Miscellaneous
Persepolis and banned from the AFC Champions League but why? The AFC Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. Persepolis Football Club is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. Esteghlal Tehran Football Club, commonly known as Esteghlal, is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1945 as Docharkheh Savaran and previously known as Taj Tehran Football Club between 1949 and 1979. The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran is the governing body for football in Iran. It was founded in 1947, and has been a member of FIFA since 1948. It is also a member of the Asian Footbal9l Confederation. The FFIRI is responsible for organizing the Iranian national football team.