PAS Hamedan F.C.

PAS Hamedan
پاس همدان

Full name	PAS Hamedan Football Club
Founded	9 June 2007
Ground	Qods Stadium Hamedan
Ground Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Abdolhamid Ramezani
Head Coach	Mohsen Ashouri
League	Azadegan League
2012-13	Azadegan League Group B, 3rd
Home colours Away colours
Current season

PAS Hamedan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پاس همدان‎) is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran.

History

Establishment

PAS Hamedan was formed on June 9, 2007 as a result of the dissolution of PAS Tehran F.C.. The team was initially named Alvand Hamedan after the Alvand mountain range in Hamedan, however after much deliberation it was changed to PAS Hamedan. PAS stands for Piroozi Esteghamat Sarfarazi (esteghamat starts with Aleph (A) in Persian).^[1] Official website:www.pashamedan.ir

Doping Scandal

In July 2008, it was revealed that numerous players and staff members were involved in distributing illegal doping substances. Midfielders Saeed Daghighi and Faruk Ihtijarević were banned for six months after testing positive for doping in a match against Rah Ahan. Team translator Reza Chalangar and head athletic trainer Morad-Ali Teymouri were found to have been distributing the substances and were banned for four years from involvement in any Iranian sport. In addition, the team was fined for 25,000 Swiss Francs.^[2]

Persian Gulf Cup

PAS Hamedan initially enjoyed some success in the IPL. They finished 5th in the 2007-2008 but the team dropped in the rankings in their next three IPL seasons and eventually got relegated in the 2010-2011 season.

Azadegan League

PAS appointed Faraz Kamalvand^[3] in their first season in the Azadegan League as they aimed to get promoted back to the IPL. He was sacked in the mid-season break due to poor results and was replaced with Vinko Begović. The team finished the season in 4th place and they failed to get promoted to the IPL.

PAS Novin Hamedan was promoted from the Iran Football's 2nd Division to the Azadegan League following the 2011–12 season and now plays under the name Alvand Hamedan in Group A of the 2012–13 Azadegan League.

PAS finished the 2012–13 Azadegan League (Group B) in 3rd place and qualified to the promotion play-offs following the disqualification of Shahrdari Tabriz over a match-fixing scandal.^[4] In the first round of the play-offs PAS defeated Mes Sarcheshmeh 3–2 (2–1, 1–1) after two matches, but lost 5–3 (4–2, 1–1) to Zob Ahan Isfahan in the second round.

Old Logo 2007-2011

Season-by-Season

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

Players

First-team squad

as of January 5, 2014^[5] 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 1 GK Jalil Ahmadi 2 DF Mostafa Yousef Alizadeh 3 MF Abolghasem Pourasadollah 4 MF Babak Razi 5 FW Mohammad Mirtorabi 6 MF Omid Khouraj 7 DF Mohsen Pourhaji 8 MF Mehrdad Rezaei 9 FW Lefteh Hamidi 10 FW Saber Mirghorbani 11 MF Mehdi Seifi 13 DF Kaveh Zangian 14 DF Javad Babaei 15 DF Mohammad Alavi 16 FW Kosha Bahaeipour 17 FW Mojtaba Mahboub-Mojaz 10 FW Amr Hossein Nahal

No. Position Player 19 FW Mostafa Gheisari 20 FW Fakhrodin Shahroei 21 MF Amir Godari 22 GK Mohammad Niaraki 23 MF Mostafa Agheli 24 FW Mostafa Solgi 25 MF Amin Moosavi 26 DF Milad Khodayari 27 DF Nader Hooshyar 28 DF Amin Rahimi 29 FW Mojtaba Asgari 30 FW Amin Soohanian 32 DF Emad Ghasemi DF Shahin Soleimani MF Ali Haghdoost FW Ehsan Pirhadi

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2013.

Managers

Name	Period
Vinko Begović	2007–2009
Ali Reza Mansourian	2009
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	2009–2010
Mahmoud Yavari	2010–2011
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	2011
Faraz Kamalvand	2011–2012
Vinko Begović	2012–2013
Omid Tayyeri	2013
Mojtaba Khorshidi	2013–2014
Mohsen Ashouri	2014–

Sponsorship

Shirt Sponsors and Manufacturers

References

• (English) Player and Stats

1. ↑ "Alvand Hamedan changes to PAS Hamedan". isna.ir. Retrieved 2007-07-09. 
2. ↑ http://farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8704250737
3. ↑ http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1825/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/2011/06/17/2536022/%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%B4%D8%AF
4. ↑ http://ffiri.ir/news/detail/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84/103359/news.aspx کمیته استیناف فدراسیون فوتبال، رای نهایی اش را درباره پرونده بزرگ تبانی در لیگ دسته اول اعلام کرد.
5. ↑ http://pashamedan.ir/index.php/news/ekhtesasi/862--92-93-

External links

Official

• (Persian) Official club website