Esteghlal F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry explained

Esteghlal F.C. v Sepahan S.C.
City Or Region:Tehran
Isfahan, Iran
First Contested:Sepahan 0–4 Esteghlal
(28 January 1972)
1971–72 Local League
Teams Involved:Esteghlal Football Club
Sepahan Sport Club
Most Wins:Sepahan (32)
Total:Official: 80
Friendlies: 3
Most Player Appearances:Moharram Navidkia (26)
Top Scorer:Levon Stepanyan
Mehdi Seyed-Salehi
Rasoul Khatibi (6)
Largestvictory:Sepahan 0–4 Esteghlal
(28 January 1972)
1971–72 Local League
Mostrecent:Sepahan 1–0 Esteghlal
(23 August 2023)
2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
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Sepahan - Esteghlal

The rivalry between Esteghlal and Sepahan is a football rivalry played between Iranian football clubs Esteghlal Tehran and Sepahan Isfahan.

History

Since 1971–72 Iran football season, Esteghlal Tehran and Sepahan Isfahan had several meetings in Iranian League, Hazfi Cup, and friendly matches.

The first was in Local League 1971–72 in Isfahan, that Esteghlal won the match with the result of 4-0. First win for Sepahan was in Takht Jamshid Cup 1974-75 with the result of 1-0.[1]

Before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, two football clubs met 10 times (2 times in Local League and 8 times in Takht Jamshid Cup). From these 10 meetings, each club won 4 matches and the result of 2 matches was draw.

From 1991–92 to 2000-01 Iranian Football Seasons, two clubs met 18 times (16 times in Azadegan League, and 2 times in Naghsh-Jahan Tournament in Esfahan). From these 18 meetings, Esteghlal won 8 matches and Sepahan won 5. The result of the other 5 matches was draw.

Since the establishment of Iran Pro League in 2001, two clubs met 30 times (22 times in Iran Pro League, 6 times in Hazfi Cup, once in AFC Champions League, and once in Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup). From these 30 meetings, Esteghlal won 8 matches and Sepahan won 15. The result of the other 7 matches was draw.

The best win for Esteghlal took place in the clubs first meeting in Local League 1971–72 with the score of 4-0. And the best win for Sepahan was in 2002-03 Hazfi Cup with the score of 3-0.

The highest goal-scoring match was in 2010–11 Iran Pro League with the result of 4-3 for Esteghlal.

Notable matches and seasons

2001–02 Hazfi Cup

Two football clubs faced each other in Semi-final of 2001–02 Hazfi Cup in a two-leg meeting.

The importance of this meeting for Esteghlal was that, they missed the championship of 2001–02 Iran Pro League in the last day to Persepolis and Winning the Hazfi Cup was a really high motivation for them. On the other side Sepahan, who lost both the meetings in 2001–02 Iran Pro League to Esteghlal, was really eager to compensate those two losses.

The first leg was held in Isfahan, and Sepahan could win the match with the result of 4-2. However, in the second leg in Tehran, it was Esteghlal who could win the match with the result of 3-1 in a really exciting match. Therefore, after these two dramatic and close matches, two clubs gain the score of 5–5 in total, and Esteghlal could advance into the final just because of higher number of scored-away goals.

In the final, Esteghlal also could beat Fajr Sepasi and became the champion.

A dramatic season for Sepahan (5 matches, 5 wins)

In 2002-03 Iranian Football Season, two clubs met each other 5 times, and dramatically, Sepahan could won all 5 meetings with coaching of Farhad Kazemi. From these five meetings, 2 of them were in 2002-03 Iran Pro League, 2 of them were in 2002-03 Hazfi Cup, and the last one in a four-team friendly tournament (Etehadiyeh Cup[2]) hosted by Esteghlal.

In 2002-03 Iran Pro League, Sepahan could beat Esteghlal in both league matches in Tehran and Isfahan with the similar result of 3-2.

In the 1/8 final of 2002-03 Hazfi Cup, two clubs again faced each other in a two-leg meeting. The first leg was held in Isfahan, and Sepahan could win the match with the result of 3-0. In the second leg in Tehran, it was again Sepahan who could beat Esteghlal with the result of 1-0.

After the end of 2002-03 Iran's Football Season and before the starting of the new Iranian Football Season, a four-team friendly tournament with the name of Etehadiyeh Cup held in Tehran hosted by Esteghlal. In this tournament Esteghlal as the host, Sepahan and Pas Tehran as the champion and runner-up of 2002-03 Iran Pro League, and Al Wasl from Dubai as the guest team participated. In the Semi-final of the tournament, Seaphan and Esteghlal again faced each other and Sepahan could beat Esteghlal with the result of 3-2 and advanced to the final of the tournament. In the final, Sepahan also could beat Pas Tehran and became the champion.

Therefore, and after these five matches between the club in a single season, Sepahan could win all the matches and made a really dramatic record.

2003–04 Hazfi Cup

In 2003-04 Iran's Football Season, two football clubs reached the Final of 2003–04 Hazfi Cup.

Esteghlal by coaching of Amir Ghalenoei had a great performance in 2003–04 Iran Pro League and becoming the runner-up. On the other side, Sepahan by coaching of Farhad Kazemi did not have a successful season in 2003–04 Iran Pro League. Therefore, and before the starting of Final, Esteghlal seemed to be the favor for winning the Hazfi Cup title.

The first leg was held in Isfahan and Sepahan could win the match with the result of 3-2, in a really close and exciting match and with the final scoring of Sepahan in 90th minute of the match. By this first-leg result, Esteghlal could simply become the champion with winning the second-leg match with the result of 1-0 or 2–1.

However, the story of second-leg match was different. In the second leg in Tehran and in front of more than 85000 Esteghlal fans, it was Sepahan could perform really great and won the match with the result of 2-0. It was a really unexpected loss for Esteghlal fans and Amir Ghalenoei, due to their great performance during the league season. On the other side, it was a really dramatic win for Sepahan fans and Frahad Kazemi.

Therefore, after these two dramatic matches, Seaphan could become the champion by the total result of 5-2.

2012 AFC Champions League

At the end of 2011-12 Iran's Football Season, two football clubs met each other in the 1/8 Final of 2012 AFC Champions League.

This was the first meeting of two football clubs in an international and continental tournaments. Moreover, the fact that Sepahan was the winner of 2011–12 Iran Pro League and Esteghlal was the winner of 2011–12 Hazfi Cup, makes this match really important for both football clubs and their fans.

By winning this match, Esteghlal had the possibility to go for the first time to the Quarter-Finals of AFC Champions League since its establishment in 2002. On the other side, Sepahan's fans expected from their team to win this match and go forward for the first Asian title after three-year-in-a-row Iran's football championships.

On May 22, 2012, the match was held in Isfahan and finally Sepahan could win the match with the result of 2-0. Therefore, Sepahan advanced to Quarter-Finals of AFC Champions League for the third time in the history of the club. The Quarter-Final round will be held in September 2012.

All results

width=20No.width=55DateHome teamScoreAway teamwidth=250Home goal scorerswidth=250Away goal scorerswidth=45Venuewidth=180Competitionwidth=68Est. coachwidth=68Sep. coachComment
128.01.1972 Sepahan0–4Esteghlal-Mazloumi (32'-40') Mojdehi (67') Haghverdian (89')IsfahanRajkovYavari[3]
217.03.1972 Esteghlal2–0SepahanJabbari (43') Mazloumi (61') - TehranRajkovYavari
311.04.1974 Esteghlal2–0SepahanMazloumi (34), Jabbari (67) - TehranRajkovYavari[4]
401.11.1974 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalHeidari (22)-IsfahanRajkovYavari
530.05.1975 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalNadimian (77)-IsfahanRajkovYavari[5]
614.11.1975 Esteghlal0–0Sepahan- - TehranRajkovYavari
709.01.1976 Esteghlal1–0Sepahan- TehranRajkovYavari[6]
802.07.1976 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalSafapour 57' - IsfahanJekicYavari
910.06.1977 Esteghlal3–3SepahanNazari (17), Naraghi (45), Rowshan (53) Shah Zeydi (65), Khorvash (83), Rahimi (88) TehranJekicYavari[7]
1013.01.1978 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalJahani (35) - IsfahanJekicYavari
1128.02.1992 Esteghlal3–1SepahanBayani (2 goals), FonounizadehTehranPourheidariTabesh[8]
1222.05.1992 Sepahan2–1EsteghlalBasirat, Ghanbari (p)Fonounizadeh (p)IsfahanPourheidariTabesh[9]
1323.04.1993 Sepahan2–2EsteghlalTartar (62',70') Alami (37'), Sarkhab (78') IsfahanNaghsh-Jahan Cup ZolfagharnassabKarimi[10]
1428.07.1994 Esteghlal3–2SepahanNadafi, Zarincheh, AkbarianMousavi, Ghanbari (p) TehranBilofskyHejazi
1511.11.1994 Sepahan3–1EsteghlalMousavi (3 goals)TaghaviIsfahanAbdollahiHejazi
1615.06.1995 Esteghlal1–0SepahanMansourian- TehranPourheidariYavari
1709.11.1995 Sepahan2–1EsteghlalLouviniyan, MemariyanVarmazyarIsfahanPourheidariYavari
1802.05.1996 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalLouviniyan 33'- IsfahanNaghsh-Jahan Cup PourheidariKorbekandi[11]
1927.06.1996 Sepahan0–0Esteghlal-- IsfahanPourheidariKorbekandi
2019.12.1996 Esteghlal1–2SepahanPashazadehTehranHejaziKorbekandi
2125.12.1997 Esteghlal2–1SepahanMajidi, MansourianTehranHejaziKorbekandi
2208.05.1998 Sepahan0–1Esteghlal-GarousiIsfahanHejaziKorbekandi
2313.04.1999 Sepahan1–1EsteghlalBasirat (p)AkbarpourIsfahanHejaziMonajati
2424.05.1999 Esteghlal1–1SepahanMajidiTehranZarinchehMonajati
2514.10.1999 Sepahan1–4EsteghlalVeisiLatifi, Dadashzadeh, Nikbakht, Navazi (p) IsfahanSkomorokhovNadimian
2630.01.2000 Esteghlal2–1SepahanNiksirat, AkbarpourTehranSkomorokhovNadimian
2710.11.2000 Esteghlal1–1SepahanHasheminasab (p)TehranPourheidariNadimian
2804.02.2001 Sepahan0–2Esteghlal-Hamedani (2 goals)IsfahanPourheidariNadimian
2927.01.2002 Sepahan0–1Esteghlal-Fatemi (34)IsfahanPourheidariPoklepovic[12]
3014.05.2002 Esteghlal3–0SepahanNavazi (10-p), Mohagheghian (46-og), Dinmohammadi (86)- TehranPourheidariPoklepovic
3107.06.2002 Sepahan4–2EsteghlalStepanyan (17, 48-p, 50), Karimi (55)Akbari (57), Mousavi (64) IsfahanGhalenoeiPoklepovicSemi-final
3211.06.2002 Esteghlal3–1SepahanAkbari (13-p), Fatemi (78), Momenzadeh (82)Bezik (90) TehranGhalenoeiPoklepovicSemi-final
3303.11.2002 Esteghlal2–3SepahanNikbakht (52), Akbari (71)Hajipour (10, 32), Navidkia (90-p) TehranKochKazemi[13]
3415.02.2003 Sepahan3–0EsteghlalFarshbaf (52, 72), Seyed-Salehi (84)-IsfahanKochKazemi1/8 Final[14]
3524.04.2003 Sepahan3–2EsteghlalNavidkia (43-p, 48), Karimi (88)Akbari (75), Hassanzadeh (80-og)IsfahanZarinchehKazemi[15]
3615.05.2003 Esteghlal0–1Sepahan-Seyed-Salehi (35) TehranPourheidariKazemi1/8 Final[16]
3720.08.2003 Esteghlal2–3SepahanFabrizio (22), Navazi (35)Khatibi (1, 75), Bezik (81) TehranTehran Etehadiyeh Cup GhalenoeiKazemi[17]
3830.11.2003 Sepahan0–0Esteghlal-- IsfahanGhalenoeiKazemi[18]
3912.04.2004 Esteghlal2–1SepahanEnayati (3), Samereh (82)Ramezani (2) TehranGhalenoeiKazemi
4002.07.2004 Sepahan3–2EsteghlalStepanyan (9), Khormagah (57-og), Hashemizadeh (87)Akbari (27), Enayati (80)IsfahanGhalenoeiKazemiFinal
4107.07.2004 Esteghlal0–2Sepahan-Seyed-Salehi (25, 68)TehranGhalenoeiKazemiFinal
4231.12.2004 Sepahan2–2EsteghlalBezik (67), Khatibi (80)Samereh (28), Enayati (50) IsfahanGhalenoeiKazemi[19]
4320.06.2005 Esteghlal2–2SepahanEnayati (13), Akbarpour (69)Khatibi (62, 84) TehranGhalenoeiPoklepovic
4416.10.2005 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalJafarpour (31)-IsfahanGhalenoeiTavares[20]
4512.02.2006 Esteghlal2–1SepahanSadeghi (55), Jabari (58)Khatibi (42) TehranGhalenoeiTavares
4601.12.2006 Esteghlal2–1SepahanBaou (39, 90)Maheri (12) TehranMarfaviBonacic[21]
4720.04.2007 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalAghili (90-p)-IsfahanMarfaviBonacic
4807.10.2007 Sepahan2–1EsteghlalAbulhail (7, 90)Ghorbani (74)IsfahanHejaziBonacic[22]
4929.03.2008 Esteghlal0–1Sepahan-Hajsafi (65) TehranKarimiVieira
5017.08.2008 Esteghlal1–1SepahanGhorbani (74)Jafarpour (24) TehranGhalenoeiFirat[23]
5130.12.2008 Sepahan2–1EsteghlalNavidkia (10), Alizadeh (25-og)Borhani (74)IsfahanGhalenoeiKazemi
5207.08.2009 Esteghlal1–0SepahanRavankhah (61)- TehranMarfaviGhalenoei[24]
5305.12.2009 Sepahan2–0EsteghlalEmad Mohammed (45), Aghili (63-p)IsfahanMarfaviGhalenoei
5427.08.2010 Esteghlal4–3SepahanMaydavoodi (18, 43), Majidi (25), Enayati (82-og)Beikzadeh (61), Janjuš (72, 75) TehranMazloumiGhalenoei[25]
5524.02.2011 Sepahan1–1EsteghlalJamshidian (38)Seyed-Salehi (90)IsfahanMazloumiGhalenoei
5603.08.2011 Sepahan1–1EsteghlalJanuario (64)Borhani (85) IsfahanMazloumiBonacic[26]
5706.01.2012 Esteghlal1–1SepahanShirzad (32)Seyed-Salehi (53) TehranMazloumiKranjcar
5822.05.2012 Sepahan2–0EsteghlalCésar (8), Bengar (35)-IsfahanMazloumiKranjcar[27]
5918.11.2012 Sepahan0–1Esteghlal-Heydari (15)IsfahanGhalenoeiKranjcar
6030.03.2013 Esteghlal1–1 (4-5 p)SepahanHatami (64)Khalatbari (42) TehranGhalenoeiKranjcarSemi Final
6115.04.2013 Esteghlal1–1SepahanIrannejad (93-og) Navidkia (66) TehranGhalenoeiKranjcar
6201.08.2013 Esteghlal1–2SepahanSadeghi (78) Afshin (2), Aghili (55-p) TehranGhalenoeiKranjcar
6305.12.2013 Sepahan0–0Esteghlal- - IsfahanGhalenoeiKranjcar
6414.08.2014 Sepahan3–1EsteghlalHajsafi (27-p), Sharifi (33), Chimba (63) Fakhredini (17) IsfahanGhalenoeiKranjcar
6530.01.2015 Esteghlal2–1SepahanEnayati (8), Ebrahimi (90+2) Papi (42) TehranGhalenoeiFaraki
6626.10.2015 Sepahan0–3Esteghlal- Esmaeili (6), Ansari (54), Barzay(77) IsfahanMazloumiFaraki
6710.04.2016 Esteghlal0–0Sepahan- - TehranMazloumiŠtimac
6825.12.2016 Sepahan1–1EsteghlalAlimohammadi (70) Barzay (90+2) IsfahanMansourianVeisi
6904.05.2017 Esteghlal2–1SepahanAnsari (59), Bagheri (84) Mohammadi (41) TehranMansourianKranjčar
7006.12.2017 Esteghlal3–0SepahanGhorbani (4), Djeparov (36, 47) TehranSchäferKranjčar
7127.04.2018 Sepahan0–1Esteghlal- Thiam (11) IsfahanSchäferEbrahimzadeh
7226.10.2018 Esteghlal0–1Sepahan- Kiros (80) TehranSchäferGhalenoei
7312.04.2019 Sepahan0–1Esteghlal- Patosi (90+7) IsfahanSchäferGhalenoei
7430.11.2019 Sepahan2–2EsteghlalGvelesiani (14), Noorafkan (90+5) Ghayedi (57), Diabaté (79) IsfahanStramaccioniGhalenoei
7502.08.2020 Esteghlal2–1SepahanDiabaté (52-p), Mosleh (65-o.g.) Mohebi (82) TehranMajidiGhalenoei
7610.08.2020 Esteghlal2–0SepahanGhafouri (45+7-p), Karimi (61) TehranMajidiGhalenoeiQuarter Final
7714.02.2021 Sepahan2–0EsteghlalShahbazzadeh (14), Rafiei (35) - IsfahanFekriNavidkia
7830.07.2021 Esteghlal1–2SepahanMehdipour (90+1) Mirzaei (54), Shahbazzadeh (85) TehranMajidiNavidkia
7914.12.2021 Esteghlal1–0SepahanSalmani (35) TehranMajidiNavidkia
8004.05.2022 Sepahan1–1EsteghlalGvelesiani (14-p) Daneshgar (6) IsfahanMajidiNavidkia
8112.08.2022 Esteghlal0–2SepahanSalmani (53), Rezaeian (57) TehranSá PintoMorais
8219.01.2023 Sepahan2–1EsteghlalNoorafkan (50), Rezaeian (90+5-p) Motahari (58) IsfahanSá PintoMorais
8324.08.2023 Sepahan1–0EsteghlalAsadi (45+9) - IsfahanNekounamMorais
84 Esteghlal 1--0 Sepahan

Summary of results

Total matches

width=90Teamswidth=40Matcheswidth=40Winswidth=40Drawswidth=40Loseswidth=50Goals
For
width=50Goals
Against
width=60Goal
Difference
Sepahan83322130100105–5
Esteghlal83302132105100+5

Matches with competition

width=160Competitionwidth=60Matcheswidth=90Esteghlal winswidth=90Drawswidth=90Sepahan wins
AFC Champions League1 0 0 1
League71 28 19 24
Hazfi Cup8 2 1 5
Friendly3 0 1 2
Total83 30 21 32

Competitions details

width=160Competitionwidth=60Matcheswidth=90Esteghlal winswidth=90Drawswidth=90Sepahan wins
AFC Champions League1 0 0 1
Local League2 2 0 0
Takht Jamshid Cup8 2 2 4
Azadegan League16 8 4 4
Iran Pro League45 16 13 16
Hazfi Cup8 2 1 5
Naghsh-Jahan Cup2 0 1 1
Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup1 0 0 1
Total83 30 21 32

Trophies

TeamDomesticDomestic TotalInternationalGrand Total
width=5% class="sortable"Iranian Leagueswidth=6% class="sortable"Hazfi Cupwidth=6% class="sortable"Super Cupwidth=6% class="sortable"Asian Club Championship
Esteghlal97117219
Sepahan540909

Top goal scorers

width=40Positionwidth=200Playerwidth=130Clubwidth=50Goals
1 Levon StepanyanSepahan6
Rasoul KhatibiSepahan
Mehdi Seyed-Salehi 1Sepahan / Esteghlal
4 Amin MousaviSepahan5
Yadollah AkbariEsteghlal
Moharram NavidkiaSepahan
Reza EnayatiEsteghlal
8 Gholam Hossein MazloumiEsteghlal4
9 Mohammad NavaziEsteghlal3
Edmond BezikSepahan
Farhad MajidiEsteghlal
Hadi AghiliSepahan
1 Seyed-Salehi scored 5 goals as the Sepahan player and 1 goal as the Esteghlal player.

Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence
PlayerNo. of
goals
Time of goalsRepresentingFinal
score
OpponentTournament
. 3?', ?', ?'Sepahan3–1Esteghlal1994–95 Azadegan League
. 317', 48', 55'Sepahan4–2Esteghlal2001–02 Hazfi Cup

Most successful coaches

width=40Rankwidth=180Head coachwidth=130Clubwidth=60Matcheswidth=40Winwidth=40Drawwidth=40Lostwidth=60Winning rate
1 Farhad KazemiSepahan1182173%
2 Mansour PourheidariEsteghlal1152445%
3 Mahmoud YavariSepahan1252542%
4 Zdravko RajkovEsteghlal741257%
5 Winfried SchäferEsteghlal430175%
Farhad MajidiEsteghlal430175%
7 Nasser Hejazi 1Esteghlal / Sepahan731343%
8 Zlatko KranjčarSepahan1034333%
9 José MoraisSepahan3300100%
Yevgeni SkomorokhovEsteghlal2200100%
10 Moharram NavidkiaSepahan320166%

1 Hejazi obtained 2 wins as the coach of Esteghlal and 1 win as the coach of Sepahan.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/181219/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84 تاریخچه بازی های سپاهان و استقلال
  2. http://www.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100004190919 قهرمان و نايب قهرمان ليگ قبل به فينال رسيدند
  3. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_50.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 50
  4. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_53.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 53
  5. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_54.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 54
  6. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_55.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 55
  7. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Takhte_Jamshid/Fasle_56.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 56
  8. Web site: مروری بر تاریخچه دیدارهای استقلال و سپاهان در گذر تاریخ . 2012-02-10 . 2016-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204143626/http://abidelan.ir/?p=1309 . dead .
  9. Web site: تاریخچه دیدارهای سپاهان و استقلال در اصفهان . 2012-02-10 . 2016-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204140233/http://abidelan.ir/?p=780 . dead .
  10. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Azadegan/Fasle_72-73.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال در جام نقش جهان اصفهان 1372
  11. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Azadegan/Fasle_75-76.htm بازیهای تیم استقلال در جام نقش جهان اصفهان 1375
  12. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran02.html 2001-02 Iran Football Season
  13. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran03.html 2002-03 Iran Football Season
  14. http://www.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100004200006 سپاهان، استقلال را در جام حذفي مايوس کرد
  15. http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/31363/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85-10-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86 طلسم 10 ساله استقلال در اصفهان
  16. Web site: 2002-03 Hazfi Cup result . 2012-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118105337/http://www.iransport.net/News/asp/Detail_News_1382.asp?id=1151 . 2015-01-18 . dead .
  17. http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/2003/08/22/P4.pdf Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup
  18. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran04.html 2003-04 Iran Football Season
  19. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran05.html 2004-05 Iran Football Season
  20. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran06.html 2005-06 Iran Football Season
  21. http://www.iplstats.com/website06-07/team4.htm Esteghlal results in 2006-07 Iran Football Season
  22. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran08.html 2007-08 Iran Football Season
  23. http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/team4.htm Esteghlal results in 2008-09 Iran Football Season
  24. http://www.iplstats.com/website09-10/team3.htm Esteghlal results in 2009-10 Iran Football Season
  25. http://www.iplstats.com/website10-11/team1.htm Esteghlal results in 2010-11 Iran Football Season
  26. http://www.iplstats.com/website11-12/team4.htm Esteghlal results in 2011-12 Iran Football Season
  27. http://www.varzesh3.com/news.do?itemid=973357&title= سپاهان گام به مرحله يک‌چهارم نهايي گذاشت