Bam Khatoon F.C.

Bam Khatoon
باشگاه فوتبال زنان خاتون بم
Full nameBam Khatoon Women's Football Club
Founded1980 (1980) as Bam FC
StadiumFajr Stadium, Bam, Iran
Capacity8,000
Owner(s)Bam Khatoon Cultural, Sports, Economic Company (LLC)
ChairmanIman Farzin
Head coachMarziyeh Jafari
LeagueIranian Kowsar Women League
2024–25Iran Women's Premier League, 1st of 10

Bam Khatoon Women's Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال زنان خاتون بم, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Zenan-e Xatun Bem) formerly Shahrdari Bam, is an Iranian professional women's football club based in Bam which plays in the Iranian Kowsar Women League. It also qualified for the inaugural AFC Women's Champions League in 2023. The club is the most titled of the Iranian women's league, having won 11 championships.

History

Bam Khatoon F.C. was founded in 1980 and is based in Bam, Kerman Province, Iran. In May 2021, the club announced that they would take over Shahrdari Bam and rebranded the club as Bam Khatoon F.C. in line with an agreement with the municipality of Bam.[1][2]

Bam Khatoon Women's F.C. held the most crowded championship celebration in women's sports history in Iran, hosting around 30000 spectators in Bam in June 2022.[3][4]

Bam Khatoon F.C. is the first ever women's football club in Iran to be granted an the AFC Club Licence in 2023. The AFC professional club licence is mandatory to participate in the AFC Women's Champions League, since its inaugural edition in 2024.[5][6]

Honors

The club is the most titled of the Kowsar women's league, having won 11 championships as of 2025.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

  • Iran Women Football League
    • Winners (10): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
    • Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2020–21

Players

Current squad

As of 25 December 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRN Mahdiyeh Molaei
3 DF  IRN Soha Karamshahi
4 MF  IRN Roujin Tamrian
6 MF  IRN Zahra Sarbali
7 MF  IRN Fatemeh Geraeli *
8 DF  IRN Behnaz Taherkhani
9 MF  IRN Fatemeh Pasandideh *
10 FW  IRN Atefeh Ramezanizadeh * (captain)
11 MF  IRN Samaneh Chahkandi
12 GK  IRN Raha Yazdani
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW  IRN Fatemeh Amineh
15 FW  IRN Negin Zandi
17 DF  IRN Shahnaz Jafarizadeh
23 MF  IRN Mona Hamoudi *
24 FW  IRN Tahereh Pirouzi
54 GK  IRN Zahra Khajavi
70 FW  IRN Sara Didar
71 GK  IRN Arefeh Seyedkazemi
88 DF  IRN Sarshin Kamangar
99 MF  IRN Maryam Dini

*On 9 March 2026, Zahra Sarbali, Fatemeh Pasandideh, Atefeh Ramezanizadeh and Mona Hamoudi, along with Persepolis and former Bam forward Zahra Ghanbari, as members of the Iran women's national football team at the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup tournament in Australia, left the team's training camp in Australia and sought refuge due to fears of retaliation from Iranian authorities. The team had refused to sing the national anthem at the first game of the tournament, shortly after the beginning of the 2026 Iran war.[14] They were granted asylum on humanitarian visas in Australia.[15]

International friendlies

Bam Khatoon Women's F.C. is the only and first ever Iranian women's football team that held an International camp overseas. They lost against Tomiris Touran (Kazakhstan Women's Football Championship runner-up) and a 1–0 victory against BIIK Shymkent, Kazakhstan's champion in August 2022.[16][17]

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2022 AFC Women's Club Championship Group B Sogdiana Jizzakh 1–1 1–0 1–2
2023 Group B Sydney FC 3–0 4th
Incheon Red Angels 1–2
FC Nasaf 2–2
2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League Preliminary round Royal Thimphu College 1–2 1st
Kitchee 2–0
Group B Melbourne City 1–2 2nd
Kaya–Iloilo 1–1
College of Asian Scholars 2–1
Quarter-finals Incheon Red Angels 0–1
2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League Group B East Bengal 1–3 4th
Nasaf 1–0
Wuhan Jianghan 0–4

References

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  14. ^ "Five Iranian footballers defect from women's team in Australia as Trump offers asylum". The National. 9 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  15. ^ Watson, Katy (9 March 2026). "Five Iranian footballers granted Australian visas after anthem protest". BBC News. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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