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]
Chairmen edit
Key
- Chairmen with this background in the "Chairman" column are italicised to denote acting chairmen.
| Chairman | Tenure |
|---|---|
 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 |
See also edit
Footnotes edit
References edit
- ^ "Esteghlal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "استقلال 66 ساله شد!". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "علي فتح‌الله‌زاده: شرمنده هواداران شدم، استعفا دادم فقط 45 درصد از برنامه‌هايم تحقق يافت هيچگاه حمايت‌ها با خواسته‌ها مطابقت نداشت". ایسنا (in Persian). 2003-05-21. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "محمدحسين قريب بار ديگر مدير عامل باشگاه استقلال مي شود". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2006-01-30. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "فتح الله زاده سرپرست باشگاه استقلال شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "خدا را شکر افشارزاده مدیرعاملی را قبول کرد/ می‌خواهم یکسال استراحت کنم". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "افشارزاده مدیرعاملی استقلال را پذیرفت". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "مدیرعامل استقلال نیامده کناره‌گیری کرد/ دلیل استعفای رضا حسنی‌خو". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "احمد سعادتمند مدیرعامل باشگاه استقلال شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "سعادتمند از مدیرعاملی استقلال برکنار شد". FcEsteghlal (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "مددی سرپرست مدیرعاملی استقلال شد". FcEsteghlal (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
Sources edit
Bibliography edit
- 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.