2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season
2017–18 season | |||
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Chairman | Reza Eftekhari | ||
Manager | Alireza Mansourian | ||
Stadium | Azadi Stadium | ||
Iran Pro League | Preseason | ||
Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | ||
AFC Champions League | N/A | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: N/A All: N/A | ||
Highest home attendance | N/A | ||
Lowest home attendance | N/A | ||
Average home league attendance | N/A | ||
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The 2017–18 season is Esteghlal Football Club's 72nd season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Players
Squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 July 2017.
No. | Name | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Notes |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
1 | Mehdi Rahmati | GK | 2 February 1983 (aged 34) | 2015 | 2019 | Paykan | Captain | |
19 | Arshia Babazadeh | GK | 5 November 1995 (aged 22) | 2016 | 2022 | De Anza Force | ||
22 | Hossein Hosseini | GK | 30 June 1992 (aged 25) | 2012 | 2019 | Bargh Shiraz | ||
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Khosro Heydari | RB / RM / RW | 14 September 1983 (aged 34) | 2011 | 2019 | Sepahan | Vice-captain | |
5 | Majid Hosseini | CB / RB / DM | 20 June 1996 (aged 21) | 2014 | 2019 | Youth system | ||
13 | Armin Sohrabian | LB / CB | 26 July 1995 (aged 22) | 2017 | 2019 | Sepahan | ||
17 | Yaghoub Karimi | LB / LM | 31 August 1991 (aged 26) | 2014 | 2018 | Sepahan | ||
18 | Milad Zakipour | LB / LM | 23 November 1995 (aged 22) | 2016 | 2019 | Naft Tehran | ||
21 | Vouria Ghafouri | RB / RM | 20 September 1987 (aged 30) | 2016 | 2018 | Sepahan | ||
30 | Azim Gök | CB | 25 January 1996 (aged 21) | 2016 | 2019 | Youth system | ||
33 | Pejman Montazeri | CB / RB | 7 November 1983 (aged 34) | 2017 | 2019 | Al Ahli | ||
90 | Leandro Padovani | CB | 21 December 1983 (aged 34) | 2016 | 2018 | Sepahan | ||
Midfielders | ||||||||
4 | Roozbeh Cheshmi | DM / CB / CM | 24 July 1993 (aged 24) | 2015 | 2019 | Saba Qom | ||
6 | Omid Ebrahimi | DM / CM | 15 September 1987 (aged 30) | 2014 | 2018 | Sepahan | ||
8 | Mojtaba Jabbari | AM | 16 June 1983 (aged 34) | 2017 | 2019 | Al Ahli | ||
11 | Jaber Ansari | AM / RM / LM | 10 January 1987 (aged 30) | 2015 | 2019 | Gostaresh Foulad | ||
14 | Farshid Bagheri | DM / CB / CM | 5 June 1992 (aged 25) | 2016 | 2018 | Saba Qom | ||
16 | Mehdi Ghaedi | LW / RW | 5 December 1998 (aged 19) | 2017 | 2020 | Iranjavan | ||
20 | Server Djeparov | AM / CM / LM | 3 October 1982 (aged 35) | 2017 | 2018 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | ||
23 | Dariush Shojaeian | AM / LW / RW | 7 April 1992 (aged 25) | 2017 | 2020 | Gostaresh Foulad | ||
24 | Omid Noorafkan | DM / CM | 9 April 1997 (aged 20) | 2015 | 2019 | Youth system | ||
70 | Mohammad Javad Mohammadi | RW / LW | 19 June 1996 (aged 21) | 2017 | 2022 | Haf Semnan | ||
88 | Farshid Esmaeili | AM / CM / SS | 23 February 1994 (aged 23) | 2015 | 2020 | Fajr Sepasi | ||
Forwards | ||||||||
7 | Hassan Beyt Saeed | LW / CF / RW | 1 April 1990 (aged 27) | 2017 | 2019 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | ||
9 | Ali Ghorbani | CF / RW / LW | 18 September 1990 (aged 27) | 2016 | 2018 | Naft Tehran | ||
10 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | CF / SS | 23 January 1990 (aged 27) | 2017 | 2018 | Naft Tehran | ||
26 | Fardin Najafi | CF / SS | 1 March 1998 (aged 19) | 2017 | 2020 | Youth system |
Transfers
In
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
Ends | Source |
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16 | LM, LM | Mehdi Ghaedi | 18 | Iranjavan | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | [1] | |
26 | CF, CF | Fardin Najafi | 19 | Esteghlal U19 | Promotion | Summer | 2020 | [2] | |
27 | AM, AM | Hossein Heydari | 18 | Mes Vision Asia | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [3] | |
7 | LW, LW | Hassan Beyt Saeed | 27 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [4] | |
10 | CF, CF | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 27 | Naft Tehran | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | [5] | |
4 | DM, DM | Roozbeh Cheshmi | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [6] | |
23 | AM, AM | Dariush Shojaeian | 25 | Gostaresh Foulad | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | [7] | |
DM, DM | Sina Khadempour | 20 | Naft Tehran | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [8] | ||
33 | CB, CB | Pejman Montazeri | 33 | Al Ahli | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [9] | |
12 | LB, LB | Mohammad Reza Hashemi | 20 | Esteghlal U21 | Promotion | Summer | 2022 | [10] | |
70 | RW, RW | Mohammad Javad Mohammadi | 21 | Haf Semnan | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [11] | |
13 | LB, LB | Armin Sohrabian | 21 | Sepahan | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [12] | |
8 | AM, AM | Mojtaba Jabari | 34 | Al Ahli | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | [13] | |
77 | LW, LW | Sajjad Aghaei | 18 | Persepolis U19 | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [14] | |
DM, DM | Amir Hossein Sheikholeslami | 18 | Zob Ahan | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | [15] | ||
32 | CF, CF | Aliakbar Najafi | 18 | Esteghlal U19 | Promotion | Summer | 2022 | [16] | |
20 | AM, AM | Server Djeparov | 34 | Sepahan | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | [17] | |
28 | LM, LM | Mohsen Karimi | 23 | Unattached | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | [18] |
Out
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
Source |
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5 | CB, CB | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 23 | Saipa | Released | Summer | [19] | |
20 | CB, CB | Taha Shariati | 17 | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | [20] | |
31 | CB, CB | Alireza Sayyar | 23 | Unattached | Released | Summer | [21] | |
27 | DM, DM | Hossein Abarghouei | 20 | Gostaresh Foulad | Transfer | Summer | [22] | |
13 | LW, LW | Miad Yazdani | 24 | Sepidrood Rasht | Loan | Summer | [23][24] | |
9 | CF, CF | Kaveh Rezaei | 25 | Charleroi | End of contract | Summer | [25] | |
74 | AM, AM | Mojtaba Haghdoust | 21 | Naft Tehran | End of loan | Summer | ||
3 | CB, CB | Róbson Januário de Paula | 23 | Bahia | End of loan | Summer | ||
77 | RW, RW | Behnam Barzay | 24 | Unattached | End of contract | Summer | ||
28 | LM, LM | Mohsen Karimi | 22 | Unattached | Released | Summer | [26] | |
15 | CB, CB | Hrayr Mkoyan | 30 | Unattached | Released | Summer | [27] | |
GK, GK | Mehrdad Lashni | 19 | Mes Rafsanjan | Transfer | Summer | [28] | ||
DM, DM | Sina Khadempour | 20 | Naft Tehran | Loan | Summer | [29] |
Club
Kit
Kit manufacturer | Sponsor(s) | |
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Li-Ning | Major Sponsor | Hamrah Avval |
Back of Shirt | Kosar Credit Institution |
Coaching Staff
Position | Staff |
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First-team Manager | Alireza Mansourian |
Assistant Managers | Mohammad Khorramgah |
Mick McDermott | |
Saleh Mostafavi | |
Ali Chini | |
Goalkeeper Coach | Hamid Babazadeh |
Fitness Coach | Mick McDermott |
Analyst | Kianoush Forouzesh |
Medical Director | Amin Noroozi |
Doctor | Kaveh Sotoudeh |
Mehrshad Rahbar | |
Team Manager | Nasrollah Abdollahi |
Source: Fars News agency
Pre-season and friendlies
10 July 2017 2 | Esteghlal | 2 – 0 | Pars Jonoubi | Yerevan, Armenia |
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18:30 AMT (UTC+04:00) | S. Shahbazzadeh 68' A. Ghorbani 83' |
Report | Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Attendance: 400 |
15 July 2017 3 | Ararat | 1 – 2 | Esteghlal | Yerevan, Armenia |
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18:30 AMT (UTC+04:00) | 88' | Report | A. Ghorbani 20', 42' | Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Attendance: 200 |
22 July 2017 4 | Esteghlal | 1 – 1 | Baadraan | Tehran, Iran |
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18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Jaber Ansari 57' | Report | Saeed Vasei 43' | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Pro League | 28 July 2017 | 27 April 2018 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 | |
Hazfi Cup | N/A | N/A | Round of 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
AFC Champions League | 30 January 2018 | Qualifying play-off | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
Last updated: 20 July 2017 .
Source: Competitions
Iran Pro League
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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7 | Siah Jamegan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
8 | Est. Khuzestan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
9 | Esteghlal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
10 | Foolad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
11 | Naft Tehran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[30]
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
Last updated: 31 July 2017 .
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 |
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Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
Result | L | D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | 13 | 11 |
Last updated: 31 July 2017.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Matches
Win Draw Loss Postponed
28 July 2017 1 | Sanat Naft | 1 – 0 | Esteghlal | Abadan |
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21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | J. Karrar 18' M. Shadkam 41' |
Report | Stadium: Takhti Abadan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar |
4 August 2017 2 | Esteghlal | 0 – 0 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Tehran |
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21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | M. Zakipour 91' S. Shahbazzadeh 93' |
Report | H. Bahrami 19' A. Alaei 84' Y. Delfi 86' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Vahid Kazemi |
11 August 2017 3 | Esteghlal | v | Tractor Sazi | Tehran |
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20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
15 September 2017 6 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | v | Esteghlal | Jam |
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20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Stadium: Takhti Stadium |
26 September 2017 8 | Sepidrood | v | Esteghlal | Rasht |
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16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium |
20 October 2017 10 | Persepolis | v | Esteghlal | Tehran |
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15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
31 October 2017 11 | Esteghlal | v | Naft Tehran | Tehran |
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17:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
15 November 2017 12 | Siah Jamegan | v | Esteghlal | Mashhad |
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14:45 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Samen Stadium |
22 December 2017 16 | Esteghlal | v | Sanat Naft | Tehran |
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17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
28 December 2017 17 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | v | Esteghlal | Ahvaz |
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16:25 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Ghadir Stadium |
4 January 2018 18 | Tractor Sazi | v | Esteghlal | Tabriz |
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15:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium |
26 January 2018 21 | Esteghlal | v | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Tehran |
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16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
1 March 2018 25 | Esteghlal | v | Persepolis | Tehran |
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15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
28 March 2018 26 | Naft Tehran | v | Esteghlal | Tehran |
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18:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Stadium: Takhti Stadium |
7 April 2018 27 | Esteghlal | v | Siah Jamegan | Tehran |
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20:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30) | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
Hazfi Cup
Win Draw Loss Postponed
1 | v | |||
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | Mehdi Rahmati | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | DF | Khosro Heydari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
4 | MF | Roozbeh Cheshmi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Majid Hosseini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
6 | MF | Omid Ebrahimi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
7 | FW | Hassan Beyt Saeed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Mojtaba Jabbari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | FW | Ali Ghorbani | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | FW | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
11 | MF | Jaber Ansari | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
14 | MF | Farshid Bagheri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | MF | Mehdi Ghaedi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
17 | DF | Yaghoub Karimi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
18 | DF | Milad Zakipour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
20 | MF | Server Djeparov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
21 | DF | Vouria Ghafouri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
22 | GK | Hossein Hosseini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
23 | MF | Dariush Shojaeian | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
24 | MF | Omid Noorafkan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
30 | DF | Azim Gök | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
33 | DF | Pejman Montazeri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
88 | MF | Farshid Esmaeili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
90 | DF | Leandro Padovani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Players transferred out during the season |
Last updated: 7 August 2017
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | AFC CL | Total |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 July 2017
Clean sheets
Rank | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | AFC CL | Total |
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1 | Mehdi Rahmati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.
N | P | Nat. | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cupl | AFC CL | Total | Notes | ||||||||
18 | DF | Milad Zakipour | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
10 | FW | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 7 August 2017
Source: Matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
References
- ↑ قائدی رسما استقلالی شد
- ↑ استقلال از رده پایه بازیکن گرفت
- ↑ استقلال یک جوان دیگر هم جذب کرد
- ↑ بیت سعید بالاخره آبیپوش شد
- ↑ سجاد شهباززاده به خانه اش برگشت
- ↑ روزبه چشمی قرارداد خود را تمدید کرد
- ↑ داریوش شجاعیان به استقلال پیوست
- ↑ مدافع تیم ملی امید استقلالی شد
- ↑ پژمان منتظری به استقلال پیوست
- ↑ هاشمی به استقلال پیوست
- ↑ محمدی به استقلال پیوست
- ↑ سهرابیان آبی پوش شد
- ↑ مجتبی جباری به استقلال پیوست
- ↑ "بازیکن سابق پرسپولیس دراستقلال". ورزش سه (in Persian). 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ↑ "استقلال یک بازیکن جوان دیگر خرید". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ↑ "بازیکن جوان استقلال قراردادش را تمدید کرد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ↑ "رسمی؛ چپاروف در استقلال ماندنی شد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- ↑ "بعد از کنار گذاشته شدن از لیست آبی ها؛ قرارداد محسن کریمی با استقلال تمدید شد!". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- ↑ "کنعانیزادگان صید جدید دایی برای سایپا". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ↑ بازیکن استقلال به سایپا پیوست
- ↑ علیرضا سیار با اشک از استقلال جدا شد
- ↑ ستارهی امیدهای استقلال به گسترش پیوست
- ↑ هافبک استقلال به سپیدرود پیوست
- ↑ با استقلال سه ساله تمدید کردم چون انگیزههای زیادی دارم
- ↑ جدایی ناگهانی کاوه رضایی از استقلال(عکس)
- ↑ "بعد از کنار گذاشته شدن از لیست آبی ها؛ قرارداد محسن کریمی با استقلال تمدید شد!". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- ↑ "هرایر مگویان از استقلال کنار گذاشته شد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ↑ "مهرداد لشنی به مس رفسنجان پیوست". پارس فوتبال (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ↑ "رضایت نامه بازیکن استقلال برای نفت صادر شد". باشگاه خبرنگاران (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ↑ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 30 March 2017.