2015–16 Esteghlal F.C. season explained

Club:Esteghlal F.C.
Season:2015–16
Stadium:Azadi Stadium
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Reza Eftekhari
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Parviz Mazloumi
League:Persian Gulf League
League Result:3rd
Cup1:Hazfi Cup
Cup1 Result:Runner-up
League Topscorer:Omid Ebrahimi (10 goals)
Season Topscorer:Shahbazzadeh
Omid Ebrahimi
(11 goals each)
Highest Attendance:90,000 v Persepolis
(30 October 2015)
Lowest Attendance:
(21 October 2015)
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17
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The 2015–16 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 15th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football, and 70th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup.

Club

Current Management Team

PositionName
Head coach Parviz Mazloumi
Assistant coach Majid Saleh
Assistant coach Sirous Dinmohammadi
Goalkeeper coach Hossein Torabpour
Fitness coach Ali Asghar Ghorbanali Pour
Doctor Kaveh Sotoudeh
Physiotherapist Amin Noroozi
Analyzer Mohammad Navazi
Analyzer Farzad Majidi
Analyzer Mahdi Arjangi Nia
Team Manager Mansour Pourheidari

Other information

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Kit information

First team squad

Last updated: 29 May 2016

NameNationalityPosition(s)SinceDate of Birth (Age)Signed from
Goalkeepers
1Mehdi RahmatiGK20152015 12, df=yes Paykan20191890
22Vahid TaleblooGK20142015 12, df=yes Rah Ahan20171960
33Amir Hossein NajafiGK20152015 12, df=yesYouth system201700
Defenders
2Khosro HeydariRB, RM20112015 12, df=yes Sepahan20172297
5Hanif OmranzadehCB20092015 12, df=yes Pas201621624
15Hrayr MkoyanCB, RB20142015 12, df=yes FC Shirak2016540
20Meysam MajidiLB, LM20152015 12, df=yes Esteghlal Khuzestan2017293
24Omid NoorafkanLB, DM20152015 12, df=yesYouth system2017100
34Milad FakhreddiniRB, RM, RW20142015 12, df=yes Tractor Sazi2016553
55Mohammad Amin HajmohammadiCB20152015 12, df=yes Naft Tehran2017181
Midfielders
3Mohammad Reza KhorsandniaDM, CB20142015 12, df=yes Padideh2017431
4Roozbeh CheshmiDM, CB20152015 12, df=yes Saba Qom2017260
6Omid EbrahimiDM, CM20142015 12, df=yes Sepahan20166320
8Yaghoub KarimiLM, LB, AM20142015 12, df=yes Sepahan2017401
11Jaber AnsariRM, LM, AM, RW, LW, SS20152015 12, df=yes Gostaresh Foulad2017338
16Mehdi MomeniAM, SS20162015 12, df=yes Naft Tehran201780
17Milad ShabanlooAM, CM20142015 12, df=yes Esteghlal Bushehr201730
19Alireza RamezaniRM, RW20142015 12, df=yes Naft Gachsaran2018191
28Mohsen KarimiLM, LW20142015 12, df=yesYouth system2018305
36Mehdi RajabifarLM, RM20152015 12, df=yesYouth system201700
88Farshid EsmaeiliAM, SS20152015 12, df=yes Fajr Sepasi2018201
99Adil ChihiRM, RW20162015 12, df=yesFree agent201660
Forwards
9Arash BorhaniCF, RW, LW20072015 12, df=yes PAS Tehran2016292108
10Sajjad ShahbazzadehCF, SS20142015 12, df=yes Saipa20176224
14 Pero PejićCF20152015 12, df=yes FK Kukësi2017175
77Behnam BarzayLW, RW, LM, RM20152015 12, df=yes Rah Ahan2017242
Players transferred during the season
13Karrar JassimAM, LM, RM, SS20142015 12, df=yes Al-Talaba2016416
18Rivaldo Barbosa de SouzaDM, LB20152015 12, df=yes Figueirense201630
21Majid HosseiniCB, RB20142015 12, df=yesYouth system201740

Persian Gulf Pro League squad

New contracts

NameContract lengthDateSource
2 Khosro Heydari312 years20174 July 2015[3]
6 Omid Ebrahimi281 year20165 July 2015[4]
77 Behnam Barzay222 years201720 July 2015[5]
1 Mehdi Rahmati333 years201922 February 2016[6]

Transfers

See main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16.

In

Summer

NameMoving FromTypeDateSource
22Nassaji MazandaranEnd of loan2019
23Esteghlal KhuzestanEnd of loan2017
28Gostaresh FouladFree Transfer2017[7]
24Naft TehranFree Transfer2017[8]
28Esteghlal KhuzestanTransfer2017[9]
32PaykanFree Transfer2016[10]
21Saba QomTransfer2017[11]
21Fajr SepasiFree Transfer2018[12]
29 FigueirenseFree Transfer2016[13]
23SepahanTransfer2017[14]
32 FK KukësiFree Transfer2017[15]

Winter

NameMoving FromTypeDateSource
30Naft TehranFree Transfer2017[16]
28 FulhamFree Transfer2016[17]

Out

Summer

NameMoving ToTypeDateSource
9929Siah JameganEnd of contract[18] [19]
1723SepahanEnd of loan[20]
3423Fajr SepasiReleased[21] [22]
8039Siah JameganReleased[23]
3222Nassaji MazandaranReleased[24]
127Siah JameganReleased[25]
1631Saba QomReleased[26]
433Saba QomReleased[27] [28]
2123Aluminium HormozganReleased[29]
2928PaykanReleased[30] [31]
2720Rah AhanReleased[32]

Winter

NameMoving ToTypeDateSource
1830 Clube de Regatas BrasilReleased[33]
1328 Naft Al-WasatReleased[34] [35]
3522Gostaresh FouladReleased[36]

Loan out

Summer

NameLoaned ToStartEndSource
3522Khoneh Be Khoneh30 June 2016[37]
4821Khoneh Be Khoneh30 June 2016[38]

Winter

Competitions

Overall

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Competition record

CompetitionRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Persian Gulf Pro League
Hazfi Cup
Total
Last updated: 29 May 2016

Persian Gulf Pro League

See main article: 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League.

Matches

Hazfi Cup

See main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.

Friendly Matches

Mid-season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Persian Gulf Pro LeagueHazfi CupTotal
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1Mehdi Rahmati26 26 -23 0 -0.88 23404 4 -4 0 -0.86 42030 30 -27 0 -0.88 2760
2Khosro Heydari18 18 0 5 0 15113 3 0 0 0 29221 21 0 5 0 1803
3Khorsandnia9 14 1 0 0.11 8542 3 0 0 0 14411 17 1 0 0.09 998
4Roozbeh Cheshmi21 22 0 1 0 18764 4 0 0 0 39025 26 0 1 0 2266
5Hanif Omranzadeh19 20 0 0 0 17785 5 1 1 0.18 51024 25 1 1 0.04 2288
6Omid Ebrahimi28 28 10 1 0.36 25204 4 1 0 0.21 42032 32 11 1 0.34 2940
8Yaghoub Karimi10 13 0 2 0 8273 3 0 2 0 28913 16 0 4 0 1116
9Arash Borhani11 14 2 2 0.21 8380 2 0 0 0 2911 16 2 2 0.21 867
10Sajjad Shahbazzadeh25 26 7 5 0.28 22643 4 4 0 1.35 26628 30 11 5 0.39 2530
11Jaber Ansari25 28 7 4 0.28 22265 5 1 3 0.18 49530 33 8 7 0.26 2721
13Karrar Jassim2 6 0 0 0 2320 0 0 0 0 02 6 0 0 0 232
14Pero Pejić4 14 3 0 0.59 4561 3 2 0 1.35 1335 17 5 0 0.76 589
15Hrayr Mkoyan25 26 0 0 0 21824 4 0 0 0 42029 30 0 0 0 2602
16Mehdi Momeni1 8 0 0 0 2500 0 0 0 0 01 8 0 0 0 250
17Milad Shabanloo0 3 0 0 0 380 0 0 0 0 00 3 0 0 0 38
18Rivaldo1 3 0 0 0 810 0 0 0 0 01 3 0 0 0 81
19Alireza Ramezani1 4 0 0 0 761 4 0 0 0 1252 8 0 0 0 201
20Meysam Majidi20 24 2 2 0.10 17905 5 1 1 0.19 48225 29 3 3 0.12 2272
22Vahid Talebloo4 4 -5 0 -1.25 3601 1 0 0 0 905 5 -5 0 -1.0 450
24Omid Noorafkan7 10 0 0 0 6400 0 0 0 0 07 10 0 0 0 640
28Mohsen Karimi12 23 5 0 0.41 11101 3 0 0 0 14613 26 5 0 0.36 1256
34Milad Fakhreddini23 23 1 1 0.04 20223 4 1 1 0.29 31526 27 2 2 0.08 2337
55Amin Hajmohammadi16 17 1 0 0.06 14491 1 0 0 0 9017 18 1 0 0.06 1539
77Behnam Barzay8 19 2 2 0.24 7432 2 0 0 0 13810 21 2 2 0.20 881
88Farshid Esmaeili10 15 1 0 0.11 8473 5 0 0 0 30913 20 1 0 0.08 1156
99Adil Chihi4 5 0 0 0 3150 1 0 0 0 664 6 0 0 0 381
Last updated: 29 May 2016

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions.

No.Pos.NameStartsSubstitute
1GK Mehdi Rahmati (C)30 Vahid Talebloo (5 Starts)
34RB Milad Fakhreddini26
15CB29
5CB Hanif Omranzadeh24 Hajmohammadi (17 Starts)
20LB Meysam Majidi25 Omid Noorafkan (7 Starts)
6DM Omid Ebrahimi32 Khorsandnia (11 Starts)
4DM25
2RM Khosro Heydari21 Behnam Barzay (10 Starts)
28LM Mohsen Karimi13 Yaghoub Karimi (13 Starts)
11AM Jaber Ansari30 Farshid Esmaeili (13 Starts)
10CF Sajjad Shahbazzadeh28 Arash Borhani (11 Starts)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: لیست بازیکنان استقلال در سایت سازمان لیگ . 30 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029022147/http://www.iranleague.ir/League/ClubProfile/70 . 29 October 2018 . dead .
  2. http://www.tasnimnews.com/Home/Single/786335?ref=tnews ۹۴-۹۵ شرايط سني براي بازيکنان فوتبال در فصل
  3. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1250352 خسرو حيدري با استقلال 2 ساله بست
  4. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1250558 اميد ابراهيمي در استقلال ماندني شد
  5. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1253353/ بهنام برزاي با استقلال 2 ساله امضا کرد
  6. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1306246/ رحمتی با استقلال سه ساله تمدید کرد
  7. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1248358 جابر انصاري با استقلال دوساله بست
  8. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1248571 حاج‌محمدي با استقلال دو ساله بست
  9. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1249190 ميثم مجيدي به استقلال پيوست
  10. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1249203 مهدي رحمتي استقلالي شد
  11. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1249588 روزبه چشمي استقلالي شد
  12. http://www.tasnimnews.com/Home/Single/790813 فرشيد اسماعيلي استقلالي شد
  13. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1253279/ ريوالدو باربوسا به استقلال پيوست
  14. Web site: با پرداخت مبلغ رضايت نامه به سپاهان/ يعقوب کريمي رسما استقلالي ماند . 24 July 2015 . 25 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150825223104/http://cup.ir/sport/iranianfootball/487/node/60505 . dead .
  15. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1256787 پروبجیچ با استقلال ثبت کرد
  16. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1292532 مهدی مومنی اولین خرید استقلال در نیم فصل
  17. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1307231 شیحی تا پایان فصل به استقلال پیوست
  18. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1254111/ علي دايي ميلاد نوري را نخواست
  19. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1295386 میلاد نوری به سیاه جامگان پیوست
  20. Web site: با قراردادي يکساله و قرضي يعقوب کريمي به استقلال پيوست . 7 June 2015 . 23 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140723222758/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13930430000434 . dead .
  21. http://www.bornanews.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DB%8C-7/303172- ستاره‌های سوخته/ یک تیم بدون تیم
  22. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1256087 ایمان باصفا به تیم فجرسپاسی پیوست
  23. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1249358 جدايي رضا عنايتي از جمع استقلالي
  24. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1251444/ اميرحسين طاحوني از استقلال جدا شد
  25. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1253750 محسن فروزان به عضويت تيم فوتبال سياه جامگان درآمد
  26. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1254920 بيک‌زاده قراردادش را با استقلال فسخ کرد
  27. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1249830 صادقي بازيکن مازاد استقلال شد
  28. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1254827 اميرحسين صادقي به صبا پيوست
  29. http://www.farsnews.com/13940516000195 دروازه‌بان فصل گذشته استقلال به آلومینیوم هرمزگان پیوست
  30. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1255311 ميلاد سليمان‌فلاح قراردادش را با آبي‌پوشان فسخ کرد
  31. Web site: بازیکنان سابق استقلال و راه‌آهن به پیکان پیوستند . 10 August 2015 . 14 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150814000406/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13940519000684 . dead .
  32. http://90tv.ir/news/196319/note بازیکن سابق استقلال به راه‌آهن پیوست
  33. http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13940705000790 ریوالدو از استقلال جدا شد
  34. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1285878 کرار برای فسخ قرارداد به توافق رسید
  35. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1286153 یاغی استقلال به نفت الوسط پیوست
  36. http://90tv.ir/news/197106/note مدافع استقلال در راه گسترش فولاد
  37. http://www.tarafdari.com/ خبر/369596/مدافع-استقلال-به-تیم-خونه-به-خونه-پیوست/ مدافع استقلال به تیم خونه به خونه پیوست
  38. http://www.mazandlig.com/news.aspx?id=146004 اسامی بازیکنان تیم خونه به خونه مازندران در فصل جدید
  39. http://www.farsnews.com/TMXV4H مدافع جوان استقلال تهران به صورت قرضی به راه‌آهن پیوست
  40. http://90tv.ir/news/183575/note رحمتی بهترین بازیکن دو ماه اخیر ایران
  41. http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1343254 امید ابراهیمی، برترین هافبک فوتبال ایران