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Pegah Gilan (Persian: پگاه گيلان ) is a football team based in Rasht, Iran. The team is sponsored by Pegah Dairy Co. and currently plays in Iran's Azadegan League after being relegated from the IPL in the 2004-05 season.
[edit] Club history
The club began its life with the name, Esteghlal Rasht. They spent a number of seasons in the lower leagues of Iranian football but made it back to the top level, finishing 10th in the 2000-01 season. The next season proved to be disastrous for the team, they were managed by Nasser Hejazi, but finished 13th in the standings. They were relegated and emberassingly lost 7-1 to Abu Muslem on the last match day of the season. The following season Pegah Dairy Co. bought the team, making it one of the few privately owned football clubs in Iran. The club's name was changed and was now known as Pegah Gilan.They won promotion again that season and went back to the IPL. They stayed in the IPL for two season but were relegated again in the 2004-05 season. Despite finishing first in Group A standings in the Azadegan league during the 2005-06 season, they were eliminated in the playoff stage and missed out on promotion.
[edit] Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Pegah Gilan every season, from 2002 to the present day.
| Season |
League |
League Finishing Position |
| 2002-2003 |
Azadegan League (1st Division) |
2nd |
| 2003-2004 |
Iran Premier League |
9th |
| 2004-2005 |
Iran Premier League |
16th |
| 2005-2006 |
Azadegan League (1st Division) |
Semifinal |
[edit] Club managers
 Majid Jahanpour (2002-2004) Miloderak Ishich (2004-2005)- Asghar Sharifi (2005-2005)
- Berand Keros (2005-2005)
- Vinko Begović (2005-2006)
- Majid Jahanpour (2006-Present)
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[edit] Famous players
[edit] External links
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