Football Federation Warns Three Iran Premier League Clubs

The Football Federation has given Esteghlal Tehran, Tractor and Aluminium Arak until the first week of Aban to submit audited financial statements, and said the deadline will not be extended.

The Football Federation gave a deadline to the three clubs Esteghlal Tehran, Tractor and Aluminum Arak to submit audited financial statements until the first week of November and announced that this opportunity will not be extended.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the club licensing management of the Football Federation, in its announcement number 2, gave three clubs Esteghlal Tehran, Tractor and Aluminum Arak a deadline until the first week of November to submit audited financial statements and emphasized that this deadline will not be extended.

In line with the implementation of the requirements of the club licensing regulation and following correspondence with the clubs of the Premier Football League of Iran, the submission of audited financial statements and the comparative report of paragraph F.06 (budget forecast) and compliance with Yashgah's annual financial statement are among the necessary documents in the evaluation process of the 2025-2026 licensing cycle.

Also, according to Article 12 of the Club Licensing Regulations, the license applicant must only be a football club, or in other words, a legal entity that is fully responsible for a football team participating in national and international competitions.

According to Article 20, F.01 of the 2026 Update Club Licensing Regulations, if the men's and women's football teams are part of the same legal entity or the same reporting scope, the license applicant must identify and submit at least a separate profit and loss statement to identify the income and expenses related to each of the football teams.

Until the time of writing this notice, the audited financial statements of 9 Khuzestan Steel Clubs, Sepahan, Pikan, Golghar Sirjan, Nasaji Mazandaran, Melvan Bandar Anzali, Zob Ahn Isfahan, Shams Azer Qazvin and Chadormello Ardakan have been sent to this management. Also, five clubs Esteghlal Khuzestan, Sanat Naft Abadan, Khyber Khorramabad, Fajar Sepasi and Persepolis have sent a letter and asked for a deadline to submit this document until the end of October.

Regarding Tehran's Esteghlal, Tractor and Aluminum Arak clubs, according to the deadline extension request, the final deadline for sending the documents has been set until the first week of November. It is emphasized that this deadline is intended to provide enough time to complete the considered documents and it will not be possible to extend it again; And the documents will be carefully reviewed and evaluated by the experienced financial experts of this management, and the delay in providing the documents will cause problems for the timely implementation of the club's licensing process.

Also, due to the non-action of Mes Shahr Babak Club by the deadline, a preliminary warning has been sent to this club.

The club licensing management of the Football Federation, while emphasizing the necessity of meeting the announced deadlines, requests all eligible clubs to submit complete and timely documents. The responsibility for the delay in the submission of documents and its consequences in the club license evaluation process will be the responsibility of the respective club.