1998–99 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1998–99 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 7th season in the Azadegan League, and their 5th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 54th year in existence as a football club.[1][2]

Esteghlal F.C.
1998–99 season
ChairmanAli Fathollahzadeh
ManagerNasser Hejazi
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan LeagueRunners-up
Hazfi CupRunners-up
Asian Club ChampionshipRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ali Mousavi (10)
All:
Ali Mousavi (15)

Player
As of 1 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 Parviz Boroumand
2 DF  IRN Javad Zarincheh
3 DF  IRN Ali Chini
4 DF  IRN Reza Hassanzadeh
5 DF  IRN Kazem Mahmoudi
6 DF  IRN Mahmoud Fekri
7 MF  IRN Attila Hejazi
8 MF  IRN Alireza Mansourian
9 FW  IRN Ali Mousavi
10 MF  IRN Dariush Yazdani
11 FW  IRN Mohsen Garousi
12 FW  IRN Mohammad Momeni
14 MF  IRN Sirous Dinmohammadi
15 MF  IRN Adel Hardani
16 MF  IRN Alireza Akbarpour
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  IRN Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
18 FW  IRN Fred Malekian
19 MF  IRN Serjik Teymourian
20 DF  IRN Mohammad Taghavi
21 FW  IRN Farhad Majidi
22 MF  IRN Mohammad Navazi
24 DF  IRN Mohammad Khorramgah
25 MF  IRN Javid Shokri
— GK  IRN Mohammad Ali Yahyavi
— GK  IRN Masoud Ghasemi
— DF  IRN Ayoub Asgharkhani
— MF  IRN Farzad Majidi
— MF  IRN Hashem Heydari
— FW  IRN Edmond Akhtar

Pre-season and friendlies
25 October 1998 (1998-10-25) Esteghlal 2 – 1 Oman Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Navazi  53', 84' Report Qasim Masoud  56' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Fanaei
Note: In this match Mohammad Fanaei Goodbyed from refereeing football

Competitions

Overview
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Azadegan League — — Runners-up 18 September 199824 May 1999
Hazfi Cup 1/8 finals — Runners-up 14 December 199811 July 1999
Asian Club Championship — — Runners-up 9 October 199830 April 1999

Updated to match played 13 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League
Main article: 1998–99 Azadegan League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 19 8 3 56 21 +35 65 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 50 28 +22 53 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3 Sepahan 30 13 14 3 39 19 +20 53
4 Saipa 30 13 10 7 43 33 +10 49
5 PAS 30 9 15 6 30 25 +5 42
Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 14 11 5 50 28  +22 53 7 5 3 26 14  +12 7 6 2 24 14  +10

Last updated: 13 October 2018.
Source: RSSSF

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAH
ResultWDDWLWLWDLWDWDDWWDDWWDWWDLWWLD
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

27 December 1998 (1998-12-27) 1 Foolad 0 – 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Fred Malekian  52', 71'
Alireza Akbarpour  87'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
18 September 1998 (1998-09-18) 2 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Sanat Naft Tehran
Ali Mousavi  15' Latif Janami  50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
25 September 1998 (1998-09-25) 3 PAS Tehran 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Hossein Khatibi  46' Ali Mousavi  30' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) 4 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Malavan Anzali
Ali Mousavi  8'
Ali Chini  30'		 Shahram Parnianfar  53' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
3 November 1998 (1998-11-03) 5 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Aboomoslem Tehran
Mohammad Momeni  pen.' Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh  pen.'
Bagher Mahmoudi 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 October 1998 (1998-10-16) 6 Tractor Sazi 1 – 4 Esteghlal Tabriz
Kourosh Barmak  13' Alireza Akbarpour  9'
Dariush Yazdani  35'
Alireza Mansourian  86'
Atila Hejazi  90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) 7 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
Kamal Hosseini Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 January 1999 (1999-01-05) 8 Bank Melli 1 – 3 Esteghlal Tehran
Reza Azizi  70' Alireza Akbarpour  30'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  39'
Adel Hardani  70'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
8 November 1998 (1998-11-08) 9 Shahrdari Tabriz 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tabriz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 November 1998 (1998-11-13) 10 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab  45+3' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
12 January 1999 (1999-01-12) 11 Esteghlal 4 – 2 Polyacryl Tehran
Fred Malekian  3', 23'
Alireza Akbarpour  8'
Mahmoud Fekri  52'		 Seyed Ali Mirzaei  54', 85' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 January 1999 (1999-01-19) 12 Chooka Talesh 1 – 1 Esteghlal Talesh
Iman Amini  70' Sirous Dinmohammadi  48' (pen.) Stadium: Pourya-ye Vali Stadium
9 March 1999 (1999-03-09) 13 Fajr Sepasi 0 – 1 Esteghlal Shiraz
Fred Malekian  44' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
4 April 1999 (1999-04-04) 14 Esteghlal 0 – 0 Saipa Tehran
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 15 Sepahan 1 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
Majid Basirat  18' (pen.) Alireza Akbarpour  22' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) 16 Esteghlal 3 – 0 Foolad Tehran
Ali Mousavi  17'
Alireza Akbarpour  49'
Fred Malekian  77'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
29 January 1999 (1999-01-29) 17 Sanat Naft 0 – 1 Esteghlal Abadan
Ali Mousavi  4' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) 18 Esteghlal 1 – 1 PAS Tehran Tehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  85' (pen.) Hossein Khatibi  50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
14 February 1999 (1999-02-14) 19 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Malavan Tehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  62' (pen.) Mohammad Khorramgah  4' (o.g.) Stadium: Azadi Stadium
4 May 1999 (1999-05-04) 20 Aboomoslem 1 – 2 Esteghlal Mashhad
Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh  30' (pen.) Farhad Majidi  12'
Ali Mousavi  65'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 May 1999 (1999-05-13) 21 Esteghlal 3 – 2 Tractor Sazi Tehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  5' (pen.)
Farhad Majidi  8'
Ali Mousavi  34'		 Kourosh Barmak  44' (pen.)
Davoud Rostami  60'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 March 1999 (1999-03-05) 22 Zob Ahan 1 – 1 Esteghlal Isfahan
Javad Mohagheghian  67' Mojtaba Taghavi  33' Stadium: 22 Bahman Stadium
14 March 1999 (1999-03-14) 23 Esteghlal 2 – 0 Bank Melli Tehran
Farhad Majidi  40'
Fred Malekian  63'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 March 1999 (1999-03-19) 24 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Shahrdari Tabriz Tehran
Hashem Heydari Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 April 1999 (1999-04-09) 25 Persepolis 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Mehdi Hasheminasab  4' Fred Malekian  44' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) 26 Polyacryl 1 – 0 Esteghlal Isfahan
Farzad Heydari  69'
19 April 1999 (1999-04-19) 27 Esteghlal 6 – 1 Chooka Talesh Tehran
Sirous Dinmohammadi  1', 58'
Ali Mousavi  44' (pen.)
Farhad Majidi  55', 62'
Hashem Heydari  89'		 Arash Shafiei  7' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 April 1999 (1999-04-19) 28 Esteghlal 2 – 1 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Hashem Heydari  13'
Mahmoud Fekri  47'		 Mahmoud Khorramzi  75' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 May 1999 (1999-05-09) 29 Saipa 4 – 3 Esteghlal Tehran
Majid Saleh  25'
Safdar Youseflou  61'
Behnam Abolghasempour  70', 82'		 Ali Mousavi  11', 34'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  58'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
24 May 1999 (1999-05-24) 30 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
Farhad Majidi  36'
Sirous Dinmohammadi 		Ahmad Momenzadeh  38' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup
Main article: 1998–99 Hazfi Cup

1/8 finals
14 December 1998 (1998-12-14) First leg Esteghlal 8 – 0 Shahrdari Ardabil Tehran
Adel Hardani
Attila Hejazi
Ali Chini
Alireza Akbarpour 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 February 1999 (1999-02-09) Second leg Shahrdari Ardabil 0 – 0
(0 – 8 agg.)		 Esteghlal Ardabil
Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Quarterfinals
20 June 1999 (1999-06-20) First leg Nassaji Mazandaran 0 – 2 Esteghlal Qa'em Shahr
Ali Mousavi  16', 90' Stadium: Vatani Stadium
27 June 1999 (1999-06-27) Second leg Esteghlal 5 – 0
(7 – 0 agg.)		 Nassaji Mazandaran Tehran
Fred Malekian  7', 43'
 51' (o.g.)
Hashem Heydari  54' (pen.)
Sirous Dinmohammadi  67'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinal
2 July 1999 (1999-07-02) Esteghlal 1 – 0 PAS Tehran Tehran
Fred Malekian Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Final
11 July 1999 (1999-07-11) Esteghlal 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
Bakhtiarizadeh  50' Hasheminasab  12' (pen.)
Peyrovani  86'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: 47th Tehran Derby

Asian Club Championship
Main article: 1998–99 Asian Club Championship

Second round
9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) First leg Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 – 1 Esteghlal Baghdad, Iraq
Ali Mousavi
23 October 1998 (1998-10-23) Second leg Esteghlal 2 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)		 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Tehran, Iran
Alireza Akbarpour  35'
Mohammad Momeni  44'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
West Asia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Ain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
Source:
25 February 1999 (1999-02-25) 1 Al-Hilal 1 – 2 Esteghlal Al Ain, UAE
Bashar Abdullah  47' Farhad Majidi  13'
Sirous Dinmohammadi  40'
27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 2 Al-Ain 0 – 1 Esteghlal Al Ain, UAE
Alireza Akbarpour  70'
1 March 1999 (1999-03-01) 3 Esteghlal 1 – 0 Köpetdag Aşgabat Al Ain, UAE
Vladimir Khalikov  72'

Semifinals
28 April 1999 (1999-04-28) Dalian Wanda 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal Tehran, Iran
Yan Song  60'  63'
Li Ming  77'		 Mahmoud Fekri  44'
Ali Mousavi  51'  108'
Alireza Akbarpour  84'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Final
30 April 1999 (1999-04-30) Júbilo Iwata 2 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran, Iran
Hideto Suzuki  36'
Masashi Nakayama  45'		 Sirous Dinmohammadi  66' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also

References
  1. Iran Football League in 1998–99
  2. http://sss87.persiangig.com/Baziha/Azadegan/
  3. "Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1998–99". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  4. 1998–99 Esteghlal F.C. Squad
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