After two years!

Mohammadali Najib

After two years!

After a two-year absence, the Malavan women’s football team has returned to Anzali city under new ownership. In 2016, a controversy erupted among Malavan fans when the club’s CEO remarked , “We have many mouths to feed. When a storm-lashed ship is sinking, it starts unloading extra burdens.” This statement was widely criticized for being sexist, undermining women’s capabilities in playing football on par with men. However, now the team is back, and many former players have returned to Anzali city to support their team.

بعد از دو سال!

در سال 2016، پس از آن که مدیرعامل باشگاه ملاوان گفت: “ما دهان های زیادی برای تغذیه داریم. وقتی کشتی طوفان زده در حال غرق شدن است، شروع به تخلیه بار اضافی می کند، بحث و جدل در میان هواداران ملوان بالا گرفت.” این بیانیه به طور گسترده به عنوان جنسیت گرایی تلقی می شد و توانایی زنان را برای انجام این ورزش برابر با مردان، ناچیز می دانست. اما پس از دو سال غیبت، تیم بانوان ملوان با مالکی جدید بازگشته است. بسیاری از بازیکنان سابق به انزلی بازگشته اند تا تیم خود را همراهی کنند.

after exercise of Malavan team, local children play in the pitch.

Malavan team's logo

The Malavan Women Football Team do not provide players with changing rooms so they ought to change their clothes next to their cars or in the exercise field.

Maryam Irandoost, the head coach of Malavan Women Football Team, is delivering speech in the first exercise session after two years of team inactivity.

One of the players of Malavan Women Football Team packing her equipment with her mother after the first exercise session of this team.

some boys, watching the first exercise session of Malavan Women Football Team.

The first exercise session of Malavan Women Football Team after two years of the team inactivity.

Maryam Irandoost, the head coach of Malavan Women Football Team, is delivering speech in the first exercise session after two years of team inactivity.

A view of the Malavan Women Football Team substitute bench in exercise field of this team in the first exercise session after two years of the team inactivity.

A view of the entering gate of the exercise field of Malavan Women Football Team.

A man standing outside the exercise field, watching the first exercise session of Malavan Women Football Team. Photo: Mohammad Ali Najib

Player’s equipment and backpacks of Malavan Women Football Team is seen next to the exercise field of this team.

The first exercise session of Malavan Women Football Team after two years of the team inactivity.