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

Full name	Persepolis B Football Club
Founded	1964; 58 years ago 2009 (refounded); 6 years ago 2016 (refounded) 2 years ago
Ground	Shahid Kazemi Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Director	Mohammad Panjali
Chairman	Reza Darvish
Head Coach	Hossein Abdi
League	3rd Division
2012–13	3rd Division, 4th
Website	http://fc-perspolis.com/
Home colours Away colours

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

• Mehrdad Minavand (2009)^[3]
• Hossein Abdi (2009–2010)^[4]
• Esmaeil Halali (2010–2013)^[5]
• Mojtaba Moharrami (2013)
• Hossein Abdi (2016–)

Notable players

• Ahmad Ahi
• Shahryar Fakhimi
• Mehdi Khakpour

Achievements

Reserves

• Tehran Provincial League

Winners: 2011–12^[6]

• Tehran Hazfi Cup

Winners: 2011–12^[7]