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[a] 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

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.
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