Pegah F.C.
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| Full name | Pegah Gilan Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 5 August 2002 | ||
| Dissolved | 11 October 2008 | ||
| Ground |
Dr. Azodi Stadium Rasht Iran | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| League | Persian Gulf Cup | ||
| 2007-08 | Persian Gulf Cup, 15th | ||
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Pegah Gilan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پگاه گیلان) was an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Gilan, Iran that participated in Iran Pro League & Azadegan League from 2002 to 2008.
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 embarrassingly lost 7-1 to Aboomoslem 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.
Success Under Nader Dastneshan
Pegah under Nader Dastneshan were able to beat Persepolis, Esteghlal, Saipa in 2007-08 season and even make it to the final game of Hazfi Cup but losing to Esteghlal.
Dissolution of Pegah
In October 2008 Pegah was terminate their sports activities due to financial problems. Damash Iranian (Damash Mineral Water Company) owned by Amir Abedini took over their license. New club named Damash Gilan.
Season-by-season
For details on seasons, see List of Pegah F.C. seasons
| Year | Division | Position | Hazfi Cup |
| 2002-03 | Div 1 | 2nd  |
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| 2003-04 | IPL | 9th | 1/8 Final |
| 2004-05 | IPL | 16th  |
1/8 Final |
| 2005-06 | Div 1 | 1st | |
| 2006-07 | Div 1 | 1st |
First Round |
| 2007-08 | IPL | 15th | Final |
Club honors
- Runner Up (1): 2007-08
Club managers
Managerial history
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Famous players
Aref Mohammadvand- Pejman Nouri
- Sirous Dinmohammadi
- Dariush Yazdani
- Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
- Ebrahim Taghipour
- Afshin Chavoshi
Iosif Tâlvan
Saša Ilić
Saša Radivojević- Dejan Maksić
External links
Fan sites
- (Persian) Damash Gilan Fan Site
- (Persian) Fan Site
- (Persian) (English) Damash's Forum
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