Tomorrow, in the last day of the 2007-08 Iranian Professional League, it will all come down to one match; the match between leaders Sepahan FC of Isfahan, and Perspolis FC of Tehran. Only two points separate these two teams and the winner will earn the 2007-08 crown.
This match has grabbed the attention of most Iranias, […]

It was mixed day for us in Asia. Last year’s runner-ups Sepahan bowed out after a 2-1 defeat in Syria, but the unfashionable Saipa managed to go through after defeating Kuwait Sports Club in Karaj, Iran.
Too bad for Sepahan. They have been Iran’s most successful club during the last half dozen years or so; however, […]

Midfielder Anderanik Teimourian who made a name for himself during Iran’s disastrous World Cup campaign in Germany is leaving his EPL club Bolton Wanderers at the end of the season.
Ando, as he is known by Team Melli fans, is one of the nicer guys who has put the TM colors on in recent years. Too bad […]

Towards the end of his playing career Saipa and Team Melli coach Ali Daei gained a reputation for sticking around too long and refusing to retire.
As a coach he is quickly making a reputation for himself as a complainer! Almost in every single game that his club side Saipa have lost he has blamed the […]

Sepahan FC, last year’s AFC Champions League runner ups, are traveling to Syria for their return leg against Al Ittihad.
The Syrians kicked butt in the first leg and thanks to a 2-0 victory bagged all three points and left the Isfahani’s scratching their heads wondering what it was that hit them! But since then, Sepahan […]

I know you football fans out there get your share of frustration with your football federations, but trust me when I tell you that we Iranian fans truly suffer from the sheer incompetence of our football bosses at every level.
This is so bad that even the Asia Editor of goal.com, John Duerden has had his […]

If I was a cynic, not that I am one, I’d swear that there is a conspiracy against Sepahan FC to make sure that they do not win the league this year, and at the center of the conspiracy, is the Iranian Football Federation!
IFF has threatened to deduct three points from Sepahan, and they lead […]

Afshin Ghotbi’s fortunes have been up and down throughout this IPL season. He came to coach a Perspolis FC team that was put together by his two assistants, Hamid Estili and Alireza Marzban. His team started like they were on fire, but then infighting started.
Ghotbi lobbied management to let go of a few trouble makers, […]

Afshin Ghotbi made another show of force move this week by dropping Alireza Nikbakht-Vahedi off the 18 man roaster for the upcoming game against Saipa. This come after he dismissed assistant coach Alireza Marzban, and suspended trouble making defender Shays Rezaei.
These moves have been long coming since all the above mentioned individuals have been causing […]

Sepahan have made it clear that their number one priority is winning the domestic league. In an interview in advance of their upcoming league match against Bargh of Shiraz, Karim Ghanbari, Sepahan assistant coach, made it clear that his club is committed to the winning the league despite the fact that success in Asia can […]