1995–96 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1995–96 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 4th season in the Azadegan League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 51st year in existence as a football club.^[1][2]

Esteghlal F.C.

1995–96 season
President	Kazem Oliaei
Head coach	Mansour Pourheidari
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Azadegan League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Edmond Akhtar (11)
Home colours Away colours
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Player

As of 29 September 2018. ^[3][4]

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 Hamid Babazadeh 2 DF  IRN Masoud Ghafourihaye-Asl 3 DF  IRN Sadegh Varmazyar 4 DF  IRN Mehdi Pashazadeh 5 DF  IRN Javad Zarincheh 6 MF  IRN Mahmoud Fekri 7 MF  IRN Kourosh Tashtzar 8 MF  IRN Amir Ghalenoei 9 FW  IRN Abbas Sarkhab 10 MF  IRN Iman Alami 11 FW  IRN Ali Akarian 12 FW  IRN Edmond Akhtar 13 DF  IRN Davoud Mahabadi

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  IRN Mohammad Nouri 15 MF  IRN Ghasem Sianaki 16 MF  IRN Ali Hajakbari 17 DF  IRN Alireza Mansourian 18 MF  IRN Seyed Jalal Pourmousa 19 MF  IRN Serjik Teymourian 20 MF  IRN Mohammad Taghavi 21 MF  IRN Kamyar Kardar 22 MF  IRN Mohammad Reza Mehranpour 23 MF  IRN Behrouz Parvareshkhah 24 DF  IRN Mohammad Khorramgah — GK  IRN Mohammad Ali Yahyavi — MF  IRN Nasser Abbasi —  IRN Jaures Ghazaryan

Pre-season and friendlies

Esteghlal v Singapore

	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Singapore	Tehran, Iran
	Behrouz Parvareshkhah Ali Akarian			Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: In this match Shahin Bayani Goodbyed from football.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Azadegan League	—	—	3rd	18 May 1995
Hazfi Cup	1/8 finals	—	Winners	8 August 1995	8 July 1996

Updated to match played 20 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League

Main article: 1995–96 Azadegan League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	15	12	3	33	18	+15	57	Qualification for the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship
2	Bahman	30	13	12	5	47	24	+23	51
3	Esteghlal	30	14	9	7	41	26	+15	51	Qualification for the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
4	PAS	30	13	6	11	33	35	−2	45
5	Sepahan	30	11	9	10	40	34	+6	42

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Hazfi Cup

Round of 16

Basij Tabriz v Esteghlal

8 August 1995 (1995-08-08) First leg	Basij Tabriz	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
			Ali Akarian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Esteghlal v Basij Tabriz

9 February 1995 (1995-02-09) Second leg	Esteghlal	4 – 2 (5 – 2 agg.)	Basij Tabriz	Tehran
	Kamyar Kardar Sadegh Varmazyar pen.' Abbas Sarkhab			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

1/8 finals

Esteghlal v Pars Khodro Tehran

1/8 finals	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Pars Khodro Tehran	Tehran
	Abbas Sarkhab Mahmoud Fekri Alireza Mansourian			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals

Keshavarz v Esteghlal

Quarterfinals	Keshavarz	1 – 2	Esteghlal
	Fred Malekian

Semifinal

Esteghlal v Malavan

First leg

Esteghlal

1 – 0

Malavan

Malavan v Esteghlal

Second leg

Malavan

1 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.)

Esteghlal

Final

Bargh Shiraz v Esteghlal

28 June 1996 (1996-06-28) First leg	Bargh Shiraz	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Shiraz
			Samad Marfavi Alireza Mansourian	Stadium: Shohadaye Artesh Stadium

Esteghlal v Bargh Shiraz

8 July 1996 (1996-07-08) Second leg	Esteghlal	2 – 0 (5 – 1 agg.)	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
	Amir Ghalenoei			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also

• 1995–96 Azadegan League
• 1995–96 Hazfi Cup

References

1. Iran Football League in 1995–96
2. "بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 75-1374".
3. "Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1995–96". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
4. 1995–96 Esteghlal F.C. Squad

External links

• RSSSF