Esteghlal Women F.C.
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| manager = Maryam Hassanzadeh
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Esteghlal Ladies Football Club, formerly known as Taj Ladies Football Club, is a women's professional football club based in Tehran.
History
= Formation =
The club was formed in winter of 1971 as Taj by the Taj sports and cultural organization. Taj was the first female football club in Iran and the first step towards introducing football to Iranian girls and women.{{Cite web |title=نگاهی به تاریخچه فوتبال زنان در ایران |url=http://www.shirzanan.net/spip.php?article1097 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702222057/http://www.shirzanan.net/spip.php?article1097 |archive-date=2010-07-02 |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=}}
The Iranian Revolution stopped Taj's activities.{{Cite web |date=2011-07-12 |title=آشنایی با تاریخچه فوتبال زنان در ایران |url=https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/140165/آشنایی-با-تاریخچه-فوتبال-زنان-در-ایران |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=همشهری آنلاین |language=fa}}
= First revival =
File:Esteghlal LFC 2012-13.jpg
In 2000s Esteghlal LFC, the new name of Taj after the revolution, restarted its activities and Esteghlal's academy had a section for girls football. In winter of 2009 a match between male and females youth teams which ended in 0–7 victory for the boys angered the authorities for breaching the country's strict gender segregation laws and put a stop on Esteghlal LFC activities for a second time in its history.{{Cite web |title=تیم فوتبال بانوان استقلال منحل شد |url=https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/63416/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%AF |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=asriran.com}}{{Cite web |date=2009-01-26 |title=Iranian football boss in trouble over 'battle of sexes' claims |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/26/iran-football-sexes |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=No Boys Vs. Girls in Iran |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/No_Boys_Vs_Girls_In_Iran/1374953.html |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}
= Second revival =
A few years later during tuner of a new chairman Ali Fathollahzadeh, Esteghlal restarted its ladies football section and participated in 3 seasons of the Iranian football league.{{Cite web |date=2013-11-27 |title=لیگ برتر فوتبال بانوان |url=http://www.ffiri.ir/news/detail/اعلام-برنامه-مسابقات-لیگ-برتر-فوتبال-بانوان/100520/news.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127081040/http://www.ffiri.ir/news/detail/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86/100520/news.aspx |archive-date=2013-11-27 |access-date=2021-02-23}}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-26 |title=لیگ برتر فوتبال بانوان |url=http://www.ffiri.ir/news/detail/صدرنشینی-تیم-شهرداری-بم-در-ششمین-دوره-لیگ-فوتبال-بانوان/113426/news.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726225313/http://www.ffiri.ir/news/detail/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%85-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86/113426/news.aspx |archive-date=2014-07-26 |access-date=2021-02-23}} On fall of 2016 and with a new chairman Esteghlal LFC stopped its activities for a third time. Financial difficulties was announced the main reason of this decision by Reza Eftekhari, then chairman of the club.{{Cite web |last=Agency |first=قوه قضائیه {{!}} خبرگزاری میزان {{!}} Mizan Online News|title=توضیحات افتخاری درباره عدم فعالیت تیم بانوان استقلال|url=http://www.mizanonline.com/fa/news/247679|access-date=2021-02-23|website=fa|language=fa}}
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Ahmadi |first1=Seyyed Ali Akbar |title=Esteghlal Full History of the Club from Docharkheh Savaran and Taj to Esteghlal |date=21 December 2009 |publisher=Paygan |isbn=978-600-5096-54-5 |ref=none}}
{{Esteghlal F.C.}}
Category:1971 establishments in Iran
Category:1979 disestablishments in Iran
Category:2016 disestablishments in Iran