List of Esteghlal F.C. players

This is a list of players who have played for Esteghlal Football Club.

Key

 * The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
 * Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 February 2021. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
 * Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Esteghlal.

Position: Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Club career: Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below. Total appearances and Total goals: Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Iran championship Tournament, Iran Local League, Takht Jamshid Cup, Qods League, Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Tehran Football League, Hazfi Cup, Tehran Hazfi Cup, AFC Champions League, Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Iranian Super Cup.

World Cup Players
🇦🇷 1978 FIFA World Cup
 * 🇮🇷 Iraj Danaeifard
 * 🇮🇷 Andranik Eskandarian
 * 🇮🇷 Hassan Nazari
 * 🇮🇷 Hassan Rowshan

🇫🇷 1998 FIFA World Cup
 * 🇮🇷 Parviz Boroumand
 * 🇮🇷 Alireza Mansourian
 * 🇮🇷 Mehdi Pashazadeh
 * 🇮🇷 Javad Zarincheh

🇩🇪 2006 FIFA World Cup
 * 🇮🇷 Reza Enayati
 * 🇮🇷 Amir Hossein Sadeghi
 * 🇮🇷 Vahid Talebloo

🇧🇷 2014 FIFA World Cup
 * 🇮🇷 Khosro Heydari
 * 🇮🇷 Amir Hossein Sadeghi
 * 🇮🇷 Andranik Teymourian
 * 🇮🇷 Hashem Beikzadeh

🇷🇺 2018 FIFA World Cup
 * 🇮🇷 Rouzbeh Cheshmi
 * 🇮🇷 Omid Ebrahimi
 * 🇮🇷 Pejman Montazeri
 * 🇮🇷 Majid Hosseini

🇶🇦 2022 FIFA World Cup
 * 🇮🇷 Hossein Hosseini
 * 🇮🇷 Rouzbeh Cheshmi
 * 🇮🇷 Abolfazl Jalali

Olympic Players
1972 Summer Olympics
 * 🇮🇷 Ali Jabbari
 * 🇮🇷 Mansour Rashidi
 * 🇮🇷 Javad Ghorab
 * 🇮🇷 Javad Allahverdi

🇨🇦 1976 Summer Olympics
 * 🇮🇷 Mansour Rashidi
 * 🇮🇷 Hassan Nazari
 * 🇮🇷 Andranik Eskandarian
 * 🇮🇷 Hassan Rowshan
 * 🇮🇷 Nasser Hejazi