Mes Rafsanjan F.C.

Mes Rafsanjan
مس رفسنجان
Full name Mes Rafsanjan Football Club
Founded 1997
Ground Shohadaye Noushabad Stadium
Rafsanjan, Kerman
(Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman Adolreza Borhaninejad
Head Coach Akbar Zabardast
League Azadegan League
2010-11 Azadegan League Group 1, 9th
Home colours
Away colours

Mes Rafsanjan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Rafsanjan, Iran. The club is owned by "Sherkat Mess". Mes Rafsanjan famously knocked out a number of Premier League clubs in the Hazfi Cup of 2008/2009, including Foolad Khouzestan & Esteghlal Tehran. The club was later defeated by the eventual champions Zob Ahan in the semi-finals.

Contents

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 1/16 Final

Players

As of November 10, 2011[1]

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
GK Mohammadreza Sanaei
MF Meysam Aramiyan
Sajjad Asjari
MF Rami Bakari
FW Danilo Ribeiro
Rasoul Elahi Moghadam
DF Mohammad Gharib
FW Hamid Gholami
DF Kazem Heyatmanesh
No. Position Player
Mostafa Kargosha
MF Javad Maheri
Amir Nasrollahzadeh
Ali Nouriyan
Shahab Shahdadzadeh
Ali Valikhani
MF Shahram Sharifi
DF Ronan

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2010.

Former coaches

Season 2007/2009

Vatanikia, known as the "Iranian Cappelo", was named head coach of Mes Rafsanjan for the 2007/2008 season. He is best known for his 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. Despite being in the top six, Vatanikia was surprisingly sacked before the end of the season, after less than 10 months in office.

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams/teams?id=83&view=team&sid=25