1996–97 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C. 1996–97 Azadi Stadium President Ali Fathollahzadeh Head coach Nasser Hejazi Azadegan League 6th Hazfi Cup Quarterfinal Asian Club Championship 4th Samad Marfavi (13) 1995–96 1997–98 _whitecollarplain _blue stripes 0034D1 0034D1 0034D1 FFFFFF 0034D1 _collarblue FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0034D1 FFFFFF The 1996–97 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 5th season in the Azadegan League, and their 3rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Caspian Cup and Turkmenistan President's Cup, and 52nd year in existence as a football club.Iran Football League in 1996–971996–98 Esteghlal FC season Player As of 1 September 2018. http://www.esteghlaltehranfc.com/fa/esteghlalintroduce/previouspalyers/palyerinyears Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1996–97 2018-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20190702075001/http://www.esteghlaltehranfc.com/fa/esteghlalintroduce/previouspalyers/palyerinyears 2019-07-02 dead 1996–97 Esteghlal F.C. SquadEsteghlal squad 1996–97 1 IRN GK Behzad Gholampour 2 IRN MF Masoud Ghafourihaye-Asl 3 IRN DF Sadegh Varmazyar 4 IRN DF Mehdi Pashazadeh 5 IRN DF Javad Zarincheh 8 IRN MF Amir Ghalenoei 9 IRN FW Samad Marfavi 10 IRN MF Alireza Mansourian 11 IRN FW Ali Akarian 12 IRN FW Edmond Akhtar 14 IRN DF Mohammad Nouri 15 IRN DF Dariush Yazdi 16 IRN MF Ali Hajakbari 17 IRN MF Attila Hejazi 18 IRN DF Davoud Hosseini 19 IRN MF Serjik Teymourian 20 IRN MF Mohammad Taghavi 22 IRN MF Mohammad Reza Mehranpour 23 IRN MF Behrouz Parvareshkhah 24 IRN DF Mohammad Khorramgah 25 IRN MF Javid Shokri IRN GK Mohammad Ali Yahyavi IRN GK Nima Kheyrandish IRN DF Reza Hassanzadeh IRN MF Ghasem Keshavarz IRN MF Mehrdad Amin-Shirazi IRN MF Hashem Heydari IRN FW Alireza Akbarpour IRN FW Fred Malekian Pre-season and friendlies 1 1997 01 27 y Esteghlal 2 – 1 Bank Melli Marghoubkar Stadium Tehran W 2 1997 03 08 y Aboomoslem 0 – 0 Esteghlal Takhti Stadium Mashhad D 3 1997 03 10 y Payam Khorasan 1 – 0 Esteghlal Takhti Stadium Mashhad L Sedaghat Cup 1 1997 04 23 y Al-Hilal SUD 1 – 3 IRN Esteghlal Al-Maktoum Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates W 2 1997 04 25 y Esteghlal IRN 1 – 2 EGY El-Mansoura Al-Maktoum Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates L 3 1997 04 27 y Al-Ahli UAE 3 – 4 IRN Esteghlal Al-Maktoum Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates W Naghsh-e Jahan Cup 1 Zob Ahan IRN 1 – 1 IRN Esteghlal Isfahan D 2 Polyacryl IRN 0 – 1 IRN Esteghlal Isfahan W 3 Esteghlal IRN 2 – 1 TKM Turan Isfahan W Semifinal Sepahan IRN 1 – 0 IRN Esteghlal Isfahan L Play-off Polyacryl IRN 1 – 1 yes 4 – 3 IRN Esteghlal Isfahan L Competitions Overview y y Azadegan League 6th 6th 1 July 1996 11 July 1997 y y Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Quarterfinal Quarterfinal 14 June 1996 15 August 1997 y Asian Cup Winners' Cup 4th 4th 26 November 1996 13 October 2018 Azadegan League 1996–97 Azadegan League Standings EST Hazfi Cup 1996–97 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 First leg 1996 06 14 y Fajr Sepah Urmia 0 – 2 Esteghlal Urmia W Second leg 1996 06 21 y Esteghlal 1 – 1 3 – 1 Fajr Sepah Urmia Azadi Stadium Tehran D Round of 16 First leg 1997 02 02 y Machine Sazi 0 – 0 Esteghlal Takhti Stadium Tabriz D Second leg 1997 02 18 y Esteghlal 3 – 0 3 – 0 Machine Sazi Azadi Stadium Tehran W Quarterfinal Quarterfinal 1997 08 15 y Bahman 1 – 0 Esteghlal Azadi Stadium Tehran L Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Second round First leg Navbahor Namangan UZB 4 – 1 IRN Esteghlal Markaziy Stadium Namangan, Uzbekistan L Second leg Esteghlal IRN 3 – 0 4 – 4 UZB Navbahor Namangan Azadi Stadium Tehran, Iran W Away goals rule Quarterfinal First leg Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent KAZ 0 – 1 IRN Esteghlal Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Shymkent, Kazakhstan W Second leg 1996 11 12 y Esteghlal IRN 1 – 1 2 – 1 KAZ Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent Azadi Stadium Tehran, Iran D Semifinals Semifinals 1996 11 24 y Al Hilal SAU 0 – 0 yes 5 – 4 IRN Esteghlal Riyadh, Saudi Arabia D Play-off Play-off 1996 11 26 y Ulsan Hyundai KOR 1 – 0 IRN Esteghlal Kim Ki-Nam 7 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia L See also 1996–97 Azadegan League References External links RSSSF 1996–97 Esteghlal