title: 2000–01 Esteghlal F.C. season
text: # 2000–01 Esteghlal F.C. season
  
  The 2000–01 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 9th season in the Azadegan League, and their 7th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and 56th year in existence as a football club.
  
  ## Player
  
      As of 1 September 2001.
  
  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 |
  | 6 | DF | IRN | Mahmoud Fekri |
  | 8 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Navazi |
  | 12 | MF | IRN | Mojahed Khaziravi |
  | 14 | MF | IRN | Sirous Dinmohammadi |
  | 15 | MF | IRN | Farzad Majidi |
  | 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Akbarpour |
  | 17 | FW | IRN | Ahmad Momenzadeh |
  | 20 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Hasheminasab |
  | — | DF | IRN | Arastou Mohammadi |
  | 22 | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht |
  | 24 | MF | AZE | Rufat Quliyev |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | GK | IRN | Masoud Ghasemi |
  | 30 | GK | IRN | Hadi Tabatabaei |
  | 25 | MF | IRN | Behzad Dadashzadeh |
  | 23 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi |
  | 2 | DF | IRN | Javad Zarincheh |
  | 7 | MF | IRN | Sattar Hamedani |
  | 10 | MF | IRN | Dariush Yazdani |
  | 18 | FW | IRN | Ali Samereh |
  | 19 | FW | IRN | Bahman Tahmasebi |
  | 9 | FW | IRN | Ali Latifi |
  | 11 | FW | IRN | Farhad Majidi |
  | — | FW | IRN | Mehdi Salehpour |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overview
  
  | Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Azadegan League | — | — | Winner | 4 August 2000 | 19 April 2001 |
  | Hazfi Cup | 1/8 finals | — | Semifinals | | 26 June 2001 |
  | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | — | — | 4th | 14 September 2000 | 19 May 2001 |
  
  Updated to match played 13 October 2018 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Azadegan League
  
  **Standings**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Esteghlal (C) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 50 | Qualification for the 2001–02 Asian Club Championship |
  | 2 | Persepolis | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 46 | |
  | 3 | Saipa | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 33 | |
  | 4 | Zob Ahan | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 30 | |
  | 5 | Paykan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 28 | |
  
  **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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
  
  **Matches**
  
  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
  
  