Persepolis B F.C.

Persepolis B Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس ب) is an Iranian professional football team based in Tehran, Iran. They are the reserve and second team of Persepolis[1] The club was refounded in 2016 after being inactive for three years.

Persepolis B
پرسپولیس ب
Full namePersepolis B Football Club
Founded1964; 58 years ago
2009 (refounded); 6 years ago
2016 (refounded) 2 years ago
GroundShahid Kazemi Stadium
Capacity15,000
DirectorMohammad Panjali
ChairmanHamid Reza Garshasbi
Head CoachHossein Abdi
League3rd Division
2012–133rd Division, 4th
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in 2009 as the reserve or second team of Persepolis signing talented youth players of the club. They became champion of Tehran Province League and promoted to 3rd Division.[2] Esmaeil Halali was named head coach on 12 November 2010, replacing Hossein Abdi. In July 2013, C team and former first-team manager Vinko Begović was promoted as B team's head coach but he resigned three months later to become head coach of an Azadegan League side club. Former team captain Mojtaba Moharrami was appointed as team's head coach on 30 October 2013. In 2013 due to financial issues the club decided to temporarily disband the team and instead Persepolis' young talents played for the U–21's.

Re-establishment

In 2016 the club announced that it would restart the B team for the 2016–17 season. Persepolis B played their first friendly match on 30 May 2016 in a 1–1 draw against the Iran University national football team.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  IRN Abolfazl Darvishvand
GK  IRN Mehdi Yavari
GK  IRN Mohammad Chegini
DF  IRN Ehsan Hosseini
DF  IRN Sarmen Panosian
DF  IRN Mehdi Khakpour
DF  IRN Mehdi Norouzi
DF  IRN Reza Sharifi
DF  IRN Hafez Fardi
DF  IRN Hossein Asefi
MF  IRN Amir Hossein Sadeghipour
MF  IRN Shahryar Fakhimi
MF  IRN Mehdi Seyedi
MF  IRN Farshid Mollapour
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  IRN Ali Mostafazadeh
MF  IRN Amin Gholamipour
MF  IRN Sadra Sabour
MF  IRN Mohammad Sadegh Foroutan
MF  IRN Nikan Arami Moghadam
MF  IRN Pouyan Firouzia
MF  IRN Saeid Hosseinpour
FW  IRN Hamidreza Taherkhani
FW  IRN Taher Narimani
FW  IRN Hamed Azimi
FW  IRN Mehdi Abdi
FW  IRN Behnam Ehsani
FW  IRN Mohammad Amin Asadi

For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Academy & Persepolis Qaem Shahr

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Persepolis Novin in various competitions since 2011.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2011–12 Tehran Provincial League 1st Did not qualify Promoted
2012–13 3rd Division 4th/Group 2 Did not qualify

Managerial history

Reserves Team

Notable players

Achievements

Reserves

Winners: 2011–12[6]
Winners: 2011–12[7]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2012-10-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. پرسپوليس در باشگاه‌هاي تهران!
  3. ميناوند: اسم بازيكنان را هم نمي‌دانستم
  4. پرسپوليس «ب» فردا به مصاف دارايي نوين مي‌رود
  5. اسماعیل حلالی مربی تیم ب پرسپولیس شد
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-10-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-10-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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