2018–19 Esteghlal F.C. season
The 2018–19 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 18th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 25nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 73rd year in existence as a football club.
Players
First team squad
Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 June 2018.Persian Gulf League Squad
2018 AFC Champions League Squad
Transfers
In
Name | Moving from | Transfer window | Source | ||||||
20 | Morteza Aghakhan | Peykan | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | ||||
44 | Farshad Mohammadi | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | ||||
10 | Rouhollah Bagheri | Khooneh be Khooneh | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | ||||
70 | Mohammad Daneshgar | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | ||||
19 | Mehdi Nourollahi | Esteghlal U21 | Promoted | Summer | 2021 | ||||
32 | Amirhossein Kargar | Esteghlal U21 | Promoted | Summer | 2021 | ||||
45 | Sina Khadempour | Naft Tehran | End of loan | Summer | 2021 | ||||
99 | Sajjad Aghaei | Aluminium Arak | End of loan | Summer | 2021 | ||||
16 | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | Saipa | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | ||||
12 | Meysam Teymouri | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | ||||
77 | Reza Azari | Esteghlal U21 | Promoted | Summer | 2021 | ||||
18 | Shahin Taherkhani | Peykan U21 | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | ||||
6 | Ali Karimi | Sepahan | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | ||||
11 | Morteza Tabrizi | Zob Ahan | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | ||||
7 | Markus Neumayr | Kasımpaşa | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | ||||
17 | Humam Tariq | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | ||||
9 | Alhaji Gero | Östersunds | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | ||||
88 | Reza Karimi | Skënderbeu Korçë | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | ||||
20 | Esmaël Gonçalves | Pakhtakor | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | ||||
30 | Omid Noorafkan | Charleroi | Loan | Winter | 2019 | ||||
43 | Amirhossein Pourmohammad | Esteghlal U21 | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | ||||
38 | Meraj Pourtaghi | Esteghlal U21 | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | ||||
37 | Zakaria Moradi | Esteghlal U21 | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | ||||
5 | Ayanda Patosi | Cape Town | Loan | Winter | 2019 | ||||
90 | Godwin Mensha | Persepolis | Transfer | Winter | 2020 |
Out
Name | Moving to | Transfer window | Source | |||||
90 | Leandro Padovani Celin | Retired | End of contract | Summer | ||||
24 | Omid Noorafkan | Charleroi | Transfer | Summer | ||||
70 | Mohammad Javad Mohammadi | Arvand Khorramshahr | Loan | Summer | ||||
13 | Miad Yazdani | Sepidrood Rasht | Transfer | Summer | ||||
77 | Behnam Barzay | Sanat Naft | Transfer | Summer | ||||
Majid Tajik | Gol Reyhan | Transfer | Summer | |||||
6 | Omid Ebrahimi | Al-Ahli | End of contract | Summer | ||||
26 | Fardin Najafi | Baadraan | Loan | Summer | ||||
20 | Server Djeparov | Zhetysu | End of contract | Summer | ||||
5 | Majid Hosseini | Trabzonspor | Transfer | Summer | ||||
25 | Mame Baba Thiam | Al-Ajman | Transfer | Summer | ||||
80 | Bojan Najdenov | KF Laçi | Transfer | Summer | ||||
9 | Ali Ghorbani | Spartak Trnava | End of contract | Summer | ||||
Amirhossein Sheikholeslami | Marítimo B | Transfer | Summer | |||||
7 | Markus Neumayr | Aarau | Transfer | Winter | ||||
45 | Sina Khadempour | Gol Gohar | Loan | Winter | ||||
24 | Jaber Ansari | Paykan | Transfer | Winter | ||||
69 | Heydar Ali Ahmadzadeh | Shahrdari Mahshahr | Transfer | Winter | ||||
9 | Alhaji Gero | Östersunds | Transfer | Winter |
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Iran Pro League
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Hazfi Cup
Super Cup
AFC Champions League
2018 AFC Champions League
Quarter-finals
2019 AFC Champions League
Group stage
Matches
Statistics
Squad statistics
- † Players who left the club mid-season.
Goalscorers
Clean sheets
1 Includes 2018 AFC Champions League, 2019 AFC Champions League.Disciplinary record
Bookings & sending-off
Suspensions
Player | No. of matches served | Reason | Competition | Date served | Opponent | ||||
70 | |DF | Mohammad Daneshgar | 1 | Double yellow card in a match against Zob Ahan | League | 10 August 2018 | Tractor Sazi | ||
16 | |FW | Allahyar Sayyad | 2 | Immoral celebration | League | 16 August 2018 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | ||
16 | |FW | Allahyar Sayyad | 2 | Immoral celebration | League | 22 August 2018 | Foolad | ||
99 | |FW | Sajjad Aghaei | 2 | Immoral celebration | League | 16 August 2018 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | ||
99 | |FW | Sajjad Aghaei | 2 | Immoral celebration | League | 22 August 2018 | Foolad |