Sepahan
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Sepahan ( سپاهان in Persian) is one of the teams in Iran's Premier Football League. It became the champion of the IPL in 2003, the first league champion which was not from Tehran. Sepahan is based in the city of Isfahan.
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Club history
In 1944, with the help of Mahmoud Hariri, the Shahin Isfahan club was created. This club was one of teams attached to the more popular and successful Shahin FC of Tehran. In 1967 due to the problems that arose in the Shahin FC organization in Tehran, the Isfahan branch was forced to cease operations. The club changed its name to Sepahan. The club played in the local Isfahan leagues for many years until 1993. That year the club was purchased by the Siman(cement) factory of Isfahan. It participated in the Azadegan league until the year 2000, when Foolad(Steel) Mill of Isfahan bought the team from the Siman factory. The team now plays under the name of Foolad Mobarekeh Sepahan, and enjoys very good support by the club board, and has been able to attain a respectable fan base in its hometown. The club was able to demonstrate its worth when in the 2002-2003 season of the IPL it captured the league title, and qualified for the ACL tournament. It also won the Hazfi Cup in 2004 and was able to qualify for another season of the ACL competition. The club did not have much success in the continental tournament though. Sepahan is also the only club team in Iranian football to have a senior reserve team, which participates in local leagues and the earlier rounds of the Hazfi Cup.Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Sepahan every season, from 1995 to the present day.
| Season | League | League Finishing Position | Hazfi Cup |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-1996 | Azadegan League | 5th | |
| 1996-1997 | Azadegan League | 3rd | |
| 1997-1998 | Azadegan League | 6th | |
| 1998-1999 | Azadegan League | 3rd | |
| 1999-2000 | Azadegan League | 4th | Semifinal |
| 2000-2001 | Azadegan League | 7th | |
| 2001-2002 | Iran Premier League | 9th | Semifinal |
| 2002-2003 | Iran Premier League | 1st (Champions)'' | |
| 2003-2004 | Iran Premier League | 6th | Cup'' |
| 2004-2005 | Iran Premier League | 10th | 1/8 Final |
| 2005-2006 | Iran Premier League | 7th |
Club honors
- League Championships:
- *2003
- Hazfi Cup:
- *2004
2005-2006 squad
Armenak Petrosian (GK)Masoud Khaji Hadi Aghili Mohsen Bongar Mahmoud Mansouri Saeid Bayat Arash Ramezani Jaba Mojiri Meisam Saleh Shoushtari Ahmad Mohammadpour Edmund Bezik Mahmoud Karimi Rasoul Khatibi |
Jalal AkbariMohammad Nouri Abbas Aghaei Masoud Homami (GK) Rasoul Navidkia Jamal Norouzi Rodrigo Regi Mahdi Jafarpour Meyad Abazari Hamed Rasouli Mehdi Seyed Salehi Moharram Navidkia (On Loan from VfL Bochum ) |
Famous players
External links
- [Official Club Website]
- [Iran Pro League Statistics]
- [Persian Football League]
- [Sepahan Fan Club Website] (Persian)
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