2007–08 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal Tehran FC
2007–08 season
President	Ali Fatollahzadeh
Head coach	Nasser Hejazi; Firouz Karimi
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

This is a list of Esteghlal F.C.'s results for the 2007–08 Season. The club is competing in the Iranian Premier League and Hazfi Cup.

Squad[edit]

Last updated Friday, March 11, 2008

	Iran Premier League	Hazfi Cup

No.	Position	Name	A(GS)	Minutes					A(GS)	Minutes
1	GK	Vahid Taleblou	22(22)	1980	-24	-	-	-	2(2)	210	-4	-	-	-
2	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	17(14)	1377	1	3	-	1	2(1)	105	-	-	-	-
3	DF	Mehdi Amirabadi	18(16)	1441	1	3	1	-	2(1)	125	-	-	-	-
4	DF	Saeed Lotfi	4(3)	296	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	DF	Bijan Koshki	12(12)	1055	-	1	-	-	1(1)	120	-	-	-	-
6	MF	Srđan Urošević	8(6)	494	1	2	-	-	1(0)	4	-	-	-	-
7	MF	Mohammad Navazi	18(13)	1160	2	5	-	-	2(1)	123	1	-	-	-
8	MF	Mojtaba Jabari	18(17)	1376	1	1	-	-	2(2)	210	1	-	-	-
9	FW	Mohsen Bayatinia	4(4)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	MF	Alireza Mansourian (c)	18(8)	783	1	2	-	-	2(2)	172	-	-	-	-
11	MF	Meysam Manei	22(17)	1642	3	3	-	-	1(1)	90	-	-	-	-
12	FW	Ahmad Khaziravi	2(2)	113	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	MF	Mohsen Yousefi	11(6)	482	1	1	1	1	2(1)	145	1	-	-	-
14	GK	Ashkan Namdari	2(2)	180	-4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	DF	Hossein Koushki	2(2)	71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	FW	Arash Borhani	21(19)	1751	6	3	-	-	2(2)	200	2	-	-	-
18	MF	Mehrdad Pouladi	21(16)	1445	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	FW	Ali Alizadeh	15(5)	410	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	DF	Pirouz Ghorbani	17(17)	1530	2	3	-	-	2(2)	210	-	-	-	-
21	FW	Asghar Nadali	5(3)	239	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	FW	Hamid Shafiei	8(2)	301	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	MF	Omidreza Ravankhah	22(16)	1616	4	4	-	-	2(1)	130	-	-	-	-
24	MF	Hossein Ghanbari	?(?)	?	?	-	-	-	?(?)	?	-	-	-	-
25	MF	Saeid Bayat Motlagh	8(8)	701	1	-	-	-	1(1)	120	-	-	-	-
27	FW	Farhad Majidi	16(13)	1146	5	5	1	-	2(2)	140	-	-	-	-
30	GK	Mahyar Hassan Nejad	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	DF	Pezhman Montazeri	22(20)	1836	2	2	1	-	2(2)	206	1	1	-	-

Transfers[edit]

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	SRB	Srđan Urošević (from FK Bežanija - Undisclosed Fee)
11	MF	IRN	Meysam Manei (from PAS Tehran - Free Transfer)
9	MF	IRN	Mohsen Bayatinia (from Paykan Tehran)
14	GK	IRN	Ashkan Namdari (from Sanaye Arak)
17	FW	IRN	Arash Borhani (from PAS Tehran - Free Transfer)
18	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Pouladi (from Paykan Tehran)
21	FW	IRN	Asghar Nadali (from Nassaji Mazandaran)
22	FW	IRN	Hamid Shafiei (from Sepahan - Free Transfer)
23	MF	IRN	Omidreza Ravankhah (from Fajr Sepasi)
27	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi (from Al-Nasr - Free Transfer)
33	DF	IRN	Pejman Montazeri (from Foolad)
16	DF	IRN	Hossein Koshki (from Mersad Shiraz)
5	DF	IRN	Bijan Koshki (from Pas)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	IRN	Hossein Kazemi (to Sepahan Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
6	DF	IRN	Mahmoud Fekri (to Shirin Faraz - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
9	FW	IRN	Siavash Akbarpour (to Al-Dharfa - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
14	DF	IRN	Morteza Ebrahimi (to Mes Kerman - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
15	FW	IRN	Farzad Majidi (to Steel Azin Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
16	FW	BRA	Joilson Rodrigues Silva (to Mes Kerman - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
17	MF	IRN	Meysam Baou (to Al-Shaab - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
18	FW	IRN	Morteza Hashemizadeh (to Steel Azin)
21	GK	IRN	Mehdi Rahmati (to Mes Kerman - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
22	MF	IRN	Behshad Yavarzadeh (to Steel Azin - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
23	DF	GEO	Akvsenti Gilauri (to Pegah Gilan - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
25	MF	IRN	Bagher Ahmadi (Released)
26	MF	IRN	Asghar Talebnasab (to Shahrdari Bandar Abbas - Contract Expired - Free Transfer)
28	DF	IRN	Ali Ansarian (to Steel Azin for $150,000)

Persian Gulf Cup[edit]

No.	Date	Home	Scores	Away	Goal Scorers			Fans	Rank
1	8/17/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	3 - 2	Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.	Sadeqi (18), Borhani (49), Maniei (75)	3	-	40,000	5
2	8/23/2007	Malavan F.C.	2 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Ghorbani (73)	1	-	14,000	9
3	8/31/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 1	Mes F.C.	Shafiei (84)	2	1	45,000	8
4	9/6/2007	Shirin Faraz F.C.	1 - 3	Esteghlal F.C.	Borhani (36), Ravankhah (54), Orsovic (86)	2	-	8,000	5
5	9/14/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 2	Saipa F.C.	Borhani (15)	1	-	60,000	5
6	9/20/2007	Bargh F.C.	1 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Jabbari (68)	3	-	20,000	5
7	9/28/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 1	Saba F.C.	Montazeri (59)	-	-	50,000	9
8	10/7/2007	Sepahan F.C.	2 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Ghorbani (75)	4	-	15,000	9
9	10/14/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 1	Piroozi	Ravankhah (57)	4	-	90,000	11
10	10/19/2007	Pegah F.C.	0 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Maniei (12)	2	-	25,000	7
11	10/26/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 1	F.C. Aboomoslem	Majidi (9)	-	1	50,000	7
12	10/31/2007	Paykan F.C.	3 - 2	Esteghlal F.C.	Navazi (11), Borhani (22)	1	-	30,000	11
13	11/9/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	2 - 1	Rah Ahan F.C.	Majidi (11), (21)	6	1	30,000	9
14	11/15/2007	Fajr F.C.	1 - 2	Esteghlal F.C.	Pooladi (3), Alizadeh (15)	4	1	25,000	6
15	11/30/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	0 - 1	PAS F.C.	-	2	-	35,000	9
16	12/7/2007	Zob Ahan F.C.	0 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	-	5	-	15,000	7
17	12/14/2007	Esteghlal F.C.	2 - 3	Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.	Majidi (10), Ravankhah (86)	-	1	30,000	8
18	1/22/2008	Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.	1 - 2	Esteghlal F.C.	Borhani (66), Amirabadi (88)	1	-	20,000	5
19	3/11/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	2 - 0	Malavan F.C.	Montazeri (41), Borhani (79)	-	-	15,000	8
20	2/10/2008	Mes F.C.	1 - 0	Esteghlal F.C.	-	1	-	15,000	8
21	2/17/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	2 - 1	Shirin Faraz F.C.	Majidi (13), Bayat (51)	3	-	10,000	6
22	2/22/2008	Saipa F.C.	0 - 0	Esteghlal F.C.	-	4	1	50,000	6
23	2/29/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	4 - 2	Bragh F.C.		2	-	40,000	5
24	3/5/2008	Saba F.C.	0 - 0	Esteghlal F.C.	-	2	-	15,000	4
25	3/29/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	0 - 1	Sepahan F.C.	-	-	-	55,000
26	4/4/2008	Piroozi	1 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Ravankhah (5)	3	1	80,000
27	4/11/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 4	Pegah F.C.	Borhani (51) pen.	2	-	20,000
28	4/18/2008	F.C. Aboomoslem	2 - 0	Esteghlal F.C.	-	1	-	40,000
29	4/25/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 2	Paykan F.C.	Mansourian	-	1	8,000
30	5/2/2008	Rah Ahan F.C.	0 - 3	Esteghlal F.C.	Majidi (3) pen., Maniei (83), Alizadeh (89)	1	-	10,000
31	5/5/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 1	Fajr F.C.	Majidi (47)	-	-	7,000
32	5/11/2008	PAS F.C.	1 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Ravankhah (57)	1	-	8,000
33	5/11/2008	Esteghlal F.C.	1 - 2	Zob Ahan F.C.	Borhani (92) pen.	1	-	5,000
34	5/17/2008	Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.	2 - 1	Esteghlal F.C.	Khaziravi (81)	-	-	6,000	13

Classification[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Saipa	34	12	9	13	33	35	−2	45
12	Rah Ahan	34	11	11	12	45	40	+5	44
13	Esteghlal	34	11	10	13	44	44	0	43	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League^[a]
14	Fajr	34	9	15	10	37	41	−4	42
15	Pegah	34	9	11	14	26	35	−9	38

Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[1]
Notes:

^ Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League by winning the Hazfi Cup

Summary of results[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Host	12	5	4	3	20	16	+4	19
Away	12	5	3	4	14	12	+2	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Azadi Stadium	15	5	6	4	22	19	+3	21
Other Stadiums	9	5	1	3	12	9	+3	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hazfi Cup[edit]

No.	Step	Date	Home	Scores	Away	Goal Scorers	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Fans
1	Fourth Round (round of 32)	2007-Nov-23	Esteghlal	5-3	Tarbiat Yazd	Yousefi(23)Borhani(34)Navazi(39)Montazeri(53)Jabari(55)	Montazeri
2	Fifth Round (round of 16)	2007-Dec-21	Zob Ahan	1-1(3-1)	Esteghlal	Borhani(53)Pen(Navazi,Sadeghi,Borhani)	-	-	12,000
3	Sixth Round (quarterfinals)	Postponed	Rah Ahan		Esteghlal

Goalscorers[edit]

Scorer	IPL	Hazfi Cup
Arash Borhani	8	2
Farhad Majidi	7	-
Omidreza Ravankhah	6	-
Meysam Maniei	4	-
Pejman Montazeri	2	1
Ali Alizadeh	2	-
Alireza Mansourian	2	-
Pirouz Ghorbani	2	-
Mohammad Navazi	1	1
Mojtaba Jabbari	1	1
Mohsen Yousefi	1	1
Ahmad Khaziravi	1	-
Amir Hossein Sadeqi	1	-
Mehdi Amirabadi	1	-
Mehrdad Pouladi	1	-
Saeid Bayat Motlagh	1	-
Hamid Shafiei	1	-
Srdan Orsovic	1	-
Total goals Scored	43	6

Assists[edit]

Assist	League
Mojtaba Jabari	8
Mohammad Navazi	6
Ali Alizadeh	4
Meysam Maniei	3
Arash Borhani	2
Farhad Majidi	2
Alireza Mansourian	2
Mohsen Yousefi	2
Pirouz Ghorbani	1
Mehrdad Pouladi	1
Omidreza Ravankhah	1
Hamid Shafiei	1
Total Goal Assistants	33

Last updated Friday, November 21, 2010

References[edit]

^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[table_note_res_RUEL0.68664393000614-1] Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League by winning the Hazfi Cup

[2] "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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