Saipa got a major butt kicking by Kuruvchi, pure and simple! The Iranian side had tied 2-2 with the Uzbeks in Tehran, but any ambitions of progressing into the next round they might have had were quickly erased bye Kuruvchi’s South American delegation.
The defeat may be the beginning of the end for Saipa’s German coach [...]

Rivaldo came to town the other day! The same Rivaldo who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002!
 
The Brazilian had signed a contract with Uzbek side Kuruvchi and they were in Tehran for the away leg of their AFC Champions League match against Saipa FC coached by former German international Pierre Litbarski.
 
Rivaldo did well [...]

He was an outsider, did not speak the language as fluently, wan not familiar with the culture and people that he had left behind more than 30 years ago, but he wanted the challenge; the challenge to take on all the odds and prove that he was ready for the primetime.
Afshin Ghotbi achieved the goal [...]

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 [...]