Shahin Tehran Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال شاهین تهران, romanized: Shāhīn meaning Falcon), also spelled Shaahin or Shaheen, from 1973 to 1979 known as Shahbaz (Persian: شهباز, romanized: Shahbāz, meaning Shahbaz), is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran.
Shahin A.C. is located in the eastern part of Tehran in the Narmak neighborhood (Golestan Street).
In June 1942, Dr. Abbas Ekrami opened the poetry book Divan-e Hafez and saw the following line about Shahin (Falcon), after which he named the club Shahin, در هوا چند معلق زنی و جلوه کنی ای کبوتر نگران باش که شاهین آمد In the air, you will rotate a few times with glory; oh pigeon, be worried, Falcon is on its way.Ekrami founded the club with help of some young students[1][2] under the motto: اول اخلاق، دوم درس، سوم ورزش First ethics, second education, third sports.
Shahin produced many talented players like Parviz Dehdari, Masoud Boroumand, Homayoun Behzadi, Jafar Kashani, Hossein Kalani, Hamid Shirzadegan, Iraj Saeli, Mahmoud Sajjadi, Mohammad Hossein Ziaei, Ghasem Movafegh and many more that played for Team Melli.
These talents made Shahin popular in the 1960s but its very popularity was viewed as a threat by the Iran Football Federation and the Keihan Varzeshi newspaper (Iran's most important sports publication at the time).
[4] League attendance dropped and other clubs tried to sign Shahin players.
Although Shahin Tehran established in a new team under the name of Shahbaz, it was failed to get back its popularity again.
The club is one of the representatives of Isfahan Province in Takht Jamshid Cup national league.
The club is now owned by Pars Special Economic Energy Zone, based in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province and currently competes in the 2nd Division after being relegated from Azadegan League in 2013.
[clarification needed] Current Exuctive Director:Alireza Kushanfar The table below chronicles the achievements of Shahin in various competitions since 1965.