2003–04 Esteghlal F.C. season

Esteghlal F.C.

2003–04 season
Chairman	Hossein Gharib
Manager	Amir Ghalenoie
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
IPL	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Reza Enayati (11) All: Reza Enayati (15)
Home colours Away colours
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 3rd season in the Iran Pro League, and their 10th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 59th year in existence as a football club.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Jouraban
Sponsor(s): AIWA

Home Kit

Away Kit

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei
Assistant coach	Samad Marfavi
Assistant coach	Srđan Gemaljević
Goalkeepers coach	Hamid Babazadeh
Fitness coach	Manouchehr Bahmani
Doctor	Dr. Amin Norouzi
Director	Asghar Hajiloo

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 2003–04

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 Parviz Boroumand 2 DF Mojtaba Ensafi 4 DF Mohammad Khorramgah 5 DF Sebo Shahbazian 6 DF Mahmoud Fekri 7 MF Sattar Hamedani 8 MF Mohammad Navazi 9 FW Ali Samereh 10 MF Alireza Mansourian 11 MF Yadollah Akbari 12 GK Masoud Ghasemi 13 DF Rafael Gomes 14 DF Saeed Lotfi

No. Position Player 15 MF Farzad Majidi 16 FW Alireza Akbarpour 17 FW Roger Fabritcio 18 FW Faraz Fatemi 19 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi 20 DF Pirouz Ghorbani 21 FW Reza Enayati 22 MF Alireza Nikbakht 23 MF Dariush Yazdani 24 MF Keivan Sajedi 25 MF Mansour Ahmadzadeh 25 DF Amir Aminifar 30 GK Vahid Talebloo

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2003–04 Iran Pro League	—	—	2nd	August 28, 2003	May 3, 2004
2003–04 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Runners-up	May 14, 2004	July 15, 2004

Last updated: 03 July 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2003–04 Iran Pro League

Standings

2003–04 Iran Pro League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PAS Tehran (C)	26	15	8	3	48	29	+19	53	AFC Champions League 2005 Group stage
2	Esteghlal	26	14	9	3	46	31	+15	51
3	Foolad	26	13	8	5	37	22	+15	47
4	Zob Ahan	26	11	7	8	32	25	+7	40
5	Persepolis	26	10	9	7	42	28	+14	39
6	Sepahan	26	11	6	9	47	36	+11	39	AFC Champions League 2005 Group stage 1
7	Paykan	26	8	8	10	24	26	−2	32
8	Est. Ahvaz	26	7	10	9	35	43	−8	31
9	Pegah	26	8	6	12	27	42	−15	30
10	Aboomoslem	26	6	11	9	25	26	−1	29
11	Fajr Sepasi	26	6	11	9	27	35	−8	29
12	Bargh Shiraz	26	5	9	12	27	47	−20	24
13	Saipa (R)	26	3	12	11	23	36	−13	21	Relegation to Azadegan League
14	Shamoushak (R)	26	4	8	14	19	33	−14	20

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	14	9	3	46	31	+15	51	8	4	1	27	19	+8	6	5	2	19	12	+7

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

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

PAS v Esteghlal

28 August 2003 (2003-08-28) 1	PAS	2 – 2	Esteghlal
			Alireza Nikbakht Yadollah Akbari

Esteghlal v Bargh Shiraz

9 September 2003 (2003-09-09) 2	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Bargh Shiraz
	Farzad Majidi Farzad Majidi

Shamoushak v Esteghlal

23 September 2003 (2003-09-23) 3	Shamoushak	1 – 2	Esteghlal
			Reza Enayati  17' Mohammad Navazi  42'

Esteghlal v Saipa

19 September 2003 (2003-09-19) 4	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Saipa
	Alireza Nikbakht  11' Farzad Majidi  30' Farzad Majidi  95'

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

30 September 2003 (2003-09-30) 5	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Esteghlal
			Mohammad Navazi

Esteghlal v Foolad

7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 6	Esteghlal	3 – 1	Foolad
	Roger Fabritcio  7' Farzad Majidi  67' Reza Enayati  88'

Persepolis v Esteghlal

16 October 2003 (2003-10-16) 7	Persepolis	1 – 2	Esteghlal
			Ali Samereh  9' Mahmoud Fekri  54'

Esteghlal v Aboomoslem

23 October 2003 (2003-10-23) 8	Esteghlal	3 – 3	Aboomoslem
	Ali Samereh  30' Ali Samereh  71' Reza Enayati  89'

Fajr Sepasi v Esteghlal

6 November 2003 (2003-11-06) 9	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 2	Esteghlal
			Faraz Fatemi  14' Alireza Nikbakht  43'

Esteghlal v Paykan

10 November 2003 (2003-11-10) 10	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Paykan
	Ali Samereh  53' Ali Samereh  56'

Sepahan v Esteghlal

30 November 2003 (2003-11-30) 11	Sepahan	0 – 0	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Esteghlal Ahvaz

7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) 12	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Esteghlal Ahvaz
	Alireza Mansourian  27' Reza Enayati  67'

Pegah Gilan v Esteghlal

12 December 2003 (2003-12-12) 13	Pegah Gilan	0 – 1	Esteghlal
			Reza Enayati  25'

Esteghlal v PAS

19 December 2003 (2003-12-19) 14	Esteghlal	0 – 1	PAS

Bargh Shiraz v Esteghlal

25 December 2003 (2003-12-25) 15	Bargh Shiraz	0 – 2	Esteghlal
			Amir Hossein Sadeghi  51' Reza Enayati  81'

Esteghlal v Shamoushak

6 January 2004 (2004-01-06) 16	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Shamoushak
	Reza Enayati Ali Samereh

Saipa v Esteghlal

11 January 2004 (2004-01-11) 17	Saipa	0 – 3	Esteghlal
			Reza Enayati Mohammad Navazi Reza Enayati  85'

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

15 January 2004 (2004-01-15) 18	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Zob Ahan
	Yadollah Akbari  40'

Foolad v Esteghlal

22 January 2004 (2004-01-22) 19	Foolad	1 – 1	Esteghlal
			Yadollah Akbari  25'

Esteghlal v Persepolis

2 February 2004 (2004-02-02) 20	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Persepolis
	Davoud Seyed Abbasi  3'

Aboomoslem v Esteghlal

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26) 21	Aboomoslem	0 – 1	Esteghlal
			Farzad Majidi  40'

Esteghlal v Fajr Sepasi

8 March 2004 (2004-03-08) 22	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Fajr Sepasi
	Davoud Seyed Abbasi  41' Yadollah Akbari  48' Faraz Fatemi  77'

Paykan v Esteghlal

5 April 2004 (2004-04-05) 23	Paykan	1 – 1	Esteghlal
			Farzad Majidi  70'

Esteghlal v Sepahan

12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 24	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Sepahan
	Reza Enayati  3' Ali Samereh  82'

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Esteghlal

26 April 2004 (2004-04-26) 25	Esteghlal Ahvaz	2 – 1	Esteghlal
			Sattar Hamedani  90'

Esteghlal v Pegah Gilan

3 May 2004 (2004-05-03) 26	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Pegah Gilan
	Reza Enayati  14' Alireza Mansourian  57' Mohammad Navazi  94'

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

Farmandari Marivan v Esteghlal

9 May 2004 (2004-05-09) First leg	Farmandari Marivan	0 – 2	Esteghlal

Esteghlal v Farmandari Marivan

14 May 2004 (2004-05-14) Second leg	Esteghlal	9 – 0 (11 – 0 agg.)	Farmandari Marivan

Round of 16

Esteghlal v Pasargad

11 June 2004 (2004-06-11)	Esteghlal	3 – 2	Pasargad
	Saeed Lotfi Yadollah Akbari Reza Enayati

Quarter-Final

Paykan v Esteghlal

18 June 2004 (2004-06-18)	Paykan	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal
			Reza Enayati  101'

Semi-Final

Esteghlal v Saipa

27 June 2004 (2004-06-27)	Esteghlal	2 – 1	Saipa
	Yadollah Akbari Alireza Nikbakht

Final

Sepahan v Esteghlal

2 July 2004 (2004-07-02) First leg	Sepahan	3 – 2	Esteghlal
			Yadollah Akbari  27' Reza Enayati  80'

Esteghlal v Sepahan

7 July 2004 (2004-07-07) Second leg	Esteghlal	0 – 2 (2 – 5 agg.)	Sepahan

Friendlies

During season

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Stuttgart v Esteghlal

24 January 2004 1	Stuttgart	3 – 0	Esteghlal	Stuttgart, Germany

See also

• 2003–04 Iran Pro League
• 2003–04 Hazfi Cup

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• RSSSF