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
Chairman | Tenure |
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Parviz Khosravani | September 1945 – June 1950 |
Parviz Sheikhan | June 1950 – February 1979 |
Enayatollah Atashi (acting) | April 1979 – May 1979 |
Abbas Kordnouri | May 1979 – May 1985 |
Nader Faryadshiran | June 1985 – September 1985 |
Abbas Nekoyeh | January 1986 – June 1989 |
Ali Agha-Mohammadi | June 1989 – September 1989 |
Kazem Oliaei | October 1989 – May 1996 |
Ali Fathollahzadeh[3] | 28 October 1996 – 20 May 2003 |
Mohammadhossein Gharib | 20 May 2003 – 25 June 2005 |
Kazem Oliaei[4] | 13 July 2005 – 30 January 2005 |
Mohammadhossein Gharib | 30 January 2005 – 1 September 2006 |
Manouchehr Salehi (acting) | 4 September 2006 – 14 October 2006 |
Meghdad Najafnejad | 14 October 2006 – 27 February 2007 |
Mohammadreza Bahmani (acting) | February 2007 – 30 April 2007 |
Ali Fathollahzadeh | 30 April 2007 – 17 September 2008 |
Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani | 20 September 2008 – 31 May 2010 |
Ali Fathollahzadeh[5][6] | 9 June 2010 – 17 May 2014 |
Bahram Afsharzadeh[7] | 17 May 2014 – 2 August 2016 |
Reza Hassanikho[8] | 3 August 2016 – 6 August 2016 |
Reza Eftekhari | 7 August 2016 – 22 June 2018 |
Amir Hossein Fathi | 22 June 2018 – 10 December 2019 |
Esmaeil Khalilzadeh (acting) | 12 December 2019 – 25 February 2020 |
Ali Fathollahzadeh (acting) | 26 February 2020 – 20 March 2020 |
Ahmad Saadatmand[9][10] | 29 March 2020 – 30 September 2020 |
Ahmad Madadi[11] | 1 October 2020 – 24 September 2021 |
Mostafa Ajorlu | 24 September 2021 – 15 October 2022 |
Ali Fathollahzadeh | 15 October 2022 – 11 April 2023 |
Hojjat Karimi (acting) | 11 April 2023 – 5 July 2023 |
Ali Khatir | 8 July 2023 – Present |