Persepolis Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس‎, Persian pronunciation: [peɾsˈpoliːs]), also spelled Perspolis, is a Persian Gulf Pro League professional football club based in Tehran, Iran. Persepolis F.C. was founded in 1963 and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. Persepolis had also three teams in Bowling, Basketball and Volleyball in its first years of establishment. Persepolis F.C.