Saipa F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Saipa


fullname = Saipa Football Club
nickname =
founded = 1989
ground = Enghelab Stadium
Karaj
Iran
capacity = 15,000
chairman = flagicon|IRN Hamid Sajadi
manager = vacant |
league = Persian Gulf Cup
season = 2007-08
position = Persian Gulf Cup, 11th
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:"For the automobile company, see SAIPA."

Saipa Karaj Football Club (perB|باشگاه فوتبال سايپا کرج) is a football team based in Karaj, Iran. The team is registered in Tehran, but plays its games in Karaj.

The team is owned by SAIPA, an Iranian automobile manufacturer. The team has never had a large fanbase, despite some success. It is known to have one of the best youth training programs in Iranian football.

Saipa F.C. is the football club of the multisport Saipa Cultural and Athletic Club.

History

In 1989, SAIPA Company decided on starting a football team. They purchased a team playing in the 4th division of Tehran's league, and renamed it. They played in the 3rd division in 1990, and the 2nd division in 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. 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, but were relegated to the 2nd division in 1995. They were able to make their way back into the 1st division again, They became the champion of the IPL in 2007 with their manager/player Ali Daei.

eason-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Saipa in IPL, Hazfi Cup and ACL since 2001.

Honors

*League Championships:
**1994, 1995, 2007
*Hazfi Cup:
**1995

Players

"As of 11 March 2008."

First-team squad

2008/2009 Transfers

In:Fs player|no=--|nat=Iran|pos=FW|name=Saber Mirghorbani "From Sanat Naft F.C. "Fs player|no=--|nat=Iran|pos=FW|name=Iman Razzaghi Rad "From Steel Azin F.C. "Fs player|no=--|nat=Iran|pos=MF|name=Saeed Beigi "From Saba Battery F.C. "Fs player|no=--|nat=Iran|pos=GK|name=Ebrahim Mirzapour "From Steel Azin F.C. "Fs player|no=--|nat=Iran|pos=MF|name=Mohammad Parvin "From Steel Azin F.C. "Fs player|no=--|nat=Iran|pos=DF|name=Hossein Kaebi "From Persepolis F.C. "Fs player|no=--|nat=Iran|pos=MF|name=Reza Mahmoudi "From Nirouye Zamini F.C. "

Out:Fs player |no=1 |nat=IRN |pos=GK |name=Rahman Ahmadi "To Sepahan F.C."Fs player |no=18 |nat=IRN |pos=MF |name=Majid Gholamnejad "To Pas Hamedan F.C."Fs player |no=22 |nat=IRN |pos=MF |name=Mohammad Ali Ashourizad "To Pegah F.C."Fs player |no=21 |nat=IRN |pos=GK |name=Misagh Memarzadeh "To Persepolis F.C."Fs player |no=9 |nat=BRA |pos=FW |name=Adriano Alves "To Pegah F.C."Fs player |no=12 |nat=Iran|pos=MF |name=Mohsen Arzani "To Payam"Fs player |no= |nat=Iran|pos=MF |name=Mohsen Arzani "To Esteghlal Ahvaz"

Famous players

*flagicon|Iran Ali Daei
*flagicon|Iran Ebrahim Sadeghi
*flagicon|Iran Jalal Hosseini
*flagicon|Iran Mehdi Hasheminasab
*flagicon|Iran Hossein Kazemi
*flagicon|Iran Javad Kazemian
*flagicon|Iran Hadi Aghili
*flagicon|Iran Masoud Shojaei
*flagicon|Iran Mohsen Khalili
*flagicon|Iran Dariush Yazdani
*flagicon|Iran Ebrahim Mirzapour
*flagicon|Iran Hossein Kaebi
*flagicon|Iran Abbas Aghaei
*flagicon|Iran Ali Ansarian
*flagicon|Iran Farhad Alavi
*flagicon|Iran Behzad Gholampour
*flagicon|Iran Majid Saleh
*flagicon|Mali Issa Traoré
*flagicon|Mali Alou Traoré

Former managers

*flagicon|Iran Bijan Zolfagharnasab (1993-1997)
*flagicon|Iran Nasrollah Abdollahi
*flagicon|Iran Behtash Fariba
*flagicon|Iran Hamid Alidoosti
*flagicon|Italy Giovanni Mei (2002-2003)
*flagicon|Iran Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2003-2004)
*flagicon|Iran Mojtaba Taghavi
*flagicon|Iran Bijan Zolfagharnasab (2004-2006)
*flagicon|Germany Werner Lorant (2006)
*flagicon|Iran Ali Daei (2006-2008)
*flagicon|GER Pierre Littbarski (2008)

External links

Official

* [http://www.saipasport.com/ Official club website]