Serious Warning to Esteghlal, Tractor and Aluminium; Final Deadline Announced

The Football Federation's club licensing department has given Esteghlal Tehran, Tractor and Aluminium Arak until the first week of Aban to submit audited financial statements. The deadline will not be extended, and any delay in submitting documents could disrupt the process of issuing professional licenses to the clubs.

The Professional Licensing Authority warned Esteghlal and 2 other Premier League clubs over their financial statements.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the club licensing management of the Football Federation, in its announcement number 2, gave three clubs Esteghlal Tehran, Tractor and Aluminum Arak a deadline until the first week of November to submit audited financial statements and emphasized that this deadline will not be extended.

Also, according to Article 12 of the Club Licensing Regulations, the license applicant must only be a football club, or in other words, a legal entity that is fully responsible for a football team participating in national and international competitions.

According to Article 20, F.01 of the 2026 Update Club Licensing Regulations, if the men's and women's soccer teams are part of the same legal entity or reporting scope, the license applicant must identify and provide at least a separate profit and loss statement to identify the income and expenses related to each of the soccer teams.

Until the time of writing this notice, the audited financial statements of 9 Khuzestan Steel Clubs, Sepahan, Pikan, Golghar Sirjan, Nasaji Mazandaran, Melvan Bandar Anzali, Zob Ahn Isfahan, Shams Azer Qazvin and Chadormello Ardakan have been sent to this management. Also, five clubs Esteghlal Khuzestan, Sanat Naft Abadan, Khyber Khorramabad, Fajar Sepasi and Persepolis have sent a letter and asked for a deadline to submit this document until the end of October.

Regarding Esteghlal Tehran, Tractor and Aluminum Arak clubs, according to the request for extension of the deadline, the final deadline for sending the documents has been set until the first week of November. It is emphasized that this deadline is intended to provide enough time to complete the considered documents and it will not be possible to extend it again.

And the documents will be carefully reviewed and evaluated by the experienced financial experts of this management, and the delay in providing the documents will cause problems for the timely implementation of the club's licensing process.

Also, due to the non-action of Mes Shahrbabak Club by the deadline, a preliminary warning has been sent to this club.