Azad University Tehran Basketball Club is an Iranian professional

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club based in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. They compete in the

Iranian Basketball Super League The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two tea ...

. The club is sponsored by and represents Azad University.

History

Azad University Basketball Club was founded in 1991 in

and represents in the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...

in Tehran. Azad finished in fourth place in the 2011–12 season.

Tournament records

Iranian Super League

* 2005–06: 13th place * 2006–07: 11th place * 2007–08: 11th place * 2008–09: 9th place * 2009–10: 5th place *

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: 5th place * 2011–12: 4th place *

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

: 6th place

Roster

Notable former players

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* Asghar Kardoust *

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