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Esteghlal Tehran FC (Official Website)
استقلال تهران
Nickname SS
Founded 24 September 1945
Ground Azadi Stadium
Capacity 100,000
Chairman Meghdad Najafnejad
Esteghlal (استقلال in Persian, meaning 'Independence') (formerly known as Taj, meaning 'Crown') is a football club in Iran.
It is one of the most famous football (soccer) clubs in Asia and in Iran's Premier Football League, established in 1945, and has won many championships in different competitions. Esteghlal and Perspolis are presently the two most popular football clubs in Iran, however in recent years their dominance has been seriously threatened by other clubs like Sepahan and Foolad. The team's main rival and its opponent in the Tehran derby is Persepolis. Azadi Stadium is always sold out when the match takes place.
The team is currently under the control of the welfare ministry ( وزارت رفاه و تامین اجتماعی), a government department.
 

 

مقام فصل گذشته: قهرمان

بازیكنان جدا شده: غلامرضا عنایتی، علیرضا نیكبخت واحدی، پیمان نادری، شاهین خیری، علیرضا اكبرپور

بازیكنان جدید: علی انصاریان، محمد نوازی، علی علیزاده، محمدباقر احمدی، محسن یوسفی، بهشاد یاورزاده، جوئیلسون داسیلوا، مهیار حسن نژاد

بازیكنان قبلی: وحید طالب لو، مهدی رحمتی، محمود فكری، پیروز قربانی، امیرحسین صادقی، سعید لطفی، مرتضی ابراهیمی، آگوستین گیلائوری، میثم بائو، حسین كاظمی، مهدی امیرآبادی، علیرضا منصوریان، مجتبی جباری، اصغر طالب نسب، فرزاد مجیدی، سیاوش اكبرپور، مرتضی هاشمی زاده

بهترین خرید: علی انصاریان

از دست رفته: رضا عنایتی

مهره كلیدی: حسین كاظمی

سرمربی: صمد مرفاوی
مربی: مسعود اقبالی رضا حسن زاده
مربی دروازه بان ها: حمید بابازاده
مدیر فنی: امیر قلعه نویی

در پایان فصل نقل و انتقالات استقلالی ها از دو سهمیه امیدهای خود استفاده نكرده اند همچنین به دلیل مصدومیت مجتبی جباری تا نیم فصل، استقلال می تواند یك بازیكن دیگر به لیست خود اضافه كند.مدافع عنوان قهرمانی در حالی پا به لیگ ششم می گذارد كه دچار تغییر و تحولات عمده چه در سطح مدیریتی و چه در سطح كادر فنی و بازیكنان شده است. خیلی ها اعتقاد دارند با خروج عنایتی و نیكبخت از تیم و همچنین رفتن قلعه نویی روی نیمكت تیم ملی، استقلال ضربه بزرگی خواهد خورد و بعید است با خریدهای نه چندان جالب این فصل، اقتدار سال گذشته در لیگ برتر و روزهای خوش در لیگ قهرمانان آسیا را شاهد نباشیم

Coach: Samad Marfavi
 

Club history
On 24 September 1945, three individuals by the names of Mirzani, Jananpour and Navab started a sports club on Ferdowsi Street of Tehran. Since the founders of the club were mostly interested in cycling, the club's original name was Docharke Savaran or The Cyclists. The Docharkhe Savaran football club played its first official match a year later, and in 1947 was able to capture the Tehran Hazfi Cup. In 1949, the team officially changed its name to Taj. The club became the second most loved team in Iran after some years, and were able to make their fans happy by winning numerous league championships, Hazfi Cups and Asian Club Championships. The team had to change its name again in 1979 to Esteghlal(independence in Persian), because of the revolution. Taj means crown in Persian, and after the revolution, any sign of the previous monarchist regime was not tolerated, so naturally, the name Taj was not suitable. The club has been able to get successful results in the past couple of years and is always looked at as a contender for the league championship. In the past two years it has finished 2nd or 3rd in the league, but Ghalenoei was able to get the team its first championship in the IPL in the 2005-06 season after his third and final year as the manager.


Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Esteghlal FC every season, from 1994 to the present day.

Season League League Finishing
Position
Hazfi Cup Asian Cup and
Asian Cup Winners Cup
1994-1995 Azadegan League 2nd    
1995-1996 Azadegan League 3rd Cup  
1996-1997 Azadegan League 6th   Asian Cup Winners Cup (Semifinal)
1997-1998 Azadegan League 1st (Champions)    
1998-1999 Azadegan League 2nd Final Asian Cup (2nd)
1999-2000 Azadegan League 2nd Cup Asian Cup Winners Cup (Second Round)
2000-2001 Azadegan League 1st (Champions) Semifinal Asian Cup Winners Cup (Semifinal)
2001-2002 Iran Premier League 2nd Cup Asian Cup (3rd)
2002-2003 Iran Premier League 9th    
2003-2004 Iran Premier League 2nd Final  
2004-2005 Iran Premier League 3rd    
2005-2006 Iran Premier League 1st (Champions) Quarterfinal  

2006/2007 Squad

No. Position

Player

No. Position

Player

1 GK Vahid Talebloo 16 FW Da Silva
2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeqi 17 MF Meisam Baou
3 DF Mehdi Amirabadi 18 FW Morteza Hashemizadeh
4 DF Hossein Kazemi 19 FW Ali Alizadeh
5 DF Saeed Lotfi 20 DF Pirouz Ghorbani
6 DF Mahmoud Fekri (captain) 21 GK Mehdi Rahmati
7 MF Mohammad Navazi 22 MF Behshad Yavarzadeh
8 MF Mojtaba Jabbari 23 DF Akvsenti Gilauri
9 FW Siavash Akbarpour 25 MF Bagher Ahmadi
10 MF Alireza Mansourian 26 MF Asghar Talebnasab
13 MF Mohsen Yousefi 28 DF Ali Ansarian
14 DF Morteza Ebrahimi TBA GK Mahyar Hassan Nejad
15 MF Farzad Majidi  

Squad changes during 2006/07 season

In:

  •  Bagher Ahmadi - From Esteghlal Ahvaz
  •  Ali Alizadeh -From Persepolis FC
  •  Ali Ansarian - From Persepolis FC
  •  Mohammad Navazi - From Saba Battery
  •  Behshad Yavarzadeh - From Shahid Ghandi Yazd
  •  Mohsen Yousefi - From Shemushack Noshahr
  •  Joelson Rodriguez da Silva - From Zob Ahan FC

Out:

  •  Alireza Akbarpour -
  •  Reza Enayati - To Al-Emarat
  •  Mojtaba Ensafi - To Bargh Shiraz
  •  Shahin Kheiri - To Mes Kerman
  •  Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht - To Persepolis FC
  •  Sebo Shahbazian - To Saba Battery
     

Famous players:

  • Iraj Danaeifard
  • Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
  • Andranik Eskandarian
  • Behtash Fariba
  • Amir Ghalenoei
  • Parviz Ghelichkhani
  • Karo Hagh-Verdian
  • Nasser Hejazi
 
  • Ali Jabbari
  • Samad Marfavi
  • Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
  • Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
  • Mansour Pourheidari
  • Hassan Rowshan
  • Javad Zarincheh

 


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Latest Results

17 May 2008

Fajr-Sepasi

Mes

Pegah

Saba

Abumoslem

Bargh

Rah-Ahan

Shirin-Faraz

Peykan

Saipa

Pas-Hamedan

Malavan

Zob-Ahan

Est-Ahvaz

Sanat-Naft

Esteghlal

Perspolis

Sepahan

14 May 2008

Sepahan 1

Sanat-Naft 0

Saipa 1

Abumoslem 0

Malavan 2

Fajr-Sepasi 1

Est-Ahvaz 2

Pas-Hamedan 2

Shirin-Faraz 0

Peykan 3

Mes 2

Rah-Ahan 1

Bargh 1

Pegah 0

Esteghlal 1

Zob-Ahan 2

Saba 1

Perspolis 4

Teams

P W D L F A GD Pts PR
1 Sepahan 33 17 10 6 52 36 +16 58* 1
2 Persepolis 33 17 11 5 53 33 +20

56*

2
3 Saba 33 13 13 7 41 36 +5 52 3
4 Pas-Hamedan 33 11 15 7 35 27 +8 48 4
5 Peykan 33 12 10 11 41 41 0 47 9
6 Abumoslem 33 13 8 12 35 36 -1 47 5
7 Bargh 33 11 14 8 42 45 -3 47 7
8 Est-Ahvaz 33 11 13 9 59 47 +12 46