Shahin Bushehr F.C.

Shahin Bushehr

Full name	Shahin Bushehr Football Club
Nickname(s)	Hawk
Founded	1 May 1942; 82 years ago (1942-05-01) as Khalij
Ground	Shahid Mahdavi Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Alireza Nemati
Manager	Mehdi Ghanbari
League	League 2 (Iran)
2023–24	League 2 (Iran), 14th (relegated)
Website	https://www.instagram.com/shahinbushehr_official/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Shahin Lian Shahrdari Bushehr Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال شاهین شهرداری بوشهر, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Shahin Shiherdari-ye Bushiher)^[1] is an Iranian football club based in Bushehr, Iran. They are one of the most historical football clubs in Iran and hold home games at Shahid Mahdavi Stadium.^[2]

Shahin F.C. was established in 1942 by Dr Abbas Ekrami, a teacher.^{[citation needed]}

Ekrami founded the club with help of some young students under the motto

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

— Shahin F.C. Motto

Shahin produced many talented players like Parviz Dehdari, Masoud Boroumand, Homayoun Behzadi, Jafar Kashani, Hossein Kalani, Hamid Shirzadegan, 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 including Pas, Rah Ahan, and Oghab tried to sign Shahin players.

Shahin Bushehr was established in 1950 with the name of Khalije Bushehr.

After years of history and competing in different levels of the Iranian football league system, including a 1994–95 appearance in the top division and several years in the second level, 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.

The club achieved promotion to the Iran Pro League after a 3–2 aggregate playoff victory against Tabriz's Shahrari Tabriz, joining Tractor Sazi in the 2009–2010 edition of the Iran Pro League.

In the 2011–12 season, the Shahin were finalists in the Hazfi Cup but lost to Esteghlal, in the same season the team was relegated to the Azadegan League. Shahin's downward trend continued the following year as they were relegated to the 2nd Division. They again were relegated in 2014, this time to the 3rd Division.

Following a take over by the municipality in the summer of 2015, the club was renamed to Shahin Shahrdari Bushehr and bought the rights of Bahman Shiraz in the 2nd Division. After this takeover Shahin became one of the favourites to be promoted to the Azadegan League. Shahin started the 2015–16 well and advanced to the final group phase, however Shahin finished fourth in Group A and missed out on promotion by four points.

The common home kit includes a white shirt, black shorts, and white socks. Red and Yellow colours are also seen in the kit. The away kit of the club is commonly with a red background.

The club currently plays its home games at Bushehr's Shahid Beheshti Stadium with a 15,000 capacity.

As of July 29, 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 3 DF  IRN Morteza Gholamalitabar 4 DF  GEO Luka Gadrani U23 5 DF  IRN Behrooz Norouzifard 8 MF  IRN Milad Shabanlou U25 9 MF  IRN Salman Bahrani 10 FW  IRN Bahman Salari 12 GK  IRN Mohammad Hossein Houpanah U21 13 MF  IRN Meysam Doraghi 14 MF  IRN Amirhossein Mousazadeh 16 DF  IRN Ali Raeisi U23 17 MF  IRN Mostafa Ahmadi 18 MF  IRN Yousef Sabri U23 19 DF  IRN Alireza Ebrahimi U21

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  IRN Danial Momeni U21 25 GK  GEO Maksime Kvilitaia 29 MF  IRN Shahab Karami 32 FW  IRN Milad Saremi 37 FW  IRN Esmaeil Sharifat 40 DF  IRN Hassan Najafi 66 MF  IRN Mohammad Shakibkhou U19 68 MF  IRN Mohammad Soltani Mehr U21 70 MF  IRN Amin Mashayekh 71 DF  IRN Sajjad Moshkelpour 76 MF  IRN Reza Dehghan U23 88 MF  IRN Hamed Mahmoudi — DF  IRN Ali Akbar Heydarnia

Name	Nat	From	To
Rasoul Hasanpour		29 September 1974	5 September 1994
Ahmad Tourani		5 September 1994	3 January 1995
Hamid Kololi Fard		3 January 1995	4 February 2006
Reza Vatankhah		1 March 2006	1 November 2006
Naeim Saadavi		1 November 2006	17 February 2007
Hamid Kololi Fard		17 February 2007	14 May 2007
Naeim Saadavi		5 June 2007	29 November 2007
Nosrat Irandoost		2 December 2007	30 May 2008
Hamid Kololi Fard		1 June 2008	1 September 2009
Mahmoud Yavari		1 September 2009	14 May 2010
Hamid Estili		16 June 2010	6 April 2011
Akbar Misaghian*		6 April 2011	22 June 2011
Hamid Derakhshan		22 June 2011	5 October 2011
Firouz Karimi		6 October 2011	6 February 2012
Hamid Derakhshan		13 February 2012	3 April 2012
Asghar Kamyab*		3 April 2012	18 July 2012
Hamid Kololi Fard		18 July 2012	11 November 2012
Ali Hanteh		11 November 2012	20 November 2012
Masoud Palizdan		20 November 2012	21 July 2013
Mehdi Ghanbari		21 July 2013	31 December 2013
Abdolreza Baziyari		31 December 2013	4 September 2015
Asghar Kamyab		4 September 2015	1 September 2016
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh		1 September 2016	22 December 2017
Mehdi Pashazadeh		1 January 2018	21 June 2018
Mahmoud Fekri		28 June 2018	30 January 2019
Abdollah Veisi		4 February 2019	10 October 2019
Mehrdad Karimian*		10 October 2019	11 November 2019
Mišo Krstičević		12 November 2019	Present

• * = Caretaker

• Alireza Nemati
• Mohammad Dameshghi
• Hossein Bastin
• Vahid Vaezi

The table below chronicles the achievements of Shahin Bushehr in various competitions since 1993.

• Official website (archived 3 July 2011)