Saipa F.C.
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| Full name | Saipa Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | خودروسازان (car makers) نارنجی ها (oranges) |
| Founded | 1 February 1989; 28 year ago |
| Ground | Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium |
| Capacity | 8,250 |
| Owner | SAIPA |
| Chairman | Reza Darvish |
| Manager | Hossein Faraki |
| League | Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 2015–16 | Persian Gulf Pro League, 8th |
| Website | Club home page |
Saipa Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال سايپا) is a football club from Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran which plays in Tehran, Iran. The team is owned by SAIPA, an Iranian automobile manufacturer. The team has never had a large fanbase, despite some success. It is known to have one of the best youth academies in Iranian football and regularly promote academy players to the first team.
In the 2006–07 under the guidance of Ali Daei won their only Iran Pro League title. Saipa has also won the Azadegan League twice and the Hazfi Cup one time.
Saipa is the football club of the multisport Saipa Cultural and Athletic Corporation.
In 1989, SAIPA Company decided to start its own football team. They purchased a team playing in the 4th division of Tehran's city league, and renamed it Saipa F.C. After back to back promotions starting in the first year, the Karaj based club was playing in the 2nd division by 1991. That same year they purchased the Shipping Department team's shares, and participated in the 1st division of Tehran's local league. In that year they won the Tehran city championship as well as the Tehran Super Cup, thus attaining the right to play in Iran's top league at the time, the Azadegan League.
In their first year in the Azadegan League they won the championship, as well as the Hazfi Cup. They also won the league championship again in 1994 marking an incredible first five years for the club in Iranian football. Things turned to the worse though, as the team was shockingly relegated into the 2nd division in 1995, only to bounce back the next year. Since their second promotion to the top tier, the club has been a constant mid table outfit, and has often starred some of the country's most well known players.
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