Saipa F.C.
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History
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Early days
In 1989, SAIPA Company decided to start its own football team. They purchased a team playing in the 4th division of Tehran's city league, and renamed it Saipa F.C. After back to back promotions starting in the first year, the Karaj based club was playing in the 2nd division by 1991. That same year they purchased the Shipping Department team's shares, and participated in the 1st division of Tehran's local league. In that year they won the Tehran city championship as well as the Tehran Super Cup, thus attaining the right to play in Iran's top league at the time, the Azadegan League.
Azadegan League
In their first year in the Azadegan League they won the championship, as well as the Hazfi Cup. They also won the league championship again in 1994. The team was relegated into the second division in 1995, but were promoted again in the following year. Since their second promotion to the top tier, the club has remained in the middle of the league table.
Persian Gulf Pro League
Ali Daei era
By 2001, the club's on-field performance remained stable, occupying mid-table position most years. Shortly following Iranian goalkeeper Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh's retirement, he was linked with the head coaching job at Saipa. It never materialized, but the club signed another Iranian, Ali Daei in a move from Saba Battery. The club had finished third in the previous season and now, with Werner Lorant as a coach, the team aimed to work for the title. Shortly after the season began though, Littbarski was fired and Ali Daei took on the role of player/coach. Daei scored the winner in the title winning game. Daei extended his contract, this time as a full-time coach. He was appointed head coach of the national team but kept his role at Saipa until the end of the season.
Return to mid-table and relocation to Tehran
Following the title winning year which saw the team play in the AFC Champions League, Saipa turned back into the mid-table places of the league again. Before the start of the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League season Saipa announced they had moved their home city from Karaj to nearby Tehran.
Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Saipa in various competitions since 1993.
| Season | Pos. | Hazfi Cup | ACL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–94 | Azadegan League | 1st | Winners | did not qualify |
| 1994–95 | 1st | Second round | ||
| 1995–96 | 16th | 4th Place | ||
| 1996–97 | Second Division | 2nd | did not qualify | |
| 1997–98 | Azadegan League | 7th | Not held | |
| 1998–99 | 4th | |||
| 1999–2000 | 3rd | Semifinal | ||
| 2000–01 | 7th | Semifinal | ||
| 2001–02 | Pro League | 11th | ||
| 2002–03 | 6th | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2003–04 | 13th | Semifinal | ||
| 2004–05 | 13th | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2005–06 | 3rd | Round of 16 | ||
| 2006–07 | 1st | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2007–08 | 11th | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | |
| 2008–09 | 10th | Round of 16 | did not qualify | |
| 2009–10 | 8th | Third Round | ||
| 2010–11 | 11th | Fourth Round | ||
| 2011–12 | 8th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2012–13 | 9th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2013–14 | 8th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2014–15 | 7th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2015–16 | 8th | Semifinals | ||
| 2016–17 | 13th | Semifinals | ||
| 2017–18 | 4th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2018–19 | 7th | Semifinals | Play-off | |
| 2019–20 | 14th | Quarterfinals | did not qualify | |
| 2020–21 | 15th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2021-22 | Azadegan League | 14th | Third Round | |
| 2022-23 |
Honours
- Iran Pro League/First Division
- Hazfi Cup
- Winners: 1993–94*
- Tehran Super Cup
- Champions: 1993
- Tehran Province League
- Champions: 1992-1993
- * Won League title and Hazfi Cup (double)
Players
Current squad
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Out on loan
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Individual Records
All Top Appearances
| # | Name | Nationality | Apps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ebrahim Sadeghi | Template:Flagicon Iran | 452 |
| 2 | Majid Ayoubi | Template:Flagicon Iran | 338 |
| 3 | Roozbeh Shahalidoost | Template:Flagicon Iran | 254 |
| 4 | Hamed Shiri | Template:Flagicon Iran | 166 |
| 5 | Mohsen Khalili | Template:Flagicon Iran | 156 |
| 6 | Ali Zeinali | Template:Flagicon Iran | 150 |
| 7 | Omid Sharifinasab | Template:Flagicon Iran | 149 |
| 8 | Javad Ashtiani | Template:Flagicon Iran | 143 |
| 9 | Hamed Fallahzadeh | Template:Flagicon Iran | 138 |
| 10 | Ebrahim Shakouri | Template:Flagicon Iran | 133 |
All Top Scorers
| # | Name | Nationality | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohsen Khalili | Template:Flagicon Iran | 62 |
| 2 | Karim Ansarifard | Template:Flagicon Iran | 56 |
| 3 | Ebrahim Sadeghi | Template:Flagicon Iran | 41 |
| 4 | Amin Manouchehri | Template:Flagicon Iran | 25 |
| 5 | Hamed Shiri | Template:Flagicon Iran | 22 |
| 6 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | Template:Flagicon Iran | 21 |
| 7 | Mehdi Torabi | Template:Flagicon Iran | 20 |
| 8 | Javad Kazemian | Template:Flagicon Iran | 16 |
| 9 | Arman Ramezani | Template:Flagicon Iran | 15 |
| 10 | Omid Sharifinasab | Template:Flagicon Iran | 14 |
Manager
Coaching staff
| Staff[1] | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Faraz Kamalvand |
| First team coach | Template:Flagicon Asghar Maziar |
| Assistant coach | Template:Flagicon Mehdi Zarei Template:Flagicon Kazem Borjlou |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Farshad Bakhtiarizadeh |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Ali Asghar GhorbanaliPour |
| Doctor | Template:Flagicon Mahyar Mortazavi |
| Analyzer | Template:Flagicon Mohammad Palizvan |
| Technical Manager | Template:Flagicon Asghar Hajiloo |
| B team Manager | Template:Flagicon Kianoush Rahmati |
The following managers had managed Saipa since 1993:
| Name | Period | Trophies |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Bijan Zolfagharnasab | 1993–97 | 2 Azadegan League, Hazfi Cup |
| Template:Flagicon Nasrollah Abdollahi | 1997–00 | |
| Template:Flagicon Behtash Fariba | 2000–01 | |
| Template:Flagicon Hamid Alidoosti | 2001–02 | |
| Template:Flagicon Giovanni Mei | 2002–03 | |
| Template:Flagicon Mohammad Mayeli Kohan | 2003–04 | |
| Template:Flagicon Bijan Zolfagharnasab | 2004–06 | |
| Template:Flagicon Werner Lorant | 2006 | |
| Template:Flagicon Ali Daei | 2006–08 | 1 Persian Gulf Cup |
| Template:Flagicon Pierre Littbarski | 2008 | |
| Template:Flagicon Mohammad Mayeli Kohan | 2008–11 | |
| Template:Flagicon Majid Saleh | 2011–12 | |
| Template:Flagicon Mojtaba Taghavi | 2012–13 | |
| Template:Flagicon Engin Firat | 2013–14 | |
| Template:Flagicon Majid Jalali | 2014–16 | |
| Template:Flagicon Hossein Faraki | 2016–17 | |
| Template:Flagicon Ali Daei | 2017–19 | |
| Template:Flagicon Ebrahim Sadeghi | 2019–21 | |
| Template:Flagicon Faraz Kamalvand | 2021 |
References
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External links
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