 esteghlal tehran football club (Ø¨Ø§Ø´Ú¯Ø§Ù ÙÙØªØ¨Ø§Ù Ø§Ø³ØªÙÙØ§Ù ØªÙØ±Ø§Ù, meaning independence in persian) known before the iranian revolution as taj tehran football club (Ø¨Ø§Ø´Ú¯Ø§Ù ÙÙØªØ¨Ø§Ù ØªØ§Ø¬ ØªÙØ±Ø§Ù, meaning crown in persian) is an iranian professional football club based in tehran that plays in the persian gulf pro league. founded in 1945 initially as docharkhe savaran (Ø¯ÙÚØ±Ø®Ù Ø³ÙØ§Ø±Ø§Ù) meaning "the cyclists" in persian and later in 1949, the name of the club was first changed to taj (ØªØ§Ø¬), that means "crown" in persian; a name that was quickly transformed into a football powerhouse in iranian soccer competitions. the name of the club was finally modified into esteghlal () that is the current name of the club, meaning "independence", subsequent to the islamic revolution in 1979. in 1970, under the management of zdravko rajkov, esteghlal tehran became the first iranian football club to win the asian cup. they have won several official titles in the national and international stage since 1970, including eight iranian league (1st tier) titlesaccording to the list of iranian football champions. and a record 6 hazfi cups, {{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4016/main/2012/03/16/2970201/esteghlal-wi
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