# 2005–06 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 5th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 12th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 61st year in existence as a football club.

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Abi Pooshan Sponsor(s): SAGEM
| Home Kit | Away Kit |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Amir Ghalenoei |
| Assistant coach | Samad Marfavi |
| Goalkeepers coach | Hamid Babazadeh |
| Fitness coach | Manouchehr Bahmani |
| Doctor | Dr. Amin Norouzi |
| Director | Ali Nazari Juybari |

### 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 2005–06
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 |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Vahid Taleblou |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Amir Hossein Sadeghi |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Amirabadi |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Hossein Kazemi |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sebo Shahbazian |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Mahmoud Fekri |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Saeed Lotfi |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mojtaba Jabari |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Siavash Akbarpour |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Alireza Mansourian |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Reza Enayati |
| 14 | DF | IRN | Morteza Ebrahimi |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Farzad Majidi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Akbarpour |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Maysam Baou |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Morteza Hashemizadeh |
| 19 | MF | IRN | Ramin Moharramnejad |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Pirouz Ghorbani |
| 21 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Rahmati |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht |
| 23 | MF | GEO | Akvsenti Gilauri |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Peyman Naderi |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Asghar Talebnasab |
| 31 | MF | IRN | Shahin Kheiri |
| — | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Ensafi |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2005–06 Iran Pro League | — | — | Winner | September 02, 2005 | April 21, 2006 |
| 2005–06 Hazfi Cup | Round of 16 | — | Quarterfinals | January 23, 2006 | April 28, 2006 |
Updated to match played 03 July 2013 Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Esteghlal (C) | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 17 | +27 | 59 |
| 2 | PAS Tehran | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 58 |
| 3 | Saipa | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 52 |
| 4 | Saba | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 50 |
| 5 | Aboumoslem | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 46 |
* ↑ AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.

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

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed