Articles tagged with "perspolis"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 1st, 2009
I am sure the man is trying to be cute, but what would you say if two days before the most important derby in ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 11th, 2009
Since Afshin Ghotbi stepped into the limelight of Iranian football, he has been a topic of conversation within Iranian football circles around the world. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 15th, 2008
The return of Karim Bagheri to the national team has stirred a lot of excitement in some circles and some skepticism in others. But the ...
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 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
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 7th, 2006
Hey Perspolis fans, I know there must be a whole bunch of you out there. Here are all the pictures that I could find from ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 7th, 2006
Perspolis FC made it to the final of Hazfi Cup by defeating Northern minnows Nojhan of Sari. Arie Haan's team will have a chance to ...
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 | Apr 30th, 2006
Perspolis FC made it to the Iranian Hazfi Cup’s semifinals. This is great news for Perspolis’s fanatical fans who earlier in the week saw their ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 29th, 2006
2003-04 Cup winners Sepahan of Isfahan made it to this year’s semis by defeating Tractor-Sazi of Tabriz.
They will face last year’s winners Saba Battery next.
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
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 4th, 2006
Alright here is our weekly Arie Haan report. Perspolis FC met a very defensive minded Abu-Moslem team in Tehran. The bad news is that they ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 24th, 2006
Looks like former Brazil and Real coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo may have taken a lesson out of former Iran and Perspolis coach Ali Parvin.
Luxemburgo was said ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 18th, 2006
Arie Haan won his first IPL match with Perspolis on Friday when they defeated Malavan of Anzali 3:1 in Round 26. What was more significant ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 14th, 2006
It seems like every foreign coach who works in Iran these days has an eye for the national team job. Poor Branko Ivankovic must have ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 11th, 2006
In his first game on Perspolis bench, Arie Haan watched the Reds play a goalless draw with their cross town rivals Esteghlal.
Perspolis looked rejuvenated, creative, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 10th, 2006
Arie Haan is already flexing his muscles at his new club. The other day he tossed a player out for disobedience.
Good for him! It ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 6th, 2006
Arie Haan has finally arrived in Tehran to coach Perspolis FC.
Apparently the Dutchman was in for a rude awakening. After seeing the club’s practice ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 14th, 2006
We can now safely close this chapter folks. Neither Romario nor Stefan Effenberg are joining Perspolis. It was probably all a fabrication by the often ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 13th, 2006
Okay, my own brother called me to let me know that my original post could have been interpreted as an attack on Romario!
Guys, honest ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 13th, 2006
See, I told you Romario coming to Iran was going to create an international incident!
I have greatest respect and admiration for 40+ footballers, honest! ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 13th, 2006
You are not going to believe this! One of the Iranian news agencies reported that Romario, yes the former Brazil international, may be signing with ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 12th, 2006
Arie Haan and his assistant are set to take over Perspolis FC in about a week. Teo De Jong met with the club’s president to ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 1st, 2006
Okay I was wrong! It was not a rumor. Arie Haan did come to Tehran, and he did sign a coaching agreement with Perspolis FC. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 30th, 2006
More than ten years ago the Dutch football legend Arie Haan came to Iran to discuss the national team job. After touring Tehran’s football facilities ...
