# 1997–98 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 1997–98 season was the Esteghlal Football Club's 6th season in the Azadegan League, and their 4th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Caspian Cup and Turkmenistan President's Cup, and 53rd 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 | Ahmed Kabianpour |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Khorramgah |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Amin Rasti |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Alireza Mansourian |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Asghar Rasoulzadeh |
| 10 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Pashazadeh |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Dariush Yazdani |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Garousi |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Nouri |
| 15 | FW | IRN | Farhad Majidi |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Akbarpour |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Attila Hejazi |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Fred Malekian |
| 19 | MF | IRN | Serjik Teymourian |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Taghavi |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mehranpour |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Javid Shokri |
| — | GK | IRN | Mohammad Ali Yahyavi |
| — | GK | IRN | Hamid Reza Babaei |
| — | GK | IRN | Farhad Vali |
| — | MF | IRN | Hashem Heydari |
| — | MF | IRN | Farzad Majidi |
| — | MF | IRN | Vahid Rezaei |
| — | MF | IRN | Edmond Akhtar |
| — | FW | IRN | Samad Marfavi |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Azadegan League | — | — | Winner | 30 July 1997 | 18 August 1998 |
| Caspian Cup | — | — | Winner | 15 July 1997 | 25 July 1997 |
| Turkmenistan President's Cup | — | — | Winner | 11 February 1998 | 19 February 1998 |
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 | Esteghlal (C) | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 58 | Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | PAS | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Zob Ahan | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 45 | |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 40 | |
| 5 | Sh. Tabriz | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 39 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed