List of Esteghlal F.C. seasons

Taj F.C. players in 1950

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					Name	Goals
												Competition	Result
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
	ICT	6	5	1	0	33	4	11	1st
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
	TFL	15	9	5	1	33	4	23	1st
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
	TFL	NH due to start of Iran–Iraq War
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
	TFL	12	8	2	2	19	6	26	2nd			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
	TFL	15	10	5	0	29	8	25	1st			ACC	RU	S. Marfavi	8
1992–93	Div 1	14	4	8	2	10	8	13	5th	NH		DNE		A. Sarkhab S. Marfavi	3
	TSL	7	0	5	2	6	10	5	7th↓			DNE
1993–94	Div 3	24	16	6	2	45	15	24	1st	QF		DNE		A. Sarkhab	11
	TSL	6	4	2	0	9	5	10	1st↑			DNE
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
												ACL	G
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
												ACL	G
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

See also

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

Footnotes

1. Left unfinished due to Iranian revolution.

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.

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.