Bargh Shiraz
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Bargh Shiraz Football Club is an Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Shiraz, Iran
Shiraz, Iran
Shiraz is the sixth most populous city in Iran and is the capital of Fars Province, the city's 2009 population was 1,455,073. Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the Roodkhaneye Khoshk seasonal river...

. The club is currently in the top Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian football league, the IPL.
Its main sponsor is the municipal electrical company.

Establishment

In 1946, a group of youngsters with the leadership of Ebrahim Nematollahi who worked in the Cheragh Bargh (lightbulb) factory, and loved football, decided to create a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club. The factory sponsored their team, but for the first few years the team always had financial problems. For a brief period the club was sponsored by the city council, but after a couple of years, the team's current sponsor, Shiraz Electrical Company came along.

Success

Bargh's success is limited however in its on right they emerged as Shiraz
Shiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...

's top team, participating in the Takht Jamshid Cup, as well as the Azadegan League and the IPL. The club has struggled at times, and over the years has had spells in the lower divisions. The club's highest honor is winning the Hazfi Cup
Hazfi Cup
The Hazfi Cup is a knockout cup competition in Iranian football, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The competition wasn't regarded important by clubs until the IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's four AFC Champions League spots to the champion....

 in 1997.They always been in the id table or avoiding the relegation in recent years.The 2007-08 eason was their best season as they challenged strong teams with Mahmoud Yavari and finished 7th in the league.But they got relegated in 2008-09 season when they changed three different coaches.

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Bargh Shiraz in various competitions.
Season League Position Hazfi Cup
Hazfi Cup
The Hazfi Cup is a knockout cup competition in Iranian football, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The competition wasn't regarded important by clubs until the IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's four AFC Champions League spots to the champion....

Notes Asian Cup Winners Cup
Asian Cup Winners Cup
The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...

1975-76
Takht Jamshid Cup 1975-76
-Results:-Top goalscorers:...

Takht Jamshid Cup
Takht Jamshid Cup
The Takht Jamshid Cup was a national football league based in Iran which lasted from 1973 to 1978.-History:In early 70s Iran, football had become a very popular sport and several local leagues existed in various cities. Eventually the football federation of the time decided that a national league...

14th 1/8 Final Not held
1976-77
Takht Jamshid Cup 1976-77
-Results:-Top goalscorers:...

Takht Jamshid Cup
Takht Jamshid Cup
The Takht Jamshid Cup was a national football league based in Iran which lasted from 1973 to 1978.-History:In early 70s Iran, football had become a very popular sport and several local leagues existed in various cities. Eventually the football federation of the time decided that a national league...

11th 1/8 Final
1977-78
Takht Jamshid Cup 1977-78
-Results:-Top goalscorers:...

Takht Jamshid Cup
Takht Jamshid Cup
The Takht Jamshid Cup was a national football league based in Iran which lasted from 1973 to 1978.-History:In early 70s Iran, football had become a very popular sport and several local leagues existed in various cities. Eventually the football federation of the time decided that a national league...

7th Not held
1978-79
Takht Jamshid Cup 1978-79
-Results:...

Takht Jamshid Cup
Takht Jamshid Cup
The Takht Jamshid Cup was a national football league based in Iran which lasted from 1973 to 1978.-History:In early 70s Iran, football had become a very popular sport and several local leagues existed in various cities. Eventually the football federation of the time decided that a national league...

did not finish Not held
1979-89 Not held
1990-91 _ Not held 1/8 Final
1991-92 2nd Division
Iran Football's 2nd Division
Iranian football's 2nd division is the third-highest football division overall in the Iranian football league system.Before 2001, the 2nd division was known as the 3rd division, but this was changed when Iran's football structure officially became professional.The league consists of two, fourteen...

2nd Not held Promoted Did not qualify
1992-93
Azadegan League 1992-93
The final results of the 1992/1993 Azadegan League, Iran's top division league, are listed bellow.-First round:Group AGroup B-Second round:The final standings of the 1992/1993 Azadegan League, *1.Pas Tehran...

Azadegan League 6th Not held
1993-94
Azadegan League 1993-94
----* Iranian Football Champions: Saipa* Relegated teams : _* Promoted teams :Esteghlal, Machine Sazi, Shahdari Sari, Naft Ghaemshahr, Bank Tejarat, Payam Gach Khorasan, Pars Khodro, Ararat, Qods Sari, Shahin Bushehr...

Azadegan League 12th 1/8 Final
1994-95
Azadegan League 1994-95
-First Round:Group AGroup B*Semi-Final1)2)- Final :-Notes:* Azadegan League champions : Saipa F.C.* Relegated teams : Shahin Bushehr , Qods Sari , Nassaji Mazandaran , Teraktor Sazi , Zob Ahan, Sanat Naft, Pars Khodro , Payam Gach Khorasan, Bank Tejarat, Chooka Talesh, Naft...

Azadegan League 3rd 1/16 Final
1995-96
Azadegan League 1995/96
The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 1995/96 football season.----* Iranian football champions: Persepolis* Relegated: Jonoob Ahvaz, Ararat Tehran, Shahrdari Tabriz, Saipa...

Azadegan League 6th Final
1996-97 Azadegan League 8th Cup Second Round
1997-98 Azadegan League 15th Not held Relegated Did not qualify
1998-99 2nd Division
Iran Football's 2nd Division
Iranian football's 2nd division is the third-highest football division overall in the Iranian football league system.Before 2001, the 2nd division was known as the 3rd division, but this was changed when Iran's football structure officially became professional.The league consists of two, fourteen...

7th 1/16 Final
1999-00
Iran Football's 2nd Division 1999-2000
Iran Football's 2nd Division 1999-2000 season was played in three groups of nine or ten teams each. The top two teams from each group went through to a final round, and the top two teams from that round - Bargh Shiraz and Esteghlal Rasht - gained promotion to the Azadegan League.-Final group...

2nd Division
Iran Football's 2nd Division
Iranian football's 2nd division is the third-highest football division overall in the Iranian football league system.Before 2001, the 2nd division was known as the 3rd division, but this was changed when Iran's football structure officially became professional.The league consists of two, fourteen...

1st 1/16 Final Promoted
2000-01 Azadegan League 11th 1/8 Final
2001-02
IPL 2001/02
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2001–02 football season. This was the first season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Persepolis F.C...

Iran Pro League 8th 1/8 Final
2002-03
IPL 2002/03
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2002/03 football season. This season will be the 2nd season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan F.C...

Iran Pro League 10th
2003-04
IPL 2003/04
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2003/04 football season. This season will be the 3rd season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Pas Tehran F.C...

Iran Pro League 12th 1/8 Final
2004-05
IPL 2004/05
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2004/05 football season. This season will be the 4th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Foolad Khuzestan F.C...

Iran Pro League 12th
2005-06
IPL 2005/06
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2005/06 football season. This season will be the 5th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Esteghlal F.C. were defending champions.-Final classification:...

Iran Pro League 14th 1/16 Final
2006-07
IPL 2006/07
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2006/07 football season. This season was the 6th season since the establishment of the Iranian Premier League...

Iran Pro League 12th 1/8 Final
2007-08
Persian Gulf Cup 2007-08
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2007/08 football season. This season will be the 7th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League...

Iran Pro League 7th Semifinal
2008-09
Persian Gulf Cup 2008-09
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2008/09 football season. This season will be the 8th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Persepolis are the defending champions.-Teams:...

Iran Pro League 18th 1/8 Final Relegated
2009-10 Azadegan League 3rd 1/8 Final
2010-11
2010–11 Azadegan League
The 2010–11 Azadegan League will be the xxth season of the second-level football league competition of Iran. It will be divided into two phases, the regular season, played from 22 September 2010 to May 2011, and the playoff phase from May to June 2011....

Azadegan League 9th 2nd Round
2011-12
2011–12 Azadegan League
The 2011–12 Azadegan League will be the 11th season of the second-level football league competition of Iran.The league will be composed of 28 teams divided into two divisions of 14 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically...

Azadegan League Second Round

Honors

  • Hazfi Cup
    Hazfi Cup
    The Hazfi Cup is a knockout cup competition in Iranian football, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The competition wasn't regarded important by clubs until the IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's four AFC Champions League spots to the champion....

    :

Winner(1): 1997

Runner Up (1): 1996
  • 2nd Division
    Iran Football's 2nd Division
    Iranian football's 2nd division is the third-highest football division overall in the Iranian football league system.Before 2001, the 2nd division was known as the 3rd division, but this was changed when Iran's football structure officially became professional.The league consists of two, fourteen...

    :

Winner: 2000

Club chairmen

Name
  Ebrahim Nematollahi
  Jafar Behnam
  Kikavous Bizhan
  Sirous Shirvani
  Hamid Motahed
  Mohammad Hadi Akbari
  Khalil Salehi Karounian
  Gholam Reza Abehesht
  Rasoul Falah

Club managers

Ebrahim Abbasi Bizhan Bidari Karnik Mehrabian Abbas Razavi
Abbas Razavi
Abbas Razavi is a retired Iranian Footballer and one of the most experienced Football Coach. He has coaching experience in Iran, Hungary, UAE, Sweden and Italy.-Playing career:...

 Khalil Salehi Karounian Hossein Hosseinzadeh Gholam Hossein Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani is a former Iranian football player and now manager.He was the coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2009 to 2010. He is also the older brother of former Persepolis FC and Iranian national team player, Afshin Peyrovani.-Club career:In 1969, at the age of...

 Mahmoud Yavari (1978) Fereydoon Asgharzadeh (1995) Gholam Hossein Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani is a former Iranian football player and now manager.He was the coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2009 to 2010. He is also the older brother of former Persepolis FC and Iranian national team player, Afshin Peyrovani.-Club career:In 1969, at the age of...

 (1995) Mahmoud Yavari (1996) Khalil Salehi Karounian (1996) Ibrahim Biogradlić
Ibrahim Biogradlic
Ibrahim "Ibro" Biogradlić is a retired Bosnian defender who played at 1956 Summer Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:*...

 (1996) Hassan Habibi (1997) Gholam Hossein Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani is a former Iranian football player and now manager.He was the coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2009 to 2010. He is also the older brother of former Persepolis FC and Iranian national team player, Afshin Peyrovani.-Club career:In 1969, at the age of...

 (1998) Mohammad Abbasi (1999)
  Asghar Sharifi (2000–01) Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour is an Iranian football coach and retired player who currently managing Damash Gilan in Iran Pro League.-Early life:He was born on 11 September 1957 in Abadan, Iran and was began his playing career with playing in the youth team of Sanat Naft in 1972...

 (2002) Mohammad Abbasi (2002–03) Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh is a former Iranian football, basketball and tennis player and current football coach. He played most his career for Malavan and also was the team's head coach for several seasons...

 (2003–04) Abbas Simakani (2004) Mahmoud Yavari (2004–05) Zlatko Ivanković
Zlatko Ivankovic
Zlatko Ivanković is a Croatian football coach. He is the brother of former national team coach Branko Ivanković.He managed Iranian club Bargh Shiraz, but was replaced by Bijan Zolfagharnasab at the end of the 2005–2006 season.-Career:...

 (2005–06) Bijan Zolfagharnasab
Bijan Zolfagharnasab
Bijan Zolfagharnasab is a retired Iranian football player and currently a football manager.He started his professional career with Pas Tehran, before changing to Persepolis F.C. in 1974. There he could win the Iranian championship in 1976 and reach runner-up position in 1975, in 1977 and in 1978...

 (2006–07) Mahmoud Yavari (2007–08) Mohammad Abbassi (2008–09) Farshad Pious
Farshad Pious
Farshad Pious is a retired Iranian football player who was a striker for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis F.C., as well as Iran national football team.-Club career:...

 (2009-Mar 09) Rasoul Korbekandi
Rasoul Korbekandi
Mohammad Reza Rasoul Korbekandi is a retired Iranian football player and now manager.He was a member of the Iran squad which participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.-Coaching career:-References:...

 (Mar 2009-June 09) Asghar Kalantari (July 2009-?) Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Mehdi Dinvarzadeh is a retired Iranian footballerand football coach. He was the captain of the Iran national football team and Shahin F.C. during the 1980s. He was last head coach of Damash Gilan.-Club careers:...

 (2010-30 Oct 10) Alireza Emamifar
Alireza Emamifar
Alireza Emamifar is an Iranian football player who last year played for Shahrdari Mahshahr in Iran Football's 2nd Division.-Career:Emamifar played three seasons with R. Charleroi S.C. in the Belgian First Division.-External links:...

 (30 Oct 2010-)

First-team squad

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2010.

Famous players

1970s Alireza Ghashghaeian
Ali Reza Ghesghayan
-International career:He played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup as a member of the squad.-References:**...

 Gholam Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani is a former Iranian football player and now manager.He was the coach of the Iran national under-23 football team from 2009 to 2010. He is also the older brother of former Persepolis FC and Iranian national team player, Afshin Peyrovani.-Club career:In 1969, at the age of...



1990s Afshin Peyrovani
Afshin Peyrovani
Mohammad Ali "Afshin" Peyravani is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and elder brother of Amir Hossein Peyrovani.-Club career:...

 Dariush Yazdani

2000s Farid Abedi Mehdi Shiri
Mehdi Shiri
Mehdi Shiri Shourijeh is an Iranian football Midfielder who currently plays for Persepolis in the Iran Pro League. His younger brother, Mojtaba is also a professional football player and plays for Gostaresh Foolad.-Club career:...

 Sattar Zare
Sattar Zare
Sattar Zare is an Iranian football player who recently plays for Rah Ahan. He can play in Wing back and midfielder positions.-Club career:Zare started his youth career at Bargh Shiraz at the age of 8 and stayed with the youth team until he was 20 and has played for the team ever since becoming...



Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
2003-04 Daei SWE
Daei Sport's Wears & Equipments
Daei Sport's Wears & Equipments is a major Iranian manufacturer of apparel, and sports equipment. It is owned and was founded by Iranian football legend Ali Daei and provides football kits for Iran national football team, Iran's Premier Football League teams....

RTC
RTC
RTC is an initialism that may refer to:* Radiative transfer code, a numerical model of radiation in the atmosphere* Rail tank car* Rail traffic controller, a person who oversees the movement of trains and controls railway signals...

2004-05 1&1
2005-06
2006-07 Daity
2007-08 Majid 1&1
2008-09 Daei SWE
Daei Sport's Wears & Equipments
Daei Sport's Wears & Equipments is a major Iranian manufacturer of apparel, and sports equipment. It is owned and was founded by Iranian football legend Ali Daei and provides football kits for Iran national football team, Iran's Premier Football League teams....

Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...


Official

Official club website Players and Results
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