The 7th round of the Iranian Professional League was concluded this weekend and Perspolis of Tehran regain the pole position once again.
Here is a wrap for Round 7.
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A friend of mine who happens to be a certified youth soccer referee sent me this email from their Manager of Referee Development and Education and I thought it was interesting mostly because it proves a point I was trying to make with another friend regarding the Offside Rule.
Anyway here it is:

A funny thing the politics of Iranian football! Just when you think the football brains in the country are suffering from severe case of mental constipation they prove you wrong by showing signs of excessive diarrhea!!
Last year FIFA demanded that the Iranian Football Federation’s structure and bylaws be changed to ensure its NGO status. It [...]

After Round 2 of the Iranian Professional League Afshin Ghotbi, the new Perspolis FC Head Coach, is still 100%. His team came through despite a shady first half performance that resulted in some criticism. Ghotbi responded to the criticism by claiming that at this point he only cares about results.
Ghotbi’s counterpart in Esteghlal of [...]

As if Team Melli needed more bad luck, the news out of Pamplona is not very good. Iran midfielder Javad Nekounam is out with a serious knee injury.
This is almost as bad as the injuries sustained by Hashemian, Jabbary, or Karimi before the World Cup in 2006. The problem is that Nekounam was quickly becoming [...]

In May 2006, just before the World Cup, Iran coach Branko Ivankovic declared the young Saipa FC forward, Masoud Shojaei, his “secret weapon” for Iran’s success in Group D.
Shojaei did not get much playing time, and when he did, he looked nothing like a secret weapon. The following year was not much kinder to him. [...]

The first round of the Iranian PL is now behind us. The two Tehran giants, Esteghlal and Perspolis won their matches, reigning champions Saipa that are coached by former Team Melli skipper Ali Daei lost, as did Abu-Moslem which is coached by yet another former TM star Khodadad Azizi. Cup winners Sepahan won their match [...]

Iranian Professional League is about to start and as usual the spotlight is on the two Iranian giants Perspolis FC and Esteghlal FC of Tehran.
I already told you about Afshin Ghotbi, Perspolis FC’s new Head Coach. He has been in Iran only for three or four days and the Reds’ fans are already talking championship! [...]

The biggest news in Iranian football these days is no doubt involves Perspolis FC and its newly appointed coach Afshin Ghotbi (Some times spelled Qotbi). I tried to comb the Internet for a comprehensive profile but could not find any. I even visited the official Perspolis FC site, but interestingly I found most pages to [...]

Okay boys and girls, we are back in business!
Bob kindly let me to get back in here and pick up where I left off in July of 2006 when Team Melli so unceremoniously headed back home from Germany.
Whole bunch of things have happened in the last 13 months, and I try to give you [...]