# 2001–02 Esteghlal F.C. season

The 2001–02 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 1st season in the Iran Pro League, and their 8th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 57th year in existence as a football club.

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Daei SWE Sponsor(s): LG
| Home Kit | Away Kit |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Mansour Pourheidari |
| Assistant coach | Gholamhossein Mazloomi |
| Goalkeepers coach | Mansour Rashidi |
| Fitness coach | Valiollah Salehnia |
| Doctor | Dr. Amin Norouzi |
| Director | Nasrollah Abdollahi |

### 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 2001–02
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 |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Khorramgah |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Davoud Seyed Abbasi |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Mahmoud Fekri |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Navazi |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Ali Mousavi |
| 10 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Pashazadeh |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Yadollah Akbari |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Mojahed Khaziravi |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Sirous Dinmohammadi |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Farzad Majidi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Akbarpour |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Ahmad Momenzadeh |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Faraz Fatemi |
| 19 | DF | IRN | Pirouz Ghorbani |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Hasheminasab |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Arastou Mohammadi |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht |
| 24 | MF | AZE | Rufat Guliev |
| 29 | GK | IRN | Masoud Ghasemi |
| 31 | GK | IRN | Hadi Tabatabaei |
| — | DF | IRN | Saeed Beigi |
| — | MF | IRN | Behzad Dadashzadeh |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2001–02 Iran Pro League | — | — | Runners-up | November 4, 2001 | May 28, 2002 |
| 2001–02 Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | — | Winner | December 2, 2001 | June 11, 2002 |
| 2001–02 Asian Club Championship | — | — | Third-place | December 21, 2001 | April 5, 2002 |
Updated to match played 03 July 2013 Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 48 | Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification |
| 3 | Foolad | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 45 | |
| 4 | Pas | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 43 | |
| 5 | Aboumoslem | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 40 | |

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

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Al-Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| Al-Wahda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |