The Saipa Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hasan Pourhamidi keeps Saipa in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Tractor tell Saipa: Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ali Dehghan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ali Dehghan and Saipa agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Saipa
Ali Dehghan and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Saipa
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market3 Aug 2026
Saipa promote Mehdi Vafaei from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mehdi Vafaei has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 Aug 2026
Saeid Jahanbakhsh steps up from the Saipa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Saeid Jahanbakhsh has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market3 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kaveh Khodadad joins the Saipa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kaveh Khodadad is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market3 Aug 2026
Saipa promote Ehsan Karimi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ehsan Karimi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Mehdi Abdi falls out with a teammate over standards
- Transfer targets Saipa try to borrow Ashkan Rezaeian
- Match Reza Mirzaeian rescues a point for Saipa