Shahin Tehran F.C.

Shahin
Full name	Shahin Tehran Football Club
Founded	1942, as Shahin ; 75 years ago; 1973, as Shabaz ; 44 years ago; 1979, as Shahin ; 38 years ago
Ground	Shahid Shiroudi Stadium; Tehran, Iran
Capacity	30,000
League	Tehran Province league
2013–14	Tehran Province league, 8th
Home colours	Away colours

Shahin Tehran Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال شاهین تهران, romanized: Shāhīn meaning Falcon), also spelled Shaahin or Shaheen, from 1973 to 1979 known as Shahbaz (Persian: شهباز, romanized: Shahbāz, meaning Shahbaz), is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Shahin A.C. is located at East of Tehran in the Narmak neighborhood (Golestan Street). Shahin F.C. was dissolved in 1967 for political reasons. The club was revived again after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Due to the Iran–Iraq War, the national league was not held during the 1980s.

They currently compete in the Tehran provincial league.

History

Amjadieh Stadium home of Shahin F.C.

In June 1942, Dr. Abbas Ekrami opened the poetry book Divan-e Hafez and saw the following line about Shahin (Falcon), after which he named the club Shahin,

در هوا چند معلق زنی و جلوه کنی
ای کبوتر نگران باش که شاهین آمد
In the air, you will rotate a few times with glory;
oh pigeon, be worried, Falcon is on its way.

Ekrami founded the club with help of some young students^[1]^[2] under the motto:

اول اخلاق، دوم درس، سوم ورزش
First ethics, second education, third sports.^[3]

Shahin F.C. in mid 1960s
Many of the players shown in this photo went on to play for Persepolis.

Shahin FC, without any doubt was the most popular football club in the history of Iranian football. Shahin produced many talented players like Parviz Dehdari, Masoud Boroumand, Homayoun Behzadi, Jafar Kashani, Hossein Kalani, Hamid Shirzadegan, Iraj Saeli, Mahmoud Sajjadi, Mohammad Hossein Ziaei, Ghasem Movafegh and many more that played for Team Melli. These talents made Shahin popular in the 1960s but its very popularity was viewed as a threat by the Iran Football Federation and the Keihan Varzeshi newspaper (Iran's most important sports publication at the time).^[4] The conflict between them became worse and on July 9, 1967, two days after Shahin's 3–0 win against Tehranjavan F.C., the Iran Sports Organization declared Shahin F.C. as dissolved.^[4] League attendance dropped and other clubs tried to sign Shahin players.

Shahbaz Era

In 1973 Shahin F.C. decided to come back but returned with the name of its former third team Shahbaz F.C. and participated in Takht Jamshid Cup professional soccer League. Shahbaz F.C. was leading the league in the 1978–1979 season which was unfinished due to Iranian Revolution in 1979. After the revolution, the club reverted to its original name, "Shahin".

In 2009/10 Shahin was competing in the third ranked 2nd Division successfully until the last stage, when they failed to be promoted to the Azadegan 1st Division. In 2010/11 Shahin kept its place in the 3rd Division.

In 2011/12 Shahin finished last in its group and therefore is relegated to the provincial league for 2012/13.

Branches and affiliated clubs

Shahin F.C. had several attached teams and branches under the name and license of Shahin F.C. in different cities of Iran, including Shahin Bushehr F.C. (est. 1942), Shahin Ahvaz F.C. (est. 1948) and Shahin Isfahan F.C.(est. 1953). In 1967 due to the political problems that arose in the Shahin F.C. organization, the other teams were forced to cease operations as well. Some had to deactivate for a period of time, while other teams renamed and continued under different names.

Persepolis F.C. started the 1968 season with Parviz Dehdari as manager. Although Shahin Tehran established in a new team under the name of Shahbaz, it was failed to get back its popularity again.

Shahin Isfahan F.C. changed its name to Sepahan F.C.. The club is one of the representatives of Isfahan Province in Takht Jamshid Cup national league. The team now plays under the name of Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan.

Shahin Bushehr was renamed Shahin Pars Jonoubi Bushehr in 2007 and promoted to IPL in 2009. The club is now owned by Pars Special Economic Energy Zone, based in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province and currently competes in the 2nd Division after being relegated from Azadegan League in 2013.

Shahin Ahvaz F.C. was founded in 1948 and was one of Shahin Tehran F.C. branches at the time. They currently compete in the Provincial Leagues.

Colours and crest

The usual home kit includes a white shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The away kit of the club is commonly with a black background.^{[clarification needed]}

Achievements

Takht Jamshid Cup

Third place: 1976/77
Leader: 1978/79 (in autumn 1978 the season was canceled due to the political uprisings, which ended with the Iranian Revolution in February 1979)

Tehran Football League

Winner (3): 1951–52,1958–59,1965–66
Runner-up (8): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1985_86,1986_87

Tehran Hazfi Cup (Record)

Winner (5): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1962–63, 1980–81
Runner-up (3): 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58

Espandi Cup

Third place: 1979

Current Exuctive Director:Alireza Kushanfar

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Shahin in various competitions since 1965.

Season	League									Hazfi Cup	Notes	Leagues Top goalscorer		Coach
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Hazfi Cup	Notes	Name	Goals	Coach
1965–66	TFL	12	11	0	1	36	8	22	1st					Parviz Dehdari
1966–67	TFL	11	6	2	3	23	11	14	4th					Parviz Dehdari
1967–68	TFL	Shahin dissolved								Not held
1968–69	TFL	Absence
1969–70	TFL	Absence
1970–71	TFL	Absence
1971–72	TFL	Absence
1972–73	TFL	Absence
1973–74	TFL	11	4	4	3	11	12	12	5th
1974–75	TFL	13	0	7	6	6	13	7	13th
1975–76	TFL	13	11	2	0	27	9	24	1st					Bagher Sepahsalari / Mehrab Shahrokhi
1976–77	TJC	30	13	10	7	36	24	36	3rd			Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	19	Nazem Ganjapoor
1977–78	TJC	30	7	13	10	31	29	27	11th	Not held		Mohammad Reza Adelkhani	10	Nazem Ganjapoor
1978–79	TJC	Not Completed Due to Iranian Revolution								Not held				Frans van Balkom
1981–82	TFL	13	3	9	1	10	5	15	6th	Not held				Kazem Rahimi
1982–83	TFL	17	8	3	6	20	17	19	6th					Nasser Ebrahimi
1983–84	TFL	17	7	4	7	15	11	18	7th					Nasser Ebrahimi
1984–85	TFL	Not Finished												Mehrab Shahrokhi
1985–86	TFL	9	7	2	0	20	4	16	2nd
1986–87	TFL	8	6	2	0	17	5	14	2nd					Nasrollah Abdollahi
1987–88	TFL	17	5	7	5	11	11	17	7th					Nasrollah Abdollahi
1988–89	TFL	16	6	3	7	12	9	21	9th					Akbar Maleki / Amir Agha Hossieni
1989–90	TFL	15	6	8	1	16	7	20	4th	Not held
1990–91	TFL	17	3	9	5	14	16	15	9th					Nasrollah Abdollahi
1991–92	TFL	15	4	7	4	16	14	15	7th
1992–93	TFL	26	4	11	11	15	27	19	11th	Not held
1993–94	TFL2
1994–95	TFL2
1995–96	TFL	14	5	4	5	11	12	19	6th
1996–97	TFL	15	3	5	7	9	21	14	15th
1997–98	TFL2									Not held
1998–99	TFL2
1999-00	TFL2
2000–01	TFL2
2001–02	TFL2
2002–03	TFL2
2003–04	TFL2
2004–05	TFL	15	5	4	6	27	25	21	7th
2005–06	TFL
2006–07	TFL
2007–08	TFL
2008–09	TFL
2009–10	Div 3	22	12	5	5	43	26	41	2nd
2010–11	Div 3	22	11	7	4	34	20	10	4th
2011–12	Div 3	22	1	5	16	18	62	8	12th
2012–13	TFL
2013–14	TFL
2014–15	TFL
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18