Persepolis F.C.

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Persepolis F.C. پرسپولیس
Full name	Persepolis Tehran Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Red Army (Persian: ارتش سرخ)
Founded	1963
Ground	Azadi Stadium West Tehran Iran (Capacity 90,000)
Chairman	Habib Kashani
Head Coach	Vacant
League	Persian Gulf Cup
2007–08	Persian Gulf Cup, Champions
Website	Club home page
Home colours 　 Away colours
Current season

Persepolis Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس) is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. While the original name of the club is Persepolis, it is also called Pirouzi (meaning victory) in Iran.

Among all the Iranian teams Persepolis has had the most impressive record of titles. The Tehran derby between Persepolis and its arch rivals Esteghlal, is always a closely followed match and victory or loss can make it or break it for one of teams. According to the AFC, Persepolis is the most famous and popular football clubs in Asia ^[1] . Only Dalian Shide and Al-Hilal have similar support in Asia.

They also operate a reserve team, Sorkhpooshan Delvar Afzar F.C., who play in the Azadegan League.

Persepolis F.C. is the football club of the multisport Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Establishment 1.2 Takht Jamshid Cup 1.3 Success under tough conditions 1.4 Revitalization 1.5 IPL era 2 Reserve team 3 Crest 4 Stadium and facilities 5 Sponsorship 5.1 Official sponsors 5.2 Kit providers 5.3 IPL Shirt sponsors and manufacturers 6 Season-by-season 7 Club honours 7.1 National titles 7.2 Asian titles 7.3 Unofficial titles 8 Club chairmen 9 Club managers 9.1 Managerial history 9.2 IPL Managers 9.3 Current management team 10 Players 10.1 First-team squad 10.2 Reserves 10.3 Former players 10.4 Club captains 11 Famous players 12 Famous fans 13 External links 13.1 Official 13.2 Fan sites 14 References

[edit] History

[edit] Establishment

Persepolis was established in 1963 by Ali Abdo. At that time Persepolis Sports Club had a basketball, bowling and volleyball team. Abdo had come to Iran from the United States and was a championship boxer. When the football club was established as well, it was quite weak, and participated in the 2nd division of the country. The best player on the team then was Mahmoud Khordbin. When Shahin F.C. was dissolved, a number of the Shahin players moved to Persepolis, thanks to Parviz Dehdari and Masoud Boroumand. The club had a friendly match with Jam Abadan, (a respected team at the time), and afterwards the rest of the Shahin players joined Persepolis as well. Persepolis started the 1968 season with Parviz Dehdari as manager. That year no league competition was held, as many teams had been dissolved, so a 44 team tournament was held, and Persepolis, along with Pas, Taj, and Oghab finished top of the group.

[edit] Takht Jamshid Cup

In 1969, the Iran Universal factory was opened. The boss of the factory, Mahmoud Khayami was a big Shahin fan, and had a weak team.Khayami who wanted to promote his new product, (Paykan), and improve his football team, entered into negotiations with Persepolis and was able to get all former Shahin players except for Aziz Asli to join his new team Paykan Tehran F.C.. Paykan won the championship that year, but the new players moved back to Persepolis after one year. Persepolis was able to win the first Takht Jamshid Cup in 1973, and won another two seasons later.

[edit] Success under tough conditions

When the Iranian Revolution took place, the club fell apart and many of the old players did not return. The club was taken over by the Oppressed and Veterans Foundation (Persian: بنیاد مستضعفان و جانبازان) and renamed into Azadi (freedom in Persian). After a brief period the Foundation did not want the club anymore and it was placed under the responsibility of the Physical Education Department (Persian: سازمان تربیت بدنی) of Iran and renamed Pirouzi (victory in Persian), although most fans still call the team by its original name, Persepolis.

The club only played in the Tehran League and various elimination tournaments. Persepolis was extremely successful during this time and maintained its popularity winning the Tehran League five seasons in a row.

[edit] Revitalization

The 1990s were a dream decade for the team, four league championships, two Hazfi Cups, dozens of great players and renewed support saw the team regaining the form and spirit the team of the '60s and '70s had. At one point more than six Persepolis players were starters on Iran's national team.

The team first put itself back in the spotlight by winning the national championship in the 1995-96 season. At one point in that season they were 10 points behind Firouz Karimi's Bahman F.C., but were able to storm back and finish first, six points ahead of the league runner up. They were able to win the league again the next season, once again finishing ahead of the runner up by six more points. They were stopped by Korean side, Pohang Steelers in the semi-finals of the Asian Champions' Cup. Persepolis finished third, defeating Iraq's Al-Zawraa in the 3rd place match.

The next season they showed good form again, but due to their commitments in the Asian Champions Cup' and the large number of national team players they had they withdrew from the league. The poor scheduling and mismanagement of both the I.R.I.F.F. and AFC officials led to this unprofessional act. They could possibly have won a third league championship in a row, but it was not to be. Persepolis did not have much luck in the Asian Champion's cup either, as they were once again stopped in the semi-finals, this time by Chinese club, Dalian Wanda. They lost the 3rd place match as well to Al-Hilal.

The 1996-97 and 1997-98 Persepolis teams are considered by many to be among the greatest Iranian clubs to ever play. National team players and future superstars such as Ahmadreza Abedzadeh, Khodadad Azizi, Karim Bagheri, Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Mehrdad Minavand and many more were among the players who played for the club in those years.

After World Cup 1998, several of Persepolis' best players were transferred to European clubs, but Persepolis was able to keep a talented squad. Future national team members, Ali Karimi and Hamed Kavianpour would join the team at the time, dazzling many with their skill and flair during games. They won the 1998-99 championship as well as the Hazfi Cup that season. They also won the 1999-2000 league championship, finishing third again in the Asian Champions' Cup. This would be their last championship in the Azadegan League era.

Most of Persepolis' championships at the time were won while Ali Parvin was the manager, and Amir Ali Abedini was the chairmen. While they did help win many trophies for Persepolis, most agree that with the amount of talent they had, any other result would be surprising.

[edit] IPL era

Persepolis entered the newly established IPL looking to dominate once again, but near the end of the season they were in a very close race with their rival Esteghlal. Esteghlal had 2 Points more than Persepolis before the last day but Esteghlal's loss to Malavan and Persepolis' win against Fajr Sepasi on the last day of the league, gave Persepolis 1 Point lead and another championship. Persepolis Won Fajr Sepasi 1-0 with Ebrahim Asadi's Header in that match. Their 2001-02 season championship made them the first ever IPL champions. The next season though was the beginning of the fall of the team. The 2002-03 proved to be extremely difficult and Persepolis finished third, never managing to come close to eventual winners, Sepahan. They also fell apart in the newly created AFC Champions League, failing to advance out of the group stage.

When Akbar Ghamkhar took over as club chairman, he made a series of promises, that he insisted would help the team gain its old form. He made the amount of player and staff salaries publicly known, severely angering Parvin who was making more than any of the players on the team. Ghamkhar hired Vinko Begović, and went on a spending spree, buying several prominent players. Persepolis started off very well in the 2003-04 season but eventually fell apart, as rumors of team disharmony appeared. Begovic left the team and German manager Rainer Zobel was bought in. Many questioned if Zobel or Parvin was making the decisions, as Parvin had been bought back, taking the position of technical director. The 2004-05 was again filled with disappointment as the club finished 5th in the standings.

Ghamkhar was replaced with Hojatollah Khatib. He decided to bring back Parvin. At the same time Persepolis's major financial problems began to appear and Khatib was not able to repair or stall the damages Ghamkhar's free-spending had done. Persepolis finished the 2005-06 season 9th, the lowest it had ever placed. Parvin had left the club in February of 2006, vowing to never return to Persepolis again. He had decide to leave after a loss to Fajr Sepasi in Azadi Stadium, by a score of 4-2. After the game, the fans began swearing at Ali Parvin and the players.

Khatib resigned as chairman and Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard was elected chairman by the club council. Arie Haan was brought in as the new manager, helping the team make it to the 2005/06 Hazfi Cup final, but he was fired by the club just before the 2006-07 season began, as he had problems with the club management. Turkish manager Mustafa Denizli signed with the team on August 17, 2006. With the final cup match being his first one as the club's manager, Denizli was not able to help the club win the Hazfi Cup in 2006, a cup that the team needed to gain entry into the Asian Champion's League and to receive its financial benefits.

Mustafa Denizli could not win the Hazfi Cup next year either, losing to Sepahan in semifinals in June 2007. He also finished third in the IPL 2006/07 with Persepolis, leaving the club after Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard resigned as the chairman in June 2007.

Habib Kashani became the club chairman in June 2007 and selected Afshin Ghotbi as head coach of Persepolis for the 2007/08 season. Afshin Ghotbi Promised to lead Persepolis to IPL championship and started the IPL with a 3-2 win over Sanat Naft F.C., and Persepolis was undefeated until the 17th round before a 2-1 loss to Sepahan. On January 9, 2008; the disciplinary committee of the Iranian Football Federation announced because of a serious injury to a security soldier by the Sepahan fans, Sepahan will be charged with a five point deduction which was later reduced to three points. Persepolis was also docked 6 points by FIFA because of unpaid wages to a number of former players, throwing Persepolis behind Sepahan in the standings.

Near the end of the season Sheys Rezaei and Mohammad Reza Mamani were expelled by the team after both players showed poor behavior towards club players, coaches and management as well as other non-football related issues. Habib Kashani and Mahmoud Khordbin also suffered heart attacks. Khordbin returned near the end of the season but Kashani was bed-ridden until the last game of the season. Persepolis was able to cut Sepahan's seven point lead to two points by the last game of the season.

Persepolis was able to beat Sepahan when Sepehr Heidari scored a 96th minute goal in front of over 110'000 Fans in Azadi Stadium to give Persepolis its 2nd championship in the IPL and a berth in the Asian Champions League.

[edit] Reserve team

Main article: Sorkhpooshan Delvar Afzar F.C.

On September 19, 2006; the management of Persepolis F.C. and Azadegan League side Sorkhpooshan signed an agreement, establishing Sorkhpooshan as Persepolis' reserve team..^[2] In the beginning of 2007-08 season two of Sorkhpoushan players, Farhad Kheirkhah and Bahador Abdi came to Persepolis. Persepolis is now one of few clubs in Iranian football that has a functioning reserve team.

[edit] Crest

Persepolis was named after the more famous historical landmark, Persepolis. Because of this the club logo incorporated elements from the location. The current and forth design shows two bull heads attached to one body as seen on a column design at Apadana. The Third design of Persepolis F.C. Crest changed in 2004. The Second design was more a detailed version of the current crest. Later on the crest became more stylized to form the crest Persepolis F.C. has today. The very first design of Persepolis' crest used the ancient Persian and Zoroastrian symbol, named the Faravahar.

[edit] Stadium and facilities

Main article: Azadi Stadium

When Persepolis F.C. was created, the sport club already had a number of buildings consisting of gymnasiums, swimming pools and bowling alleys."Bowling Abdo Complex" is placed near Rumi Bridge in the north of Tehran and named "Shahid Chamran Bowling" after Iranian Islamic Revolution.But there were no stadium for football team. Ali Abdo bought some land in the Ekbatan area of Tehran and constructed a stadium there. At the time it was known as Apadana stadium. Persepolis played only one game at the stadium due to poor organization of seating and lack of co-operation with other Iranian clubs. Afterwards, Persepolis only used the stadium as a training ground.

After the revolution Persepolis had to sell much of its property to keep the club functioning due to its poor financial situation and the overall neglect of sport during the eighties in Iran. Ali Abdo Sold Apadana Stadium to Rah Ahan F.C. For 200'000 Tomans At 1974.^[3] Apadana Stadium is now called Rah Ahan Stadium. Some property was given to Bonyad Mostazafan (Foundation of the Oppressed in Persian)like Bowling Abdo.

Before the construction of Azadi Stadium, Persepolis, played its matches at Amjadieh (Shahid Shiroudi) Stadium. They have played almost all of their home games at Azadi Stadium, except for the 2002-03 season, when they played all but two of their home matches at Tehran's Takhti Stadium due to the renovations taking place at Azadi.

In mid 2006 there was some talk that Persepolis had bought Shahre Ghods Stadium, but the deal fell through due to Persepolis' poor financial situation and the long distance between the city center and the stadium.^[4] This means the only property the club currently has, is its club headquarters, built on land given to the club by the IRIFF.

The youth clubs of Persepolis train and play their matches at Derafshifar Stadium.^[5]

[edit] Sponsorship

[edit] Official sponsors

On 15 August 2007 it was announced that for the 2007/08 season the official sponsors of the club would be Iran Aseman Airlines , the Iran Tourism Development Corporation (I.T.D.C) , City Credit Cooperative(CCC) and Shahrvand Chain Stores.

[edit] Kit providers

• Uhlsport

[edit] IPL Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
2001-02	Nahangi Jouraban	Pepsi , NEC , Tidi
2002-03	Jouraban	Samsung
2003-04	Jouraban Daei SWE	ParsTV
2004-05	Nahangi	Jaguar Delster (Non Alcoholic Malt Beverage)
2005-06		BOMBA , Dariush Grand Hotel , Shahr Aftab
2006-07	Hessari	ECUT , MTN Irancell
2007-08	Uhlsport	City Credit Cooperative(CCC) , Shahrvand Chain Stores

[edit] Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Persepolis in various competitions since the establishment of IPL in 2001.

Season	League	League Finishing Position	Hazfi Cup	ACL
2001-2002	Iran Pro League	1st (Champions)	Quarterfinal
2002-2003	Iran Pro League	3rd		First Round
2003-2004	Iran Pro League	5th	1/8 Final
2004-2005	Iran Pro League	4th	1/8 Final
2005-2006	Iran Pro League	9th	Final
2006-2007	Iran Pro League	3rd	Semifinal
2007-2008	Iran Pro League	1st (Champions)	1/8 Final

[edit] Club honours

Main article: Persepolis F.C. honours

[edit] National titles

• Iran Pro League / Azadegan League / Takht Jamshid Cup

Winners (8): 1973, 1975, 95-96, 96-97, 98-99, 99-00, 01-02, 07-08

Runner Up (7): 1974, 1976,1977, 89-90, 92-93, 93-94, 00-01

• Hazfi Cup

Winners (3): 1987, 1991, 1999

Runner Up (2): 1969, 2006

• Tehran provincial league

Winner (6): 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

[edit] Asian titles

• Asian Cup Winners Cup

Winner: 1991

Runner Up: 1993

[edit] Unofficial titles

• Vahdat International Cup (Tehran)

Winner: 1981

• Friendship Sharjah Cup

Winner: 1995

[edit] Club chairmen

Chairman	Tenure
Ali Abdo	December 1963—?
Mostafa Makri
Abbas Vakil
Golijani
Tabatabaei
Amir Abedini	1993—2001
Abbas Ansarifard	January 2001, October 2001
Ali Mirzaei	October 2001—2002
Ali Parvin	2002
Akbar Ghamkhar	August 2002—July 2004
Hojatollah Khatib	July 2004—December 2005
Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard	December 2005—June 2007
Habib Kashani	June 2007—

[edit] Club managers

[edit] Managerial history

Name	Period
Parviz Dehdari	1968-1969
Rajab Faramarzi	1969-1970
Hossein Fekri	1970-1971
Alan Rogers	1971-1976
Homayoun Behzadi	1976
Buyuk Vatankhah	1976
Ivan Konov	1976-1977
Mansour Amir Asefi	1977-1978
Mehrab Shahrokhi	1978
Ali Parvin	1980-1987
Masoud Moeini	1987
Ali Parvin	1987-1993
Hamid Derakhshan	1993
Hans-Jürgen Gede	1994
Stanko Poklepović	1994-1997
Hamid Derakhshan	1997
Ivica Matković	1997-1998
Ali Parvin	1998-2003
Vinko Begović	2003-2004
Rainer Zobel	2004-2005
Ali Parvin	2005-2006
Arie Haan	2006
Mustafa Denizli	2006-2007
Afshin Ghotbi	2007-2008

[edit] IPL Managers

Only IPL matches are counted.

Name	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win%	Final Position
Ali Parvin		2001	2003	52	24	21	7	46%	(01-02)1st,(02-03)3rd
Vinko Begović		2003	2004	26	10	9	7	38%	5th
Rainer Zobel		2004	2005	30	16	7	7	53%	4th
Ali Parvin		2005	2006	21	7	7	7	33%	9th
Arie Haan		February 2006	August 2006	9	2	4	3	22%	9th
Mustafa Denizli		2006	2007	30	14	11	5	47%	3rd
Afshin Ghotbi		2007	2008	34	18	11	5	53%	1st

[edit] Current management team

see Current management team

[edit] Players

As of January 28, 2008.

[edit] First-team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Mehdi Vaezi 2 DF Masoud Zarei 3 DF Sepehr Heidari 4 DF Alireza Mohammad 5 DF Nabiollah Bagheriha 6 DF Karim Bagheri (Captain) 8 MF Hossein Badamaki 9 FW Mohsen Khalili 10 MF Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 11 FW Faraz Fatemi 12 FW Hossein Kaebi 14 FW Ehsan Khorsandi 16 MF Hashem Beikzadeh 18 MF Pejman Nouri (Vice-Captain) 19 FW Bahador Abdi

No. Position Player 17 MF Farzad Ashoobi 20 DF Mohammad Nosrati 21 DF Ziaeddin Niknafs 22 GK Hassan Roudbarian 24 FW Mate Dragičević 25 MF Jacques Elong Elong 26 MF Hamidreza Ali Asgari 27 MF Abbas Aghaei 28 FW Farhad Kheirkhah 29 FW Mehran Farziat 30 GK Farshid Karimi 33 GK Alireza Haghighi - MF Jorge Gaona

• Sheys Rezaei and Mohammad Reza Mamani were fired by club management because of numerous disciplinary faults.

For more details and recent transfers see: Persepolis F.C. season 2008-09.

Vaezi Rezaei Heidari Nosrati Nouri Bagheri Ashoobi Badamaki Aghaei Nikbakht Khalili

Persepolis Starting Line-Up In The 2007/08 Season (4-2-3-1)

[edit] Reserves

For the reserve squad, see Sorkhpooshan Delvar Afzar F.C..

[edit] Former players

For details on former players Category:Persepolis FC players.

[edit] Club captains

Name	Nat	From	To
Hamid Jasemian		1968	1970
Buyuk Vatankhah		1971	1972
Homayoun Behzadi		1972	1974
Jafar Kashani		1974
Ebrahim Ashtiani		1974	1975
Ali Parvin		1976	1988
Mohammad Panjali		1988	1992
Farshad Pious		1992	1996
Mojtaba Moharrami		1996
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh		1996	2000
Afshin Peyrovani		2000	2003
Ali Daei		2003	2004
Karim Bagheri		2004	present

[edit] Famous players

1963 to 1980s Homayoun Behzadi Ebrahim Ashtiani Bijan Zolfagharnasab Hamid Jasemian Javad Allahverdi Mohammad Sadeghi Parviz Ghelichkhani Safar Iranpak Hossein Kalani Mahmoud Khordbin Ali Parvin Mehrab Shahrokhi Hamid Shirzadegan Buyuk Vatankhah Reza Vatankhah Alan Whittle

1980s Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard Zia Arabshahi Mohsen Ashouri Karim Bavi Hamid Derakhshan Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Nader Mohammadkhani Nasser Mohammadkhani Mojtaba Moharrami Mohammad Panjali Farshad Pious Majid Sabzi Behrouz Soltani

1990s Ali Daei Mehdi Mahdavikia Karim Bagheri Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh Hamid Estili Ali Karimi Khodadad Azizi Afshin Peyrovani Yahya Golmohammadi Edmond Bezik Hamed Kavianpour Mohammad Khakpour Reza Shahroudi Mehrdad Minavand Ali Ansarian Mehdi Hasheminasab Behrouz Rahbarifard Naeem Saadavi Nima Nakisa Davoud Fanaei

2000s Mohsen Khalili Javad Kazemian Hossein Kaebi Mehrzad Madanchi Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Pejman Nouri Mohammad Nosrati Sheys Rezaei Hassan Roudbarian Jacques Elong Elong Issa Traoré Robert Caha Zyad Chaabo Mate Dragičević

[edit] Famous fans

Golab Adineh,[6] actress Morteza Ahmadi, actor Saeed Rad, actor Hoshang Ebtehaj, poet Behnoosh Bakhtiari, actress Pejman Bazeghi, actor Davoud Rashidi, actor Niki Karimi, actress Kambiz Dirbaz, actor Dariush Arjmand, actor Borzou Arjmand, actor Abolfazl Pourarab, actor Jamshid Mashayekhi, actor Mehran Ghafourian, actor & director Javad Hashemi, actor Masoud Behnoud, journalist [7]

Ehsan Hadadi, discus thrower Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran Mohammad Reza Khatami, Politician Zahra Eshraghi, granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini Mahmoud Khayami, founder Of Iran Khodro And Kourosh Department Stores Sohrab Sepehri,[8] poet Mahmoud Shahriyari,TV Host Maryam Heydarzadeh, poet Mohammad Reza Khedri, inventor Alireza Dabir, Freestyle Wrestler Farzad Farzin, singer Reza Sadeghi, singer Saeed Mohammadi, singer Vigen Derderian, singer Andy Madadian, singer Alireza Eftekhari, Singer Ehsan Khaje Amiri, Singer

[edit] External links

[edit] References

Preceded by Inaugural Champions	National Championship 1973-74 (First title)	Succeeded by Taj
Preceded by Taj	National Championship 1975-76 (Second title)	Succeeded by Pas F.C.
Preceded by Malavan F.C.	Hazfi Cup 1986-87 (First title)	Succeeded by Shahin Ahvaz
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	Asian Cup Winners Cup 1991 (First title)	Succeeded by Nissan FC
Preceded by Malavan F.C.	Hazfi Cup 1990-91 (Second title)	Succeeded by not held
Preceded by Saipa F.C.	National Championship 1995-96 (Third title) 1996-97 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by Esteghlal F.C.
Preceded by Esteghlal F.C.	National Championship 1998-99 (Fifth title) 1999-2000 (Sixth title)	Succeeded by Esteghlal F.C.
Preceded by not held	Hazfi Cup 1998-99 (Third title)	Succeeded by Esteghlal F.C.
Preceded by Esteghlal F.C.	National Championship 2001-02 (Seventh title)	Succeeded by Sepahan F.C.
Preceded by Saipa F.C.	National Championship 2007-08 (Eighth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

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