2019–20 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
2019–20 season
President	Amirhossein Fathi; (until 10 December 2019)[1]; Esmaeil Khalilzadeh; (from 10 December 2019; until 26 February 2020)[2]; Ali Fatollahzadeh; (from 26 February 2020; until 30 March 2020)[3]; Ahmad Saadatmand; (from 30 March 2020)[4]
Head coach	Andrea Stramaccioni; (until 8 December 2019); Voria Ghafouri (caretaker); (from 9 december 2019; until 2 January 2020)[5]; Farhad Majidi; (from 2 January 2020; until 3 September 2020); Majid Namjoo-Motlagh; (from 6 September 2020)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Pro League	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Runners-up
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cheick Diabaté (15); All: ; Cheick Diabaté (19)
Highest home attendance	65,000; (vs Shahr Khodro, 5 December 2019)
Lowest home attendance	9,000; (vs Naft MIS, 2 February 2020)
Biggest win	Esteghlal 5–0 Sanat Naft ; Al-Rayyan 0–5 Esteghlal
Biggest defeat	Esteghlal 1–2 Machine Sazi ; Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal

The 2019–20 season is the Esteghlal Football Club's 19th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 26th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 74th year in existence as a football club.

Players

First team squad

Last updated: 2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	End	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Hossein Hosseini	GK	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 27)	2012	2021	Youth Sector
19	Hossein Pour Hamidi	GK	(1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (aged 21)	2019	2022	Esteghlal Khuzestan
78	Alireza Ansari	GK	(2000-02-06)6 February 2000 (aged 19)	2019	2020	Youth Sector
Defenders
3	Milad Zakipour	LB / LM	(1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 24)	2016	2021	Naft Tehran
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi	CB / DM	(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 26)	2015	2020	Saba Qom
5	Aref Gholami	CB / RB / LB	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 22)	2019	2021	Foolad
21	Vouria Ghafouri	RB / RW	(1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 32)	2016	2021	Sepahan
22	Siavash Yazdani	CB	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 27)	2019	2021	Sepahan
30	Azim Gök	CB / LB	(1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 23)	2016	2021	Youth Sector
32	Amirhossein Kargar	RB	(1998-11-22)22 November 1998 (aged 21)	2018	2021	Youth Sector
33	Hrvoje Milić	LB / LM	(1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 30)	2019	2021	Crotone
41	Arash Dajliri	RB	(1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 20)	2020		Youth Sector
57	Shahin Taherkhani	CB	(1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 22)	2018	2021	Youth Sector
70	Mohammad Daneshgar	CB	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 25)	2018	2020	Saipa
Midfielders
6	Ali Karimi	CM / DM	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 25)	2018	2020	Sepahan
8	Farshid Esmaeili	AM / LW / RW	(1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 25)	2015	2020	Fajr Sepasi
9	Ali Dashti	RW / SS	(1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 25)	2018	2021	Saipa
14	Farshid Bagheri	DM / CM	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 27)	2016	2020	Saba Qom
15	Sina Khadempour	DM / CM / CB	(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22)	2017	2022	Naft Tehran
23	Dariush Shojaeian	AM / RW / LW	(1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 27)	2017	2020	Gostaresh Foulad
28	Mohsen Karimi	LW / RW / SS	(1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 25)	2014	2020	Youth Sector
40	Amir Hossein Khodamoradi	AM	(2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 19)	2020	2024	Youth Sector
66	Masoud Rigi	DM / CM	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 28)	2019	2021	Shahr Khodro
77	Reza Azari	DM / CM / AM	(1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 21)	2018	2023	Youth Sector
80	Mohammad Bolboli	LW	(1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 21)	2019	2023	Sepidrood
88	Arash Rezavand	AM / CM	(1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 26)	2019	2021	Saipa
Forwards
7	Cheick Diabaté	CF / SS	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 31)	2019	2021	Osmanlıspor
10	Mehdi Ghayedi	SS / RW / LW	(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 21)	2017	2023	Iranjavan
11	Morteza Tabrizi	CF / LW	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 28)	2018	2020	Zob Ahan
17	Zakaria Moradi	CF / RW	(1998-08-14)14 August 1998 (aged 21)	2019	2023	Youth Sector
72	Amir Arsalan Motahari	CF / RW	(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 26)	2020	2021	Zob Ahan
Players transferred during the season
99	Sajjad Aghaei	CF / LW / RW	(1999-03-19)19 March 1999 (aged 20)	2017	2022	Youth Sector
20	Nikolay Bodurov	CB	(1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 33)	2020	2021	Unattached

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
—		Hamed Bakhshi	18	Peykan	Transfer	Summer		[6]
80	LW	Mohammad Bolboli	21	Sepidrood	Transfer	Summer	2023	[7]
9	RW	Ali Dashti	25	Saipa	Transfer	Summer	2021	[8]
44	CB	Milad Bagheri	23	Mes Kerman	Transfer	Summer	2022	[9]
22	CB	Siavash Yazdani	27	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer	2021	[10]
66	DM	Masoud Rigi	28	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer	2021	[11]
15	DM	Sina Khadempour	22	Gol Gohar	End of loan	Summer	2022
70	RW	Mohammad Javad Mohammadi	23	Arvand Karun	End of loan	Summer	2022
80	RW	Mohammad Dehghan Nejad	19	Saipa	Transfer	Winter	2020
88	AM	Arash Rezavand	25	Saipa	Transfer	Summer	2021	[12]
7	CF	Cheick Diabaté	31	Osmanlıspor	Transfer	Summer	2021	[13]
38	CM	Ali Tari	18	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	2024
5	CB	Aref Gholami	22	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2021	[14]
—	GK	Erfan Khalili	19	Niroo Zamini	Transfer	Summer	2020
19	GK	Hossein Pour Hamidi	21	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Transfer	Summer	2022
33	LB	Hrvoje Milić	30	Crotone	Transfer	Summer	2021	[15]
—	LW	Hossein Bijani	16	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2022	[16]
30	CB	Azim Gök	23	Malavan	End of loan	Winter	2021
72	CF	Amir Arsalan Motahari	26	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Winter	2021	[17]
20	CB	Nikolay Bodurov	33	Unattached	Transfer	Winter	2021	[18]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
—	GK	Sasan Zamaneh	20	Persepolis	Transfer	Summer	[19]
—	GK	Parsa Jafari	19	Saipa	Transfer	Summer	[20]
2	RB	Khosro Heydari	35	Retired	End of contract	Summer	[21]
1	GK	Mehdi Rahmati	36	Shahr Khodro	End of contract	Summer	[22]
19	GK	Arshia Babazadeh	23	Surat Thani	Transfer	Summer
—	GK	Mohammad Javad Kia	17	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer	[23]
44	RB	Farshad Mohammadi	24	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer	[24]
12	LB	Meysam Teymouri	26	Tractor Sazi	Transfer	Summer	[25]
5	AM	Ayanda Patosi	26	Cape Town	Loan return	Summer
26	CF	Fardin Najafi	21	Oghab Tehran	Loan	Summer
30	DM	Omid Noorafkan	22	Charleroi	Loan return	Summer	[26]
16	RW	Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	18	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Summer	[27]
29	LB	Amirhossein Esmaeilzadeh	19	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	[28]
88	RW	Reza Karimi	20	Unattached	Released	Summer
90	CF	Godwin Mensha	29	Ajman	Transfer	Summer	[29]
—	LW	Ahmadreza Ahmadvand	20	Persepolis	Transfer	Summer	[30]
13	LB	Armin Sohrabian	23	Saipa	Transfer	Summer
10	CF	Rouhollah Bagheri	28	Shahr Khodro	Transfer	Summer
27	AM	Hossein Heydari	20	Qashqai	Transfer	Summer
70	RW	Mohammad Javad Mohammadi	23	Sorkhpooshan	Transfer	Summer
43	LB	Amirhossein Pourmohammad	21	Sorkhpooshan	Transfer	Summer
17	LW	Humam Tariq	23	Ismaily	Transfer	Summer
33	CB	Pejman Montazeri	35	Al Kharitiyat	End of contract	Summer
38	CF	Meraj Pourtaghi	21	Damash Gilan	Transfer	Summer
22	GK	Mehdi Nourollahi	22	Saipa	Transfer	Summer	[31]
20	CF	Esmaël Gonçalves	28	Matsumoto Yamaga	Transfer	Summer	[32]
44	CB	Milad Bagheri	24	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Winter	[33]
98	RW	Morteza Aghakhan	26	Saipa	Transfer	Winter	[34]
99	CF	Sajjad Aghaei	20	Zob Ahan	Loan	Winter	[35]

Pre-season and friendlies

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30) 1	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Esteghlal B	Tehran
19:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Tabrizi 8 (pen.)', 38' R. Bagheri 16' A. Dashti 64' M. Bolboli	Report

4 July 2019 (2019-07-04) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Niroo Zamini	Tehran
18:40 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	D. Shojaeian 9'	Report	A. Akvan 45'

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) 3	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Heartland	Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)	M. Zakipour 18' S. Aghaei 20', 39' M. Tabrizi 59' A. Dashti 65'	Report

17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) 4	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Petrolul Ploiești	Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)	S. Aghaei 22' D. Shojaeian 63' A. Dashti 75'	Report	12'

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) 5	Esteghlal	4 – 2	Baadraan Tehran	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Diabate 34' Esmaeili 40' Tabrizi 66' F.Bagheri 70'	Report	Vakili 10' Ebrahimi 12'

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) 6	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Machine Sazi	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Shojaeian 26' Esmaeili 30' Daneshgar 50' Dashti 90'

5 August 2019 (2019-08-05) 7	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Esteghlal U-20	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)

12 August 2019 (2019-08-12) 8	Esteghlal	0–2	Paykan	Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) 9	Esteghlal	5–0	Oghab	Tehran
09:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	22 August 2019	20 August 2020	Matchday 1	2nd	30	14	11	5	55	31	+24	046.67
Hazfi Cup	30 September 2019	3 September 2020	Round of 32	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	12	6	+6	060.00
AFC Champions League	21 January 2020	26 September 2020	Preliminary round 2	Round of 16	7	3	2	2	15	6	+9	042.86
Total					42	20	14	8	82	43	+39	047.62

Last updated: 27 September 2020 (2020-09-27).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

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
30	14	11	5	55	31	+24	53	8	5	2	25	12	+13	6	6	3	30	19	+11

Last updated: 21 August 2020 (2020-08-21).
Source: Ipl Stats

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W
Position	12	12	11	15	14	11	8	7	7	4	3	3	1	2	2	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2020. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	21	4	5	46	17	+29	67	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	30	14	11	5	55	31	+24	53	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Foolad	30	14	9	7	28	19	+9	51	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Tractor	30	14	8	8	31	23	+8	50	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5	Sepahan	30	12	13	5	39	22	+17	49

Source: IPL Table, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[36]
(C) Champions
Notes:

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled

23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) 1	Machine Sazi	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Sh. Saghebi 13' M. Khorram 33' H. Lak 81' A. Zarei 90+5'	Report	A. Karimi 19' F. Esmaeili 55' Ch. Diabaté 78' M. Daneshgar 90+3'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Payam Heydari

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) 2	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	F. Esmaeili 49' Ch. Diabaté 77' A. Dashti 90' H. Hosseini 90+3'	Report	Sh. Gordan 19' A. Bagherpour 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 3	Naft MIS	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Masjed Soleyman
19:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	H. Noormohammadi 70' A. Alizadeh 76'	Report	F. Esmaeili 10' 87' M. Ghayedi 16'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 4	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Karimi 28' 30' 89' M. Tabrizi 42' D. Shojaeian 75' A. Gholami 90+4'	Report	H. Kanaanizadegan 42' H. Hosseini 81' (o.g.) F. Ahmadzadeh 90+3' S. Nemati 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Note: 91st Tehran derby

26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) 5	Zob Ahan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Nejadmehdi 32' D. Esmaeilifar 73' A. Motahari 90+1'	Report	M. Daneshgar 87' D. Shojaeian 67' F. Esmaeili 89'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) 6	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	H. Milić 6' M. Ghayedi 49' A. Rezavand 87'	Report	B. Barzay 11' (pen.) M. Farahani 42'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Hassan Akrami

21 October 2019 (2019-10-21) 7	Saipa	0 – 4	Esteghlal	Shahr-e Qods
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Soleimani 45'	Report	A. Gholami 9' D. Shojaeian 22' Daneshgar 50' V. Ghafouri 68' (pen.) S. Aghaei 89'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 8	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Pars Jonoubi	Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Karimi 28' M. Zakipour 36' M. Ghayedi 45' M. Tabrizi 90'	Report	F. Gerami 87' A. Abdollahzadeh 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) 9	Tractor	2 – 4	Esteghlal	Tabriz
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M.R. Azadi 20' W. Mimbela 67' S. Ansari 79'	Report	Ch. Diabaté 40', 65', 69' M. Rigi 82' A. Karimi 84'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 10	Esteghlal	5 – 0	Sanat Naft	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ch. Diabaté 5' 20' M. Daneshgar 9' M. Ghayedi 26' V. Ghafouri 30' H. Milić 72'	Report	N. Salari 20' M. Hanafi 71'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 11	Nassaji	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Qaem Shahr
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Abbaszadeh 61' M. Nazari 64' R. Aliyari 72'	Report	M. Rigi 6' A. Karimi 33' M. Ghayedi 49' A. Dashti 75'	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Safaei

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 12	Sepahan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	G. Gvelesiani 14' S. Shahbazzadeh 60' O. Noorafkan 90+5'	Report	M. Ghayedi 33' Ch. Diabaté 49'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) 13	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Shahr Khodro	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Ch. Diabaté 37' 61' A. Gholami 45+2' A. Dashti 85'	Report	A. Ghaseminejad 21'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09) 14	Paykan	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Mousavi 18' F. Emamali 23' 33' Sh. Moghanlou 24' 44' H. Pour-Amini 90+4'	Report	M. Ghayedi 9' V. Ghafouri 59' R. Cheshmi 74'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 15	Esteghlal	4 – 1	Shahin Bushehr	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Rezavand 29' M. Ghayedi 52' M. Daneshgar 58' H. Milić 64' Ch. Diabaté 69'	Report	A. Safarzadeh 35' M.S. Barani 62' H. Maleki 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Bay

19 December 2019 (2019-12-19) 16	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Machine Sazi	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Rigi 22' Ch. Diabaté 23' V. Ghafouri 37' M. Daneshgar 45+3' R. Cheshmi 50' A. Rezavand 64'	Report	M. Ghaderi 34' A. Alekasir 38' H. Lak 45+3' A. Zendehrouh 52' (pen.) F. Abedini 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,010 Referee: Seyyed Vahid Kazemi

24 June 2020 (2020-06-24) 17	Foolad	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Coulibaly 27' F. Ahmadzadeh 48' M. Najjarian 80' L. Pereira 86' Z. Niknafs 88'	Report	R. Cheshmi 12' A. Karimi 45' A. Gholami 54' 65' M. Ghayedi 72'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Seyyed Mehdi Seyyad Ali
Note: The match was postponed and rescheduled to 24 June. The match was played behind closed doors.

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 18	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Naft MIS	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	M. Ghayedi 35' A. Motahari 51'	Report	A. Ghasemi 20' S. Sadeghi 32' H. Noormohammadi 67' M. Eydi 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Hamid Haj-Malek

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 19	Persepolis	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Alipour 29' 30' C. Osaguona 55' B. Resan 89'	Report	A. Motahari 24', 52'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 56,780 Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Amir Arsalan Motahari
Note: 92nd Tehran derby

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 20	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Dashti 8' M. Daneshgar 29' V. Ghafouri 52'	Report	D. Bjedov 49' E. Pahlevan 63' Gh. Haddadifar 90+1' M. Haghdoost 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: No spectator due to the COVID-19 pandemic

27 February 2020 (2020-02-27) 21	Gol Gohar	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Sirjan
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	A. Ebrahimi 61'	Report		Stadium: Gol Gohar Sport Complex Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
Note: No spectator due to the COVID-19 pandemic

29 June 2020 (2020-06-29) 22	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Saipa	Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Daneshgar 54' M. Rigi 70'	Report	Kh. Shafiei 27' F. Bagheri 45' (o.g.) H.Fallahzadeh 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 29 June. The match was played behind closed doors.

27 July 2020 (2020-07-27) 23	Pars Jonoubi	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Jam
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	F. Gerami 55' 90+4' M. Nouri 81'	Report	A. Karimi 26' A. Rezavand 46' Ch. Diabaté 62' H. Hosseini 80'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 27 July. The match was played behind closed doors.

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 24	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Tractor	Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	A. Dashti 2' A. Rezavand 53' M. Zakipour 81' M. Rigi 85'	Report	A. Imani 53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Hassan Akrami
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 11 July. The match was played behind closed doors.

17 July 2020 (2020-07-17) 25	Sanat Naft	0 – 2	Esteghlal	Abadan
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Ahmadi 28'	Report	Ch. Diabaté 30' A. Rezavand 36' A. Motahari 90+5'	Stadium: Takhti Abadan Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 17 July. The match was played behind closed doors.

23 July 2020 (2020-07-23) 26	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Nassaji	Tehran
21:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Rigi 11' Ch. Diabaté 40' (pen.) F. Bagheri 64'	Report	H. Mahini 45' M. Miri 66' R. Jafari 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 23 July. The match was played behind closed doors.

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 27	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	A. Rezavand 38' 44' V. Ghafouri 42' Ch. Diabaté 52' (pen.) Sh. Mosleh 65' (o.g.)	Report	O. Noorafkan 42' Sh. Mosleh 51' M. Mohebi 82'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Bijan Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 1 August. The match was played behind closed doors.

6 August 2020 (2020-08-06) 28	Shahr Khodro	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Mashhad
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	H. Mehraban 35' A. Sadeghi 36' A. Nemati 67' M.R. Khalatbari 74' 81' H. Moradmand 90+4'	Report	A. Motahari 55' Ch. Diabaté 70' (pen.) A. Karimi 79' M. Ghayedi 83'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Vahid Kazemi[37]
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 6 August. The match was played behind closed doors.

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 29	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Paykan	Tehran
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	A. Karimi 37'	Report	F. Emamali 23' 58' A. Karimi 27'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Payam Heydari
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 15 August. The match was played behind closed doors.

20 August 2020 (2020-08-20) 30	Shahin Bushehr	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Bushehr
20:45 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Sarlak 24' A. Mousazadeh 28' A. Darvishvand 47' S. Bahrani 90+4'	Report	V. Ghafouri 47' Ch. Diabaté 65', 82' M. Ghayedi 72'	Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Aliasghar Momeni
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to 20 August. The match was played behind closed doors.

Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) Round of 32	Gol Reyhan	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal	Karaj
18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	K. Mirzaei 30' M. Papi 38' 112' M. Mehrazma 75'	Report	A. Dashti 25' H. Divsalar 43' (o.g.) M. Tabrizi 56' S. Aghaei 93' M. Daneshgar 98' A. Karimi 110' F. Esmaeili 113'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed Ali

Round of 16

17 October 2019 (2019-10-17) Round of 16	Esteghlal	3 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	F. Esmaeili 63' V. Ghafouri 112' S. Aghaei 118' D. Shojaeian 120'	Report	M. Gharibi 56'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

Quarter-final

10 August 2020 (2020-08-10) Quarter-Final	Esteghlal	2 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Rigi 28' V. Ghafouri 45' (pen.) A. Karimi 61' H. Hosseini 66'	Report	Sh. Mosleh 33' Kiros Stanlley 40' M.R. Hosseini 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Note: The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Semi-final

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) Semi-Final	Persepolis	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (1-4 p)	Esteghlal	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	S. Nemati 45' B. Resan 49' A. Alipour 88' Sh. Khalilzadeh 117' M. Torabi 120'	Report	M. Ghayedi 4' M. Daneshgar 90+3' A. Gholami 114'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Payam Heydari
	Penalties
	A. Nourollahi O. Alishah Ch. Osaguona		Ch. Diabaté V. Ghafouri H. Milić A. Motahari
Note: 1. 93th Tehran derby 2. The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Final

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) Final	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Tractor	Mashhad
18:15 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	M. Ghayedi 51' F. Esmaeili 88' A. Motahari 79'	Report	M. Teymouri 7' M. Khanzadeh 17' A. Dejagah 34' A. Imani 38' A. Imani 41' S. Ansari 53' E. Hajsafi 90+2'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0 (NC) Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
Note: The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Preliminary

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Preliminary round	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Al-Kuwait	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:20 UTC+4	M. Rigi 19' Ch. Diabaté 27', 54' V. Ghafouri 59' A. Karimi 76' Sh. Taherkhani 77'	Live Report Stats Report	F. Hamoud 39' A. Abbas 44' Bismark 53' Y. Al-Khobizi 63'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Play-off

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) Play-off round	Al-Rayyan	0 – 5	Esteghlal	Doha, Qatar
18:15 UTC+3	K. Muftah 56' A. El-Sayed 57' F. Younis 83' A. Hatem 87'	Report	Ch. Diabaté 8' M. Ghayedi 40', 47' M. Daneshgar 83' A. Motahari 84', 90+1' A. Rezavand 87'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AHL	EST	SHO	WAH
1	Al-Ahli	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	1–0	~~20 Sep~~
2	Esteghlal	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage	3–0	—	1–1	~~17 Sep~~
3	Al-Shorta	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5		2–1	1–1	—	~~0–1~~
4	Al-Wahda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[lower-alpha 1]	~~1–1~~	~~14 Sep~~	~~23 Sep~~	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

Al-Wahda were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to several team members testing positive for COVID-19.[38] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[39]

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) 1	Al-Shorta	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Erbil, Iraq
17:30 UTC+3	A. Faez 48' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	A. Rezavand 4' H. Kadhim 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

17 February 2020 (2020-02-17) 2	Al-Ahli	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+3	Al-Moasher 17' (pen.), 29' M. Al-Majhad 27' A. Al-Asmari 34' A. Hindi 52' Y. Belaïli 90+1'	Live Report Stats Report	R. Cheshmi 1' Motahari 22'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 6,740 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

14 September 2020 (2020-09-14) 3	Al-Wahda	Cancelled	Esteghlal	Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium

17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) 4	Esteghlal	Cancelled	Al-Wahda	Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium

20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) 5	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Al-Shorta	Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3	A. Rezavand 16' H. Milić 32' V. Ghafouri 36' A. Motahari 68'	Live Report Stats Report	M. Fayyadh 26' M. Hussein 28' S. Abdul-Amir 89' S. Zamil 90+3'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) 6	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Al-Ahli	Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	M. Ghayedi 29' H. Milić 30' A. Karimi 38' Ch. Diabaté 54'	Live Report Stats Report	H. Abdulghani 49'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) Round of 16	Pakhtakor	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Al Wakrah, Qatar
20:45 UTC+3	E. Krimets 5' D. Ćeran 43' E. Derdiyok 47' E. Suyunov 84' F. Sayfiev 89'	Live Report Stats Report	A. Motahari 4' A. Karimi 32' M. Daneshgar 74' A. Rezavand 77' M. Zakipour 87' M. Ghayedi 90+2'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Hazfi Cup		ACL
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini	42	0	30	0	5	0	7	0
3	DF		Milad Zakipour	27	0	17	0	5	0	5	0
4	DF		Roozbeh Cheshmi	31	1	22	1	3	0	6	0
5	DF		Aref Gholami	29	1	21	1	5	0	3	0
6	MF		Ali Karimi	37	8	27	5	4	1	6	2
7	FW		Cheick Diabaté	28	19	21	15	2	0	5	4
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	29	3	22	2	4	1	3	0
9	FW		Ali Dashti	17	0	14	0	1	0	2	0
10	MF		Mehdi Ghayedi	41	15	30	10	5	2	6	3
11	FW		Morteza Tabrizi	16	0	11	0	2	0	3	0
14	MF		Farshid Bagheri	21	0	15	0	1	0	5	0
15	MF		Sina Khadempour	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Zakaria Moradi	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	39	8	29	5	4	2	6	1
22	DF		Siavash Yazdani	14	0	12	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	9	2	7	1	2	1	0	0
28	MF		Mohsen Karimi	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Amirhossein Kargar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Hrvoje Milić	30	2	22	2	4	0	4	0
40	MF		Amir Hossein Khodamoradi	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
41	DF		Arash Dajliri	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF		Fardin Rabet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
57	DF		Shahin Taherkhani	11	0	6	0	0	0	5	0
66	MF		Masoud Rigi	38	1	26	1	5	0	7	0
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	36	5	24	4	5	1	7	0
72	FW		Amir Arsalan Motahari	20	10	11	5	2	1	7	4
77	MF		Reza Azari	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF		Mohammad Bolboli	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	38	1	27	1	5	0	6	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
20	DF		Nikolay Bodurov	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
99	FW		Sajjad Aghaei	7	3	5	1	2	2	0	0

Last updated: 29 September 2020 (2020-09-29)
Source: Competitions

Goals

Cheick Diabaté and Mehdi Ghayedi are best scorers during the season


Rank	Player	Position	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	Cheikh Diabaté	FW	15	0	4	19
2	Mehdi Ghayedi	FW	10	2	3	15
3	Amir Arsalan Motahari	FW	5	1	4	10
4	Voria Ghafouri	DF	5	2	1	8
4	Ali Karimi	MF	5	1	2	8
6	Mohammad Daneshgar	DF	4	1	0	5
7	Farshid Esmaeili	MF	2	1	0	3
7	Sajjad Aghaei	FW	1	2	0	3
9	Hrvoje Milić	DF	2	0	0	2
9	Dariush Shojaeian	FW	1	1	0	2
11	Aref Gholami	DF	1	0	0	1
	Masoud Rigi	MF	1	0	0	1
	Arash Rezavand	MF	1	0	0	1
	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			1	1	1	3
Total			55	12	15	82

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	Hossein Hosseini	7	2	3	12
Total		7	2	3	12

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name									Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Pro League			Hazfi Cup	AFC CL	Total			Notes
1	GK		Hossein Hosseini	1			2		3
3	DF		Milad Zakipour	2				1	3
4	DF		Roozbeh Cheshmi	2				1	3
5	DF		Aref Gholami	3	1		1		4	1
6	MF		Ali Karimi	3	1	1	1	1	5	1	1
7	MF		Cheick Diabaté	4					4
8	MF		Farshid Esmaeili	2	1		2		4	1
9	MF		Ali Dashti	6			1		7
10	FW		Mehdi Ghayedi	2				1	3
11	FW		Morteza Tabrizi	2					2
14	MF		Farshid Bagheri	1					1
21	DF		Vouria Ghafouri	2				1	3
23	MF		Dariush Shojaeian	2					2
33	DF		Hrvoje Milić	1				2	3
57	DF		Shahin Taherkhani					1	1
66	MF		Masoud Rigi	5			1	1	7
70	DF		Mohammad Daneshgar	3		1	1	2	6		1
72	FW		Amir Arsalan Motahari	1				1	2
88	MF		Arash Rezavand	6	1			4	10	1

Last updated: 29 September 2020 (2020-09-29)
Source: Scoreway
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

"با استعفای فتحی موافقت شد".
"خلیل زاده سرپرست استقلال شد".
"فتح الله زاده مدیرعامل استقلال شد".
"سعادتمند مدیرعامل استقلال شد".
"وریا غفوری، سرمربی موقت استقلال". باشگاه خبرنگاران جوان (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-12-09.
"رسمی؛ ستاره جوان فوتبال ایران به استقلال پیوست". ورزش 11 (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-05-09.
"رسمی؛ بلبلی با قرارداد ۴ ساله استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.
"رسمی؛ علی دشتی به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.
"رسمی؛ میلاد باقری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.
"رسمی؛ یزدانی چهارمین خرید استقلال". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.
"رسمی: پایان روز شلوغ استقلال با جذب ریگی". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.
"رسمی؛ رضاوند استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-08.
"رسمی؛ دیاباته به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
"رسمی؛ عارف غلامی به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-22.
"رسمی؛ میلیچ استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-08-19.
"دو بازیکن جوانان ایران به استقلال پیوستند". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-10-30.
"رسمی؛ ارسلان مطهری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-12.
"بودروف به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-30.
"گلر جوان استقلال با تأیید برانکو به پرسپولیس پیوست". خبر ورزشی (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
"دو گلر آینده‌دار استقلال با جدایی از این تیم راهی پرسپولیس و سایپا شدند". جام نیوز (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
"خداحافظی خسرو حیدری در تونل افتخار سرخابی". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
"قرارداد مهدی رحمتی با پدیده رسمی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-16.
"تمام نقل و انتقالات رسمی‌ یکشنبه 2 تیر". جام نیوز (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
"رسمی: محمدی مهر به پدیده پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-25.
"مدافع استقلال به تراکتور پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-26.
"نورافکن به شارلوا برگشت". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-03.
"رسمی؛ انتقال اللهیار به فنرباغچه در 18 سال و دو روزگی!". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
"مدافع استقلال به پارس جنوبی جم پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
"منشا از پرسپولیس و استقلال به عجمان". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-11.
"دو بازیکن رده امید به پرسپولیس پیوستند". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
"دروازه‌بان استقلال به سایپا پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-08-28.
"مهاج سابق استقلال به تیم ژاپنی پیوست". خبرورزشی (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-09-09.
"5 بازیکن با پارس جنوبی قرارداد بستند". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-13.
"مهاجم سابق استقلال در سایپا". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-13.
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[table_note_res_RUEL0.95275086488237-36] Tractor qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

[table_note_res_WD0.65404069780095-41] Al-Wahda were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to several team members testing positive for COVID-19.[38] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[39]

[1] "با استعفای فتحی موافقت شد".

[2] "خلیل زاده سرپرست استقلال شد".

[3] "فتح الله زاده مدیرعامل استقلال شد".

[4] "سعادتمند مدیرعامل استقلال شد".

[5] "وریا غفوری، سرمربی موقت استقلال". باشگاه خبرنگاران جوان (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-12-09.

[6] "رسمی؛ ستاره جوان فوتبال ایران به استقلال پیوست". ورزش 11 (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-05-09.

[7] "رسمی؛ بلبلی با قرارداد ۴ ساله استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[8] "رسمی؛ علی دشتی به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[9] "رسمی؛ میلاد باقری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[10] "رسمی؛ یزدانی چهارمین خرید استقلال". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[11] "رسمی: پایان روز شلوغ استقلال با جذب ریگی". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[12] "رسمی؛ رضاوند استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-08.

[13] "رسمی؛ دیاباته به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-09.

[14] "رسمی؛ عارف غلامی به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-22.

[15] "رسمی؛ میلیچ استقلالی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-08-19.

[16] "دو بازیکن جوانان ایران به استقلال پیوستند". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-10-30.

[17] "رسمی؛ ارسلان مطهری به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-12.

[18] "بودروف به استقلال پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-30.

[19] "گلر جوان استقلال با تأیید برانکو به پرسپولیس پیوست". خبر ورزشی (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-05-16.

[20] "دو گلر آینده‌دار استقلال با جدایی از این تیم راهی پرسپولیس و سایپا شدند". جام نیوز (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-05-16.

[21] "خداحافظی خسرو حیدری در تونل افتخار سرخابی". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-05-16.

[22] "قرارداد مهدی رحمتی با پدیده رسمی شد". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-16.

[23] "تمام نقل و انتقالات رسمی‌ یکشنبه 2 تیر". جام نیوز (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

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