Bam Khatoon Women's Football Club (, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Zenan-e Xatun Bem) formerly Shahrdari Bam, is an Iranian professional women's football club based in Bam which plays in the Iranian Kowsar Women League. It also qualified for the inaugural AFC Women's Champions League in 2023. The club is the most titled of the Iranian women's league, having won 12 championships.
History
Bam Khatoon F.C. was founded in 1980 and is based in Bam, Kerman Province, Iran. In May 2021, the club announced that they would take over Shahrdari Bam and rebranded the club as Bam Khatoon F.C. in line with an agreement with the municipality of Bam.
Bam Khatoon Women's F.C. held the most crowded championship celebration in women's sports history in Iran, hosting around 30000 spectators in Bam in June 2022.
Bam Khatoon F.C. is the first ever women's football club in Iran to be granted an the AFC Club Licence in 2023. The AFC professional club licence is mandatory to participate in the AFC Women's Champions League, since its inaugural edition in 2024.
Honors The club is the most titled of the Kowsar women's league, having won 12 championships .
Iran Women Football League Winners (10): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024-25, 2025-26 Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2020–21
Players Current squad
Later, five of the players returned to Iran, while Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh remained in Australia and started training with A-League team Brisbane Roar.
International friendlies Bam Khatoon Women's F.C. is the only and first ever Iranian women's football team that held an International camp overseas. They lost against Tomiris Touran (Kazakhstan Women's Football Championship runner-up) and a 1–0 victory against BIIK Shymkent, Kazakhstan's champion in August 2022.
Continental record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate2022AFC Club ChampionshipGroup B Sogdiana Jizzakh1–11–01–22023Group B Sydney FC3–04th Incheon Red Angels1–2 FC Nasaf2–22024–25AFC Champions LeaguePreliminary round Royal Thimphu College1–21st Kitchee2–0Group B Melbourne City1–22nd Kaya–Iloilo1–1 College of Asian Scholars2–1Quarter-finals Incheon Red Angels0–12025–26AFC Champions LeagueGroup B East Bengal1–34th Nasaf1–0 Wuhan Jianghan0–42026–27AFC Champions LeagueGroup E CSKA Dushanbe3–01st Al Nassr1–1 Etihad3–1Group A Kobe Leonessa Naegohyang Ayeyawady
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