Fixtures

Iraani 1. divisjon 04/21 14:30 28 Pars Jonoubi Jam vs SaiPa FC - View
Iraani karikas 04/26 15:00 4 Malavan vs SaiPa FC - View
Iraani 1. divisjon 05/02 13:30 29 SaiPa FC vs Chadormalu SC - View
Iraani 1. divisjon 05/08 14:00 30 Mes Soongoun Varzaghan vs SaiPa FC - View

Results

Iraani 1. divisjon 04/15 13:30 27 [5] Saipa Karaj v Kheybar Khorramabad [1] W 1-0
Iraani 1. divisjon 04/06 16:00 26 [11] Mes Shahr-e Babak v Saipa Karaj [5] L 2-1
Iraani 1. divisjon 03/27 15:45 25 [5] Saipa Karaj v Shahrdari Astara [15] L 0-1
Iraani 1. divisjon 03/16 15:30 24 [8] Ario Eslamshahr v Saipa Karaj [5] L 2-0
Iraani 1. divisjon 03/10 12:15 23 SaiPa FC v Shahin Bandar Ameri D 1-1
Iraani 1. divisjon 03/10 12:15 23 SaiPa FC v Khalij Fars Mahshahr - View
Iraani 1. divisjon 03/05 12:00 22 Esteghlal Molasani v Saipa Karaj D 1-1
Iraani 1. divisjon 02/27 11:30 21 [5] Saipa Karaj v Mes Kerman [7] D 0-0
Iraani 1. divisjon 02/20 11:15 20 Fajr Shahid Sepasi v Saipa Karaj D 1-1
Iraani 1. divisjon 02/14 11:30 19 [5] Saipa Karaj v Khosheh Talaei [15] W 1-0
Iraani karikas 02/08 11:00 5 Saipa Karaj v Pars Jonoubi Jam W 1-0
Iraani 1. divisjon 02/02 11:00 18 [16] FC Darya Babol v Saipa Karaj [5] W 0-2

Statistika

 TotalKodusVõõrsil
Matches played 32 18 14
Wins 15 12 3
Draws 8 3 5
Losses 9 3 6
Goals for 34 22 12
Goals against 21 5 16
Clean sheets 17 13 4
Failed to score 10 5 5

Wikipedia - Saipa F.C.

Saipa Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال سايپا, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Saipa) is a football club from Tehran, Iran. The team is owned by SAIPA, an Iranian automobile manufacturer. The team has never had a large fanbase. In the 2006–07 season, under the guidance of Ali Daei, Saipa won their only Persian Gulf Cup title. Saipa has also won the Azadegan League twice and the Hazfi Cup once. Saipa is the football club of the multisport Saipa Cultural and Athletic Corporation.

History

Team training in February 2019

Early days

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.

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. The team was relegated into the second division in 1995, but were promoted again in the following year. Since their second promotion to the top tier, the club has remained in the middle of the league table.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Ali Daei era

By 2001, the club's on-field performance remained stable, occupying mid-table position most years. Shortly following Iranian goalkeeper Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh's retirement, he was linked with the head coaching job at Saipa. It never materialized, but the club signed another Iranian, Ali Daei in a move from Saba Battery. The club had finished third in the previous season and now, with Werner Lorant as a coach, the team aimed to work for the title. Shortly after the season began though, Littbarski was fired and Ali Daei took on the role of player/coach. Daei scored the winner in the title winning game. Daei extended his contract, this time as a full-time coach. He was appointed head coach of the national team but kept his role at Saipa until the end of the season.

Return to mid-table and relocation to Tehran

Following the title winning year which saw the team play in the AFC Champions League, Saipa turned back into the mid-table places of the league again. Before the start of the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League season Saipa announced they had moved their home city from Karaj to nearby Tehran.