The 2015–16 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 15th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football, and 70th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup.

Club

Current Management Team Position NameHead coach Parviz MazloumiAssistant coach Majid SalehAssistant coach Sirous DinmohammadiGoalkeeper coach Hossein TorabpourFitness coach Ali Asghar Ghorbanali PourDoctor Kaveh SotoudehPhysiotherapist Amin NorooziAnalyzer Mohammad NavaziAnalyzer Farzad MajidiAnalyzer Mahdi Arjangi NiaTeam Manager Mansour Pourheidari

Other information

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Kit information

First team squad Last updated: 29 May 2016

Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Mehdi Rahmati GK 2015 Paykan 2019 189 0 22 Vahid Talebloo GK 2014 Rah Ahan 2017 196 0 33 Amir Hossein Najafi GK 2015 Youth system 2017 0 0 Defenders 2 Khosro Heydari RB, RM 2011 Sepahan 2017 229 7 5 Hanif Omranzadeh CB 2009 Pas 2016 216 24 15 Hrayr Mkoyan CB, RB 2014 FC Shirak 2016 54 0 20 Meysam Majidi LB, LM 2015 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2017 29 3 24 Omid Noorafkan LB, DM 2015 Youth system 2017 10 0 34 Milad Fakhreddini RB, RM, RW 2014 Tractor Sazi 2016 55 3 55 Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi CB 2015 Naft Tehran 2017 18 1 Midfielders 3 Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia DM, CB 2014 Padideh 2017 43 1 4 Roozbeh Cheshmi DM, CB 2015 Saba Qom 2017 26 0 6 Omid Ebrahimi DM, CM 2014 Sepahan 2016 63 20 8 Yaghoub Karimi LM, LB, AM 2014 Sepahan 2017 40 1 11 Jaber Ansari RM, LM, AM, RW, LW, SS 2015 Gostaresh Foulad 2017 33 8 16 Mehdi Momeni AM, SS 2016 Naft Tehran 2017 8 0 17 Milad Shabanloo AM, CM 2014 Esteghlal Bushehr 2017 3 0 19 Alireza Ramezani RM, RW 2014 Naft Gachsaran 2018 19 1 28 Mohsen Karimi LM, LW 2014 Youth system 2018 30 5 36 Mehdi Rajabifar LM, RM 2015 Youth system 2017 0 0 88 Farshid Esmaeili AM, SS 2015 Fajr Sepasi 2018 20 1 99 Adil Chihi RM, RW 2016 Free agent 2016 6 0 Forwards 9 Arash Borhani CF, RW, LW 2007 PAS Tehran 2016 292 108 10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh CF, SS 2014 Saipa 2017 62 24 14 Pero Pejić CF 2015 FK Kukësi 2017 17 5 77 Behnam Barzay LW, RW, LM, RM 2015 Rah Ahan 2017 24 2 Players transferred during the season 13 Karrar Jassim AM, LM, RM, SS 2014 Al-Talaba 2016 41 6 18 Rivaldo Barbosa de Souza DM, LB 2015 Figueirense 2016 3 0 21 Majid Hosseini CB, RB 2014 Youth system 2017 4 0

Persian Gulf Pro League squad

List of Esteghlal squad in Iran league Organization [U19 = Under 19 Player | U21 = Under 21 Player | U23 = Under 23 Player]۹۴-۹۵ شرايط سني براي بازيکنان فوتبال در فصل

New contracts

Name Contract length DateSource2 Khosro Heydari312 years20174 July 2015خسرو حيدري با استقلال 2 ساله بست6 Omid Ebrahimi281 year20165 July 2015اميد ابراهيمي در استقلال ماندني شد77 Behnam Barzay222 years201720 July 2015بهنام برزاي با استقلال 2 ساله امضا کرد1 Mehdi Rahmati333 years201922 February 2016رحمتی با استقلال سه ساله تمدید کرد

Transfers

In

Summer Name Moving FromType DateSource 22 Nassaji Mazandaran End of loan 2019 23 Esteghlal Khuzestan End of loan 2017 28 Gostaresh Foulad Free Transfer 2017جابر انصاري با استقلال دوساله بست 24 Naft Tehran Free Transfer 2017حاج‌محمدي با استقلال دو ساله بست 28 Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer 2017ميثم مجيدي به استقلال پيوست 32 Paykan Free Transfer 2016مهدي رحمتي استقلالي شد 21 Saba Qom Transfer 2017روزبه چشمي استقلالي شد 21 Fajr Sepasi Free Transfer 2018فرشيد اسماعيلي استقلالي شد 29 Figueirense Free Transfer 2016ريوالدو باربوسا به استقلال پيوست 23 Sepahan Transfer 2017 32 FK Kukësi Free Transfer 2017پروبجیچ با استقلال ثبت کرد

Winter

Name Moving FromType DateSource 30 Naft Tehran Free Transfer 2017مهدی مومنی اولین خرید استقلال در نیم فصل 28 Fulham Free Transfer 2016شیحی تا پایان فصل به استقلال پیوست

Out

Summer Name Moving ToTypeDateSource99 29 Siah Jamegan End of contractعلي دايي ميلاد نوري را نخواستمیلاد نوری به سیاه جامگان پیوست17 23 Sepahan End of loan34 23 Fajr Sepasi Releasedستاره‌های سوخته/ یک تیم بدون تیمایمان باصفا به تیم فجرسپاسی پیوست80 39 Siah Jamegan Releasedجدايي رضا عنايتي از جمع استقلالي32 22 Nassaji Mazandaran Releasedاميرحسين طاحوني از استقلال جدا شد1 27 Siah Jamegan Releasedمحسن فروزان به عضويت تيم فوتبال سياه جامگان درآمد16 31 Saba Qom Releasedبيک‌زاده قراردادش را با استقلال فسخ کرد4 33 Saba Qom Releasedصادقي بازيکن مازاد استقلال شداميرحسين صادقي به صبا پيوست21 23 Aluminium Hormozgan Releasedدروازه‌بان فصل گذشته استقلال به آلومینیوم هرمزگان پیوست29 28 Paykan Releasedميلاد سليمان‌فلاح قراردادش را با آبي‌پوشان فسخ کرد27 20 Rah Ahan Releasedبازیکن سابق استقلال به راه‌آهن پیوست

Winter Name Moving ToTypeDateSource18 30 Clube de Regatas Brasil Releasedریوالدو از استقلال جدا شد13 28 Naft Al-Wasat Releasedکرار برای فسخ قرارداد به توافق رسیدیاغی استقلال به نفت الوسط پیوست35 22 Gostaresh Foulad Releasedمدافع استقلال در راه گسترش فولاد

Loan in

Loan out

Summer Name Loaned ToStartEndSource35 22 Khoneh Be Khoneh 30 June 2016خبر/369596/مدافع-استقلال-به-تیم-خونه-به-خونه-پیوست/ مدافع استقلال به تیم خونه به خونه پیوست48 21 Khoneh Be Khoneh 30 June 2016اسامی بازیکنان تیم خونه به خونه مازندران در فصل جدید

Winter Name Loaned ToStartEndSource21 19 Rah Ahan 30 June 2016مدافع جوان استقلال تهران به صورت قرضی به راه‌آهن پیوست

Competitions

Overall

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Note: Current Position/Round Only use for team still a part of Competition.

Competition record Competition RecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Persian Gulf Pro League Hazfi Cup TotalLast updated: 29 May 2016

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Hazfi Cup

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

Mid-season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Persian Gulf Pro LeagueHazfi CupTotalPName1Mehdi Rahmati26 26 -23 0 -0.88 23404 4 -4 0 -0.86 42030 30 -27 0 -0.88 27602Khosro Heydari18 18 0 5 0 15113 3 0 0 0 29221 21 0 5 0 18033Khorsandnia9 14 1 0 0.11 8542 3 0 0 0 14411 17 1 0 0.09 9984Roozbeh Cheshmi21 22 0 1 0 18764 4 0 0 0 39025 26 0 1 0 22665Hanif Omranzadeh19 20 0 0 0 17785 5 1 1 0.18 51024 25 1 1 0.04 22886Omid Ebrahimi28 28 10 1 0.36 25204 4 1 0 0.21 42032 32 11 1 0.34 29408Yaghoub Karimi10 13 0 2 0 8273 3 0 2 0 28913 16 0 4 0 11169Arash Borhani11 14 2 2 0.21 8380 2 0 0 0 2911 16 2 2 0.21 86710Sajjad Shahbazzadeh25 26 7 5 0.28 22643 4 4 0 1.35 26628 30 11 5 0.39 253011Jaber Ansari25 28 7 4 0.28 22265 5 1 3 0.18 49530 33 8 7 0.26 272113Karrar Jassim2 6 0 0 0 2320 0 0 0 0 02 6 0 0 0 23214Pero Pejić4 14 3 0 0.59 4561 3 2 0 1.35 1335 17 5 0 0.76 58915Hrayr Mkoyan25 26 0 0 0 21824 4 0 0 0 42029 30 0 0 0 260216Mehdi Momeni1 8 0 0 0 2500 0 0 0 0 01 8 0 0 0 25017Milad Shabanloo0 3 0 0 0 380 0 0 0 0 00 3 0 0 0 3818Rivaldo1 3 0 0 0 810 0 0 0 0 01 3 0 0 0 8119Alireza Ramezani1 4 0 0 0 761 4 0 0 0 1252 8 0 0 0 20120Meysam Majidi20 24 2 2 0.10 17905 5 1 1 0.19 48225 29 3 3 0.12 227222Vahid Talebloo4 4 -5 0 -1.25 3601 1 0 0 0 905 5 -5 0 -1.0 45024Omid Noorafkan7 10 0 0 0 6400 0 0 0 0 07 10 0 0 0 64028Mohsen Karimi12 23 5 0 0.41 11101 3 0 0 0 14613 26 5 0 0.36 125634Milad Fakhreddini23 23 1 1 0.04 20223 4 1 1 0.29 31526 27 2 2 0.08 233755Amin Hajmohammadi16 17 1 0 0.06 14491 1 0 0 0 9017 18 1 0 0.06 153977Behnam Barzay8 19 2 2 0.24 7432 2 0 0 0 13810 21 2 2 0.20 88188Farshid Esmaeili10 15 1 0 0.11 8473 5 0 0 0 30913 20 1 0 0.08 115699Adil Chihi4 5 0 0 0 3150 1 0 0 0 664 6 0 0 0 381Last updated: 29 May 2016

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

No.Nat.PositionNamePersian Gulf Pro LeagueHazfi CupTotal1GKMehdi Rahmati6001007005DFHanif Omranzadeh6001007006MFOmid Ebrahimi60000060010FWSajjad Shahbazzadeh40020060034DFMilad Fakhreddini5100005104MFRoozbeh Cheshmi40010050020DFMeysam Majidi4001005008MFYaghoub Karimi3001104102DFKhosro Heydari20020040015DFHrayr Mkoyan30010040055DFAmin Hajmohammadi4000004009FWArash Borhani20000020014FWPero Pejić20000020019MFAlireza Ramezani00020020088MFFarshid Esmaeili10010020077FWBehnam Barzay1010001013MFMohammad Reza Khorsandnia10000010011MFJaber Ansari10000010016MFMehdi Momeni10000010028MFMohsen Karimi10000010099MFAdil Chihi100000100 TOTALS581113107121

Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupTotal1MF6 Omid Ebrahimi101111FW10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh74112MF11 Jaber Ansari7183FW14 Pero Pejić3253MF28 Mohsen Karimi5054DF20 Meysam Majidi2135FW9 Arash Borhani2025DF34 Milad Fakhreddini1125FW77 Behnam Barzay2026MF3 Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia1016DF5 Hanif Omranzadeh0116DF55 Amin Hajmohammadi1016MF88 Farshid Esmaeili101Own goals112TOTALS431255

Top Assister The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal. PlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupTotal1MF11 Jaber Ansari4372DF2 Khosro Heydari505FW10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh5053MF8 Yaghoub Karimi2244DF20 Meysam Majidi2135FW9 Arash Borhani202DF34 Milad Fakhreddini112FW77 Behnam Barzay2026MF4 Roozbeh Cheshmi101DF5 Hanif Omranzadeh011MF6 Omid Ebrahimi101TOTALS25833

Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupTotal 1 1 Mehdi Rahmati11011 2 22 Vahid Talebloo011 3 33 Amir Hossein Najafi000 TOTALS11112

Goals conceded The list is sorted by shirt number when total 'minutes played' are equal. PlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupTotalMinutes played 1 1 Mehdi Rahmati23 4 27 min 2 22 Vahid Talebloo5 0 5 min 3 33 Amir Hossein Najafi0 0 0 min TOTALS28 4 32 min

Summary TotalHomeAwayPro LeagueHazfi CupTotalPro LeagueHazfi CupTotalPro LeagueHazfi CupTotalGames played 30 5 35 15 2 17 15 3 18Games won 13 3 16 6 2 8 7 1 8Games drawn 13 2 15 7 0 7 6 2 8Games lost 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2Goals scored 43 12 55 22 8 30 21 4 25Goals conceded 28 4 32 15 1 16 13 3 16Goal difference +15 +8 +23 +7 +7 +14 +8 +1 +9Clean sheets 11 1 12 5 1 6 6 0 6Top scorer – – 11 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Omid EbrahimiTop assister 4 3 7 Jaber AnsariMost appearances Jaber AnsariMost minutes played Omid Ebrahimi

Awards

Team Award Date Source Top Ten Asian Football Clubs 26 November 2015 AFC Club Ranking (2012–2015)

Player Player Award Month Source1 Mehdi Rahmati Best Iranian Player of the Last Two Months October, Novemberرحمتی بهترین بازیکن دو ماه اخیر ایران6 Omid Ebrahimi Persian Gulf Pro League Midfielder of the year امید ابراهیمی، برترین هافبک فوتبال ایران

See also 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

References

External links Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League