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ShirtSohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (since 2026)Azadi Stadium

Grupo West · AFC Champions League

2026/27
2.°
Position
2
Played
2
Won
5
Goals for
1
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 6 of 32 in the competitionGoals3.00Shots on target per match · 4 of 32 in the competitionShots on target7.00Goals per 100 shots · 4 of 32 in the competitionConversion33%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 1 of 32 in the competitionClean sheets100%Average share of the ball · 32 of 32 in the competitionPossession27%Duels won over duels contested · 23 of 32 in the competitionDuels won47%

Compared with the 32 teams in AFC Champions League in 2026/27.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 32 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals3.006.º
Shots on target7.004.º
Conversion33%4.º
Clean sheets100%1.º
Possession27%32.º
Duels won47%23.º

Grupo A · AFC Cup

2025/26
2.°
Position
6
Played
2
Won
8
Goals for
10
Goals against
8
Points
Goals scored per match · 17 of 32 in the competitionGoals1.25Shots on target per match · 14 of 32 in the competitionShots on target4.88Goals per 100 shots · 18 of 32 in the competitionConversion13%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 14 of 32 in the competitionClean sheets25%Average share of the ball · 8 of 32 in the competitionPossession55%Duels won over duels contested · 20 of 32 in the competitionDuels won49%

Compared with the 32 teams in AFC Cup in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 32 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.2517.º
Shots on target4.8814.º
Conversion13%18.º
Clean sheets25%14.º
Possession55%8.º
Duels won49%20.º

Grupo West · AFC Champions League

2024/25
6.°
Position
8
Played
2
Won
8
Goals for
9
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 20 of 24 in the competitionGoals0.80Shots on target per match · 20 of 24 in the competitionShots on target3.00Goals per 100 shots · 17 of 24 in the competitionConversion11%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 7 of 24 in the competitionClean sheets40%Average share of the ball · 22 of 24 in the competitionPossession42%Duels won over duels contested · 21 of 24 in the competitionDuels won48%

Compared with the 24 teams in AFC Champions League in 2024/25.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 24 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.8020.º
Shots on target3.0020.º
Conversion11%17.º
Clean sheets40%7.º
Possession42%22.º
Duels won48%21.º

Grupo C · AFC Champions League

2021/22
1.°
Position
6
Played
3
Won
14
Goals for
8
Goals against
11
Points
Goals scored per match · 6 of 40 in the competitionGoals2.00Shots on target per match · 10 of 40 in the competitionShots on target5.00Goals per 100 shots · 3 of 39 in the competitionConversion21%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 12 of 40 in the competitionClean sheets43%Average share of the ball · 17 of 40 in the competitionPossession52%Duels won over duels contested · 12 of 40 in the competitionDuels won51%

Compared with the 40 teams in AFC Champions League in 2021/22.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 40 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals2.006.º
Shots on target5.0010.º
Conversion21%3.º
Clean sheets43%12.º
Possession52%17.º
Duels won51%12.º

Grupo A · AFC Champions League

2020/21
2.°
Position
4
Played
1
Won
6
Goals for
4
Goals against
5
Points
Goals scored per match · 9 of 29 in the competitionGoals1.40Shots on target per match · 5 of 29 in the competitionShots on target5.20Goals per 100 shots · 6 of 28 in the competitionConversion16%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 19 of 29 in the competitionClean sheets20%Average share of the ball · 7 of 29 in the competitionPossession55%Duels won over duels contested · 9 of 29 in the competitionDuels won52%

Compared with the 29 teams in AFC Champions League in 2020/21.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 29 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.409.º
Shots on target5.205.º
Conversion16%6.º
Clean sheets20%19.º
Possession55%7.º
Duels won52%9.º

Grupo C · AFC Champions League

2019/20
3.°
Position
6
Played
2
Won
6
Goals for
8
Goals against
8
Points
Goals scored per match · 23 of 32 in the competitionGoals1.00Shots on target per match · 25 of 32 in the competitionShots on target3.50Goals per 100 shots · 22 of 32 in the competitionConversion11%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 28 of 32 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 24 of 32 in the competitionPossession46%Duels won over duels contested · 3 of 32 in the competitionDuels won53%

Compared with the 32 teams in AFC Champions League in 2019/20.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 32 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.0023.º
Shots on target3.5025.º
Conversion11%22.º
Clean sheets0%28.º
Possession46%24.º
Duels won53%3.º

Grupo D · AFC Champions League

2018/19
1.°
Position
6
Played
3
Won
9
Goals for
5
Goals against
12
Points

Grupo A · AFC Champions League

2017/18
2.°
Position
6
Played
3
Won
10
Goals for
5
Goals against
11
Points

Grupo A · AFC Champions League

2014/15
3.°
Position
6
Played
2
Won
7
Goals for
7
Goals against
7
Points

Trends

2026/27
100%
Clean sheets
100%
Over 2.5 goals
Last 6
When they score0-15'

Squad

2026/27

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
76Habib Far AbbasiGoalkeeperIran291.89 m89 kgRight2025
60Seyed Aria HosseinifardGoalkeeperIran22---2024
50Amirreza MalamiriGoalkeeperIran18---2026
40Ahoora NabizadehGoalkeeperIran20---2026

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
23Aref AghasiDefenderIran291.84 m88 kgRight2025
5Rustam AshurmatovCentre backUzbekistan301.86 m79 kgRight2025
44Iliya EbrahimiDefenderIran18---2026
19Saman FallahDefenderIran251.91 m80 kgRight2024
45Hossein GharloghiDefenderIran21---2026
27Hossein GoudarziDefenderIran251.81 m-Left2025
2Saleh HardaniFull backIran271.76 m68 kgRight2025
6Saman TouranianDefenderIran24---2026
18Abolfazl ZoleikhaeiDefenderIran201.74 m-Left2025

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
88Mehran AhmadiMidfielderIran281.75 m-Left2025
4Roozbeh CheshmiCentre backIran331.94 m82 kgRight2015
80Mohammadhossein EslamiMidfielderIran251.75 m-Right2024
26Mehdi GhayediMidfielderIran21---2026
87Esmaeil GholizadehMidfielderIran201.79 m-Both2025
36Alireza MohebaliMidfielderIran21--Right2026
6Amir Mohammad RazzaghiniaCentre midIran201.87 m82 kgRight2025
15Abolfazl ZamaniMidfielderIran201.85 m--2024

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
70Jasir AsaniForwardNorth Macedonia311.75 m69 kgLeft2025
7Mohammad Reza AzadiForwardIran261.88 m-Right2025
37Ehsan KheradpishehForwardIran18---2026
20Alireza KoushkiForwardIran261.70 m-Right2024
77Jaloliddin MasharipovWingerUzbekistan331.73 m63 kgRight2024
11Saeid SaharkhizanForwardIran231.80 m77 kgRight2025