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Full name	Esteghlal Melli-Sanati Khuzestan Football Club
Founded	2011; 7 years ago (2011);
Ground	Ghadir Stadium
Capacity	38,900
Owner	Zagros Airlines
Chairman	Amir Soltani
Manager	; Iman Mobali (player-manager)
League	Persian Gulf Pro League
2017–18	Persian Gulf Pro League, 12th
Website	Club website
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Esteghlal Melli-Sanati Khuzestan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال استقلال ملی-صنعتی خوزستان‎) commonly known as Esteghlal Khuzestan, is an Iranian football club based in Ahvaz, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League after they were promoted from Azadegan League in 2012–13 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 have 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 they 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 they 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 they 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 were a major surprise, as they started well in the season. Esteghlal Khuzestan had four consecutive winning streak at the 12th week, which made Esteghlal Khuzestan finished champions of the first half of the season.^[2]^[3] After a great result with Abdollah Veisi, Esteghlal Khuzestan managed to keep their 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 our main goal is to take place at AFC Champions League.^[4] Esteghlal Khuzestan qualified to the AFC Champions League on 8 May, for the first time in their history. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the league title on 13 May after a 2–0 win over Zob Ahan.

Stadium

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. The teams play against each other usually two times a year. The first time the teams met each other was in season 2013–14 which Esteghlal Khuzestan lost that game.

The derby became more Serious after Esteghlal Khuzestan finished on top of the league in 2015–16 half season in a big surprise for all teams and the week performance of Foolad. Because of Foolad fans as they were worried about becoming the second team of Ahvaz and since then the derby is more important than it used to be.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

Persian Gulf Pro League:
- Winners (1): 2015–16

Cup

Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2016

Season-by-season

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

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Asia	Notes
2011–12	Azadegan League	6th	Round of 32	Did not qualify
2012–13	Azadegan League	2nd	Round of 32		Promoted
2013–14	Persian Gulf Pro League	12th	Round of 32
2014–15		14th	Round of 16		Relegation play-off
2015–16		1st	Round of 16		Super Cup
2016–17		7th	Round of 32	Round of 16
2017–18		12th	Semi-Final	Did not qualify
2018–19		14th	Round of 8	Did not qualify

Players

First-team squad

Esteghlal Khuzestan in 2015–16 season.

As of March 31, 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Farzin Garousian
2	DF	Ahmad Alenemeh
7	FW	Younes Delfi
8	MF	Mohammad Sharifi ^U19 (on loan from Saipa)
10	MF	Ayoub Kalantari
11	MF	Vahid Namdari ^U19
13	DF	Vahid Hamdinejad
14	DF	Saeid Zare

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Reza Darvishi
18	MF	Meysam Karimi
33	DF	Mostafa Kiani
34	DF	Mehrdad Pourabolghasem ^U21
67	MF	Farid Amiri
77	GK	Hossein Pourhamidi
99	MF	Naser Ghalavand ^U23

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2018.

Officials

Coaching staff

Staff^[5]	Name
Head coach
Assistant coach	Behrouz Makvandi
Goalkeeping coach	Karim Bostani
Fitness coach	Rafael Bispo
International manager	Behdad Bayat
Doctor	Jalal Heydari
Physiotherapist	Sadegh Norouzi
Analyzer	Habib Eslami
B Team Manager	Behrouz Makvandi
Team Manager	Afshin Komaei

List of managers

Period	Name	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Honours
2011–2013	Majid Bagherinia	52	22	15	15	52	41	+11	Promotion to the Persian Gulf Cup
2013–2016	Abdollah Veisi	132	55	47	30	142	131	+21	Azadegan League Persian Gulf Pro League
2016–2017	Sirous Pourmousavi	30	10	11	9	36	34	+2
2017–2018	Abdollah Veisi	30	8	10	12	29	36	-7
2018	Dariush Yazdi	12	2	4	6	8	18	-10

Players on international cups

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

Cup	Players
2015 Africa Cup of Nations	Soumbeïla Diakité

References

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External links

Official website (in Persian)

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v t e Persian Gulf Pro League
2018–19 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Machine Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Padideh Pars Jam Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Gostaresh Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Tehran PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Saba Siah Jamegan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd
Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players
Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards
Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016 winter 2016–17 summer 2017 winter 2017–18 summer 2018

v t e Iranian football league champions
11 titles	Persepolis 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18
8 titles	Esteghlal 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
5 titles	Pas Tehran 1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04 Sepahan 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
3 titles	Saipa 1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07
2 titles	Foolad 2004–05, 2013–14
1 title	Esteghlal Khuzestan 2015–16

v t e Football in Iran
League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's) Futsal Beach soccer
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup
Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup
National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17 W U-17 M Futsal W Futsal M U-20 Futsal M Beach
Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League
Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

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