Football is the most popular sport in Iran, with wrestling and volleyball as close contenders. Football has been a part of life for Iranians for many decades now and is played in schools, streets, and football clubs nationwide. For political and social reasons, women's football grew little from the 1980s to 2020, and clubs such as Persepolis and Esteghlal did not even have a women's football team in these years.
Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club, commonly known as Sepahan, are an Iranian sports club based in Isfahan, best known for their association football branch that play in the Persian Gulf Pro League, the highest tier of Iranian football.
Esteghlal Football Club, commonly known as Esteghlal, is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1945 as The Cyclists and previously known as Tâj between 1949 and 1979. The club is part of the multisport club Esteghlal of Iran Athletic and Cultural Company. They were the first team to reach 1,000 points in Persian Gulf Pro League.
Karaj is the fourth-largest city in Iran and is near the country's capital, Tehran. It is in the Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran, and serves as the county seat.
Hazfi Cup is an Iranian knockout football cup competition held annually by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran.
Saipa Football Club is a football club from 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.
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.
The Iranian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Iran.
Steel Azin Football Club was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. The club was owned by Hossein Hedayati, owner of Steel Azin Iranian Holding Co. Steel Azin club also had a volleyball team, sponsored by the same company, which competed in the Iranian Volleyball Super League.
Mohammad Mayeli Kohan is a retired Iranian football player and a current coach. He recently managed Malavan in Azadegan League.
Niloofar Ardalan, also known as Niloofar Ardallani, is an Iranian coach and former player of football and futsal who played in the Iranian women's national football team and the Iranian women's national futsal team and was captain in both teams. She played for the Rah Ahan Football Club team as well as the Futsal Clubs teams of Tejarat Khane Bandar Abbas, Persepolis, and the Islamic Azad University of Tehran.
Ahmad Sanjari is a retired Iranian professional footballer who represented Iran in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He first played for Indian club Mohammedan S.C. during 1978 at the age of 18. He was the head coach of Mes Sarcheshmeh from 2009 to 2011 and promoted to the team to the Iran Pro League in 2011 but was fired after four weeks because of poor results in premier league.
Babak Masoumi was an Iranian professional futsal player and coach who was former captain of the Iranian national team.
Bank Resalat Kerman Futsal Club is an Iranian futsal club based in Kerman.
Seyed Mirshad Majedi is a retired Iranian football player and administrator who is acting president of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran from February 2022 to August 2022. He was team manager of Esteghlal and Police Tero F.C and Iran national team.
Fatemeh Sharif is an Iranian futsal player and coach. She is the coach of Iran women's national futsal team.
Peykan Tehran Futsal Team is an Iranian futsal team that is currently in the Iranian Women's Futsal Premier League; This team bought the points of Rahyab Gostar Tehran team to participate in the competitions of the Women's Futsal Premier League in the 2021 season.
Iranian Women's Futsal League competitions are the highest level of women's futsal club competitions in Iran. The first round of the Women's Premier League was held in 2005.
Iranian Women's Futsal Premier League 2021 The 17th season of the Women's Futsal Premier League is the highest level of the Iranian Women's Futsal Premier League, which started with the presence of 14 teams on November 28, 2021, by the decision of the board members. The new season of the Women's Futsal Premier League will be carried out with the new instructions by the managers of the Futsal League organization.
Maral Torkaman is an Iranian futsal player. She was called up to the Under-14 national football team at the age of 11 and has been a regular member of the women's national football team since then. In the summer of 2019, he accidentally and unexpectedly decided to participate in futsal and joined Saipa Tehran and became a student of Niloofar Ardalan; Presence in Saipa gave Maral Torkaman the opportunity to play alongside the best futsal players.
