The 2020–21 Esteghlal Football Club season is the club's 75th season in existence and the 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Iranian football. In addition to the domestic league, Esteghlal participates in this season's editions of the Hazfi Cup, and the AFC Champions League.
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 12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri GK 2020 2022 Tractor 90 Sina Saeidifar GK 2020 2024 Youth Sector Defenders 2 Mohammad Naderi LB / CB 2020 2021 Kortrijk 3 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand CB 2020 2022 Shahr Khodro 4 Siavash Yazdani CB 2019 2021 Sepahan 5 Aref Gholami CB / RB 2019 2022 Foolad 20 Ahmad Mousavi RB / RW 2020 2022 Gol Gohar 21 Vouria Ghafouri RB / RW 2016 2022 Sepahan 27 Matin Karimzadeh LB / LM 2020 2023 Pars Jonoubi 33 Hrvoje Milić LB / LM 2019 2021 Crotone 70 Mohammad Daneshgar CB / RB 2018 2022 Saipa Midfielders 6 Masoud Rigi DM / CM 2019 2021 Shahr Khodro 8 Farshid Esmaeili AM / LW / RW 2015 2021 Fajr Sepasi 9 Mehdi Mehdipour CM / DM 2020 2023 Zob Ahan 11 Dariush Shojaeian AM / RW / LW 2017 2021 Gostaresh Foulad 15 Sina Khadempour DM / CB 2017 2023 Naft Tehran 22 Babak Moradi LW / LB 2020 2022 Machine Sazi 66 Saeid Mehri CM / DM 2021 2023 Tractor 79 Sobhan Khaghani RW / RB 2020 2025 Tractor 88 Arash Rezavand AM / CM / RW 2019 2021 Saipa Forwards 7 Cheick Diabaté CF 2019 2021 Osmanlıspor 10 Mehdi Ghayedi CF / SS / LW 2017 2023 Iranjavan 17 Arman Ramezani CF 2021 2022 Persepolis 72 Arsalan Motahari CF / RW 2020 2021 Zob Ahan Players transferred during the season 14 Farshid Bagheri DM / CM 2016 2021 Saba Qom
Transfers
In Name Moving from Transferwindow Source 40 Amir Hossein Khodamoradi Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2023 41 Arash Dajliri Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2023 42 Fardin Rabet Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2025 43 Mohammad Abedi Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2024 74 Erfan Rohani Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2024 — Amir Mohammad Bahrehmand Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2022 99 Sajjad Aghaei Zob Ahan End of loan Summer 2022 12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Tractor Transfer Summer 2022 27 Matin Karimzadeh Pars Jonoubi Transfer Summer 2023 22 Babak Moradi Machine Sazi Transfer Summer 2022 20 Ahmad Mousavi Gol Gohar Transfer Summer 2022 3 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand Shahr Khodro Transfer Summer 2022 9 Mehdi Mehdipour Zob Ahan Transfer Summer 2023 2 Mohammad Naderi Kortrijk Transfer Summer 2021 — Mikaeil Sheikhi Karun Ramhormoz Transfer Summer 2025 — Alireza Khodabakhshi Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2025 71 Mohammad Hossein Fallah Nirooye Zamini Transfer Summer 2025 79 Sobhan Khaghani Tractor Transfer Summer 2025 44 Mohammad Javad Behafarin Esteghlal Academy Promoted Summer 2025 55 Erfan Golmohammadi Nassaji Loan Winter 2021 66 Saeid Mehri Tractor Transfer Winter 2023 63 Amirhossein Bayat Persepolis Transfer Winter 23 Arman Ramezani Persepolis Transfer Winter 2022
Out Name Moving to TransferwindowSource 20 Nikolay Bodurov Pirin Blagoevgrad Transfer Summer 30 Azim Gök Mes Kerman Transfer Summer 28 Mohsen Karimi Gol Gohar Transfer Summer 4 Roozbeh Cheshmi Umm Salal Transfer Summer — Aref Gholampour Foolad Transfer Summer 9 Ali Dashti Zob Ahan Transfer Summer 80 Mohammad Bolboli Naft MIS Loan Summer 6 Ali Karimi Qatar Transfer Summer 43 Mohammad Abedi Badran Tehran Transfer Summer 3 Milad Zakipour Gol Gohar Transfer Summer — Mohammad Eslami Tractor Transfer Summer 32 Amirhossein Kargar Gol Gohar Transfer Summer 19 Hossein Pour Hamidi Aluminium Arak Loan Summer 17 Zakaria Moradi Malavan Loan Summer 57 Shahin Taherkhani Paykan Transfer Summer 38 Ali Tari Sabail Transfer Summer 11 Morteza Tabrizi Gol Gohar Transfer Winter 99 Sajjad Aghaei Nassaji Loan Winter 77 Reza Azari Machine Sazi Loan Winter 42 Fardin Rabet Naft MIS Loan Winter 44 Mohammadjavad Behafarin Chooka Talesh Loan Winter 71 Mohammad Hossein Fallah Machine Sazi Loan Winter 14 Farshid Bagheri Gol Gohar Transfer Winter
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Persian Gulf Pro League
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Score overview
OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleAluminium Arak2–00–02–0Foolad1–01–22–2Gol Gohar2–02–14–1Machine Sazi1–02–03–0Mes Rafsanjan2–01–13–1Naft MIS1–01–12–1Nassaji1–03–14–1Paykan0–00–00-0Persepolis2–20–12–3Saipa0–12–02–1Sanat Naft1–11–02–1Sepahan1–20–21–4Shahr Khodro2–02–04–0Tractor2–13–15–2Zob Ahan0–20–00–2
Hazfi Cup
AFC Champions League
Group stage
Statistics
Squad statistics
! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Goals The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
RankPlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupChampionsLeagueTotal1 Mehdi Ghayedi60392 Cheick Diabaté2158 Vouria Ghafouri620 Arsalan Motahari7014 Farshid Esmaeili12366 Mohammad Naderi10237 Arman Ramezani2002 Mohammad Daneshgar110 Mehdi Mehdipour200 Sobhan Khaghani20011 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand1001 Ahmad Mousavi100 Hrvoje Milić100 Matin Karimzadeh100Own goals2002Total3661456
Clean sheets RankPlayerPro LeagueHazfi CupChampionsLeagueTotal1 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri1013142 Hossein Hosseini6107Total162321
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.
See also 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League 2020–21 Hazfi Cup 2021 AFC Champions League
Notes
References
External links Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League