Esteghlal Facts & History Thread [Archive] - PFDC : Best Hangout for Iranian Football Fans

IranJavidan

12-10-2008, 12:51 AM

Salam :D.

After reading this suggestion by Yashareh Aziz, I thought of opening this thread: "5)i am also thinking of opening a separate thread about our beloved club's history, achievements and other details which will familiarize us and others viewing this club more about our own team."

Please kindly forgive any probable errors, and don't hesitate to enhance it's contents with your valuable input :). The source and link are provided at the end of this post.

Enjoy...

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 (Persian: تاج), meaning 'Crown' in Persian and renamed after Islamic Revoloution in 1979. Founded in 1945, they play in the IPL and have spent most of their history in the top tier in Iranian football. It is one of the most famous and popular football clubs in Asia. The club also has a similarly successful futsal section.
They play their home games at the 100,000 capacity Azadi Stadium in Tehran. The club's traditional kit colors are royal blue shirts, shorts and socks.
Esteghlal have been Asian Champions 2 times and have also won 5 National Championship titles.

FOR MORE DETAILS, READ ON...

Establishment

On 26 September 1945, three Iranian military officers Mirzani, Jananpour and Navab started a sports club on Ferdowsi Street, Tehran. Since the founders of the club were mostly interested in cycling, the club's original name was Docharkheh Savaran (Persian: دوچرخه سواران), meaning 'The Cyclists' in Persian. Docharkheh Savaran football club played its first official match in 1946, and in 1947 was able to win the Tehran Hazfi Cup.

Emerging success

In 1949, the club officially changed its name to Taj. The club became the second most loved team in Iran after some years, and were able to make their fans happy by winning numerous league championships, Hazfi Cups and Asian Club Championships. The club has been able to get successful results in the past couple of years and is always looked at as a contender for the league championship. In the past two years it has finished 2nd or 3rd in the league, but Amir Ghalenoei was able to get the team its first championship in the IPL in the 2005-06 season after his third and final year as the manager.

1979 Islamic Revolution

After 1979 Islamic Revoloution in Iran, the club was confiscated by newly established Islamic government and right now is under the control of the Physical Education Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: سازمان تربیت بدنی جمهوری اسلامی ايران), a governmental organization, and change its name to Esteghlal (Persian: استقلال), 'Independence' in Persian. Taj (Persian: تاج) means 'Crown' in Persian, and after the revolution, any sign of the previous monarchist regime was not tolerated.

Tehran Derby

The club's main rival and its opponent in the Tehran Derby is Persepolis F.C. The first derby match between the clubs took place on April 5, 1968 at Amjadieh Stadium. The Azadi Stadium is always sold out when the match takes place. Ali Samereh Scored the earliest goal in Tehran derby for Esteghlal F.C. against Persepolis F.C. whic came less than a minute into the game. Since 1995, IRIFF have invited foreign referees to officiate the game to ease fan and player suspicions of referee bias. This occurred after the events of the 38th derby. In the 38th derby (January 11, 1995) Persepolis was leading in the match by a score of 2-0 until the last 10 minutes of the match. Esteghlal scored 2 goals in quick succession, including one which was a penalty. This angered the Persepolis fans and players who felt the referee was biased towards Esteghlal. Persepolis fans stormed the field, and many fights broke out on the pitch between fans and players. After this match it was decided that Iranian referees will no longer be used for the derby. Over the years Esteghlal has been the more successful team.

AFC Champions League

Esteghlal is the most successful club in Asian Champion's League with 2 champions tittle and 2 runner up tied with Al-Hilal Riadh Saudi Arabia.

AFC Champions League 2007

Esteghlal was dropped from the 2007 edition of the Asian Champion's League after the AFC did not receive the club's player list for the tournament in time. Despite efforts by the club management to reverse the decision, AFC upheld its decision and the club's board resigned soon after.

Stadium

The Azadi (Persian: ورزشگاه آزادی) is a football stadium in Tehran, Iran. It is the home of Esteghlal F.C. Work on the grounds started in 1971. It has an official capacity of 100,000 but has been filled over capacity several times. The Stadiums former name was Aryamehr Stadium but was changed after the Iranian Revolution. Prior to the construction of Azadi Esteghlal used to play their games at Amjadieh Stadium.

Famous players

This is a list of famous or notable sports persons with no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria.

1945 to 1970s
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Heshmat Mohajerani
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Nasser Hejazi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Mansour Rashidi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Nasrollah Abdollahi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Faramarz Zelli
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Biyouk Jedikar
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Parviz Koozehkanani
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Masoud Moeini
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Jalal Talebi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Iraj Danaeifard
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Ezzat Janmaleki
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Behtash Fariba
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Ali Jabbari
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Hassan Roshan
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Hassan Nazari
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Andranik Eskandarian
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Mansour Pourheidari
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Gholam Vafakhah
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Gholam Hossein Mazloomi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Parviz Ghelichkhani1980s
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mehdi Fonouni Zadeh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Farshad Falahatzadeh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Reza Hasanzadeh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Shahin Bayani
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Reza Nalchegar
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Amir Ghalenoei
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Shahrokh Bayani
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mirshad Majedi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Masoud Ghafourihaye Asl
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Abdolali Changiz
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Samad Marfavi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Abbas Sarkhab
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mohsen Garousi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Reza Ahadi1990s
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Behzad Gholampour
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Parviz Boroumand
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Hadi Tabatabaei
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Javad Zarincheh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mehdi Pashazadeh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mohammad Navazi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mahmoud Fekri
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Alireza Mansourian
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Sirous Dinmohammadi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Dariush Yazdani
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Farhad Majidi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Alireza Akbarpour2000s
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Vahid Talebloo
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mehdi Hasheminasab
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mehdi Amirabadi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Hossein Kazemi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mojtaba Jabari
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Siavash Akbarpour
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Ali Samereh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Reza Enayati
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mehdi Rahmati
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Omid Ravankhah
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Fábio Januário
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Arash Borhani
World Cup Players

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Argentina_%28alternative%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina_%28alternative%29.svg.png 1978 FIFA World Cup
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Iraj Danaeifard
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Hasan Roshan
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Hassan Nazari
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Andranik Eskandarian
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lionflag.svg/22px-Lionflag.svg.png Nasser Hejazihttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1998 FIFA World Cup
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Alireza Mansourian
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Javad Zarincheh
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Mehdi Pashazadehhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2006 FIFA World Cup
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Vahid Taleblou
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Reza Enayati
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png Amir Hossein Sadeghi

Source: Wikipedia. LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteghlal_F.C.

yashar_fasihnia

12-10-2008, 04:41 AM

our achievements :

Achievements
National

* Iran Pro League / Azadegan League / Takht Jamshid Cup

Winners (5): 74-75, 89-90, 97-98, 00-01, 05-06
Runners-Up (5): 73-74, 91-92, 98-99, 01-02, 03-04

* Iran Local League:

Winner (1): 1970

* Iran 2nd Division:

Runner-Up (1): 1993-94

* Hazfi Cup:

Winners (5): 1977, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008<---- Highest in Iran among all teams

Runners-Up (2): 1999, 2004

Continental

* Asian Club Championships:

Winners (2): 1970, 90-91
Runner Up (2): 1991-92, 1998-99

yashar_fasihnia

12-10-2008, 04:44 AM

Statistics in IPL

* Seasons in IPL: 7 (all)
* Best position in IPL: First (2005-06)
* Worst position in IPL: 13 (2007-08)
* Most goals scored in a season: 51 (2004-05)
* Most goals scored in a match: 6 - 0
* Most goals conceded in a match: 4 - 1

* All-time top scorer: Reza Enayati with 41 goals for esteghlal.
* Reza Enayati is also the overall top scorer of IPL so far with 80 goals. (fazli is second with 75, he is catching up :nono:)
* Reza Enayati also holds the record for having the highest number of goals scored in one season: 21 goals in the 2005/2006 season, breaking perspolis retired striker, farshad pious previous record of 20 goals in a season. Note that Enayati had equalled Pious record of 20 goals in the 2004/2005 season as well.

* Player who has won most titles: Mahmoud Fekri with 3 tittles <-- Im not sure about this, can someone confirm plz??

yashar_fasihnia

12-10-2008, 05:06 AM

Esteghlal is also the current leader of the all time IPL standings, until the midseason of the current 8th season of IPL:

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9504/alltimeiplstandingsor7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/alltimeiplstandingsor7.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img399/alltimeiplstandingsor7.jpg/1/)

ardi11

12-10-2008, 07:22 AM

no offense to my brotha from a different motha but its really weird how wikipedia contains sooo many biased articles (wasn't like that in the beginning). i know that you probably can't leave your opinion out of it at all but in a different text the biggest part regarding the tehran derby is the 6-0 pp win. here it is a fight...

no wonder why our profs hate wiki :D

but good thread jigars. i'm gonna steal it for our forum :p

oh and congrats for your recent performances.

Ali Chicago

12-10-2008, 11:51 AM

no offense to my brotha from a different motha but its really weird how wikipedia contains sooo many biased articles (wasn't like that in the beginning). i know that you probably can't leave your opinion out of it at all but in a different text the biggest part regarding the tehran derby is the 6-0 pp win. here it is a fight...
no wonder why our profs hate wiki :D
but good thread jigars. i'm gonna steal it for our forum :p
oh and congrats for your recent performances.

Ardi jaan, I am not sure what do u mean by biased. I would say, stuff on Wikipedia about SS is more focused on strength of the SS club, but biased? You see you can go and edit the wikipedia and add that 6-0 as a fact to the club history if you want. I think Wikipedia is a tool, it is the people who use it, can use or abuse it. Moral of the story don't blame Wikipedia, blame the stupidity and biases of Human RACE.:D

Ali Chicago

12-10-2008, 11:53 AM

Dastetoon darn nakooneh yashar and Iran Javidan. I suggest we add names like Farmarz zelli Boyook Jedikar, Koozeh Kanani, Bayati, and few others as seniors and peeshkesvat at Esteghalal History. Many of these guys were more than a mere player for SS. When I practiced with guys in Dayheem and Afsar before revolution, coaching staff were talking with such an awe about Koozeh Kanani or Jeddikar shots and their love for the club. Comapre that to a player like Nikbakht today. In a way today how Mansoorian or Farhad Majidi, I think are more than a mere player for SS, hope you see what I mean.

yashar_fasihnia

12-10-2008, 12:01 PM

well ali, if u list the names of players and the era they were in, i or hassan will edit the first post and add ur list of players to the original list.
cos i personally dont know anything about them and havent even heard of them :o

Ali Chicago

12-10-2008, 05:02 PM

well ali, if u list the names of players and the era they were in, i or hassan will edit the first post and add ur list of players to the original list.
cos i personally dont know anything about them and havent even heard of them :o

Ok, actually some of the names are in the player's list. I should spend a weekend and implement some of the things that I have in mind myself probably, rather than just making comments like Hassan did.

I do this over the weekend.

ardi11

12-10-2008, 08:00 PM

Ardi jaan, I am not sure what do u mean by biased. I would say, stuff on Wikipedia about SS is more focused on strength of the SS club, but biased? You see you can go and edit the wikipedia and add that 6-0 as a fact to the club history if you want. I think Wikipedia is a tool, it is the people who use it, can use or abuse it. Moral of the story don't blame Wikipedia, blame the stupidity and biases of Human RACE.:D
Thanks for this commetn ali agha jan.

no i don't want to add that aziz :D i didn't mean that the 6-0 win SHOULD be there. its just that articles regarding the same topic contain such different views on it.

of course you're right. no surprise they had to close some page so people can't edit them anymore. e.g. israel: some people wrote how its a great country and others...well you know what i mean.
the sad thing is that more and more iranians edit the football-pages. we even had pfdc members who wrote on wiki that jose morinho is keen on signing karimi or that ali karimi things they (pfdc members) are going to be the new stars of iranian football.

but still wiki is good if you need infos on smth fast

EDITED: sorry i don't want to spoil this thread or take it off-topic.

great effort guys

ardi11

12-10-2008, 08:11 PM

sorry just 1 last point:

of course i also ment articles about pp when i said "biased"

Ali Chicago

12-11-2008, 03:47 PM

sorry just 1 last point:
of course i also ment articles about pp when i said "biased"

It is allright aziz, these (wikipedia) are mere tools and shows the strength and weaknesses of our society in a way. Thanks for sharing how kids on PFDC go and mess in Wikipedia!!!! lol

You know, there is this poem in Farsi that goes like:

Resad Adami be jayee ke be joz khoda nabinad
Tou bebin ke ta che had ast maghame Adameeyat

Guess had the poet seen some stuff on PFDC would have thought twice about his poem.:D