List of Esteghlal F.C. managers explained

Esteghlal F.C. is an Iranian professional association football club base in Tehran. The club was formed in Ferdowsi Street, central Tehran in 26 September 1945^[1] as Docharkhesavaran and was renamed to Taj F.C. in 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]

Ali Danaeifard is the first manager in the club's history. Danaifard managed Taj in 3 separate spells. As of 2020-21 season there have been 40 managers in 65 separate spells managing the club.

Notable managers

Only managers who have won official trophies are listed.

Key

Name	Official Trophies
Domestic
IPL	Iranian league
HC	Hazfi Cup
ISC	Iranian Super Cup
ICC	Iran championship cup
TPL	Tehran Province League
THC	Tehran Hazfi Cup
TSC	Tehran Super Cup
International
ACL	AFC Champions League

Name	Nat.	Period	Official Trophies
			Total	Domestic							International
				IPL	HC	ISC	ICC	TPL	THC	TSC	ACL
Ali Danaeifard		1946–19531954–19671968–19701976	13	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0
Mansour Pourheidari		197919811983–19841985–19861986–1988 1989–1992 1995–1996 2000–20022003	8	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
Zdravko Rajkov		1969–19711971–1976	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
Amir Ghalenoei		2003–2006 2008–2009 2012–2015	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vladimir Đekić		1976–1979	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reza Naalchegar		19941994	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nasser Hejazi		1996–1999	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parviz Mazloumi		2010–2012 2015–2016	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Winfried Schäfer		2017–2019	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Farhad Majidi		2019–2020 2021–2022	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ricardo Sá Pinto		2022–2023	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Managers

• Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 16 August 2024.

Key

• M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
• Managers with this background in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.

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Nationality	From	To	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %	Honours	Notes
Ali Danaeifard		March 1946	August 1953	49	34	5	10	111	36	69%	Tehran Hazfi Cup 1947–48, 1951–52Tehran League: 1949–50, 1952–53
Rasool Madadnoui		August 1953	1954	10	6	1	3	28	10	60%
Ali Danaeifard		1954	1967	114	72	21	14	312	94	?	Tehran League 1956–1957, 1957–19581959–1960, 1960–1961, 1962–1963Iran championship cup: 1957–1958Tehran Hazfi Cup: 1959–1960, 1960–1961
Mahmoud Bayati		19 May 1967	January 1968	20	12	5	3	46	10	60%
Ali Danaeifard		January 1968	March 1970	23	14	7	2	43	8	61%	Tehran League 1968–1969
Zdravko Rajkov		March 1970	June 1971	38	28	7	3	85	27	74%	Asian Club Championship 1970Tehran League: 1970–1971Iran Local League: 1970–1971
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Parviz Koozehkanani		June 1971	July 1971	4	4	0	0	11	1	100%
Zdravko Rajkov		July 1971	19 November 1976	137	79	37	21	207	89	58%	Tehran League 1972–1973Takht Jamshid Cup: 1974	^[3]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Ali Danaeifard		December 1976	December 1976	4	1	2	1	3	3	25%
Vladimir Jekić		December 1976	October 1978	47	25	11	11	51	31	53%	Iran Hazfi Cup 1977–1978
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Mansour Pourheidari		1979	1979
Abbas Razavi		1980	1980	9	6	2	1	27	3	66%
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Mansour Pourheidari		1981	1981	3	1	0	2	3	1	33%
Hassan Azodi		1981	1981	2	1	1	0	1	0	50%
Abbas Razavi		1981	1982	12	5	5	2	16	9	41%
Asghar Sharafi		1982	1982	6	5	1	10	16	2	83%
Hassan Azodi		1982	1982	6	4	1	1	6	1	66%
Nasser Hejazi		1983	1983	8	4	4	0	14	6	50%
Mansour Pourheidari		1983	1984	22	16	4	2	37	9	73%	Tehran League 1983–1984
Abbas Kordnouri		1984	1984	3	3	0	0	10	1	100%
Fereydoun Askarzadeh		1984	1984
Nasser Hejazi		1984	1984
Hassan Habibi		1984	1984
Mansour Pourheidari		1985	1986	12	8	2	2	16	9	66%	Tehran League 1985–1986
Abbas Razavi		1986	1986	5	4	1	0	8	3	80%
Mansour Pourheidari		1986	1988	34	20	10	4	46	34	59%
Mohammad Ranjbar		1988	1988	5	2	2	1	5	4	40%
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi		1988	1989	21	13	6	2	40	15	62%
Mohammad Salahi		1 May 1989	1989	13	10	3	0	25	7	77%
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Kambiz Jamali		1989	1989	2	2	0	0	7	0	100%
Mansour Pourheidari		1989	1992	108	70	30	8	189	52	65%	Qods League 1989–90Asian Club Championship: 1990–91Tehran League: 1991–92
Bijan Zolfagharnasab		1992	1993	21	4	13	4	16	18	19%
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Ali Jabbari		1993	1993	2	1	1	0	4	3	50%
Yevgeni Skomorokhov		1993	1994	30	17	10	3	47	18	56%
Reza Naalchegar		1994	1994	8	4	4	0	9	5	50%	Tehran Super Cup: 1994
Leonid Bilofsky		1994	1994	8	4	0	4	11	11	50%
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Reza Naalchegar		1994	1994	3	1	1	1	6	4	33%
Nasrollah Abdollahi		1994	1995	16	7	6	3	17	12	44%
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Hamid Malekahmadi		1995	1995	1	0	1	0	2	2	0%
Mansour Pourheidari		1995	1996	57	29	17	11	86	51	51%	Iran Hazfi Cup 1995–96
Nasser Hejazi		20 November 1996	10 May 1999	84	39	27	18	127	76	46%	Azadegan League 1997–98	^[4]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Javad Zarincheh		11 May 1999	24 May 1999	4	3	1	0	12	5	75%		^[5]
Yevgeni Skomorokhov		5 June 1999	25 February 2000	28	17	7	4	59	14	61%		^[6]
Mansour Pourheidari		25 February 2000	22 May 2002	80	46	23	11	158	74	58%	Iran Hazfi Cup 1999–2000Azadegan League: 2000–01	^[7]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Amir Ghalenoei		22 May 2002	July 2002	5	3	1	1	12	9	60%	Iran Hazfi Cup 2001–02	^[8]
Roland Koch		August 2002	20 April 2003	28	13	7	8	38	31	46%		^[9]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Javad Zarincheh		24 April 2003	14 May 2003	4	0	1	3	3	7	0%		^[10]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Mansour Pourheidari		15 May 2003	1 June 2003	5	1	0	4	5	6	20%		^[11]
Amir Ghalenoei		3 July 2003	17 July 2006	95	52	31	12	163	92	55%	Iran Pro League 2005–06	^[12] ^[13]
Samad Marfavi		21 July 2006	28 May 2007	31	14	10	7	39	31	45%		^[14] ^[15]
Nasser Hejazi		27 June 2007	4 November 2007	15	6	5	4	26	22	36%		^[16] ^[17]
Firouz Karimi		4 November 2007	15 May 2008	21	6	7	8	25	26	28%		^[18] ^[19]
Vaccant		15 May 2008	16 May 2008	1	0	0	1	1	2	0%		^[20]
Amir Ghalenoei		17 May 2008	17 May 2009	45	21	15	9	90	47	47%	Iran Hazfi Cup 2007–08Persian Gulf League: 2008–09	^[21] ^[22]
Samad Marfavi		17 May 2009	19 May 2010	43	20	13	10	77	45	47%		^[23] ^[24]
Parviz Mazloumi		11 June 2010	23 May 2012	92	51	25	16	155	88	55%	Iran Hazfi Cup 2011–12	^[25] ^[26]
Amir Ghalenoei		28 May 2012	19 May 2015	123	64	33	26	166	103	52%	Persian Gulf League 2012–13	^[27] ^[28]
Parviz Mazloumi		21 June 2015	31 May 2016	35	16	15	4	55	32	46%		^[29] ^[30]
Alireza Mansourian		1 June 2016	20 September 2017	51	24	15	12	66	49	47%		^[31] ^[32]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Mick McDermott		21 September 2017	2 October 2017	1	1	0	0	2	1	100%		^[33]
Winfried Schäfer		2 October 2017	29 April 2019	69	37	21	11	102	42	54%	Iran Hazfi Cup 2017–18	^[34]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Farhad Majidi		29 April 2019	13 June 2019	5	3	2	0	9	5	60%		^[35]
Andrea Stramaccioni		13 June 2019	8 December 2019	15	9	4	2	32	13	60%		^[36]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Saleh Mostafavi		9 december 2019	2 January 2020	3	1	1	1	7	5	33%		^[37]
Farhad Majidi		2 January 2020	3 September 2020	21	9	8	4	38	22	43%		^[38]
align=left bgcolor=#B0C4DE	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh		6 September 2020	26 September 2020	3	1	1	1	5	3	33%		^[39]
Mahmoud Fekri		7 October 2020	2 March 2021	16	7	6	3	19	12	43%		^[40]
Farhad Majidi		3 March 2021	3 June 2022	59	35	19	5	78	31	59%	Persian Gulf Pro League 2021–22	^[41]
Ricardo Sá Pinto		21 June 2022	7 June 2023	36	23	8	5	63	25	64%	Iranian Super Cup 2022	^[42]
Javad Nekounam		20 June 2023	Present	32	20	10	2	42	18	63%

Notes and References

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14. Web site: 2006-07-21. صمدمرفاوي سرمربي تيم فوتبال استقلال شد. 2021-02-13. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
15. Web site: 2007-05-28. قسمت نبود قهرمان شویم / به جای مشکلات مصیبت داشتیم / هنوز هم معتقدم تیم من بالاتر از پرسپولیس است. 2021-02-13. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
16. Web site: 2007-06-27. ناصر حجازی سر مربی استقلال شد. 2021-02-13. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
17. Web site: 2007-11-04. فیروز کریمی سرمربی تیم فوتبال استقلال شد. 2021-02-13. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
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20. Web site: Magiran روزنامه ایران (1387/02/28): پایان یک فصل التهاب ضرب سکه قهرمانی در واپسین روز لیگ برتر. 2021-02-13. www.magiran.com.
21. Web site: 2008-05-17. امیر قلعه نویی رسما به عنوان سرمربی تیم فوتبال استقلال معرفی شد. 2021-02-13. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
22. Web site: Magiran روزنامه جام جم (1388/02/28): صمد مرفاوی سرمربی استقلال. 2021-02-13. www.magiran.com.
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25. Web site: Magiran روزنامه جام جم شماره 2868، شنبه ۲۲ خرداد ۱۳۸۹. 2021-02-13. www.magiran.com.
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39. Web site: 2020-09-06. دو مربی استقلال تست کرونا دادند/ نامجومطلق مربی آبی‌ها در آسیا؟. 2021-02-13. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
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41. Web site: مجیدی رسما سرمربی استقلال شد. 2021-03-03. Fars News Agency. fa-IR.
42. News: Sá Pinto conquista Supertaça e dedica troféu a "mulheres e homens do Irão que estão a sofrer". Sá Pinto conquers Supercup and dedicates trophy to "women and men of Iran who are suffering". Jornal de Notícias. pt. 2 November 2022. 3 November 2022.