List of Esteghlal F.C. records and statistics

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Arash Borhani is Esteghlal's all-time leading goalscorer with 108 goals in all competitions

This page details Esteghlal Football Club records.

Honours[]

Main article: List of Esteghlal F.C. honours
Esteghlal championship in the 2017–18 Hazfi Cup
Taj (Esteghlal) championship in the 1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament, first continental title for Taj and an Iranian club
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.

Esteghlal is the most proud team of Iran with 36 official championship titles in provincial, national and continental cups.[1][2]

Official honors of Esteghlal Club[3][4]
Type Competition Titles Seasons
Domestic national Iranian league 8 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
Hazfi Cup 7 1976–77, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2017–18
Iran championship cup 1* 1957
Provincial Tehran Province 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
Total 36
  •   record
  •   * shared record
  •   ** Iran record

Domestic[]

League[]

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (8): 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (10): 1973–74, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2019–20
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 1957

Cups[]

  • Hazfi Cup (record)
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

Provincial[]

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[]

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[]

Esteghlal has achieved the Double on 4 occasions in its history:

  • Tehran football league and Iran championship cup
    • 1957–58 Taj F.C. season
  • Tehran football league and Tehran hazfi cup
    • 1959–60 Taj F.C. season
  • Tehran football league and Iran local league
    • 1970–71 Taj F.C. season
  • Tehran football league and Asian Club Championship
    • 1991–92 Esteghlal F.C. season

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

  • Tehran football league, Iran local league and Asian Club Championship
    • 1970–71 Taj F.C. season

Minor Tournaments[]

taj players and staff after winning 1969 Milz Cup, the first international trophy ever won by an Iranian side
  • Iran Taj Cup
    • Winner (1): 1958
  • India Delhi Cloth Mills
    • Winners (4): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1989[5]
  • Iran Doosti Cup
    • Winners (1): 1972
  • Iran Ettehad Cup
    • Winners (1): 1973
  • India Bordoloi Trophy
    • Winners (1): 1989[6]
  • Qatar Qatar Independence Cup
    • Winners (1): 1991
  • Iran Basij Festival
    • Winner (1): 1992
  • Iran Iran Third Division
    • Winner (1): 1993
  • Iran Caspian Cup
    • Winners (1): 1998
  • Iran Kish Quartet Competition Cup
    • Winners (1): 1998
  • Turkmenistan Turkmenistan President's Cup
    • Winners (1): 1998
  • Iran Iranian Football League Cup
    • Winners (1): 2002
  • Iran Solh va Doosti Cup
    • Winners (1): 2005

Rankings[]

The club is currently ranked 160 in the world by IFFHS.[7]

Top Ten Asian's clubs of the 20th Century[]

Esteghlal was placed 3rd in IFFHS continental Clubs of the 20th Century:[8]

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[]

Statistics in IPL[]

  • Seasons in IPL: 17 (all)
  • Best position in IPL: First (2005–06, 2008–2009, 2012–13)
  • Worst position in IPL: 13 (2007–08)
  • Most goals scored in a season: 70 (2008–09)
  • Most goals scored in a match: 6 – 0 (1 time)
  • Most goals conceded in a match: 4 – 1 (3 times)

Statistics in ACL[]

  • Most goals scored in a match: 8 – 0 (1 time)
  • Most goals conceded in a match: 1 – 6 (1 time)

Statistics in Hazfi Cup[]

  • Most goals scored in a match: 13 – 0 (1 time)
  • Most goals conceded in a match: 0 – 3 (1 time)

Player records[]

Appearances[]

List of Esteghlal F.C players with 100 or more appearances[9]
Name Pos Club career Appearances Goals
Mahmoud Fekri Defender 1992–1996
1998–2007 		345 22
Pejman Montazeri Defender 2007–2014
2017–2019 		318 17
Amir Hossein Sadeghi Defender 2002–2008
2009–2011
2012–2015 		316 16
Javad Zarincheh Defender 1987–1991
1993–2003 		305 2
Khosro Heydari Midfielder 2008–2010
2011–2019 		304 8
Arash Borhani Forward 2007–2016 292 107
Sadegh Varmazyar Defender 1984–1997 271 16
Mehdi Rahmati Goalkeeper 2005–2007
2011–2014
2015–2019 		265 0
Farhad Majidi Forward 1997–1998
2000
2007–2011
2012–2013 		256 94
Alireza Mansourian Midfielder 1995–1996
1997–1998
2002–2008 		226 24

Goalscorers[]

Top goalscorers[]

Top scorers[10]
Player Goals
Arash Borhani 107
Farhad Majidi 94
Ali Jabbari 92
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi 81
Samad Marfavi 79
Parviz Mazloumi 65
Reza Enayati 64
Abdolali Changiz 47
Siavash Akbarpour 46
Ali Samereh 43

Managerial records[]

Main article: List of Esteghlal F.C. managers
  • 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[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "تاریخچه استقلال". esteghlaljavan. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "The best clubs of Asia". rsssf. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018.
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  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Arunava, Chaudhuri. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  7. ^ "IFFHS (International Federation of Football for History & Statistics". www.iffhs.de. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  8. ^ shared record holder.
  9. ^ "رکوردداران بازی در استقلال چه کسانی هستند- اخبار خواندنی - اخبار رسانه ها تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  10. ^ Behnegarsoft.com (2010-04-11). "بهترين گلزنان تاريخ استقلال". جهان نيوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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