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Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.
Full nameEsteghlal Khuzestan Football Club
Nickname(s)Âbihai-ye Jinub (Southern Blues)
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
GroundGhadir
Capacity38,900
OwnerIran National Steel Industrial Group
ManagerMiodrag Božović
LeaguePersian Gulf Pro League
2023–24Persian Gulf Pro League 14th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Esteghlal Khuzestan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال استقلال خوزستان, Bašgâh-e Futbâl-e Esteqlâl-e Xuzestân), commonly known as Esteghlal Khuzestan, is an Iranian football club based in Ahvaz, Iran. The club currently competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League after being promoted from the Azadegan League in the 2022–23 season.

This football club is different from Esteghlal Ahvaz.[1] In 2011 they bought Esteghlal Jonub's licence to compete in the Azadegan League. They finished 2012–13 season in 2nd place of their group and qualified to the promotion play-off. However, they were awarded the direct promotion IRIFF after group's winner, Shahrdari Tabriz's relegation due to match-fixing. They won the Persian Gulf Pro League title in 2015–16 season.

History

Founding and early years

Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. was established just before the start of the 2011–2012 season by acquiring the license of Esteghlal Jonub Tehran F.C. who has just been promoted to the Azadegan League (Iran's 1st division). After an average 6th-place finish in the team's inaugural year in the Azadegan League in 2011–2012, the next season (2012–13) turned out to be a different year, with a 2nd-placed finish in group B, the club was promoted to the Iran Pro League for the first time in their history.

Promotion to the Pro League

In Esteghlal Khuzestan's first year in the top flight, it finished 12th, escaping relegation play-off by better goal difference. In the Hazfi Cup Esteghlal Khuzestan exited the competition in the Round of 32 after a shock defeat to Azadegan League side Alvand Hamedan. Esteghlal finished the 2014–15 season 14th, meaning it would have to play in a relegation play-off against the winner of the Azadegan League promotion play-off winner. Esteghlal Khuzestan defeated Mes Kerman 3–0 on aggregate meaning it had secured a spot in the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League season.

2015–16 season

Esteghlal Khuzestan players celebrating after winning league title in 2015–16 season

Before the start of the 2015–16 season Esteghlal Khuzestan signed many of Foolad Novin's players and was a major surprise, as it started well in the season. Esteghlal Khuzestan had four consecutive winning streak at the 12th week, which made Esteghlal Khuzestan finished champion of the first half of the season.[2][3] After a great result with Abdollah Veisi, Esteghlal Khuzestan managed to keep its shape at the second half of the season. On January 1, 2016, Esteghlal Khuzestan lost to Persepolis which made the race tighter for first place, and also made Esteghlal Khuzestan fall to second place, Esteghlal became first after 17th week. The head coach Abdollah Veisi later said that their main goal was to take place at AFC Champions League.[4] Esteghlal Khuzestan qualified to the AFC Champions League on 8 May, for the first time in its history. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the league title on 13 May after a 2–0 win over Zob Ahan.

Relegation

Following a poor start to the following season, 6 points were deduced from Esteghlal Khuzestan by FIFA. Dariush Yazdi was sacked and Karim Boostani replaced the coach. Results ultimately did not improve under Boostani and he was replaced with Mohammad Alavi. Esteghlal Khuzestan were relegated from the Persian Gulf Pro League to Azadegan League on 3 May 2019.

Individual Records

All Top Appearances

#NameNationalityPositionApps
1Mohammad TayyebiIran IranDefender133
2Hossein BahramiIran IranMidfielder107
Meysam DoraghiIran IranDefensive midfielder107
4Ali HelichiIran IranMidfielder100
5Aghil KaabiIran IranDefender95
6Moussa CoulibalyMali MaliDefender92
7Vahid SheikhveisiIran IranGoalkeeper87
8Mehdi MomeniIran IranForward83
9Hadi KhanifarIran IranMidfielder82
10Mojtaba RashidiIran IranForward75

All Top Scorers

#NameNationalityPositionGoals
1Mojtaba RashidiIran IranForward23
2Hassan Beyt SaeedIran IranForward22
3Ehsan AlvanzadehIran IranForward21
4Farshad JanfazaIran IranStriker18
5Javad AghaeipourIran IranForward16
6Ali vaziri PanahIran IranStriker15
7Mehdi MomeniIran IranForward14
Rahim ZahiviIran IranForward14
9Hadi KhanifarIran IranMidfielder9
Ali Kiani FarIran IranMidfielder9

Stadium

Main article: Ghadir Stadium
See also: Takhti Stadium (Ahvaz)

After the takeover of the club in 2011, the club played its home matches in Ahvaz's Takhti Stadium. After the club promoted to the Iran Pro League, it was decided that club continuing to play at Takthi, while big games like Persepolis, Esteghlal and Foolad playing at newly built Ghadir Stadium. In 2015, the club moved to Ghadir permanently, as city rivals Foolad set to move to its private ground.

Rivals

The team competes in Ahvaz derby against two-times Iran Pro League winner Foolad.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

Cup

Season-by-season

The table below shows the achievements of the club in various competitions.

SeasonLeaguePositionHazfi CupAsiaNotes
2011–12Azadegan League6thRound of 32did not qualify
2012–132nd?Promoted
2013–14Persian Gulf Pro League12thRound of 32
2014–1514thRound of 16Relegation play-off
2015–161stRound of 16Super Cup
2016–177thRound of 64Round of 16
2017–1812thSemi-Finaldid not qualify
2018–1916thRound of 16Relegated
2019–20Azadegan League9thDid not participate
2020–216thDid not participate
2021–2213thThird Round
2022–232ndRound of 32Promoted

Continental record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2017AFC Champions LeagueGroup BSaudi Arabia Al-Fateh1–01–12nd
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira1–11–0
Qatar Lekhwiya1–11–2
Round of 16Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal1–21–22–4

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2DFIran IRNFayaz Mirdoraghi
3DFIran IRNAli Helichi
6MFIran IRNMahmoud Motlaghzadeh (Captain)
8MFIran IRNHassan Shoushtari
9FWBrazil BRAKainã
11FWIran IRNBehrouz Barani
12DFIran IRNArash Mehri babadi
14FWIraq IRQAso Rostam
16MFEcuador ECUSergio Quintero
17DFIran IRNMatin Karimzadeh
21FWIran IRNAmirmohammad Mohkamkar
23FWIran IRNAlireza Kazemi
25DFIran IRNSoheil Delfiefard
26MFIran IRNAmirhossein Jalalivand
27FWIran IRNAhmad Savari
No.Pos.NationPlayer
30MFIran IRNFoad Koroushat
37DFIran IRNHossein Saki
39FWIran IRNPeyman Ranjbari
44DFUzbekistan UZBDostonbek Tursunov
50MFBrazil BRASávio Roberto
64DFIran IRNSaeid Irankhah
66MFIran IRNHossein Ahmadi
72DFIran IRNAlireza Khoshkafa
77GKIran IRNHassan Pour Hamidi
79FWIran IRNAlireza Rahmati
80DFIran IRNAhmadreza Jalali
97FWIran IRNMohammad Hossein Baseri
—FWIran IRNAdel Arghand
—FWIran IRNSajjad Shahbazzadeh

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2023–24.

Officials

Coaching staff

Staff[5]Name
Head coachMontenegro Miodrag Božović
Assistant coachIran Behrouz Makvandi
Goalkeeping coachIran Karim Boostani
Fitness coachBrazil Rafael Bispo
International managerIran Behdad Bayat
DoctorIran Jalal Heydari
PhysiotherapistIran Sadegh Norouzi
AnalyzerIran Habib Eslami
B Team ManagerIran Behrouz Makvandi
Team managerIran Afshin Komaei

List of managers

PeriodNameGWDLGFGAGDHonours
2011–2013Iran Majid Bagherinia522215155241+11Promotion to the Persian Gulf Cup
2013–2016Iran Abdollah Veisi132554730142131+21Azadegan League
Persian Gulf Pro League
2016–2017Iran Sirous Pourmousavi30101193634+2
2017–2018Iran Abdollah Veisi30810122936-7
2018Iran Dariush Yazdi12246818-10
2018–2019Iran Karim Boostani8026511-6
2019Iran Karim Ghanbari (caretaker)410336-3

Players in International Tournaments

Players who were a member of their national team at International Competitions while playing for Esteghlal Khuzestan.

CupPlayers
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Africa Cup of NationsMali Soumbeïla Diakité

See also

References

  1. ^ اهواز صاحب دومین استقلال شد/ امتیاز استقلال جنوب به اهواز انتقال یافت (in Persian). Goal.com. 2011-07-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  2. ^ "استقلال خوزستان چگونه قهرمان نیم فصل شد؟".
  3. ^ "استقلال خوزستان قهرمان نیم فصل شد". 18 December 2015.
  4. ^ "ویسی: طالب لو فوق العاده بود".
  5. ^ "اعلام رقم قرارداد بازیکنان و کادر فنی استقلال خوزستان". 22 July 2014.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteghlal_Khuzestan_F.C.
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