Parviz Ghelichkhani in Sydney..

[maij]

Perspolees Jan. This is the first link



National Team Profile (1964-1977)

Position: Defender
DOB: November 4, 1946
Caps: 64
First Cap: vs. East Germany October 6, 1964
Goals scored: 12
Olympic Games: Tokyo 1964, Munich 1972, Montreal 76
World Cup Qualifying: 8 games
Most Memorable Game: Iran vs Australia, 2 goals (WC Q - August 23, 1973)
Honors: Asian Cup Champion in 1968, 1972, 1976
Clubs: Taj, Persepolis, Pas, Oghab, Daraei, Shahbaz...

[maij]

Second link is a Perspolis Club fan site , the important part was the famous old players :

History
Establishment
Persepolis was established in 1963 by Ali Abdeh. At that time Persepolis Sports Club had a basketball, bowling and volleyball team. Abdeh had come to Iran from the United States and was a championship boxer. When the football club was established as well, it was quite weak, and participated in the 2nd division of the country. The best player on the team then was Mahmoud Khordbin. When Shahin FC was dissolved , a number of the Shahin players moved to Persepolis, thanks to Parviz Dehdari and Dr. Boroumand. The club had a friendly with Jam Abadan, (a respected team at the time), and afterwards the rest of the Shahin players joined Perspolis as well. Persepolis started the 1968 season with Parviz Dehdari as manager. That year no league competition was held, as many teams had been dissolved, so a 44 team tournament was held, and Persepolis, along with Pas, Taj, and Oghab finished top of the group.

Takht Jamshid Cup
In 1969, the Iran Universal factory was opened. The boss of the factory, Mahmoud Khayami was a big Shahin fan, and had a weak team. Ali Parvin played for that team at the time. Khayami who wanted to promote his new product, (Paykan), and improve his football team, entered into negotiations with Persepolis and was able to get all former Shahin players except for Aziz Asli to join his new team Paykan FC. Paykan FC won the championship that year, but the new players moved back to Persepolis after one year. Persepolis was able to win the first Takht Jamshid Cup in 1970, and won another two seasons later.

1979-89
When the Iranian Revolution took place, the club fell apart and many of the old players did not return. The club was taken over by the Unfortunate and War Amps Substratum (بنياد مستضعفان و جانبازان in Persian) and renamed into Azadi(freedom in Persian). After a brief period the substratum did not want the club anymore and it was placed under the responsibility of the Physical Education Department (سازمان تربيت بدني in Persian) of Iran and renamed Pirouzi(victory in Persian), although most fans still call the team by its original name, Persepolis.

Revitalization
The 1990s were a dream decade for the team, four league championships, Hazfi Cups, dozens of great players and renewed support saw the team regaining the form and spirit the team of the '60s and '70s had. At one point more then six Persepolis players were starters on Iran's national team.

The team first put itself back in the spotlight by winning the national championship in the 1995-96 season. At one point in that season they were 10 points behind Farhad Kazemi's Bahman, but were able to storm back and finish first, six points ahead of the league runner up. They were able to win the league again the next season, once again finishing ahead of the runner up by six more points. They were stopped by Korean side, Pohang Steelers in the semi-finals of the Asian Champions' Cup. Persepolis finished third, defeating Iraq's Al-Zawra in the 3rd place match.

The next season they showed good form again, but due to their commitments in the Asian Champions Cup' and the large number of national team players they had they withdrew from the league. The poor scheduling and mismanagement of both the IRIFF and AFC officials led to this unprofessional act. They could possibly have won a third league championship in a row, but it was not to be. Persepolis did not have much luck in the Asian Champion's cup either, as they were once again stopped in the semi-finals, this time by Chinese club, Dalian Wanda. They lost the 3rd place match as well to Al-Hilal.

The 1996-97 and 1997-98 Persepolis teams are considered by many to be among the greatest Iranian clubs to ever play. National team players and future superstars such as Ahmadreza Abedzadeh, Khodadad Azizi, Karim Bagheri, Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Mehrdad Minavand and many more were among the players who played for the club in those years.

After World Cup 1998, several of Persepolis' best players were transferred to European clubs, but Persepolis was able to keep a talented squad. Future national team members, Ali Karimi and Hamed Kavianpour would join the team at the time, dazzling many with their skill and flair during games. They won the 1998-99 championship as well as the Hazfi Cup that season. They also won the 1999-2000 league championship, finishing third again in the Asian Champions' Cup. This would be their last championship in the Azadegan League era.

Most of Persepolis' championships at the time were won while Ali Parvin was the manager, and Amir Ali Abedini was the chairmen. While they did help win many trophies for Persepolis, most agree that with the amount of talent they had, they should have won those trophies.


IPL era
Perspolis entered the newly established IPL looking to dominate once again, but near the end of the season they were in a very close race with their rival Esteghlal. Esteghlal's loss and Persepolis' win on the last day of the league, gave Persepolis another championship. Their 2001-02 season championship made them the first ever IPL champions. The next season though was the beginning of the fall of the team. The 2002-03 proved to be extremely difficult and Persepolis finished third, never managing to come close to eventual winners, Sepahan. They also fell apart in the newly created AFC Champions League, failing to advance out of the group stage.

When Akbar Ghamkhar took over as club chairman, he made a serious of promises, that he insisted would help the team gain its old form. He made the amount of player and staff salaries publicly known, severely angering Parvin who was making more than any of the players on the team. Ghamkhar hired Vinko Begović, and went on a spending spree, buying several prominent players. Persepolis strated off very well in the 2003-04 season but eventually fell apart, as rumors of team disharmony appeared. Begovic left the team and German manager Rainer Zobel was bought in. Many questioned if Zobel or Parvin was making the decisions, as Parvin had been bought back, taking the position of technical director. The 2004-05 was again filled with disappointment as the club finished 5th in the standings.

Ghamkhar was replaced with Hojatollah Khatib. He decided to bring back Parvin. At the same time Persepolis's major financial problems began to appear and Khatib was not able to repair or stall the damages Ghamkhar's free-spending had done. Persepolis finished the 2005-06 season 9th, the lowest it had ever placed. Parvin had left the club in February of 2006, vowing to never return to Persepolis again. He had decide to leave after a loss to Fajr Sepasi in Azadi Stadium, by a score of 4-2. After the game, the fans began swearing at Ali Parvin and the players.

Khatib resigned as chairman and Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard was elected chairman by the club council. Arie Haan was bought in as the replacement, helping the team make it to the Hazfi Cup final, but he was fired by the club just before the 2006-07 season began as he had problems with club management. Turkish manager Mustafa Denizli signed with the team on August 17, 2006.


Recent and future
Denizli was not able to help the club win the Hazfi Cup in 2006, a cup that the team needed to gain entry into the Asian Champion's League and to receive its financial benefits.

On September 19, 2006; the management of Persepolis FC and Azadegan League side Sorkhpooshan signed an agreement, establishing Sorkhpooshan as Persepolis' reserve team. Persepolis is now one of few clubs in Iranian football that has a functioning reserve team.

Despite the poor results over the past few seasons, Persepolis is loved by fans and is always a team that many look to win the league championship.
Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Persepolis FC every season, from 1991 to the present day.
Season League League Finishing
Position Hazfi Cup Asian Cup and Asian Cup Winners Cup 1991-1992 Azadegan League 3rd Cup 1992-1993 Azadegan League 2nd Asian Cup Winners Cup (Runner-up) 1993-1994 Azadegan League 2nd Asian Cup Winners Cup (Quarterfinal) 1994-1995 Azadegan League 4th 1995-1996 Azadegan League 1st (Champions) 1996-1997 Azadegan League 1st (Champions) Asian Cup(3rd) 1997-1998 Azadegan League Withdrew 2 Asian Cup(4th) 1998-1999 Azadegan League 1st (Champions) Cup 1999-2000 Azadegan League 1st (Champions) Asian Cup(3rd) 2000-2001 Azadegan League 2nd 1/8 Final Asian Cup(3rd) 2001-2002 Iran Premier League 1st (Champions) Quarterfinal 2002-2003 Iran Premier League 3rd 2nd(Group D) 2003-2004 Iran Premier League 5th 1/8 Final 2004-2005 Iran Premier League 4th 1/8 Final 2005-2006 Iran Premier League 9th Final Notes:
1.Due to the revolution and the Iran-Iraq War there was no major league competition in Iran. (1978-1989)
2.Persepolis withdrew due to international commitments.
Honors
League Championships: 8
1972,1973, 1975, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
Hazfi Cup: 3
1987, 1992, 1999
Asian Cup Winners Cup:
1990
Club chairmen

• Ali Abdeh
• Mostafa Makri
• Abbas Vakil
• Golijani
• Tabatabaei
• Abbas Ansarifard
• Amir Abedini
• Ali Mirzaei
• Ali Parvin
• Akbar Ghamkhar
• Hojatollah Khatib
• Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard, current Chairman
  

Club chairmen

• Parviz Dehdari
• Rajab Faramarzi
• Hossein Fekri
• Alain Rogers
• Homayon Behzadi
• Alain Rogers
• Homayon Behzadi
• Buick Vatankhah
• Ivan Kuonoev
• Mansour Amir Asefi
• Mehrab Shahrokhi
• Ali Parvin
• Masoud Moeini
• Ali Parvin
• Mohammad Panjali
• Ladislave Begovic
• Hamid Derakhshan
• Stanko Poklepović
• Hamid Derakhshan
• Ivan Matković
• Ali Parvin (Oct 1998 - 2003)
• Vinko Begović (2003 - 2004)
• Rainer Zobel (2004 - 2005)
• Ali Parvin (Jul 2005 - Feb 2006)
• Arie Haan (February 2006 - August 2006)
• Mustafa Denizli (August 2006 - present)

2006/2007 Squad
No. Position

Player

No. Position

Player

2 DF Masoud Zarei 17 MF Farzad Ashoobi 3 DF Abolfazl Hajizadeh 18 MF Pejman Nouri 5 DF Robert Caha 19 FW Louay Salah Hassan 6 DF Karim Bagheri (captain) 20 MF Davoud Seyed Abbasi 7 MF Mohammad Parvin 21 MF Ebrahim Assadi 8 MF Hossein Badamaki 22 GK Alireza Haghighi 10 MF Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 24 FW Dariush Rezaiyan 11 FW Mehrzad Madanchi 25 DF Jacques Elong Elong 12 FW Faraz Fatemi 26 MF Nima Ghavidel 13 DF Sheys Rezaei 30 GK Farshid Karimi 14 FW Ehsan Khorsandi 31 GK Mehdi Vaezi 15 MF Mohammad Reza Mamani 33 FW Mehrdad Oladi Players on loan:
GK Mohammad Mohammadi (on loan to Paykan Tehran FC)
FW Javad Kazemian (on loan to Al Shaab)


Squad changes during 2006/07 season

In:

• Farzad Ashoobi - From Oghab FC
• Hossein Badamaki - From Abu Muslem
• Faraz Fatemi - From Zob Ahan FC
• Nima Ghavidel - From Niroye Zamini FC
• Louay Salah Hassan - From Al Quwa Al Jawiya
• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht - From Esteghlal FC
• Mehrdad Oladi - From Al-Shabbab
• Dariush Rezaiyan - From Sanat Naft FC
• Mehdi Vaezi - From Paykan FC
• Masoud Zarei - From Saba Battery

Out:

• Ali Alizadeh - Fired then To Esteghlal FC
• Ali Ansarian - Fired then To Esteghlal FC
• Tores Antonio
• Ardalan Ashtiani - To Homa FC
• Roben Carlos
• Rafael Edereho
• Sohrab Entezari - Fired then To Rah Ahan FC
• Davoud Fanaei - Fired then To Sanaye Arak
• Meghdad Ghobakhlou - Fired then To Malavan
• Hamed Kavianpour - Fired then To Kayserispor
• Javad Kazemian - on loan to Al Shaab
• Reza Niknazar - Fired then To Malavan
• Behrouz Rahbarifard - Fired

Famous players:

• Ahmadreza Abedzadeh
• Ali Ansarian
• Mostafa Arab
• Zia Arabshahi
• Khodadad Azizi
• Karim Bagheri
• Homayoun Behzadi
• Edmond Bezik
• Ali Daei
• Hamid Derakhshan
• Jacques Elong Elong
• Hamid Reza Estili
• Parviz Ghelichkhani

• Yahya Golmohammadi
• Mehdi Hasheminasab
• Safar Iranpak
• Hossein Kalani
• Ali Karimi
• Hamed Kavianpour
• Mohammad Khakpour
• Mahmoud Khordbin
• Mehdi Mahdavikia
• Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
• Mehrdad Minavand
• Nader Mohammadkhani
• Nasser Mohammadkhani

• Mojtaba Moharrami
• Mohammad Panjali
• Ali Parvin
• Afshin Peyrovani
• Farshad Pious
• Behrouz Rahbarifard
• Majid Sabzi
• Naeem Saadavi
• Reza Shahroudi
• Mehrab Shahrokhi
• Issa Traoure
• Alain Vittel
• Bijan Zolfagharnasab

[zzgloo]

maij e aziz......you are very resoursful...and God bless you...
may be you can shed some light to a question I have had for a long time,( May be 35 years ).....
What was the story, between, the Ghalich-Khani , Lavasani ,combination with Shah's "" SAVAK "" ?....do you know ?

[perspolees]

I had pictures of Parviz in Perspolis jersey in my collections of Donye Varzesh. That I am pretty certain of. Unfortunately my huge collection of that magazine & Kayhan varzeshi , dissapeard in thin air when I went To England for my studies , never to be seen again.

Remember , we are talking about 3 decades ago such a long time , you could be right in the sense that he did not play , although Iraj Danaeifard says clearly "Despite his services" which means he played , else what services he is referring to?

I have no doubt that Parviz Ghleechkhani joined Perspolis , now since you said that he did not play , I will dig further.

As for Rahimipour , ( I remember him very well , his photos were published in each edition of Donyae Varzesh !) he only played 2 official matches for Team Melli , and in both of these matches, Parviz was also playing. I doubt that he would make such a grand statement for two matches!

But , I still give you the benefit of the doubt and will dig further about Parviz actually playing for PP. BUT...HE joined Perspolis , without a shadow of doubt. the question remains whether he actually played.

Thanks.

I am sorry Maijjan. I respect your resourcefullness but on this one the whole ghelichkhani with persepolis is a product of a resource quoting the other by mistake. Sardar never suited up for persepolis. Before he left Iran there were rumors of him signing but he bnever played for persepolis. that I am pretty certain. I will try to ask Hossein Kalani , Hajrahimipoor or soltan and will get back to you guys on that for certain but these references that you have given are based on the writings of one or two not much resourcethe writers copying off of each other.

Same example with wikepedia like nokhodijan mentioned...

being a physician and into research I believe in two things, one is that you never say never and two is that you get into the habbit of factual resources. On this one with all due respect none of the sources are factful, they are at best hear say..

I have had ALL persepolis players pictures as a kid and then a teenager in an album, No sardar trust me on that. I take it that you would believe me as the most hard corest fan on earth for persepolis when I tell you that I Sardar never suited up for us..would have been an honor but he did not...Like I said I will try to ask those guys and get back with you, ....I may be wrong

[perspolees]

maij e aziz......you are very resoursful...and God bless you...
may be you can shed some light to a question I have had for a long time,( May be 35 years ).....
What was the story, between, the Ghalich-Khani , Lavasani ,combination with Shah's "" SAVAK "" ?....do you know ?

ghelichkhani was linked to leftist groups in Iran mainly golesorkhi and jazani fan...tho he never picked up arm or went all out against teh shah but he had remarks in support of golesorkhi and criticism on shah's regime and lack of democracy...That sort of deraledhis career end activities and he left Iran a year or two before th erevolution I believe.

[Mansoor]

I am the eyewitness to Ghelichkhani playing for Perspolis. I saw him myself at the end of his career playing for Perspolis several times. I was there watching him play in Amjadieh. I can still close my eyes and see him with red shirt, while short sleeve, and a white short shorts! It was such an unusual seen seeing him with that shirt when I saw him the first time.

I am also eyewitness to Ghelich's 2 magnificent scores against Australia. He also hit the side bar once more with his shot. Too bad his efforts to pull an absolute miracle against that Australia team went wasted but I would never forget those goals, that long shot by him had the crowd going.

[kaz]

Ghelichkhani played for Esteghlal and, in the end, Persepolis.

I didn't go but 2 of my uncles had lunch with him.

[Ali Chicago]

I am the eyewitness to Ghelichkhani playing for Perspolis. I saw him myself at the end of his career playing for Perspolis several times. I was there watching him play in Amjadieh. I can still close my eyes and see him with red shirt, while short sleeve, and a white short shorts! It was such an unusual seen seeing him with that shirt when I saw him the first time.
I am also eyewitness to Ghelich's 2 magnificent scores against Australia. He also hit the side bar once more with his shot. Too bad his efforts to pull an absolute miracle against that Australia team went wasted but I would never forget those goals, that long shot by him had the crowd going.

Guess with this eye witness testimony, we can close the files on this issue.

[Nokhodi]

I have no re-collection of Parviz Ghleechkhani playing in USA. I was a contributor to NASL book and I could not find any reference to this.

Any documents of references will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

He never did play in NASL. Someone had vandalized the Ghelichkhani page and added that.

[zzgloo]

ghelichkhani was linked to leftist groups in Iran mainly golesorkhi and jazani fan...tho he never picked up arm or went all out against teh shah but he had remarks in support of golesorkhi and criticism on shah's regime and lack of democracy...That sort of deraledhis career end activities and he left Iran a year or two before th erevolution I believe.

Thanks, I had guessed it to be something like that.......that even makes me to like him more.................

[perspolees]

I am the eyewitness to Ghelichkhani playing for Perspolis. I saw him myself at the end of his career playing for Perspolis several times. I was there watching him play in Amjadieh. I can still close my eyes and see him with red shirt, while short sleeve, and a white short shorts! It was such an unusual seen seeing him with that shirt when I saw him the first time.
I am also eyewitness to Ghelich's 2 magnificent scores against Australia. He also hit the side bar once more with his shot. Too bad his efforts to pull an absolute miracle against that Australia team went wasted but I would never forget those goals, that long shot by him had the crowd going.

mansoorjan I respect your wit but sardar never suited up for us, those were pictures in your mind with rumors out there of him joining us in the end...
every single game of persepolis in amjadieh yours truly was there...sardar wasnt
He played for Iran against Australia with two goals as you mentioned but that was 74 qualifiers I believe was in 73..

[maij]

maij e aziz......you are very resoursful...and God bless you...
may be you can shed some light to a question I have had for a long time,( May be 35 years ).....
What was the story, between, the Ghalich-Khani , Lavasani ,combination with Shah's "" SAVAK "" ?....do you know ?

I must admit , at that sort of age , I was not very interested in politics but I believe that he was a member of or supporter of a leftist group. I recall seeing him being interviewed on Iran TV and admitting his guilt (...the usual Iranian style propaganda) ... I think he was also jailed for airing his views.

[maij]

I am sorry Maijjan. I respect your resourcefullness but on this one the whole ghelichkhani with persepolis is a product of a resource quoting the other by mistake. Sardar never suited up for persepolis. Before he left Iran there were rumors of him signing but he bnever played for persepolis. that I am pretty certain. I will try to ask Hossein Kalani , Hajrahimipoor or soltan and will get back to you guys on that for certain but these references that you have given are based on the writings of one or two not much resourcethe writers copying off of each other.

Same example with wikepedia like nokhodijan mentioned...

being a physician and into research I believe in two things, one is that you never say never and two is that you get into the habbit of factual resources. On this one with all due respect none of the sources are factful, they are at best hear say..

I have had ALL persepolis players pictures as a kid and then a teenager in an album, No sardar trust me on that. I take it that you would believe me as the most hard corest fan on earth for persepolis when I tell you that I Sardar never suited up for us..would have been an honor but he did not...Like I said I will try to ask those guys and get back with you, ....I may be wrong

Aghaye Doctor , Like I said earlier , At this age trying to remember things exactly is of a tall order. I remember Ghleech playing for Perspolis due to two main reasons, One I was a die-hard supporter of him and Taj
two: Ghleech was among the very few players who swapped team , from Taj to Perspolis the only other one who did that was Javad Allahverdi.

However since you questioned that , I still had my doubts until Agha Mansoor confirmed it as an eyewitness. But you are still sure that he did not play for Perspolis , so I will try to find a conclusive evidence.

I might actually call the man!

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[Nokhodi]

SBS interview with Ghelichkani:
Part 1: http://203.15.102.143:8080/ramgen/ra...-071201-9d0.rm
Part 2:http://203.15.102.143:8080/ramgen/ra...-071204-724.rm

He mentions playing for Persepolis and San Jose.
He sounds exactly like my uncle. It freaks me out.

[Masoud_A]

mansoorjan I respect your wit but sardar never suited up for us, those were pictures in your mind with rumors out there of him joining us in the end...
every single game of persepolis in amjadieh yours truly was there...sardar wasnt
He played for Iran against Australia with two goals as you mentioned but that was 74 qualifiers I believe was in 73..

Aghaie Perspolees everyone knows Glichkhani played for PP, its a known fact man.