Simorgh Alborz F.C.
Simorgh Alborz or Alborz Phoenixes Mazar is a football team in Afghanistan. They play in the Afghan Premier League. It was founded in August 2012 by the creation of the Afghan Premier League and its players have been chosen through a casting-show called Maidon-E-Sabz. Based in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the club represents the provinces of Balkh, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Jowzjan, and Faryab in the northwestern region of Afghanistan.
They have claimed both Runners Up positions in the two years of the Afghan Premier League, losing 2–1 to Toofan and 3–1 to Shaheen.
The club is named after the mythical creature Simorgh – a large, graceful, winged bird – and the sacred mountain Alborz, both famous elements of ancient Persian mythology, referred to in many famous poems and, according to legend, linked to the region around Balkh and Samangan. Likewise, the Simorgh Alborz football team represents north and northwestern Afghanistan, including the historical region of Balkh.
