Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.

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.

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.

 

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 rebounded gaining promotion to the Iran Pro League in 2011.

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.

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.

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

• Azadegan League
  • Champions (1): 2020–21
• 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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRN Ali Gholamzadeh 2 DF   IRN Mehran Feizabadi 3 MF   IRN Ali Najafi 4 DF   IRN Sasan Jafari Kia 5 DF   IRN Sina Shahabbasi 6 DF   IRN Mohammadreza Shirzadi 7 FW   IRN Saeid Zare 8 MF   IRN Ali Nabizadeh 9 FW   IRN Yousef Key Shams 10 MF   IRN Sajjad Jafari 11 DF   IRN Meysam Moradi 12 GK   IRN Mehdi Tayefeh 13 FW   IRN Amir Mohammad Monsef 14 MF   IRN Reza Amaninejad 15 DF   IRN Mohammadreza Yousefi 16 GK   IRN Hossein Khatir

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   IRN Hossein Shahabi 18 MF   IRN Sajjad Tamimi 20 FW   IRN Mohammadhossein Golpour 21 DF   IRN Mohammad Azhir 23 FW   IRN Farshad Firooz 25 MF   IRN Soheil Lashgari 26 FW   IRN Mohammadreza Sharokhabadi 30 DF   IRN Amir Taher 33 DF   IRN Alireza Saadipour 37 DF   IRN Hossein Saki 44 FW   IRN Omid Afsoon 56 MF   IRN Aliakbar Davani 66 FW   IRN Nima Fereydouni 69 FW   IRN Hossein Maleki 88 MF   IRN Ali Rostami 99 FW   IRN Amirmohammad Amiri

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2021.

For details on former players, see Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C. players.

•   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 (2011–2013)
•   Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2013)
•   Mahmoud Yavari (2013–2014)
•   Ali Kalantari (2014–2018)
•   Majid Saleh (2018–2019)
•   Davoud Mahabadi (2019–2020)
•   Ali Kalantari (2020–present)

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