Damash Gilanian

Damash Gilan finished 15th in the Azadegan League in 2024–25, and the club has spent recent seasons in relegation battles and money trouble. Its communication runs through Telegram and Instagram.

The present-day name is the newest of five. The side began in Rasht as Taj Rasht in 1960 and won the Rasht League in 1973. It became Abouzar Rasht in 1975 and Esteghlal Rasht in 1983. In 2002 it was renamed Pegah Gilan. In 2008 the Aria Investment Development Company took over the franchise and renamed it Damash Gilan. The club was re-established under owner Daryoush Nasiri in 2021 after the previous entity faced dissolution issues, but its history is still counted from 1960.

The two Hazfi Cup finals both ended in defeat, the first under the Pegah Gilan name. In 2007–08 the side lost to Esteghlal. In 2018–19, as Damash Gilan, it lost to Persepolis. The Azadegan League title came in 2011.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh came through the youth academy and made his senior debut in 2011, and he later played for Brighton & Hove Albion. Mehdi Mahdavikia was at the club in 2011–12.

Blue and red are the colours, chosen for the rainy Gilan coast. Azodi Stadium, and they also use the 15,000-capacity Sardar Jangal Stadium. Matches against Malavan of nearby Bandar-e Anzali and against Sepidrood Rasht are known as "El Guilano".