Mes Rafsanjan F.C.

Mes Rafsanjan
مس رفسنجان
Full name Mes Rafsanjan Football Club
Founded 1997; 19 years ago
Ground Shohadaye Noushabad Stadium
Rafsanjan, Kerman
Ground Capacity 10,000
Owner National Mes Company
Chairman Iran Abdolreza Borhaninejad
Head Coach Croatia Mišo Krstičević
League Azadegan League
2013–14 Azadegan League Group 2, 5th

Mes Rafsanjan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Rafsanjan, Iran. The club is owned by the National Mes Company.

History

In 1997 the National Mes Company decided to form a football club in one of its focus cities, Rafsanjan.

Mes Rafsanjan knocked out a number of Persian Gulf Pro League clubs in the Hazfi Cup of 2008–09, including Foolad and Esteghlal. The club was later defeated by the eventual champions Zob Ahan in the semi-finals.

Season-by-season

The table below shows the achievements of the club in various competitions.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2010–11 Azadegan League 9th 2nd Round
2011–12 Azadegan League 12th 1/16 Final
2012–13 Azadegan League 11th 1/8 Final
2013–14 Azadegan League 6th 1/16 Final
2014–15 Azadegan League 2nd 1/32 Final

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Sajjad Beiranvand
3 Iran MF Hossein Moji
5 Iran DF Vahid Erami
8 Iran MF Amir Khodamoradi
9 Iran FW Sajjad Asgari
10 Iran FW Ali Alizadeh
13 Iran MF Alireza Mirza Hosseini U23
14 Iran MF Hamid Nemati
16 Iran MF Hossein Pour Amini
17 Iran DF Alireza Mahmoudi U23
18 Iran MF Hamed Assadpour
20 Iran DF Nader Fathollahi
21 Iran FW Bahram Rashid Farkhi
30 Iran MF Reza Sattari U23
33 Iran GK Jalil Ahmadi
37 Iran MF Javad Ramezani U23
44 Iran MF Hossein Babaei
No. Position Player
66 Iran DF Kazem Hayatmanesh
77 Iran FW Ehsan Pirhadi
Iran DF Farid Taleghani
Iran DF Amir Hossein Asgari
Iran DF Hamed Mahmoudi
Iran DF Emad Ghasemi
Iran MF Hossein Kavianipour
Iran MF Milad Rouzbahani
Iran MF Amir Hossein Keshavarzi U23
Iran FW Mojtaba Mahboub Mojaz
Iran FW Hossein Ghahharpour
Iran Hossein Moghimi U21
Iran Hossein Alipour U21
Iran Mostafa Esmaeilzadeh U21
Iran Malek Rezaei U21
Iran Mohammad Gharizadeh U21

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16.

Former coaches

Season 2007/2009

Vatanikia was named head coach of Mes Rafsanjan for the 2007/2008 season, having had success with youth teams, such as Paykan and Ekbatan. He was the head of the youth department of Ekbatan football club for the 2005/2006 season, which was regarded as one of the best youth systems in the country at the time. Vatanikia was sacked before the end of the season, after less than 10 months in office.

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