Zob Ahan F.C.

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Zob Ahan
ذوب ‌آهن
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Full name Zob Ahan Football Club
Founded 1969
Ground Foolad Shahr Stadium
Fooladshahr
Iran
(Capacity 25,000)
Chairman Flag of Iran Saeed Azari
Head Coach Flag of Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
League Persian Gulf Cup
2007-08 Persian Gulf Cup, 6th
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Zob Ahan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال ذوب ‌آهن) is an Iranian football club based in Esfahan, Iran.

It is sponsored by the Esfahan Steel Company, which also goes by the name Zob Ahan. The club's main rival is fellow Esfahani team Sepahan, which is also sponsored by the rival steel mill.

Zob Ahan club also has a basketball team, sponsored by the same Esfahan Steel Company, which is one of the teams in the Iranian Super League.

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[edit] History

Mohammad Ali Taghizadeh Farahmand established the club in 1969. They entered the Takhte Jamshid Cup in 1973. Zob Ahan prepared its team by buying 14 players from Sepahan. Zob Ahan has always been the wealthier team. The team has participated in the highest Iranian league for every year except in 1995 when they played in the 2nd division. They were promoted to the 1st division the year after and are now seen as contenders every season in the IPL ever since. The club's biggest honor to date has been winning the Hazfi Cup in 2003. The club was able to partcipate in the Asian Champions League after winning the Hazfi Cup, but did not make any noise and was soon eliminated.

[edit] Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Zob Ahan since 2001.


Season League League Finishing Position Hazfi Cup Asian Cup
2001-2002 Iran Premier League 6th Quarterfinal
2002-2003 Iran Premier League 8th Cup
2003-2004 Iran Premier League 4th Semifinal First Round
2004-2005 Iran Premier League 2nd 1/8 Final
2005-2006 Iran Premier League 6th 1/8 Final
2006-2007 Iran Premier League 8th 1/16 Final
2007-2008 Iran Premier League 6th 1/16 Final

[edit] Club honors

Runner Up (1): 2004-2005
Winners (1): 2003

[edit] Club managers

[edit] Players

As of October 9, 2007, the numbers are established according to Iranian Pro League Stats.

[edit] First-team squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Iran GK Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi
2 Flag of Iran DF Mohammad Ali Ahmadi
3 Flag of Iran MF Seyed Ahmad Mohammadpour
4 Flag of Iran DF Farshid Talebi
5 Flag of Iran MF Hamid Parvaz
7 Flag of Ghana MF Mohammed Martin Mensah
8 Flag of Brazil FW Fábio da Silva
9 Flag of Iran FW Omid Abolhassani
10 Flag of Iran FW Mohsen Mosalman
11 Flag of Iran FW Vahid Amraei
12 Flag of Iran MF Mehdi Zarei
13 Flag of Iran DF Akbar Shoja
14 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Salsali (Captain)
15 Flag of Iran FW Esmail Farhadi
16 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
No. Position Player
20 Flag of Iran MF Arian Aragoli
21 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Mansouri
22 Flag of Iran GK Abbas Ghasemi
24 Flag of Iran MF Ghasem Haddadifar
25 Flag of Iran DF Mostafa Salehinejad
26 Flag of Iran DF Hassan Ashjari
27 Flag of Iran MF Babak Chehrazi
29 Flag of Iran DF Reza Esfahani
30 Flag of Iran GK Mehdi Gharavi
33 Flag of Senegal GK Issa Ndoye
35 Flag of Iran DF Hadi Shakouri
-- Flag of Iran MF Amir Abolhassani
-- Flag of Iran MF Mehdi Bagri
-- Flag of Armenia DF Aren Ghazaryan

[edit] 2008/2009 Transfers

In:

No. Position Player
Flag of Iran DF Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (from Aboomoslem)

Out:

[edit] Famous players

[edit] External link

[edit] Official