2009–10 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal Tehran FC

2009–10 season
Chairman	Vaezi Ashtiani
Manager	Samad Marfavi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	3rd
Hazfi Cup	1/8 Final
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Arash Borhani (11) All: Farhad Majidi (16)
Highest home attendance	98,225 vs Persepolis (2 October 2009)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Sepahan (7 August 2009)
Average home league attendance	32,389
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010-11 →

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Vahid Taleblou 2 DF Khosro Heidari 3 DF Mehdi Amirabadi 4 MF Hossein Kazemi 5 DF Bijan Koshki 6 DF Hadi Shakouri 7 FW Farhad Majidi 8 MF Mojtaba Jabari 9 FW Arash Borhani 10 FW Siavash Akbarpour 11 FW Reza Enayati 12 FW Mehdi Seyed Salehi 13 MF Mohsen Yousefi 14 MF Kianoosh Rahmati

No. Position Player 15 DF Hanif Omranzadeh 16 MF Hashem Beikzadeh 18 MF Mehrshad Momeni 19 MF Mehran Noorafkan 20 GK Mohammad Mohammadi 21 MF Milad Nouri 22 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi 23 MF Omid Ravankhah 25 FW Mojtaba Mojaz 27 MF Yaghob Karimi 28 MF Rinaldo Cruzado 31 GK Iman Sadeghi 33 DF Pejman Montazeri 37 MF Fábio Januário

Transfers

Esteghlal

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 20 GK Mohammad Mohammadi (from Paykan) 22 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi (from Mes) 17 MF Mehrshad Momeni (from Pas Hamedan F.C.) 18 MF Kianoush Rahmati (from Saipa) -- MF Mehran Noorafkan (from Bargh Shiraz) 11 FW Reza Enayati ( from Al-Nasr SC) 12 FW Mehdi Seyed Salehi (from Paykan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player MF Asghar Nadali (to Nassaji Mazandaran F.C.) 22 GK Ashkan Namdari (to Aboomoslem) -- GK Mohammad Hossein Naeiji (to Persepolis) 13 DF Ebrahim Taghipour (to Nassaji Mazandaran F.C.)[1] 20 DF Pirouz Ghorbani (to Mes Kerman F.C.) 11 MF Meysam Manei (to Mes Kerman F.C.) 18 MF Mehrdad Pooladi (to Tractor Sazi) 24 MF Hossein Ghanbari (to Malavan) 25 MF Saeid Bayat (to Pas Hamedan F.C.) 29 MF Yadollah Akbari (to Pas Hamedan F.C.) 12 FW Ahmad Khaziravi (to Bargh Shiraz) 19 FW Ali Alizadeh (to Bargh Shiraz) 40 FW Alireza Abbasfard (to Paykan F.C.) 11 FW Reza Enayati (to Emirates Club)

Matches

1 August 7, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	1 – 0	Sepahan F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Ravankhah  61'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mombeini

2 August 15, 2009	Moghavemat Sepasi F.C.	0 – 0	Esteghlal F.C.	Shiraz, Iran
				Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Referee: Haghverdi

3 August 21, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	1 – 0	Foolad F.C.	Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
	Enayati  48'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Faghani

4 August 27, 2009	Malavan F.C.	0 – 0	Esteghlal F.C.	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
				Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Mozafarizadeh

5 September 7, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 1	Saipa F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Shakouri  77' Borhani  94'		Sadeghi  79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Moradi

6 September 13, 2009	Tractor Sazi F.C.	1 – 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Tabriz, Iran
	Ebrahimi  80'		Majidi  25'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Referee: Torki

7 September 18, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 0	Steel Azin F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Borhani  26'  81'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mombeini

8 September 24, 2009	F.C. Aboomoslem	0 – 5	Esteghlal F.C.	Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
			Majidi  54' Borhani  65' Kazemi  67' Seyed Salehi  90' Akbarpour  93'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Referee: Jahanbazi

9 October 2, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	1 – 1	Persepolis F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Kazemi  55'		Kolahkaj  49'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Torki

10 October 2, 2009	Mes Kerman F.C.	1 – 2	Esteghlal F.C.	Kerman, Kermān Province, Iran
	Giovanini  27'		Januario  10' Borhani  64'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Referee: Afsharian

11 October 12, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 3	Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Borhani  16' Enayati 21'		Magholi  49' Rajabi  84' Bijani  94'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Moradi

12 October 17, 2009	Pas Hamedan F.C.	0 – 0	Esteghlal F.C.	Hamedan, Hamadān Province, Iran
				Stadium: Ghods Stadium Referee: Hajipour

13 October 23, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	1 – 1	Saba Qom F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Borhani  54'		Nouri  05'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Faghani

14 October 27, 2009	Zob Ahan F.C.	1 – 0	Esteghlal F.C.	Esfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran
	Khalatbari  23'			Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Mozafari Zadeh

15 November 2, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 1	Shahin Bushehr F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Enayati  48' Borhani  57'		Ahmadpouri  65'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Hajbabaei

16 November 7, 2009	Rah Ahan F.C.	3 – 2	Esteghlal F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Noormohammadi  12' Zanidpour  55' Traore  77'		Kazemi  45' Shakouri  71'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ghahremani

17 November 28, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 3	Paykan F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Sadeghi  16' Kazemi  66'		Daghighi  38' Khodabandelo  44' Hedayati  68'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Afsharian

18 December 27, 2009	Sepahan F.C.	2 – 0	Esteghlal F.C.	Esfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran
	Ridha  45' Ridha  62'			Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Moradi

19 December 11, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	3 – 2	Moghavemat Sepasi F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Rahmati  22' Majidi  45' 92'		Karimian  46' Sadeghi  90'O.G.	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Rafiei

20 December 17, 2009	Foolad F.C.	1 – 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Ahvaz, Khūzestān, Iran
	Bartolovic  55'		Seyed Salehi  94'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Ghahremani

21 December 22, 2009	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 2	Malavan F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Borhani  36' Sadeghi  49'		Alves de Souza  57' Heidari  58'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mombeini

22 January 1, 2010	Saipa F.C.	1 – 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Khaleghifar  24' 55'		Omranzadeh  95'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Jahanbazi

23 January 15, 2010	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 2	Tractor Sazi F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Majidi  45' Omranzadeh  70'		Pouladi  32' Ekrami  50'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Moradi

24 January 23, 2010	Steel Azin F.C.	0 – 2	Esteghlal F.C.	Tehran, Iran
			Seyed Salehi  72' Montazeri  76'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Torki

25 January 29, 2010	Esteghlal F.C.	3 – 1	F.C. Aboomoslem	Tehran, Iran
	Moumouni  02' O.G. Majidi  78' Borhani  93'		Zeighami  68'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Bakhshizadeh

26 February 3, 2010	Persepolis F.C.	2 – 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Norouzi  36' Bagheri  87'		Majidi  16'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mozafari Zadeh

27 February 17, 2010	Esteghlal F.C.	2 – 0	Mes Kerman F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Omranzadeh  13' Majidi  37'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mombeini

28 March 5, 2010	Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.	0 – 2	Esteghlal F.C.	Ahvaz, Khūzestān, Iran
			Sadeghi  16' Seyed Salehi  46'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Ghahremani

29 March 15, 2010	Esteghlal F.C.	1 – 0	Pas Hamedan F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Majidi  78'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Jahanbazi

30 April 4, 2010	Saba Qom F.C.	2 – 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Qom, Qom Province, Iran
	Ansari  76' Clementino 93'		Borhani  33'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Referee: Moradi

31 April 19, 2010	Esteghlal F.C.	1 – 0	Zob Ahan F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Akbarpour  41'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ghahremani

32 May 2, 2010	Shahin Bushehr F.C.	0 – 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Bushehr, Bushehr Province, Iran
			Cruzado  35'	Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium Referee: Torki

33 May 6, 2010	Esteghlal F.C.	1 – 0	Rah Ahan F.C.	Tehran, Iran
	Majidi  91'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Jahanbazi

34 May 19, 2010	Paykan F.C.	1 – 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Qazvin, Qazvīn Province, Iran
	Taleblou  83' O.G.		Montazeri  33'	Stadium: Shahid Rajaei Stadium Referee: Ghahremani

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Zob Ahan	34	16	13	5	48	29	+19	61	2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Esteghlal	34	16	11	7	49	32	+17	59
4	Persepolis	34	13	14	7	46	40	+6	53

Updated to games played on 26 March 2009.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

AFC Champions League

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Gharafa	6	4	1	1	11	9	+2	13
Esteghlal	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
Al-Ahli	6	2	0	4	11	9	+2	6
Al-Jazira	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4

      Win       Draw       Loss

G1 23 February 2010	Al-Ahli	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Jeddah
20:20 (UTC+3)	Al-Raheb  85'	Report	11', 75' Majidi	Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

G2 9 March 2010	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Al-Jazira	Tehran
17:30 (UTC+3:30)		Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic)

G3 23 March 2010	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Al-Gharafa	Tehran
17:30 (UTC+4:30)	Majidi  13', 53' Montazeri  79'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

G4 31 March 2010	Al-Gharafa	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Doha
18:45 (UTC+3)	Younis Mahmoud  45+3'	Report	59' Seyed-Salehi	Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

G5 14 April 2010	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Al-Ahli	Tehran
17:30 (UTC+4:30)	Seyed-Salehi  25' Sadeghi  44'	Report	36' (pen.) Victor Simões	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 64,840 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

G6 28 April 2010	Al-Jazira	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi
19:45 (UTC+4)	Basheer  51' Ahmed  53'	Report	38' Majidi	Stadium: Mohamed Bin Zayid Stadium Attendance: 2,129 Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Round of 16

Round of 16 11 May 2010	Al-Shabab	3 – 2	Esteghlal	Riyadh
20:45 (UTC+3)	Bin Sultan  22' Al-Taib  47' Al Jeizani  88'	Report	24' (pen.) Akbarpour  31' Kazemi	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 6,853 Referee: Toma Maasaki (Japan)

Goalscorers

Last updated Friday, May 14, 2010

Scorer	League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
Farhad Majidi	10	1	4	15
Arash Borhani	11	3	0	14
Seyed Mehdi Seyed Salehi	4	4	2	10
Siavash Akbarpour	2	3	1	6
Hossein Kazemi	4	0	1	5
Amir Hossein Sadeghi	4	0	1	5
Hanif Omranzadeh	3	1	0	4
Reza Enayati	3	0	0	3
Pejman Montazeri	2	0	1	3
Hadi Shakouri	2	1	0	3
Fabio Januario	1	1	0	2
Milad Noori	0	2	0	2
Rinaldo Cruzado	1	1	0	2
Kianoush Rahmati	1	0	0	1
Omid Ravankhah	1	0	0	1
Total goals Scored	49	17	10	76

Goalassistants

Assist	League
Khosro Heidari	13
Fabio Januario	6
Seyed Mehdi Seyed Salehi	5
Siavash Akbarpour	4
Reza Enayati	3
Farhad Majidi	2
Arash Borhani	1
Pejman Montazeri	1
Milad Noori	1
Amir Hossein Sadeghi	1
Kianoush Rahmati	1
Mohsen Yousefi	1
Total Goal Assistants	39

Last updated Friday, November 21, 2010

References

1. ↑ http://www.parstools.com/translator/go/?u=http://www.parstools.com/translator/Default.asp?width=130&bgcolor=FFFFFF&bdcolor=000000&sl=fa&tl=en

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League

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