Rahian Kermanshah F.C.

Rahian Kermanshah

Full name	Rahian Kermanshah Football Club
Founded	2006
Ground	Azadi Stadium Kermanshah Iran
Ground Capacity	20,000[1]
Chairman	Farman Karimi
Head Coach	Edmond Yunanpour
League	Azadegan League
2013–14	Azadegan League Group 2, 8th
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Rahian Kermanshah Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال راهیان کرمانشاه‎‎) (former named by Shirin Faraz) is an Iranian football club based in Kermanshah, Iran and compete in the Azadegan League. The club is in the private ownership of Farman Karimi.

History

Establishment

Before the start of the 2006-07 season, Oghab a team with much history sold its right to participate in the Azadegan League to Shirin Faraz. In 2012 the club name and sponsorship changed to Rahian Kermanshah.

Promotion to Iran Pro League

The club achieved promotion to the Iran Pro League in 2007 after a 4-2 aggregate playoff victory against Tractor Sazi, along with Pegah Gilan.

Relegation

Shirin Faraz was relegated from the Persian Gulf Cup with 3 games remaining in the season. The team was plagued with coaching and management problems for most of the season and often fielded teams consisting mostly of players from their youth squad. They failed to gain promotion the season after and finished mid table in their group. In 2012 Farman Karimi took over the club and renamed it Rahian Kermanshah Football Club.

Name history

• Shirin Faraz Kermanshah (2006–2012)
• Rahian Kermanshah (Since 2012)

Old logo used by club from 2006 to 2012

Stadium

The Azadi Stadium in Kermanshah has a capacity of 20,000.^[1]

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Shirin Faraz in various competitions since 2006.

Club managers

Managerial history

Name	Period
Faraz Kamalvand	2006-07
Miodrag Ješić	2007
Mahmoud Fekri	2007
Marco Octavio	2007-
Shahram Mehrpeyma	2008-
Yaghob Vatani	2008-09
Mahmoud Fekri	2009-10
Edmond Yonanpour	2010
Majid Aghajari	2010-2011
Hadi Bargizar	2011
Reza Mohajeri	2011
Majid Aghajari	2011
Omid Tayyeri	2012
Javad Zarincheh	2012-2013
Edmond Yonanpour	2013-2014

Players

As of October 30, 2010.^[2]

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player GK Masoud Poormohamad DF Mahmood Khamisi Hadi Nasrollahi DF Saber Khosnam MF Karim Ahmadi MF Hamed Akbari MF Esmaeil Kiani FW Martin Ongfiang DF Hadi Mousavi Shirzad Ghahtan DF Majid Amiri MF Mohammad Norouzi GK Alphonse Assa MF Mohammed Arbabi

No. Position Player GK Saeed Ramazani DF Vahid Babaeinia FW Patrik Sullivan FW Kousha Bahaeipour FW Farshad Salarvand MF Sajjad Khosravi MF Hamed Zamani DF Babak Falamarzi DF Hesam Maghsodi MF Majid Gheitasi MF Sajjad Karimizand DF Jafar Heidari FW Mohammad Bagher Zaferani

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

References

Official

• Official website
• (English) Players and Results