List of Esteghlal F.C. chairmen

Parviz Khosravani, co founder, first chairman and later owner of the club from 1950 to 1979.

Esteghlal F.C. is an Iranian professional association football club base in Tehran. The club was formed in Ferdowsi Street, central Tehran on 26 September 1945 ^[1] as Docharkhesavaran and was renamed to Taj F.C. on 11 February 1950. In spring of 1979 and only a few weeks after the Iranian revolution the club was renamed to its current name, Esteghlal F.C. ^[2]

Chairmen

Key

•    Chairmen with this background in the "Chairman" column are italicised to denote acting chairmen.

List of Esteghlal F.C. chairmen

Chairman	Tenure
Parviz Khosravani	September 1945 – June 1950
Parviz Sheikhan	June 1950 – February 1979
Enayatollah Atashi (acting)	April 1979 – May 1979
Abbas Kordnouri	May 1979 – May 1985
Nader Faryadshiran	June 1985 – September 1985
Abbas Nekoyeh	January 1986 – June 1989
Ali Agha-Mohammadi	June 1989 – September 1989
Kazem Oliaei	October 1989 – May 1996
Ali Fathollahzadeh [3]	28 October 1996 – 20 May 2003
Mohammadhossein Gharib	20 May 2003 – 25 June 2005
Kazem Oliaei [4]	13 July 2005 – 30 January 2005
Mohammadhossein Gharib	30 January 2005 – 1 September 2006
Manouchehr Salehi (acting)	4 September 2006 – 14 October 2006
Meghdad Najafnejad	14 October 2006 – 27 February 2007
Mohammadreza Bahmani (acting)	February 2007 – 30 April 2007
Ali Fathollahzadeh	30 April 2007 – 17 September 2008
Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani	20 September 2008 – 31 May 2010
Ali Fathollahzadeh [5] [6]	9 June 2010 – 17 May 2014
Bahram Afsharzadeh [7]	17 May 2014 – 2 August 2016
Reza Hassanikho [8]	3 August 2016 – 6 August 2016
Reza Eftekhari	7 August 2016 – 22 June 2018
Amir Hossein Fathi	22 June 2018 – 10 December 2019
Esmaeil Khalilzadeh (acting)	12 December 2019 – 25 February 2020
Ali Fathollahzadeh (acting)	26 February 2020 – 20 March 2020
Ahmad Saadatmand [9] [10]	29 March 2020 – 30 September 2020
Ahmad Madadi [11]	1 October 2020 – 24 September 2021
Mostafa Ajorlu	24 September 2021 – 15 October 2022
Ali Fathollahzadeh	15 October 2022 – 11 April 2023
Hojjat Karimi (acting)	11 April 2023 – 5 July 2023
Ali Khatir	8 July 2023 – 1 May 2024
Farshid Samiei(acting)	1 May 2024 – 20 July 2024
Farshid Samiei [12]	20 July 2024 – 8 January 2025
Ali Nazari Juybari [13]	8 January 2025 – 13 August 2025
Ali Tajernia(acting) [14]	13 August 2025 — Present

See also

• List of Esteghlal F.C. records and statistics
• List of Esteghlal F.C. honours

References

1. "Esteghlal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
2. "استقلال 66 ساله شد!". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
3. "علي فتح‌الله‌زاده: شرمنده هواداران شدم، استعفا دادم فقط 45 درصد از برنامه‌هايم تحقق يافت هيچگاه حمايت‌ها با خواسته‌ها مطابقت نداشت". ایسنا (in Persian). 2003-05-21. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
4. "محمدحسين قريب بار ديگر مدير عامل باشگاه استقلال مي شود". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2006-01-30. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
5. "فتح الله زاده سرپرست باشگاه استقلال شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
6. "خدا را شکر افشارزاده مدیرعاملی را قبول کرد/ می‌خواهم یکسال استراحت کنم". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
7. "افشارزاده مدیرعاملی استقلال را پذیرفت". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
8. "مدیرعامل استقلال نیامده کناره‌گیری کرد/ دلیل استعفای رضا حسنی‌خو". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
9. "احمد سعادتمند مدیرعامل باشگاه استقلال شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
10. "سعادتمند از مدیرعاملی استقلال برکنار شد". FcEsteghlal (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
11. "مددی سرپرست مدیرعاملی استقلال شد". FcEsteghlal (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
12. "سمیعی مدیرعامل باشگاه استقلال شد - ایرنا". www.irna.ir. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
13. "فوری: مدیرعامل استقلال تغییر کرد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2025-01-09.
14. "فوری: موافقت استقلال با استعفای نظری جویباری". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2025-08-19.

Sources

• Esteghlal seasons stats Page
• Iran Premier League Stats
• RSSSF database about Iranian league football.
• Persian League

Bibliography

• Ahmadi, Seyyed Ali Akbar (21 December 2009). Esteghlal Full History of the Club from Docharkheh Savaran and Taj to Esteghlal. Paygan. ISBN   978-600-5096-54-5.