2001–02 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
2001–02 season
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Manager	Mansour Pourheidari
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Champions
Asian Club Championship	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sirous Dinmohammadi (8); All: ; Faraz Fatemi (19)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2001–02 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 1st season in the Iran Pro League, and their 8th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 57th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Daei SWE
Sponsor(s): LG

Home Kit

Away Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mansour Pourheidari
Assistant coach	Gholamhossein Mazloomi
Goalkeepers coach	Mansour Rashidi
Fitness coach	Valiollah Salehnia
Doctor	Dr. Amin Norouzi
Director	Nasrollah Abdollahi

Other information

Chairman	Hossein Gharib
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)

Player

As of 1 September 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2001–02[1]

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
4	DF	IRN	Mohammad Khorramgah
5	DF	IRN	Davoud Seyed Abbasi
6	DF	IRN	Mahmoud Fekri
7	DF	IRN	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
8	MF	IRN	Mohammad Navazi
9	FW	IRN	Ali Mousavi
10	DF	IRN	Mehdi Pashazadeh
11	MF	IRN	Yadollah Akbari
12	MF	IRN	Mojahed Khaziravi
14	MF	IRN	Sirous Dinmohammadi
15	MF	IRN	Farzad Majidi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	IRN	Alireza Akbarpour
17	FW	IRN	Ahmad Momenzadeh
18	FW	IRN	Faraz Fatemi
19	DF	IRN	Pirouz Ghorbani
20	DF	IRN	Mehdi Hasheminasab
21	DF	IRN	Arastou Mohammadi
22	MF	IRN	Alireza Nikbakht
24	MF	AZE	Rufat Guliev
29	GK	IRN	Masoud Ghasemi
31	GK	IRN	Hadi Tabatabaei
—	DF	IRN	Saeed Beigi
—	MF	IRN	Behzad Dadashzadeh

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2001–02 Iran Pro League	—	—	Runners-up	November 4, 2001	May 28, 2002
2001–02 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Winner	December 2, 2001	June 11, 2002
2001–02 Asian Club Championship	—	—	Third-place	December 21, 2001	April 5, 2002

Updated to match played 03 July 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	26	13	10	3	36	23	+13	49	Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	26	13	9	4	38	21	+17	48	Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification round
3	Foolad	26	12	9	5	32	23	+9	45
4	Pas	26	10	13	3	39	24	+15	43
5	Aboumoslem	26	11	7	8	40	31	+9	40

Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]
(C) Champion

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
26	13	9	4	38	21	+17	48	7	5	1	25	12	+13	6	4	3	13	9	+4

Last updated: 17 June 2013.
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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

1	Bargh Shiraz	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Shiraz
	64'		Ali Mousavi 78'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

2	Esteghlal	1 – 3	PAS	Tehran
	Ali Mousavi 18'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

3	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
	Mohammad Navazi Sirous Dinmohammadi Yadollah Akbari Farzad Majidi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

4	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Fooladshahr
			Sirous Dinmohammadi 74'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

5	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Esteghlal Rasht	Tehran
	Farzad Majidi Own Goals Davoud Seyed Abbasi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

6	Saipa	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Farzad Majidi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

7	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Faraz Fatemi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

8	Foolad	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Ahvaz
			Mohammad Navazi Alireza Akbarpour	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

9	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Piroozi	Tehran
	Mohammad Navazi 38' (pen.)		Reza Jabbari 25' Ali Ansarian ?' 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

10	Sepahan	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
			Faraz Fatemi 34'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium

11	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Aboomoslem	Tehran
	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh 45' Rufat Guliev			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

12	Paykan	1 – 3	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Sirous Dinmohammadi Faraz Fatemi Mojahed Khaziravi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

13	Esteghlal	4 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
	Alireza Nikbakht 40' Ahmad Momenzadeh Ahmad Momenzadeh Faraz Fatemi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

14	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
	Sirous Dinmohammadi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

15	PAS	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Sirous Dinmohammadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

16	Tractor Sazi	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tabriz
			Faraz Fatemi 83'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

17	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	Ahmad Momenzadeh Mohammad Navazi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

18	Esteghlal Rasht	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Rasht
			Ali Mousavi 28'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium

19	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
	Alireza Nikbakht 40' Sirous Dinmohammadi 68'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

20	Fajr Sepasi	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Shiraz
				Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

21	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

22	Piroozi	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

23	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
	Mohammad Navazi 10' Javad Mohagheghian 46' (o.g.) Sirous Dinmohammadi 86'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

24	Aboomoslem	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Mashhad
			Faraz Fatemi	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

25	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
	Faraz Fatemi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

26	Malavan	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Anzali
				Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

First leg	Lashgar 30 Gorgan	1 – 4	Esteghlal	Gorgan
			Faraz Fatemi Faraz Fatemi Faraz Fatemi Davoud Seyed Abbasi

Second leg	Esteghlal	3 – 0 (7 – 1 agg.)	Lashgar 30 Gorgan	Tehran
	Mehdi Hasheminasab Mehdi Hasheminasab Faraz Fatemi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16

	PAS Tehran	2 – 4	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Ahmad Momenzadeh Sirous Dinmohammadi Mohammad Navazi Mojahed Khaziravi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals

First leg	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Fooladshahr
				Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

Second leg	Esteghlal	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	Ahmad Momenzadeh Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh Mohammad Navazi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinal

First leg	Sepahan	4 – 2	Esteghlal	Isfahan
	17' 48' 50' 55'		Yadollah Akbari 57' Ali Mousavi 64'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium

Second leg	Esteghlal	3 – 1 (5 – 5 agg.)	Sepahan	Tehran
	Yadollah Akbari 13' (pen.) Faraz Fatemi 78' Ahmad Momenzadeh 82'		90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: Away goals rule

Final

First leg	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Shiraz
			Yadollah Akbari 57' Sirous Dinmohammadi 87'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

Second leg	Esteghlal	2 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.)	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Ali Mousavi 7', 38'		6' 20'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Asian Club Championship

First round

	Esteghlal	w/o	Al-Hekmeh
Note: Al-Hekmeh withdrew

Second round

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) First leg	Al-Ittihad	3 – 2	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
	Nikbakht o.g.'		Nikbakht 16' Fekri 44'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) Second leg	Esteghlal	2 – 1 (4 – 4 agg.)	Al-Ittihad	Tehran, Iran
	Navazi 70' (pen.) Nikbakht 93'		5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: Away goals rule

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Nasaf Qarshi	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Al-Kuwait	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
Al-Wahda	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

Source:

6 February 2002 (2002-02-06) 1	Al-Wahda	3 – 5	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, UAE
	Al Ruaisi 12' Jumaa 49', 72'		Dinmohammadi 40' Akbarpour 64' Fatemi 80', 83' Hasheminasab 87'

8 February 2002 (2002-02-08) 2	Nasaf Qarshi	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, UAE
			Nikbakht

10 February 2002 (2002-02-10) 3	Al Kuwait Kaifan	0 – 3	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, UAE
			Akbarpour 76' Fatemi 80', 85'

Semifinals

3 April 2002 (2002-04-03)	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Anyang LG Cheetahs	Tehran, Iran
	Akbari 62'		Aurélio 55' Luiz 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Third place match

5 April 2002 (2002-04-05)	Esteghlal	5 – 2	Nasaf Qarshi	Tehran, Iran
	Navazi (pen.) Fatemi Pashazadeh		Usmankhodjaev Kholmurodov	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

References

Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2001–02
"PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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[1] Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2001–02

[2] "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.