2010–11 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal Tehran FC
2010–11 season
President	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coach	Parviz Mazloomi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Semifinals
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arash Borhani (14); All: ; Arash Borhani (16); Farhad Majidi (16)
Highest home attendance	98,000 vs Persepolis; (15 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Malavan; (15 May 2011)
Average home league attendance	27,353
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season will be Esteghlal's 10th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 59th season in the top division of Iranian football. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 66th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Parviz Mazloomi
Assistant Coach	Behtash Fariba
Assistant Coach	Mahmoud Fekri
Second Coach	Jürgen Gede
Fitness Trainer	Behzad Noshadi
Goalkeeper Coach	Hossein Torabpour
Technical Manager	Mansour Pourheidari

Source: Varzesh3

Other information

Temporary Director	Ali Fatollahzadeh
Football Academy President	Reza Rajabi
Technical Adviser	Morteza Mohasses
Analyzer	Mahdi Arjanginia
Doctor	Kaveh Sotoudeh
Physiotherapist	Amin Norouzi
Psychologist	Abbas Montazeri
Media Officer	Mohammad Haayrani

Player

First team squad

Last updated 7 December 2010

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Vahid Taleblou	GK	(1982-05-26)May 26, 1982 (aged 28)	(Youth system)
22	Mohammad Mohammadi	GK	(1977-09-20)September 20, 1977 (aged 32)	Paykan
30	Maziar Shabani	GK	(1991-06-27)June 27, 1991 (aged 19)	(Youth system)
40	Mohammad Torkaman	GK	(1990-11-05)November 5, 1990 (aged 19)	Gostaresh Foolad
Defenders
2	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	CB	(1981-09-06)September 6, 1981 (aged 28)	(Youth system) Mes
3	Mehdi Amirabadi	RB, LB	(1979-02-22)February 22, 1979 (aged 31)	Saipa
4	Hanif Omranzadeh	CB	(1985-04-30)April 30, 1985 (aged 25)	PAS Hamedan
5	Bijan Koushki	CB	(1979-06-24)June 24, 1979 (aged 31)	PAS Tehran
6	Hadi Shakouri	DF	(1982-05-02)May 2, 1982 (aged 28)	Zob Ahan
16	André Luiz	RB, LW	(1983-02-13)February 13, 1983 (aged 27)	Paraná
29	Tohid Gholami	DF	(1991-12-22)December 22, 1991 (aged 18)	(Youth system)
31	Javad Shirzad	LB	(1982-09-20)September 20, 1982 (aged 27)	Foolad
33	Pejman Montazeri	DF	(1983-09-06)September 6, 1983 (aged 26)	Foolad
Midfielders
8	Mojtaba Jabari	CM, AM	(1983-06-16)June 16, 1983 (aged 27)	(Youth system) Aboumoslem
11	Hawar	LW, LM	(1981-06-01)June 1, 1981 (aged 29)	Arbil
13	Mohsen Yousefi	LM	(1984-05-26)May 26, 1984 (aged 26)	Saba Qom
14	Kianoush Rahmati	DM, CM	(1978-09-18)September 18, 1978 (aged 31)	Saipa
15	Yaghob Karimi	MF	(1991-08-31)August 31, 1991 (aged 18)	(Youth system)
17	Farzad Ashoubi	DM, CM	(1980-06-04)June 4, 1980 (aged 30)	Mes
26	Fardin Abedini	RM	(1991-11-18)November 18, 1991 (aged 18)	(Youth system)
32	Iman Mobali	AM, CM	(1982-11-03)November 3, 1982 (aged 27)	Al-Nasr
Forwards
7	Farhad Majidi (c)	ST	(1977-06-03)June 3, 1977 (aged 33)	Al-Ahli
9	Arash Borhani	ST	(1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 26)	PAS Tehran
10	Milad Meydavoudi	RW, ST	(1985-01-20)January 20, 1985 (aged 25)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
12	Mehdi Seyed-Salehi	ST	(1981-07-27)July 27, 1981 (aged 28)	Paykan
25	Mojtaba Mojaz	ST	(1991-04-24)April 24, 1991 (aged 19)	(Youth system)
37	Esmaeil Sharifat	RM, RW	(1988-06-06)June 6, 1988 (aged 22)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
Players transferred during the season
11	Anderson	ST	(1983-03-22)March 22, 1983 (aged 27)	FC Seoul
18	Mehrshad Momeni	MF	(1987-08-15)August 15, 1987 (aged 22)	PAS Hamedan
20	Felipe Alves	DM, CM	(1982-03-25)March 25, 1982 (aged 28)	Malavan
23	Omid Ravankhah	AM, CM	(1988-04-13)April 13, 1988 (aged 22)	Fajr Sepasi

Iran Pro League squad

As of 1 September 2010. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2010-11

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Vahid Taleblou
2	DF	IRN	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
3	DF	IRN	Mehdi Amirabadi
4	DF	IRN	Hanif Omranzadeh
5	DF	IRN	Bijan Koshki
6	DF	IRN	Hadi Shakouri
7	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi (c)
8	MF	IRN	Mojtaba Jabari
9	FW	IRN	Arash Borhani
10	FW	IRN	Milad Meydavoudi
11	MF	IRQ	Hawar
12	FW	IRN	Mehdi Seyed Salehi
13	MF	IRN	Mohsen Yousefi
14	MF	IRN	Kianoosh Rahmati
15	MF	IRN	Yaghob Karimi
16	DF	BRA	André Luiz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	IRN	Farzad Ashoubi
19	FW	IRN	Ali Sabahi
20	MF	BRA	Felipe Alves
22	GK	IRN	Mohammad Mohammadi
23	MF	IRN	Omid Ravankhah
25	FW	IRN	Mojtaba Mojaz
26	MF	IRN	Fardin Abedini
28	FW	IRN	Ehsan Pirhadi
29	DF	IRN	Tohid Gholami
30	GK	IRN	Maziar Shabani
31	DF	IRN	Javad Shirzad
32	MF	IRN	Iman Mobali
33	DF	IRN	Pejman Montazeri
37	FW	IRN	Esmaeil Sharifat
40	GK	IRN	Mohammad Torkaman

AFC Champions League squad

As of 02 February 2011. Esteghlal F.C. Champions League Squad 2010-11

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Vahid Taleblou
2	DF	IRN	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
3	DF	IRN	Mehdi Amirabadi
4	DF	IRN	Hanif Omranzadeh
5	DF	IRN	Bijan Koshki
6	DF	IRN	Hadi Shakouri
7	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi (c)
8	MF	IRN	Mojtaba Jabari
9	FW	IRN	Arash Borhani
10	FW	IRN	Milad Meydavoudi
11	MF	IRN	Iman Mobali
12	FW	IRN	Mehdi Seyed Salehi
13	MF	IRN	Mohsen Yousefi
14	MF	IRN	Kianoosh Rahmati


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	IRN	Yaghob Karimi
16	DF	BRA	André Luiz
17	MF	IRN	Farzad Ashoubi
20	MF	BRA	Felipe Alves
22	GK	IRN	Mohammad Mohammadi
23	MF	IRN	Omid Ravankhah
26	MF	IRN	Fardin Abedini
30	GK	IRN	Maziar Shabani
31	DF	IRN	Javad Shirzad
32	MF	IRQ	Hawar
33	DF	IRN	Pejman Montazeri
37	FW	IRN	Esmaeil Sharifat
40	GK	IRN	Mohammad Torkaman

Transfers

Summer transfers

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
16	DF	BRA	André Luiz (from Paraná)^[1]
31	DF	IRN	Javad Shirzad (from Foolad)^[2]^[3]
17	MF	IRN	Farzad Ashoubi (from Mes Kerman)^[4]
20	MF	BRA	Felipe Alves (from Malavan)^[5]^[6]
32	MF	IRN	Iman Mobali (from Al Nasr)^[7]
37	MF	IRN	Esmaeil Sharifat (from Esteghlal Ahvaz)^[8]^[9]^[10]
10	FW	IRN	Milad Meydavoudi (from Esteghlal Ahvaz)^[11]
11	FW	BRA	Anderson (from FC Seoul)^[12]

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
31	GK	IRN	Iman Sadeghi (to Steel Azin)
2	DF	IRN	Khosro Heydari (to Sepahan)^[13]
4	MF	IRN	Hossein Kazemi (to Steel Azin)^[14]
16	MF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh (to Sepahan)^[15]
19	MF	IRN	Mehran Noorafkan (released, to Bargh Shiraz)^[16]
21	MF	IRN	Milad Nouri (to Esteghlal Ahvaz)
28	MF	PER	Rinaldo Cruzado (to Juan Aurich)^[17]
37	MF	BRA	Fábio Januário (to Sepahan)^[18]
--	MF	IRN	Mohammad Sadegh Barani (to Rah Ahan)
10	FW	IRN	Siavash Akbarpour (to Steel Azin)^[19]

Winter transfers

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
40	GK	IRN	Mohammad Torkaman (from Foolad Gostar)^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
11	MF	IRQ	Hawar (from Arbil FC)

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
11	MF	BRA	Anderson (to Guarani)^[25]

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	Runners-up	July 26, 2010	April 29, 2011
2011 AFC Champions League	Group stage	—	Group stage	March 1, 2011	May 11, 2011
2010–11 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Semi-final	October 19, 2010	June 2, 2011

Updated to match played 21 May 2011
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	1	6	9	10	6	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2011. 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	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	11	3	3	35	19	+16	7	8	2	20	15	+5

Last updated: 21 May 2011.
Source: FIFA.com

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	18	12	4	56	29	+27	66	Qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	Qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Zob Ahan	34	18	9	7	49	31	+18	63
4	Persepolis	34	17	7	10	50	36	+14	58	Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
5	Tractor Sazi	34	15	12	7	42	29	+13	57

Updated to match(es) played on 1 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[26]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Persepolis qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss

July 26, 2010 1	Shahrdari Tabriz	2 – 3	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:30 UTC+04:30	Daghighi 4' Karimi 87' Tahmasebi Ghafouri Iranpourian	[1] [2]^{[permanent dead link]} [3]	Borhani 28' Maydavoodi 55', 59' Rahmati Taleblou	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

July 31, 2010 2	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Foolad	Tehran
19:40 UTC+04:30	Maydavoodi 10' Shirzad	[4] [5]^{[permanent dead link]} [6]	Norouzi 63', 68' Shaverdi Khouraj Mujiri Khosravi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

August 5, 2010 3	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
19:20 UTC+04:30	Hosseini 78' Ahmadi Khalatbari	[7] [8]^{[permanent dead link]} [9]	Majidi 41' Meydavoudi Montazeri Amirabadi Ashoubi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Khodadad Afsharian

August 14, 2010 4	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Steel Azin	Tehran
20:45 UTC+04:30	Majidi 80' Jabari 90+1' Meydavoudi Rahmati	[10] [11]^{[permanent dead link]} [12]	Gholami 16', 86' Akbarpour Karimi Kaebi Zandi 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

August 18, 2010 5	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
21:45 UTC+04:30	Montazeri 59' Maydavoodi 64' Majidi 78' Felipe Alves Omranzadeh Mahboub Mojaz	[13] [14]^{[permanent dead link]} [15]	Abbasfard Junior	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

August 22, 2010 6	Naft Tehran	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
21:30 UTC+04:30	Kouroshi	[16] [17]^{[permanent dead link]} [18]	Shirzad Felipe Alves Mobali	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei

August 27, 2010 7	Esteghlal	4 – 3	Sepahan	Tehran
21:15 UTC+04:30	Maydavoodi 17', 43' Majidi 23' Borhani 82' Amirabadi Ashoubi Sadeghi	[19] [20]^{[permanent dead link]} [21]	Beikzadeh 61' Janjuš 73', 76' Hosseini Hajysafi Jamshidian	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

September 10, 2010 8	Mes Kerman	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Kerman
18:48 UTC+04:30	Hasanzadeh 47' Mansouri Hosseinkhani	[22] [23]^{[permanent dead link]} [24]	Montazeri 86'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

September 17, 2010 9	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
19:45 UTC+04:30	Sadeghi 61' Majidi 69' Borhani 75' Ashoubi Mobali Meydavoudi	[25] [26] [27]	Ansarifard 39', 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

October 10, 2010 10	Saba Qom	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Qom
16:00 UTC+03:30	Sadeghi 63' (o.g.)	[28] [29]^{[permanent dead link]} [30]	Borhani 4' Omranzadeh 8'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

October 15, 2010 11	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Majidi 90+1' Rahmati Montazeri Meydavoudi	[31] [32] [33]	Shiri Badamaki Mohammad	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi

October 24, 2010 12	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30	Karrar 52' Teymourian Hosseini	[34] [35] [36]	Maydavoodi 45' Sadeghi Ashoubi 90'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

October 29, 2010 13	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Rah Ahan	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	Maydavoodi 57' Omranzadeh Majidi	[37] [38] [39]	Amenah Roudbarian	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

November 4, 2010 14	Sanat Naft	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Abadan
15:30 UTC+03:30	Saki 29' Pachajyan 76' Navidkia Moshkelpour	[40] [41]^{[permanent dead link]} [42]	Ravankhah Sadeghi Majidi Rahmati	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

November 12, 2010 15	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Shahin	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Ashoubi 35', 40' (pen.)	[43] [44] [45]	Heydari 63' Lek Kcira	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Saeid Bakhshi Zadeh

November 28, 2010 16	Malavan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Anzali
15:00 UTC+03:30	Hamrang Rostami 82'	[46] [47]^{[permanent dead link]} [48]	Omranzadeh 42' Felipe Alves	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Khodadad Afsharian

December 3, 2010 17	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Pas Hamedan	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Esmaeil Sharifat 37' Borhani 45+2', 80' Jabari Majidi Abedini	[49] [50]^{[permanent dead link]} [51]	Kazemi 38' Shahalidoost 89' Aliabadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

December 11, 2010 18	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Shahrdari Tabriz	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Mobali 40'	[52] [53]^{[permanent dead link]} [54]	Tahmasebi Goudarzi Pirzadeh 43'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmood Rafiei

December 19, 2010 19	Foolad	4 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
16:15 UTC+03:30	Sarlak 15' Afshin 32' Norouzi 34' Hamoudi 38' Khouraj Chamanara Mujiri	[55] [56]^{[permanent dead link]} [57]	Ashoubi 63' (pen.) Sharifat Omranzadeh Jabari 89'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi

December 23, 2010 20	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Borhani 20' Felipe Alves	[58] [59]^{[permanent dead link]} [60]	Rafkhaei 63' Khalatbari 83' (pen.) Hadadifar Ghazi Ahmadi Farhadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

February 6, 2011 21	Steel Azin	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:45 UTC+03:30	Zandi 24' Borjlou Ashjari Imani 60'	[61] [62]^{[permanent dead link]} [63]	Majidi 4', 33' Seyed Salehi 73' Amirabadi Abedini	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

February 13, 2011 22	Paykan	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Qazvin
14:45 UTC+03:30	Asgari 76' (pen.) Mirbozorgi Harsányi	[64] [65]^{[permanent dead link]} [66]	Ashoubi 14' (pen.) Seyed Salehi 21' Omranzadeh 80' Sadeghi	Stadium: Shahid Rajaei Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

February 18, 2011 23	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30	Seyed Salehi 22', 74' Borhani 86'	[67] [68]^{[permanent dead link]} [69]	Ferreira 38' Nasehi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

February 24, 2011 24	Sepahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
16:15 UTC+03:30	Jamshidian 38' Heydari Januário Touré	[70] [71]^{[permanent dead link]} [72]	Seyed Salehi 90+1' Rahmati Omranzadeh Majidi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

March 5, 2011 25	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Sadeghi	[73] [74]^{[permanent dead link]} [75]	Pouladi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

March 10, 2011 26	Saipa	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Yousefzadeh Mahmoudi Gholamnejad	[76] [77] [78]	Seyed Salehi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

March 20, 2011 27	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
17:40 UTC+03:30	Borhani 57', 78' Sadeghi Ashoubi	[79] [80]^{[permanent dead link]} [81]	Vaezi Farzaneh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mahmood Rafiei

March 30, 2011 28	Persepolis	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:05 UTC+04:30	Badamaki	[82] [83]^{[permanent dead link]} [84]	Borhani 43' Sadeghi Amirabadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

April 10, 2011 29	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30	Seyed Salehi 34' Mobali Rahmati Sharifat 90+2'	[85] [86]^{[permanent dead link]} [87]	Nosrati 8' Karrar 86' Kiani Alizadeh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

April 14, 2011 30	Rah Ahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30	Pashaei	[88] [89] [90]	Hawar 47' Ashoubi Montazeri	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

April 23, 2011 31	Esteghlal	6 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
18:10 UTC+04:30	Seyed Salehi 21', 68' Jabari 28' Shakouri 53' Majidi 65' Borhani 90+1' Ashoubi	[91] [92]^{[permanent dead link]} [93]	Pachajyan 9' Arab 81' Mirtoroghi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

April 28, 2011 32	Shahin	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Bushehr
18:00 UTC+04:30	Petrovic Emad	[94] [95]^{[permanent dead link]} [96]	Seyed Salehi Mohammadi Sadeghi Shakouri	Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

May 15, 2011 33	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	Borhani 31' Hawar 61' Majidi Omranzadeh	[97] [98]^{[permanent dead link]} [99]	Tamini	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei

May 20, 2011 34	Pas Hamedan	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Hamedan
18:00 UTC+04:30		[100] [101]^{[permanent dead link]} [102]	Amirabadi Borhani 36' Majidi 82'	Stadium: Shahid Mofatteh Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh

Last updated: 22 May 2011.
Source: IPL

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group B
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Sadd	6	2	4	0	8	6	+2	10
Al-Nassr	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8
Esteghlal	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8
Pakhtakor	6	1	2	3	8	14	−6	5

Win Draw Loss

1 March 2011 1	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Al-Sadd	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Omranzadeh 8' Majidi 27', 75' Mobali 29' Amirabadi 49' Borhani 74'	Report	18' Al-Bloushi 27' Rizik 88' Keita	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

15 March 2011 2	Al-Nassr	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Riyadh
20:30 UTC+03:00	Abbas 34' Sulaimani 60' Howsawi 67' Al-Harthi 81', 81' Figueroa 84'	Report	21' 35' Omranzadeh	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 12,878 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali

6 April 2011 3	Esteghlal	4 – 2	Pakhtakor	Tehran
17:30 UTC+04:30	Shakouri 5' Hawar 12' Majidi 23' Seyed Salehi 57', 57' Borhani 90+3'	Report	4' Savić 11' Juraev 78' Abdukholiqov 90' Shikhov	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,654 Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi

19 April 2011 4	Pakhtakor	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Tashkent
18:00 UTC+05:00	Krimets 14', 88' Andreev 28' Suyunov 68'	Report	45', 71' Borhani 65' 86' Omranzadeh	Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

3 May 2011 5	Al-Sadd	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Doha
18:25 UTC+03:00	Khalfan Ibrahim 54' Leandro 76' Lee Jung-Soo 88'	Report	6', 37' Majidi 10' Hawar 80' Rahmati	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 5,060 Referee: Ben Williams

11 May 2011 6	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Al-Nassr	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	Borhani 29' Majidi 62' Hawar 89'	Report	44' Eid 55' Bernaoy 60' Al-Mutwa 90+4' Enezi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 85,422 Referee: Maasaki Toma

Hazfi Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Round of 32

October 19, 2010 1/32	Pas Hamedan	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Hamedan
15:00 UTC+03:30	Montazeri 46' (o.g.) Seifpanahi	[103] [104]	15' Jabari 69' Omranzadeh 87' Montazeri 93' Jabari Ashoubi	Stadium: Qods Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombeyni

Round of 16

November 20, 2010 1/16	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Shahin Boushehr	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	Omranzadeh 113' Amirabadi Omranzadeh	[105] [106]	Noori	Stadium: Azadi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi

Quarterfinals

January 31, 2011 1/4	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Shahrdari Yasuj	Tehran
14:45 UTC+03:30	Sharifat 20' Sadeghi 64' Seyed Salehi	[107] [108]		Stadium: Takhti Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Semifinals

June 2, 2011 1/2	Malavan	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Bandar-e Anzali
17:00 UTC+04:30	Tamini 8' 64' Oladi 57' Nozhati Hasani Sefat	report	Amirabadi 74' Majidi Ashoubi	Stadium: Takhti Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Yadolah Jahanbazi

Statistics

Appearances

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		AFC Champions League		Hazfi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRN	Vahid Taleblou	24	0	19+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	IRN	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	36	2	25+1	1	6+0	0	4+0	1
3	DF	IRN	Mehdi Amirabadi	32	0	22+3	0	3+1	0	3+0	0
4	DF	IRN	Hanif Omranzadeh	33	5	26+1	2	3+0	1	2+1	2
5	DF	IRN	Bijan Koshki	8	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	IRN	Hadi Shakouri	21	1	8+8	1	2+2	0	1+0	0
7	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi	34	16	23+3	10	6+0	5	1+1	1
8	MF	IRN	Mojtaba Jabari	26	4	18+1	2	3+2	0

[table_note_res_RUEL0.12757716752942-26] Persepolis qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	11	3	3	35	19	+16	7	8	2	20	15	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	11	3	3	35	19	+16	7	8	2	20	15	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	11	3	3	35	19	+16	7	8	2	20	15	+5