Esteghlal 2 Amir Ghalenoei

1 esteghlal

1.1 2003–04
1.2 2004–05
1.3 2005–06
1.4 2008–09
1.5 2012–13
1.6 2013–14
1.7 2014–15

esteghlal
2003–04

he officially named esteghlal s head coach before 2003–04 season club chairman mohammad gharib. succeeded mansour pourheidari ghalenoei assistant years. @ end of season, esteghlal lost league after defeat esteghlal ahvaz, team ghalenoei coached in 2002 in final match.

2004–05

ghalenoei began second year head coach of esteghlal, side again in championship race ended season @ third place goal difference zob ahan in second rank. 1 of best days of ghalenoei in season seen in tehran derby, when esteghlal defeated rival 3–2 late goal pirouz ghorbani. esteghlal forward reza enayati top scorer of league , esteghlal had best attacking style between teams of league.

2005–06

at next , final season @ esteghlal in first spell, ghalenoei earn iran pro league title first time fifty-nine points ahead of pas tehran. reza enayati became league top scorer second constitutive time , esteghlal had best defense style. ghalenoei left esteghlal @ end of season succeed branko ivanković head coach of iranian national football team.

2008–09

ghalenoei returned esteghlal in may 2008 after 2 seasons. esteghlal saw bad season in last year after ending 13th management of nasser hejazi , firouz karimi. ghalenoei led team in remaining matches of hazfi cup esteghlal won trophy after defeating pegah gilan in final. esteghlal won league @ final day after defeating aboumoslem , zob ahan lose foolad. arash borhani team , league s top scorer. esteghlal have bad starting in afc champions league, eliminating in group stage. @ end of tournament, ghalenoei resigned post after did not agree new contract club chairman.

2012–13

after spending 1 season @ tractor sazi, signed 2 years contract esteghlal on 29 may 2012. named former saipa head coach majid saleh assistant. esteghlal bought many stars amir hossein sadeghi, rodrigo tosi , siavash akbarpour tractor sazi, amin manouchehri saipa, fabio januario sepahan, javad nekounam osasuna , liam reddy sydney fc. kept players except andranik teymourian sold al-kharitiyath , goran jerković buriram united. side started league disappointing in weeks obtain leaders after 1–0 away win on sepahan lose winter championship sepahan @ final match of first half. bought hassan ashjari, farzad hatami, vicente arze , iman mousavi in january transfers window , farhad majidi returned first team after 1 season. released ferydoon zandi, amin manouchehri, milad meydavoudi, rodrigo tosi , liam reddy. began second half , not lost until last match against damash. esteghlal began season s hazfi cup 4–0 win @ saipa. on 5 may 2013, side celebrated 8th iran pro league title, 3rd under ghalenoei 1–0 win on foolad goal javad nekounam. side reaches quarter-finals of champions league after ending group match in first rank on al-hilal , al-shabab in round of 16.

2013–14

ghalenoei stayed @ esteghlal despite bids al-ain , mes kerman vacant managerial position. esteghlal bought few players ahmad jamshidian, mohammad mehdi nazari, pejman nouri, mohammad ghazi , alireza vahedi nikbakht. fardin abedini returned loan. team kept many of last season s players mojtaba jabbari doesn t extended contract , joined sepahan. iman mousavi, abbas mohammadrezaei, farzad hatami, hassan ashjari, maysam baou, ali hamoudi sold , vicente arze left team , returned charleroi after end of loan contract. esteghlal won damash karaj , dynamo kiev during pre-season friendly matches. esteghlal began league 2–1 away win on gostaresh foolad. esteghlal finished season in disappointing 5th place, knocked out in group stage of afc champions league. esteghlal knocked out mes kerman in semi-finals.

2014–15

ghalenoei promised begin new project in esteghlal signing youth players esteghlal s academy , other teams, in 2003. @ end of season, sacked team due weak results , finishing season in 6th place.