List of Esteghlal F.C. seasons

Last updated October 27, 2023

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]

Key

Key to competitions

ICT = Iran championship Tournament
ILL = Iran Local League
ILLQ = Iran Local League Qualification
TJC = Takht Jamshid Cup
TFL = Tehran Football League
TFLQ = Tehran Football League Qualification
TSL = Tehran Super League
QL = Qods League
Div 3 = Iran Football's 3rd Division
Div 1 = Azadegan League
IPL = Iran Pro League
ISC = Iran Super Cup
ACCT = Asian Champion Club Tournament
ACC = Asian Club Championship
ACWC = Asian Cup Winners' Cup
ACL = AFC Champions League
HC = Hazfi Cup
THC = Tehran Hazfi Cup

Key to league record

Div = Division
P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position
Q = Qualified to the final round of league
Ab = Abandoned

Key to cup record

DNP = Did not participate
NH = Not held
DNE = The club did not enter cup play
QR1 = First qualification round
QR2 = Second qualification round, etc.
Group = Group stage
GS2 = Second group stage
R1 = First round
R2 = Second round, etc.
R16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Key to colours

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
3rd	Third
♦	Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season
Promoted ↑	Promoted to upper tier
Relegated ↓	Relegated to lower tier
Top scorer in League	Top scorer in division

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	League									HC THC*	ISC	Asian		Season Top goalscorer
	Div	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Asian		Name	Goals
	Div	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Competition	Result	Name	Goals
1946–47	TFL	9	6	1	2	?	?	13	2nd	RU*	NH	NH
1947–48	TFL	5	2	0	3	7	8	4	3rd	W*
1948–49	TFL	Did not attend								DNP*				–	–
1949–50	TFL	8	8	0	0	18	4	16	1st	SF*
1950–51	TFL	NH								R2*				–	–
1951–52	TFL	8	5	1	2	32	5	11	2nd	W*
1952–53	TFL	4	3	1	0	8	2	7	1st	NH*
1953–54	TFL	7	4	1	2	?	?	13	4th	SF*
1954–55	TFL	7	4	1	2	23	12	13	4th	NH*
1955–56	TFL	NH								R1*
1956–57	TFL	11	8	2	1	44	15	18	1st	DNP*				B. Jeddikar	8
1957–58	TFL	14	11	2	1	50	6	35	1st	RU*				N. Afshar	8
1957–58	ICT	6	5	1	0	33	4	11	1st	RU*				N. Afshar	8
1958–59	TFL	NH								NH*				–	–
1959–60	TFL	8	7	0	1	8	3	14	1st	W*
1960–61	TFL	14	12	1	1	39	8	27	1st	NH*				P. Koozehkanani	9
1961–62	TFL	8	5	0	3	?	?	15	3rd	DNP*				B. Jeddikar	7
1962–63	TFL	11	9	2	0	26	4	20	1st	DNP*
1963–64	TFL	NH								DNP*				–	–
1964–65	~~TFL~~	6	4	2	0	8	1	10	Ab	NH*				H. A'alam	2
1965–66	TFL	12	6	3	3	24	13	15	6th					M. Shoraka G. Haratonian	5
1966–67	TFL	11	6	1	4	21	8	13	5th					A. Jabbari	8
1967–68	TFL	12	6	2	4	14	11	14	4th			DNE		A. Jabbari	6
1968–69	TFLQ	4	4	0	0	9	0	8	Q	Group*		NH		A. Jabbari	14
1968–69	TFL	15	9	5	1	33	4	23	1st	Group*		NH		A. Jabbari	14
1969–70	TFL	15	9	5	1	33	4	23	2nd	NH*		ACCT	W	A. Jabbari	13
1970–71	ILLQ	3	3	0	0	5	1	6	Q	RU*		ACCT	3rd	A. Jabbari	6
	ILL	5	3	2	0	12	3	10	1st
	TFL	14	10	4	0	?	?	24	1st
1971–72	ILLQ	4	4	0	0	11	1	8	Q	NH*		DNE		A. Jabbari	10
	~~TFL~~	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	Ab
	ILL	14	9	0	5	29	13	18	3rd
1972–73	TFL	15	12	3	0	28	5	27	1st	NH*		NH		H. Ebrahimi	11
1973	TJC	22	14	7	1	44	15	35	2nd	NH*				Gh. Mazloumi	15
1974	TJC	22	15	3	4	30	14	33	1st	NH*				Gh. Mazloumi	10
1975	TJC	30	12	12	6	33	21	36	4th	NH*				Gh. Mazloumi	8
1976	TJC	30	11	13	6	28	19	35	4th	R16				H. Naraghi	7
1977	TJC	30	14	7	9	32	22	35	4th	R16 ♦				H. Rowshan H. Naraghi	9
1978	~~TJC~~ ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	12	7	3	2	12	7	17	Ab	W				P. Mazloumi	9
1979–80	~~TFL~~	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	Ab	NH				–	–
1980–81	~~QTFL~~	7	6	1	0	27	1	13	Q	R1*				P. Mazloumi A. Changiz	5
1980–81	TFL	NH due to start of Iran–Iraq War								R1*				P. Mazloumi A. Changiz	5
1981–82	TFL	13	5	6	2	15	10	16	4th	QF*				A. Changiz	4
1982–83	TFL	17	11	5	1	32	11	27	2nd	QF*				P. Mazloumi A. Changiz	8
1983–84	TFL	17	12	4	1	28	5	23	1st	R16*				P. Mazloumi	7
1984–85	~~TFL~~	6	6	0	0	15	3	12	Ab	NH				A. Changiz	6
1985–86	TFL	11	8	1	2	22	8	17	1st	NH		DNE		A. Changiz J. Mokhtarifar	6
1986–87	TFL	10	6	3	1	14	8	15	3rd	DNP R16*		DNE		M. Namjoo-Motlagh Gh. Fathabadi	3
1987–88	TFL	17	9	5	3	19	7	23	3rd	SF SF*		DNE		P. Mazloumi	9
1988–89	TFL	15	6	7	2	16	12	25	3rd	QF SF*		DNE		M. Garousi	4
1989–90	QL	20	15	3	2	52	10	33	1st	NH		DNE		S. Marfavi	13
1989–90	TFL	12	8	2	2	19	6	26	2nd	NH		DNE		S. Marfavi	6
1990–91	TFL	17	13	4	0	29	5	30	2nd	RU		ACC	QF ♦	S. Marfavi	11
1991–92	Div 1	22	12	8	2	30	15	32	2nd	QF R1*		ACC	W	S. Marfavi	6
1991–92	TFL	15	10	5	0	29	8	25	1st	QF R1*		ACC	RU	S. Marfavi	8
1992–93	Div 1	14	4	8	2	10	8	13	5th	NH		DNE		A. Sarkhab S. Marfavi	3
1992–93	TSL	7	0	5	2	6	10	5	7th↓	NH		DNE		A. Sarkhab S. Marfavi	3
1993–94	Div 3	24	16	6	2	45	15	24	1st	QF		DNE		A. Sarkhab	11
1993–94	TSL	6	4	2	0	9	5	10	1st↑	QF		DNE		A. Sarkhab	11
1994–95	Div 1	22	10	7	5	25	20	27	2nd	DNE R16*		DNE		E. Akhtar	11
1995–96	Div 1	30	14	9	7	41	26	51	3rd	W		DNE		E. Akhtar	11
1996–97	Div 1	30	11	8	11	42	39	41	6th	QF		ACWC	4th	S. Marfavi	13
1997–98	Div 1	28	16	10	2	46	21	58	1st	NH		DNE		A. Akbarpour F. Malekian	9
1998–99	Div 1	30	14	11	5	50	28	53	2nd	RU		ACC	RU	A. Mousavi	10
1999–2000	Div 1	26	12	11	3	32	16	47	2nd	W	ACWC	R2	A. Latifi	5
2000–01	Div 1	22	15	5	2	52	21	50	1st	SF	ACWC	4th	A. Samereh	14
2001–02	IPL	26	13	9	4	38	21	48	2nd	W	ACC	3rd	S. Dinmohammadi F. Fatemi	7
2002–03	IPL	26	8	8	10	32	30	32	9th	R16	ACL	G	A. Samereh A. Nikbakht	6
2003–04	IPL	26	14	9	3	46	31	51	2nd	RU	DNE		R. Enayati	11
2004–05	IPL	30	16	10	4	51	35	58	3rd	R1	DNE		R. Enayati	20
2005–06	IPL	30	16	11	3	44	17	59	1st	QF	DNE	DNE		R. Enayati	21
2006–07	IPL	30	14	10	6	39	30	52	4th	R1	NH	Disqualified		M. Baou	6
2007–08	IPL	34	11	10	13	44	44	43	13th	W		DNE		A. Borhani	8
2008–09	IPL	34	19	9	6	70	34	66	1st	R2		ACL	G	A. Borhani	20
2009–10	IPL	34	16	11	7	49	32	59	3rd	R16		ACL	R16	A. Borhani	11
2010–11	IPL	34	18	11	5	55	34	65	2nd	SF		ACL	G	A. Borhani	14
2011–12	IPL	34	19	9	6	58	34	66	3rd	W		ACL	R16	M. Jabari	10
2012–13	IPL	34	19	10	5	42	18	67	1st	SF		ACL	R16 ♦	A. Borhani	10
2013–14	IPL	30	15	9	6	34	25	53	5th	SF		ACL	SF	M. Ghazi	7
2013–14	IPL	30	15	9	6	34	25	53	5th	SF		ACL	G	M. Ghazi	7
2014–15	IPL	30	13	8	9	40	34	47	6th	QF		DNE		S. Shahbazzadeh	12
2015–16	IPL	30	13	13	4	43	28	52	3rd	RU		DNE		O. Ebrahimi	10
2016–17	IPL	30	16	9	5	45	27	57	2nd	QF	DNE	ACL	R16	K. Rezaei	7
2017–18	IPL	30	15	9	6	43	18	54	3rd	W	DNE	ACL	R16 ♦	A. Ghorbani	7
2018–19	IPL	30	16	9	5	40	13	57	3rd	R16	DNP	ACL	QF	M. Tabrizi	5
2018–19	IPL	30	16	9	5	40	13	57	3rd	R16	DNP	ACL	G	M. Tabrizi	5
2019–20	IPL	30	14	11	5	55	31	53	2nd	RU	DNE	ACL	R16	Ch. Diabaté	15
2020–21	IPL	30	16	8	6	36	19	56	3rd	RU	DNE	ACL	R16	A. Motahari	7
2021–22	IPL	30	19	11	0	39	10	68	1st	QF	DNE	Disqualified		A. Yamga	10
2022–23	IPL	30	18	8	4	52	22	62	3rd	RU	W	NH		M. Ghayedi	12
2023–24	IPL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	Disqualified		N/A	N/A

Footnotes

↑ Left unfinished due to Iranian revolution.

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References

↑ "Esteghlal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
↑ "استقلال 66 ساله شد!". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

Sources

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.

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[3] Left unfinished due to Iranian revolution.

[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.

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Players Managers Chairmen Honours Academy In Asian Competitions Records and statistics Current season
History	History Seasons Contribution to Iran national teams Taj organization
Home Stadiums	Azadi (1974–present) Amjadieh (1945–1990) Takhti (2002–2003)
Training ground	Deyhim Marghobkar Enghelab
Other facilities	Nasser Hejazi Camp Emam Reza
Players	100+ appearances Players' category Non Iranian players Goalscorers
Other teams	Esteghlal B Women's Football Futsal Bastekball: Men, Women Volleyball: Men, Women Wrestling Track and field
Youth teams	Under 21s Under 19s Under 17s Under 15s
Related teams	Esteghlal Ahvaz Taj Abadan
Media	Taj Varzeshi Esteghlaljavan Esteghlal F.C. TV
Suppoters	Esteghlal F.C. Supporters Blue Girl
Rivalries	League record by opponent Tehran Derby (List of matches) Sepahan rivalry
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