List of Esteghlal F.C. seasons explained

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

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

bgcolor=Gold	1st or W	Winners
bgcolor=silver	2nd or RU	Runners-up
3rd	Third
♦	Advanced to next round but thecup 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	bgcolor= silver	2nd				bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	1st				DNP*	B. Jeddikar	8
	TFL	14	11	2	1	50	6	35	bgcolor=gold	1st				RU*	N. Afshar	8
	ICT	6	5	1	0	33	4	11	bgcolor=gold	1st
1958–59	TFL	NH								NH*
1959–60	TFL	8	7	0	1	8	3	14	bgcolor=gold	1st				bgcolor=gold	W*
	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. ShorakaG. 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	bgcolor=silver	2nd		NH*	align=left	ACCT	W	A. Jabbari	13
	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	bgcolor=gold	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. RowshanH. Naraghi	9
1978	TJC	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. MazloumiA. 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	bgcolor=silver	2nd				QF*	P. MazloumiA. Changiz	8
1983–84	TFL	17	12	4	1	28	5	23	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	1st		NH	DNE		A. ChangizJ. Mokhtarifar	6
1986–87	TFL	10	6	3	1	14	8	15	3rd	DNP R16*		DNE		M. Namjoo-MotlaghGh. 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
	QL	20	15	3	2	52	10	33	bgcolor=gold	1st		NH	DNE		S. Marfavi	13
	TFL	12	8	2	2	19	6	26	bgcolor=silver	2nd			DNE		S. Marfavi	6
1990–91	TFL	17	13	4	0	29	5	30	bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=silver	RU	ACC	QF ♦	S. Marfavi	11
	Div 1	22	12	8	2	30	15	32	bgcolor=silver	2nd		QF R1*	align=left	ACC	bgcolor=gold	W	S. Marfavi	6
	TFL	15	10	5	0	29	8	25	bgcolor=gold	1st			align=left	ACC	RU	S. Marfavi	8
1992–93	Div 1	14	4	8	2	10	8	13	5th	NH		DNE		A. SarkhabS. Marfavi	3
	TSL	7	0	5	2	6	10	5	7th↓			DNE
1993–94	Div 3	24	16	6	2	45	15	24	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=silver	2nd	DNE R16*	DNE		E. Akhtar	11
1995–96	Div 1	30	14	9	7	41	26	51	3rd	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	1st	NH	DNE		A. AkbarpourF. Malekian	9
1998–99	Div 1	30	14	11	5	50	28	53	bgcolor=silver	2nd	RU	align=left	ACC	RU	A. Mousavi	10
1999–2000	Div 1	26	12	11	3	32	16	47	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	W	ACWC	R2	A. Latifi	5
2000–01	Div 1	22	15	5	2	52	21	50	bgcolor=gold	1st	SF	ACWC	4th	A. Samereh	14
2001–02	IPL	26	13	9	4	38	21	48	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	W	align=left	ACC	3rd	S. DinmohammadiF. Fatemi	7
2002–03	IPL	26	8	8	10	32	30	32	9th	R16	ACL	G	A. SamerehA. 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	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold		W	DNE		A. Borhani	8
2008–09	IPL	34	19	9	6	70	34	66	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=silver	2nd		SF	ACL	G	A. Borhani	14
2011–12	IPL	34	19	9	6	58	34	66	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd		bgcolor=gold	W	ACL	R16	M. Jabari	10
2012–13	IPL	34	19	10	5	42	18	67	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd		bgcolor=silver	RU	DNE		O. Ebrahimi	10
2016–17	IPL	30	16	9	5	45	27	57	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	DNE	ACL	R16	K. Rezaei	7
2017–18	IPL	30	15	9	6	43	18	54	3rd	bgcolor=gold	W	DNE	ACL	R16 ♦	A. Ghorbani	7
2018–19	IPL	30	16	9	5	40	13	57	3rd	R16	DNP	ACL	QF	align=left rowspan="2"	M. Tabrizi	5
												ACL	G
2019–20	IPL	30	14	11	5	55	31	53	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	RU	DNE	ACL	R16	Ch. Diabaté	15
2020–21	IPL	30	16	8	6	36	19	56	3rd	bgcolor=silver	RU	DNE	ACL	R16	A. Motahari	7
2021–22	IPL	30	19	11	0	39	10	68	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	DNE	Disqualified		A. Yamga	10
2022–23	IPL	30	18	8	4	52	22	62	3rd	bgcolor=silver	RU	bgcolor=gold	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

Sources

• Esteghlal seasons stats Page
• Iran Premier League Stats
• RSSSF database about Iranian league football.
• Persian League

Bibliography

• Book: Ahmadi. Seyyed Ali Akbar . Esteghlal Full History of the Club from Docharkheh Savaran and Taj to Esteghlal. 21 December 2009 . Paygan . 978-600-5096-54-5 . none.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Esteghlal. 2021-02-12. worldfootball.net. en.
2. Web site: استقلال 66 ساله شد!. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131220235125/http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1825/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/2011/09/26/2682719/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-66-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF. 2013-12-20. 2021-02-12. Goal.com.