Persepolis B F.C.

Persepolis B
پرسپولیس ب

Full name	Persepolis B Tehran Football Club
Founded	1964; 58 years ago 2009 (refounded); 6 years ago 2016 (refounded)
Ground	Shahid Kazemi Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Director	Mohammad Panjali
Chairman	Ali Akbar Taheri
Head Coach	Hossein Abdi
League	3rd Division
2012–13	3rd Division, 4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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 a 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. Position Player GK Mohammad Hossein Khojasteh GK Mehdi Yavari DF Mehdi Khakpour DF Hassan Mahdlouei DF Mehdi Norouzi DF Reza Sharifi DF Hafez Fardi DF Hossein Asefi MF Amir Hossein Sadeghipour MF Shahryar Fakhimi MF Mehdi Seyedi MF Farshid Mollapour FW Behnam Ehsani

No. Position Player MF Ali Mostafazadeh MF Amin Gholamipour MF Sadra Sabour MF Mohammad Sadegh Foroutan MF Nikan Arami Moghadam MF Pouyan Firouzia FW Soleiman Mirzaei FW Taher Narimani FW Hamed Azimi GK Mohammad Chegini FW Mehdi Hedayatipour DF Sarmen Panosian

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]

References

1. http://www.perspolisnews.com/clubnews/27701-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%C2%AB%D8%A8%C2%BB-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF.html
2. پرسپوليس در باشگاه‌هاي تهران!
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5. اسماعیل حلالی مربی تیم ب پرسپولیس شد
6. http://fc-perspolis.com/1390/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF/14/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%C2%AB%D8%A8%C2%BB-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF.aspx
7. http://www.perspolisnews.com/clubnews/27386-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF%20%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C.html

External links

Official

• (Persian) (English) Official club website

News

• (Persian) (English) Club News website
• (English) Goal.com page