Malavan F.C.

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Malavan
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Full name Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club
Nickname(s) White Swans (Persian: قوی سپید)
Founded 1969
Ground Takhti Stadium
Bandar-e Anzali
Iran
(Capacity 20,000)
Chairman Flag of Iran Saeed Pourtahmasebi
Head Coach Flag of Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
League Persian Gulf Cup
2007-08 Persian Gulf Cup, 16th
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Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال ملوان بندر انزلى) is an Iranian football club based in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran.

The team is known to have some of the most passionate and loyal fans in Iranian football, and is one of the most successful teams not based in Tehran. It is attached to the Iranian Navy, and is known to have one of the best youth football programs in the country. It currently plays in Iran's top football league, the IPL.

Malavan is the football club of the multisport Malavan Sport and Cultural Club.

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[edit] History

[edit] Establishment

Bahman Salehnia created the team in 1969 along with some young athletes from the port city of Anzali. After some time, the Iranian Navy decided to become the team's main sponsor and owner. Salehnia can be called the team's founder; he took over as the team's manger in 1973, and until 1998 remained in the position. The team has only had two coaches other than Salehnia, in the years since (Mohammad Ahmadzadeh and Nosrat Irandoost).

[edit] Success

Salehnia was last manager of the team when he helped the team climb out of the 1st division and back into the IPL. The club has never really had great success in the league but they were able to become the best non-Tehran based club and finishing third in the 1977 and 1989. Malavan has won the Hazfi Cup on three occasions, in 1976, 1986 and 1990. In 1988 Malavan participated in Asian Club Championship but after beating Saunders SC in first round they withdrew from tournament due to the Iran-Iraq War.

[edit] Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Malavan in various competitions since 2001.


Season League League Finishing Position Hazfi Cup
2001-2002 Iran Premier League 12th
2002-2003 Iran Premier League 14th (Relegated)
2003-2004 Azadegan League 2nd (Promoted)
2004-2005 Iran Premier League 7th 1/8 Final
2005-2006 Iran Premier League 11th Quarterfinal
2006-2007 Iran Premier League 14th 1/8 Final
2007-2008 Iran Premier League 16th 1/16 Final

[edit] Honors

Winners (3): 1976, 1986, 1990
Runner Up (3): 1987, 1988,1991

[edit] Players

As of August 17, 2007.

[edit] First-team squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Iran GK Ali Hassani Sefat
2 Flag of Iran DF Morteza Falahati
3 Flag of Iran DF Reza Niknazar
4 Flag of Iran DF Jalal Rafkhaei
5 Flag of Iran DF Morteza Gholamali-Tabar
6 Flag of Iran DF Hadi Tamini
7 Flag of Iran FW Mojtaba Ghorbani
8 Flag of Iran MF Keyvan Sajedi
9 Flag of Iran MF Maziar Zare (captain)
10 Flag of Iran FW Mehran Jafari
11 Flag of Iran MF Mohsen Giahi
12 Flag of Iran DF Ibrahim Sadeghi
13 Flag of Iran FW Mohammad Heidari
14 Flag of Iran MF Morteza Beheshti
15 Flag of Iran MF Sajjad Beigi
16 Flag of Iran MF Amir Khodamoradi
17 Flag of Iran FW Ehsan Abadi
18 Flag of Iran DF Saeid Salarzadeh
No. Position Player
19 Flag of Iran FW Meghdad Ghobakhlou
20 Flag of Iran MF Saeid Yousefzadeh
21 Flag of Iran MF Ali Ramezani
22 Flag of Iran GK Masoud Gholamalizad
23 Flag of Iran MF Hadi Azizi
24 Flag of Iran DF Morteza Falahzadeh
25 Flag of Iran DF Mohammad Rostami
26 Flag of Iran MF Arash Gholizadeh
27 Flag of Iran DF Zaman Hosseini
28 Flag of Iran MF Ali Mirzaei
29 Flag of Iran FW Farid Jadidi
30 Flag of Iran FW Hamed Ghavidel
31 Flag of Iran MF Hadi Mousavi
33 Flag of Iran FW Amir Hosseinpur
-- Flag of Iran MF Majid Madani
-- Flag of Iran FW Iman Sayad Nouri
-- Flag of Iran DF Babak Pourgholami

[edit] Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Malavan players.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Club officials

Senior club staff

  • Club President: Saeed Pourtahmasebi
  • Supervisor: Hossein Gholami
  • General Secretary: Ali Akbar Keramati
  • Club Accountant: Mahmoud Basimi
  • Club Store Manager: Esmaeel Khabbaz Ghaziani
  • Director of Transport: Kamyar Karami

Management

  • Manager: Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Assistant Manager: Farhad Pourgholami
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Mohammad Habibi

Academy coaching staff

  • Under 21's Coaches: Mahmoud Pishgah Hadian, Naser Kohan Ghanbarian, Reza Vishgahi, Shazdik Foomani & Nader Ezatollahi
  • Under 18's Coaches: Farhad Pourgholami, Fazel Ghadiri, Reza Sotudeh, Mehdi Hasani Moghaddam & Ali Sayyad
  • Under 12's Coaches: Ghader Ezatollahi, Ahmad Espandar, Hamid Mohammadian, Bijan Shojaei & Mohammad Nabinia
  • Under 8's Coaches: Alireza Fazaeli, Mehdi Delavari & Faramarz Salehnia

Medical staff

  • Medical Doctor: Dr. A Poortahmasbi
  • Medical Assistant: Shahbaz Kheiri
  • Physiotherapist: Enayat Ettehad

[edit] Managerial history

Name Period
Flag of Iran Bahman Salehnia 1968-1997
Flag of Iran Nosrat Irandoost 1997-2000
Flag of Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 2000-2002
Flag of Iran Bahman Salehnia 2002-2004
Flag of Iran Nosrat Irandoost 2004-2006
Flag of Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 2006—

[edit] External links

[edit] Official

[edit] Fan site