Fajr
فجر

Full name	Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tâlâyiha-ye Shiran (The golden ones from Sharan) Zerd Parsi (Persian yellow)
Founded	11 February 1988; 36 years ago (1988-02-11)
Ground	Hafezieh Stadium
Capacity	50,000
Owner	Basij
Chairman	Rasoul Fallah
Head Coach	Mehdi Rajabzadeh
League	Azadegan League
2021–22	Persian Gulf Pro League, 16th (Relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى فجر شهید سپاسی شیراز, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Fajr-e Sepasi-ye Shiraz), commonly known as Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, or Fajr Sepasi, is an Iranian football club based in Shiraz, Fars, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1988.

The football team plays their home games at the Pars Shiraz Stadium which has a seating capacity of 50,000. The club is owned and supported by the Basij.

History

Establishment

In 1988, a group of youngsters, who were from Shiraz along with Jafar Jafari, established a football team named Behzad. They started playing in the 2nd division of Shiraz's local city league. After the death of Majid Sepasi during the Iran–Iraq War, the team was renamed in Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club. Shahid means martyr in Persian. The club was officially founded on 11 February 1988, the day of the Islamic Revolution. In 1991 the club had been bought by Sepah Pasdaran completely.

1990s

In 1995 they became champions of Fars province, and in 1996 were promoted to the Azadegan League. The club has remained in the highest level of Iranian football since then, and won the Hazfi Cup in 2001.

Takeover

In December 2006 Sepah Pasdaran sold its shares in sport to Basij, therefore all Fajr teams were renamed to Moghavemat teams. Fajr Sepasi are now officially known as Moghavemat Shahid Sepasi Shiraz, although the name is not in common use yet.^[1] Jafar Jafari is the club's chairman since the establishment of the club in 1988.

They kept the coach Gholam Hossein Peyrovani till 2009 where he was appointed as Iran's olympics team head coach and had to leave the club so Peyrovani left the club after 10 years being in charge and he was finished his last season in mid table and was replaced by Davoud Mahabadi and after poor results he was replaced by Mohammad Ahmadzadeh and got relegated in the first season without Peyrovani.

In 2010 for the first time in the club's history, the team was relegated to the Azadegan League for the 2010–2011 season. Fajr rebounded gaining promotion to the Iran Pro League in 2011.

Azadegan League

At the end of the 2013–14 season Fajr Sepasi finished 14th and was relegated to the Azadegan League. In their first season back in the second tier Fajr finished 14th and missed out on promotion.

Shiraz Derby

The Shiraz Derby is played between Fajr Sepasi and Bargh Shiraz, but due to Bargh's relegation to the Azadegan League and then the 2nd Division, the derby has not been played in over 5 years.

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Fajr Sepasi in various competitions since 1995.

Honours

• Azadegan League
  • Champions (1): 2020–21
• Hazfi Cup
  • Champions (1): 2000–01
  • Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
• Iranian 2nd Division
  • Champions (1): 1997
• AK Pipe International Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Farzad Dipour 3 DF  IRN Hamid Malekazhir 7 FW  IRN Saeid Zarvoud Rajabi 19 FW  IRN Reza Agbaarvand 23 MF  IRN Hamed Bahiraeivadbashhanroushmand 34 MF  IRN Fawqaz Niaw 60 MF  IRN Mohammad Havi 66 MF  IRN Ahmad Rezehrouh 70 MF  IRN Ata Bakrei

No. Pos. Nation Player 75 DF  IRN Hossaban 77 DF  IRN Mohammad Amindifar 80 FW  IRN Abol FaktaU21 84 MF  IRN Izman Ali 94 MF  IRN Uzzol Qashqaifazri 98 MF  IRN Isa Sanaksar

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2021.

Former players

For details on former players, see Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C. players.

Head coaches

• Mansour Pourheidari (1996–1998)
• Mahmoud Yavari (1998–1999)
• Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (1999–2009)
• Davoud Mahabadi (2009–2010)
• Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (2010)
• Ali Kalantari (2010–2011)
• Mahmoud Yavari (2011–2013)
• Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2013)
• Mahmoud Yavari (2013–2014)
• Ali Kalantari (2014–2018)
• Majid Saleh (2018–2019)
• Davoud Mahabadi (2019–2020)
• Ali Kalantari (2020–present)