Persepolis Weightlifting Team

Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club

Full name	Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club
Nicknames	Red army
Founded	1963 (1942 as Shahin)
Based in	Tehran, Iran
Colors	Red
President	Ali Akbar Taheri
Website	Official website

Departments of Persepolis
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Handball
Taekwondo	Swimming	Weightlifting
Futsal (Men's)	Futsal (Women's)	Volleyball
Wheelchair basketball	Judo	Athletics
Wrestling	Goalball	Chess

Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club (Persian:باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس تهران) is an Iranian multisport club based in Tehran, Iran. It was established by Ali Abdo. The club is most known for its football team, Persepolis F.C. which competes in the Iran Pro League. It also fields teams in Futsal, Taekwondo, Volleyball, and Wrestling. Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club also owns and operates Persepolis University, Persepolis TV and Radio, Persepolis Energy Drink and Persepolis Restaurants.

Shahin was established in 1942 by Dr. Abbas Ekrami, a teacher. Ekrami founded the club with help of some young students under the 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). The conflict between them became worse and on 9 July 1967, two days after Shahin's 3–0 win against Tehranjavan F.C., the Iran Sports Organization declared Shahin F.C. as dissolved. League attendance dropped and other clubs including Pas, Rah Ahan, and Oghab tried to sign Shahin players.

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