# 2004–05 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2004–05 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 4th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 60th year in existence as a football club.

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Aghili Sponsor(s): Sharp
| 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 | 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 2004–05
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 | SRB | Đorđe Topalović |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Amir Hossein Sadeghi |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Amirabadi |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Behshad Yavarzadeh |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sebo Shahbazian |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Mahmoud Fekri |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Saeed Lotfi |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Shiri |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Ali Samereh |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Alireza Mansourian |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Reza Enayati |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Mojahed Khaziravi |
| 13 | MF | IRN | Mostafa Ekrami |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Hossein Kazemi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Farzad Majidi |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Akbarpour |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Maysam Baou |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Fred Malekian |
| 19 | DF | IRN | Davoud Haghdoost |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Pirouz Ghorbani |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht |
| 23 | MF | GEO | Akvsenti Gilauri |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Siavash Akbarpour |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Ensafi |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Vahid Talebloo |
| 31 | MF | IRN | Shahin Kheiri |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2004–05 Iran Pro League | — | — | 3rd | September 13, 2004 | June 20, 2005 |
| 2004–05 Hazfi Cup | Round of 16 | — | Round of 16 | 15 March 2005 | 15 March 2005 |
Updated to match played 3 July 2013 Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Foolad (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 64 | Qualification for the 2006 AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 58 | |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 58 | |
| 4 | Persepolis | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 55 | |
| 5 | Est. Ahvaz | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 44 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | 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 | W | W | W | D |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed