/asp/Detail_News_1382.asp?id=1151 |archive-date=2015-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|37|| 20.08.2003 ||Esteghlal||2–3||Sepahan|| [[Roger Fabrizio|Fabrizio]] (22), [[Mohammad Navazi|Navazi]] (35)||[[Rasoul Khatibi|Khatibi]] (1, 75), [[Edmond Bezik|Bezik]] (81) ||Tehran||  Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||<ref name="jamejamonline.ir"/><ref>[http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/2003/08/22/P4.pdf  Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|38|| 30.11.2003 ||Sepahan||0–0||Esteghlal|| -||- ||Isfahan|| [[2003–04 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||<ref name="rsssf.com2">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran04.html 2003-04 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|39|| 12.04.2004 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| [[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] (3), [[Ali Samereh|Samereh]] (82)||[[Saeed Ramezani|Ramezani]] (2) ||Tehran|| [[2003–04 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||<ref name="rsssf.com2"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|40|| 02.07.2004 ||Sepahan||3–2||Esteghlal||[[Levon Stepanyan|Stepanyan]] (9), [[Mohammad Khormagah|Khormagah]] (57-[[Own goal|og]]), [[Morteza Hashemizadeh|Hashemizadeh]] (87)||[[Yadollah Akbari|Akbari]] (27), [[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] (80)||Isfahan|| [[2003–04 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||Final<ref name="rsssf.com2"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|41|| 07.07.2004 ||Esteghlal||0–2||Sepahan||-||[[Mehdi Seyed-Salehi|Seyed-Salehi]] (25, 68)||Tehran|| [[2003–04 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||Final<ref name="rsssf.com2"/>
|-
|42|| 31.12.2004 ||Sepahan||2–2||Esteghlal||[[Edmond Bezik|Bezik]] (67), [[Rasoul Khatibi|Khatibi]] (80)||[[Ali Samereh|Samereh]] (28), [[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] (50) ||Isfahan|| [[2004–05 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||<ref name="rsssf.com3">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran05.html 2004-05 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-
|43|| 20.06.2005 ||Esteghlal||2–2||Sepahan|| [[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] (13), [[Siavash Akbarpour|Akbarpour]] (69)||[[Rasoul Khatibi|Khatibi]] (62, 84) ||Tehran|| [[2004–05 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Stanko Poklepovic|Poklepovic]]||<ref name="rsssf.com3"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|44|| 16.10.2005 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal||[[Mehdi Jafarpour|Jafarpour]] (31)||-||Isfahan|| [[2005–06 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Edson Tavares|Tavares]]||<ref name="rsssf.com4">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran06.html 2005-06 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|45|| 12.02.2006 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| [[Amir Hossein Sadeghi|Sadeghi]] (55), [[Mojtaba Jabari|Jabari]] (58)||[[Rasoul Khatibi|Khatibi]] (42) ||Tehran|| [[2005–06 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Edson Tavares|Tavares]]||<ref name="rsssf.com4"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|46|| 01.12.2006 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| [[Maysam Baou|Baou]] (39, 90)||[[Javad Maheri|Maheri]] (12) ||Tehran|| [[2006–07 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Samad Marfavi|Marfavi]]||[[Luka Bonacic|Bonacic]]||<ref name="iplstats.com1">[http://www.iplstats.com/website06-07/team4.htm Esteghlal results in 2006-07 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|47|| 20.04.2007 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal||[[Hadi Aghili|Aghili]] (90-[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])||-||Isfahan|| [[2006–07 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Samad Marfavi|Marfavi]]||[[Luka Bonacic|Bonacic]]||<ref name="iplstats.com1"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|48|| 07.10.2007 ||Sepahan||2–1||Esteghlal||[[Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail|Abulhail]] (7, 90)||[[Pirouz Ghorbani|Ghorbani]] (74)||Isfahan|| [[2007–08 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Nasser Hejazi|Hejazi]]||[[Luka Bonacic|Bonacic]]||<ref name="rsssf.com5">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran08.html 2007-08 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|49|| 29.03.2008 ||Esteghlal||0–1||Sepahan|| -||[[Ehsan Hajsafi|Hajsafi]] (65) ||Tehran|| [[2007–08 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Firooz Karimi|Karimi]]||[[Jorvan Vieira|Vieira]]||<ref name="rsssf.com5"/>
|-
|50|| 17.08.2008 ||Esteghlal||1–1||Sepahan|| [[Pirouz Ghorbani|Ghorbani]] (74)||[[Mehdi Jafarpour|Jafarpour]] (24) ||Tehran|| [[2008–09 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Engin Firat|Firat]]||<ref name="iplstats.com2">[http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/team4.htm Esteghlal results in 2008-09 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|51|| 30.12.2008 ||Sepahan||2–1||Esteghlal||[[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]] (10), [[Ali Alizadeh|Alizadeh]] (25-[[Own goal|og]])||[[Arash Borhani|Borhani]] (74)||Isfahan|| [[2008–09 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Farhad Kazemi|Kazemi]]||<ref name="iplstats.com2"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|52|| 07.08.2009 ||Esteghlal||1–0||Sepahan|| [[Omid Ravankhah|Ravankhah]] (61)||- ||Tehran|| [[2009–10 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Samad Marfavi|Marfavi]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||<ref name="iplstats.com3">[http://www.iplstats.com/website09-10/team3.htm Esteghlal results in 2009-10 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|53|| 05.12.2009 ||Sepahan||2–0||Esteghlal||[[Emad Mohammed]] (45), [[Hadi Aghili|Aghili]] (63-[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])||||Isfahan|| [[2009–10 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Samad Marfavi|Marfavi]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||<ref name="iplstats.com3"/>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|54|| 27.08.2010 ||Esteghlal||4–3||Sepahan|| [[Milad Maydavoodi|Maydavoodi]] (18, 43), [[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]] (25), [[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] (82-[[Own goal|og]])||[[Hashem Beikzadeh|Beikzadeh]] (61), [[Milorad Janjuš|Janjuš]] (72, 75) ||Tehran|| [[2010–11 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Parviz Mazloumi|Mazloumi]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||<ref name="iplstats.com4">[http://www.iplstats.com/website10-11/team1.htm Esteghlal results in 2010-11 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-
|55|| 24.02.2011 ||Sepahan||1–1||Esteghlal||[[Ahmad Jamshidian|Jamshidian]] (38)||[[Mehdi Seyed-Salehi|Seyed-Salehi]] (90)||Isfahan|| [[2010–11 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Parviz Mazloumi|Mazloumi]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||<ref name="iplstats.com4"/>
|-
|56|| 03.08.2011 ||Sepahan||1–1||Esteghlal||[[Fabio Daniel Januario|Januario]] (64)||[[Arash Borhani|Borhani]] (85) ||Isfahan|| [[2011–12 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Parviz Mazloumi|Mazloumi]]||[[Luka Bonacic|Bonacic]]||<ref name="iplstats.com5">[http://www.iplstats.com/website11-12/team4.htm Esteghlal results in 2011-12 Iran Football Season]</ref>
|-
|57|| 06.01.2012 ||Esteghlal||1–1||Sepahan|| [[Javad Shirzad|Shirzad]] (32)||[[Mehdi Seyed-Salehi|Seyed-Salehi]] (53) ||Tehran|| [[2011–12 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Parviz Mazloumi|Mazloumi]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||<ref name="iplstats.com5"/>
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|58|| 22.05.2012 ||Sepahan||2–0||Esteghlal||[[Bruno Correa|César]] (8), [[Mohsen Bengar|Bengar]] (35)||-||Isfahan|| [[2012 AFC Champions League]] ||[[Parviz Mazloumi|Mazloumi]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||<ref>[http://www.varzesh3.com/news.do?itemid=973357&title= سپاهان گام به مرحله يک‌چهارم نهايي گذاشت]</ref>
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|59|| 18.11.2012 ||Sepahan||0–1||Esteghlal||-||[[Khosro Heydari|Heydari]] (15)||Isfahan|| [[2012–13 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||
|-
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|60|| 30.03.2013 ||Esteghlal||1–1 (''4''-''5'' [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])||Sepahan|| [[Farzad Hatami|Hatami]] (64)|| [[Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (footballer, born 1983)|Khalatbari]] (42) ||Tehran|| [[2012–13 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||Semi Final
|-
|61|| 15.04.2013 ||Esteghlal||1–1||Sepahan|| [[Mohsen Irannejad|Irannejad]] (93-[[Own goal|og]])  || [[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]] (66) ||Tehran|| [[2012–13 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||
|-
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|62|| 01.08.2013 ||Esteghlal||1–2||Sepahan|| [[Amir Hossein Sadeghi|Sadeghi]] (78) || [[Arash Afshin|Afshin]] (2), [[Hadi Aghili|Aghili]] (55-p)  ||Tehran|| [[2013–14 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||
|-
|63|| 05.12.2013 ||Sepahan||0–0||Esteghlal|| - || - ||Isfahan|| [[2013–14 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||
|-
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|64|| 14.08.2014 ||Sepahan||3–1||Esteghlal|| [[Ehsan Hajsafi|Hajsafi]] (27-p), [[Mehdi Sharifi|Sharifi]] (33), [[Luciano Pereira Mendes|Chimba]] (63) || [[Milad Fakhredini|Fakhredini]] (17) ||Isfahan|| [[2014–15 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Zlatko Kranjcar|Kranjcar]]||
|-
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|65|| 30.01.2015 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| [[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] (8), [[Omid Ebrahimi|Ebrahimi]] (90+2) || [[Hossein Papi|Papi]] (42) ||Tehran|| [[2014–15 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||[[Hossein Faraki|Faraki]]||
|-
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|66|| 26.10.2015 ||Sepahan||0–3||Esteghlal|| - || [[Farshid Esmaeili|Esmaeili]] (6), [[Jaber Ansari|Ansari]] (54), [[Behnam Barzay|Barzay]](77) ||Isfahan|| [[2015–16 Iran Pro League]] ||[[Parviz Mazloumi|Mazloumi]]||[[Hossein Faraki|Faraki]]||
|-
|67|| 10.04.2016 ||Esteghlal||0–0||Sepahan|| - || - ||Tehran|| [[2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Parviz Mazloumi|Mazloumi]]||[[Igor Štimac|Štimac]]||
|-
|68|| 25.12.2016 ||Sepahan||1–1||Esteghlal|| [[Jalaleddin Alimohammadi|Alimohammadi]] (70) || [[Behnam Barzay|Barzay]] (90+2) ||Isfahan|| [[2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Alireza Mansourian|Mansourian]]||[[Abdollah Veisi|Veisi]]||
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|69|| 04.05.2017 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| [[Jaber Ansari|Ansari]] (59), [[Farshid Bagheri|Bagheri]] (84) || [[Mehrdad Mohammadi|Mohammadi]] (41) ||Tehran|| [[2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Alireza Mansourian|Mansourian]]||[[Zlatko Kranjčar|Kranjčar]]||
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|70|| 06.12.2017 ||Esteghlal||3–0||Sepahan|| [[Ali Ghorbani (footballer, born 1990)|Ghorbani]] (4), [[Djeparov]] (36, 47) || ||Tehran|| [[2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Winfried Schäfer|Schäfer]]||[[Zlatko Kranjčar|Kranjčar]]||
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|71|| 27.04.2018 ||Sepahan||0–1||Esteghlal|| - || [[Mame Baba Thiam|Thiam]] (11) ||Isfahan|| [[2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Winfried Schäfer|Schäfer]]||[[Mansour Ebrahimzadeh|Ebrahimzadeh]]||
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|72|| 26.10.2018 ||Esteghlal||0–1||Sepahan|| - || [[Kiros Stanlley Soares Ferraz|Kiros]] (80) ||Tehran|| [[2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Winfried Schäfer|Schäfer]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|73|| 12.04.2019 ||Sepahan||0–1||Esteghlal|| - || [[Ayanda Patosi|Patosi]] (90+7) ||Isfahan|| [[2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Winfried Schäfer|Schäfer]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||
|-
|74|| 30.11.2019 ||Sepahan||2–2||Esteghlal|| [[Giorgi Gvelesiani|Gvelesiani]] (14), [[Omid Noorafkan|Noorafkan]] (90+5) || [[Mehdi Ghayedi|Ghayedi]] (57), [[Cheick Diabaté (footballer, born 1988)|Diabaté]] (79) ||Isfahan|| [[2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Andrea Stramaccioni|Stramaccioni]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|75|| 02.08.2020 ||Esteghlal||2–1||Sepahan|| [[Cheick Diabaté (footballer, born 1988)|Diabaté]] (52-p), [[Shayan Mosleh|Mosleh]] (65-o.g.) || [[Mohammad Mohebi|Mohebi]] (82) ||Tehran|| [[2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|76|| 10.08.2020 ||Esteghlal||2–0||Sepahan|| [[Vouria Ghafouri|Ghafouri]] (45+7-p), [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1994)|Karimi]] (61) || ||Tehran|| [[2019–20 Hazfi Cup]] ||[[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]]||[[Amir Ghalenoei|Ghalenoei]]||Quarter Final
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|77|| 14.02.2021 ||Sepahan||2–0||Esteghlal|| [[Sajjad Shahbazzadeh|Shahbazzadeh]] (14), [[Soroush Rafiei|Rafiei]] (35) || - ||Isfahan|| [[2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Mahmoud Fekri|Fekri]]||[[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]]||
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|78|| 30.07.2021 ||Esteghlal||1–2||Sepahan|| [[Mehdi Mehdipour|Mehdipour]] (90+1) || [[Reza Mirzaei|Mirzaei]] (54), [[Sajjad Shahbazzadeh|Shahbazzadeh]] (85) ||Tehran|| [[2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]]||[[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]]||
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;"
|79|| 14.12.2021 ||Esteghlal||1–0||Sepahan|| [[Jafar Salmani|Salmani]] (35) || ||Tehran|| [[2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]]||[[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]]||
|-
|80|| 04.05.2022 ||Sepahan||1–1||Esteghlal|| [[Giorgi Gvelesiani|Gvelesiani]] (14-p) || [[Mohammad Daneshgar|Daneshgar]] (6) ||Isfahan|| [[2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Farhad Majidi|Majidi]]||[[Moharram Navidkia|Navidkia]]||
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|81|| 12.08.2022 ||Esteghlal||0–2||Sepahan|| || [[Yasin Salmani|Salmani]] (53), [[Ramin Rezaeian|Rezaeian]] (57) ||Tehran|| [[2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Ricardo Sá Pinto|Sá Pinto]]||[[José Morais|Morais]]||
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|82|| 19.01.2023 ||Sepahan||2–1||Esteghlal|| [[Omid Noorafkan|Noorafkan]] (50), [[Ramin Rezaeian|Rezaeian]] (90+5-p) || [[Amir Arsalan Motahari|Motahari]] (58) ||Isfahan|| [[2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Ricardo Sá Pinto|Sá Pinto]]||[[José Morais|Morais]]||
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|83|| 24.08.2023 ||Sepahan||1–0||Esteghlal|| [[Reza Asadi|Asadi]] (45+9) || - ||Isfahan|| [[2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League]] ||[[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]]||[[José Morais|Morais]]||
|}
84                          Esteghlal    1--0    Sepahan

== Summary of results ==

=== Total matches ===

{|class="wikitable"
!width=90| Teams
!width=40| Matches
!width=40| Wins
!width=40| Draws
!width=40| Loses
!width=50| Goals<br />For
!width=50| Goals<br />Against
!width=60| Goal<br />Difference
|-
|-style="background:#FFFF00;"
|align=center|'''[[Sepahan Esfahan FC|Sepahan]]'''
|align=center|'''83'''||align=center|'''32'''||align=center|'''21'''||align=center|'''30'''
|align=center|'''100'''||align=center|'''105'''||align=center|'''–5'''
|-style="background:#AAD8FF;" 
|align=center|'''[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]'''
|align=center|'''83'''||align=center|'''30'''||align=center|'''21'''||align=center|'''32'''
|align=center|'''105'''||align=center|'''100'''||align=center|'''+5'''
|}

=== Matches with competition ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=160| Competition
!width=60| Matches
!width=90| Esteghlal wins
!width=90| Draws
!width=90| Sepahan wins
|-
| AFC Champions League
| 1 || 0 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| League
| 71 || '''28''' || 19 || 24
|-
| Hazfi Cup
| 8 || 2 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| Friendly
| 3 || 0 || 1 || '''2''' 
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''83''' || '''30''' || '''21''' || '''32'''
|}

=== Competitions details ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=160| Competition
!width=60| Matches
!width=90| Esteghlal wins
!width=90| Draws
!width=90| Sepahan wins
|-
| AFC Champions League
| 1 || 0 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| Local League
| 2 || '''2''' || 0 || 0
|-
| Takht Jamshid Cup
| 8 || 2 || 2 || '''4'''
|-
| Azadegan League
| 16 || '''8''' || 4 || 4
|-
| Iran Pro League
| 45 || '''16''' || 13 || '''16'''
|-
| Hazfi Cup
| 8 || 2 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| Naghsh-Jahan Cup
| 2 || 0 || 1 || '''1''' 
|-
| Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup
| 1 || 0 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''83''' || '''30''' || '''21''' || '''32'''
|}

== Trophies ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2 width=5% class="wikitable sortable"|Team
! colspan="3" width="20%" class="unsortable"|Domestic
! rowspan=2 width=9% class="sortable"|Domestic Total
! International
! rowspan=2 width=9% class="sortable"|Grand Total
|-
! width=5% class="sortable"|[[List of Iranian football champions|Iranian Leagues]]
! width=6% class="sortable"|[[Hazfi Cup]]
! width=6% class="sortable"|[[Iranian Super Cup|Super Cup]]
! width=6% class="sortable"|[[Asian Club Championship]]
|-
|'''[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]'''|| align=center|'''9'''|| align="center" |'''7'''|| align=center|'''1'''|| align="center" |'''17'''|| align="center" |'''2'''|| align="center" |'''19'''
|-
|'''[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]]'''|| align=center|5|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |0|| align="center" |9|| align="center" |0|| align="center" |9
|}

==Top goal scorers==
[[File:Rasoul Khatibi, Persepolis vs. Machine Sazi.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Rasoul Khatibi]], one of top goalscorers of rivalry]]
[[File:Reza Enayati coaching Siah Jamegan.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Reza Enayati]], one of Esteghlal's highest scorers of rivalry]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=40|'''Position'''
!width=200|'''Player'''
!width=130|'''Club'''
!width=50|'''Goals'''
|-
|- align="left"
| rowspan=3 align="center"|1
| {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Stepanyan]]
|align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
| rowspan=3 align="center"|'''6'''
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Rasoul Khatibi]]
|align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Mehdi Seyed-Salehi]] <sup>1</sup>
|align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]] / [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
|-
|- align="left"
| rowspan=4 align="center"|4
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Amin Mousavi]]
|align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
| rowspan=4 align="center"|'''5'''
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Yadollah Akbari]]
|align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Moharram Navidkia]]
|align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Reza Enayati]]
|align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
|-
|- align="left"
| rowspan=1 align="center"|8
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Gholam Hossein Mazloumi]]
|align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| rowspan=1 align="center"|'''4'''
|-
|- align="left"
| rowspan=4 align="center"|9
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Mohammad Navazi]]
|align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| rowspan=4 align="center"|'''3'''
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Edmond Bezik]]
|align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Farhad Majidi]]
|align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Hadi Aghili]]
|align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
|-
|}
<sup>1</sup> ''Seyed-Salehi scored 5 goals as the Sepahan player and 1 goal as the Esteghlal player.''

=== Hat-tricks ===
 
A [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Sequence<br>
! Player
! No. of<br>goals
! Time of goals
! Representing
! Final<br>score 
! Opponent
! Tournament
|-
|{{nts|1}}.||{{flagicon|IRN}} {{sortname|Amin|Mousavi}}||3||?', ?', ?'||[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]]||3–1||[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||1994–95 Azadegan League
|-
|{{nts|2}}.||{{flagicon|ARM}} {{sortname|Levon|Stepanyan}}||3||17', 48', 55'||[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]]||4–2||[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||2001–02 Hazfi Cup
|}

==Most successful coaches==
* Coaches in '''bold''' are still active for Esteghlal or Sepahan.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=40|'''Rank'''
!width=180|'''Head coach'''
!width=130|'''Club'''
!width=60|'''Matches'''
!width=40|'''Win'''
!width=40|'''Draw'''
!width=40|'''Lost'''
!width=60|'''Winning rate'''
|-
|- align="left"
| align="center"|1
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Farhad Kazemi]]
| align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
| align="center"|11
| align="center"|'''8'''
| align="center"|2
| align="center"|1
| align="center"|73%
|-
|- align="left"
| align="center"|2
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Mansour Pourheidari]]
| align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| align="center"|11
| align="center"|'''5'''
| align="center"|2
| align="center"|4
| align="center"|45%
|-
|- align="left"
| align="center"|3
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Mahmoud Yavari]]
| align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
| align="center"|12
| align="center"|'''5'''
| align="center"|2
| align="center"|5
| align="center"|42%
|-
|- align="left"
| align="center"|4
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Zdravko Rajkov]]
| align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| align="center"|7
| align="center"|'''4'''
| align="center"|1
| align="center"|2
| align="center"|57%
|-
|- align="left"
| rowspan=2 align="center"|5
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Winfried Schäfer]]
| align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| align="center"|4
| align="center"|'''3'''
| align="center"|0
| align="center"|1
| align="center"|75%
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Farhad Majidi]]
| align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| align="center"|4
| align="center"|'''3'''
| align="center"|0
| align="center"|1
| align="center"|75%
|-
|- align="left"
| align="center"|7
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Nasser Hejazi]] <sup>1</sup>
| align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] / [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
| align="center"|7
| align="center"|'''3'''
| align="center"|1
| align="center"|3
| align="center"|43%
|-
|- align="left"
| align="center"|8
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Zlatko Kranjčar]]
| align="center"| [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
| align="center"|10
| align="center"|'''3'''
| align="center"|4
| align="center"|3
| align="center"|33%
|-
|- align="left"
| rowspan=2 align="center"|9
| {{flagicon|POR}} '''[[José Morais]]'''
| align="center"| [[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]]
| align="center"|3
| align="center"|'''3'''
| align="center"|0
| align="center"|0
| align="center"|100%
|-
|- align="left"
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeni Skomorokhov]]
| align="center"| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| align="center"|2
| align="center"|'''2'''
| align="center"|0
| align="center"|0
| align="center"|100%
|-
|- align="left"
| align="center"|10
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Moharram Navidkia]]
| align="center"| [[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]]
| align="center"|3
| align="center"|'''2'''
| align="center"|0
| align="center"|1
| align="center"|66%
|}

<sup>1</sup> ''Hejazi obtained 2 wins as the coach of Esteghlal and 1 win as the coach of Sepahan.''<br>
<sup>*</sup> ''Ghalenoei has won 7 matches but his losses have been more.he has lost 14 matches.

==See also==
* [[Football in Iran]]
* [[Esteghlal F.C.]]
* [[Sepahan F.C.]]
* [[Tehran Derby]]
* [[El Gilano]]
* [[Naqsh-e jahan Derby|Isfahan Derby]]
* [[Mashhad Derby]]
* [[Persepolis F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry]]
* [[Persepolis F.C.–Tractor S.C. rivalry]]
* [[Esteghlal F.C.–Tractor S.C rivalry]]
* [[Major football rivalries]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Esteghlal F.C.}}
{{Sepahan F.C.}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esteghlal-Sepahan rivalry}}
[[Category:Esteghlal F.C.|Derby]]
[[Category:Football derbies in Iran]]
[[Category:Sepahan S.C.]]
[[Category:Esteghlal F.C. matches]]
[[Category:Sepahan S.C. matches]]