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.

Name Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed in Contract until Signed from Notes Goalkeepers 1 Mehdi Rahmati GK 2015 2019 Paykan Captain 19 Arshia Babazadeh U23 GK 2016 2022 De Anza Force 22 Hossein Hosseini GK 2012 2019 Youth system Defenders 2 Khosro Heydari RB / RM / RW 2011 2019 Sepahan Vice-captain 4 Roozbeh Cheshmi DM / CB / CM 2015 2019 Saba Qom 5 Majid Hosseini U23 CB / DM 2014 2019 Youth system 13 Armin Sohrabian U23 LB / CB 2017 2019 Sepahan 18 Milad Zakipour U23 LB / LM 2016 2021 Naft Tehran 21 Vouria Ghafouri RB / RM 2016 2018 Sepahan 33 Pejman Montazeri CB / RB 2017 2019 Al Ahli 90 Leandro Padovani Celin CB 2016 2018 Sepahan Midfielders 6 Omid Ebrahimi DM / CM 2014 2018 Sepahan 14 Farshid Bagheri DM / CB / CM 2016 2018 Saba Qom 16 Mehdi Ghaedi U21 LW / RW 2017 2020 Iranjavan 20 Server Djeparov AM / CM / LM 2017 2018 Lokomotiv Tashkent 23 Dariush Shojaeian RW / LW / AM 2017 2020 Gostaresh Foulad 24 Omid Noorafkan U21 DM / LB / LW 2015 2019 Youth system 28 Mohsen Karimi LW / RW 2014 2020 Youth system 77 Behnam Barzay RW / LW 2015 2020 Rah Ahan 80 Bojan Najdenov CM 2018 2019 Smouha 88 Farshid Esmaeili AM / LW / SS 2015 2020 Fajr Sepasi Forwards 9 Ali Ghorbani CF / LW / RW 2016 2018 Naft Tehran 11 Jaber Ansari SS / LW 2015 2019 Gostaresh Foulad 25 Mame Baba Thiam CF 2018 2019 Juventus Players transferred during the season 30 Azim Gök U23 CB 2016 2019 Youth system 17 Yaghoub Karimi LB / LM 2014 2018 Sepahan 8 Mojtaba Jabbari AM 2017 2019 Al Ahli 7 Hassan Beyt Saeed LW / CF / RW 2017 2019 Esteghlal Khuzestan 10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh CF 2017 2018 Naft Tehran

Persian Gulf League Squad

AFC Champions League Squad

Transfers

In Name Moving from Transferwindow Source 16 Mehdi Ghaedi Iranjavan Transfer Summer 2020 قائدی رسما استقلالی شد 26 Fardin Najafi Esteghlal Academy Promotion Summer 2020 استقلال از رده پایه بازیکن گرفت 27 Hossein Heydari Esteghlal Academy Promotion Summer 2022 استقلال یک جوان دیگر هم جذب کرد 7 Hassan Beyt Saeed Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Summer 2019 بیت سعید بالاخره آبی‌پوش شد 10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Naft Tehran Transfer Summer 2018 سجاد شهباززاده به خانه اش برگشت 23 Dariush Shojaeian Gostaresh Foulad Transfer Summer 2020 داریوش شجاعیان به استقلال پیوست 32 Sina Khadempour Naft Tehran Transfer Summer 2022 مدافع تیم ملی امید استقلالی شد 33 Pejman Montazeri Al Ahli Transfer Summer 2019 پژمان منتظری به استقلال پیوست 70 Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Haf Semnan Transfer Summer 2022 محمدی به استقلال پیوست 13 Armin Sohrabian Sepahan Transfer Summer 2019 سهرابیان آبی پوش شد 8 Mojtaba Jabari Al Ahli Transfer Summer 2019 مجتبی جباری به استقلال پیوست 77 Sajjad Aghaei Persepolis Academy Transfer Summer 2022 20 Server Djeparov Sepahan End of loan Summer 2018 77 Behnam Barzay Unattached Transfer Winter 2020 80 Bojan Najdenov Smouha Transfer Winter 2019 25 Mame Thiam Juventus Transfer Winter 2019

Out Name Moving to TransferwindowSource 5 Hossein Kanaanizadegan Saipa Released Summer 20 Taha Shariati Saipa Transfer Summer بازیکن استقلال به سایپا پیوست 31 Alireza Sayyar Unattached Released Summer علیرضا سیار با اشک از استقلال جدا شد 27 Hossein Abarghouei Gostaresh Foulad Transfer Summer ستاره‌ی امیدهای استقلال به گسترش پیوست 13 Miad Yazdani Sepidrood Rasht Loan Summer هافبک استقلال به سپیدرود پیوست 9 Kaveh Rezaei Charleroi End of contract Summer جدایی ناگهانی کاوه رضایی از استقلال(عکس) 74 Mojtaba Haghdoust Naft Tehran End of loan Summer 3 Róbson Januário de Paula Bahia End of loan Summer 77 Behnam Barzay Sanat Naft Abadan End of contract Summer 12 Mohammad Reza Hashemi Shemushack Transfer Summer Mehrdad Lashni Mes Rafsanjan Transfer Summer 32 Sina Khadempour Naft Tehran Loan Summer 77 Sajjad Aghaei Aluminium Arak Loan Summer 7 Hassan Beyt Saeed Foolad Transfer Winter 30 Azim Gök Malavan Loan Winter 17 Yaghoub Karimi Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Winter 8 Mojtaba Jabari Unattached Released Winter 10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Qatar Transfer Winter 15 Hrayr Mkoyan Shirak Transfer Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Iran Pro League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Hazfi Cup

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Round of 16

Statistics Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers RankNameHazfi CupTotal 1 25 FW Mame Baba Thiam 4 1 7 12 2 9 FW Ali Ghorbani 7 2 1 10 3 88 CM Farshid Esmaeili 5 1 0 6 20 CM Server Djeparov 4 1 1 6 21 DF Vouria Ghafouri 4 0 2 6 4 23 CM Dariush Shojaeian 4 1 0 5 5 11 FW Jaber Ansari 4 0 0 4 6 28 FW Mohsen Karimi 3 0 0 3 4 MF Roozbeh Cheshmi 3 0 0 3 7 6 MF Omid Ebrahimi 2 0 0 2 24 MF Omid Noorafkan 1 1 0 2 8 77 FW Behnam Barzay 1 0 0 1 2 DF Khosro Heydari 0 1 0 1 5 DF Majid Hosseini 0 1 0 1 33 DF Pejman Montazeri 0 1 0 1Totals42101163

Last updated:

Clean sheets RankNameHazfi CupTotal1 Hossein Hosseini1001112 Mehdi Rahmati62210Total162321

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

References

External links Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League