2012–13 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2012–13 season

Chairman

Ali Fathollahzadeh

Manager

Amir Ghalenoei

Stadium

Azadi Stadium

IPL

1st

Hazfi Cup

Semi-Final

Champions League

Round of 16

Top goalscorer

League: Arash Borhani (10 goals)
All: Arash Borhani (15 goals)

Highest home attendance

100,000 v Persepolis (25 January 2013)
100,000 v Damash (10 May 2013)

Lowest home attendance

0 (spectator ban)
v Gahar Zagros
(12 April 2013)

Average home league attendance

32,235

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2012–13 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 12th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 68th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport
Sponsor(s): Refah Bank^[1]

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei^[2]
Assistant coach	Majid Saleh^[3]
First Team Coach	Karim Bostani^[3]
First Team Coach	Sattar Hamedani^[3]
Goalkeepers coach	Hamid Babazadeh^[4]
Fitness coach	Dr. Amir Haj-Ghasem^[5]
Analyzer	Iman Alami^[3]
Analyzer	Nima Rasouli^[3]
Analyzer	Shahrokh Bayani
Analyzer	Reza Rajabi
Physiotherapist	Dr. Amin Norouzi^[6]
Doctor	Dr. Kaveh Sotoudeh^[6]
Psychologist	Dr. Abbas Montazeri
Technical Manager	Mansour Pourheidari^[7]
Academy Manager	Asghar Hajiloo
Director	Mirshad Majedi^[8]

Other information

Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Deputy Chairman	Ali Nazari Juybari
Media Officer	Hamed Afzali

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Hejazi Camp

Player

First team squad

Last updated: 5 January 2012

	Out for Injuries		Released - ride

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Mehdi Rahmati	GK	(1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 29)	Sepahan
22	Hossein Hosseini	GK	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 20)	Bargh Shiraz
35	Hadi Rishi Esfahani	GK	(1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 20)	Sepahan
29	~~Liam Reddy~~	GK	~~(1981-08-08)8 August 1981 (aged 30)~~	Sydney FC
Defenders
2	Khosro Heydari	RM, RB	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 28)	Sepahan
4	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	CB, SW	(1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 30)	Tractor Sazi
5	Hanif Omranzadeh	CB, SW	(1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 27)	PAS Hamedan
12	Hassan Ashjari	LB, LWB	(1979-08-01)1 August 1979 (aged 32)	Sepahan
18	Hashem Beikzadeh	LB, LM	(1984-01-22)22 January 1984 (aged 28)	Sepahan
21	Armen Tahmasian	DF	(1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 22)	PAS Hamedan
25	Hojjat Chaharmahali	DF	(1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 23)	Sanat Naft
33	Pejman Montazeri	CB, SW	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 28)	Foolad
40	Ali Hamoudi	RB, RM	(1986-03-21)21 March 1986 (aged 26)	Foolad
15	~~Mohammad Ansari~~	~~CB, SW~~		(Youth system)
16	~~Meisam Hosseini~~	~~LB, CB~~	~~(1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 25)~~	Gostaresh Foolad
Midfielders
3	Jlloyd Samuel	DM, CM, LB	(1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 31)	Bolton
6	Javad Nekounam	DM, CM	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 31)	CA Osasuna
8	Mojtaba Jabari(captain)	CM, AM	(1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 29)	Aboomoslem
11	Saeed Lamei	MF	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 25)	Sanati Kaveh
14	Kianoush Rahmati	DM, CM	(1978-09-18)18 September 1978 (aged 33)	Saipa
17	Maysam Baou	AM, CM	(1983-09-19)19 September 1983 (aged 28)	Shahrdari Tabriz
19	Abbas Mohammad-Rezaei	LM, LW	(1982-09-09)9 September 1982 (aged 29)	Fajr Sepasi
28	Mehran Ghasemi	MF	(1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 20)	Steel Azin
38	Vicente	AM, LM	(1985-11-22) 22 November 1985	Charleroi
30	~~Rodrigo Tosi~~	~~CM, AM~~	~~(1983-01-06)6 January 1983 (aged 29)~~	Tractor Sazi
32	~~Ferydoon Zandi~~	~~AM, LM~~	~~(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 33)~~	Steel Azin
37	~~Januário~~	~~AM, CM~~	~~(1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 32)~~	Sepahan
Forwards
7	Farhad Majidi	ST	(1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 36)	Al-Ahli
9	Arash Borhani	ST	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 28)	PAS Tehran
20	Siavash Akbarpour	AM, SS	(1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 27)	Tractor Sazi
24	Farzad Hatami	ST	(1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 26)	Tractor Sazi
36	Iman Mousavi	ST	(1989-02-05) 5 February 1989	Naft Tehran
10	~~Milad Meydavoudi~~	~~RW, ST~~	~~(1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 27)~~	Esteghlal Ahvaz
11	~~Amin Manouchehri~~	ST	~~(1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 26)~~	Saipa

Iran Pro League squad

As of 31 January 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2011-12

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	Mehdi Rahmati (3rd Captain)
2	DF	Khosro Heydari
3	DF	Jlloyd Samuel
4	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
5	DF	Hanif Omranzadeh
6	MF	Javad Nekounam
7	FW	Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8	MF	Mojtaba Jabbari (Vice Captain)
9	FW	Arash Borhani
10	FW	Milad Meydavoudi
11	FW	Amin Manouchehri
12	DF	Hassan Ashjari
14	MF	Kianoush Rahmati
15	DF	Mohammad Ansari
16	DF	Meysam Hosseini
17	MF	Maysam Baou
18	DF	Hashem Beikzadeh

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Abbas Mohammad-Rezaei
20	FW	Siavash Akbarpour
21	DF	Armen Tahmasian
22	GK	Hossein Hosseini
24	FW	Farzad Hatemi
25	DF	Hojjat Chaharmahali
26	DF	Mahdi Eslami
28	MF	Mehran Ghasemi
29	GK	Liam Reddy
30	MF	Rodrigo Tosi
32	MF	Ferydoon Zandi
33	DF	Pejman Montazeri (4th Captain)
35	GK	Hadi Rishi Esfahani
36	FW	Iman Mousavi
37	MF	Fabio Januario
38	MF	Vicente Arze
40	DF	Ali Hamoudi

AFC Champions League squad

As of 23 June 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Champions League Squad 2012–13

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	Mehdi Rahmati (3rd Captain)
2	DF	Khosro Heydari
3	MF	Jlloyd Samuel
4	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
5	DF	Hanif Omranzadeh
6	MF	Javad Nekounam
7	FW	Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8	MF	Mojtaba Jabbari (Vice Captain)
9	FW	Arash Borhani
10	MF	Siavash Akbarpour
11	MF	Saeed Lamei
12	DF	Hassan Ashjari
13	GK	Mehrdad Hosseini
14	MF	Kianoush Rahmati

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Hashem Beikzadeh
17	MF	Maysam Baou
19	MF	Abbas Mohammad-Rezaei
21	MF	Armen Tahmasian
22	GK	Hossein Hosseini
24	FW	Farzad Hatemi
25	DF	Hojjat Chaharmahali
28	MF	Mehran Ghasemi
33	DF	Pejman Montazeri (4th Captain)
35	GK	Hadi Rishi Esfahani
36	FW	Iman Mousavi
38	MF	Vicente Arze
40	DF	Ali Hamoudi

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

Summer

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2012

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

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Maysam Baou (from Shahrdari Tabriz)^[9]
18	DF	Hashem Beikzadeh (from Sepahan)^[10]
11	FW	Amin Manouchehri (from Saipa)^[11]
25	FW	Mojtaba Mojaz (from Mes Sarcheshme, Loan Return)
22	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi (from Tractor Sazi)^[12]
23	MF	Iman Mobali (from Al Sharjah^[13])
20	FW	Siavash Akbarpour (from Tractor Sazi)
20	GK	Mohammad Mohammadi (from Damash Gilan^[14])
30	MF	Rodrigo Tosi (from Tractor Sazi^[15]^[16])
37	MF	Fabio Januario (from Sepahan^[17]^[18])
22	GK	Hossein Hosseini (from Bargh Shiraz^[19]^[20])
35	GK	Hadi Rishi Esfahani (from Sepahan^[21])
28	MF	Mehran Ghasemi (from Steel Azin)
21	DF	Armen Tahmasian (from Free Agent)
6	MF	Javad Nekounam (from CA Osasuna^[22]^[23])
29	GK	Liam Reddy (from Sydney FC^[24]^[25])

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

No.	Position	Player
22	GK	Hadi Zarrin-Saed (to Alvand Hamedan)
4	DF	Hamid Azizzadeh (Released)
17	MF	Jacques Elong Elong (Released)
34	MF	Hossein Alavi (Released)
25	FW	Mojtaba Mojaz (Released^[26]^[27])
3	DF	Mehdi Amirabadi (to Foolad^[28])
14	MF	Andranik Teymourian (to Al-Kharitiyath^[29])
31	DF	Javad Shirzad (to Malavan^[30])
37	FW	Esmaeil Sharifat (to Foolad^[31])
11	MF	Mohsen Yousefi (to Saipa^[32])
20	GK	Mohammad Mohammadi (to Rah Ahan^[33]^[34]^[35])
23	MF	Iman Mobali (to Paykan^[36])
36	GK	Mehdi Eslami (to Gostaresh Foolad^[37])
20	FW	Goran Jerković (to Buriram United)
29	MF	Tohid Gholami (to Parseh Tehran^[38])

Winter

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13

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

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Abbas Mohammad Rezaei (from Fajr Sepasi^[39])
12	DF	Hassan Ashjari (from Sepahan)^[40]
24	FW	Farzad Hatami (from Tractor Sazi^[41]^[42])
25	DF	Hojjat Chaharmahali (Free Agent)
38	MF	Vicente Arze (from Charleroi^[43])
11	FW	Iman Mousavi (from Naft Tehran)
7	FW	Farhad Majidi (Loan back from Al-Gharafa)

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

No.	Position	Player
32	MF	Ferydoon Zandi (to Al Ahli)
37	MF	Fabio Januario (Released^[44])
15	DF	Mohammad Ansari (to Fajr Sepasi^[45])
16	DF	Meysam Hosseini (to Naft Tehran)
11	FW	Amin Manouchehri (to Naft Tehran)
10	FW	Milad Meydavoudi (to Aluminium Hormozgan)
30	MF	Rodrigo Tosi (to Brunei DPRMM)
29	GK	Liam Reddy (to Sydney United)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	Winner	20 July 2012	10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Semi-Final	14 December 2012	30 March 2013
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16		27 February 2013

Source: Competitions

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran Pro League	7001340000000000000♠34	7001190000000000000♠19	7001100000000000000♠10	7000500000000000000♠5	7001420000000000000♠42	7001180000000000000♠18	+24	7001558800000000000♠55.88
Hazfi Cup	7000500000000000000♠5	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7001110000000000000♠11	7000100000000000000♠1	+10	7001800000000000000♠80.00
2013 AFC Champions League	7000800000000000000♠8	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7001150000000000000♠15	7000700000000000000♠7	+8	7001625000000000000♠62.50
Total	7001470000000000000♠47	7001280000000000000♠28	7001120000000000000♠12	7000700000000000000♠7	7001680000000000000♠68	7001260000000000000♠26	+42	7001595700000000000♠59.57

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2012–13 Iran Pro League

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal !Esteghlal (C)	34	19	10	5	42	18	+24	67	2014 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	34	18	11	5	55	32	+23	65
3	Sepahan !Sepahan	34	19	7	8	60	33	+27	64
4	Foolad !Foolad	34	14	14	6	52	35	+17	56
5	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	34	14	13	7	42	29	+13	55
6	Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes	34	13	14	7	33	22	+11	53
7	Persepolis !Persepolis	34	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50
8	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	34	12	10	12	32	35	−3	46
9	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	34	10	15	9	37	33	+4	45
10	Saipa !Saipa	34	11	12	11	37	33	+4	45
11	Damash !Damash	34	11	10	13	36	43	−7	43
12	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	34	10	12	12	42	38	+4	42
13	Malavan !Malavan	34	9	13	12	34	39	−5	40
14	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	34	9	11	14	36	40	−4	38	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Aluminium !Aluminium (R)	34	7	14	13	26	40	−14	35	Relegation to 2013–14 Azadegan League
16	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft (R)	34	4	13	17	31	60	−29	25
17	Paykan !Paykan (R)	34	6	7	21	26	66	−40	25
18	Gahar !Gahar (R)	34	3	10	21	24	59	−35	19

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Sepahan secured qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012–13 Hazfi Cup
(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.

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
32	18	10	4	40	16	+24	64	11	4	1	20	8	+12	7	6	3	20	8	+12

Last updated: 15 April 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	7	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L
Position	4	9	5	8	9	10	10	9	8	6	4	5	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 22 November 2012.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

20 July 2012 1	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Aluminium	Tehran
22:15 UTC+04:30	Januario 56' Omranzadeh 64'	IPLStats Report Goal Report	Asgari 48' Shokoh Magam 51' Daneshdoost 62'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

25 July 2012 2	Saipa	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	Sobhani 63' Daghighi 82'	IPLStats Report Goal Report	Akbarpour 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

31 July 2012 3	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	Akbarpour 13' Manouchehri 83'	IPLStats Report Goal Report	Ashouri 47'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

6 August 2012 4	Mes Kerman	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Kerman
22:30 UTC+04:30	Enayati 36' Esmaeili Beigi 68' Jahani 89' Kazemi	IPLStats Report Goal Report	Omranzadeh 80' Borhani	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

17 August 2012 5	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Malavan	Tehran
22:00 UTC+04:30	Beikzadeh 7' Zandi 55' Borhani 65' 73'	IPLStats Report Goal Report	Nozhati 25' Paşcenco 85' Hajmohammadi 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

24 August 2012 6	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:10 UTC+04:30	Pouladi 15' Feshangchi 90+5'	IPLStats Report Goal Report	Akbarpour 24' Omranzadeh 37'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

22 November 2012 7	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Akbarpour 59' Omranzadeh Heydari Meydavoudi 90'	IPLStats Report Summary	Dabbagh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh

15 September 2012 8	Rah Ahan	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:45 UTC+04:30	Ashoubi Mamani	IPLStats Report Goal Report	Borhani 10' Baou 82' Zandi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

21 September 2012 9	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
18:30 UTC+03:30		IPLStats Report Goal Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

26 September 2012 10	Sanat Naft	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Abadan
18:30 UTC+03:30	Navidkia 2'	IPLStats Report	Nekounam 11' Tosi 35' Januário 58'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

1 October 2012 11	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30	Borhani 1' Sadeghi	IPLStats Report Summary	Lotfi Heidari Rezaeian Noori	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

20 October 2012 12	Tractor Sazi	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
16:00 UTC+03:30	Paixão 39' Fakhreddini 90+1' Nosrati Kiani	IPLStats Report Summary	Omranzadeh	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

25 October 2012 13	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30	Samuel 23' Borhani 52' Beikzadeh Akbarpour Baou	IPLStats Report Summary	Karimi 16' 79' Mousavi Ghafouri 79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

29 October 2012 14	Gahar Zagros	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Dorood
17:45 UTC+03:30		IPLStats Report Summary	Borhani 17' Samuel 20' Manouchehri	Stadium: Dorood Stadium Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

18 November 2012 15	Sepahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:15 UTC+03:30	Khalatbari 92' Navidkia 93' Ahmadi 95'	IPLStats Report	Heydari 15' Sadeghi Borhani Nekounam 93'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

27 November 2012 16	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Foolad	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Nekounam 63' Borhani 74'	IPLStats Report Summary	Karami 62' Afshin 72' Jama'ati 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

4 December 2012 17	Damash Gilan	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Rasht
15:15 UTC+03:30	Kébé 85' Hajati	IPLStats Report Summary	Samuel 25', 39' Manouchehri Heydari Nekounam	Stadium: Shahid Azodi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

26 December 2012 18	Aluminmium	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Bandar Abbas
15:15 UTC+03:30	Tighnavard 52'	IPLStats Report Goal.com ^[46]	Mousavi 14' Hatami 86'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

31 December 2012 19	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Hatami 54' 86' Samuel 16'	IPLStats Report Goal.com ^[47]	Shiri 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

5 January 2013 20	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
17:30 UTC+03:30	Fofana Bayatinia Jarahkar	IPLStats Report Goal.com ^[48]	Omranzadeh	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

14 January 2013 21	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Mes Kerman	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Borhani 25', 57' Nekounam Majidi	IPLStats Report Goal.com ^[49]	Shojaei 55' Bates	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

19 January 2013 22	Malavan	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Anzali
15:30 UTC+03:30	Ezzatollahi Rafkhaei	IPLStats Report Goal.com	Samuel Hatami Akbarpour	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

25 January 2013 23	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30		IPLStats Report Goal.com Fars	Haghighi 45'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

29 January 2013 24	Paykan	0 – 3	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:50 UTC+03:30		IPLStats Report Goal.com ^[50]	Vicente 20' Hatami 61' Majidi 78' 79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

8 February 2013 25	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Rah Ahan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Majidi 71' 90'	IPLStats Report Goal.com ^[51]	Abdi 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

15 February 2013 26	Fajr Sepasi	0 – 5	Esteghlal	Shiraz
14:30 UTC+03:30	Khalil Azad	IPLStats Report Goal.com Fars	Nekounam 38' (pen.) Hatami 49', 70' Akbarpour 64' Borhani 90+1' Samuel	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

21 February 2013 27	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Sanat Naft	Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30	Ashjari Nekounam Hatami 35' Montazeri 71' 75' Akbarpour 77' Majidi 87'	IPLStats Report Goal.com varzesh3.com	Baghlani 50' Kaebi 64' Moshkelpour 64' 87' Dehghani 84'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

4 March 2013 28	Saba Qom	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Qom
17:25 UTC+03:30	Razaghirad 29' Lak Nouri Rezaian Bakhtiarzadeh	IPLStats Report FARS	Borhani 90+1' (pen.) Samuel	Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

8 March 2013 29	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Nekounam 31' Borhani Akbarpour Omranzadeh	IPLStats Report ^[52]	Dehnavi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

18 March 2013 30	Naft Tehran	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	Norouzi 63'	IPLStats Report ^[53]	Hatami 15' Samuel	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

12 April 2013 31	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Gahar Zagros	Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30	Nekounam 28' Arze 44' Beikzadeh	IPLStats Report	Ghasemi Kar Doost	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Zargar

15 April 2013 32	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30	Irannejad 90+4' (o.g.) Sadeghi Mousavi	IPLStats Report	Navidkia 66' Khalatbari Talebi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

5 May 2013 33	Foolad	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
17:45 UTC+03:30		IPLStats Report	Nekounam 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Takhti Ahvaz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

10 May 2013 34	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Damash	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	Ashjari 31'	IPLStats Report	Mahdavi 67' Ebrahimi 80'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Alireza Khorshidi

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League group stage § Group D

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
Al-Hilal	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12
Al-Ain	6	2	0	4	6	9	-3	6
Al-Rayyan	6	1	1	4	7	14	-7	4

Win Draw Loss Postponed

27 February 2013 1	Al-Rayyan	3 – 3	Esteghlal	Al Rayyan
18:20 UTC+3	Tabata 34' (pen.) Haroon 60' Nilmar 87'	report	Samuel 27' Borhani 45+1' Nekounam 85' (pen.) Akbarpour	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ben Williams

13 March 2013 2	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Al-Ain	Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30	Samuel 65' Majidi 73' Sadeghi	report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko

3 April 2013 3	Al-Hilal	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Riyadh
20:40 UTC+3	Al-Dossari 67'	report	Montazeri 80' Borhani 85'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla

9 April 2013 4	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Al-Hilal	Tehran
21:00 UTC+4:30		report	Al Abed 35'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,300 Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir

23 April 2013 5	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Al-Rayyan	Tehran
21:00 UTC+4:30	Majidi 45' Beikzadeh 73' Borhani 90'	report	Goma 75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 28,330 Referee: Andre El Haddad

30 April 2013 6	Al-Ain	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Al Ain
19:40 UTC+4		report	Nekounam 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 4,173 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Knockout stage

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage

15 May 2013 First leg	Al Shabab Al Arabi	2 – 4	Esteghlal	Dubai
20:40 UTC+4	Henrique 45+1' Edgar 83'	report	Samuel 51' Nekounam 72' Majidi 80' Heydari 89'	Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: Yuichi Nishimura Referee: 6,375

22 May 2013 Second leg	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Al Shabab Al Arabi	Tehran
		report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Hazfi Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

14 December 2012 1/16	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Hatami 34' 63' Borhani 46', 65' Camacho 90+2'	Report Varzesh3.com	Rezaei 21', 42' Gholamnejad 26' Márcio 32' Sadeghi 75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

22 December 2012 1/8	Gahar Dorud	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Dorud
13:30 UTC+03:30		Report Varzesh3.com	Mousavi 66' Heydari 73'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

9 January 2013 1/4	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Aboomoslem	Tehran
16:30 UTC+03:30	Samuel 25' Hatami 46', 65' Nekounam 63' Montazeri 76' Arze Sadeghi	farsnews.com		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alborz HajiPoor

30 March 2013 1/2	Esteghlal	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Sepahan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Hatami 63'	report	Khalatbari 42'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani
		Penalties
	Jabbari Samuel Mohammad-Rezaei Sadeghi Nekounam Rahmati Hatami		Bulku Ebrahimi Khalatbari Hajsafi Jamshidian Irannejad Susak

Friendly Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

4 July 2012	Esteghlal	7 – 0	Ruero Nif	Istanbul
17:30 UTC+03:00	Borhani Borhani Borhani Borhani Baou Omranzadeh Manouchehri	^[54] ^[55] ^[56] ^[57] ^[58]		Stadium: Green Park Camp Stadium

7 July 2012	Paykan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Istanbul
	Alekasir 50' Gashni 60'	^[59]

10 July 2012	Elazığspor	2 – 4	Esteghlal	Istanbul
17:30 UTC+03:00		^[60] ^[61] ^[62]	Meidavoudi Meidavoudi Borhani Heydari

28 August 2012	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Parseh	Tehran
17:30 UTC+04:30	Tosi 13' Borhani 65'	Goal report farsnews report Aftabnews report	Ipakchi 10' Khorsandi 79'	Stadium: Hejazi Camp Attendance: 300

3 September 2012	Aboomoslem	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Mashhad
17:00 UTC+04:30	Rezapour 69'	^[63] ^[64] ^[65]	Tosi 1' Borhani 63'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
Note: Charity match

9 September 2012	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Damash Gilan	Tehran
17:30 UTC+04:30	Manouchehri 18'	^[66] ^[67]	Chavoshi 70'	Stadium: Hejazi Camp Attendance: 600

6 October 2012	Esteghlal	7 – 0	Honarmandan	Tehran
16:00 UTC+04:30	Manouchehri Manouchehri Borhani Meydavoudi Sadeghi Lamali Sadeghian	^[68]		Stadium: Ararat Stadium
Note: Charity match

4 February 2013	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
15:15 UTC+03:30	Mousavi 6', 42' Mohammad-Rezaei 11'	Varzesh3.ir Shafaf.ir		Stadium: Hejazi Camp Attendance: 100

Statistics

Appearances

Last Update 22 May 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		AFC Champions League		Hazfi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mehdi Rahmati	46	0	34+0	0	8+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF		Khosro Heydari	41	2	29+1	1	7+0	1	4+0	0
3	DF		Jlloyd Samuel	35	6	19+6	2	7+0	3	3+0	1
4	DF		Amir Hossein Sadeghi	44	0	31+2	0	6+1	0	4+0	0
5	DF		Hanif Omranzadeh	34	0	17+8	0	6+1	0	1+1	0
6	MF		Javad Nekounam	39	9	26+1	5	8+0	3	4+0	1
7	FW		Farhad Majidi	18	6	4+7	3	3+3	3	0+1	0
8	MF		Mojtaba Jabari	28	0	10+6	0	8+0	0	1+3	0
9	FW		Arash Borhani	38	15	22+5	10	3+4	3	2+2	2
12	DF		Hassan Ashjari	15	1	9+2	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
14	MF		Kianoush Rahmati	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Maysam Baou	20	1	10+9	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	DF		Hashem Beikzadeh	29	1	20+1	0	6+1	1	1+0	0
19	MF		Abbas Mohammad Rezaei	16	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
20	FW		Siavash Akbarpour	35	3	21+6	3	3+4	0	1+0	0
24	FW		Farzad Hatami	26	10	12+3	6	3+4	0	3+1	4
28	DF		Mehran Ghasemi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
33	DF		Pejman Montazeri	40	3	29+0	1	8+0	1	3+0	1
36	FW		Iman Mousavi	16	2	7+4	1	3+1	0	1+0	1
38	MF		Vicente Arze	11	3	6+1	2	2+0	0	0+2	1
40	MF		Ali Hamoudi	42	0	27+4	0	5+2	0	4+0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
10	FW		Milad Meidavoudi	7	1	4+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Amin Manouchehri	16	1	6+9	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF		Meysam Hosseini	10	0	4+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Rodrigo Tosi	9	1	4+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF		Ferydoon Zandi	8	0	5+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF		Fabio Januario	10	2	8+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 23 March 2013

Ranking	Position	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW	Arash Borhani	10	3	2	15
2	FW	Farzad Hatami	6	0	4	10
3	MF	Javad Nekounam	5	3	1	9
3	MF	Jlloyd Samuel	2	3	1	6
3	FW	Farhad Majidi	3	3	0	6
5	FW	Siavash Akbarpour	3	0	0	3
	DF	Pejman Montazeri	1	1	1	3
	MF	Vicente Arze	2	0	1	3
6	MF	Januário	2	0	0	2
	FW	Iman Mousavi	1	0	1	2
	DF	Khosro Heydari	1	1	0	2
7	DF	Hashem Beikzadeh	0	1	0	1
	MF	Maysam Baou	1	0	0	1
	MF	Rodrigo Tosi	1	0	0	1
Own Goal			0	0	0	0
TOTALS			42	15	11	68

Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Disciplinary record

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

Last updated on 23 March 2013

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Iran Pro League			AFC Champions League			Hazfi Cup			Total
No.	Nat.	Position	Name
5		DF	Hanif Omranzadeh	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3		MF	Jlloyd Samuel	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1
6		MF	Javad Nekounam	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
20		FW	Siavash Akbarpour	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
9		FW	Arash Borhani	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
TOTALS				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0

Goals conceded

4 April 2013

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Minutes per goal
GK		1	Mehdi Rahmati	18	7	1	26	159.2 min
TOTALS				18	7	1	26	159.2 min

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	45	26	19	0
Games won	28	16	12	0
Games drawn	11	4	7	0
Games lost	7	4	3	0
Biggest win	5 - 0 Fajr Sepasi 5 - 0 Aboomoslem	5 - 0 Aboomoslem	5 - 0 Fajr Sepasi	N/A
Biggest loss	0 - 2 Tractor Sazi	2 - 3 Foolad	2 - 0 Tractor Sazi	N/A
Biggest win (League)	5 - 0 Fajr Sepasi	2 - 0 Paykan	5 - 0 Fajr Sepasi	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	5 - 0 Aboomoslem	5 - 0 Aboomoslem	1 - 0 Gahar Zagros	N/A
Biggest win (Asia)	3 - 0 Al Rayyan SC	3 - 0 Al Rayyan SC	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	0 - 2 Tractor Sazi	2 - 3 Foolad	0 - 2 Tractor Sazi	N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Asia)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clean sheets	28	16	12	0
Goals scored	68	36	32	0
Goals conceded	26	12	14	0
Goal difference	42	24	18	0
Average GF per game	1.5	1.6	1	0
Average GA per game	0.5	0.4	0.4	0
Points	66	36	30	0
Winning rate	62%	66%	57%	N/A
Most appearances	Mehdi Rahmati 45 appearances
Most minutes played	Mehdi Rahmati 4050 minutes
Top scorer	Arash Borhani 15 goals
Top assister	Mojtaba Jabari 11 assists

Last updated: 24 April 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Awards

Team

Award	Month	Source
Iran Football Team of the year	June	^[69]

Player

No.	Player	Award	Month	Source
1	Mehdi Rahmati	Persian Gulf Pro League Goalkeeper of the year	June	^[70]
33	Pejman Montazeri	Persian Gulf Pro League Defender of the year		^[71]
3	Jlloyd Samuel	Persian Gulf Pro League Foreign player of the year		^[72]

Manager

Name	Award	Month	Source
Amir Ghalenoei	Persian Gulf Pro League Manager of the year	June	^[73]

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↑ استقلال برترین تیم فصل ایران شد
↑ مهدی رحمتی، برترین دروازه بان فوتبال ایران
↑ پژمان منتظری، برترین مدافع فوتبال ایران
↑ ساموئل، برترین بازیکن خارجی فوتبال ایران
↑ قلعه نویی، برترین سر مربی فوتبال ایران

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	18	10	4	40	16	+24	64	11	4	1	20	8	+12	7	6	3	20	8	+12

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	18	10	4	40	16	+24	64	11	4	1	20	8	+12	7	6	3	20	8	+12

2012–13 Esteghlal F.C. season

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	18	10	4	40	16	+24	64	11	4	1	20	8	+12	7	6	3	20	8	+12