Persepolis B F.C.
# Persepolis B F.C.

Persepolis B Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس ب) is an Iranian professional football team based in Tehran, Iran. They are the reserve and second team of Persepolis The club was refounded in 2016 after being inactive for three years.

## History

The club was founded in 2009 as the reserve or second team of Persepolis signing talented youth players of the club. They became champion of Tehran Province League and promoted to 3rd Division. Esmaeil Halali was named head coach on 12 November 2010, replacing Hossein Abdi. In July 2013, C team and former first-team manager Vinko Begović was promoted as B team's head coach but he resigned three months later to become head coach of an Azadegan League side club. Former team captain Mojtaba Moharrami was appointed as team's head coach on 30 October 2013. In 2013 due to financial issues the club decided to temporarily disband the team and instead Persepolis' young talents played for the U–21's.

### Re-establishment

In 2016 the club announced that it would restart the B team for the 2016–17 season. Persepolis B played their first friendly match on 30 May 2016 in a 1–1 draw against the Iran University national football team.

## Current 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | IRN | Abolfazl Darvishvand |
| — | GK | IRN | Mehdi Yavari |
| — | GK | IRN | Mohammad Chegini |
| — | DF | IRN | Ehsan Hosseini |
| — | DF | IRN | Sarmen Panosian |
| — | DF | IRN | Mehdi Khakpour |
| — | DF | IRN | Mehdi Norouzi |
| — | DF | IRN | Reza Sharifi |
| — | DF | IRN | Hafez Fardi |
| — | DF | IRN | Hossein Asefi |
| — | MF | IRN | Amir Hossein Sadeghipour |
| — | MF | IRN | Shahryar Fakhimi |
| — | MF | IRN | Mehdi Seyedi |
| — | MF | IRN | Farshid Mollapour |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Ali Mostafazadeh |
| — | MF | IRN | Amin Gholamipour |
| — | MF | IRN | Sadra Sabour |
| — | MF | IRN | Mohammad Sadegh Foroutan |
| — | MF | IRN | Nikan Arami Moghadam |
| — | MF | IRN | Pouyan Firouzia |
| — | MF | IRN | Saeid Hosseinpour |
| — | FW | IRN | Hamidreza Taherkhani |
| — | FW | IRN | Taher Narimani |
| — | FW | IRN | Hamed Azimi |
| — | FW | IRN | Mehdi Abdi |
| — | FW | IRN | Behnam Ehsani |
| — | FW | IRN | Mohammad Amin Asadi |

For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Academy & Persepolis Qaem Shahr

## Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Persepolis Novin in various competitions since 2011.

| Season | League | Position | Hazfi Cup | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011–12 | Tehran Provincial League | 1st | Did not qualify | Promoted |
| 2012–13 | 3rd Division | 4th/Group 2 | Did not qualify | |

## Managerial history

    Reserves Team
* Mehrdad Minavand (2009)
* Hossein Abdi (2009–2010)
* Esmaeil Halali (2010–2013)
* Mojtaba Moharrami (2013)
* Hossein Abdi (2016–)

## Notable players

* Ahmad Ahi
* Shahryar Fakhimi
* Mehdi Khakpour

## Achievements

### Reserves

* Tehran Provincial League

    Winners: 2011–12
* Tehran Hazfi Cup

    Winners: 2011–12
