# 1998–99 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 7th season in the Azadegan League, and their 5th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 54th year in existence as a football club.

## Player

    As of 1 September 2018.
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 | Parviz Boroumand |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Javad Zarincheh |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Ali Chini |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Reza Hassanzadeh |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Kazem Mahmoudi |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Mahmoud Fekri |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Attila Hejazi |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Alireza Mansourian |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Ali Mousavi |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Dariush Yazdani |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Garousi |
| 12 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Momeni |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Sirous Dinmohammadi |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Adel Hardani |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Alireza Akbarpour |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Fred Malekian |
| 19 | MF | IRN | Serjik Teymourian |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Taghavi |
| 21 | FW | IRN | Farhad Majidi |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Navazi |
| 24 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Khorramgah |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Javid Shokri |
| — | GK | IRN | Mohammad Ali Yahyavi |
| — | GK | IRN | Masoud Ghasemi |
| — | DF | IRN | Ayoub Asgharkhani |
| — | MF | IRN | Farzad Majidi |
| — | MF | IRN | Hashem Heydari |
| — | FW | IRN | Edmond Akhtar |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Azadegan League | — | — | Runners-up | 18 September 1998 | 24 May 1999 |
| Hazfi Cup | 1/8 finals | — | Runners-up | 14 December 1998 | 11 July 1999 |
| Asian Club Championship | — | — | Runners-up | 9 October 1998 | 30 April 1999 |
Updated to match played 13 October 2018 Source: Competitions

### Azadegan League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 65 | Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 53 | Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Sepahan | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 53 | |
| 4 | Saipa | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 49 | |
| 5 | PAS | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 October 2018. Source: RSSSF

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Asian Club Championship
#### Second round
#### Quarterfinals
##### West Asia

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Ain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Al-Hilal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |