Bargh Shiraz F.C.

Establishment

In 1946, a group of youngsters decided to create a football club. For the first few years the team always had financial problems. For a brief period the club was sponsored by the city council, but after a couple of years the team's current sponsor, Shiraz Electrical Company, came along. Bargh Shiraz club was documented as the oldest Iranian football club and one of the oldest football clubs in Asia.

Success

Bargh's success was limited. The club has struggled at times, and over the years has had spells in the lower divisions. The club's highest honor was winning the Hazfi Cup in 1997. They had always been in the mid-table or avoiding relegation in recent years. The 2007–08 season was their best season, as they finished 7th in the league. But they were relegated in the 2008–09 season when they changed coaches three times.

Dark years

In the 2011–12 Azadegan League season, Bargh experienced a poor season while the organization had a huge conflict over who should take authority over the club (normally, Iranian Ministry of Power and Electricity-Fars). In this year, the club's legal owner organization declined to continue sponsoring the club. Consequently, two volunteer businessmen took responsibility for the football team and brought about the darkest year in the club's history ever. The football team was relegated to the second division. In 2012, the new owner of the club (Hosein Farsi) exchanged the legitimacy of the club with another…