List of Esteghlal F.C. chairmen
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Esteghlal F.C. is an Iranian professional association football club base in Tehran. The club was formed in Ferdowsi Street, central Tehran on 26 September 1945[1] as Docharkhesavaran and was renamed to Taj F.C. on 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]
Key
- Chairmen with this background in the "Chairman" column are italicised to denote acting chairmen.
| Chairman | Tenure |
|---|---|
 Parviz Khosravani |
September 1945 – June 1950 |
 Parviz Sheikhan |
June 1950 – February 1979 |
 Enayatollah Atashi (acting) |
April 1979 – May 1979 |
| Abbas Kordnouri |
May 1979 – May 1985 |
| Nader Faryadshiran |
June 1985 – September 1985 |
| Abbas Nekoyeh |
January 1986 – June 1989 |
| Ali Agha-Mohammadi |
June 1989 – September 1989 |
| Kazem Oliaei |
October 1989 – May 1996 |
| Ali Fathollahzadeh[3] |
28 October 1996 – 20 May 2003 |
| Mohammadhossein Gharib |
20 May 2003 – 25 June 2005 |
| Kazem Oliaei[4] |
13 July 2005 – 30 January 2005 |
| Mohammadhossein Gharib |
30 January 2005 – 1 September 2006 |
| Manouchehr Salehi (acting) |
4 September 2006 – 14 October 2006 |
| Meghdad Najafnejad |
14 October 2006 – 27 February 2007 |
| Mohammadreza Bahmani (acting) |
February 2007 – 30 April 2007 |
| Ali Fathollahzadeh |
30 April 2007 – 17 September 2008 |
| Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani |
20 September 2008 – 31 May 2010 |
| Ali Fathollahzadeh[5][6] |
9 June 2010 – 17 May 2014 |
| Bahram Afsharzadeh[7] |
17 May 2014 – 2 August 2016 |
| Reza Hassanikho[8] |
3 August 2016 – 6 August 2016 |
| Reza Eftekhari |
7 August 2016 – 22 June 2018 |
| Amir Hossein Fathi |
22 June 2018 – 10 December 2019 |
| Esmaeil Khalilzadeh (acting) |
12 December 2019 – 25 February 2020 |
| Ali Fathollahzadeh (acting) |
26 February 2020 – 20 March 2020 |
| Ahmad Saadatmand[9][10] |
29 March 2020 – 30 September 2020 |
| Ahmad Madadi[11] |
1 October 2020 – 24 September 2021 |
| Mostafa Ajorlu |
24 September 2021 – 15 October 2022 |
| Ali Fathollahzadeh |
15 October 2022 – 11 April 2023 |
| Hojjat Karimi (acting) |
11 April 2023 – 5 July 2023 |
| Ali Khatir |
8 July 2023 – 1 May 2024 |
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1 May 2024 – 20 July 2024 |
| Farshid Samiei[12] |
20 July 2024 – 8 January 2025 |
| Ali Nazari Juybari[13] |
8 January 2025 – 13 August 2025 |
| Ali Tajernia(acting)[14] |
13 August 2025 — Present |
