Persepolis Has Had Historic AFC Champions League So Far: AFC
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has reported that Iran’s Persepolis football team has had a historic AFC Champions League campaign in 2017 so far. The Iranian football team has progressed to the Round of 16, where it defeated Lekhwiya of Qatar 1-0 to reach the quarter-final for the first time. Branko Ivankovic’s men then went one […]
Iran’s Mehdi Taremi banned for four months by FIFA
Persepolis and Iran national football team striker Mehdi Taremi will serve a four-month ban after FIFA found he had breached his contract. Taremi had been locked in a contract dispute with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor dating back to June 2016, when the player reached an agreement to join the club and later returned to Persepolis. […]
Persepolis will win ACL title if we beat Al Hilal
TEHRAN – Persepolis football coach Branko Ivankovic says that they will lift the 2017 AFC Champions League title if they defeat Al Hilal. The Iranian giants will face Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on September 26 in the first leg of the ACL semi-final and meet the team on October 17 […]
Paykan Stuns Persepolis at Azadi Stadium
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Paykan in Iran Professional League (PL) on Sunday. In the match held at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Morteza Aghakhan found the back of the net from the set piece in the 4th minute. Soon after, Persepolis dominated the match and created several chances but its strikers […]
Persepolis Enjoys Its Best-Ever Run in AFC Champions League
TEHRAN – Persepolis is enjoying its best-ever run in the AFC Champions League after reaching the quarter-final for the first time and the evidence from the first leg shows the Iranian team is not going to let it end without a fight. Two goals down with 20 minutes to play, Shojae Khalilzadeh and substitute Godwin […]