Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.

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. In 1991 the club had been bought by Sepah Pasdaran completely.

1990s

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 won the Hazfi Cup in 2001.

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.{{cite web |access-date=2007-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203734/http://www.irna.ir/fa/news/view/line-14/8509290196160853.htm |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead

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 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

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.

Honours

• Azadegan League
  • Champions (2): 2020–21, 2024-25
• Hazfi Cup
  • Champions (1): 2000–01
  • Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
• Iranian 2nd Division
  • Champions (1): 1997
• AK Pipe International Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

Players

First team squad

Former players

For details on former players, see .

Head coaches

• Iran Mansour Pourheidari (1996–1998)
• Iran Mahmoud Yavari (1998–1999)
• Iran Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (1999–2009)
• Iran Davoud Mahabadi (2009–2010)
• Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (2010)
• Iran Ali Kalantari (2010–2011)
• Iran Mahmoud Yavari (2011–2013)
• Iran Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2013)
• Iran Mahmoud Yavari (2013–2014)
• Iran Ali Kalantari (2014–2018)
• Iran Majid Saleh (2018–2019)
• Iran Davoud Mahabadi (2019–2020)
• Iran Ali Kalantari (2020–?)
• Iran Pirouz Ghorbani (2024–present)

References