Club: | Esteghlal F.C. |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Stadium: | Azadi Stadium |
Chrtitle: | President |
Chairman: | Mostafa Ajorlu |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Farhad Majidi |
League: | Pro League |
League Result: | Winner |
Cup1: | Hazfi Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Quarter-final |
Cup2: | AFC Champions League |
Cup2 Result: | Round of 16 |
League Topscorer: | Arthur Yamga (10) |
Season Topscorer: | Arthur Yamga (10) |
Highest Attendance: | 75,000 |
Lowest Attendance: | 0 (spectator ban) |
Average Attendance: | 28,400 (matches with spectator bans not included) |
Updated: | 1 June 2022 |
Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
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The 2021–22 Esteghlal Football Club season was the club's 76th season in existence[1] and the 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Iranian football. In addition to the domestic league,[2] Esteghlal participated in this season's editions of the Hazfi Cup, and the AFC Champions League (2021).[3] The club will not compete in the AFC Champions League (2022) after failing to obtain an AFC license.[4] [5] [6] [7] The season covered the period from 13 September 2021 to 30 May 2022.
Last updated: [8]
Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | End | Signed from | |||
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
1 | Hossein Hosseini | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | 2012 | 2023 | Youth Sector | ||
90 | Sina Saeidifar | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2024 | Youth Sector | ||
98 | Alireza Rezaei | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Paykan | ||
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Saleh Hardani | RB / RM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2022 | 2024 | Foolad | ||
5 | Aref Gholami | CB / RB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2019 | 2022 | Foolad | ||
21 | Vouria Ghafouri | RB / RW | 2021 12, df=yes | 2016 | 2022 | Sepahan | ||
44 | Mohammad Javad Behafarin | CB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2025 | Youth Sector | ||
55 | Raphael Silva | CB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2022 | 2022 | Al Faisaly | ||
59 | Abolfazl Jalali | LB / LW | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Saipa | ||
70 | Mohammad Daneshgar | CB / RB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2018 | 2023 | Saipa | ||
Midfielders | ||||||||
6 | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | CB / DM / CM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Umm Salal | ||
8 | Saeid Mehri | CM / AM / DM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Tractor | ||
9 | Mehdi Mehdipour | CM / DM / AM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2023 | Zob Ahan | ||
14 | Zobeir Niknafs | DM / CM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Foolad | ||
17 | Jafar Salmani | LW / LB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Portimonense | ||
29 | Amirali Sadeghi | LW / AM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2024 | Saipa | ||
30 | Azizbek Amonov | LM / AM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2022 | 2024 | Lokomotiv | ||
77 | Reza Azari | DM / CM / AM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2018 | 2023 | Youth Sector | ||
79 | RW / RB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2026 | Tractor | |||
Forwards | ||||||||
11 | Arthur Yamga | RW / CF / RB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Vejle | ||
23 | Arman Ramezani | CF | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2022 | Persepolis | ||
39 | Rudy Gestede | CF / SS / RW / LW | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Panetolikos | ||
72 | Amir Arsalan Motahari | CF / RW | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2023 | Zob Ahan | ||
99 | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | LW / SS / AM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Saipa | ||
Players transferred during the season | ||||||||
3 | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand | CB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2022 | Shahr Khodro | ||
4 | Siavash Yazdani | CB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2019 | 2023 | Sepahan | ||
7 | Arash Rezavand | CM / DM / AM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2019 | 2023 | Saipa | ||
10 | Amin Ghaseminejad | CF / AM / LW / RW | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Shahr Khodro | ||
12 | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2023 | Tractor | ||
16 | Mohammad Reza Azadi | CF | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Panetolikos | ||
22 | Babak Moradi | RW / LW / LB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2024 | Machine Sazi | ||
27 | Matin Karimzadeh | LB / LM | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2023 | Pars Jonoubi | ||
33 | Aref Aghasi | CB | 2021 12, df=yes | 2021 | 2023 | Foolad | ||
42 | Fardin Rabet | RW / LW | 2021 12, df=yes | 2020 | 2025 | Youth Sector |
See main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2021 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2021–22.
Date | Player | From | Type | ||
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MF | End of loan | [9] | |||
DF | |||||
MF | Transfer | [10] | |||
MF | [11] | ||||
DF | [12] | ||||
GK | [13] | ||||
FW | [14] | ||||
FW | [15] | ||||
DF | [16] | ||||
DF | [17] | ||||
MF | [18] | ||||
MF | [19] | ||||
DF | [20] | ||||
FW | [21] | ||||
DF | [22] | ||||
MF | [23] | ||||
DF | [24] |
Date | Player | To | Type | ||
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GK | Released | ||||
FW | End of loan | [25] | |||
DF | Unattached | End of contract | |||
DF | [26] | ||||
FW | Transfer | [27] | |||
MF | End of contract | [28] | |||
MF | Transfer | [29] | |||
DF | [30] | ||||
FW | End of contract | [31] | |||
DF | Transfer | ||||
GK | [32] | ||||
FW | [33] | ||||
DF | Loan | [34] | |||
MF | Transfer | [35] | |||
FW | [36] | ||||
FW | [37] | ||||
FW | |||||
MF | End of contract | [38] | |||
FW | Transfer | [39] | |||
MF | Loan | [40] | |||
MF | End of contract | [41] | |||
DF | Transfer | [42] | |||
MF | [43] | ||||
MF | Loan | [44] | |||
MF | [45] | ||||
DF | Transfer | [46] | |||
GK | [47] | ||||
DF | Loan | [48] | |||
FW | [49] | ||||
FW | Transfer | [50] | |||
FW | [51] | ||||
DF | Loan | [52] | |||
DF | [53] |
See main article: 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League.
Opposition | Home score | Away score | Aggregate score | Double | |
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Aluminium | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
Fajr Sepasi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
Foolad | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
Gol Gohar | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | ||
Havadar | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
Mes Rafsanjan | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | ||
Naft MIS | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
Nassaji | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||
Paykan | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3-0 | ||
Persepolis | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
Sanat Naft | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
Sepahan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
Shahr Khodro | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
Tractor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
Zob Ahan | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
See main article: 2021–22 Hazfi Cup.
See main article: 2021 AFC Champions League.
See main article: 2021 AFC Champions League knockout stage.
|-! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Rank | Player | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arthur Yamga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
2 | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
4 | Jafar Salmani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Arsalan Motahari | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
5 | Arman Ramezani | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Rudy Gestede | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
7 | Mohammad Daneshgar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Saleh Hardani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Siavash Yazdani | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mehdi Mehdipour | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Amin Ghaseminejad | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 36 | 2 | 0 | 38 |
Rank | Player | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hossein Hosseini | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
2 | Alireza Rezaei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
3 | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 22 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
The list is sorted by shirt number when total Assists Goal are equal.
Rank | Player | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Champions League | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mehdi Mehdipour | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
2 | Arthur Yamga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Jafar Salmani | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
4 | Saleh Hardani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Zobeir Niknafs | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Rudy Gestede | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
7 | Siavash Yazdani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Arash Rezavand | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Vouria Ghafouri | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Amirali Sadeghi | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Raphael Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Arsalan Motahari | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 24 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.