Esteghlal F.C. is an Iranian professional association football club base in Tehran. The club was formed in Ferdowsi Street, central Tehran in 26 September 1945[1] as Docharkhesavaran and was renamed to Taj F.C. in 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]
Ali Danaeifard is the first manager in the club's history. Danaifard managed Taj in 3 separate spells. As of 2024–25 season there have been 43 managers in 70 separate spells managing the club.
Notable managers
editOnly managers who have won official trophies are listed.
Key
Name | Official Trophies |
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Domestic | |
IPL | Iranian league |
HC | Hazfi Cup |
ISC | Iranian Super Cup |
ICC | Iran championship cup |
TPL | Tehran Province League |
THC | Tehran Hazfi Cup |
TSC | Tehran Super Cup |
International | |
ACL | AFC Champions League |
Name | Nat. | Period | Official Trophies | ||||||||
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Total | Domestic | International | |||||||||
IPL | HC | ISC | ICC | TPL | THC | TSC | ACL | ||||
Ali Danaeifard | 1946–1953 1954–1967 1968–1970 1976 |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Mansour Pourheidari | 1979 1981 1983–1984 1985–1986 1986–1988 1989–1992 1995–1996 2000–2002 2003 |
8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Zdravko Rajkov | 1969–1971 1971–1976 |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Amir Ghalenoei | 2003–2006 2008–2009 2012–2015 |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vladimir Đekić | 1976–1979 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Reza Naalchegar | 1994 1994 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Nasser Hejazi | 1996–1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Parviz Mazloumi | 2010–2012 2015–2016 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Winfried Schäfer | 2017–2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Farhad Majidi | 2019–2020 2021–2022 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ricardo Sá Pinto | 2022–2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Managers
edit- Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 9 November 2024.
Key
- M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
- Managers with this background in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.
Name | Nationality | From | To | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | Honours | Notes |
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Ali Danaeifard | Iran | March 1946 | August 1953 | 49 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 111 | 36 | 69% | Tehran Hazfi Cup: 1947–48, 1951–52 Tehran League: 1949–50, 1952–53 |
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Rasool Madadnoui | Iran | August 1953 | 1954 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 60% | – | |
Ali Danaeifard | Iran | 1954 | 1967 | 114 | 72 | 21 | 14 | 312 | 94 | ? | Tehran League: 1956–1957, 1957–1958 1959–1960, 1960–1961, 1962–1963 Iran championship cup: 1957–1958 Tehran Hazfi Cup: 1959–1960, 1960–1961 |
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Mahmoud Bayati | Iran | 19 May 1967 | January 1968 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 10 | 60% | – | |
Ali Danaeifard | Iran | January 1968 | March 1970 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 8 | 61% | Tehran League: 1968–1969 | |
Zdravko Rajkov | Yugoslavia | March 1970 | June 1971 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 27 | 74% | Asian Club Championship: 1970 Tehran League: 1970–1971 Iran Local League: 1970–1971 |
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Parviz Koozehkanani | Iran | June 1971 | July 1971 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 100% | – | |
Zdravko Rajkov | Yugoslavia | July 1971 | 19 November 1976 | 137 | 79 | 37 | 21 | 207 | 89 | 58% | Tehran League: 1972–1973 Takht Jamshid Cup: 1974 |
[3] |
Ali Danaeifard | Iran | December 1976 | December 1976 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25% | – | |
Vladimir Đekić | Yugoslavia Germany |
December 1976 | October 1978 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 31 | 53% | Iran Hazfi Cup: 1977–1978 | |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 1979 | 1979 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Abbas Razavi | Iran | 1980 | 1980 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 66% | – | |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 1981 | 1981 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | – | |
Hassan Azodi | Iran | 1981 | 1981 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | – | |
Abbas Razavi | Iran | 1981 | 1982 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 41% | – | |
Asghar Sharafi | Iran | 1982 | 1982 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 83% | – | |
Hassan Azodi | Iran | 1982 | 1982 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 66% | – | |
Nasser Hejazi | Iran | 1983 | 1983 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 50% | – | |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 1983 | 1984 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 73% | Tehran League: 1983–1984 | |
Abbas Kordnouri | Iran | 1984 | 1984 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 100% | – | |
Fereydoun Askarzadeh | Iran | 1984 | 1984 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Nasser Hejazi | Iran | 1984 | 1984 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Hassan Habibi | Iran | 1984 | 1984 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 1985 | 1986 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 66% | Tehran League: 1985–1986 | |
Abbas Razavi | Iran | 1986 | 1986 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 80% | – | |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 1986 | 1988 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 34 | 59% | – | |
Mohammad Ranjbar | Iran | 1988 | 1988 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 40% | – | |
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi | Iran | 1988 | 1989 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 62% | – | |
Mohammad Salahi | Iran | 1 May 1989 | 1989 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 77% | – | |
Kambiz Jamali | Iran | 1989 | 1989 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 100% | – | |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 1989 | 1992 | 108 | 70 | 30 | 8 | 189 | 52 | 65% | Qods League: 1989–90 Asian Club Championship: 1990–91 Tehran League: 1991–92 |
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Bijan Zolfagharnasab | Iran | 1992 | 1993 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 19% | – | |
Ali Jabbari | Iran | 1993 | 1993 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 50% | – | |
Yevgeni Skomorokhov | Russia | 1993 | 1994 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 56% | – | |
Reza Naalchegar | Iran | 1994 | 1994 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 50% | Tehran Super Cup: 1994 | |
Leonid Bilofsky | Russia | 1994 | 1994 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 50% | – | |
Reza Naalchegar | Iran | 1994 | 1994 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 33% | – | |
Nasrollah Abdollahi | Iran | 1994 | 1995 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 44% | – | |
Hamid Malekahmadi | Iran | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% | – | |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 1995 | 1996 | 57 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 86 | 51 | 51% | Iran Hazfi Cup: 1995–96 | |
Nasser Hejazi | Iran | 20 November 1996 | 10 May 1999 | 84 | 39 | 27 | 18 | 127 | 76 | 46% | Azadegan League: 1997–98 | [4] |
Javad Zarincheh | Iran | 11 May 1999 | 24 May 1999 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 75% | – | [5] |
Yevgeni Skomorokhov | Russia | 5 June 1999 | 25 February 2000 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 14 | 61% | – | [6] |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 25 February 2000 | 22 May 2002 | 80 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 158 | 74 | 58% | Iran Hazfi Cup: 1999–2000 Azadegan League: 2000–01 |
[7] |
Amir Ghalenoei | Iran | 22 May 2002 | July 2002 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 60% | Iran Hazfi Cup: 2001–02 | [8] |
Roland Koch | Germany | August 2002 | 20 April 2003 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 46% | – | [9] |
Javad Zarincheh | Iran | 24 April 2003 | 14 May 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0% | – | [10] |
Mansour Pourheidari | Iran | 15 May 2003 | 1 June 2003 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20% | – | [11] |
Amir Ghalenoei | Iran | 3 July 2003 | 17 July 2006 | 95 | 52 | 31 | 12 | 163 | 92 | 55% | Iran Pro League: 2005–06 | [12][13] |
Samad Marfavi | Iran | 21 July 2006 | 28 May 2007 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 45% | – | [14][15] |
Nasser Hejazi | Iran | 27 June 2007 | 4 November 2007 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 36% | – | [16][17] |
Firouz Karimi | Iran | 4 November 2007 | 15 May 2008 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 28% | – | [18][19] |
Vacant | – | 15 May 2008 | 16 May 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0% | – | [20] |
Amir Ghalenoei | Iran | 17 May 2008 | 17 May 2009 | 45 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 90 | 47 | 47% | Iran Hazfi Cup: 2007–08 Persian Gulf League: 2008–09 |
[21][22] |
Samad Marfavi | Iran | 17 May 2009 | 19 May 2010 | 43 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 77 | 45 | 47% | – | [23][24] |
Parviz Mazloumi | Iran | 11 June 2010 | 23 May 2012 | 92 | 51 | 25 | 16 | 155 | 88 | 55% | Iran Hazfi Cup: 2011–12 | [25][26] |
Amir Ghalenoei | Iran | 28 May 2012 | 19 May 2015 | 123 | 64 | 33 | 26 | 166 | 103 | 52% | Persian Gulf League: 2012–13 | [27][28] |
Parviz Mazloumi | Iran | 21 June 2015 | 31 May 2016 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 55 | 32 | 46% | – | [29][30] |
Alireza Mansourian | Iran | 1 June 2016 | 20 September 2017 | 51 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 66 | 49 | 47% | – | [31][32] |
Mick McDermott | Northern Ireland | 21 September 2017 | 2 October 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | – | [33] |
Winfried Schäfer | Germany | 2 October 2017 | 29 April 2019 | 69 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 102 | 42 | 54% | Iran Hazfi Cup: 2017–18 | [34] |
Farhad Majidi | Iran | 29 April 2019 | 13 June 2019 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 60% | – | [35] |
Andrea Stramaccioni | Italy | 13 June 2019 | 8 December 2019 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 60% | – | [36] |
Saleh Mostafavi | Iran | 9 december 2019 | 2 January 2020 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 33% | – | [37] |
Farhad Majidi | Iran | 2 January 2020 | 3 September 2020 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 43% | – | [38] |
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh | Iran | 6 September 2020 | 26 September 2020 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 33% | – | [39] |
Mahmoud Fekri | Iran | 7 October 2020 | 2 March 2021 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 43% | – | [40] |
Farhad Majidi | Iran | 3 March 2021 | 3 June 2022 | 59 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 78 | 31 | 59% | Persian Gulf Pro League: 2021–22 | [41] |
Ricardo Sá Pinto | Portugal | 21 June 2022 | 7 June 2023 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 25 | 64% | Iranian Super Cup: 2022 | [42] |
Javad Nekounam | Iran | 20 June 2023 | 1 October 2024 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 55% | – | [43] |
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | Iran | 1 October 2024 | 24 October 2024 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33% | – | [44] |
Pitso Mosimane | South Africa | 24 October 2024[45] | Present | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 25% | [46] |
See also
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