# 2014–15 Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. season

The 2014–15 season are the Esteghlal Khuzestan Football Club's second season in the Iran Pro League and the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup.

## Squad

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 Karimi |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Tayyebi |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Majid Heidari |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Ebrahim Khosravi |
| 5 | MF | MLI | Moussa Coulibaly |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Meysam Doraghi |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Hadi Khanifar |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Reza Kardoust |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Lamine Diawara |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Momeni |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi |
| 12 | DF | IRN | Milad Rabbani $^{U23}$ |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Hamed Mohammadi $^{U23}$ |
| 16 | GK | MLI | Soumbeïla Diakité |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Rouhollah Seifollahi |
| 19 | MF | IRN | Yazdan Abbasian $^{U23}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Meysam Majidi |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Meysam Baou |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Vahid Mashilashi $^{U21}$ |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Hojjat Chaharmahali |
| 25 | DF | IRN | Farzad Jafari $^{U23}$ |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Ali Daghagheleh $^{U21}$ |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Hamdollah Ebdam $^{U23}$ |
| 28 | DF | IRN | Bagher Hashemi $^{U21}$ |
| 29 | FW | IRN | Ali Ebrahimpour $^{U21}$ |
| 31 | DF | IRN | Elyas Vashahi $^{U21}$ |
| 32 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Ali Safia $^{U21}$ |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Ali Akbar Ahaki $^{U23}$ |
| 34 | MF | IRN | Iman Basafa $^{U23}$ (on loan from Esteghlal) |
| 88 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Bayat |
| 99 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Seyed Salehi |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | IRN | Ramtin Soleimanzadeh (at Fajr Sepasi until 30 June 2015) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Majid Heidari (from Saba Qom) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Iman Basafa (on loan from Esteghlal) |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Rouhollah Seifollahi (from Damash) |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi (from Damash) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Reza Kardoust (from Damash) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Momeni (from Saba Qom) |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Meysam Majidi (from Aluminium) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Meysam Doraghi (from Naft Masjed Soleyman) |
| 15 | FW | IRN | Sadegh Sadeghi Baba-Ahmadi (from Naft Masjed Soleyman) |
| 12 | DF | IRN | Milad Rabbani (from Niroye Zamini) |
| 19 | MF | IRN | Yazdan Abbasian (from Gahar) |
| 16 | GK | MLI | Soumbeïla Diakité (from Stade Malien) |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Lamine Diawara (from Stade Malien) |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Hamdollah Ebdam (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21) |
| 28 | DF | IRN | Bagher Hashemi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Vahid Mashilashi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21) |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Ali Daghagheleh (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21) |
| 29 | FW | IRN | Ali Ebrahimpour (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21) |
| 31 | DF | IRN | Elyas Vashahi (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21) |
| 32 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Ali Safia (promoted from Esteghlal Khuzestan U21) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Fábio Carvalho (Released) |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Retired) |
| 7 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh (to Fajr Sepasi) |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Idrissa Traoré (to Djoliba) |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mahmoud Tighnavard (to Naft Masjed Soleyman) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Milad Meydavoudi (to Saipa) |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Moaavi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz) |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Hossein Kaabi (Released) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Kheiri (to Padideh) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Karim Shaverdi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz) |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Ali Bigdeli (to Iranjavan) |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Shahrokh Shams (Released) |
| 24 | DF | IRN | Ala Khalafzadeh (Released) |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Mad Malisi (to Naft Masjed Soleyman) |
| 27 | FW | IRN | Ehsan Alvanzadeh (to Naft Masjed Soleyman) |
| 35 | FW | IRN | Sajjad Ghasemnejad (Released) |
| 40 | MF | IRN | Adel Kolahkaj (Released) |
| 66 | DF | IRN | Saeid Chahjouei (to Esteghlal Ahvaz) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Meysam Baou (from Free Agent) |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Hojjat Chaharmahali (from Free Agent) |
| 99 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Seyed Salehi (from Saipa) |
| 88 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Bayat (from Saba Qom) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Hamed Mohammadi (from Free Agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | IRN | Ebrahim Salehi (Conscription) |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Hassan Moaavi (to Nirouye Zamini – Conscription) |
| 15 | FW | IRN | Sadegh Sadeghi Baba-Ahmadi (to Esteghlal Ahvaz) |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ousani (to Saba Qom) |

## Competitions
### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Rah Ahan | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 31 | |
| 13 | Malavan | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 30 | |
| 14 | Est. Khuzestan (O) | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 27 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Paykan (R) | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 26 | Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman (R) | 30 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 April 2014. Source: Match reports

#### 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

#### Relegation play-off
### Hazfi Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Playoffs | Playoffs | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Tayyebi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MLI | Moussa Coulibaly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Meysam Doraghi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Hadi Khanifar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Reza Kardoust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Lamine Diawara | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Momeni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | MLI | Soumbeïla Diakité | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Rouhollah Seifollahi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Meysam Majidi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Maysam Baou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Hojjat Chaharmahali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Hamdollah Ebdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRN | Bagher Hashemi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Bayat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Esteghlal Khuzestan during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Persian Gulf Cup | Relegation Playoff | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Lamine Diawara | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Mehdi Momeni | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | | 20 | Meysam Majidi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | | 17 | Rouhollah Seifollahi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Persian Gulf Cup | Persian Gulf Cup | Relegation Playoff | Relegation Playoff | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Mohammad Tayyebi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Rouhollah Seifollahi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Mohsen Bayat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |