- Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.
Infobox Football club
clubname = Esteghlal Ahvaz
fullname = Esteghlal Ahvaz Football Club
nickname =
shortname =
founded =1948
dissolved =
ground = Takhti StadiumAhvaz Iran
capacity = 30,000
owner = flagicon|IranAli Shafizadeh
chairman = flagicon|Iran Shahram Shafizadeh
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|IranReza Ahadi
league = Persian Gulf Cup
season = 2007-08
position = Persian Gulf Cup, 8th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFEsteghlal Ahvaz Football Club (PerB|باشگاه فوتبال استقلال اهواز) is an
Iran ian football club based inAhvaz ,Iran .The team currently plays in
Iran's Premier Football League .History
Establishment
The club was founded in
1948 with the help ofHakim Shoushtari . The club was one of Taj Tehran F.C. branches at the time, and was called "Taj Ahvaz F.C." From the beginning the club was able to attract some of the betterKhuzestan i players.Takht Jamshid Cup
In
1973 the team was promoted to theTakht Jamshid Cup , but league rules allowed for only one team of the same name to participate, therefore Taj Tehran F.C., remained in the league, and "Taj Ahvaz F.C." was forced to stay in the lower leagues.Post-revolution success
After
1979 Islamic Revoloution inIran , "Taj Ahvaz F.C." (PerB|تاج اهواز) changed its name to "Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C." (PerB|استقلال اهواز). TheIran–Iraq War hitAhvaz andKhuzestan hard, and very little attention was paid to the club at that time. Finally in1991 the team was promoted to theAzadegan League and was allowed to participate, despite two teams having the same name. In1997 , the club was relegated, but returned to the IPL in2002 . The club started to develop during its initial and second season in the IPL, because of the amount of money they spent, thanks to club chairman,Ali Shafizadeh . The club became known as Iran's Chelsea after that.eason-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Esteghlal Ahvaz in various competitions since 2002.
Club honours
* National Championships:"Runner Up (1):" 2006/2007
Club chairmen
* Nasrollah Heibodi (-2002)
*Ali Shafizadeh (2002-2006)
* Shahram Shafizadeh (2006-Present)Club managers
*
Amir Ghalenoei (Sep 2002)
*Jalal Cheraghpour (Oct 2002)
*Bahram Atef (2002-2003)
*Nasser Hejazi (2003-2004)
*Luka Bonačić (2004-2005)
*Martik Khachatourian (2005)♦
*Mahmoud Yavari (2005)
*Srđan Gemaljević (2005-2006)
*Firouz Karimi (2006 - Nov 2007)
*Majid Jalali (Nov 2007 - May 2008)
*Karim Boustani (July 2008 - August 2008, interim)
*Reza Ahadi (August 2008)
*َAkbar Misaghian (August 2008 - Present)♦
Martik Khachatourian has remained as Esteghlal Ahvaz's Technical Director.Current management team
Players
"As of
November 10 2007 according to [http://www.iplstats.com/ IPLstats] ."First-team squad
Fs player |no=7 |nat=IRN |pos=MF |name=
Afshin Komaei (Suspended)2008/2009 Transfers
In:
Out:
Famous players
*
Ebrahim Tahami
*Fereydoon Fazli
*Milad Meydavoudi
*Ebrahim Mirzapour
*Jalal Kameli Mofrad
*Hojat Zadmahmoud
*Ruhollah Bigdeli
*Ali Badavi
*Mojtaba Shiri
*Bassim Abbas
*Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
* Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
*Ahmed Kadhim Assad
* Saša IlićExternal links
Official
* [http://esteghlalahvaz.ir/ Official club website]
* [http://www.khzfootball.ir/ Khuzestan Football Association]
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