Esteghlal F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry

Esteghlal F.C. v Sepahan S.C.

Location	Tehran Isfahan, Iran
Teams	Esteghlal Football Club Sepahan Sport Club
First meeting	Sepahan 0–4 Esteghlal (28 January 1972) 1971–72 Local League
Latest meeting	Sepahan 1–0 Esteghlal (23 August 2023) 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
Next meeting	Sepahan - Esteghlal
Statistics
Meetings total	Official: 80 Friendlies: 3
Most wins	Sepahan (32)
Most player appearances	Moharram Navidkia (26)
Top scorer	Levon Stepanyan Mehdi Seyed-Salehi Rasoul Khatibi (6)
Largest victory	Sepahan 0–4 Esteghlal (28 January 1972) 1971–72 Local League

The rivalry between Esteghlal and Sepahan is a football rivalry played between Iranian football clubs Esteghlal Tehran and Sepahan Isfahan.

History

Since 1971–72 Iran football season, Esteghlal Tehran and Sepahan Isfahan had several meetings in Iranian League, Hazfi Cup, and friendly matches.

The first was in Local League 1971–72 in Isfahan, that Esteghlal won the match with the result of 4-0. First win for Sepahan was in Takht Jamshid Cup 1974-75 with the result of 1-0. ^[1]

Before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, two football clubs met 10 times (2 times in Local League and 8 times in Takht Jamshid Cup). From these 10 meetings, each club won 4 matches and the result of 2 matches was draw.

From 1991–92 to 2000-01 Iranian Football Seasons, two clubs met 18 times (16 times in Azadegan League, and 2 times in Naghsh-Jahan Tournament in Esfahan). From these 18 meetings, Esteghlal won 8 matches and Sepahan won 5. The result of the other 5 matches was draw.

Since the establishment of Iran Pro League in 2001, two clubs met 30 times (22 times in Iran Pro League, 6 times in Hazfi Cup, once in AFC Champions League, and once in Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup). From these 30 meetings, Esteghlal won 8 matches and Sepahan won 15. The result of the other 7 matches was draw.

The best win for Esteghlal took place in the clubs first meeting in Local League 1971–72 with the score of 4-0. And the best win for Sepahan was in 2002-03 Hazfi Cup with the score of 3-0.

The highest goal-scoring match was in 2010–11 Iran Pro League with the result of 4-3 for Esteghlal.

Notable matches and seasons

2001–02 Hazfi Cup

Two football clubs faced each other in Semi-final of 2001–02 Hazfi Cup in a two-leg meeting.

The importance of this meeting for Esteghlal was that, they missed the championship of 2001–02 Iran Pro League in the last day to Persepolis and Winning the Hazfi Cup was a really high motivation for them. On the other side Sepahan, who lost both the meetings in 2001–02 Iran Pro League to Esteghlal, was really eager to compensate those two losses.

The first leg was held in Isfahan, and Sepahan could win the match with the result of 4-2. However, in the second leg in Tehran, it was Esteghlal who could win the match with the result of 3-1 in a really exciting match. Therefore, after these two dramatic and close matches, two clubs gain the score of 5–5 in total, and Esteghlal could advance into the final just because of higher number of scored-away goals.

In the final, Esteghlal also could beat Fajr Sepasi and became the champion.

A dramatic season for Sepahan (5 matches, 5 wins)

In 2002-03 Iranian Football Season, two clubs met each other 5 times, and dramatically, Sepahan could won all 5 meetings with coaching of Farhad Kazemi. From these five meetings, 2 of them were in 2002-03 Iran Pro League, 2 of them were in 2002-03 Hazfi Cup, and the last one in a four-team friendly tournament (Etehadiyeh Cup ^[2] ) hosted by Esteghlal.

In 2002-03 Iran Pro League, Sepahan could beat Esteghlal in both league matches in Tehran and Isfahan with the similar result of 3-2.

In the 1/8 final of 2002-03 Hazfi Cup, two clubs again faced each other in a two-leg meeting. The first leg was held in Isfahan, and Sepahan could win the match with the result of 3-0. In the second leg in Tehran, it was again Sepahan who could beat Esteghlal with the result of 1-0.

After the end of 2002-03 Iran's Football Season and before the starting of the new Iranian Football Season, a four-team friendly tournament with the name of Etehadiyeh Cup held in Tehran hosted by Esteghlal. In this tournament Esteghlal as the host, Sepahan and Pas Tehran as the champion and runner-up of 2002-03 Iran Pro League, and Al Wasl from Dubai as the guest team participated. In the Semi-final of the tournament, Seaphan and Esteghlal again faced each other and Sepahan could beat Esteghlal with the result of 3-2 and advanced to the final of the tournament. In the final, Sepahan also could beat Pas Tehran and became the champion.

Therefore, and after these five matches between the club in a single season, Sepahan could win all the matches and made a really dramatic record.

2003–04 Hazfi Cup

In 2003-04 Iran's Football Season, two football clubs reached the Final of 2003–04 Hazfi Cup.

Esteghlal by coaching of Amir Ghalenoei had a great performance in 2003–04 Iran Pro League and becoming the runner-up. On the other side, Sepahan by coaching of Farhad Kazemi did not have a successful season in 2003–04 Iran Pro League. Therefore, and before the starting of Final, Esteghlal seemed to be the favor for winning the Hazfi Cup title.

The first leg was held in Isfahan and Sepahan could win the match with the result of 3-2, in a really close and exciting match and with the final scoring of Sepahan in 90th minute of the match. By this first-leg result, Esteghlal could simply become the champion with winning the second-leg match with the result of 1-0 or 2–1.

However, the story of second-leg match was different. In the second leg in Tehran and in front of more than 85000 Esteghlal fans, it was Sepahan could perform really great and won the match with the result of 2-0. It was a really unexpected loss for Esteghlal fans and Amir Ghalenoei, due to their great performance during the league season. On the other side, it was a really dramatic win for Sepahan fans and Frahad Kazemi.

Therefore, after these two dramatic matches, Seaphan could become the champion by the total result of 5-2.

2012 AFC Champions League

At the end of 2011-12 Iran's Football Season, two football clubs met each other in the 1/8 Final of 2012 AFC Champions League.

This was the first meeting of two football clubs in an international and continental tournaments. Moreover, the fact that Sepahan was the winner of 2011–12 Iran Pro League and Esteghlal was the winner of 2011–12 Hazfi Cup, makes this match really important for both football clubs and their fans.

By winning this match, Esteghlal had the possibility to go for the first time to the Quarter-Finals of AFC Champions League since its establishment in 2002. On the other side, Sepahan's fans expected from their team to win this match and go forward for the first Asian title after three-year-in-a-row Iran's football championships.

On May 22, 2012, the match was held in Isfahan and finally Sepahan could win the match with the result of 2-0. Therefore, Sepahan advanced to Quarter-Finals of AFC Champions League for the third time in the history of the club. The Quarter-Final round will be held in September 2012.

All results

No.	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Home goal scorers	Away goal scorers	Venue	Competition	Est. coach	Sep. coach	Comment
1	28.01.1972	Sepahan	0–4	Esteghlal	-	Mazloumi (32'-40') Mojdehi (67') Haghverdian (89')	Isfahan	Local League 1971–72	Rajkov	Yavari	[1] [3]
2	17.03.1972	Esteghlal	2–0	Sepahan	Jabbari (43') Mazloumi (61')	-	Tehran	Local League 1971–72	Rajkov	Yavari	[3]
3	11.04.1974	Esteghlal	2–0	Sepahan	Mazloumi (34), Jabbari (67)	-	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 1974-75	Rajkov	Yavari	[4]
4	01.11.1974	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Heidari (22)	-	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 1974-75	Rajkov	Yavari	[4]
5	30.05.1975	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Nadimian (77)	-	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 1975-76	Rajkov	Yavari	[5]
6	14.11.1975	Esteghlal	0–0	Sepahan	-	-	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 1975-76	Rajkov	Yavari	[5]
7	09.01.1976	Esteghlal	1–0	Sepahan	Ebrahimi	-	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 1976-77	Rajkov	Yavari	[6]
8	02.07.1976	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Safapour 57'	-	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 1976-77	Jekic	Yavari	[6]
9	10.06.1977	Esteghlal	3–3	Sepahan	Nazari  (17),  Naraghi  (45),  Rowshan  (53)	Shah Zeydi  (65),  Khorvash  (83),  Rahimi  (88)	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 1977-78	Jekic	Yavari	[7]
10	13.01.1978	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Jahani (35)	-	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 1977-78	Jekic	Yavari	[7]
11	28.02.1992	Esteghlal	3–1	Sepahan	Bayani (2 goals), Fonounizadeh	Shahmohammadi	Tehran	Azadegan League 1991–92	Pourheidari	Tabesh	[8]
12	22.05.1992	Sepahan	2–1	Esteghlal	Basirat, Ghanbari (p)	Fonounizadeh (p)	Isfahan	Azadegan League 1991–92	Pourheidari	Tabesh	[9]
13	23.04.1993	Sepahan	2–2	Esteghlal	Tartar (62',70')	Alami (37'), Sarkhab (78')	Isfahan	Naghsh-Jahan Cup	Zolfagharnassab	Karimi	[10]
14	28.07.1994	Esteghlal	3–2	Sepahan	Nadafi, Zarincheh, Akbarian	Mousavi, Ghanbari (p)	Tehran	Azadegan League 1994–95	Bilofsky	Hejazi	[8]
15	11.11.1994	Sepahan	3–1	Esteghlal	Mousavi (3 goals)	Taghavi	Isfahan	Azadegan League 1994–95	Abdollahi	Hejazi	[9]
16	15.06.1995	Esteghlal	1–0	Sepahan	Mansourian	-	Tehran	Azadegan League 1995–96	Pourheidari	Yavari	[8]
17	09.11.1995	Sepahan	2–1	Esteghlal	Louviniyan, Memariyan	Varmazyar	Isfahan	Azadegan League 1995–96	Pourheidari	Yavari	[9]
18	02.05.1996	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Louviniyan 33'	-	Isfahan	Naghsh-Jahan Cup	Pourheidari	Korbekandi	[11]
19	27.06.1996	Sepahan	0–0	Esteghlal	-	-	Isfahan	Azadegan League 1996–97	Pourheidari	Korbekandi	[9]
20	19.12.1996	Esteghlal	1–2	Sepahan	Pashazadeh	Stepanyan, Mousavi	Tehran	Azadegan League 1996–97	Hejazi	Korbekandi	[8]
21	25.12.1997	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Majidi, Mansourian	Khademi	Tehran	Azadegan League 1997–98	Hejazi	Korbekandi	[8]
22	08.05.1998	Sepahan	0–1	Esteghlal	-	Garousi	Isfahan	Azadegan League 1997–98	Hejazi	Korbekandi	[9]
23	13.04.1999	Sepahan	1–1	Esteghlal	Basirat (p)	Akbarpour	Isfahan	Azadegan League 1998–99	Hejazi	Monajati	[9]
24	24.05.1999	Esteghlal	1–1	Sepahan	Majidi	Momenzadeh	Tehran	Azadegan League 1998–99	Zarincheh	Monajati	[8]
25	14.10.1999	Sepahan	1–4	Esteghlal	Veisi	Latifi, Dadashzadeh, Nikbakht, Navazi (p)	Isfahan	Azadegan League 1999–00	Skomorokhov	Nadimian	[9]
26	30.01.2000	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Niksirat, Akbarpour	Stepanyan	Tehran	Azadegan League 1999–00	Skomorokhov	Nadimian	[8]
27	10.11.2000	Esteghlal	1–1	Sepahan	Hasheminasab (p)	Dehghani	Tehran	Azadegan League 2000-01	Pourheidari	Nadimian	[8]
28	04.02.2001	Sepahan	0–2	Esteghlal	-	Hamedani (2 goals)	Isfahan	Azadegan League 2000-01	Pourheidari	Nadimian	[9]
29	27.01.2002	Sepahan	0–1	Esteghlal	-	Fatemi (34)	Isfahan	2001–02 Iran Pro League	Pourheidari	Poklepovic	[12]
30	14.05.2002	Esteghlal	3–0	Sepahan	Navazi (10-p), Mohagheghian (46-og), Dinmohammadi (86)	-	Tehran	2001–02 Iran Pro League	Pourheidari	Poklepovic	[12]
31	07.06.2002	Sepahan	4–2	Esteghlal	Stepanyan (17, 48-p, 50), Karimi (55)	Akbari (57), Mousavi (64)	Isfahan	2001–02 Hazfi Cup	Ghalenoei	Poklepovic	Semi-final [12]
32	11.06.2002	Esteghlal	3–1	Sepahan	Akbari (13-p), Fatemi (78), Momenzadeh (82)	Bezik (90)	Tehran	2001–02 Hazfi Cup	Ghalenoei	Poklepovic	Semi-final [12]
33	03.11.2002	Esteghlal	2–3	Sepahan	Nikbakht (52), Akbari (71)	Hajipour (10, 32), Navidkia (90-p)	Tehran	2002–03 Iran Pro League	Koch	Kazemi	[13]
34	15.02.2003	Sepahan	3–0	Esteghlal	Farshbaf (52, 72), Seyed-Salehi (84)	-	Isfahan	2002–03 Hazfi Cup	Koch	Kazemi	1/8 Final [14]
35	24.04.2003	Sepahan	3–2	Esteghlal	Navidkia (43-p, 48), Karimi (88)	Akbari (75), Hassanzadeh (80-og)	Isfahan	2002–03 Iran Pro League	Zarincheh	Kazemi	[15]
36	15.05.2003	Esteghlal	0–1	Sepahan	-	Seyed-Salehi (35)	Tehran	2002–03 Hazfi Cup	Pourheidari	Kazemi	1/8 Final [16]
37	20.08.2003	Esteghlal	2–3	Sepahan	Fabrizio (22), Navazi (35)	Khatibi (1, 75), Bezik (81)	Tehran	Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup	Ghalenoei	Kazemi	[2] [17]
38	30.11.2003	Sepahan	0–0	Esteghlal	-	-	Isfahan	2003–04 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kazemi	[18]
39	12.04.2004	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Enayati (3), Samereh (82)	Ramezani (2)	Tehran	2003–04 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kazemi	[18]
40	02.07.2004	Sepahan	3–2	Esteghlal	Stepanyan (9), Khormagah (57-og), Hashemizadeh (87)	Akbari (27), Enayati (80)	Isfahan	2003–04 Hazfi Cup	Ghalenoei	Kazemi	Final [18]
41	07.07.2004	Esteghlal	0–2	Sepahan	-	Seyed-Salehi (25, 68)	Tehran	2003–04 Hazfi Cup	Ghalenoei	Kazemi	Final [18]
42	31.12.2004	Sepahan	2–2	Esteghlal	Bezik (67), Khatibi (80)	Samereh (28), Enayati (50)	Isfahan	2004–05 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kazemi	[19]
43	20.06.2005	Esteghlal	2–2	Sepahan	Enayati (13), Akbarpour (69)	Khatibi (62, 84)	Tehran	2004–05 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Poklepovic	[19]
44	16.10.2005	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Jafarpour (31)	-	Isfahan	2005–06 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Tavares	[20]
45	12.02.2006	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Sadeghi (55), Jabari (58)	Khatibi (42)	Tehran	2005–06 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Tavares	[20]
46	01.12.2006	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Baou (39, 90)	Maheri (12)	Tehran	2006–07 Iran Pro League	Marfavi	Bonacic	[21]
47	20.04.2007	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Aghili (90-p)	-	Isfahan	2006–07 Iran Pro League	Marfavi	Bonacic	[21]
48	07.10.2007	Sepahan	2–1	Esteghlal	Abulhail (7, 90)	Ghorbani (74)	Isfahan	2007–08 Iran Pro League	Hejazi	Bonacic	[22]
49	29.03.2008	Esteghlal	0–1	Sepahan	-	Hajsafi (65)	Tehran	2007–08 Iran Pro League	Karimi	Vieira	[22]
50	17.08.2008	Esteghlal	1–1	Sepahan	Ghorbani (74)	Jafarpour (24)	Tehran	2008–09 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Firat	[23]
51	30.12.2008	Sepahan	2–1	Esteghlal	Navidkia (10), Alizadeh (25-og)	Borhani (74)	Isfahan	2008–09 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kazemi	[23]
52	07.08.2009	Esteghlal	1–0	Sepahan	Ravankhah (61)	-	Tehran	2009–10 Iran Pro League	Marfavi	Ghalenoei	[24]
53	05.12.2009	Sepahan	2–0	Esteghlal	Emad Mohammed (45), Aghili (63-p)		Isfahan	2009–10 Iran Pro League	Marfavi	Ghalenoei	[24]
54	27.08.2010	Esteghlal	4–3	Sepahan	Maydavoodi (18, 43), Majidi (25), Enayati (82-og)	Beikzadeh (61), Janjuš (72, 75)	Tehran	2010–11 Iran Pro League	Mazloumi	Ghalenoei	[25]
55	24.02.2011	Sepahan	1–1	Esteghlal	Jamshidian (38)	Seyed-Salehi (90)	Isfahan	2010–11 Iran Pro League	Mazloumi	Ghalenoei	[25]
56	03.08.2011	Sepahan	1–1	Esteghlal	Januario (64)	Borhani (85)	Isfahan	2011–12 Iran Pro League	Mazloumi	Bonacic	[26]
57	06.01.2012	Esteghlal	1–1	Sepahan	Shirzad (32)	Seyed-Salehi (53)	Tehran	2011–12 Iran Pro League	Mazloumi	Kranjcar	[26]
58	22.05.2012	Sepahan	2–0	Esteghlal	César (8), Bengar (35)	-	Isfahan	2012 AFC Champions League	Mazloumi	Kranjcar	[27]
59	18.11.2012	Sepahan	0–1	Esteghlal	-	Heydari (15)	Isfahan	2012–13 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kranjcar
60	30.03.2013	Esteghlal	1–1 (4-5 p)	Sepahan	Hatami (64)	Khalatbari (42)	Tehran	2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Ghalenoei	Kranjcar	Semi Final
61	15.04.2013	Esteghlal	1–1	Sepahan	Irannejad (93-og)	Navidkia (66)	Tehran	2012–13 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kranjcar
62	01.08.2013	Esteghlal	1–2	Sepahan	Sadeghi (78)	Afshin (2), Aghili (55-p)	Tehran	2013–14 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kranjcar
63	05.12.2013	Sepahan	0–0	Esteghlal	-	-	Isfahan	2013–14 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kranjcar
64	14.08.2014	Sepahan	3–1	Esteghlal	Hajsafi (27-p), Sharifi (33), Chimba (63)	Fakhredini (17)	Isfahan	2014–15 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Kranjcar
65	30.01.2015	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Enayati (8), Ebrahimi (90+2)	Papi (42)	Tehran	2014–15 Iran Pro League	Ghalenoei	Faraki
66	26.10.2015	Sepahan	0–3	Esteghlal	-	Esmaeili (6), Ansari (54), Barzay(77)	Isfahan	2015–16 Iran Pro League	Mazloumi	Faraki
67	10.04.2016	Esteghlal	0–0	Sepahan	-	-	Tehran	2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League	Mazloumi	Štimac
68	25.12.2016	Sepahan	1–1	Esteghlal	Alimohammadi (70)	Barzay (90+2)	Isfahan	2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League	Mansourian	Veisi
69	04.05.2017	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Ansari (59), Bagheri (84)	Mohammadi (41)	Tehran	2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League	Mansourian	Kranjčar
70	06.12.2017	Esteghlal	3–0	Sepahan	Ghorbani (4), Djeparov (36, 47)		Tehran	2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League	Schäfer	Kranjčar
71	27.04.2018	Sepahan	0–1	Esteghlal	-	Thiam (11)	Isfahan	2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League	Schäfer	Ebrahimzadeh
72	26.10.2018	Esteghlal	0–1	Sepahan	-	Kiros (80)	Tehran	2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League	Schäfer	Ghalenoei
73	12.04.2019	Sepahan	0–1	Esteghlal	-	Patosi (90+7)	Isfahan	2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League	Schäfer	Ghalenoei
74	30.11.2019	Sepahan	2–2	Esteghlal	Gvelesiani (14), Noorafkan (90+5)	Ghayedi (57), Diabaté (79)	Isfahan	2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League	Stramaccioni	Ghalenoei
75	02.08.2020	Esteghlal	2–1	Sepahan	Diabaté (52-p), Mosleh (65-o.g.)	Mohebi (82)	Tehran	2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League	Majidi	Ghalenoei
76	10.08.2020	Esteghlal	2–0	Sepahan	Ghafouri (45+7-p), Karimi (61)		Tehran	2019–20 Hazfi Cup	Majidi	Ghalenoei	Quarter Final
77	14.02.2021	Sepahan	2–0	Esteghlal	Shahbazzadeh (14), Rafiei (35)	-	Isfahan	2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League	Fekri	Navidkia
78	30.07.2021	Esteghlal	1–2	Sepahan	Mehdipour (90+1)	Mirzaei (54), Shahbazzadeh (85)	Tehran	2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League	Majidi	Navidkia
79	14.12.2021	Esteghlal	1–0	Sepahan	Salmani (35)		Tehran	2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League	Majidi	Navidkia
80	04.05.2022	Sepahan	1–1	Esteghlal	Gvelesiani (14-p)	Daneshgar (6)	Isfahan	2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League	Majidi	Navidkia
81	12.08.2022	Esteghlal	0–2	Sepahan		Salmani (53), Rezaeian (57)	Tehran	2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League	Sá Pinto	Morais
82	19.01.2023	Sepahan	2–1	Esteghlal	Noorafkan (50), Rezaeian (90+5-p)	Motahari (58)	Isfahan	2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League	Sá Pinto	Morais
83	24.08.2023	Sepahan	1–0	Esteghlal	Asadi (45+9)	-	Isfahan	2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League	Nekounam	Morais

Summary of results

Total matches

Teams	Matches	Wins	Draws	Loses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Sepahan	83	32	21	30	100	105	–5
Esteghlal	83	30	21	32	105	100	+5

Matches with competition

Competition	Matches	Esteghlal wins	Draws	Sepahan wins
AFC Champions League	1	0	0	1
League	71	28	19	24
Hazfi Cup	8	2	1	5
Friendly	3	0	1	2
Total	83	30	21	32

Competitions details

Competition	Matches	Esteghlal wins	Draws	Sepahan wins
AFC Champions League	1	0	0	1
Local League	2	2	0	0
Takht Jamshid Cup	8	2	2	4
Azadegan League	16	8	4	4
Iran Pro League	45	16	13	16
Hazfi Cup	8	2	1	5
Naghsh-Jahan Cup	2	0	1	1
Tehran Etehadiyeh Cup	1	0	0	1
Total	83	30	21	32

Trophies

Team	Domestic			Domestic Total	International	Grand Total
	Iranian Leagues	Hazfi Cup	Super Cup		Asian Club Championship
Esteghlal	9	7	1	17	2	19
Sepahan	5	4	0	9	0	9

Top goal scorers

Rasoul Khatibi, one of top goalscorers of rivalry

Reza Enayati, one of Esteghlal's highest scorers of rivalry

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Levon Stepanyan	Sepahan	6
	Rasoul Khatibi	Sepahan
Mehdi Seyed-Salehi 1	Sepahan / Esteghlal
4	Amin Mousavi	Sepahan	5
	Yadollah Akbari	Esteghlal
Moharram Navidkia	Sepahan
Reza Enayati	Esteghlal
8	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	Esteghlal	4
9	Mohammad Navazi	Esteghlal	3
	Edmond Bezik	Sepahan
Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal
Hadi Aghili	Sepahan

¹Seyed-Salehi scored 5 goals as the Sepahan player and 1 goal as the Esteghlal player.

Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence	Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Tournament
1.	Amin Mousavi	3	?', ?', ?'	Sepahan	3–1	Esteghlal	1994–95 Azadegan League
2.	Levon Stepanyan	3	17', 48', 55'	Sepahan	4–2	Esteghlal	2001–02 Hazfi Cup

Most successful coaches

• Coaches in bold are still active for Esteghlal or Sepahan.

Rank	Head coach	Club	Matches	Win	Draw	Lost	Winning rate
1	Farhad Kazemi	Sepahan	11	8	2	1	73%
2	Mansour Pourheidari	Esteghlal	11	5	2	4	45%
3	Mahmoud Yavari	Sepahan	12	5	2	5	42%
4	Zdravko Rajkov	Esteghlal	7	4	1	2	57%
5	Winfried Schäfer	Esteghlal	4	3	0	1	75%
Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal	4	3	0	1	75%
7	Nasser Hejazi 1	Esteghlal / Sepahan	7	3	1	3	43%
8	Zlatko Kranjčar	Sepahan	10	3	4	3	33%
9	José Morais	Sepahan	3	3	0	0	100%
Yevgeni Skomorokhov	Esteghlal	2	2	0	0	100%
10	Moharram Navidkia	Sepahan	3	2	0	1	66%

¹Hejazi obtained 2 wins as the coach of Esteghlal and 1 win as the coach of Sepahan.
^*Ghalenoei has won 7 matches but his losses have been more.he has lost 14 matches.

See also

• Football in Iran
• Esteghlal F.C.
• Sepahan F.C.
• Tehran Derby
• El Gilano
• Isfahan Derby
• Mashhad Derby
• Persepolis F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry
• Persepolis F.C.–Tractor S.C. rivalry
• Esteghlal F.C.–Tractor S.C rivalry
• Major football rivalries

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