Managers of Esteghlal F.C. in 2019-20 season

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 2020-21 season there have been 40 managers in 65 separate spells managing the club.

Notable managers

Only managers who have won official trophies are listed.

Key

Name Official Trophies
Domestic
IPLIranian league
HCHazfi Cup
ISCIranian Super Cup
ICCIran championship cup
TPLTehran Province League
THCTehran Hazfi Cup
TSCTehran Super Cup
International
ACLAFC Champions League
Zdravko Rajkov was Esteghlal's first international coach.
Name Nat. Period Official Trophies
Total Domestic International
IPL HC ISC ICC TPL THC TSC ACL
Ali Danaeifard Iran 1946–1953
1954–1967
1968–1970
1976		 13 0 0 0 1 8 4 0 0
Mansour Pourheidari Iran 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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1969–1971
1971–1976		 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Amir Ghalenoei Iran 2003–2006
2008–2009
2012–2015		 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vladimir Đekić GermanySocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976–1979 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reza Naalchegar Iran 1994
1994		 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nasser Hejazi Iran 1996–1999 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parviz Mazloumi Iran 2010–2012
2015–2016		 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Winfried Schäfer Germany 2017–2019 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Farhad Majidi Iran 2019–2020
2021–2022		 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ricardo Sá Pinto Portugal 2022–2023 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Managers

  • Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 30 December 2023.

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.
List of Esteghlal F.C. managers
Name Nationality From To M W D L GF GA Win % Honours Notes
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
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
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
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 Jekić  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
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]
Vaccant  – 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 Present 15 9 5 1 23 9 60% [43]

See also

Footnotes

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