Persepolis F.C.
Persepolis Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس, romanized: Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Perspolis) is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis F.C. is the football club of the multisport Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club. The club is owned by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. There have been many attempts to privatise the club, which have been without success due to the large debt the club has accumulated.
| Full name | Persepolis Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Red Army Tehran Reds | |||
| Short name | PRS | |||
| Founded | November 1963 as Persepolis Amateur (Bowling) team March 21, 1968 as Persepolis Football team | |||
| Ground | Azadi Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 78,116 | |||
| Owner | Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club (MSY: 90.15% and Shareholders: 9.85% – IFB: PSPP1) | |||
| President | Reza Darvish | |||
| Head coach | Osmar Loss | |||
| League | Persian Gulf Pro League | |||
| 2022–23 | Persian Gulf Pro League, 1st | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran Derby against rival team Esteghlal, a match that is closely followed by Iranian football fans and considered to be one of the popular clubs in Asia,. According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football club in Asia. At the AFC Champions League, 11 of the top 20 matches by attendance were played by Persepolis. Persepolis has also broken the record of 100,000 attendees in four matches at the AFC Champions League. Persepolis has won a record fifteen Iranian league titles, as well as seven Hazfi Cups, five Super Cups and the 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Many notable players have played for the club, including former Bundesliga players Ali Karimi, Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian and Mehdi Mahdavikia. Ali Parvin, who spent 18 years with the club from 1970 to 1988, is widely regarded as the club's greatest player.