Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club commonly known as Sepahan, is an Iranian football club based in Isfahan. They compete in Iran's top-level league known as Persian Gulf Pro League and with 5 championships, they have won the most pro league titles among the Iranian clubs. In 2002–03 season, they became the first non-Tehran based team to win the Iranian League title. They are also the first and the only Iranian football club who won three consecutive titles in Iranian Football League history.
Ali Parvin is a retired Iranian football player and coach. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Iranian footballers. During his career, he has been associated mainly with Persepolis, played for the team for eighteen years, managed the club for seventeen years in three occasion and also the club's president.
Pas Tehran Football Club was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Pas F.C. was the football club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sport Club. The club has a long and rich history and has always been associated with Iranian police, receiving most of its funding from that branch. In recent years the football club had shown itself to be a contender, thanks to increased funding and support from the team board. The team played its matches in Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium. On 9 June 2007, Pas Tehran was officially dissolved. Their right to participate in the Persian Gulf Cup was given to a newly formed team called Pas Hamedan.
Saipa Football Club is a football club from Tehran, Iran which plays in Tehran, Iran. The team is owned by SAIPA, an Iranian automobile manufacturer. The team has never had a large fanbase, despite some success. It is known to have one of the best youth academies in Iranian football and regularly promotes academy players to the first team.
The Azadegan League, also known as League 1, is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from its foundation in 1991 until 2001, when the Persian Gulf Pro League was established. Each year, the top finishing teams in the Azadegan League are promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League, and the lowest finishing teams are relegated to League 2.
Armenak Petrosyan is a retired Armenian football goalkeeper. He is a former goalkeeper and captain of the Iranian Premier League side Sepahan Esfahan. He was also a former goalkeeper of the Armenia national team.
Tractor Sazi Tabriz Football Club commonly known as Tractor or Tiraxtur is a professional football club based in Tabriz, Iran.
Iranian football's 2nd division is the third-highest football division overall in the Iranian football league system. Before 2001, the 2nd division league was the second-highest division in Iranian football league system, however, this was changed to third-highest division when Iran's football structure officially became professional.
Farshad Pious is a retired Iranian football player who was a striker for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis, as well as Iran national football team. He is regarded as one of the best players in the history of Iranian football. He helped Persepolis win their only ever Asian Cup Winners' Cup in 1991 and also led them to a runners-up finish the following year. Pious was named the Iranian Football League top scorer on seven occasions. He is also Persepolis' greatest ever scorer with 153 goals in 211 games.
Bahman Karaj Football Club was an Iranian football club based in Karaj, Iran. In 1993, the rights and licenses of two football clubs Vahdat F.C. and Bank Sepah F.C. were purchased and Bahman F.C. entered the league. In the early years, the bulk of players were from Pas Tehran F.C. winning squads of 1991 and 1992.
Hamid Reza Derakhshan is a retired Iranian football player and now manager who last managed Naft Tehran in Persian Gulf Pro League.
Firouz Karimi is an Iranian football manager.
Shahin Shahrdari Bushehr Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Bushehr, Iran. They are one of the most historical football clubs in Iran and hold home games at Shahid Beheshti Stadium.
Machine Sazi Tabriz Football Club more commonly known as Machine Sazi is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran, who currently play in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Machine Sazi is the oldest team in the northwest of Iran and is owned by Mohammad Reza Zonuzi.
The 1992–93 Asian Club Championship was the 12th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.
Farshad Falahatzadeh is a retired Iranian football player, who was banned for doping for one year, and now manager. He was a defender for a number of clubs, most notably Esteghlal as well as Iran national football team with at least 25 plays.
Chukaye Talesh Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Talesh, Iran. They currently compete in League 3.
Football is the most popular sport in Turkmenistan, a country that gained independence in 1991. The national association regularly takes part in competitions organised by FIFA and the AFC at senior and youth level. Valeri Nepomniachi is probably the most famous name in Turkmen football. He was the coach who led Cameroon to the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. The Africans surprised many with their 1-0 win over defending champions Argentina in the opening match and finally bowed out in the quarter-finals. There are 40 clubs, 820 players, and 30 referees in the country. The major stadiums are: Köpetdag Stadium, Nabitchi, and The Builder.
Jonoob Ahvaz Football Club was an Iranian football club based in Ahvaz, Iran. The club was founded in 1973 and it was one of the most well-known clubs of Khuzestan in the early 1990s. Jonoob Ahvaz F.C. participated in the highest division of Iranian football league during the 1990s and was among the top clubs of the national league for 6 consecutive years.
