Establishment In 1988, a group of youngsters, who were from
Shiraz along with Jafar Jafari, established a
football team named
Behzad. They started playing in the 2nd division of Shiraz's local city league. After the death of Majid Sepasi during the
Iran–Iraq War, the team was renamed in
Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club.
Shahid means
martyr in
Persian. The club was officially founded on 11 February 1988, the day of the
Islamic revolution. In 1991 the club had been bought by
Sepah Pasdaran completely.
1990s In 1995 they became champions of
Fars province, and in 1996 were promoted to the
Azadegan League. The club has remained in the highest level of
Iranian football since then, and won the
Hazfi Cup in 2001.
Takeover In December 2006
Sepah Pasdaran sold its shares in sport to
Basij, therefore all Fajr teams were renamed to
Moghavemat teams. Fajr Sepasi are now officially known as
Moghavemat Shahid Sepasi Shiraz, although the name is not in common use yet. Jafar Jafari is the club's chairman since the establishment of the club in 1988. They kept the coach
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani till 2009 where he was appointed as Iran's olympics team head coach and had to leave the club so Peyrovani left the club after 10 years being in charge and he was finished his last season in mid table and was replaced by
Davoud Mahabadi and after poor results he was replaced by
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh and got relegated in the first season without Peyrovani. In 2010 for the first time in the club's history, the team was relegated to the
Azadegan League for the 2010–2011 season. Fajr rebounded gaining promotion to the
Iran Pro League in 2011.
Azadegan League At the end of the 2013–14 season Fajr Sepasi finished 14th and was relegated to the
Azadegan League. In their first season back in the second tier Fajr finished 14th and missed out on promotion. ==Shiraz Derby==