TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian international midfielder Andranik Teymourian has left Esteghlal by mutual consent in search of a 'fresh challenge'. The 31-year-old midfielder, who has been linked with Tractor Sazi and Persepolis, has quit the Blues with a six-month remaining on his contract. Teymourian was one of the key members of the Iran's World ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Esteghlal of Tehran coach Amir Ghalenoei criticized the referee for not awarding a penalty to its team in the match against Persepolis in Tehran derby. Esteghlal football team lost to its arch-rival Persepolis 2-1 on Sunday at the Azadi Stadium. The referee (Yadollah Jahanbazi) should have awarded us a penalty when Mohsen Bengar ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Persepolis coach Hamid Derakhshan said that his team deserved to win against Esteghlal. Persepolis defeated its arch-rival Esteghlal 2-1 on Sunday in Tehrans Azadi Stadium. I respect Esteghlal but I have to say we deserved to win the match. Persepolis deserved to win since we had lots of chances, Derakhshan said in the post ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Esteghlal football team will wear black jersey against Persepolis on Sunday to honor late Gholamhossein Mazloumi. Esteghlal legend died on Wednesday of stomach cancer at the age of 64. Mazloumi died in Tehrans Valiasr Hospital after two-year battle with cancer. Mazloumi also made 48 appearances for the Iranian football ...

[caption id="attachment_131539" align="alignright" width="187"] Esteqlal and Persepolis logos[/caption] With bated breath, millions of Iranians worldwide are awaiting their game of the year, none but the swashbuckling Tehran derby. The confrontation, which proverbially pits Persepolis, or the Reds, against archrival and nemesis, Esteqlal, aka the ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) Irans premier league sees Esteqlal rejoicing the top rank in the classification, but Persepolis, the capitals other popular club, sinks even further. On seventh day, first and second teams in the classification won their matches; Mashhads Padideh, which is aptly named (Persian for phenomenon) because of its good performance ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Esteghlal football team suffered a home defeat while its arch rival Persepolis earned a valuable away victory in Iran Professional League (IPL). On Thursday, Esteghlal lost to Naft in Tehrans Azadi Stadium. Reza Norouzi scored the only goal of the match in stoppage time. Elsewhere, Persepolis defeated struggling Damash in Rasht ...

TEHRAN Two-time Asian champions Esteghlal of Iran will host Saudi Arabia's Al Shabab in their opening match of the AFC Champions League in Group A, while the Iranian team Foolad will play an away game against Al Jaish of Qatar in Doha in its first game in Group B. Esteghlal reached the semifinals last year, but the South Korean team FC Seoul defeated ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) Persepolis midfielder Payam Sadeghian and Esteghlal players Andranik Teymourian and Mehrdad Oladi have been charged with violent conduct in Tehran derby by disciplinary committee of Iran Football Federation. On Saturday, Teymourian has been banned for one match for his aggressive behavior towards referee Saeid Mozaffarizadeh ...

  By Fars News Agency

Persepolis and Esteqlal have played out to a scoreless draw in the 78th Tehran derby held in the 23rd week of Irans Premier League (IPL). Around 90,000 fans gathered at Azadi stadium in Tehran to watch the match, which ended 0-0 on Friday. The encounter was the 36th draw in the history of Tehran derby, which the Blues have won 24 times and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Irans popular soccer team, Esteqlal, failed to reach the AFC Champions League final after a 2-2 draw against FC Seoul in Tehran on Wednesday evening. FC Seoul drew 2-2 with Esteqlal in Tehran to go through 4-2 on aggregate after last week's 2-0 home leg win. FC Seoul is the fifth straight club from South Korea's K League ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) South Korean FC Seoul football team defeated Iranian Esteqlal 2-0 in the first match of the AFC Champions League semifinals in Seoul. The Korean sides striker Dejan Damjanovic and winger Go Yo-han each scored a goal at Seoul World Cup Stadium. The second leg will take place next Wednesday at Azadi Stadium in Tehran. The aggregate ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The 77th derby between Tehrans giant reds and blues, Persepolis and Esteqlal, ended in a scoreless draw. In a weak display in the presence of nearly 100,000 spectators at Azadi Stadium here in Tehran on Friday evening, the popular clubs were unable to score a goal. This was the two sides third consecutive draw. At the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Friday derby of Iranian capital citys two most favorite teams, the Esteqlal blues and the Persepolis reds, will be more sensitive than ever before as the two teams rankings has not been be so close for many years in the Iranian Pro League ranking. Esteqlal ranks 2nd and Persepolis 3rd in in the league, but if the top team in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian popular football club, Esteqlal, gained a 1-0 victory over Thailands Buriram United in an AFC Champions League match at home on Wednesday evening. Esteqlal defeated Buriram United at Azadi stadium here in Tehran last evening. Now, the Iranian side only needs a draw in the second match in Thailand to become one of ...