By the efforts of its sports-loving personnel and the support of the Isfahan Steel Company (Zobahan)—the first producer of construction steel and rails in the country, also nicknamed as the mother of country's industry—the Isfahan Zobahan Cultural & Sports Club was established in June 1968.

In 1969, the club was registered in the name of its founder, the late Mohammad-Ali Taqizadeh, and until today and over the last five decades, it has played a very important role in the development and progress of Iranian sports by managing teams in most of the country's sports fields for both men and women. It has played both in the championship and in public sports and has been prominent as a supporting club for the country's national teams.

The Zobahan Club of Isfahan as an influential sports center from the beginning until now in various fields, including ancient sports, wrestling, volleyball, table tennis, basketball, track and field, handball, sitting volleyball, judo, kung fu, karate, taekwondo, swimming and diving, water polo, boxing, tennis, futsal, swordplay, archery and football has been present at the first level of Iranian sports, although some sports fields have rarely been out of the team management circle of this club.

The Isfahan Zobahan Club is the richest and most successful club of the country in terms of sports infrastructure. The club possesses 10 sports complexes in the cities of Isfahan, Fouladshahr, and Chamgordan as well as the Zobahan Steel Company.

In the history of Iranian sports, the Zobahan Football Team has always been at the first level of football and with four championships in the Iranian Cup, it is considered as one of the most successful teams of this cup. The most important achievements of this club include 4 runner-up championships of the Iran Football League, 4 championships of the Iran Football Cup, 1 championship of the Iranian Football Super Cup, and 1 runner-up position of the Asian Champions League.

The basketball, weightlifting, athletics, women's volleyball and men's sitting volleyball teams of Zobahan are also among the most successful teams in Iranian sports.

In order to protect the environment and pay attention to endangered species, the Zobahan Club has chosen the Iranian short-nosed crocodile "Gando" as its symbol, and its football team is also known as "Iran's Gandos."