Articles tagged with "ipl"
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Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 21st, 2008
The rookie head coach of Zob Ahan of Isfahan Mansour Ebrahimzadeh is proving himself to be quite a find these days. Mansourzadeh was the assistant ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 20th, 2008
This may not be exactly a “do or die” situation for Afshin Ghotbi, but it is as close to it as it might get
The Iranian-American ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Sep 19th, 2008
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 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 25th, 2007
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 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 21st, 2007
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 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 20th, 2007
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 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 15th, 2007
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 ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 25th, 2006
Everybody is talking about how Team Melli is banking on skipper Ali Daei to continue to scoring goals in the World Cup as he has ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 25th, 2006
The officials, who run Iranian Football Federation now, make the strangest decisions sometimes! They have decided to postpone the Iranian Hazfi Cup finals to after ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 21st, 2006
Former Saipa coach Bijan Zolfagharnasab replaced Team Melli coach Branko Ivankovic’s older brother Zelatko as the head coach of Bargh of Shiraz.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 18th, 2006
Both Iranian clubs are now out of Asia :(
Al Karama of Syria knocked Saba Battery out of the AFC Champions League. All Saba needed ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 17th, 2006
Foolad FC’s Asian campaign ended on a low note after a promising start. The former champions lost their last game to Syrian side Al Ittihad.
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 16th, 2006
Saba will meet Al Karama of Syria tomorrow in Matchday 6 of the AFC Champions League. A tie or victory will put Saba through to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 14th, 2006
This is a sad day for Iranian football. Footballer Reza Hassanzadeh died of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Hassanzadeh was on his way ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 14th, 2006
Team Melli was served a minor blow when midfielder Mojtaba Jabbari injured his knee during practice and will be forced to miss the World Cup. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
The semifinals of Iranian Hazfi Cup will be played tomorrow. Perspolis FC will face minnows Nojhan in Northern town of Sari, while Saba battery and ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 4th, 2006
I have been making jokes about Ali Daei’s age and the fact that he plays every single minute of every single Team Melli game, be ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 3rd, 2006
2004-05 Iranian Pro League champs Foolad were officially eliminated today when they lost to the Kuwaiti club Al Qadisiya.
Foolad has two Team Melli members, namely ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Yesterday I posted the interview with Foolad FC’s GM which revolved around the club’s plight. Here is another piece of news that comes as a ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Saba Battery face Qatar’s Al Gharafa in Matchday 5 of AFC Champions League tomorrow. They still have a good chance of making it and their ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
My fellow Team Melli enthusiast Kaveh Mahjoob interviewed Foolad FC of Ahvaz General Manager Abbas Navaserzadeh.
They discussed Foolad FC’s less than impressive season and the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Esteghlal of Tehran who won the Iranian Professional League championship last weekend, pulled out of the Cup competition today. The reason, they say, too many ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Saba Battery made up for Foolad’s earlier failure in matchday 4 of the AFC Champions League by defeating Al Wahda of UAE 4:2.
Saba are now ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Iran’s Foolad had a total meltdown in the second half of the AFC Asian Champions league match against the Uzbek champs Pakhtakor. What was more ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 26th, 2006
Arie Haan’s Perspolis FC made it to the quarterfinals of the Hazfi Cup. They did so by defeating last year’s Cup runner-ups Abu-Moslem 3:2 in ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 22nd, 2006
2005-06 version of Iranian Professional League is now over, and all the glory is back in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
The Tehran giants Esteghlal finally ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 22nd, 2006
Ali Daei netted another one in the final game of Iranian Professional League bringing his final total for the year to 11.
Not bad at all. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 22nd, 2006
Arie Haan’s last league match was not a pleasant one to remember. Perspolis FC lost to Sepahan of Isfahan 2:0 leaving the Dutchman wondering what ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 18th, 2006
After spending a few days in the snow covered Sierras where there was no phone, TV, radio, or even a clock I am having a ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 14th, 2006
A couple of weeks ago Iran defender Hossein Kaebi confirmed that his agents had talked to Arsenal for a possible move after the World Cup. ...
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