Persepolis football team of Iran moved down six places in the latest Club World Ranking. Iran Professional League title-holder Persepolis is the country’s best team in the ranking. Esteghlal has ascended four places to 184, while Esteghlal Khuzestan moved down 19 places to 336. Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia is the best Asian team and […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team lost to Sanat Naft Abadan in penalty shootout in the Iran’s Hazfi Cup quarter-final on Tuesday. Sanat Naft defeated Persepolis 5-4 on penalties after the match had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. Farshad Ahmadzadeh scored for Persepolis in the 26th minute but Ali Abdollahzadeh equalized the match just three minutes […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team defeated Baadraan Tehran 2-1 to qualify for Iran’s Hazfi Cup quarter-final on Friday. Godwin Mensha found the back of the net from the penalty spot in the 36th minute. Mehrdad Rezaei equalized the match with a header four minutes later. Persepolis dominated the match in the second half and Shoja […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis moved seven points clear of Pars Jonoubi Jam at the top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) on Sunday with a 2-0 victory in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Ali Alipour scored twice for the hosts in this match and also moved top of the IPL goalscorers table with 10 goals. He found back […]

Persepolis football team earned a brilliant 4-0 victory over Zob Ahan in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday. Ali Alipour opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, scoring his seventh goal in the season. Kamal Kamyabinia extended Persepolis’s lead in the 35th minute. Morteza Tabrizi could have scored in the 40th minute from penalty spot […]

Persepolis football team returned to the top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) table with a late win over pacesetters Pars Jonoubi on Saturday. Ali Mosleh, who came off the bench in the last minutes, scored the winner in the dying moments of the match. With one game in hand, Persepolis moved back to top […]

TEHRAN  – Hamid Reza Garshasbi has been appointed as acting president of Iranian Persepolis football club. Garshasbi replaced Ali Akbar Taheri, who stepped down as his role in early November, in the Iranian club. Iran’s Ministry of Sport and Youth has appointed Garshasbi as replacement for Taheri. Taheri quit as Persepolis GM after three years. […]

Persepolis football club General manager Ali Akbar Taheri stepped down as his post. Iran’s Ministry of Sport and Youth has appointed Hamid Reza Garshasbi as the club’s acting president. Taheri replaced Hamid Reza Siasi in 2014 and Persepolis earned remarkable achievements under his leadership. Persepolis claimed the title of Iran Professional League in the 2016-17 […]

Persepolis and Esteghlal football teams were held by Padideh and Siahjamegan respectively on Monday. Persepolis missed chance to go back to the top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) table after a 0-0 draw against Padideh in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. The Iranian giant were the better team but failed to find the back of the […]

Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says he doesn’t like Iran and Croatia to be drawn into a same group in the 2018 World Cup. Ivankovic led Iran national football team from 2002 to 2006. The Croat gaffer led Iran to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, where Team Melli failed to advance to the next stage. […]