Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.

Fajr Sepasi Shiraz
فجر سپاسی شیراز

Full name

Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club

Founded

11 February 1988

Ground

Hafezieh

Capacity

15,000

Owner

Bassij

Chairman

Jafar Jafari

Head Coach

Gholam Hossein Peyrovani

League

Azadegan League

2015–16

Azadegan League, 4th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال فجر شهید سپاسی شیراز‎‎), commonly known as Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, or Fajr Sepasi, is an Iranian football club based in Shiraz, Fars, that competes in the Azadegan League. The club was founded in 1988.

The football team plays their home games at the Hafezieh Stadium which has a seating capacity of 15,000. The club is owned and supported by the Basij.

The club is the second highest supported team in Shiraz after local rival Bargh Shiraz and was known as Moghavemat Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club between 2007 and 2011. Because of the club's affiliation with the Basij, there is the possibility for young players to serve their military service while playing for Fajr Sepasi.

History

Establishment

In 1988, a group of youngsters, who were from Shiraz along with Jafar Jafari, established a football team named Behzad. They started playing in the 2nd division of Shiraz's local city league.

After the death of Majid Sepasi during the Iran–Iraq War, the team was renamed in Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club. Shahid means martyr in Persian. The club was officially founded on 11 February 1988, the day of the Islamic Revolution.

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.

Takeover

Moghavemat Shahid Sepasi emblem (2007–2011)

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] Jafar Jafari is the club's chairman since the establishment of the club in 1988.

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.

In 2010 for the first time in the club's history, the team was relegated to the Azadegan League for the 2010–2011 season. Fajr quickly rebounded gaining promotion to the Iran Pro League in 2011.

Azadegan League

At the end of the 2013–14 season Fajr Sepasi finished 14th and was relegated to the Azadegan League. In their first season back in the second tier Fajr finished 14th and missed out on promotion.

Shiraz Derby

Main articles: Shiraz Derby

The Shiraz Derby is played between Fajr Sepasi and Bargh Shiraz, but due to Bargh's relegation to the Azadegan League and then the 2nd Division, the derby has not been played in over 5 years.

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Fajr Sepasi in various competitions since 1995.

Season	Division	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes	AFC Champions League
1995–96	3	Fars Province League	1st	Did not qualify	Promoted	Did not qualify
1996–97	2	2nd Division	1st	1/16 Final	Promoted
1997–98	1	Azadegan League	4th	Not held
1998–99	1	Azadegan League	10th	1/16 Final
1999–00	1	Azadegan League	3rd	1/8 Final
2000–01	1	Azadegan League	9th	Cup
2001–02	1	Iran Pro League	10th	Final		First Round
2002–03	1	Iran Pro League	4th	Final		Did not qualify
2003–04	1	Iran Pro League	11th	1/8 Final
2004–05	1	Iran Pro League	11th	1/16 Final
2005–06	1	Iran Pro League	10th	1/8 Final
2006–07	1	Iran Pro League	10th	1/16 Final
2007–08	1	Iran Pro League	14th	1/8 Final
2008–09	1	Iran Pro League	9th	1/16 Final
2009–10	1	Iran Pro League	16th	1/16 Final	Relegated
2010–11	2	Azadegan League	2nd	1/32 Final	Promoted
2011–12	1	Iran Pro League	13th	1/8 Final
2012–13	1	Iran Pro League	12th	1/4 Final
2013–14	1	Iran Pro League	14th	1/16 Final	Relegated
2014–15	2	Azadegan League	5th	1/8 Final
2015–16	2	Azadegan League	4th	Did not enter

Honors

Hazfi Cup:

Winners (1): 2001

Runners-Up (2): 2002, 2003

2nd Division:

Winners (1): 1997

AK Pipe International Cup:

Runners-Up (1): 2001

Players

As of July 23, 2015^[2]

First-team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mohammad Saleh Khalil Azad
2	DF	Javad Nasir
3	DF	Farid Mokhtari
4	DF	Reza Moradi (on loan from Foolad)
5	DF	Iman Salimi
6	DF	Mostafa Mahi
7	MF	Mehdi Karimian (captain)
8	MF	Amin Mashayekh
9	FW	Ali Gholamrezapoursarkareh
10	FW	Ebrahim Salehi
11	MF	Ali Moslanejad ^U23
12	FW	Mohammad Reza Nejat
13	MF	Hamid Joukar
14	DF	Mohammad Hosseini ^U21
15	MF	Majid Jalalifar ^U23
16	FW	Mehdi Chahkoutahzadeh
17	DF	Seyed Ahmad Hayat Manesh

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Ali Fathian ^U23
19		Saeid Zare
20	FW	Sadegh Sadeghi Baba-Ahmadi
21	GK	Reza Taheri ^U23
22	MF	Milad Ahmadian ^U21
23	DF	Ehsan Joudaki
24	DF	Alireza Valizadeh
25	DF	Mohammad Javad Jalali
26	DF	Hamid Orangi
27	FW	Nader Mohammadnejad
28	FW	Mohammadreza Biose
29	FW	Babak Abdollahzadeh ^U21
30	GK	Mehdi Sedghian ^U21 (on loan from Sepahan)
32	FW	Milad Saremi ^U23
33	FW	Milad Safaei
34	MF	Iman Basafa (on loan from Esteghlal)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015.

Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Fajr Sepasi players.

Head coaches

Mansour Pourheidari (1996–98)
Mahmoud Yavari (1998–99)
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (1999–09)
Davoud Mahabadi (2009–10)
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (2010)
Ali Kalantari (Sept 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2011)
Mahmoud Yavari (Nov 27, 2011 – May 31, 2013)
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (July 1, 2013 – Sept 7, 2013)
Mahmoud Yavari (Sept 15, 2013 – Jun 28, 2014)
Ali Kalantari (Aug 10, 2014– )

References

↑ "Basij buy out Sepah". IRNA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
↑ "فجر سپاسی". Ffiri.ir. Retrieved 2013-11-10.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fajr Sepasi FC.

Official club website

Azadegan League

2016–17 Azadegan League clubs

Teams	Aluminium Arak Baadraan Esteghlal Ahvaz Fajr Sepasi Foolad Yazd Gol Gohar Iranjavan Khoune Be Khouneh Kheybar Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Rafsanjan Naft MIS Nassaji Mazandaran Oxin Alborz Pars Jonoubi Jam Rah Ahan Sepidrood

Azadegan League seasons

2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup Super Cup

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners Cup (Defunct)

See also

Iranian football league system Top Scorers All-time Seasons

Hazfi Cup

2015–16 Hazfi Cup clubs

Champions	Zob Ahan

Final	Esteghlal

6th Round (Semi-Final)	Sepahan Tractor Sazi

5th Round (Quarter-Final)	Naft Tehran Persepolis Rah Ahan Saipa

4th Round (1/8)	Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Foulad Kara Shiraz Malavan Padideh Saba Qom Siah Jamegan

3rd Round (1/16)	Baderan Tehran Bazargani Vashta Amol Be'sat Kermanshah Diana Baqershahr Esteghlal Ahvaz Isar Jiroft Karun Khuzestan Mantagheye Azad Kish Niroo Zamini Oghab Tehran Omid Razakan Alborz Paykan Safir Qazvin Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Kashan Shahrdari Semnan

2nd Round	Alvand Hamedan Amir Kabir Noorabad Esteghlal Javan Saveh Hamun Sazeh Kowsar Mehran Ilam Moghavemat Tehran Montakhab Khorramabad Montakhab Qom Payam Ardehal Payam Mashhad Persepolis Ganaveh Rahian Kermanshah Sanat Sari Shahrdari Mahshahr Shahrdari Jouybar Shirin Faraz Aqqala

1st Round	Abidar Sanandaj Aboumoslem Abouzar Basht Aluminium Arak Ansar Bafq Arad Isfahan Caspian Qazvin Damash Gilan Esteghlal B Tehran Etka Gorgan Haf Semnan Kadous Masal Gilan Kargar Boneh Gaz Khoneh Be Khoneh Montakhab Arak Montakhab Birjand Montakhab Bojnord Montakhab Semnan Montakhab Urmia Naft Omidiyeh Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Pars Jam Bushehr Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr Sanat Naft Novin Shahin Ameri Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Shahrdari Kamyaran Shahrdari Tabriz Shahrdari Urmia Shahrdari Zanjan Sherkate Khalkhal Dasht Tarbiat Novin

Hazfi Cup seasons

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011–12 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Final	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct)

Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's)

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup

National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17

Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League

Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

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