2002–03 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2002–03 season
Chairman	Ali Fathollahzadeh
Manager	Roland Koch
Stadium	Takhti Stadium
IPL	9th
Hazfi Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Samereh (6) All: Ali Samereh (9)
Home colours Away colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 2nd season in the Iran Pro League, and their 9th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 58th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Daei SWE
Sponsor(s): LG, Talash Motorcycle

Home Kit

Away Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei
Assistant coach	Ebrahim Talebi
Goalkeepers coach	Ahmad Maleki
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 2002–03

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Hadi Tabatabaei 2 DF Javad Zarincheh 4 DF Mohammad Khorramgah 5 DF Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh 6 DF Mahmoud Fekri 7 MF Sattar Hamedani 8 MF Mohammad Navazi 9 FW Ali Mousavi 10 DF Mehdi Pashazadeh 11 MF Yadollah Akbari 12 MF Alireza Mansourian 14 MF Sirous Dinmohammadi 15 MF Farzad Majidi 16 FW Alireza Akbarpour

No. Position Player 17 FW Ahmad Momenzadeh 18 FW Faraz Fatemi 19 DF Pirouz Ghorbani 20 DF Mehdi Hasheminasab 21 DF Amir Aminifar 21 DF Davood Rostami 22 MF Alireza Nikbakht 23 FW Ali Samereh 24 MF Ahmad Feyz-Karimlou 26 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi 29 GK Masoud Ghasemi 30 GK Parviz Boroumand FW Daryoush Ayyoubi

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2002–03 Iran Pro League	—	—	9th	October 17, 2002	June 22, 2003
2002–03 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 16	November 17, 2002	May 15, 2003
2002–03 AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	—	Group stage	March 9, 2003	March 15, 2003

Last updated: 03 July 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2002–03 Iran Pro League

Standings

2002–03 Iran Pro League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	26	16	4	6	47	27	+20	52	AFC Champions League 2004 Group stage
2	PAS Tehran	26	13	6	7	37	23	+14	45
3	Persepolis	26	11	11	4	30	21	+9	44
4	Fajr Sepasi	26	11	9	6	28	21	+7	42
5	Paykan	26	10	7	9	27	24	+3	37
6	Saipa	26	9	8	9	29	30	−1	35
7	Foolad	26	9	7	10	34	36	−2	34
8	Zob Ahan	26	10	4	12	22	29	−7	34	AFC Champions League 2004 Group stage 1
9	Esteghlal	26	8	8	10	32	30	+2	32
10	Bargh Shiraz	26	9	5	12	28	37	−9	32
11	Est. Ahvaz	26	6	10	10	24	30	−6	28
12	Aboomoslem	26	5	11	10	22	26	−4	26
13	Sanat Naft (R)	26	6	8	12	25	34	−9	26	Relegation to Azadegan League
14	Malavan (R)	26	6	8	12	17	34	−17	26

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	8	8	10	32	30	+2	32	4	4	5	14	13	+1	4	4	5	18	17	+1

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L

Last updated: 17 June 2013.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Esteghlal v PAS

17 October 2002 (2002-10-17) 1	Esteghlal	3 – 1	PAS
	Alireza Nikbakht Ali Samereh Faraz Fatemi

Sanat Naft Abadan v Esteghlal

30 October 2002 (2002-10-30) 2	Sanat Naft Abadan	1 – 0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Sepahan

3 November 2002 (2002-11-03) 3	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Sepahan
	Alireza Nikbakht  52' Yadollah Akbari  71'

Aboomoslem v Esteghlal

8 November 2002 (2002-11-08) 4	Aboomoslem	2 – 2	Esteghlal
			Mehdi Hasheminasab Mehdi Hasheminasab

Esteghlal v Malavan

3 December 2002 (2002-12-03) 5	Esteghlal	3 – 0	Malavan
	Ahmad Momenzadeh Faraz Fatemi Ahmad Momenzadeh

Esteghlal v Foolad

8 December 2002 (2002-12-08) 6	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Foolad

Bargh Shiraz v Esteghlal

14 December 2002 (2002-12-14) 7	Bargh Shiraz	1 – 2	Esteghlal
			Ali Samereh  27' Alireza Nikbakht  53'

Esteghlal v Paykan

20 December 2002 (2002-12-20) 8	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Paykan
	Mehdi Hasheminasab Alireza Nikbakht  90'

Saipa v Esteghlal

26 December 2002 (2002-12-26) 9	Saipa	2 – 1	Esteghlal
			Mohammad Navazi

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

3 January 2003 (2003-01-03) 10	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Zob Ahan

Persepolis v Esteghlal

10 January 2003 (2003-01-10) 11	Persepolis	1 – 1	Esteghlal
			Ali Samereh  1'

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Ahvaz

19 January 2003 (2003-01-19) 12	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Esteghlal Ahvaz

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal

24 January 2003 (2003-01-24) 13	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 3	Esteghlal
			Yadollah Akbari  5' Ali Samereh  30' Mehdi Hasheminasab  43'

PAS v Esteghlal

12 February 2002 (2002-02-12) 14	PAS	1 – 1	Esteghlal
			Ali Samereh

Esteghlal v Sanat Naft Abadan

21 February 2002 (2002-02-21) 15	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Sanat Naft Abadan
	Farzad Majidi

Malavan v Esteghlal

7 April 2002 (2002-04-07) 18	Malavan	0 – 0	Esteghlal

Foolad v Esteghlal

14 April 2002 (2002-04-14) 19	Foolad	1 – 2	Esteghlal
			Farzad Majidi Alireza Nikbakht

Esteghlal v Bargh Shiraz

20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 20	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Bargh Shiraz

Sepahan v Esteghlal

25 April 2002 (2002-04-25) 16	Sepahan	3 – 2	Esteghlal
			Yadollah Akbari  75' own Goal  80'

Esteghlal v Aboomoslem

29 April 2002 (2002-04-29) 17	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Aboomoslem

Paykan v Esteghlal

6 May 2002 (2002-05-06) 21	Paykan	1 – 0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Saipa

11 May 2002 (2002-05-11) 22	Esteghlal	1 – 3	Saipa
	Mohammad Navazi

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

20 May 2002 (2002-05-20) 23	Zob Ahan	0 – 3	Esteghlal
			Mehdi Hasheminasab  54' Ali Samereh  82' Alireza Nikbakht  88'

Esteghlal v Persepolis

13 June 2002 (2002-06-13) 24	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Persepolis
	Alireza Akbarpour  75'

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Esteghlal

17 June 2002 (2002-06-17) 25	Esteghlal Ahvaz	2 – 1	Esteghlal
			Alireza Akbarpour  75'

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

22 June 2002 (2002-06-22) 26	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Fajr Sepasi

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

Esteghlal v Faraz Qom

17 November 2002 (2002-11-17) First leg	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Faraz Qom

Faraz Qom v Esteghlal

14 January 2003 (2003-01-14) Second leg	Faraz Qom	0 – 2 (1 – 4 agg.)	Esteghlal

Round of 16

Sepahan v Esteghlal

16 February 2003 (2003-02-16) First leg	Sepahan	3 – 0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Sepahan

15 May 2003 (2003-05-15) Second leg	Esteghlal	0 – 1 (0 – 4 agg.)	Sepahan

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Al Sadd	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Esteghlal	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
Al Hilal	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Al Sadd v Esteghlal

9 March 2003 (2003-03-09) 1	Al Sadd	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Al Ain, UAE
	Sergio Ricardo  72'	(Report)	Ali Samereh  6' Rasoul Khatibi  64'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

Esteghlal v Al Hilal

12 March 2003 (2003-03-12) 2	Esteghlal	2 – 3	Al Hilal	Al Ain, UAE
	Rasoul Khatibi  18' Ali Samereh  42'	(Report)	Patrick Suffo  34',  74',  85'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Subkhdiin Mohd Salleh

Esteghlal v Al Ain

15 March 2003 (2003-03-15) 3	Esteghlal	1 – 3	Al Ain	Al Ain, UAE
	Ali Samereh  67'	(Report)	Faisal Ali  65' Boubacar Sanogo  76' Gharib Harib  78'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lu Jun

See also

• 2002–03 Iran Pro League
• 2002–03 Hazfi Cup
• 2002–03 AFC Champions League

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• RSSSF