The 2019–20 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 19th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 26th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 74th year in existence as a football club.
Players
First team squad Last updated:
Name Position Date of birth (age) Since End Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Hossein Hosseini GK 2012 2021 Youth Sector 19 Hossein Pour Hamidi GK 2019 2022 Esteghlal Khuzestan 78 Alireza Ansari GK 2019 2020 Youth Sector Defenders 3 Milad Zakipour LB / LM 2016 2021 Naft Tehran 4 Roozbeh Cheshmi CB / DM 2015 2020 Saba Qom 5 Aref Gholami CB / RB / LB 2019 2021 Foolad 21 Vouria Ghafouri RB / RW 2016 2021 Sepahan 22 Siavash Yazdani CB 2019 2021 Sepahan 30 Azim Gök CB / LB 2016 2021 Youth Sector 32 Amirhossein Kargar RB 2018 2021 Youth Sector 33 Hrvoje Milić LB / LM 2019 2021 Crotone 41 Arash Dajliri RB 2020 Youth Sector 57 Shahin Taherkhani CB 2018 2021 Youth Sector 70 Mohammad Daneshgar CB 2018 2020 Saipa Midfielders 6 Ali Karimi CM / DM 2018 2020 Sepahan 8 Farshid Esmaeili AM / LW / RW 2015 2020 Fajr Sepasi 9 Ali Dashti RW / SS 2018 2021 Saipa 14 Farshid Bagheri DM / CM 2016 2020 Saba Qom 15 Sina Khadempour DM / CM / CB 2017 2022 Naft Tehran 23 Dariush Shojaeian AM / RW / LW 2017 2020 Gostaresh Foulad 28 Mohsen Karimi LW / RW / SS 2014 2020 Youth Sector 40 Amir Hossein Khodamoradi AM 2020 2024 Youth Sector 66 Masoud Rigi DM / CM 2019 2021 Shahr Khodro 77 Reza Azari DM / CM / AM 2018 2023 Youth Sector 80 Mohammad Bolboli LW 2019 2023 Sepidrood 88 Arash Rezavand AM / CM 2019 2021 Saipa Forwards 7 Cheick Diabaté CF / SS 2019 2021 Osmanlıspor 10 Mehdi Ghayedi SS / RW / LW 2017 2023 Iranjavan 11 Morteza Tabrizi CF / LW 2018 2020 Zob Ahan 17 Zakaria Moradi CF / RW 2019 2023 Youth Sector 72 Amir Arsalan Motahari CF / RW 2020 2021 Zob Ahan Players transferred during the season 99 Sajjad Aghaei CF / LW / RW 2017 2022 Youth Sector 20 Nikolay Bodurov CB 2020 2021 Unattached
Transfers
In Name Moving from Transferwindow Source — Hamed Bakhshi Peykan Transfer Summer 80 Mohammad Bolboli Sepidrood Transfer Summer 2023 9 Ali Dashti Saipa Transfer Summer 2021 44 Milad Bagheri Mes Kerman Transfer Summer 2022 22 Siavash Yazdani Sepahan Transfer Summer 2021 66 Masoud Rigi Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer 2021 15 Sina Khadempour Gol Gohar End of loan Summer 2022 70 Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Arvand Karun End of loan Summer 2022 80 Mohammad Dehghan Nejad Saipa Transfer Winter 2020 88 Arash Rezavand Saipa Transfer Summer 2021 7 Cheick Diabaté Osmanlıspor Transfer Summer 2021 38 Ali Tari Zob Ahan Transfer Summer 2024 5 Aref Gholami Foolad Transfer Summer 2021 — Erfan Khalili Niroo Zamini Transfer Summer 2020 19 Hossein Pour Hamidi Esteghlal Khuzestan Transfer Summer 2022 33 Hrvoje Milić Crotone Transfer Summer 2021 — Hossein Bijani Foolad Transfer Summer 2022 30 Azim Gök Malavan End of loan Winter 2021 72 Amir Arsalan Motahari Zob Ahan Transfer Winter 2021 20 Nikolay Bodurov Unattached Transfer Winter 2021
Out Name Moving to TransferwindowSource — Sasan Zamaneh Persepolis Transfer Summer — Parsa Jafari Saipa Transfer Summer 2 Khosro Heydari Retired End of contract Summer 1 Mehdi Rahmati Shahr Khodro End of contract Summer — Mohammad Javad Kia Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer 44 Farshad Mohammadi Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer 12 Meysam Teymouri Tractor Sazi Transfer Summer 5 Ayanda Patosi Cape Town Loan return Summer 26 Fardin Najafi Oghab Tehran Loan Summer 30 Omid Noorafkan Charleroi Loan return Summer 16 Allahyar Sayyadmanesh Fenerbahçe Transfer Summer 29 Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh Pars Jonoubi Transfer Summer 88 Reza Karimi Unattached Released Summer 90 Godwin Mensha Ajman Transfer Summer — Ahmadreza Ahmadvand Persepolis Transfer Summer 13 Armin Sohrabian Saipa Transfer Summer 10 Rouhollah Bagheri Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer 27 Hossein Heydari Qashqai Transfer Summer 70 Mohammad Javad Mohammadi Sorkhpooshan Transfer Summer 43 Amirhossein Pourmohammad Sorkhpooshan Transfer Summer 17 Humam Tariq Ismaily Transfer Summer 33 Pejman Montazeri Al Kharitiyat End of contract Summer 38 Meraj Pourtaghi Damash Gilan Transfer Summer 22 Mehdi Nourollahi Saipa Transfer Summer 20 Esmaël Gonçalves Matsumoto Yamaga Transfer Summer 44 Milad Bagheri Pars Jonoubi Transfer Winter 98 Morteza Aghakhan Saipa Transfer Winter 99 Sajjad Aghaei Zob Ahan Loan Winter
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Persian Gulf Pro League
Results summary
Results by round
League table
Matches
Hazfi Cup
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
AFC Champions League
Qualifying play-off
Preliminary
Play-off
Group stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Statistics
Squad statistics
! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Goals
+RankPlayerPositionPro LeagueHazfi CupACLTotal1Cheikh DiabatéFW1504192Mehdi GhayediFW1023153Amir Arsalan MotahariFW514104Voria GhafouriDF5218Ali KarimiMF51286Mohammad DaneshgarDF41057Farshid EsmaeiliMF2103Sajjad AghaeiFW12039Hrvoje MilićDF2002Dariush ShojaeianFW110211Aref GholamiDF1001Masoud RigiMF1001Arash RezavandMF1001Rouzbeh CheshmiDF1001Own Goals1113Total55121582
Clean sheets RankNamePro LeagueHazfi CupACLTotal 1 Hossein Hosseini72312Total72312
Disciplinary record
References
External links Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League