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Esteghlal F.C.
استقلال
File:Esteghlalnewlogo.jpg
Full nameEsteghlal Tehran Football Club
Nickname(s)Taj (Template:PerB)
Es-Es (not to be confused with SS) (Template:PerB}
FoundedSeptember 26, 1945
GroundAzadi Stadium
Tehran, Iran
Capacity90,000[1]
ChairmanIran Amirreza Vaezi Ashtiani
Head CoachVacant
LeaguePersian Gulf Cup
2008-09Champions
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Esteghlal Cultural and Athletic Club (Template:PerB) is an Iranian sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Tehran. It was founded as Taj (Template:PerB), meaning 'Crown' in Persian and renamed after Islamic Revoloution in 1979. Founded in 1945, they play in the IPL and have spent most of their history in the top tier in Iranian football. It is one of the most famous and popular football clubs in Asia. The club also has a similarly successful futsal section.
They play their home games at the 100,000 capacity Azadi Stadium in Tehran. The club's traditional kit colours are royal blue shirts, shorts and socks.
Esteghlal have been Asian Champions Book 2 times and have also won 6 National Championship titles.Esteghlal is the most successful club in Asian Champion's League with 2 champions titles and 2 runner up tied with Al-Hilal Riadh Saudi Arabia. Esteghlali - Esteghlal Fan Club website


History

Establishment

On 26 September, 1945, three Iranian military officers Mirzani, Jananpour and Navab started a sports club on Ferdowsi Street, Tehran. Since the founders of the club were mostly interested in cycling, the club's original name was Docharkheh Savaran (Template:PerB), meaning 'The Cyclists' in Persian. Docharkheh Savaran football club played its first official match in 1946, and in 1947 was able to win the Tehran Hazfi Cup.

Emerging success

In 1949, the club officially changed its name to Taj. The club became the most loved team in Iran after some years, and were able to make their fans happy by winning numerous league championships, Hazfi Cups and Asian Club Championships. The club has been able to get successful results in the past couple of years and is always looked at as a contender for the league championship. In the past two years it has finished 2nd or 3rd in the league, but Amir Ghalenoei was able to get the team its first championship in the IPL in the 2005-06 season after his third and final year as the manager.

1979 Islamic Revolution

After 1979 Islamic Revoloution in Iran, the club was confiscated by newly established Islamic government and right now is under the control of the Physical Education Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran (Template:PerB), a governmental organization, and change its name to Esteghlal (Template:PerB), 'Independence' in Persian. Taj (Template:PerB) means 'Crown' in Persian, and after the revolution, any sign of the previous monarchist regime was not tolerated.

Tehran Derby

Main articles: Tehran Derby

The club's main rival and its opponent in the Tehran Derby is Persepolis F.C. The first derby match between the clubs took place on April 5, 1968 at Amjadieh Stadium. The Azadi Stadium is always sold out when the match takes place. Ali Samereh Scored the earliest goal in Tehran derby for Esteghlal F.C. against Persepolis F.C. which came less than a minute into the game. Since 1995, IRIFF have invited foreign referees to officiate the game to ease fan and player suspicions of referee bias. This occurred after the events of the 38th derby. In the 38th derby (January 11, 1995) Persepolis was leading in the match by a score of 2-0 until the last 10 minutes of the match. Esteghlal scored 2 goals in quick succession, including one which was a penalty. This angered the Persepolis fans and players who felt the referee was biased towards Esteghlal. Persepolis fans stormed the field, and many fights broke out on the pitch between fans and players. After this match it was decided that Iranian referees will no longer be used for the derby. After 13 years of foreign referees the second leg of the 2008-09 season Derby an Iranian ref once again refereed the game. The game ended a draw goals coming from Mojtaba Jabari and Maziar Zare. Over the years Esteghlal has been the more successful team with 20 wins, Persepolis having 16.

AFC Champions League

Esteghlal is the most successful club in Asian Champion's League with 2 champions titles and 2 runner up tied with Al-Hilal Riadh Saudi Arabia.

AFC Champions League 2007

Esteghlal was dropped from the 2007 edition of the Asian Champion's League after the AFC did not receive the club's player list for the tournament in time. Despite efforts by the club management to reverse the decision, AFC upheld its decision [2] and the club's board resigned soon after.

Stadium

Main articles: Azadi Stadium
File:Esteghlal-azadisport-complex.jpeg
Esteghlal-Bargh match,The last week of 5th IPL at the Azadi Stadium, Azadi Stadium holds over 110'000 Esteghlalis fans in this match and million fans on Tv

The Azadi (Persian: ورزشگاه آزادی) is a football stadium in Tehran, Iran. It is the home of Esteghlal F.C. Work on the grounds started in 1971. It has an official capacity of 100,000 but has been filled over capacity several times. The Stadiums former name was Aryamehr Stadium but was changed after the Iranian Revolution. Prior to the construction of Azadi Esteghlal used to play their games at Amjadieh Stadium

Players

First-team squad

See also: Esteghlal F.C. season 2008-09 - As of August 92008.[3]

Iranian clubs are limited to use four players without Iran Citizenship. 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 Iran IRN Vahid Taleblou
2 MF Iran IRN Khosro Heidari
3 DF Iran IRN Mehdi Amirabadi
4 MF Iran IRN Hossein Kazemi
5 DF Iran IRN Bijan Koushki
6 DF Iran IRN Hadi Shakouri
7 FW Iran IRN Farhad Majidi (Captain)
8 MF Iran IRN Mojtaba Jabari
9 FW Iran IRN Arash Borhani
10 FW Iran IRN Siavash Akbarpour
11 MF Iran IRN Meysam Maniei
12 MF Iran IRN Ahmad Khaziravi
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Iran IRN Ebrahim Taghipour
16 MF Iran IRN Hashem Beikzadeh
18 MF Iran IRN Mehrdad Pouladi
19 FW Iran IRN Ali Alizadeh
20 DF Iran IRN Pirouz Ghorbani (Vice-Captain)
21 MF Iran IRN Milad Nouri
22 GK Iran IRN Ashkan Namdari
23 MF Iran IRN Omid Ravankhah
28 MF Peru PER Rinaldo Cruzado
29 MF Iran IRN Yadollah Akbari
33 DF Iran IRN Pejman Montazeri
37 MF Brazil BRA Januário
40 FW Iran IRN Alireza Abbasfard

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2009.

Famous players

World Cup Players

Current national Players

Club captains

Name Nat Career Captaincy #
Amir Ghalenoei Iran 1988-1997 1993-1997
8
Javad Zarincheh Iran 1986-2002 1997-2002
2
Mahmoud Fekri Iran 1993-2007 2002-2007
6
Alireza Mansourian Iran 1995-1997
2003-2008 		2007-2008
10
Farhad Majidi Iran 1997-1999
2007- 		2008-
7

Club Managers

Notable managers

Only managers who have won at least one trophy are mentioned.

Name Period Trophies
Domestic International
IPL HC AL ACL
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Rajkov 1969-1976
0
0
2
1
Iran Mansour Pourheidari
1979-1983
1995-1996
2000-2002
0
2
2
1
Iran Nasser Hejazi 1996-1999
0
0
1
0
Iran Amir Ghalenoei 2003-2006
2008-
2
2
0
0

IPL Managers

Main articles: List of Esteghlal F.C. Managers
Name Nat From To Record
P W D L %
Mansour Pourheidari Iran 2000 2002 26 13 9 4 50%
Roland Koch Germany 2002 2003 26 8 8 10 31%
Amir Ghalenoei Iran 2003 2006 86 46 30 10 53%
Samad Marfavi Iran 2006 2007 30 14 10 6 47%
Nasser Hejazi Iran Aug 2007 Nov 2007 14 5 5 4 36%
Firouz Karimi Iran Nov 2007 May 2008 20 6 5 9 33%
Amir Ghalenoei Iran May 2008 present 25 16 5 4 70%

Current management team

Position Name
Manager Iran Amir Ghalenoei
First Coach Iran Samad Marfavi
Second Coach Iran Mahmoud Fekri
Goalkeeper Coach Iran Hamid Babazadeh
Football Academy President Iran Alireza Mansourian
Analyser Iran Omid Tayeri
Doctor Iran Kaveh Sotoudeh
Physiotherapist Iran Amin Norouzi
Analyser Iran Reza Rajabi
Director Iran Ali Nazari Jouibari
Media Officer Iran Mohammad Hayrani

Chairmen

Chairman Tenure
Iran Parviz Sheikhan
1945-?
Iran Parviz Khosravani
?-1978
IranIran??
?-?
Iran Kazem Oliaei
1988-1996
Iran Ali Fathollahzadeh
1996-May 2003
Iran Hossein Gharib
June 2003-July 2005
Iran Kazem Oliaei
July 2005-December 2005
Iran Hossein Gharib
December 2005-September 2006
Iran Meghdad Najafnejad
September 2006-May 2007
Iran Ali Fathollahzadeh
May 2007-September 2008
Iran Amirreza Vaezi Ashtiani
September 2008-present

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Esteghlal in various competitions since 1994.

Season Pos. Hazfi Cup ACL
1989-1990 1D* 1st Final Did not qualify
1990-1991 1D* Not held 1/8 Final Cup
1991-1992 1D* 2nd Not held Did not qualify
1992-1993 1D* 3rd Not held
1993-1994 3D 1st
1994-1995 1D* 2nd
1995-1996 1D* 3rd Cup
1996-1997 1D* 6th Semifinal
1997-1998 1D* 1st Not held Did not qualify
1998-1999 1D* 2nd Final Final
1999-2000 1D* 2nd Cup Second round
2000-2001 1D* 1st Semifinal Semifinal
2001-2002 1D** 2nd Cup Semifinal
2002-2003 1D** 9th First round
2003-2004 1D** 2nd Final Did not qualify
2004-2005 1D** 3rd
2005-2006 1D** 1st Quarterfinal
2006-2007 1D** 4th 1/16 Final Disqualified
2007-2008 1D** 13th Cup Did not qualify
2008-2009 1D** 1st 1/16 Final Qualified


* Azadegan League.
** Iran Pro League.

Achievements

National

Winners (6): 74-75, 89-90, 97-98, 00-01, 05-06, 08-09
Runners-Up (6): 73-74, 91-92, 98-99,99-00, 01-02, 03-04
Winner (1): 1970
Runner-Up (1): 1993-94
Winners (5): 1977, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008
Runners-Up (2): 1999, 2004

Continental

Winners (2): 1971, 90-91
Runner Up (2): 1991-92, 1998-99

Statistics and records

Main article: Esteghlal F.C. statistics and records

Sponsorship

  • Official shirt sponsors -
  • Official shirt manufacturer - Uhlsport
  • Technological partner - DibaIT
  • Official Water - Damavand Mineral Water Co.

IPL Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
2001-02 Daei SWE LG
2002-03
2003-04 Jouraban Aiwa
2004-05 Aghili Sharp
2005-06 Abi Pooshan SAGEM
2006-07 Merooj MTN Irancell
2007-08 CCC
Aghili City Credit Cooperative(CCC) ,
Shahrvand Chain Stores
2008-09 Uhlsport Iran MobileMarket
Belal Electromotors Co.,ltd
Saipa

Notes

  1. ^ "Makazi stadium capacity".
  2. ^ "AFC uphold Esteghlal disqualification". AFC. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  3. ^ "[[:Template:En icon]] Esteghlal Teh. squad". iplstats. Retrieved 2008-08-09. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)

Official

Fan sites

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