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Arash Borhani is Esteghlal's all-time leading goalscorer with 107 goals in all competitions.

Esteghlal Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Esteqlâl), commonly known as Esteghlal (Persian: استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital of the Tehran province Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1946 as Docharkheh Savaran (Persian: دوچرخه سواران; meaning 'The Cyclists') and previously known as Taj (Persian: تاج; meaning 'The Crown') between 1949 and 1979.[1] [2] [3] This page details Esteghlal Football Club records and statistics.

Honours

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Esteghlal is the most proud team of Iran with 38 official championship titles in provincial, national and continental cups.[4][5]

Esteghlal F.C. official honours[6][7][8]
Type Competition Titles Seasons
Domestic National
League 10 1957,1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2021–22
Hazfi Cup 7* 1976–77, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2017–18
Super Cup 1 2022
Provincial (High Level) Tehran League 13 1949–50, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–1971, 1972–73, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1991–92
Tehran Hazfi Cup 4 1946–47, 1950–51, 1958–59, 1960–61
Tehran Super Cup 1* 1994
Continental AFC Champions League 2** 1970, 1990–91
  •   record
  •   * shared record
  •   ** Iran record

Domestic

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League

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Esteghlal were crowned champions ending the 2021-22 Persian Gulf Pro League season without a single defeat – the first Iranian team ever to do so in a 30-game league season.
Esteghlal club's championship kit in Season 2021–22 to mark the tenth championship in the History of Iranian football leagues.
Taj (Esteghlal) championship in the 1970 Asian Champion Club, first continental title for Taj and an Iranian club.[9]
The Taj Club Museum, which was looted after the 1978 revolution. Most of the museum's trophies were won by the club's football team.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (9): 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2021–22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (11): 1973–74, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2023–24
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 1957
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (7): 1976–77, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2017–18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (6): 1989–90, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 2022
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2018

Provincial (High Level)

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1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (13): 1949–50, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–1971, 1972–73, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1991–92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (7): 1946–47, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1969–70, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91
  • Tehran Hazfi Cup
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (4): 1946–47, 1950–51, 1958–59, 1960–61
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (3): 1945–46, 1957–58, 1969–70
  • Tehran Super Cup (shared record)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 1994

Continental

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1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (2): 1970, 1990–91
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2): 1991, 1998–99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (3): 1971, 2001–02, 2013

Doubles and Treble

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Esteghlal has achieved the Double on 5 occasions in its history:

  • Iran League and Tehran League
    • 1957–58 Season
    • 1970–71 Season
  • Tehran League and Tehran Hazfi Cup
    • 1958–59 Season
    • 1960–61 Season
  • AFC Champions League and Tehran League
    • 1990–91 Season

Esteghlal has achieved the Treble on 1 occasions in its history:

  • AFC Champions League and Iran League and Tehran League
    • 1970–71 Season

Minor Tournaments

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International

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Taj players and staff after winning 1969 Mills Cup (DCM Trophy), the first international trophy ever won by an Iranian side.

Domestic

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  • Iran Taj Cup
    • Winner (1): 1958
  • Iran Doosti Cup
    • Winners (1): 1972
  • Iran Ettehad Cup
    • Winners (1): 1973
  • Iran Basij Festival
    • Winner (1): 1992
  • Iran Iran Third Division
    • Winner (1): 1993
  • Iran Kish Quartet Competition Cup
    • Winners (1): 1998
  • Iran Iranian Football League Cup
    • Winners (1): 2002
  • Iran Solh va Doosti Cup
    • Winners (1): 2005

Rankings

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The club is currently ranked 160 in the world by IFFHS.[12]

Top Ten Asian's clubs of the 20th Century

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Esteghlal was placed 3rd in IFFHS continental Clubs of the 20th Century:[13]

Position Team Country Pts.
1 Al-Hilal  Saudi Arabia 93,50
2 Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan 66,25
3 Esteghlal Tehran  Iran 56,00
4 Persepolis  Iran 55,00
5 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma  South Korea 51,00
6 Al-Nassr  Saudi Arabia 47,50
7 Pohang Steelers  South Korea 45,25
8 Tokyo Verdy  Japan 42,00
9 Liaoning Hongyun  China 38,00
10 Thai Farmers Bank  Thailand 33,75

Statistics

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Official Matches

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Statistics in IPL

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Statistics in ACC/ACL/ACWC

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Statistics in Hazfi Cup

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Player records

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Appearances

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List of Esteghlal F.C players with 200 or more appearances[14]
# Name Pos Club career Appearances Goals
1 Mahmoud Fekri Defender 1992–1996
1998–2007
345 22
2 Pejman Montazeri Defender 2007–2014
2017–2019
318 17
3 Amir Hossein Sadeghi Defender 2002–2008
2009–2011
2012–2015
316 16
4 Javad Zarincheh Defender 1987–1991
1993–2003
305 2
5 Khosro Heydari Midfielder 2008–2010
2011–2019
304 8
6 Arash Borhani Forward 2007–2016 292 107
7 Sadegh Varmazyar Defender 1984–1997 271 16
8 Mehdi Rahmati Goalkeeper 2005–2007
2011–2014
2015–2019
265 0
9 Farhad Majidi Forward 1997–1998
2000
2007–2011
2012–2013
256 94
10 Alireza Mansourian Midfielder 1995–1996
1997–1998
2002–2008
226 24

Goalscorers

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Top goalscorers

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Top scorers[15]
# Player Goals
1 Arash Borhani 107
2 Farhad Majidi 94
3 Ali Jabbari 92
4 Gholam Hossein Mazloumi 81
5 Samad Marfavi 79
6 Parviz Mazloumi 65
7 Reza Enayati 64
8 Abdolali Changiz 47
9 Siavash Akbarpour 46
10 Ali Samereh 43

Managerial records

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  • First full-time manager: Ali Danaeifard managed Taj from March 1946 to August 1953
  • Longest-serving manager: Ali Danaeifard – 14 years from 1953 to May 1967
  • Shortest tenure as manager: Mick McDermott (caretaker) – 12 days from 21 September 2017 to 2 October 2017
  • Highest win percentage: Parviz Koozehkanani (caretaker) 100%
  • Lowest win percentage: Javad Zarincheh (caretaker) 0%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 1000 points
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  4. ^ "دربارهٔ باشگاه". fcesteghlal. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012.
  5. ^ "تاریخچه استقلال". esteghlaljavan. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017.
  6. ^ "The best clubs of Asia". rsssf. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018.
  7. ^ "افتخارات و جام‌های استقلال ایران در طول تاریخ/سایت رسمی باشگاه استقلال ایران". fcesteghlal. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Iran - List of Tehran Hazfi Cup Winners". Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  9. ^ Mulcahy, Enda. "Asian Club Competitions 1970". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  10. ^ Raunak, Majumdar (31 May 2019). "The DCM Trophy- Oldest Indian Tournament with International Exposure". chaseyoursport.com. Chase Your Sport. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  11. ^ Arunava, Chaudhuri. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  12. ^ "IFFHS (International Federation of Football for History & Statistics". www.iffhs.de. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  13. ^ shared record holder.
  14. ^ "رکوردداران بازی در استقلال چه کسانی هستند- اخبار خواندنی - اخبار رسانه ها تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  15. ^ Behnegarsoft.com (2010-04-11). "بهترين گلزنان تاريخ استقلال". جهان نيوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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Achievements
Preceded by Asian Champions League
1970
Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Champions League
1990–91
Succeeded by