Simorgh Alborz

Full name	Simorgh Alborz
Nickname	Alborz Phoenixes Mazar
Founded	2012; 14 years ago (2012)
Ground	Balkh Ground, Mazar-i-Sharif
Head coach	Abdul Haq Faizi
League	Afghanistan Champions League
Home colours Away colours

Simorgh Alborz (Persian: سیمرغ البرز) or Alborz Phoenixes Mazar is a professional football club from Afghanistan.^[1] They play in the Afghanistan Champions League. It was founded in August 2012 by the creation of Afghan Premier League and its players have been chosen through a casting-show called Maidon-E-Sabz (Green Field). Based in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, club represents provinces of Balkh, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Jowzjan and Faryab in the northwestern region of Afghanistan.

They have claimed both runners-up positions in first two years of Afghan Premier League.

The club is named after 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 a legend, linked to the region around Balkh and Samangan.

Koh e Alburz is the name of a mountain ridge south of the ancient city of Balkh. Likewise, Simorgh Alborz football team represents north and northwestern Afghanistan, including the historical region of Balkh.^[1]

As of 15 September 2022^[2]

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  PAK Rehman Ayoub Ali 2 DF  AFG Baryalai Safi 3 DF  AFG Nassem Moradi 4 DF  EGY Ayoub Abdallah 5 DF  AFG Mustafa Rezaei 6 MF  CIV Pèkyeo Sokkai 7 MF  AFG Abdul Qadir Tawana 8 MF  UZB Odiyyov Youssef 10 MF  AFG Fayaz Azizi 11 FW  ESP Ayùnça 9 FW  AFG Farhad Sawgand 22 GK  FIN Naffi Heind 12 DF  AFG Asadullah Hamidi 13 DF  RWA Asuquazei Queaszaqqi 21 DF  AFG Suhail Hakimi 14 MF  TOG Vigon D'éle 15 MF  AFG Enayatullah Karimi 16 FW  COL Çaçñi 17 FW  AFG Mahmoud Rahimi