List of Esteghlal F.C. seasons

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]

Taj F.C. players in 1950

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[lower-alpha 1]	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

• List of Esteghlal F.C. records and statistics
• List of Esteghlal F.C. honours

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.