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ESTEGHLAL F.C1945 - 2008
Esteghlal (in Persian, meaning 'Independence') (formerly
known as Taj, meaning 'Crown') is a football club in Iran.
It is one of the most famous football (soccer) clubs in Asia
and in Iran's Premier Football League, established in 1945,
and has won many championships in different competitions.
Esteghlal and Perspolis are presently the two most popular
football clubs in Iran, however in recent years their
dominance has been seriously threatened by other clubs like
Sepahan and Foolad. The team's main rival and its opponent
in the Tehran derby is Persepolis. Azadi Stadium is always
sold out when the match takes place.
The team is currently under the control of the welfare
ministry a government department.
Club history
On 24 September 1945, three individuals by the names of Mirzani,
Jananpour and Navab started a sports club on Ferdowsi Street of
Tehran. Since the founders of the club were mostly interested in
cycling, the club's original name was Docharke Savaran or The
Cyclists. The Docharkhe Savaran football club played its first
official match a year later, and in 1947 was able to capture the
Tehran Hazfi Cup. In 1949, the team officially changed its name to
Taj. The club became the second 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 team had to change its name again in 1979 to
Esteghlal(independence in Persian), because of the revolution. Taj
means crown in Persian, and after the revolution, any sign of the
previous monarchist regime was not tolerated, so naturally, the
name Taj was not suitable. 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 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.
Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Esteghlal FC every season, from 1994 to the
present day.
Season League League Position Hazfi Cup
Asian Cup and Asian Cup Winners
Cup
1994-1995
Azadegan League
2nd
1995-1996
Azadegan League
3rd Cup
1996-1997
Azadegan League
6thAsian Cup Winners Cup
(Semifinal)
1997-1998
Azadegan League
1st (Champions)
1998-1999
Azadegan League
2nd Final Asian Cup (2nd)
1999-2000
Azadegan League
2nd Cup Asian Cup Winners Cup (Second Round)
2000-2001
Azadegan League
1st (Champions) Semifinal Asian Cup Winners Cup
(Semifinal)
2001-2002
Iran Premier League 2nd Cup Asian Cup (3rd)
2002-2003
Iran Premier League 9th
2003-2004
Iran Premier League 2nd Final
2004-2005
Iran Premier League 3rd
2005-2006
Iran Premier League
1st (Champions)
Quarterfinal
2006-2007
Iran Premier League 4th 1/16 Final Disqualified
Famous players:
1945 to 1970s :
Heshmat Mohajerani Nasser Hejazi Iraj Danaeifard Behtash Fariba Hassan Rowshan Hassan Nazari Andranik Eskandarian Mansour Pourheidari Gholam Hossein Mazloomi Parviz Ghelichkhani
1980s :
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh Sadegh Varmazyar Amir Ghalenoei Majid Namjoo-Motlagh Abdolali Changiz Samad Marfavi
1990s :
Javad Zarincheh Alireza Mansourian Sirous Dinmohammadi Mehdi Pashazadeh Mohammad Navazi Mahmoud Fekri Hadi Tabatabaei Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh Farhad Majidi
2000s :
Ali Samereh Pirouz Ghorbani Reza Enayati Siavash Akbarpour Mojtaba Jabbari Vahid Talebloo Amir Hossein Sadeqi Hossein Kazemi Mehdi Amirabadi
Photo Gallery
Esteghlal Tehran FC (Official Website) ( Official Fan Website )Nickname: SS Founded: 24 September 1945 Ground: Azadi Stadium Capacity: 100,000 Chairman: Ali FatollahzadeLast Coach: Firooz Karimi