Fajr Sepasi F.C.
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Fajr Shahid |
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| Founded | 1988, as F.C. Fajr Shahid Sepasi | ||
| Ground | Hafezieh Stadium Shiraz Iran (Capacity: 20,000) |
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| Chairman | Gheyb Parvar | ||
| Head Coach | Mahmoud Yavari | ||
| League | Persian Gulf Cup | ||
| 2010-11 | Azadegan League Group 1, 2nd | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Fajr Shahid Sepasi Fars Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال فجر شهید سپاسی فارس) is an Iranian football club based in Shiraz, Iran.
The club is one the more financially restricted teams in Iran's football, and is owned by Iran's Basij. Prior to the club's affiliation with the Basij many young players who had yet to serve in the military (2 year military service is mandatory in Iran) choose to play for Fajr Sepasi, because of the close relationship between the team and the Iranian military.
The club consists of mostly young players, and does not have a very large following in Shiraz, Bargh, Fajr's rival has a much stronger fan base in the city.
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[edit] History
[edit] Establishment
In 1988, a group of youngsters, who were from Shiraz along with Jafar Jafari, established a football team named Behzad. They started play in the 2nd division of Shiraz's local city league. When Majid Sepasi, was killed in the Iran–Iraq War, the team renamed itself Fajr Shahid Sepasi, to honor him. By 1991 the club had been bought by Sepah Pasdaran. In 1995 they became champions of Fars province, and in 1996 were promoted to the Azadegan League. The club has remained in the highest level of Iranian football since then, and surprised everyone when they won the Hazfi Cup in 2001.
[edit] Takeover
In December 2006 Sepah Pasdaran sold its shares in sport to Basij, therefore all Fajr teams were renamed to Moghavemat teams. Fajr Sepasi are now officially known as Moghavemat Shahid Sepasi Shiraz, although the name is not in common use yet.[1]
They kept the coach Gholam Hossein Peyrovani till 2009 where he was appointed as Iran's olympics team head coach and had to leave the club so Peyrovani left the club after 10 years being in charge and he was finished his last season in mid table and was replaced by Davoud Mahabadi and after poor results he was replaced by Mohammad Ahmadzadeh and got relegated in the first season without Peyrovani.
[edit] Shiraz Derby
- Main articles: Shiraz Derby
[edit] Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Moghavemat Sepasi in various competitions since 1995.
| Season | League | Position | Hazfi Cup | Notes | Asian Cup Winners Cup |
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| 1995–1996 | Fars Province League | 1st | Did not qualify | Promoted | Did not qualify |
| 1996-1997 | 2nd Division | 1st | 1/16 Final | Promoted | |
| 1997-1998 | Azadegan League | 4th | Not held | ||
| 1998-1999 | Azadegan League | 10th | 1/16 Final | ||
| 1999-2000 | Azadegan League | 3rd | 1/8 Final | ||
| 2000-2001 | Azadegan League | 9th | Cup | ||
| 2001-2002 | Iran Pro League | 10th | Final | First Round | |
| 2002-2003 | Iran Pro League | 4th | Final | Did not qualify | |
| 2003-2004 | Iran Pro League | 11th | 1/8 Final | ||
| 2004-2005 | Iran Pro League | 11th | 1/16 Final | ||
| 2005-2006 | Iran Pro League | 10th | 1/8 Final | ||
| 2006-2007 | Iran Pro League | 10th | 1/16 Final | ||
| 2007-2008 | Iran Pro League | 14th | 1/8 Final | ||
| 2008-2009 | Iran Pro League | 9th | 1/16 Final | ||
| 2009-2010 | Iran Pro League | 16th | 1/16 Final | Relegated | |
| 2010-2011 | Azadegan League | 2nd | 1/32 Final | Promoted | |
| 2011-2012 | Iran Pro League | 1/8 Final |
[edit] Honors
- Winners (1): 2001
- Runners-Up (2): 2002, 2003
Winner: 1997
- Runners-Up: 2001
[edit] Players
As of August 18, 2011.[2]
[edit] First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2011.
[edit] Former players
For details on former players, see Category:Fajr Sepasi players.
[edit] Famous players
[edit] Head coaches
- Mansour Pourheidari (1996-1998)
- Mahmoud Yavari (1998-1999)
- Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (1999–2009)
- Davoud Mahabadi (2009–2010)
- Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (2010)
- Ali Kalantari (2010-2011)
- Mahmoud Yavari (2011-present)
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Basij buy out Sepah". IRNA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930203734/http://www.irna.ir/fa/news/view/line-14/8509290196160853.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
- ^ http://www.iplstats.com/playersteam3.htm
Official site of the club : http://shahidsepasi.ir/
[edit] External links
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