Ali Kaffashian, the IRIFF Chief, visited Isfahan over the weekend. He met with officials from the city’s two top league clubs, Sepahan and Zob-Ahan.
He praised Sepahan FC for being the best example of a true professional club in the country. He even went as far as suggesting that other IPL clubs taking lessons from [...]

I am sure the man is trying to be cute, but what would you say if two days before the most important derby in the country, the Chief of your football federation told reporters that he knew who was going to win the upcoming match, but would not tell us only because he did [...]

The Iranian Football Federation officials including the president Ali Kaffashian and Vice President Mehdi Taj, Team Melli Coach Afshin Ghotbi, and a number of coaches attended the annual meeting between the coaches and officials. Interestingly only half a dozen of the 18 top league coaches showed up for the meeting.
As usual there was lots of [...]

The new head of Iran’s National Physical Education Organization, Ali Saeidlou, met with Iranian Football Federation President, Vice President, and Head Coach Afshin Ghotbi had a meeting on Sunday. I have no idea what they talked about as they did not talk to reporters afterwards, but I can tell you that the meeting was scheduled [...]

This is old news by now, but I think it is important to report it to those football fans who may not know yet. As most of you know many of the prominent members of the moderate faction of the Iranian politics have been in custody since the elections and are going through mock [...]

Okay boys and girls; prepare yourselves for another four years of Kaffashian, Taj, and crew’s lousy football management!
All the votes are counted, Ahmadinejad is re-elected, and you know what that means! This motley crew will have another four years to bastardize our once promising football.
Don’t for a moment kid yourselves. Iranian football is [...]

Remember all my ranting and raving about the incompetency of Iranian Football federation? Well here is more fuel that I could use for my fire!
Only a couple of days after an IFF official announced a friendly with Thailand at Azadi stadium, the IFF Chief announced its cancellation due to Thai League scheduling conflicts!
This leads [...]

Iranian Football Federation is something of a cross between the Three Stooges and the Keystone Cops! Remember those silent clips where the guys were running all over the place in a completing chaotic scene? Well that is how the IRIFF is run! Then comes Mohammad Aliabadi, one of Ahmadinejad’s VPs who is also in charge [...]

After another few weeks during which IRIFF did not miss a single opportunity to look like their incompetent selves, Afshin Ghotbi was given the job of leading Team Melli in the last leg of a sinking campaign that took a turn for worse after the loss to Saudi Arabia in Tehran.
Ghotbi is set to replace [...]

Remember how in late November, to our big surprise, the Iranian Football Federation was handed the Annual AFC Association of the Year Award? Well, it seems like the surprise was not limited to the legion of fans who have been crying out about IR IFF’s incompetency for years; it extended to the ranks and files [...]