[custom_adv] Also spelled Perspolis, is a Persian Gulf Pro League professional football club based. Persepolis F.C. was founded in 1963 and has been in the first division of football since 1968. Persepolis had also three teams in Bowling, Basketball and Volleyball in its first years of establishment. Persepolis F.C. is the football club of themultisport Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club. [custom_adv] The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran derby which is regarded as the biggest in Asia with arch rivals Esteghlal, a match that is always closely followed by footballfans.According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football club in Asia. Only Dalian Shide and Al-Hilal come anywhere near to having such a huge amount of support in Asia. [custom_adv] Persepolis is the most successful football with the record of 9 titles domestic football league as well as 5 domestic cup titles. Persepolis has also won an Asian Cup Winners' Cup. [custom_adv] Persepolis captain Jalal Hosseini has led by example throughout their AFC Champions League campaign, marshaling a defence that conceded just three times in the group stage to advance to the last 16. The 36-year-old has since proven that his contribution is not limited to keeping things tight at the back. [custom_adv] The defender’s late strike in the second leg of the Round of 16 against Al Jazira earned Persepolis an away-goals triumph, before he added another crucial goal in the quarter-finals against Al Duhail to start a stunning comeback from 2-0 down to win 3-2. [custom_adv] The 26-year-old goalkeeper rose to global fame last summer when he produced an incredible save to deny Cristiano Ronaldo from the spot in Iran’s 1-1 draw with Portugal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [custom_adv] But followers Asian football will have already been familiar with Beiranvand who was part of the Naft Tehran side that reached the 2015 AFC Champions League Round of 16.
