Parviz Khosravani, co founder, first chairman and later owner of the club from 1950 to 1979.

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]

Chairmen

Key

  •    Chairmen with this background in the "Chairman" column are italicised to denote acting chairmen.
List of Esteghlal F.C. chairmen
Chairman Tenure
Iran Parviz Khosravani September 1945 – June 1950
Iran Parviz Sheikhan June 1950 – February 1979
Iran Enayatollah Atashi (acting) April 1979 – May 1979
Iran Abbas Kordnouri May 1979 – May 1985
Iran Nader Faryadshiran June 1985 – September 1985
Iran Abbas Nekoyeh January 1986 – June 1989
Iran Ali Agha-Mohammadi June 1989 – September 1989
Iran Kazem Oliaei October 1989 – May 1996
Iran Ali Fathollahzadeh[3] 28 October 1996 – 20 May 2003
Iran Mohammadhossein Gharib 20 May 2003 – 25 June 2005
Iran Kazem Oliaei[4] 13 July 2005 – 30 January 2005
Iran Mohammadhossein Gharib 30 January 2005 – 1 September 2006
Iran Manouchehr Salehi (acting) 4 September 2006 – 14 October 2006
Iran Meghdad Najafnejad 14 October 2006 – 27 February 2007
Iran Mohammadreza Bahmani (acting) February 2007 – 30 April 2007
Iran Ali Fathollahzadeh 30 April 2007 – 17 September 2008
Iran Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani 20 September 2008 – 31 May 2010
Iran Ali Fathollahzadeh[5][6] 9 June 2010 – 17 May 2014
Iran Bahram Afsharzadeh[7] 17 May 2014 – 2 August 2016
Iran Reza Hassanikho[8] 3 August 2016 – 6 August 2016
Iran Reza Eftekhari 7 August 2016 – 22 June 2018
Iran Amir Hossein Fathi 22 June 2018 – 10 December 2019
Iran Esmaeil Khalilzadeh (acting) 12 December 2019 – 25 February 2020
Iran Ali Fathollahzadeh (acting) 26 February 2020 – 20 March 2020
Iran Ahmad Saadatmand[9][10] 29 March 2020 – 30 September 2020
Iran Ahmad Madadi[11] 1 October 2020 – 24 September 2021
Iran Mostafa Ajorlu 24 September 2021 – 15 October 2022
Iran Ali Fathollahzadeh 15 October 2022 – 11 April 2023
Iran Hojjat Karimi (acting) 11 April 2023 – 5 July 2023
Iran Ali Khatir 8 July 2023 – 1 May 2024

Iran Farshid Samiei(acting)

1 May 2024 – 20 July 2024
Iran Farshid Samiei[12] 20 July 2024 – 8 January 2025
Iran Ali Nazari Juybari[13] 8 January 2025 – Present

See also

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ "Esteghlal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  2. ^ "استقلال 66 ساله شد!". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  3. ^ "علي فتح‌الله‌زاده: شرمنده هواداران شدم، استعفا دادم فقط 45 درصد از برنامه‌هايم تحقق يافت هيچگاه حمايت‌ها با خواسته‌ها مطابقت نداشت". ایسنا (in Persian). 2003-05-21. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  4. ^ "محمدحسين قريب بار ديگر مدير عامل باشگاه استقلال مي شود". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2006-01-30. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  5. ^ "فتح الله زاده سرپرست باشگاه استقلال شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  6. ^ "خدا را شکر افشارزاده مدیرعاملی را قبول کرد/ می‌خواهم یکسال استراحت کنم". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  7. ^ "افشارزاده مدیرعاملی استقلال را پذیرفت". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  8. ^ "مدیرعامل استقلال نیامده کناره‌گیری کرد/ دلیل استعفای رضا حسنی‌خو". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  9. ^ "احمد سعادتمند مدیرعامل باشگاه استقلال شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  10. ^ "سعادتمند از مدیرعاملی استقلال برکنار شد". FcEsteghlal (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  11. ^ "مددی سرپرست مدیرعاملی استقلال شد". FcEsteghlal (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  12. ^ "سمیعی مدیرعامل باشگاه استقلال شد - ایرنا". www.irna.ir. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  13. ^ "فوری: مدیرعامل استقلال تغییر کرد". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2025-01-09.

Sources

Bibliography

  • Ahmadi, Seyyed Ali Akbar (21 December 2009). Esteghlal Full History of the Club from Docharkheh Savaran and Taj to Esteghlal. Paygan. ISBN 978-600-5096-54-5.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Esteghlal_F.C._chairmen
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