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Esteghlal

Persian Gulf Pro League Asia

AFC Champions League Two Iran

Hazfi Cup

Super Cup

Founded:	1945
Stadium:	Azadi Stadium
Coach:	Farhad Majidi
Persian Gulf Pro League Form:
Overall Form:

Esteghlal home ground venue is Azadi Stadium.

Farhad Majidi is the current coach for Esteghlal.

Esteghlal Persian Gulf Pro League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Esteghlal have played a total of 34 matches in Iran Persian Gulf Pro League. Their current statistics is 19 win, 10 draw and 5 lose.

Esteghlal did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Esteghlal results for their home or away matches in Persian Gulf Pro League 2012/2013.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Esteghlal	34	19	10	5

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
10/05/2013	Esteghlal	1 - 2	Shahre Baran	1-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Abolfazl Hajizadeh
			0' Saeid Hallafi
			0' Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Hassan Ashjari 32'		1 - 0
Abbas Mohammadrezaei 52'
Iman Mousavi 52'
			54' Abolfazl Hajizadeh
			54' M. Abshak
			58' Amin Motevaselzadeh
			58' Boubacar Kébé
Arash Borhani 64'
Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi 64'
		1 - 1	66' M. Mahdavi
		1 - 2	80' Hossein Ebrahimi Lakmehsari
			80' Hossein Ebrahimi Lakmehsari
			80' Saeid Hallafi
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 86'
Farzad Jalal Hatami 86'
05/05/2013	Foolad	0 - 1	Esteghlal	0-1	H2H	O	+
Arash Afshin 0'
A. Kalantari 0'
Abdollah Karami 0'
			0' J. Nekounam
			0' M. Rahmati
		0 - 1	19' J. Nekounam
S. Karami 59'
S. Rafiei 59'
			65' F. Majidi
			65' Farzad Jalal Hatami
Abdollah Karami 68'
A. Vali 68'
			72' Jlloyd Samuel
			72' Arash Borhani
A. Kalantari 78'
E. Sharifat 78'
			89' Siavash Akbarpour
			89' Hassan Ashjari
15/04/2013	Esteghlal	1 - 1	Sepahan	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Mohammad Khalatbari Limaki
Iman Mousavi 0'
Amir Sadeghi 0'
			0' Farshid Talebi Savadkohi
			22' Milan Šušak
			22' M. Irannejad
			35' Farshid Talebi Savadkohi
			38' Amin Jahan Alian
			38' M. Moradmand
Amir Sadeghi 46'
Farzad Jalal Hatami 46'
H. Beikzadeh 63'
Abbas Mohammadrezaei 63'
		0 - 1	66' Moharram Navidkia
			70' Xhevahir Sukaj
			70' Mehdi Jafarpour Sorkhi
F. Majidi 75'
Siavash Akbarpour 75'
Iman Mousavi 85'
M. Irannejad 90+3'		1 - 1
12/04/2013	Esteghlal	2 - 0	Gahar Zagros	2-0	H2H	O	+
H. Beikzadeh 0'
			0' A. Ghasemi
			0' Reza Kardoust Sharami
J. Nekounam 28'		1 - 0
Vicente Arze Camacho 44'		2 - 0
			52' Hamed Pouromrani
			52' Hamlet Mkhitaryan
F. Majidi 61'
Iman Mousavi 61'
			63' Amin Torkashvand
			63' T. Nayebi
Farzad Jalal Hatami 69'
Siavash Akbarpour 69'
			78' Hamlet Mkhitaryan
			78' Y. Abbasian
Vicente Arze Camacho 89'
Kianoush Rahmati 89'
18/03/2013	Naft Tehran	1 - 1	Esteghlal	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' Jlloyd Samuel
		0 - 1	15' Farzad Jalal Hatami
			46' Khosro Heydari
			46' Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi
			46' Iman Mousavi
			46' F. Majidi
Reza Norouzi 62'		1 - 1
A. Manouchehri 66'
Mohsen Yousefi 66'
			74' Hassan Ashjari
			74' H. Beikzadeh
Reza Norouzi 78'
Mario Ramos 78'
B. Kamel 89'
A. Alenemeh 89'
08/03/2013	Esteghlal	1 - 0	Tractor Sazi	1-0	H2H	O	+
Siavash Akbarpour 0'
			0' G. Dehnavi
			0' Mostafa Ekrami
P. Montazeri 0'
H. Omranzadeh 0'
Khosro Heydari 19'
J. Nekounam 19'
J. Nekounam 31'		1 - 0
Arash Borhani 39'
			60' G. Dehnavi
			60' Javad Kazemian
Farzad Jalal Hatami 68'
F. Majidi 68'
			72' Mostafa Ekrami
			72' M. Ebrahimzadeh
			79' M. Ebrahimi
			79' Geilson
Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi 90+3'
H. Omranzadeh 90+3'
04/03/2013	Saba Qom	1 - 1	Esteghlal	1-0	H2H	O	+
K. Eslami 0'
H. Lak 0'
Milad Noori 0'
Ramin Rezaeian 0'
			0' Jlloyd Samuel
Iman Razaghirad 29'		1 - 0
Iman Razaghirad 43'
M. Soleiman Fallah 43'
			46' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
			46' Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi
			46' Abbas Mohammadrezaei
			46' H. Omranzadeh
			63' Vicente Arze Camacho
			63' Hassan Ashjari
David Wirikom 67'
Majid Heydari 67'
Morteza Kashi 82'
Masoud Haghjou 82'
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh 90+1'
		1 - 1	90+2' Arash Borhani
21/02/2013	Esteghlal	2 - 1	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
Siavash Akbarpour 0'
			0' Valeri Aleksanyan
Hassan Ashjari 0'
			0' H. Dehghani
			0' Hossein Kaebi
P. Montazeri 0'
			0' S. Moshkelpoor
J. Nekounam 0'
Farzad Jalal Hatami 35'
Hassan Ashjari 46'
Siavash Akbarpour 46'
Ali Hamoudi 46'
Amir Sadeghi 46'
			57' Reza Khaleghifar
			57' Siamak Sarlak
Arash Borhani 60'
F. Majidi 60'
			69' M. Daghagheleh
			69' B. Barzay
P. Montazeri 75'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	78' S. Moshkelpoor
F. Majidi 87'		2 - 1
15/02/2013	Fajr Sepasi	0 - 5	Esteghlal	0-1	H2H	O	+
Mohammad Khalilazad 0'
			0' J. Nekounam
		0 - 1	40' J. Nekounam
			46' Abbas Mohammadrezaei
			46' Jlloyd Samuel
		0 - 2	50' Farzad Jalal Hatami
M. Nazari 53'
M. Hosseini 53'
Khaled Shafiei 54'
O. Khalili 54'
		0 - 3	65' Siavash Akbarpour
		0 - 4	72' Farzad Jalal Hatami
Hossein Kazemi 74'
H. Imani 74'
			76' Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi
			76' Arash Borhani
			84' Farzad Jalal Hatami
			84' Iman Mousavi
		0 - 5	90+2' Arash Borhani
08/02/2013	Esteghlal	1 - 0	Rah Ahan	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Jahangir Asgari
F. Majidi 0'
Iman Mousavi 46'
Khosro Heydari 46'
Vicente Arze Camacho 46'
Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi 46'
			61' O. Alishah
			61' Mohammad Rajabzadeh
F. Majidi 70'		1 - 0
Siavash Akbarpour 70'
F. Majidi 70'
			80' Alireza Abbasfard
			80' Jahangir Asgari
			84' F. Ashoobi
			84' Behshad Yavarzadeh Ahrandjani
29/01/2013	Paykan	0 - 3	Esteghlal	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' F. Majidi
		0 - 1	20' Vicente Arze Camacho
			55' Vicente Arze Camacho
			55' Ali Hamoudi
R. Magholi 56'
Iman Mobali 56'
H. Nasari 59'
Seyed Mirbozorgi 59'
		0 - 2	61' Farzad Jalal Hatami
			66' Abbas Mohammadrezaei
			66' F. Majidi
Ferreira 72'
Reza Taheri 72'
		0 - 3	77' F. Majidi
			88' Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi
			88' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
25/01/2013	Esteghlal	0 - 0	Persepolis	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Reza Haghighi
Abbas Mohammadrezaei 58'
Jlloyd Samuel 58'
			59' M. Mahdavikia
			59' A. Kolahkaj
Hassan Ashjari 67'
H. Omranzadeh 67'
Arash Borhani 71'
F. Majidi 71'
			81' Karim Ansarifard
			81' Hadi Norouzi
			88' Gholamreza Rezaei
			88' Mohammad Ghazi Najafabadi
19/01/2013	Malavan	0 - 0	Esteghlal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Siavash Akbarpour
Saeid Ezatolahi 0'
			0' Farzad Jalal Hatami
J. Rafkhaei 0'
			0' Jlloyd Samuel
			32' Farzad Jalal Hatami
			32' Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi
			56' Arash Borhani
			56' Siavash Akbarpour
Saeid Ezatolahi 66'
H. Badamaki 66'
Javad Shirzadeh 73'
Soheil Rahmani 73'
			82' Jlloyd Samuel
			82' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
14/01/2013	Esteghlal	2 - 1	Mes Kerman	1-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Stevan Bates
F. Majidi 0'
J. Nekounam 0'
Arash Borhani 24'		1 - 0
			46' A. Hasanzadeh
			46' Keivan Amraei
			46' M. Tanhaei
			46' I. Petrović
		1 - 1	56' M. Shojaei
Arash Borhani 57'		2 - 1
Farzad Jalal Hatami 61'
F. Majidi 61'
Arash Borhani 74'
Iman Mousavi 74'
			81' Masoud Nazarzadeh
			81' S. Goudarzi
05/01/2013	Zob Ahan	0 - 0	Esteghlal	0-0	H2H	O	+
Mohsen Bayatinia 0'
Ismaël Fofana 0'
Ali Jarahkar 0'
			46' Arash Borhani
			46' Jlloyd Samuel
Mohsen Bayatinia 58'
Sina Ashouri Mehranjani 58'
Ghasem Hadadifar 64'
Esmaeil Farhadi 64'
			67' Iman Mousavi
			67' Ali Hamoudi
			81' Abbas Mohammadrezaei
			81' Vicente Arze Camacho
P. Sadeghian 84'
E. Pahlevan 84'
31/12/2012	Esteghlal	1 - 0	Saipa	0-0	H2H	O	+
Farzad Jalal Hatami 0'
Jlloyd Samuel 0'
			0' H. Shiri
Jlloyd Samuel 46'
Abbas Mohammadrezaei 46'
Iman Mousavi 52'
Ali Hamoudi 52'
Farzad Jalal Hatami 53'		1 - 0
			58' R. Shah Alidoost
			58' Milad Gharibi
			78' Junior
			78' K. Rezaei
Arash Borhani 90'
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 90'
26/12/2012	Aluminium Hormozgan	0 - 2	Esteghlal	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' Iman Mousavi
		0 - 1	15' Iman Mousavi
			46' Ali Hamoudi
			46' Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi
Mahmoud Tighnavard 52'
Mojtaba Zarei 59'
M. Mohammadzadeh 59'
			62' Arash Borhani
			62' Siavash Akbarpour
H. Dehghani 80'
M. Aghaei 80'
			82' Iman Mousavi
			82' Vicente Arze Camacho
		0 - 2	87' Farzad Jalal Hatami
04/12/2012	Shahre Baran	1 - 0	Esteghlal	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Haajati 0'
			0' Khosro Heydari
			0' A. Manouchehri
			0' J. Nekounam
			0' Jlloyd Samuel
			39' Jlloyd Samuel
			43' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
			43' Meisam Hosseini
M. Siah 52'
Boubacar Kébé 52'
Abolfazl Hajizadeh 58'
M. Abshak 58'
Boubacar Kébé 85'		1 - 0
Reza(Afshin) Chavoshi 90'
Amin Motevaselzadeh 90'
28/11/2012	Esteghlal	2 - 3	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 46'
A. Manouchehri 46'
		0 - 1	63' Abdollah Karami
J. Nekounam 63'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	73' Arash Afshin
Arash Borhani 75'		2 - 2
			84' Luciano Chimba
			84' Abbas Poorkhosravani
Siavash Akbarpour 86'
Milad Meydavoudi 86'
		2 - 3	88' Mehrdad Jamaati
			90+2' Arash Afshin
			90+2' S. Ansari
			90+5' E. Sharifat
			90+5' S. Rafiei
22/11/2012	Esteghlal	2 - 0	Paykan	0-0	H2H	O	+
Khosro Heydari 0'
H. Beikzadeh 25'
Meisam Hosseini 25'
			57' Baba Mohammadi
			57' M. Abtahi
Siavash Akbarpour 59'		1 - 0
			64' Seyed Mehdizadeh
			64' Ferreira
			83' S. Feizollahi
			83' A.Salarkhani
Milad Meydavoudi 89'		2 - 0
18/11/2012	Sepahan	0 - 1	Esteghlal	0-1	H2H	O	+
Mohammad Ahmadi 0'
			0' Arash Borhani
Mohammad Khalatbari Limaki 0'
			0' Amir Sadeghi
		0 - 1	15' Khosro Heydari
Radomir Đalović 58'
Xhevahir Sukaj 58'
A. Jamshidian 61'
Hussein Papi 61'
Hassan Ashjari 76'
Mohammad Gholami 76'
			80' Jlloyd Samuel
			80' Meisam Hosseini
			90' Arash Borhani
			90' Milad Meydavoudi
			90+2' J. Nekounam
			90+2' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
			90+2' H. Omranzadeh
29/10/2012	Gahar Zagros	0 - 2	Esteghlal	0-2	H2H	O	+
			0' A. Manouchehri
			5' H. Omranzadeh
			5' Meisam Hosseini
		0 - 1	17' Arash Borhani
		0 - 2	20' Jlloyd Samuel
Amin Torkashvand 25'
T. Nayebi 25'
Mojtaba Zarei 81'
Farid Aabedi 81'
Mohammad Parvin 85'
Majid Khamisi 85'
			86' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
			86' A. Manouchehri
25/10/2012	Esteghlal	2 - 1	Naft Tehran	1-1	H2H	O	+
Siavash Akbarpour 0'
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 0'
H. Beikzadeh 0'
			0' Iman Mousavi
		0 - 1	16' Yaghoub Karimi
Jlloyd Samuel 23'		1 - 1
Meisam Hosseini 46'
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 46'
Arash Borhani 52'		2 - 1
			62' Rahim Zahivi
			62' Goran Ljubojević
			75' Mostafa Seyfi
			75' Hossein Emamian
			79' V. Ghafouri
			79' Yaghoub Karimi
H. Beikzadeh 82'
Amir Sadeghi 82'
			85' Iman Mousavi
			85' Meysam Aghababayi
Siavash Akbarpour 86'
A. Manouchehri 86'
20/10/2012	Tractor Sazi	2 - 0	Esteghlal	1-0	H2H	O	+
M. Kiani 0'
Mohammad Nosrati 0'
			0' H. Omranzadeh
			27' Amir Sadeghi
			27' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
Flávio Paixão 39'		1 - 0
			46' Milad Meydavoudi
			46' Arash Borhani
			83' Ali Hamoudi
			83' Meisam Hosseini
Anselmo 83'
Seyed Seyed Salehi 83'
M. Ebrahimi 87'
Seyed Hosseini 87'
M. Fakhreddini 90+1'		2 - 0
Flávio Paixão 90+3'
Joao Vilela 90+3'
01/10/2012	Esteghlal	1 - 0	Saba Qom	1-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Majid Heydari
			0' Saeid Lotfi
Amir Sadeghi 0'
Arash Borhani 1'		1 - 0
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 46'
Siavash Akbarpour 46'
			73' Farid Karimi
			73' M. Momeni
			80' A. Sadeghi
			80' Abolfazl Ebrahimi
H. Beikzadeh 83'
Meisam Hosseini 83'
			86' M. Soleiman Fallah
			86' Bahman Tahmasebi
Arash Borhani 90'
H. Omranzadeh 90'
26/09/2012	Sanat Naft	1 - 2	Esteghlal	1-1	H2H	O	+
			0' J. Nekounam
Rasool Navidkia 2'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	35' Rodrigo Tosi
			46' Milad Meydavoudi
			46' Januário
		1 - 2	58' Januário
Abbas Mardasi 65'
Roohollah Arab 65'
Siamak Koohnavard 67'
Hamed Sarlak 67'
			76' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
			76' Ferydoon Zandi
Abouzar Rahimi 77'
Saeid Hallafi 77'
			84' Rodrigo Tosi
			84' A. Manouchehri
21/09/2012	Esteghlal	0 - 0	Fajr Sepasi	0-0	H2H	O	+
Jlloyd Samuel 46'
Ali Hamoudi 46'
			63' Mojtaba Tarshiz Hajikalaei
			63' F. Esmaeili
Arash Borhani 63'
Ferydoon Zandi 63'
			79' Abbas Mohammadrezaei
			79' Diego Máximo
Siavash Akbarpour 85'
H. Omranzadeh 85'
			87' Jaber Ansari
			87' O. Khalili
15/09/2012	Rah Ahan	0 - 2	Esteghlal	0-1	H2H	O	+
F. Ashoobi 0'
Reza Mamani 0'
			0' Ferydoon Zandi
		0 - 1	9' Arash Borhani
Hossein Kaebi 46'
Behshad Yavarzadeh Ahrandjani 46'
			59' Jlloyd Samuel
			59' Ferydoon Zandi
Hossain Pashaei 60'
Mojtaba Shiri 60'
			64' Rodrigo Tosi
			64' A. Manouchehri
			75' Ali Hamoudi
			75' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
Mehrdad Kafshgari 80'
Reza Mamani 80'
		0 - 2	82' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
24/08/2012	Persepolis	0 - 0	Esteghlal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Siavash Akbarpour
			0' H. Omranzadeh
Mehrdad Pooladi 0'
			59' Ali Hamoudi
			59' A. Manouchehri
Mohammad Ghazi Najafabadi 77'
Karim Ansarifard 77'
			79' Arash Borhani
			79' Jlloyd Samuel
			84' Ferydoon Zandi
			84' Rodrigo Tosi
Ali Karimi 87'
Mohammad Nouri 87'
19/08/2012	Esteghlal	1 - 1	Malavan	0-1	H2H	O	+
Siavash Akbarpour 0'
Arash Borhani 0'
			0' Mohammad Haj Mohammadi
			0' S. Paşcenco
Ferydoon Zandi 0'
Khosro Heydari 8'
Ali Hamoudi 8'
		0 - 1	23' M. Nozhati
			54' Seyed Seyed Saleh Ahi
			54' S. Salarzadeh
H. Omranzadeh 56'
A. Manouchehri 56'
			71' S. Kouroshi
			71' Mohammad Haj Mohammadi
Arash Borhani 72'		1 - 1
			80' M. Heydari
			80' Mehrdad Oladi Ghadikolaei
Ferydoon Zandi 80'
Rodrigo Tosi 80'
06/08/2012	Mes Kerman	0 - 0	Esteghlal	0-0	H2H	O	+
Mohammad Esmaeili Beigi 0'
			0' Arash Borhani
Gholamreza Enayati 0'
M. Jahani 0'
Hossein Kazemi 0'
			0' H. Omranzadeh
Shoja Khalilzadeh 19'
Jalal Karami 19'
			46' Ali Hamoudi
			46' H. Omranzadeh
			54' A. Manouchehri
			54' Arash Borhani
Hossein Kazemi 74'
Mehrdad Karimian 74'
			82' Januário
			82' Jlloyd Samuel
S. Goudarzi 87'
M. Jahani 87'
31/07/2012	Esteghlal	1 - 0	Zob Ahan	0-0	H2H	O	+
Siavash Akbarpour 0'
			0' Sina Ashouri Mehranjani
A. Manouchehri 0'
Ferydoon Zandi 58'
Rodrigo Tosi 58'
Januário 67'
A. Manouchehri 67'
Arash Borhani 81'
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 81'
A. Manouchehri 83'		1 - 0
			86' M. Mosalman
			86' Mojtaba Babak
25/07/2012	Saipa	2 - 1	Esteghlal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' Milad Meydavoudi
			46' Arash Borhani
Mohsen Yousefi 62'
Junior 62'
Eshagh Sobhani 64'		1 - 0
			71' A. Manouchehri
			71' Rodrigo Tosi
Milad Gharibi 76'
K. Rezaei 76'
		1 - 1	81' Siavash Akbarpour
Saeed Daghighi 82'		2 - 1
Saeed Daghighi 86'
K. Borjloo 86'
			89' H. Beikzadeh
			89' Jlloyd Samuel
20/07/2012	Esteghlal	1 - 0	Aluminium Hormozgan	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' V. Asgari
			0' D. Daneshdoost
H. Omranzadeh 0'
			0' Amjad Shokouhmagham
Jlloyd Samuel 46'
Januário 46'
Januário 56'		1 - 0
Meysam Baou Dizabadi 60'
Rodrigo Tosi 60'
			67' D. Daneshdoost
			67' Rasool Pirzadeh
			72' Jafar Bazri
			72' M. Aghaei
Arash Borhani 83'
A. Manouchehri 83'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Esteghlal in Persian Gulf Pro League.

Statistics & Analysis of Esteghlal

A. Borhani is the leading top goal scorer for Esteghlal with 10 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	16
Longest run without win	3
Clean sheets	21
Matches over 2.25 goals	9
Matches under 2.25 goals	25
Matches First Half Over 0.5	18
Matches First Half Under 0.5	16
Matches odd	18
Matches even	16
Average goals scored	1.24
Average goals allowed	0.53
Failure to score	8
Biggest victory	0 - 5
Biggest defeat	2 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	3
Own goals	1
Goalless draw at home match	2 (12%)
Goalless draw at away match	4 (24%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	A. Borhani
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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Grorud vs Eidsvold

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Trans II vs Kuressaare II

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Luckenwalde vs Carl Zeiss Jena

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.