1994–95 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.
1994–95 season
PresidentKazem Oliaei
Head coachReza Naalchegar
Leonid Terry Bilofsky
Nasrollah Abdollahi
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan League2nd
Hazfi CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerEdmond Akhtar (11)

The 1994–95 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 3rd season in the Azadegan League, and their 1st season in the top division of Iranian football after promotion. Esteghlal was also competing in the Hazfi Cup, and it was its 50th year in existence as a football club.[1][2]

Player

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Iran IRN Hamid Babazadeh
— GK Iran IRN Behzad Gholampour
— GK Iran IRN Hossein Torabpour
— DF Iran IRN Javad Zarincheh
— MF Iran IRN Ghasem Sianaki
— FW Iran IRN Jafar Mokhtarifar
— DF Iran IRN Shahin Bayani
— MF Iran IRN Iman Alami
— FW Iran IRN Abbas Sarkhab
— MF Iran IRN Mahmoud Fekri
— MF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Mehranpour
— MF Iran IRN Ali Hajakbari
— MF Iran IRN Ghasem Keshavarz
— DF Iran IRN Mohammad Nouri
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Iran IRN Kourosh Tashtzar
— MF Iran IRN Jamshid Amirkhanlou
— Iran IRN Jaures Ghazaryan
— MF Iran IRN Amir Ghalenoei
— DF Iran IRN Masoud Ghafourihaye-Asl
— FW Iran IRN Ali Akarian
— FW Iran IRN Edmond Akhtar
— MF Iran IRN Mohammad Taghavi
— DF Iran IRN Sadegh Varmazyar
— DF Iran IRN Mehdi Pashazadeh
— MF Iran IRN Serjik Teymourian
— DF Iran IRN Mohammad Khorramgah
— DF Iran IRN Farshad Falahatzadeh

Pre-season and friendlies

April 1994 (1994-04) Esteghlal 3 – 2 Fath Tehran F.C. Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 October 1994 (1994-10-28) Esteghlal Iran 2 – 1 Romania Steaua București Tehran, Iran
Ghasem Keshavarz 35'
Edmond Akhtar 70'		 Adrian Ilie 1' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Yadollah Soleimani

Emirates Vahdat Cup

28 October 1994 (1994-10-28) 1 Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 1 – 0 Iran Esteghlal United Arab Emirates
30 October 1994 (1994-10-30) 2 Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates 1 – 0 Iran Esteghlal United Arab Emirates
1 November 1994 (1994-11-01) 3 Iran U23 Iran 2 – 2 Iran Esteghlal United Arab Emirates

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Iran Iran U23 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Champion
2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4 Iran Esteghlal 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: Competitions

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Azadegan League — — 2nd 10 June 1994 31 January 1995
Hazfi Cup Round of 64 — Round of 16 8 September 1994 26 September 1994

Updated to match played 20 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Azadegan League

Main article: 1994–95 Azadegan League

Standings

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Saipa 22 11 7 4 30 16 29
Promoted to Semi-Final
2 Esteghlal 22 10 7 5 25 20 27
3 Machine Sazi 22 9 7 6 27 21 25
4 Shahrdari Tabriz 22 7 10 5 26 22 24

Semi-final

20 January 1995 (1995-01-20) First leg Persepolis 2 (0) – (3) 2 Esteghlal Tehran
Pious 51', Dadashzadeh 56' Varmazyar 79', Akhtar 87' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ahmad Abharan (Iran)
Note: The original match was 2–2 until 88' when Persepolis fans stormed into the ground. Football Federation awarded the match 3–0 for Esteghlal.
27 January 1995 (1995-01-27) Second leg Esteghlal 0 – 0
(3 – 0 agg.)		 Persepolis Bandar Abbas
Stadium: Azadi Bandar Abbas Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mehdi Akhavan (Iran)
Note: The match was originally planned to be held in Azadi Stadium, but due to the incidents that happened during the first leg match, Football Federation declares the match to be held in Bandar Abbas behind closed doors. However, a number of people were allowed to attend the match.

Final

July 199501 (199501-31) Saipa 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal Tehran
Farshad Falahatzadeh 110' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Fanaei (Iran)

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Hazfi Cup
8 September 1994 (1994-09-08) Round of 64 Esteghlal 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 p)		 Ararat Tehran Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 September 1994 (1994-09-23) Round of 32 Esteghlal 4 – 0 Homa Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
26 September 1994 (1994-09-26) Round of 16 Esteghlal 1 – 3 Bahman Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

See also

References

  1. ^ Iran Football League in 1994–95[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "بازیهای تیم استقلال تهران فصل 74-1373".
  3. ^ "Esteghlal F.C. Azadegan League Squad 1994–95". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  4. ^ 1994–95 Esteghlal F.C. Squad