Sepidrood Rasht S.C.

Sepidrood Rasht Sport Club (Persian: باشگاه ورزشی سپیدرود رشت, Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Sipidrod Resht) is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Iran. They currently compete in League 2.

Sepidrood
سپیدرود
Full nameSepidrood Rasht Sport Club
Nickname(s)Red Army of Gilan
The Fishes
Short nameSepidrood
Founded29 June 1968 (29 June 1968)
GroundSardar Jangal Stadium
Capacity25,000
OwnerHamed Yousefi
ChairmanPeyman Parsa
ManagerFarshad Pious
LeagueLeague 2
2020–21League 2 / Group A, 7th
WebsiteClub website

Sepidrood competes against Malavan in the El Gilano[1] and also has a friendly rivalry with cross-city rival Damash Gilan. Sepidrood is now the only Iranian existing club that has won the Aga Khan Asian Gold Cup.

History

Establishment

Sepidrood Rasht Football Club is one of the oldest clubs in northern Iran founded in 1968 and is the first sports club to be based in Rasht. The team was named after the Sefīd-Rūd river which runs through the area. Sepidrood became champions of the Gilan Provincial League after the revolution three times, in 1983, 1986 and in 2003.

Lower Leagues

On 15 May 2010, Sepidrood secured promotion and thus played in the Azadegan League in the 2010–11 season for the first time in eleven years, however, the club was relegated at the end of the season.

In 2014 Despite relegating to 3rd Division, Sepidrood bought Shahrdari Langarud license and remained in Second Division. After a good 2015–16 season in which Sepidrood made the last round of the 2nd Division, the team were promoted after finishing first in Group B.

Promotion to the top flight

Sepidrood started the 2016–17 season in the Azadegan League excellently, and at the halfway point of the season they were leading the league. On the second last match day of the season, Sepidrood lost to third place team Gol Gohar Sirjan 3–2 and their promotion to the top flight came into serious danger. However, on 1 May 2017 Sepidrood defeated Nassaji Mazandaran 3–2 and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League and the top flight of Iranian football for the first time in their 49 year history.

Colours and badge

Since its founding, the club colors have been red and white. Sepidrood is known by its fans as the Red Army.

Owner

The owner of the club is Javad Tanzadeh (an Iranian businessman).

Honours

El Gilano
Main article: El Gilano

The match between Sepidrood or Damash and Malavan is known as The Derby Of Gilan or El Gilano. This derby is one of Iran's most important and heated derbies.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 July 2020 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Iman Sadeghi
2 DF Georgia (country) GEO Luka Nozadze
4 MF Iran IRN Meysam Tohidast
5 DF Iran IRN Milad Sheikh Soleimani
7 MF Iran IRN Meysam Ferdousi
8 MF Iran IRN Hossein Ebrahimi
10 FW Iran IRN Pouya Nozhati
11 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Mahdavi ((association football))
17 DF Iran IRN Amin Javadi Moghadam U23
18 FW Iran IRN Javad Aghaeipour U19
19 DF Iran IRN Mahyar noori /Captain
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Iran IRN Ali Abbasi U23
27 DF Iran IRN Ebrahim Lotfi U19
28 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Mohammad Yari U23
36 MF Iran IRN Amirhossein Eskandari U21
40 DF Georgia (country) GEO Roman Chachua
70 DF Iran IRN SINA JAFARINEJAD U19
77 GK Iran IRN Maziar Nouri

Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Amin Pournaghi U19
17 MF Iran IRN Amir Hossein Eskandari U21
18 MF Iran IRN Javad Aghaeipour U19
28 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Mohammad Yari U19
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 MF Iran IRN Hadi Dadres U19
39 MF Iran IRN Reza Ashouri U21
50 GK Iran IRN Arian Sohrabi U21
70 DF Iran IRN SINA JAFARINEJAD U19

Season-by-season

For details on seasons, see List of Sepidrood Rasht F.C. seasons

Season League Position Iranian Hazfi Cup Notes
2004–05 League 2 6th (Group 1) did not participate
2005–06 5th (Group A)
2006–07 13th (Group 2) Relegated
2007–08 3rd (Group B) Second round
2008–09 4th (1st round - Group D) Second round
2009–10 1st First stage Promoted
2010–11 Azadegan League 14th Round of 32 Relegated
2011–12 League 2 10th (Group A) did not participate
2012–13 4th (Group B)
2013–14 12th (Group B) First stage Relegated
2014–15 3rd (2nd round - Group B) First stage
2015–16 1st (2nd round - Group B) did not participate Promoted
2016–17 Azadegan League 2nd Promoted
2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League 13th Round of 32
2018–19 15th Round of 16 Relegated
2019–20 Azadegan League 17th did not participate Relegated
2020–21 League 2 7th (Group A)

Famous players

References
  1. "ال گیلانو", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2019-06-28, retrieved 2019-07-09
  2. Tom Lewis; Neil Morrison; Novan Herfiyana; Karel Stokkermans (2003). "Aga Khan Gold Cup (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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