# 2002–03 Esteghlal F.C. season

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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Hadi Tabatabaei |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Javad Zarincheh |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Khorramgah |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Mahmoud Fekri |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Sattar Hamedani |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Navazi |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Ali Mousavi |
| 10 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Pashazadeh |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Yadollah Akbari |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Alireza Mansourian |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Sirous Dinmohammadi |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Farzad Majidi |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Akbarpour |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Ahmad Momenzadeh |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Faraz Fatemi |
| 19 | DF | IRN | Pirouz Ghorbani |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Hasheminasab |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Amir Aminifar |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Davood Rostami |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Ali Samereh |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Feyz-Karimloo |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Amir Hossein Sadeghi |
| 29 | GK | IRN | Masoud Ghasemi |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Parviz Boroumand |
| — | FW | IRN | 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 32 | November 17, 2002 | May 15, 2003 |
| 2002–03 AFC Champions League | Qualifying play-off | — | Group stage | March 9, 2003 | March 15, 2003 |
Updated to match played 03 July 2013 Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Foolad | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Zob Ahan | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 34 | Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League |
| 9 | Esteghlal | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 32 | |
| 10 | Bargh | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | Est. Ahvaz | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 28 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage
##### Group C

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Ain (H) | 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