List of Esteghlal F.C. records and statistics

Esteghlal Football Club (, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Esteqlâl), commonly known as Esteghlal (, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital of the Tehran province Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1946 as Docharkheh Savaran (meaning 'The Cyclists') and previously known as Taj (meaning 'The Crown') between 1949 and 1979. This page details Esteghlal Football Club records and statistics.

Honours
Esteghlal is the most proud team of Iran with 38 official championship titles in provincial, national and continental cups.
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League

 * Iran League
 *  Winners (9): 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2021–22
 * Runners-up (11): 1973–74, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2023–24


 * Iran Championship Cup
 *  Winners (1): 1957

Cups

 * Hazfi Cup (record)
 *  Winners (7): 1976–77, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2017–18
 * Runners-up (6): 1989–90, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21


 * Super Cup
 *  Winners (1): 2022
 * Runners-up (1): 2018

Provincial (High Level)

 * Tehran League (record)
 *  Winners (13): 1949–50, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–1971, 1972–73, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1991–92
 * Runners-up (7): 1946–47, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1969–70, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91


 * Tehran Hazfi Cup
 *  Winners (4): 1946–47, 1950–51, 1958–59, 1960–61
 * Runners-up (3): 1945–46, 1957–58, 1969–70


 * Tehran Super Cup (shared record)
 *  Winners (1): 1994

Continental

 * AFC Champions League (Iran record)
 *  Winners (2): 1970, 1990–91
 * Runners-up (2): 1991, 1998–99
 * Third place (3): 1971, 2001–02, 2013

Doubles and Treble
Esteghlal has achieved the Double on 5 occasions in its history:


 * Iran League and Tehran League
 * 1957–58 Season
 * 1970–71 Season


 * Tehran League and Tehran Hazfi Cup
 * 1958–59 Season
 * 1960–61 Season


 * AFC Champions League and Tehran League
 * 1990–91 Season

Esteghlal has achieved the Treble on 1 occasions in its history:


 * AFC Champions League and Iran League and Tehran League
 * 1970–71 Season

International

 * 🇮🇳 DCM Trophy
 * Winners (4): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1989
 * 🇮🇳 Bordoloi Trophy
 * Winners (1): 1989
 * Qatar Independence Cup
 * Winners (1): 1991
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan President's Cup
 * Winners (1): 1998
 * 🇮🇷 Caspian International Cup
 * Winners (1): 1998

Domestic

 * 🇮🇷 Taj Cup
 * Winner (1): 1958
 * 🇮🇷 Doosti Cup
 * Winners (1): 1972
 * 🇮🇷 Ettehad Cup
 * Winners (1): 1973
 * 🇮🇷 Basij Festival
 * Winner (1): 1992
 * 🇮🇷 Iran Third Division
 * Winner (1): 1993
 * 🇮🇷 Kish Quartet Competition Cup
 * Winners (1): 1998
 * 🇮🇷 Iranian Football League Cup
 * Winners (1): 2002
 * 🇮🇷 Solh va Doosti Cup
 * Winners (1): 2005

Rankings
The club is currently ranked 160 in the world by IFFHS.

Top Ten Asian's clubs of the 20th Century
Esteghlal was placed 3rd in IFFHS continental Clubs of the 20th Century:

Official Matches

 * Most goals scored in a match:
 * 18 – 0 (1 time) (Iran record)
 * 13 – 0 (1 time)
 * 13 – 1 (1 time)
 * 11 – 0 (2 time)
 * 11 – 1 (1 time)
 * 10 – 0 (4 time)
 * 10 – 1 (1 time)
 * Player with a most goal in a single match:
 * Ali Jabbari with 5 goals (3 time)
 * Reza Enayati with 5 goals
 * Arash Borhani with 5 goals

Statistics in IPL

 * Seasons in IPL: 22 (all) (record)
 * Best position in IPL: First (2005–06, 2008–2009, 2012–13, 2021-22)
 * Worst position in IPL: 13 (2007–08)
 * Most Points scored in a season: 68 (2021-22) (record)
 * Fewest losses in a season: 0 Loss (2021-22) (record)
 * Most goals scored in a season: 70 (2008–09) (record)
 * Most goals scored in a match:
 * 7 – 1 (1 time)
 * 6 – 0 (1 time)
 * 6 – 1 (1 time)
 * 6 – 2 (1 time)
 * 5 – 0 (5 time)
 * Most goals conceded in a match: 4 – 1 (3 times)
 * Player with a most goal in a single match:
 * Reza Enayati with 5 goals
 * Alireza Akbarpour with 4 goals

Statistics in ACC/ACL/ACWC

 * Most goals scored in a match:
 * 8 – 0 (1 time)
 * 7 – 0 (1 time)
 * Most goals conceded in a match: 1 – 6 (1 time)
 * Player with the most goals in a single match:
 * Farhad Majidi with 4 goals
 * Ali Jabari with 3 goals
 * Farhad Majidi with 3 goals
 * Ali Latifi with 3 goals
 * Mame Thiam with 3 goals

Statistics in Hazfi Cup

 * Most goals scored in a match:
 * 13 – 0 (1 time)
 * 10 – 1 (1 time)
 * 9 – 0 (1 time)
 * 8 – 1 (2 time)
 * Most goals conceded in a match: 0 – 3 (1 time)
 * Player with the most goals in a single match:
 * Arash Borhani with 5 goals
 * Alireza Akbarpour with 4 goals
 * Adel Hardani with 4 goals
 * Dariush Yazdabi
 * Mehdi Seyed-Salehi with 4 goals

Appearances

 * Most League Appearances: Amir Hossein Sadeghi (258)
 * Most League Goalkeeper Appearances: Vahid Talebloo (196)
 * Player who has won most IPL titles: Mojtaba Jabbari (with 3 Championships)

Goalscorers

 * All-time top scorer: Arash Borhani with 107 goals
 * All-time League top scorer: Arash Borhani with 80 goals
 * All-time AFC Champions League top scorer: Farhad Majidi with 14 goals
 * Most goals in a season : 27 (Arash Borhani, 2008–09)
 * Most League goals in a season : 21 (Reza Enayati, 2005–06)
 * Most AFC Champions League goals in a season : 6 (Abdolsamad Marfavi, 1990–91)
 * Most goals in an Hazfi Cup match : 5 (Arash Borhani)
 * Most goals in an AFC Champions League match : 3 (Ali Jabbari) & (Mame Baba Thiam)
 * First Goalscorer in Tehran derby: Ahmad Monshizadeh
 * Most Goalscorer in Tehran derby: 5 (Gholam Hossein Mazloumi)

Managerial records

 * First full-time manager: Ali Danaeifard managed Taj from March 1946 to August 1953
 * Longest-serving manager: Ali Danaeifard – 14 years from 1953 to May 1967
 * Shortest tenure as manager: Mick McDermott (caretaker) – 12 days from 21 September 2017 to 2 October 2017
 * Highest win percentage: Parviz Koozehkanani (caretaker) 100%
 * Lowest win percentage: Javad Zarincheh (caretaker) 0%