Esteghlal F.C.

**Esteghlal Cultural and Athletic Club**  is an Iranian sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Tehran. It was founded as **Taj** (), meaning 'Crown' in Persian and renamed after the Islamic Revoloution in 1979.

Esteghlal have been Asian Champions AFC Champions League twice and have also won Nine National Championship titles. Esteghlal together with Al-Hilal Riadh of Saudi Arabia are the second most successful clubs in Asian Champion's League, after Pohang Steelers of South Korea, with two champions titles and two runner up.steghlal Club has an average of 30 to 110 million viewers in each of its games on television and cyberspace.

## Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Esteghlal in various competitions since 1945.

|Season|League|Pos.|Hazfi Cup|ACL||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1945-1946|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|rowspan=30|_Not held_|rowspan=25|_Not held_|
|1946-1947|Tehran Provincial League|5th||||||
|1947-1948|Tehran Provincial League|?||||||
|1948-1949|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1949-1950|_|_Not held_||||||
|1950-1951|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||
|1951-1952|Tehran Provincial League|5th||||||
|1952-1953|Tehran Provincial League|3rd||||||
|1953-1954|Tehran Provincial League|4th||||||
|1954-1955|_|_Not held_||||||
|1955-1956|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1956-1957|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||
|1957-1958|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1958-1959|Tehran Provincial League|?||||||
|1959-1960|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1960-1961|Tehran Provincial League|3rd||||||
|1961-1962|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1962-1963|Iran Local League|4th||||||
|1963-1964|Iran Local League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||
|1964-1965|Tehran Provincial League|3rd||||||
|1965-1966|Tehran Provincial League|3rd||||||
|1966-1967|_|_Not held_||||||
|1967-1968|Iran Local League|5th||||||
|1968-1969|Iran Local League|4th||||||
|1969-1970|_|_Not held_||||||
|1970-1971|Iran Local League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|bgcolor=gold|**Cup**|||
|1971-1972|Iran Local League|4th|bgcolor=bronze|**3**||||
|1972-1973|_|_Not held_|rowspan=17|_Did not qualify_||||
|1973-1974|Takht Jamshid Cup|bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||
|1974-1975|Takht Jamshid Cup|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1975-1976|Takht Jamshid Cup|4th|1/8 Final|||||
|1976-1977|Takht Jamshid Cup|4th|bgcolor=gold|**Cup**||||
|1977-1978|Takht Jamshid Cup|4th|rowspan=9|_Not held_||||
|1978-1979|Takht Jamshid Cup|did not finish||||||
|1979-1980|1979 Shahid Espandi Cup|6th||||||
|1980-1981|Tehran Provincial League|4th||||||
|1981-1982|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||
|1982-1983|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1983-1984|Tehran Provincial League|did not finish||||||
|1984-1985|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|||||
|1985-1986|Tehran Provincial League|3rd||||||
|1986-1987|Tehran Provincial League|3rd|1/8 Final|||||
|1987-1988|Tehran Provincial League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|1/16 Final||||
|1988-1989|17th of Shahrivar league|4th|1/8 Final|||||
|1989-1990|Qods League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|bgcolor=silver|Final|||
|1990-1991|_|_Not held_|1/8 Final|bgcolor=gold|**Cup**|||
|1991-1992|Azadegan League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|_Not held_|bgcolor=silver|Final||
|1992-1993|Azadegan League|bgcolor=|3rd|_Not held_|rowspan=4|_Did not qualify_||
|1993-1994|2nd Division|bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||
|1994-1995|Azadegan League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||
|1995-1996|Azadegan League|3rd|bgcolor=gold|**Cup**||||
|1996-1997|Azadegan League|6th||Semifinal||||
|1997-1998|Azadegan League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|_Not held_|_Did not qualify_|||
|1998-1999|Azadegan League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|bgcolor=silver|Final|bgcolor=silver|Final|
|1999-2000|Azadegan League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|bgcolor=gold|**Cup**|Second round||
|2000-2001|Azadegan League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|Semifinal|bgcolor=bronze|**3**||
|2001-2002|Iran Pro League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|bgcolor=gold|**Cup**|Semifinal||
|2002-2003|Iran Pro League|9th||First round||||
|2003-2004|Iran Pro League|bgcolor=silver|2nd|bgcolor=silver|Final|rowspan=3|_Did not qualify_|
|2004-2005|Iran Pro League|3rd||||||
|2005-2006|Iran Pro League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|Quarterfinal||||
|2006-2007|Iran Pro League|4th|1/16 Final|Disqualified||||
|2007-2008|Iran Pro League|13th|bgcolor=gold|**Cup**|_Did not qualify_|||
|2008-2009|Iran Pro League|bgcolor=gold|**1st**|1/16 Final|First round|||
|2009-2010|Iran Pro League|**3rd**|1/8 Final|Round of 16||||

## Infobox (football club)

- **clubname**: Esteghlal F.C.
استقلال تهران
- **fullname**: Esteghlal Tehran Football Club
- **nickname**: _تاج_  (Crown)
- **founded**: September 24, 1945
- **ground**: Azadi Stadium
Tehran, Iran
- **capacity**: 78,000
- **chairman**: Iranians
- **mgrtitle**: Head Coach
- **manager**: Ricardo Sapinto
- **league**: Iran Pro League, Persian Gulf Cup
- **season**: 2022-23
- **position**: Persian Gulf Cup, 3rd
- **website**: http://fcesteghlal.ir/
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