1997–98 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
1998–99 season
President	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Head coach	Nasser Hejazi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Azadegan League	1st
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alireza Akbarpour ; Fred Malekian ; (9); All: ; Alireza Akbarpour ; Fred Malekian ; (9)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 6th season in the Azadegan League, and their 4th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Caspian Cup and Turkmenistan President's Cup, and 53rd year in existence as a football club.^[1]^[2]

Player

As of 1 September 2018. ^[3]^[4]^[5]

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	Parviz Boroumand
2	DF	IRN	Javad Zarincheh
3	DF	IRN	Ali Chini
4	DF	IRN	Reza Hassanzadeh
5	DF	IRN	Ahmed Kabianpour
6	DF	IRN	Mohammad Khorramgah
7	MF	IRN	Amin Rasti
8	MF	IRN	Alireza Mansourian
9	MF	IRN	Asghar Rasoulzadeh
10	DF	IRN	Mehdi Pashazadeh
10	MF	IRN	Dariush Yazdani
11	FW	IRN	Mohsen Garousi
14	MF	IRN	Mohammad Nouri
15	FW	IRN	Farhad Majidi
16	FW	IRN	Alireza Akbarpour


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	IRN	Attila Hejazi
18	FW	IRN	Fred Malekian
19	MF	IRN	Serjik Teymourian
20	DF	IRN	Mohammad Taghavi
22	MF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Mehranpour
25	MF	IRN	Javid Shokri
—	GK	IRN	Mohammad Ali Yahyavi
—	GK	IRN	Hamid Reza Babaei
—	GK	IRN	Farhad Vali
—	MF	IRN	Hashem Heydari
—	MF	IRN	Farzad Majidi
—	MF	IRN	Vahid Rezaei
—	MF	IRN	Edmond Akhtar
—	FW	IRN	Samad Marfavi

Pre-season and friendlies

	Tolypers Qazvin	3 – 3	Esteghlal	Qazvin
			Ali Akbarian Samad Marfavi Mirshad Majedi

	Esteghlal	5 – 1	Montakhab Shahr-e Rey	Tehran
	Mohsen Garousi Ahmed Kabianpour Mohammad Momeni Fred Malekian

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Azadegan League	—	—	Winner	30 July 1997	18 August 1998
Caspian Cup	—	—	Winner	15 July 1997	25 July 1997
Turkmenistan President's Cup	—	—	Winner	11 February 1998	19 February 1998

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal (C)	28	16	10	2	46	21	+25	58	Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship
2	PAS	28	13	13	2	32	20	+12	52	Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3	Zob Ahan	28	11	12	5	31	30	+1	45
4	Fajr Sepasi	28	10	10	8	37	27	+10	40
5	Sh. Tabriz	28	10	9	9	37	29	+8	39

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Note: Persepolis withdrew due to international commitments of the players. before withdrew Persepolis had 5 wins 2 draws and 1 loss.
(C) Champions

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
28	16	10	2	46	21	+25	58	11	3	0	32	11	+21	5	7	2	14	10	+4

Last updated: 13 October 2018.
Source: RSSSF

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

30 July 1997 (1997-07-30) 1	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

11 September 1997 (1997-09-11) 2	Polyacryl	3 – 3	Esteghlal	Isfahan
				Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium

23 September 1997 (1997-09-23) 3	PAS	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

28 September 1997 (1997-09-28) 4	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Payam Mashhad	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

16 November 1997 5

Bargh Shiraz

0 – 3

Esteghlal

Yazd

4 October 1997 (1997-10-04) 6	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

11 November 1997 (1997-11-11) 7	Shahrdari Tabriz	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
				Stadium: Takhti Stadium

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Fajr Sepasi

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