2019–20 Esteghlal F.C. season

Sanat Naft
Al-Rayyan 0–5 Esteghlal
Biggest defeat	Esteghlal 1–2 Machine Sazi ; Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season is the

football club

.

Players

First team squad

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

No. Name Nat 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
LM
(1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 24) 2016 2021 Naft Tehran

4
Roozbeh Cheshmi

DM
(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 26) 2015 2020 Saba Qom

5 Aref Gholami
LB
(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 22) 2019 2021 Foolad

21
Vouria Ghafouri

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
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
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
DM
(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 25) 2018 2020
Sepahan

8 Farshid Esmaeili
RW
(1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 25) 2015 2020
Fajr Sepasi

9 Ali Dashti
SS
(1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 25) 2018 2021 Saipa

14 Farshid Bagheri
CM
(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 27) 2016 2020 Saba Qom

15 Sina Khadempour
CB
(1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22) 2017 2022 Naft Tehran

23 Dariush Shojaeian
LW
(1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 27) 2017 2020 Gostaresh Foulad

28 Mohsen Karimi
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
CM
(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 28) 2019 2021 Shahr Khodro

77 Reza Azari
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
CM
(1993-10-05)5 October 1993 (aged 26) 2019 2021 Saipa

Forwards

7 Cheick Diabaté
SS
(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 31) 2019 2021
Osmanlıspor

10 Mehdi Ghayedi
LW
(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 21) 2017 2023 Iranjavan

11 Morteza Tabrizi
LW
(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 28) 2018 2020
Zob Ahan

17 Zakaria Moradi
RW
(1998-08-14)14 August 1998 (aged 21) 2019 2023 Youth Sector

72 Amir Arsalan Motahari
RW
(1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 26) 2020 2021
Zob Ahan

Players transferred during the season

99 Sajjad Aghaei
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

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2019–20

In

No. Pos. Nat. 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. Nat. 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

Esteghlal B

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30) 1
IRDT (UTC+04:30
) M. Tabrizi 8 (pen.)', 38'
R. Bagheri 16'
A. Dashti 64'
M. Bolboli Report

Niroo Zamini

4 July 2019 (2019-07-04) 2
IRDT (UTC+04:30
) D. Shojaeian 9' Report A. Akvan 45'

Esteghlal v Heartland
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

Esteghlal v Petrolul Ploiești
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'

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

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

Esteghlal v Esteghlal U-20
5 August 2019 (2019-08-05) 7
IRDT (UTC+04:30
)

Esteghlal v Paykan
12 August 2019 (2019-08-12) 8
IRDT (UTC+04:30
)

Oghab

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) 9
IRDT (UTC+04:30
)

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record

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

Main article: 2019–20 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 (2020-08-21). Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

League table

Pos Team
v
t
e
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

3 Foolad 30 14 9 7 28 19 +9 51 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

4 Tractor 30 14 8 8 31 23 +8 50 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]

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

Machine Sazi v Esteghlal
23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) 1
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

Esteghlal v Foolad
29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) 2
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

Naft MIS v Esteghlal
15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 3
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

Esteghlal v Persepolis
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:
91st Tehran derby

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

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

Gol Gohar

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) 6
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

Saipa v Esteghlal
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

Esteghlal v Pars Jonoubi
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

Tractor v Esteghlal

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

Sanat Naft

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 10
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

Nassaji v Esteghlal
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

Sepahan v Esteghlal
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

Esteghlal v Shahr Khodro
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

Paykan v Esteghlal
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

Esteghlal v Shahin Bushehr
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

Esteghlal v Machine Sazi
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

Foolad v Esteghlal
24 June 2020 (2020-06-24) 17
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.

Esteghlal v Naft MIS
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

Persepolis v Esteghlal
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:
92nd Tehran derby

Zob Ahan

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 20
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

Gol Gohar v Esteghlal

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

Esteghlal v Saipa
29 June 2020 (2020-06-29) 22
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.

Pars Jonoubi v Esteghlal
27 July 2020 (2020-07-27) 23
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.

Tractor

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 24
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.

Sanat Naft v Esteghlal

17 July 2020 (2020-07-17) 25
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.

Esteghlal v Nassaji
23 July 2020 (2020-07-23) 26
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.

Esteghlal v Sepahan
1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 27
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.

Shahr Khodro v Esteghlal
6 August 2020 (2020-08-06) 28
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.

Esteghlal v Paykan
15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 29
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.

Shahin Bushehr v Esteghlal
20 August 2020 (2020-08-20) 30
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

Main article: 2019–20 Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

Gol Reyhan v Esteghlal
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

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi
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

Sepahan

10 August 2020 (2020-08-10)
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

Persepolis v Esteghlal
26 August 2020 (2020-08-26)
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

Esteghlal v Tractor
3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)
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

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

Preliminary

Esteghlal v Al-Kuwait
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

Al-Rayyan v Esteghlal
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:
Minoru Tojo (Japan
)

Group stage

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos Team
v
t
e
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 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^[a] ~~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]

Al-Shorta v Esteghlal
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)

Al-Ahli v Esteghlal
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.

Al-Wahda v Esteghlal
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

Esteghlal v Al-Wahda
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

Esteghlal v Al-Shorta
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)

Esteghlal v Al-Ahli
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

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

Pakhtakor v Esteghlal

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

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

Ali Karimi MF 5 1 2 8

6 Mohammad Daneshgar DF 4 1 0 5

7 Farshid Esmaeili MF 2 1 0 3

Sajjad Aghaei FW 1 2 0 3

9 Hrvoje Milić DF 2 0 0 2

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 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.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "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.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "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.

^ "موافقت استقلال با انتقال آقایی به ذوب". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-14.

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^ "کارشناسی داوری استقلال و شهرخودرو".

^ "Al Wahda unable to travel to AFC Champions League (West)". Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2020.

^ "AFC COVID-19 Sub Committee's decision on Al Wahda". Asian Football Confederation. 14 September 2020.

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[table_note_res_RUEL0.51088496041991-36] Tractor qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

[table_note_res_WD0.5638559602964-41] 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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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.

[24] "رسمی: محمدی مهر به پدیده پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-25.

[25] "مدافع استقلال به تراکتور پیوست". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-06-26.

[26] "نورافکن به شارلوا برگشت". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[27] "رسمی؛ انتقال اللهیار به فنرباغچه در 18 سال و دو روزگی!". ورزش ۳ (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-07-01.

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