Ground Capacity 15,000 League 3rd Division Website Club home page Head coach Hossein Abdi Ground Shahid Kazemi Stadium | Chairman Ali Akbar Taheri 2012–13 3rd Division, 4th Manager Hossein Abdi Director Mohammad Panjali Founded 1964 | |
Full name Persepolis B Tehran Football Club | ||
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.
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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 a 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.
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.