2008–09 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal Tehran FC
2008–09 season
PresidentAli Fathollahzadeh (until Sep 2008)
Vaezi Ashtiani
Head coachAmir Ghalenoei
IPLChampions
Hazfi CupFourth round
Champions LeagueGroup Stages
Top goalscorerLeague:
Arash Borhani (20)

All:
Arash Borhani (27)

This is a list of Esteghlal F.C.'s results at the 2008–09 IPL, 2009 ACL, Super Cup 2008 and 2008–09 Hazfi Cup. The club is competing in the Iran Pro League, Hazfi Cup. Iranian Super Cup and Asian Champions League.

Persian Gulf Cup

Statistics

Country No. Position Name 2008-2009
IPL Hazfi ACL
App GS Min App GS Min App GS Min
IRN 1 GK Vahid Talebloo 2 - 187 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 3 MF Mehdi Amirabadi 3 1 228 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 4 MF Hossein Kazemi 2 - 187 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 5 DF Bijan Koshki 2 - 171 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 6 DF Hadi Shakouri 1 - 94 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 7 FW Farhad Majidi (c) 1 - 83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 8 MF Mojtaba Jabari 3 1 264 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 9 FW Arash Borhani 1 - 46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 10 FW Siavash Akbarpour 3 - 273 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 11 MF Meysam Maniei 3 - 148 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 12 FW Ahmad Khaziravi 1 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 13 DF Ebrahim Taghipour 1 - 94 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 14 MF Yadollah Akbari 2 - 57 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 15 FW Alireza Abbasfard 1 - 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 16 MF Hashem Beikzadeh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
BRA 17 MF Fábio Januário - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 18 MF Mehrdad Pooladi 1 - 44 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 19 FW Ali Alizadeh 3 - 237 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 20 DF Pirouz Ghorbani 3 1 281 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 21 MF Milad Nouri - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 22 GK Ashkan Namdari 1 - 94 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 23 MF Omid Ravankhah 1 - 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 27 MF Khosro Heydari 3 - 281 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IRN 33 DF Pejman Montazeri 3 - 281 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Matches

Last updated Apr 26 2009

# Date Home Score Away Goal Yellow card Red card Attendance Ref. Rank
1 2008-08-05 Esteghlal 2-0 Aboomoslem Mojtaba Jabbari (57), Mehdi Amirabadi (67) - - 30,000 Khodadad Afsharian 1
2 2008-08-09 Pegah 1-0 Esteghlal - Ali Alizade - 10,000 Rahim Rahimi Moghadam 7
3 2008-08-17 Esteghlal 1-1 Sepahan Pirouz Ghorbani (74) Mehrdad Pooladi, Hossain Kazemi - 30,000 Mohsen Torky 6
4 2008-08-24 Mes Kerman 1-0 Esteghlal - Farhad Majidi, Alireza Abbasfard - 10,000 Hedayat Mombini 12
5 2008-10-17 Esteghlal 1-1 Bargh Samad Zare (16) o.g Pirooz Ghorbani, Farhad Majidi - 50000 Mahmoud Rafei 5
6 2008-09-12 Saba QOM 3-1 Esteghlal Siavash Akbarpour (57) - - 15000 Khodadad Afsharian 17
7 2008-09-18 Esteghlal 6-0 Esteghlal Ahvaz Arash Borhani (21), (68), Pirooz Ghorbani (34), Hashem Bayk Zadeh (50), Farhad Majidi (73), (90) - - 25000 Shahin Hajbabaei 8
8 2008-09-27 Esteghlal 2-1 Rah Ahan Pirooz Ghorbani (34), Arash Borhani (39) Hashem Bayk Zadeh, Siavash Akbarpour - 50000 Alireza Faghani 6
9 2008-10-03 Persepolis 1-1 Esteghlal Arash Borhani (47) Arash Borhani - 95000 Saed Kamil 7
10 2008-10-07 Esteghlal 5-2 Moghavemat Meysam Maniei [1][2](11), Khosrow Haydari (33), Siavash Akbarpour (63) (69), Fabio Daniel Janavario (75) Mojtaba Jabbari - 15000 Rahim Rahimi Moghadam 6
11 2008-10-21 PAS Hamedan 2-4 Esteghlal Ali Alizade (30), Mojtaba Jabbari (72) (74), Arash Borhani (90+2) Hossain Kazemi, Khosrow Haydari - 12000 Mohsen Torky 4
12 2008-10-27 Esteghlal 3-2 Paykan Arash Borhani (33)pen, (37), (42) Yadollah Akbari, Fabio Daniel Janavario Yadollah Akbari 30000 Saeed Mozafari Zadeh 3
13 2008-10-31 Esteghlal 2-0 Zob Ahan Hossain Kazemi (77), Mojtaba Jabbari (84) - - 50000 Mohsen Ghahremani 3
14 2008-11-06 Malavan 2-2 Esteghlal Siavash Akbarpour (32), Alireza Abbasfard (90+3) Ali Alizade, Hadi Shakori, Hossain Kazemi, Pirooz Ghorbani, Alireza Abbasfard - 15000 Masoud Moradi 3
15 2008-11-21 Esteghlal 0-1 Foolad - - - 40000 Yadolah Jahanbazi 3
16 2008-11-29 Saipa 0-2 Esteghlal Pirooz Ghorbani (66), Arash Borhani (68) Siavash Akbarpour - 20000 Hedayat Mombeini 3
17 2008-12-03 Esteghlal 5-0 Payam Mashhad Siavash Akbarpour (39) (44) (76), Arash Borhani (67) (84)pen Arash Borhani - 10000 Saeed Bakhshizadeh 2
18 2008-12-07 Aboomoslem 0-2 Esteghlal Mehdi Amirabadi (13), Siavash Akbarpour (90) Siavash Akbarpour, Ali Alizade, Mehdi Amirabadi - 10000 Saeed Mozafari Zadeh 1
19 2008-12-12 Esteghlal 4-2 Damash Gilan Mehdi Noori (25) o.g, Pirooz Ghorbani (43), Hossain Kazemi (74), Arash Borhani (75) Khosrow Haydari - 40000 Toraj Haghverdi 1
20 2008-12-30 Sepahan 2-1 Esteghlal Arash Borhani (74) - - 18000 Rahim Rahimi Moghadam 1
21 2009-01-03 Esteghlal 2-1 Mes Kerman Hossain Kazemi (54), Arash Borhani (90) Arash Borhani - 20000 Yadolah Jahanbazi 1
22 2009-01-16 Bargh 1-4 Esteghlal Hossain Kazemi (27) (53), Fabio Daniel Janavario (46), Siavash Akbarpour (56) Arash Borhani, Hadi Shakori, Fabio Daniel Janavario - 30000 Mohsen Ghahremani 1
23 2009-01-23 Esteghlal 2-1 Saba QOM Alireza Abbasfard (38), Farhad Majidi (46) Fabio Daniel Janavario - 60000 Ahmad Salehi 1
24 2009-01-31 Esteghlal Ahvaz 0-3 Esteghlal Siavash Akbarpour (1), Alireza Abbasfard (32), Arash Borhani (84) Farhad Majidi - 20000 Masoud Moradi 1
25 2009-02-04 Rah Ahan 1-5 Esteghlal Hossain Kazemi (10), Arash Borhani (31)pen (88), Mojtaba Jabbari (50), Siavash Akbarpour (55) Hossain Kazemi, Fabio Daniel Janavario - 20000 Yadolah Jahanbazi 1
26 2009-02-13 Esteghlal 1-1 Persepolis Mojtaba Jabbari (56) Mehdi Amirabadi, Khosrow Haydari, Farhad Majidi - 90000 Mohsen Torky 1
27 2009-02-18 Moghavemat 4-1 Esteghlal Alireza Abbasfard (70) Mojtaba Jabbari, Bijan Koshki - 17000 Hedayat Mombeini 1
28 2009-02-22 Esteghlal 1-0 PAS Hamedan Siavash Akbarpour (22) Bijan Koshki, Khosrow Haydari, Siavash Akbarpour Farhad Majidi 15000 Alireza Faghani 1
29 2009-02-28 Paykan 1-1 Esteghlal Mojtaba Jabbari (65) - - 10000 Yadolah Jahanbazi 1
30 2009-03-04 Zob Ahan 1-1 Esteghlal Mojtaba Jabbari (56)pen Hashem Beikzadeh, Siavash Akbarpour, Pirouz Ghorbani Ghorbani, Namdari 15000 Mohsen Torky 1
31 2009-04-03 Esteghlal 3-0 Malavan Arash Borhani (32, 36), Fabio Daniel Janavario(79) Omid Reza Ravankhah - 20000 Saeed Mozafari Zadeh 1
32 2009-04-12 Foolad 0-0 Esteghlal - Mojtaba Jabbari, Siavash Akbarpour - 30,000 Masoud Moradi 2
33 2009-04-16 Esteghlal 1-1 Saipa Arash Borhani(88)pen Fabio Daniel Janavario - 40,000 Mohsen Ghahremani 2
34 2009-04-26 Payam Mashhad 0-1 Esteghlal Fabio Daniel Janavario (42) Pirooz Ghorbani, Omid Reza Ravankhah, Hossain Kazemi Ebrahim Taghipour 50,000 Alireza Faghani 1

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWLDLDLWWDWWWWDLWWWWLWWWWWDLWDDWDDW
Position176125178676433333211111111111111221
Updated to match(es) played on 26 Apr 2009. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 19 9 6 70 34  +36 66 12 4 1 41 14  +27 7 5 5 29 20  +9
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
In Azadi Stadium 20 14 5 1 49 16 +33 47
In Other Stadiums 14 5 4 5 21 18 +3 19
Source: "Ipl".

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 34 19 9 6 70 34 +36 66 Qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League
2 Zob Ahan 34 19 9 6 58 42 +16 66
3 Mes 34 17 10 7 54 36 +18 61
4 Sepahan 34 14 14 6 46 34 +12 56
5 Persepolis 34 15 10 9 50 41 +9 55
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[3]
(C) Champions

Top scorers and assists

Goal scorers

20
12
8
6
5
4
3
2
1

Assists

8
7
5
4
3
2
1

Cards

Player
Farhad Majidi 4 1 0
Siavash Akbarpour 4 0 0
Arash Borhani 4 0 0
Hossein Kazemi 4 0 0
Fábio Januário 4 0 0
Ali Alizadeh 3 0 0
Khosro Heydari 3 0 0
Mojtaba Jabari 3 0 0
Alireza Abbasfard 2 0 0
Yadollah Akbari 1 1 0
Pirouz Ghorbani 2 0 0
Hadi Shakouri 2 0 0
Mehdi Amirabadi 2 0 0
Hashem Beikzadeh 1 0 0
Mehrdad Pooladi 1 0 0
Bijan Koshki 1 0 0

Matches played

29
28
27

Hazfi Cup

Round Date Home Score Away Venue Goal Yellow card Red card Fans Ref
Third Round 2008-11-25 Esteghlal 8-1 Damash Gilan Azadi /Tehran Arash Borhani (18) (43)pen (66) (69) (89), Ahmad Khaziravi (61)pen, Mehdi Amirabadi (80), Farhad Majidi (90+3) Ahmad Khaziravi, Fábio Januário - 2000 Alireza Faghani
1/32 2009-04-30 Mes Rafsanjan 2-2 (5-3) Esteghlal Nosh Abad /Rafsanjan Milad Nouri(25), Ali Alizadeh(30)pen Mehrdad Pooladi, Farhad Majidi, Mehdi Amirabadi, Yadollah Akbari, Ali Alizadeh - 6,000 Toraj Haghverdi

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Shamoushak 2
Saipa 1 Shamoushak
Shahrdari Tabriz 0 Saba Battery
Saba Battery 1  
Malavan 2  
Sepahan Novin 1 Malavan
Mes Rafsanjan 2 (5) Mes Rafsanjan
Esteghlal 2 (3)

Scorers

Goalscorers

5
1

Goalassistants

2
1

Cards

Player
Ahmad Khaziravi 1 0 0
Mehrdad Pooladi 1 0 0
Farhad Majidi 1 0 0
Mehdi Amirabadi 1 0 0
Yadollah Akbari 1 0 0
Ali Alizadeh 1 0 0
Fábio Januário 1 0 0

Season statistics

Last updated Apr 16 2009

Goalscorers

26
12

Goalassistants

8

2009 Asian Champions League

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ITT UMS JAZ EST
1 Al-Ittihad 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 12 Advance to knockout stage 7–0 1–1 2–1
2 Umm-Salal 6 2 2 2 6 13 −7 8 1–3 2–2 1–0
3 Al-Jazira 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5 0–0 0–1 2–2
4 Esteghlal 6 0 4 2 6 8 −2 4 1–1 1–1 1–1

Matches

2009-03-11 G1 Al-Ittihad 2 – 1 Esteghlal Jeddah
20:30 Moteab 87'
Aboucherouane 90+3'
Report Borhani 77' Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Masaaki Iemeto
2009-03-18 G2 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Al-Jazira Azadi Stadium, Tehran
15:00 Hossein Kazemi 45+4' report Fernando Baiano 10' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
2009-04-07 G3 Umm-Salal 1 – 0 Esteghlal Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
19:00 Fábio César 67' Report Attendance: 2,521
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
2009-04-22 G4 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Umm-Salal Azadi Stadium, Tehran
16:00 Borhani 44' Report Ghanem 71' Attendance: 27,165
Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali
2009-05-05 G5 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Al-Ittihad Azadi Stadium, Tehran
17:00 Alizadeh 89' Report Aboucherouane 80' Attendance: 15,885
Referee: Mohsen Basma
19 May 2009 G6 Al-Jazira 2 – 2 Esteghlal Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Dubai
20:30 (UTC+4) Ahmed 49'
Saad 70'
Report Alizadeh 79'
Shakouri 84'
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Sun Baojie

Top scorers

Goal scorers

2
1

Assists

1

Cards

Player
Vahid Talebloo 2 0 0
Ebrahim Taghipour 2 0 0
Hossein Kazemi 1 0 0
Khosro Heydari 1 0 0
Farhad Majidi 1 0 0
Pirouz Ghorbani 1 0 0
Bijan Koshki 1 0 0
Siavash Akbarpour 1 0 0
Hadi Shakouri 1 0 0
Fábio Januário 1 0 0

2008/2009 Transfers

In:

No. Position Player Age Fee From Transfer Window
4 MF Hossein Kazemi 28 Undisclosed Sepahan F.C.
6 DF Hadi Shakouri 26 Undisclosed Zob Ahan F.C.
10 FW Siavash Akbarpour 23 Undisclosed Al-Dhafra
13 DF Ebrahim Taghipour 31 Undisclosed Pegah F.C.
14 MF Yadollah Akbari 34 Undisclosed PAS F.C.
15 FW Alireza Abbasfard 26 Undisclosed Saba F.C.
16 MF Hashem Beikzadeh 24 Undisclosed Moghavemat F.C.
17 MF Fábio Januário 28 Undisclosed Foolad F.C.
21 MF Milad Nouri 22 Undisclosed Steel Azin F.C.
27 MF Khosro Heydari 24 Undisclosed PAS F.C.

Out:

No. Position Player Age Fee To Transfer Window
2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeqi 26 Undisclosed Mes F.C.
4 DF Saeed Lotfi 27 Undisclosed Paykan F.C.
7 MF Mohammad Navazi 33
9 FW Mohsen Bayatiniya 28 Undisclosed Saba F.C.
10 MF Alireza Mansourian 36
13 MF Mohsen Yousefi Undisclosed Saba F.C.
16 DF Hossein Koushki Undisclosed Payam F.C.
21 FW Asghar Nadali
22 FW Hamid Shafiei 27 Undisclosed F.C. Aboomoslem
25 MF Hossein Ghanbari Undisclosed PAS F.C.
30 GK Mahyar Hassan Nejad

References

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