Association football club in Tehran, Iran

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Persepolis Football Club ( irani : باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Perspolis ) is an iranian professional football baseball club based in Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of iranian football since 1968. Persepolis besides had three teams in bowl, basketball and volleyball in its first years of establishment. [ 9 ] Persepolis F.C. is the football clubhouse of the multisport Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club. The club is owned by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. There have been many attempts to privatize the club with no success due to the large debt the baseball club has accumulated. The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran bowler hat, which is regarded as one of the biggest in Asia, [ 10 ] with archrivals Esteghlal, a equal that is always closely followed by iranian football fans. According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football cabaret in Asia. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] At the AFC Champions League, Persepolis has the records of the most attendances ( 11 matches among 20 matches with the most attendances ) and five matches with the most attendances. Persepolis has besides broken the commemorate of 100,000 attendances in four matches at AFC Champions League. Persepolis has won a record fourteen Iranian league titles, a well as six Hazfi Cups, four Super Cups and the 1990–91 asian Cup Winners ‘ Cup. [ 14 ] Many noteworthy players have played for the clubhouse, including former Bayern Munich players Ali Karimi, Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian and erstwhile Hamburger SV player Mehdi Mahdavikia. however, Ali Parvin is widely regarded as the club ‘s greatest ever musician. Parvin has spent 18 years with the club from 1970 to 1988 .

history [edit ]

Shahin F.C. ( 1942–1967 ) [edit ]

Shahin F.C.
Many of the players shown in this photo went on to play for Persepolis. Shahin was established in 1942 by Dr. Abbas Ekrami, a teacher. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Ekrami founded the baseball club with avail of some young students under the motto :

اول اخلاق، دوم درس، سوم ورزش
Ethics first, education second, sports third. [ 17 ] — Shahin F.C. Motto

Shahin produced many talented players like Parviz Dehdari, Masoud Boroumand, Homayoun Behzadi, Jafar Kashani, Hossein Kalani, Hamid Shirzadegan, and many more that played for Iran home football team. These talents made Shahin popular in the 1960s but its identical popularity was viewed as a terror by the Iran Football Federation and the Keihan Varzeshi newspaper ( Iran ‘s most significant sports publication at the time ). [ 18 ] The conflict between them became worse and on 9 July 1967, two days after Shahin ‘s 3–0 win against Tehranjavan F.C., the Iran Sports Organization declared Shahin F.C. as dissolve. [ 18 ] League attendance dropped and other clubs including Pas, Rah Ahan, and Oghab tried to sign Shahin players .

Establishment early years ( 1963–1969 ) [edit ]

Persepolis team in the 1960s Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club was established in 1963 by Ali Abdo. [ 19 ] Abdo had returned to Iran from the United States and was a backing boxer. Persepolis F.C. started the 1968 season with Parviz Dehdari as director. Despite the efforts to sign and disperse Shahin players to respective clubs, Parviz Dehdari and Masoud Boroumand transferred the popularity of Shahin to Persepolis F.C. by taking most Shahin Players to join Persepolis. The team was initially quite weak, and participated in the 2nd division of the area. The best musician on the team then was Mahmoud Khordbin. The club, using four Shahin players, had a friendly pit with Jam Abadan, a respected team at the time. After the match the remainder of the Shahin players joined Persepolis. That year no league contest 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. The following year they represented as the first gear irani club in the asian Champion Club Tournament held in Thailand, but they were not successful and were eliminated in the group stage .

Takht Jamshid Cup ( 1969–1979 ) [edit ]

Persepolis winning the Takht Jamshid Cup in 1973 In 1962, the Iran Universal ( Iran National “ Iran Nacional ” ) automobile factory was opened. [ 20 ] In 1969, The party boss of the factory, Mahmoud Khayami, who was besides the owner of a football team, was a big sports fan of Shahin. Khayami, who wanted to improve his football team, entered into negotiations with Persepolis and was able to get all the former Shahin players except Aziz Asli and Mahmoud Khordbin to join his new team, Paykan Tehran F.C. [ 21 ] Paykan won the championship that year, but the new players moved back to Persepolis at the end of the temper. [ 21 ] In 1971, Persepolis won its beginning ever championship in the iranian League. Persepolis had an impressive season with 13 wins and 1 draw, in 14 weeks. In 1972, Abdo announced Persepolis as the inaugural professional football club in Iran. The club did not enter the domestic league and only played against foreign clubs, and a few months late it became amateur again [ 21 ] Next class the Takht Jamshid Cup was established. Persepolis won the inaugural Takht Jamshid Cup in 1973 and won it again in 1975. [ 22 ] In the one-third year of administration of Takhte Jamshid cup Persepolis lost fair two matches of thirty matches of that year. [ 23 ] Persepolis is the most successful club in the Takht Jamshid Cup league, clinching two backing titles and finishing three times as runner-up. [ 24 ]

Success under ruffianly conditions ( 1979–1990 ) [edit ]

When the irani Revolution took space in 1979, Abdo returned to United States. Although Persepolis won the Espandi Cup, the baseball club fell aside and many of the previous players did not return. [ 25 ] The club ‘s property was sequestered by The Oppressed and Veterans Foundation ( persian : بنیاد مستضعفان و جانبازان ) and the club placed under the duty of The Physical Education Department ( irani : سازمان تربیت بدنی ) of Iran. [ 25 ] In 1981, the Physical Education Department declared that the name of the club would change, but club officials, players, and fans opposed the act. [ 26 ] The team did n’t appear in the couple against Homa in the Tehran league as a protest against the physical Education Department. They lost the match 3–0 by default and Homa became ace. [ 26 ] In 1986, The club was taken over by the Oppressed and Veterans Foundation and renamed Azadi ( meaning “ freedom ”, persian : آزادی ). [ 26 ] Players declared that they would n’t play for the golf club if the name change went through. [ 26 ] After a abbreviated period the Foundation did not want the club any more, and it was taken over by the Physical Education Department again. On 16 February 1987, the Physical Education Department renamed the baseball club Pirouzi ( meaning “ victory ”, irani : پیروزی ) with players ‘ agreement, [ 26 ] although fans still call the team by its original list, Persepolis. [ 26 ] On 10 April 2012 the club chair Mohammad Rouyanian announced that the club will officially only be known as Persepolis. [ 27 ] In the 1980s the baseball club only played in the Tehran League and assorted elimination tournaments. Persepolis was successful during this time and maintained its popularity, winning the Tehran League five seasons in a row. During all that time, Ali Parvin served as player-manager .

Revitalization ( 1990–2001 ) [edit ]

The 1990s were a ambition decade for the team, with four league championships, two Hazfi Cups, dozens of great players, and renewed subscribe. At one point more than six Persepolis players were starters on Iran ‘s national team. The team won the national championship in the 1995–96 temper. At one point in that temper they were 10 points behind Bahman. They came back and finished first, six points ahead of the league runner-up. They won the league again the following temper, again finishing ahead of the stolon up by six points. They were stopped by the korean side Pohang Steelers in the semi-finals of the asian Champions ‘ Cup. Persepolis finished third, defeating Iraq ‘s Al-Zawraa in the third base place catch. The following season they showed effective mannequin again, but due to their commitments in the asian Champions ‘ Cup and the boastfully number of national team players they had, they withdrew from the league. The inadequate scheduling and mismanagement of both the I.R.I.F.F. and AFC officials led to this unprofessional event. This prevented Persepolis from possibly winning a third gear straight league championship. Persepolis did not have much luck in the asian Champion ‘s cup either, as they were once again stopped in the semi-finals, this meter by chinese club, dalian Wanda. They lost the third position meet adenine well to Al-Hilal. The 1996–97 and 1997–98 Persepolis teams are considered by many to be among the greatest iranian club to ever play. National team players and future superstars such as Ahmadreza Abedzadeh, Khodadad Azizi, Karim Bagheri, Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Mehrdad Minavand, Ali Karimi and many more were among the players who played for the golf club in those years. After the World Cup 1998, respective 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 this fourth dimension. They won the 1998–99 backing adenine well as the Hazfi Cup that season. They besides won the 1999–2000 league championship, finishing third again in the asian Champions Cup. This would be their last backing in the Azadegan League earned run average. Most of Persepolis ‘ championships at the time were won while Ali Parvin was the coach, and Amirali Abedini was the chair .

IPL era ( 2001–present ) [edit ]

Ali Karimi played for the team on three occasions, first time in 1998 and left the team in 2013 Persepolis entered the newly established IPL looking to dominate once again, but near the end of the season they were in a identical close race with their rival Esteghlal. Esteghlal led the league by two points going into the final examination sidereal day of the regular season. Esteghlal ‘s loss to Malavan and Persepolis ‘ 1–0 win against Fajr Sepasi in their last games of the season gave Persepolis a one-point leash and another backing. Their 2001–02 season championship made them the first-ever IPL champions. The 2002–03 season proved to be extremely unmanageable and Persepolis finished third gear, never managing to come close up to the eventual winners, Sepahan. They besides fell apart in the newly created AFC Champions League, failing to advance out of the group stage. When Akbar Ghamkhar took over as club president, he made respective changes in an campaign to improve the team. He made public the measure of player and staff salaries, hard angering Parvin, the highest paid player on the team. Ghamkhar hired coach Vinko Begović, and entered into contracts with several big players. Persepolis started off very well in the 2003–04 temper but things deteriorated. Begovic left the team and german director Rainer Zobel was bought in. Parvin was brought back, taking the situation of technical director. The clubhouse finished one-fifth in the standings in the 2004–05 season. Ghamkhar was replaced with Hojatollah Khatib. He decided to bring back Parvin. The club experienced major fiscal problems as some of the spend decisions made in previous years had overextended the golf club. Persepolis finished the 2005–06 season in ninth invest, the lowest it had ever placed. Parvin left the club in February 2006, vowing to never return to Persepolis, after a 4–2 passing to Fajr Sepasi in Azadi Stadium. After the game, the fans began cursing at Ali Parvin and the players. Khatib resigned as president and Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard was elected to the post by the club council. Arie Haan was brought in as the modern director, [ 28 ] [ 29 ] 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. turkish coach Mustafa Denizli signed with the team on 17 August 2006. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] With the final cup match being his first one as the club ‘s director, Denizli was not able to help the cabaret win the Hazfi Cup in 2006, a cup that the team needed to gain submission into the asian Champion ‘s League and to receive fiscal benefits by doing so. The club did not win the Hazfi Cup the future class either, losing to Sepahan in the semifinals in June 2007. The golf club finished third in the IPL 2006–07, and Denizli left the club after Ansarifard resigned as chair in June 2007 .

emperor epoch [edit ]

17 May 2008 : After winning the title in the 2007–08 season Habib Kashani became the club chair in June 2007 and selected Afshin Ghotbi as head coach of Persepolis for the 2007–08 season. [ 32 ] Ghotbi Promised to lead Persepolis to the IPL championship [ 33 ] and started the IPL with a 3–2 succeed over Sanat Naft. Persepolis was undefeated until the 17th turn, where they suffered a 2–1 loss to Sepahan. [ 34 ] On 9 January 2008, the disciplinary committee of the iranian Football Federation announced because of a good injury to a security soldier by the Sepahan fans, Sepahan would be charged with a five-point deduction. This was belated reduced to three points. Persepolis was besides docked six points by FIFA because of amateur wages to a number of former players. [ 35 ] This placed Persepolis behind Sepahan in the standings. [ 36 ] Near the end of the season Sheys Rezaei and Mohammad Reza Mamani were expelled by the team after both players showed poor behavior towards cabaret players, coaches, and management deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as other non-football-related issues. [ 37 ] Habib Kashani and Mahmoud Khordbin both suffered heart attacks. [ 38 ] Persepolis cut Sepahan ‘s seven-point lead to two points by the last crippled of the season. In the last week, Persepolis defeated Sepahan when Sepehr Heidari scored a 90+6th-minute goal in battlefront of over 110,000 fans in Azadi Stadium to give Persepolis its second backing in the IPL and a berth in the asian Champions League. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In the 2007–2008 Golden Ball award ceremony Persepolis, Afshin Ghotbi, and Mohsen Khalili won the Team, Manager, and Player of the class titles. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Ghotbi ‘s contract expired at the end of the season and he decided to leave the club. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] His assistant, Hamid Estili, was identical finale to management but, Kashani and other club officials resigned because of conflicts between them and the Iran Physical Education Department. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Dariush Mostafavi was selected as club chair. [ 47 ] Mostafavi promised to bring Ghotbi back. Negotiations were successful, and on 4 July 2008, Ghotbi signed a biennial contract with Persepolis. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Ghotbi had many problems with Mostafavi and resigned on 19 November 2008. When talking to the popular Iranian express 90, Ghotbi showed tears before leaving Persepolis and the fans that loved him who had given him the nickname Emperor. [ 50 ] however, Ghotbi left the team in mid-season after a series of losses and finally became headway bus of the Iran national football team. [ 51 ] due to the mismanagement of the club, Persepolis had underachieved in the recent seasons of the Iran Pro League. The choice of incompetent coaches, and the learning of depleted choice players have enhanced the deliver deep in form. After the resignation of Ghotbi, his adjunct Afshin Peyrovani was named as interim head bus of the club, led the team in 11 matches in Iran Pro League but he was replaced with erstwhile Portugal and Saudi Arabia coach, Nelo Vingada. Vingada ‘s contract was terminated at the end of the season .

Daei years [edit ]

After Vingada was sacked as head coach of the club, early Croatia and Dinamo Zagreb coach, Zlatko Kranjčar was hired as his successor but he was soon replaced with early Persepolis and Iran national football team captain, Ali Daei. At the goal of the 2009–10 Season, Persepolis finished one-fourth in the league but they became Hazfi Cup champions. In the Hazfi Cup final, Persepolis defeated Azadegan League slope Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz 4–1 on aggregate to qualify for the 2011 AFC Champions League. In the 2010–11 season, Persepolis finished one-fourth in the league and was eliminated in the group degree of the 2011 AFC Champions League but at the end of the season Persepolis won the 2010–11 Hazfi Cup after defeating rivals Sepahan, Foolad and Malavan. [ 52 ] The technical committee chose Hamid Estili as Daei ‘s successor on that day. [ 53 ] Under the management of Daei, Persepolis won rear to back trophies for the beginning time in 13 seasons. After Daei ‘s resignation, Hamid Estili, Mustafa Denizli, Manuel José and most recently Yahya Golmohammadi managed Persepolis for a phonograph record 4 head coaches in only two seasons. Golmohammadi led Persepolis to the final of the Hazfi Cup, but losing to Sepahan on penalties. After the Hazfi Cup, Golmohammadi announced that he would not be managing Persepolis the follow season. however, Daei returned to the club and signed a three years contract before the begin of 2013–14 season. Under Daei Persepolis finished second with 55 points, 2 points behind Champions Foolad. Persepolis retained its identify in the AFC Champions League after a biennial absence. After a hapless beginning to the 2014–15 season which left Persepolis in 9th space, Daei was sacked and was replaced by Hamid Derakhshan .

Ivanković years [edit ]

On 5 April 2015, Hamid Derakhshan resigned as head bus of Persepolis and was temporarily replaced by Hossein Abdi. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] On the follow day, early Iran national football team director Branko Ivanković was named as raw mind coach of the club. On 15 May 2015 Ivanković won his first Tehran bowler hat after a 1–0 victory over Esteghlal. Later that week on 19 May 2015 Persepolis defeated Al-Hilal 1–0 in the first leg of AFC Champions League round of golf of 16. In the second stage they lost 3–0 against Al-Hilal and were eliminated. After the deviation of Mohammad Nouri, the club named Hadi Norouzi as the captain for the 2015–16 season. Persepolis was besides very active in the summer transfer temper, adding irani external Ramin Rezaeian, croatian defender Luka Maric and Honduras external Jerry Bengtson .
On 1 October 2015, the club captain Hadi Norouzi died in his sleep at the long time of 30 after an apparent heart attack. [ 56 ] His end caused a profound shock in iranian sports. After the death of Hadi Norouzi Persepolis improved their human body and their hanker unbeaten streak propelled them to the top 3 midway through the season. After a historic 4–2 win against Esteghlal in the Tehran bowler hat, the team moved into first stead. however, after a loss to Naft Tehran on 28 April, the team dropped down to third gear target. Persepolis won the succeed workweek catch against Gostaresh Foolad and moved into second place, behind Esteghlal Khuzestan on goal difference. A final day win on 13 May 2016 against Rah Ahan was not adequate for Persepolis as Esteghlal Khuzestan besides won and were crowned champions of Persian Gulf Pro League 2015–16. Before the 2016–17 temper, Persepolis added national team members Alireza Beiranvand, Jalal Hosseini, and Vahid Amiri. Persepolis started the season strong and never dropped below third place. They set records for least ever goals conceded and most ever points accumulated after 17 weeks in a iranian Gulf Pro League season. On April 15, 2017, Persepolis became the champions of the season with three weeks remaining to the end of the season. After a victory against Machine Sazi, Persepolis claimed its third base championship in the Persian Gulf Pro League and its tenth championship in total. [ citation needed ] Persepolis defended its backing in the Persian Gulf Pro League 2017–18 and won Super cup. On 30 May 2017 Persepolis made history again after advancing to the Quarterfinals after defeating Qatari club Lekhwiya 1–0 in the AFC Champions League Round of 16. This was the first time in golf club history that Persepolis made Quarterfinals in the stream Champions League format. Persepolis beat Saudi club Al Ahli 5–3 on aggregate to make it to the Semifinals, where they lost to Al Hilal 6–2 on aggregate. the come year Persepolis advanced to AFC Champions League Final in 2018 and lost 2–0 in First-leg. Persepolis were held to a scoreless draw by Kashima Antlers of Japan in the irregular leg of the AFC Champions League. [ 57 ] On 16 May 2019, Branko Ivanković made another history with Persepolis by hat-trick of backing of Iran premier football league in Persian Gulf Pro League. [ 58 ] however, he left the clubhouse at the end of season after 4 years, winning a record 7 trophies for a foreign coach .

Colours and crown [edit ]

The higher part of a column from Apadana of Persepolis, Iran. Persepolis Football Club was named after the historic landmark, Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The baseball club logo incorporates elements from the location. The first invention of Persepolis ‘ cap used the Faravahar, an ancient irani and zoroastrian symbol. [ 59 ] The Faravahar is a man with falcon wings, each with three feathers. This interpretation of the cap used in early on years. After that there was not a crest on the shirt until the 1980s. In the middle of the 1980s the design of the peak changed. This adaptation had two taurus heads attached to one torso as seen on a column at Apadana. [ 59 ] A cup is designed on the top of the body and Olympic rings are seen under the cup. The bull is the symbol of productivity in ancient irani belief and irani Literature and the cup on the clear of the column represents the championship. In the mid 1990s the crest changed again and became more stylize ; the crown became bent and the Olympic rings were dropped, the cup became more denotative while taurus heads leaned to the cup. [ 59 ] This interpretation used until 2004 ; [ 59 ] the watch crest was simpler even. The Olympic rings returned to the crown and the bull of past versions was turned into Homa, another fabulous creature and symbol used in the architecture of Persepolis. [ 59 ] In 2012, during 2011–2012 season, and before 74th Tehran bowler hat, club released a newly interpretation of its logo [ 60 ] This stream version of the club ‘s logo incorporates the previous version into a wholly red carapace shaped skeletal system entailing the name of Persepolis in Persian and English. [ 59 ] One of Persepolis ‘ nicknames is Sorkhpoushan ( “ The Reds ”, irani : سرخپوشان ), stemming from their traditional kit, which is predominantly crimson. From the foundation of the baseball club, the common home kit includes a red shirt, loss ( in some seasons black or egg white ) shorts, and red socks. White and bootleg colours are besides seen in the kit out. In the early 1970s the shorts were black ; whiten shorts were used in the late 1970s, and bolshevik shorts became prevailing in the 1980s. [ citation needed ]

In the 2006–07 season, fans saw the team break bolshevik and whiten striped shirts. The away kit of the club is normally with a white backdrop .

stadium and facilities [edit ]

When Persepolis F.C. was created, the sport club already had a number of buildings such as gymnasiums, swim pools, and bowling alleys in the Bowling Abdo Complex. The facility is in the north of Tehran hosted 1976 Bowling World Cup [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] and renamed Shahid Chamran Bowling after the rotation. There was initially no stadium for the football team. Ali Abdo bought some land in the Ekbatan area of Tehran and constructed a stadium there. [ 65 ] At the time it was known as Apadana stadium. Persepolis played entirely one crippled at the stadium [ 65 ] due to poor arrangement of the seat and a lack of co-operation with other irani clubs. [ 65 ] Persepolis entirely used the stadium as a train ground. [ 65 ] Around the time of mid-1970s, Abdo had to sell much of the cabaret ‘s place to keep the club functioning due to its poor fiscal situation ; he sold Apadana Stadium to Rah Ahan for 200,000 Tomans in 1975. [ 65 ] Apadana Stadium is immediately called Rah Ahan Stadium. Due to the iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979 club properties were confiscated by the Oppressed and Veterans Foundation ( Bonyad Mostazafan, iranian : بنیاد مستضعفان و جانبازان ) ; Bowling Abdo, the club ‘s master headquarters, burnt down, Abdo returned to the United States .

Azadi stadium [edit ]

Before the construction of Azadi Stadium in 1971, Persepolis played its matches at Amjadieh ( Shahid Shiroudi ) stadium. They have played about all of their home plate 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 while renovations were taking plaza at Azadi. [ 66 ] In mid-2006 Persepolis considered buying Shahre Ghods Stadium, [ 67 ] but the cover fell through due to Persepolis ‘ poor fiscal position and the long distance between the city center and the stadium. [ 68 ]

Derafshifar stadium [edit ]

This stadium is the trail establish and Academy free-base of iranian football club Persepolis. Inside the complex, there are training areas, Hotel and pools. There are besides a sauna, steam and burden rooms, a restaurant, conference rooms and offices. Derafshifar Stadium was given to Persepolis in 2013 and it was considered as the cabaret ‘s property. President Mohammad Rouyanian announced that after his efforts irani government accepted the assignment of Derafshifar Stadium to Persepolis and he said that it is an enterprise in holy order to increase the baseball club ‘s properties. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] [ 72 ]

Shahid Kazemi Stadium [edit ]

Persepolis became the owner of Shahid Kazemi Stadium in the winter of 2016. The stadium with a capacity of 15,000 is to be used for train sessions and friendly matches. The complex has a sauna, steam room, weight room, restaurant and conference room. In January 2017, the club announced they would renovate the complex by adding a second natural grass slope, adding parking lots, and a cafeteria. ampere well as upgrading the already existing conference room, changeroom, gymnasium and swimming area. [ 73 ]

Persepolis university [edit ]

It is first iranian sport university which opened in 2013. Dariuosh Soudi was appointed as the foremost president of the university and Mehdi Mahdavikia was the first student of this university. This university has 600 students and accept students in thirteen different fields. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] [ 76 ] [ 77 ] [ 78 ] [ 79 ] Some fields provided by the university: [ 80 ] [ 81 ]

  • Football Coaching
  • Futsal Coaching
  • Fitness
  • Sport Reporting
  • Match Commentary

Persepolis television [edit ]

In June 2013 Persepolis launched their beginning full-time television channel, with the channel to be available on Hot Bird satellites across the worldly concern. The coach of Persepolis television was Reza Rashidpour. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] however the channel closed in October 2013. During the 2017–18 temper, Persepolis reopened its duct with the appoint of Persepolis TV .

Persepolis internet radio [edit ]

The radio receiver of the club started working after revealing raw version of Persepolis official web site. This radio worked through recording programs and make them cook for fans to download from the club ‘s official web site. The number of recordings and programs was more than thirty different entertain parts and the number of downloads of each broadcast was more than one million. President Rouyanian came on an agreement with “ Iran Seda ” internet radio to put its connection in the official web site of the club and make it possible to listen to the live comment of the 77th Tehran bowler hat through it. The observer of this peer was Eskandar Koti one of the most celebrated commentators in Iran. [ 84 ]

Persepolis department of energy drinks [edit ]

The club started producing energy drinks since 2013. This intersection is advertised widely in IRIB television channels. [ 85 ]

persepolis restaurants [edit ]

The clubhouse established these restaurants as an economic motion in order to improve its fans spirit of animation with the club through their everyday life. Persepolis restaurants range based in different cities of Iran. The beginning Persepolis restaurant opened in Shiraz where the iranian precious historic places “ Takhte Jamshid ” and “ Persepolis ” are located. [ 86 ] As of May 2014, there are four branches of Persepolis restaurants open in Iran .

Rivalries [edit ]

Tehran Derby [edit ]

persepolis fans shows “ 6 ” icon, referring to Persepolis ‘ historic 6–0 against Esteghlal Persepolis is one side of Iran ‘s and Asia ‘s most significant cabaret football couple which is called Tehran Derby. The competition between Persepolis and Esteghlal was derived from the previous significant bowler hat between Shahin and Taj. This catch was declared as the most significant bowler hat in Asia and 22nd most crucial bowler hat in the world in June 2008 by World Soccer magazine. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] After the passing of Shahin players to Persepolis, the cabaret became besides democratic and its arch-rival Taj ( meaning “ crown ” in Persian ) was the royal team supported by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza. As the two biggest and most successful clubs in Iran, nowadays the competition continues on an annual basis with both teams often challenging each other for the backing. In each transfer season, both clubs try to attract rival team players. Esteghlal has the most wins in the bowler hat, but Persepolis has the largest margin of victory. Historically defeating Esteghlal 6–0 on 7 September 1973 .

Persepolis five Sepahan [edit ]

Another Persepolis equal is Sepahan, the club based in Esfahan. Both clubs were dependent upon Shahin ; one hired most of the Shahin players in its early on years and the other was the branch of Shahin F.C. in Esfahan. The competition renewed in the early on 2000s ( ten ), when Esfahan rose in Iran football. Sepahan and Zob Ahan became strong, replacing Tehran democratic teams in the 2002–2003 season. Both of Iran ‘s significant football competitions, IPL and the Hazfi Cup, were won by Esfahan teams that season. Persepolis besides had a bowler hat against the now dissolved club, Pas Tehran .

Persepolis volt tractor [edit ]

Started in 2009 when Tractor returned to beginning tier of iranian football league after 8 years and their fans had passion about this event. Mustafa Denizli is one of the club ‘s most democratic coaches in this competition .

Players [edit ]

First-team police squad [edit ]

See also: 2021–22 Persepolis F.C. season
As of 10 November 2021

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

retire numbers [edit ]

No. Player Position Persepolis debut Last match Ref.
24 IranHadi Norouzi MF/FW 24 Oct 2008 25 Sep 2015 [90][91][92][93]

On 6 October 2015, the club decided to retire the police squad number 24 in memory of Hadi Norouzi, who died of kernel approach in sleep at the historic period of 30. He played for Persepolis at the time .

celebrated players [edit ]

For notable players see List of Persepolis F.C. players.
For details on former players see Category:Persepolis F.C. players.

cabaret captains [edit ]

mansion of fame [edit ]

The players below are part of the Persepolis F.C. Hall of Fame : [ 94 ] [ 95 ] [ 96 ] [ 97 ] 1960s and 1970s

Managers [edit ]

noteworthy managers [edit ]

The table below shows Persepolis managers that have won noteworthy titles or had a capital impact on the team. For a more detailed and chronological list of Persepolis managers from 1964 onwards with their trophies, see List of Persepolis F.C. managers .

Personnel [edit ]

technical foul staff [edit ]

Position Staff
Manager Yahya Golmohammadi
Assistant manager Hamid Motahari
First-team coach Karim Bagheri
Fitness coach Mazaher Rahimpour
Goalkeeping coach Davoud Fanaei
Analysis Coach Mehrdad Khanban
Mohammad Asgari
Club doctor Alireza Haghighat
Physiothreapist Ali Aazam[98]
Academy director Mohammad Panjali
U21 Head coach Manouchehr Abdollahnejad
U19 Head coach Jamshid Shahmohammadi
U16 Head coach Mansour Hashemi
U14 Head coach Faramarz Soltani
Team manager Afshin Peyrovani

last updated : 6 July 2019
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management [edit ]

Office Name
Chairman Jafar Samiei
Deputy chairman Ebrahim Shakouri
Board secretary Majid Sadri
Board members Majid Sadri
Mohammad Fayyaz
Gholamali Mohammadalipour

last updated : 9 October 2019
Source : Persepolis F.C .

Honours [edit ]

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    record

  • ¤First ever winners
  • * Won League title and Hazfi Cup
  • ♦ Won Tehran League title and Tehran Hazfi Cup
  • s shared record

The Persepolis ‘s positions

Continental history [edit ]

individual honours [edit ]

Asian Young Footballer of the Year
Asian Footballer of the Year
Iran World Cup captains
AFC Asian Cup MVP Award

Statistics and records [edit ]

Ali Parvin holds the record for Persepolis appearances with 341, having played between 1970 and 1988, while Afshin Peyrovani holds the league appearances records with 209, playing from 1993 to 2004. The record for a goalkeeper is held by Vahid Ghelich, with 176 appearances. The record for total Persepolis appearances among current players is held by Hadi Norouzi with 175 appearances and 32 goals. With 149 caps, Ali Daei of Iran is Persepolis ‘ most cap international player. Farshad Pious is the club ‘s all-time top goalscorer in all competitions with 153 goals in 211 matches, [ 104 ] [ 105 ] playing between 1985 and 1998 .

  • Persepolis set Iran the highest division League records for most titles (14) and most runners-up (9).
  • All-time top scorer: Farshad Pious with 153 goals (All Competitions)
  • Record of scoring in 36 consecutive matches in two seasons and a record 22 games unbeaten.(2014–2015)

ownership [edit ]

Though denationalization of Persepolis, aboard Esteghlal, has been on the agenda of several administrations, it has not become materialized so far, most probably due to the government ‘s lack of pastime to bequeath the enormous social ( and potentially fiscal ) capital of the two clubs to individual entities. In May 2009, in the run-up to the 2009 presidential election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated that the club will be privatized, [ citation needed ] however, this did not happen. A second much anticipated offer in May 2015 was called nothing and void after Persepolis sports fan and baron Hossein Hedayat was found unqualified by iranian Privatization Organization Archived 3 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. [ 106 ] It is expected that the transfer of the club to individual investors will be a long process, largely due to problems with the club ‘s fiscal documents and the debts that the baseball club has accumulated that make it unable to be listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. Shares for the clubhouse can be sold on the OTC grocery store once it has removed all of its fiscal ambiguities. [ citation needed ]

§ in 2009–10 Persepolis wear Hessari in first three matches.
¤ in 2016–17 Persepolis wear Givova in first ten matches.

Supporters [edit ]

Persepolis is one of the highest defend teams in irani football. It is said in unofficial counts that the cabaret has over 40 million fans. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] The club is based in Tehran and is popular in all parts of nation. Persepolis besides has a sports fan free-base in Afghanistan [ 109 ] and iranian Gulf countries. [ 110 ]

celebrated fans [edit ]

The peoples below are short separate of the Persepolis most celebrated fans : [ 111 ]

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Reserve teams

References [edit ]

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