Sepidrood Rasht S.C.

Sepidrood Rasht Sport Club (Persian: باشگاه ورزشی سپیدرود رشت‎) is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Iran. They currently compete in the second flight Azadegan League.

Sepidrood
سپیدرود
Full nameSepidrood Rasht Sport Club
Nickname(s)Red Army of Gilan
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Short nameSepidrood
Founded29 June 1968; 51 years ago
GroundSardar Jangal Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerKiumars Bayat
ChairmanAfshin Nazemi
ManagerNader Dastneshan
LeagueAzadegan League
2018–19Persian Gulf Pro League, 15th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

Sepidrood competes against Malavan in the El Gilano[1] and also has a friendly rivalry with cross-city rival Damash Gilan. The team was promoted to the premier league (Khalij Fars League) of Iranian football for the first time in 2017 and then demoted to the Azadegan league after 2 years .

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
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17

El Gilano
Main articles: 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. Position Player
1 GK Iman Sadeghi
2 DF Luka Nozadze
4 MF Meysam Tohidast
5 DF Milad Sheikh Soleimani
7 MF Meysam Ferdousi
8 MF Hossein Ebrahimi
10 FW Pouya Nozhati
11 MF Mohammad Reza Mahdavi ((association football))
17 DF Amin Javadi Moghadam U23
18 FW Javad Aghaeipour U19
19 DF mahyar noori /Captain
No. Position Player
23 MF Ali Abbasi U23
27 DF Ebrahim Lotfi U19
28 FW Mehdi Mohammad Yari U23
36 MF Amirhossein Eskandari U21
40 DF Roman Chachua
50 GK Arian Sohrabi U21
77 GK Maziar Nouri

Reserves

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

No. Position Player
3 DF Mohammad Amin Pournaghi U19
17 MF Amir Hossein Eskandari U21
18 MF Javad Aghaeipour U19
28 FW Mehdi Mohammad Yari U19
No. Position Player
35 MF Hadi Dadres U19
39 MF Reza Ashouri U21
50 GK Arian Sohrabi U21
80 FW Alireza Koushki U19

Season-by-season

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

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2005–06 2nd Division 5th 1/64 Final
2006–07 13th
2007–08 3rd 1/64 Final
2008–09 4th 1/64 Final
2009–10 2nd 1/16 Final Promoted
2010–11 Azadegan League 14th 1/16 Final Relegated
2011–12 2nd Division 10th First Round
2012–13 4th Did not Enter
2013–14 12th 1/32 Final
2014–15 2nd 1/64 Final
2015–16 1st 1/32 Finlal Promoted
2016–17 Azadegan League 2nd 1/16 Finlal Promoted
2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League 13th 1/16 Finlal

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References
  1. "ال گیلانو", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2019-06-28, retrieved 2019-07-09
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