Sepahan S.C.

Sepahan
Full nameFoolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club
Nickname(s)Yellow Storm of Asia
Yellow Lions of Isfahan
Short nameSepahan
Founded5 October 1953; 71 years ago (1953-10-05)
GroundNaghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Capacity75,000
OwnerMobarakeh Steel Company
PresidentMahdi Azarbaijani
ManagerJosé Morais
LeaguePersian Gulf Pro League
2023–24Persian Gulf Pro League, 3rd
Websitehttp://www.sepahansc.com/
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Current season

Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club (Persian: باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان, Bâšgâh-è Farhangi-ye Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân), commonly known as Sepahan, is an Iranian sports club based in Isfahan. It is best known for their football section[1] that play in the Persian Gulf Pro League, the highest tier of Iranian football league system.

In the 2002–03 season, Sepahan ended the total dominance of two Tehran-based clubs, Persepolis and Esteghlal, to win the Pro League. They are also the first Iranian club to win three consecutive league titles, reach the AFC Champions League final in 2007 and qualify for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, becoming the first-ever Iranian representative to the tournament. To date, they have won five league titles and four Hazfi Cups, becoming one of the most successful football clubs in Iran.

  1. ^ "Weekly Howl 21-09-12". Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2014.