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Pas Tehran Football Club was an Iran
ian football
club based in Tehran
, Iran
.
Pas F.C. was the football
club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sport Club.
The club has a long and rich history and has always been associated with Iranian police, receiving most of its funding from that branch.
In recent years the football club has shown itself to be a contender, thanks to increased funding and support from the team board.
The team played its matches in Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
. On June 9, 2007, Pas Tehran was officially dissolved. Their right to participate in the Persian Gulf Cup was given to a newly formed team called PAS Hamedan F.C.
.
. In 1971 the Ekbatan complex's boundaries were established and the proposal to buy the land was accepted by the club council. Thanks to Captain Sadeghi's love for the club, the club was able to have one of the key elements necessary for professional football. To this day Pas is one of only a number of clubs in Iran, which has its own private stadium and practice fields.
, Heshmat Mohajerani, Rasouli, Yazdanian, Meiarian, Mahmoud Yavari, Homayoun Shahrokhi
, Yinehvarzan and Parviz Mirza Hassan. The final result was a 1-1 tie. Some of the above players such as Habibi, Mohajerani, Shahrokhi and Yavari are still involved in Iranian football.
. Prior to this Pas had won two local Tehran league championships in 1967 and 1968. The first couple of years in the Takht Jamshid Cup did not come with great results for Pas, but that changed when former Pas player, Hassan Habibi, became the club's manager. Under his guidance Pas won back-to-back championships in 1976/77
and 1977/78
. Their team could have possibly won a third consecutive championship, but the league was cancelled and eventually folded with the arrival of the Iranian revolution
.
They beat Qatar
i club, Al Arabi in the first round, with a 4-3 aggregate score. They were then placed in group B, finishing second there, despite very poor results. In the semi-finals, which took place in Bahrain
, they went up against a powerful Japanese side Yomiuri
. They defeated the team in extra-time by a score of 2-1. Pas was now in the final, where they would meet Saudi
club, Al-Shabab. On January 22, 1993, in Manama
, Bahrain; Pas Tehran defeated Al-Shabab 1-0, becoming Asian champions. What made the feat even more amazing was that most of Pas' players were paid amateur level salaries, they stayed at a very poor hotel, and arrived very late to Bahrain. The chances of the team doing well in the tournament was considered so small that the Iranian Football Federation didn't even bother to send a representative.
Firouz Karimi
continued to manage the team and he led the team to another Azadegan League championship in the 1992-93 season. Once again Pas was allowed to participate in the Asian Club Championship, but were surprisingly knocked out in the first round by Lebanese
club, Al-Ansar.
season of the IPL, Pas was able to win the championship with head coach Majid Jalali
. They had a poor beginning to the 2004-05
season and replaced Jalali with Mustafa Denizli
, but he was not able to make much of a difference.
The club was stopped at the quarter-finals stage in the Asian Champions League despite being ahead 3-0 in the second leg of that stage in Tehran, ultimately falling apart and losing on aggregate, 4-4. They finished 6th in that season. They almost won the 2005-06
season, but finished second to champions Esteghlal F.C..
Pas did not resign Denizli and bought back Jalali again to lead the team in the 2006-07
season. This experiment failed as Jalali was fired December 1, 2006 due to Pas' poor results 11 games into the season. Previous Pas and national team coach Homayoun Shahrokhinejad was signed to lead the team for the remainder of the season.
. According to reports the staff and players of the football team will move to Hamedan in order to form the team. Additionally the multisport Pas Cultural and Sport Club will only participate in amateur and youth sporting events. It is not clear if the management of Pas Sports Club will restart the football team in future years.
* Azadegan League.
** Iran Pro League.
(1972–1977) Homayoun Shahrokhinejad (1978–1980) Mehdi Monajati (1980–1987) Ezzatolah Afshar (1988) Firouz Karimi
(1989–1992) Mehdi Monajati (1993) Ebrahim Ghasempour
(1994–1995) Firouz Karimi
(1996) Ebrahim Ghasempour
(1997) Bijan Zolfagharnasab
(1998–1999)
Mahmoud Yavari (1999) Ebrahim Ghasempour
(1999–2000) Hossein Faraki (2000) Farhad Kazemi
(2000–2001) Firouz Karimi
(2001) Homayoun Shahrokhinejad (2001–2003) Majid Jalali
(2003–2004) Mustafa Denizli
(2004–2006) Majid Jalali
(2006) Homayoun Shahrokhinejad (2006–2007)
Arash Borhani
Iraj Danaeifard
Hossain Faraki
Behtash Fariba
Mohsen Garousi
Ebrahim Ghasempour
Reza Ghoflsaz Hassan Habibi
Vahid Hashemian
Gevorg Kasparov
Hossein Kazerani
Mohammad Khakpour
Rasoul Khatibi
Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Mehdi Monajati Javad Nekounam
Farshad Pious
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
Mohammad Sadeghi
Homayoun Shahrokhi
Reza Torabian
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian football
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club based in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
.
Pas F.C. was the football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sport Club.
The club has a long and rich history and has always been associated with Iranian police, receiving most of its funding from that branch.
In recent years the football club has shown itself to be a contender, thanks to increased funding and support from the team board.
The team played its matches in Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
The Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium is a football stadium located in the Ekbatan area of Tehran, Iran. It was named after a casualty of the Iran–Iraq War.It is currently the home of Steel Azin F.C. football club...
. On June 9, 2007, Pas Tehran was officially dissolved. Their right to participate in the Persian Gulf Cup was given to a newly formed team called PAS Hamedan F.C.
PAS Hamedan F.C.
PAS Hamedan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran.-Establishment:PAS Hamedan was formed as a result of the dissolution of PAS Tehran F.C...
.
The birth of Pas
In 1953 a number of police officers along with Captain Assadolahi came together to better organize the sports situation for police in Iran. That same year Assadolahi with only one football and limited resources assembled a team including himself and officers from the local police academy in Tehran. They established the Police Academy Cadets team. They have their first practice ever at the football field which belongs to the Tehran police academy and in that same year, they officially announce the establishment of the club and participate in the Championship Games of the Armed Forces. They finished second in the football tournament. Soon after, Captain Sadeghi with the help of Captain Assadolahi becomes responsible for the team's operations, and the club becomes known as Shahrbani F.C.. The team's coach at the time was Bahman Shahidi. On July 8, 1963, Shahrbani F.C. officially registered itself as a sporting club, giving itself its modern day name, Pas. The club statute was also officially accepted by the club council in 1966. After twelve years of uncertainty, the club was finally ready to begin its work.Club stadium
At the time of the club's establishment, the stadium complex in Ekbatan (a neighbourhood in Tehran), belonged to the Charity Department. The department made the complex available for ninety-nine year loan period. Captain Sadeghi accepted the conditions and rented the field for a ninety-nine year period at a price of 20,000 tomanIranian toman
The toman , is a superunit of the official currency of Iran, the rial. Toman, derived from a Mongolian word meaning ten thousand , was the currency of Iran until 1932. It was divided into 10,000 dinar. Between 1798 and 1825, the toman was also subdivided into 8 rial, each of 1250 dinar...
. In 1971 the Ekbatan complex's boundaries were established and the proposal to buy the land was accepted by the club council. Thanks to Captain Sadeghi's love for the club, the club was able to have one of the key elements necessary for professional football. To this day Pas is one of only a number of clubs in Iran, which has its own private stadium and practice fields.
First official match
Pas' first official match took place versus Koroush F.C. in 1964. Pas's starting lineup for this match had the following players: Faramarz Zelli, Hassan Habibi, Mohammad RanjbarMohammad Ranjbar
Mohammad Ranjbar was an Iranian footballer and coach. Ranjbar played for Esteghlal and PAS Tehran. He was a member and captain of Iran national football team. He was also head coach of national team in 1972.-Early years:...
, Heshmat Mohajerani, Rasouli, Yazdanian, Meiarian, Mahmoud Yavari, Homayoun Shahrokhi
Homayoun Shahrokhi
Homayoun Shahrokhi is an Iranian football coach and former player.He is known mostly for playing for PAS Tehran F.C., he was captain of the team winning the Takht Jamshid Cup twice . Later on he managed PAS Tehran F.C. for several years. He was also manager of Iran national football team for a...
, Yinehvarzan and Parviz Mirza Hassan. The final result was a 1-1 tie. Some of the above players such as Habibi, Mohajerani, Shahrokhi and Yavari are still involved in Iranian football.
Takht Jamshid Cup
The Takht Jamshid Cup, was Iran's first ever nationwide football league and Pas entered the league in its first year of establishment in 1973/74Takht Jamshid Cup 1973-74
-Results:-Top goalscorers:...
. Prior to this Pas had won two local Tehran league championships in 1967 and 1968. The first couple of years in the Takht Jamshid Cup did not come with great results for Pas, but that changed when former Pas player, Hassan Habibi, became the club's manager. Under his guidance Pas won back-to-back championships in 1976/77
Takht Jamshid Cup 1976-77
-Results:-Top goalscorers:...
and 1977/78
Takht Jamshid Cup 1977-78
-Results:-Top goalscorers:...
. Their team could have possibly won a third consecutive championship, but the league was cancelled and eventually folded with the arrival of the Iranian revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
.
After the revolution
The eighties were a quiet and difficult time for Iranian football, as the Iran–Iraq War had changed the nation's priorities. Pas did not do much in these times except for participation in some minor local tournaments. After the war the Azadegan League was established and Pas came back onto the Iranian football scene in a big way. They won the inaugural season of the 1991-92 Azadegan League and were allowed to participate in the 1992-93 Asian Club Championship.They beat Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
i club, Al Arabi in the first round, with a 4-3 aggregate score. They were then placed in group B, finishing second there, despite very poor results. In the semi-finals, which took place in Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
, they went up against a powerful Japanese side Yomiuri
Tokyo Verdy 1969
, is a Japanese professional football club, based in Tokyo, Japan, that plays in J. League Division 2.Founded as Yomiuri F.C. in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the most decorated teams in the J. League, with honours including 7 league titles , 5 Emperor's Cups, 6 JSL Cup / J...
. They defeated the team in extra-time by a score of 2-1. Pas was now in the final, where they would meet Saudi
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
club, Al-Shabab. On January 22, 1993, in Manama
Manama
Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 155,000 people.Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population...
, Bahrain; Pas Tehran defeated Al-Shabab 1-0, becoming Asian champions. What made the feat even more amazing was that most of Pas' players were paid amateur level salaries, they stayed at a very poor hotel, and arrived very late to Bahrain. The chances of the team doing well in the tournament was considered so small that the Iranian Football Federation didn't even bother to send a representative.
Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi is an Iranian football manager and the current manager of Shahin Bushehr.-Early life:Firouz Karimi was born on 13 April 1956 in Tehran, Iran. He was married in 1980 and has three daughters and one son. He is famous inside Iran for his strong sense of humor, often revealed in...
continued to manage the team and he led the team to another Azadegan League championship in the 1992-93 season. Once again Pas was allowed to participate in the Asian Club Championship, but were surprisingly knocked out in the first round by Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
club, Al-Ansar.
IPL
Afterwards the club became a mediocre one, finishing in the middle of the table, for most of the following seasons. All that changed again though, when in the 2003-04IPL 2003/04
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2003/04 football season. This season will be the 3rd season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Pas Tehran F.C...
season of the IPL, Pas was able to win the championship with head coach Majid Jalali
Majid Jalali
Majid Jalali is a retired Iranian football player and now a football manager, currently head coach of Foolad F.C. He has served as the manager in several clubs in Iran and of national football teams at various youth levels....
. They had a poor beginning to the 2004-05
IPL 2004/05
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2004/05 football season. This season will be the 4th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Foolad Khuzestan F.C...
season and replaced Jalali with Mustafa Denizli
Mustafa Denizli
Mustafa Denizli is a former Turkish football player and coach. He has won the Turkish League title five times, all with the 'Istanbul Big Three' . He is currently the only manager in history to win the Turkish league with three different clubs...
, but he was not able to make much of a difference.
The club was stopped at the quarter-finals stage in the Asian Champions League despite being ahead 3-0 in the second leg of that stage in Tehran, ultimately falling apart and losing on aggregate, 4-4. They finished 6th in that season. They almost won the 2005-06
IPL 2005/06
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2005/06 football season. This season will be the 5th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Esteghlal F.C. were defending champions.-Final classification:...
season, but finished second to champions Esteghlal F.C..
Pas did not resign Denizli and bought back Jalali again to lead the team in the 2006-07
IPL 2006/07
The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2006/07 football season. This season was the 6th season since the establishment of the Iranian Premier League...
season. This experiment failed as Jalali was fired December 1, 2006 due to Pas' poor results 11 games into the season. Previous Pas and national team coach Homayoun Shahrokhinejad was signed to lead the team for the remainder of the season.
Dissolution
Pas finished 11th in the 2006-07 season. In late May rumors of the dissolution of Pas Tehran's football team began to emerge. It was said that because the city of Tehran has many football teams that have low attendance figures, it would be best for a number of teams to be relocated to other cities. On June 9, 2007, Pas Tehran was officially dissolved. Their right to participate in the Persian Gulf Cup was given to a newly formed team called Pas HamedanPAS Hamedan F.C.
PAS Hamedan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran.-Establishment:PAS Hamedan was formed as a result of the dissolution of PAS Tehran F.C...
. According to reports the staff and players of the football team will move to Hamedan in order to form the team. Additionally the multisport Pas Cultural and Sport Club will only participate in amateur and youth sporting events. It is not clear if the management of Pas Sports Club will restart the football team in future years.
Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Pas in various competitions since 1991 until 2007.| Season | Pos. | Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup The Hazfi Cup is a knockout cup competition in Iranian football, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The competition wasn't regarded important by clubs until the IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's four AFC Champions League spots to the champion.... |
ACL AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs... |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-1992 Azadegan League 1991-92 ----* Azadegan League champions : Pas Tehran* Relegated:Sepahan, Esteghlal Rasht* Promoted:Keshavarz, Sanat Naft, Vahdat Sari, Bargh Shiraz, Polyacryl, Sepirud Rasht... |
1D* | 1st | Did not qualify | |
| 1992-1993 Azadegan League 1992-93 The final results of the 1992/1993 Azadegan League, Iran's top division league, are listed bellow.-First round:Group AGroup B-Second round:The final standings of the 1992/1993 Azadegan League, *1.Pas Tehran... |
1D* | 1st | Not Held | Champion |
| 1993-1994 Azadegan League 1993-94 ----* Iranian Football Champions: Saipa* Relegated teams : _* Promoted teams :Esteghlal, Machine Sazi, Shahdari Sari, Naft Ghaemshahr, Bank Tejarat, Payam Gach Khorasan, Pars Khodro, Ararat, Qods Sari, Shahin Bushehr... |
1D* | 5th | First round | |
| 1994-1995 Azadegan League 1994-95 -First Round:Group AGroup B*Semi-Final1)2)- Final :-Notes:* Azadegan League champions : Saipa F.C.* Relegated teams : Shahin Bushehr , Qods Sari , Nassaji Mazandaran , Teraktor Sazi , Zob Ahan, Sanat Naft, Pars Khodro , Payam Gach Khorasan, Bank Tejarat, Chooka Talesh, Naft... |
1D* | 6th | Did not qualify | |
| 1995-1996 Azadegan League 1995/96 The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 1995/96 football season.----* Iranian football champions: Persepolis* Relegated: Jonoob Ahvaz, Ararat Tehran, Shahrdari Tabriz, Saipa... |
1D* | 4th | ||
| 1996-1997 | 1D* | 4th | ||
| 1997-1998 | 1D* | 2nd | Not Held | |
| 1998-1999 | 1D* | 5th | Semifinal | |
| 1999-2000 | 1D* | 7th | Quarterfinal | |
| 2000-2001 | 1D* | 6th | ||
| 2001-2002 IPL 2001/02 The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2001–02 football season. This was the first season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Persepolis F.C... |
1D** | 4th | 1/8 Final | |
| 2002-2003 IPL 2002/03 The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2002/03 football season. This season will be the 2nd season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan F.C... |
1D** | 2nd | ||
| 2003-2004 IPL 2003/04 The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2003/04 football season. This season will be the 3rd season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Pas Tehran F.C... |
1D** | 1st | Quarterfinal | |
| 2004-2005 IPL 2004/05 The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2004/05 football season. This season will be the 4th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Foolad Khuzestan F.C... |
1D** | 6th | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 2005-2006 IPL 2005/06 The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2005/06 football season. This season will be the 5th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Esteghlal F.C. were defending champions.-Final classification:... |
1D** | 2nd | 1/8 Final | Did not qualify |
| 2006-2007 IPL 2006/07 The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2006/07 football season. This season was the 6th season since the establishment of the Iranian Premier League... |
1D** | 11th | 1/8 Final | Did not qualify |
* Azadegan League.
** Iran Pro League.
Honours
- National Championships:
- 1976/77, 1977/78, 1991/92, 1992/93, 2003/04
- Asian Club Championships:
- 1993
- Afro-Asian Club ChampionshipAfro-Asian Club ChampionshipThe Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football and Asian Football Confederation , contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship, the two...
- Runner-up:1993
Club chairmen
Ferydoon Sadeghi Karim Mallahi Nasser Shafagh Mostafa Ajorloo (November 2000-June 2006) Hashem Ghiasi (July 2006-June 2007)Managerial history
Mehdi Asadollahi (1963–1972) Hassan HabibiHassan Habibi (footballer)
Hassan Habibi, is a retired Iranian football player and football manager.He immigrated to Tehran as a four year old, when his father found a job as Clerk for the Ministry of Health.- Playing career :...
(1972–1977) Homayoun Shahrokhinejad (1978–1980) Mehdi Monajati (1980–1987) Ezzatolah Afshar (1988) Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi is an Iranian football manager and the current manager of Shahin Bushehr.-Early life:Firouz Karimi was born on 13 April 1956 in Tehran, Iran. He was married in 1980 and has three daughters and one son. He is famous inside Iran for his strong sense of humor, often revealed in...
(1989–1992) Mehdi Monajati (1993) Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour is an Iranian football coach and retired player who currently managing Damash Gilan in Iran Pro League.-Early life:He was born on 11 September 1957 in Abadan, Iran and was began his playing career with playing in the youth team of Sanat Naft in 1972...
(1994–1995) Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi is an Iranian football manager and the current manager of Shahin Bushehr.-Early life:Firouz Karimi was born on 13 April 1956 in Tehran, Iran. He was married in 1980 and has three daughters and one son. He is famous inside Iran for his strong sense of humor, often revealed in...
(1996) Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour is an Iranian football coach and retired player who currently managing Damash Gilan in Iran Pro League.-Early life:He was born on 11 September 1957 in Abadan, Iran and was began his playing career with playing in the youth team of Sanat Naft in 1972...
(1997) Bijan Zolfagharnasab
Bijan Zolfagharnasab
Bijan Zolfagharnasab is a retired Iranian football player and currently a football manager.He started his professional career with Pas Tehran, before changing to Persepolis F.C. in 1974. There he could win the Iranian championship in 1976 and reach runner-up position in 1975, in 1977 and in 1978...
(1998–1999)
Mahmoud Yavari (1999) Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour is an Iranian football coach and retired player who currently managing Damash Gilan in Iran Pro League.-Early life:He was born on 11 September 1957 in Abadan, Iran and was began his playing career with playing in the youth team of Sanat Naft in 1972...
(1999–2000) Hossein Faraki (2000) Farhad Kazemi
Farhad Kazemi
Farhad Kazemi is an Iranian football manager. With many professional clubs in his résumé, Kazemi has established himself as one of the top coaches in a country which has many enthusiastic football lovers – Iran....
(2000–2001) Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi
Firouz Karimi is an Iranian football manager and the current manager of Shahin Bushehr.-Early life:Firouz Karimi was born on 13 April 1956 in Tehran, Iran. He was married in 1980 and has three daughters and one son. He is famous inside Iran for his strong sense of humor, often revealed in...
(2001) Homayoun Shahrokhinejad (2001–2003) Majid Jalali
Majid Jalali
Majid Jalali is a retired Iranian football player and now a football manager, currently head coach of Foolad F.C. He has served as the manager in several clubs in Iran and of national football teams at various youth levels....
(2003–2004) Mustafa Denizli
Mustafa Denizli
Mustafa Denizli is a former Turkish football player and coach. He has won the Turkish League title five times, all with the 'Istanbul Big Three' . He is currently the only manager in history to win the Turkish league with three different clubs...
(2004–2006) Majid Jalali
Majid Jalali
Majid Jalali is a retired Iranian football player and now a football manager, currently head coach of Foolad F.C. He has served as the manager in several clubs in Iran and of national football teams at various youth levels....
(2006) Homayoun Shahrokhinejad (2006–2007)
Famous former players
Farhad Alavi Khodadad AziziKhodadad Azizi
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Arash Borhani
Arash Borhani
Arash Borhani is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and is a member of Iran national football team....
Iraj Danaeifard
Iraj Danaeifard
Iraj Danaeifard is a retired Iranian football player.-Club career:Danaeifard became involved in football very early. His father, Ali Danaeifard was one of the founders of Taj F.C. football club. He became famous in Iran while playing for the club, winning the Iranian league in 1971. He also...
Hossain Faraki
Hossain Faraki
Hossein Faraki is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach.-Early life:He was born on 22 March 1957 in Tehran, Iran. He began playing football with PAS Tehran in 1976.-Club career:He spent most of his career playing for Pas Tehran...
Behtash Fariba
Behtash Fariba
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Mohsen Garousi
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Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ebrahim Ghasempour
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Reza Ghoflsaz Hassan Habibi
Hassan Habibi (footballer)
Hassan Habibi, is a retired Iranian football player and football manager.He immigrated to Tehran as a four year old, when his father found a job as Clerk for the Ministry of Health.- Playing career :...
Vahid Hashemian
Vahid Hashemian
Vahid Hashemian is an Iranian Footballer who currently plays for Persepolis in Iran Pro League.-Club career:Vahid started his professional football career with Pas Tehran in his homeland. He arrived in Germany for the 1999–2000 season to play for Hamburger SV...
Gevorg Kasparov
Gevorg Kasparov
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Hossein Kazerani
Hossein Kazerani
Hossein Kazerani is a retired Iranian football player.He played most of his career for Pas Tehran. He was the captain and one of the key players of Pas winning the Iranian Takht Jamshid in 1977 and 1978....
Mohammad Khakpour
Mohammad Khakpour
-Football career:Khakpour played for a few clubs, including Persepolis FC, Pas Tehran, Vanspor, Geylang United and MetroStars . He played for the Iran national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup....
Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi
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Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Hamlet Mkhitaryan
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Mehdi Monajati Javad Nekounam
Javad Nekounam
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Farshad Pious
Farshad Pious
Farshad Pious is a retired Iranian football player who was a striker for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis F.C., as well as Iran national football team.-Club career:...
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta is a retired Iranian football striker and now coach.Modir Roosta is a former member of Iran national football team. He was also a Futsal player and appeared for Iran national futsal team at the FIFA Futsal World Cup 1992....
Mohammad Sadeghi
Mohammad Sadeghi
Mohammad Sadeghi is a retired Iranian football player.-Club career:He played for Gomrok Ahvaz F.C., Pas F.C., Persepolis F.C. and Shahin F.C.. He was one of the key players of Pas winning the Iranian Takht Jamshid in 1977 and 1978, of Persepolis F.C...
Homayoun Shahrokhi
Homayoun Shahrokhi
Homayoun Shahrokhi is an Iranian football coach and former player.He is known mostly for playing for PAS Tehran F.C., he was captain of the team winning the Takht Jamshid Cup twice . Later on he managed PAS Tehran F.C. for several years. He was also manager of Iran national football team for a...
Reza Torabian
Reza Torabian
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