Machine Sazi F.C.

Machine Sazi
ماشین‌سازی
Full name Machine Sazi Tabriz Football Club
Nickname(s) Yaşıl Maşın (The Green Machine)
Founded 1969; 48 years ago
Ground Bagh Shomal Stadium[1]
Ground Capacity 25,000[2]
Owner Mohammad Shariatzadeh
Chairman Hossein Khatibi
Head Coach Rasoul Khatibi
League Azadegan League
2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League, 16th (relegated)
Website Club website

Machine Sazi Tabriz Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال ماشین‌سازی تبریز‎‎) more commonly known as Machine Sazi is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran who currently play in the Azadegan League. The team is owned by Tabriz Municipality following a takeover in 2014. Machine Sazi were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League in 2016 after a 19-year absence from the top flight of Iranian football but relegated at the end of the season.

The club competes in the Tabriz derby with rivals Tractor Sazi. Machine Sazi also has friendly rivalries with teams Gostaresh Foolad, Shahrdari Tabriz and have a friendship with Torpedo Moscow.

Club history

Establishment

Machine Sazi's players in a parade in Bagh Shomal Stadium, 1969

In 1969, Machine Sazi Tabriz Industrial Group decided to create a new football team by the name of Machine Sazi. Machine Sazi Tabriz football club played its first official match in 1970. The club became one of the most heavily supported teams in Tabriz after a couple of years.

In 1973, the Takht Jamshid Cup was established. The Takht Jamshid Cup, was Iran's first ever nationwide football league and Machine Sazi entered the league in its first year of establishment in 1973. The club participated in Takht Jamshid Cup between 1973 and 1977.

Post Revolution

1980s

Machine Sazi players with red colours during 1973–74 Takht Jamshid Cup. Later, the team's colours was changed to yellow, blue and then green

Like most sporting clubs in Iran, the Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War severely limited the team's activities. From 1979 to 1980 the club participated in almost no meaningful competitions. In 1980 the Tabriz Football League and Tabriz Hazfi Cup was established. Machine Sazi participated in the Tabriz Football League and Tabriz Hazfi Cup between 1980 and 1988. Machine Sazi was the most successful Tabriz Football League club, winning seven championship titles and finishing two times as runners-up. The club also won the Tabriz Hazfi Cup six times. After the war the local and provincial leagues were scrapped in favor of nationwide leagues.

1990s

After the war, the Azadegan League was established as Iran's national league. Machine Sazi was promoted to the Azadegan League in 1994. They stayed in the Azadegan League for two season and the club finished 8th the following year. But, in 1997 the club was relegated to the 2nd Division. Machine Sazi played in the 2nd Division between 1997 and 2001 until the Iran Pro League was formed.

2000s

Machine Sazi players in 1976

With the launch of Iran Pro League in 2001, Machine Sazi were placed into the Azadegan League. After a 3rd-place finish in the new Azadegan League's inaugural season, Machine Sazi had a string of mid table finishes. In the 2007–08 season the club finished 11th in the Azadegan League and was relegated to 2nd Division but following the Iranian Football Federations' decision to increase the number of teams in the league to 28, Machine Sazi remained in the Azadegan League.

The club had a mixed start to the 2008–09 season in the Azadegan League. 2008 heralded major changes for Machine Sazi, as the terrible state of the club's finances was revealed; they were unable to pay wages and had massive debts. After a drop in form, recording 10 losses in 12 matches, Asghar Etebari was sacked as manager and was replaced by Sirous Bayrami. In March 2008 Javad Shahlaei resigned as chairman and Farhad Sedaghat was elected chairman by the club council. Seyed Javad Mousavi was brought in as the new club manager. Machine Sazi finished 13th in the 2008–09 Azadegan League season. Thus, being relegated to 2nd Division.

Dabiri Takeover

On 25 April 2009 the club was bought by businessman Shahram Dabiri who invested heavily in the club. After a year in the 2nd Division, Machine Sazi bought the licence of a club in the Azadegan League and was allowed to compete in the 2010–11 edition of the league. Following a 3rd-place finish in 2012 which almost brought the club back to the Iran Pro League, the club was again relegated to the 2nd Division in 2013. Machine Sazi escaped relegation to the 3rd Division the following year via a relegation play–off.

Machine Sazi Players, 2016.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Following Machine Sazi's dismal 2013–14 season the team was taken over by the Municipality of Tabriz who introduced Gholamreza Baghabadi as the new chairman.

In June 2015 Machine Sazi replaced Shahrdari Tabriz in the 2015–16 Azadegan League as East Azerbaijan's representative. In winter of 2016 Rasoul Khatibi was named head coach of Machine Sazi and the club began the push for promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League. On 10 May 2016 after a 3–0 win against Mes Rafsanjan, Machine Sazi confirmed their promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League after a 19-year absence from the top flight of Iranian football. Machine Sazi managed to draw 1–1 with Iranian and Asian giants Esteghlal at the Azadi Stadium in week 5.

Khatibi was fired midway through the season for Machine's bad performances and was replaced with Farhad Kazemi. Machine Sazi finished the season in last place and were relegated to the Azadegan League once again.

Players

First Team Squad

As of July 1, 2016.

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

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Mehdi Eslami
2 Iran DF Saeid Mehdipour (Capitan)
6 Iran DF Bahman Kamel
9 Iran FW Mehrdad Bayrami
13 Iran MF Saeid Mehri U23
15 Iran MF Morteza Mahfouzi
16 Iran MF Sajjad Rahbar U23
17 Iran MF Hamed Pakdel
18 Iran MF Atabak Zarei U21
22 Iran GK Sajjad Gerayeli U21
27 Iran DF Ali Dindar U21
No. Position Player
33 Iran MF Saeed Ghaedifar
36 Iran MF Sajjad Hosseinian U21
40 Iran GK Masoud Shah Bakht U21
88 Iran DF Fardin Abedini

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2016.

League and domestic cup history

Season Division League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Hazfi Cup Notes Tabriz Hazfi Cup
1971–72 1st Local League 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 not held 3rd place(Region A)
1973–74 1st Takht Jamshid Cup 12 22 1 5 16 11 48 8 Relegated
1974–75 2nd 2nd Division 6 22 8 5 10 30 29 29
1975–76 1 6 5 1 0 10 4 11 1/8 finals Promoted
1976–77 1st Takht Jamshid Cup 9 30 8 16 6 23 23 32 1/16 finals
1977–78 10 30 9 10 11 20 23 28 not held
1978–79 11 12 4 4 4 11 15 12 until week 12
1980–81 1st Tabriz Football League 2 9 6 2 1 19 10 14 Cup
1981–82 1 10 8 2 0 19 5 18 Runner-up
1982–83 3 11 4 4 3 17 6 12 Third Round
1983–84 2 10 6 3 1 12 6 15 Cup
1984–85 1 11 10 1 0 29 10 21 Cup
1985–86 1 20 16 1 4 39 30 49 Cup
1986–87 1 20 17 2 1 30 15 53 Third Round Cup
1987–88 1 20 16 3 1 34 26 51 1/8 finals Cup
1988–89 1 20 14 1 5 28 28 43 1/16 finals Cup
1989–90 1st Qods League 6 20 7 7 6 19 18 21 1/16 finals
1990–91 2nd 2nd Division 4 14 7 4 3 20 10 18 Third Round
1991–92 8 24 4 7 13 22 23 19 not held
1992–93 7 26 9 11 6 27 20 29 not held
1993–94 2 26 12 11 3 40 20 35 1/32 finals Promoted
1994–95 1st Azadegan League 3 22 9 7 6 27 26 25 1/16 finals
1995–96 8 30 11 8 11 35 38 41 1/8 finals
1996–97 13 30 10 5 15 30 52 35 1/16 finals Relegated
1997–98 2nd 2nd Division 5 18 7 6 5 19 12 27 not held
1998–99 7 16 5 4 7 19 17 19 1/32 finals
1999–00 9 34 8 12 14 35 55 36 Second Round
2000–01 5 34 12 10 12 45 50 46 1/16finals
2001–02 Azadegan League 3 20 9 5 6 28 19 32 1/16 finals
2002–03 9 30 9 11 10 40 39 38 Second Round
2003–04 7 30 11 8 11 34 32 41 Third Round
2004–05 9 22 6 8 8 18 21 24 Third Round Group B
2005–06 9 22 6 7 9 21 36 25 First Round Group B
2006–07 8 22 5 11 6 12 15 25 Second Round Group A
2007–08 11 22 3 12 7 15 25 21 Second Round Group B
2008–09 13 26 5 5 16 21 49 20 Second Round Relegated
2009–10 3rd 2nd Division 4 16 4 8 4 22 19 20 First Round Replaced
2010–11 2nd Azadegan League 12 26 7 10 9 30 36 31 1/16 Final
2011–12 3 26 11 8 7 32 25 41 1/8 Final
2012–13 14 26 3 4 19 18 47 13 First Round Relegated
2013–14 3rd 2nd Division 11 24 6 5 13 26 33 23 Round of 32
2014–15 7 18 5 9 4 20 19 24 Third Round Replaced
2015–16 2nd Azadegan League 2 38 16 15 7 53 36 63 Did not enter Promoted
2016–17 1st Persian Gulf Pro League 16 30 3 7 20 18 45 16 Round of 16 Relegated

Club stadium

Marzdaran Stadium for Club Academy and training ground

Before the construction of Sahand Stadium, Machine Sazi played all of its matches at Bagh Shomal Stadium, which currently has a capacity of 25,000. They occasionally play big games at Sahand Stadium. Football academy and training ground of Machine sazi is Marzdaran Stadium.[3]

Club colors

White Green

Kit evolution

Club Chairman

Club managers

Managerial history

Name Period
Iran Mohammad Ranjbar 1972–73
Iran Ali Hashemi 1973–77
Iran Garnik Mehrabian 1978–80
Iran Hossein Fekri 1980–83
Iran Ali Shirdel 1983–88
Iran Yaghob Zeynali 1988–89
Iran Hesam Golzar 1989–90
Iran Biyok Sabaghi 1990–91
Soviet Union Asif Namazov 1991–92
Iran Rahim Mehnamaye Aghdam 1994–95
Iran Nasser Hejazi 1995–96
Romania Adrian Szabo 1996–97
Iran Hamid Nadimian
Iran Majid Jahanpour 2001–02
Iran Asghar Etebari 2002–03
Iran Nasser Hejazi 2003
Azerbaijan Vagif Sadygov 2003
Azerbaijan Boyukagha Hajiyev 2003–04
Iran Gholamhossein Karimpour 2004–05
Iran Ahad Sheykhlari 2005–06
Iran Gholamreza Baghabadi July 2006 – July 7
Iran Ali Nikbakht July 2007 – Feb 08
Iran Gholamreza Baghabadi Feb 2008 – June 8
Iran Asghar Etebari July 2008 – Jan 09
Iran Sirous Bayrami Jan 2009 – April 9
Iran Seyed Javad Mousavi April 2009 – Oct 10
Iran Ahad Sheykhlari Oct 2010 – Sept 10
Iran Ayyoub Zolfaghari Sept 2010 – Dec 10
Republic of Macedonia Zoran Smilevski Dec 2010 – June 11
Iran Rasoul Khatibi June 2011 – July 12
Iran Nasser Ebrahimi Aug 2012 – Sept 12
Iran Alireza Akbarpour Sept 2012 – Nov 12
Iran Asghar Etebari Nov 2012 – Jan 13
Iran Hossein Khatibi Jan 2013 – March 13
Iran Vali Hatami March 2013 – Aug 13
Iran Amir Dadash Ziaee Aug 2013 – Sept 13
Iran Seyed Javad Mousavi Sept 2013
Iran Saeed Parkhideh Sept 2013 – Oct 13
Iran Seyed Reza Sadat Oct 2013 – Jan 14
Iran Omid Tayyeri Jan 2014 – Feb 14
Iran Amin Haml Abadi Feb 2014 – March 14
Iran Younes Bahonar March 2014 – April 14
Iran Amir Dadashziaei April 2014 – Sept 14
Iran Gholamreza Baghabadi Sept 2014 – June 15
Iran Nader Dastneshan June 2015 – Nov 15
Iran Rasoul Khatibi Nov 2015– Dec 16
Iran Farhad Kazemi Dec 2016– Jul 17
Iran Rasoul Khatibi Jul 2017–

Current coaching staff

Position Name Nation
Head coach Rasoul Khatibi Iran
Assistant managers Mehdi Bakhshizadeh
Rasoul Alizadeh 		Iran
Goalkeeping coach Jalal Basharzad Iran
Fitness coach Rodolf Dornet France
Analyzer Bakhtiar Hosseinzadeh Iran
Team Manager[4] Mohammad Pirozram Iran

Honours

References

  1. ↑ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1328754 ماشین‌سازی در باغ‌شمال بازی می‌کند
  2. ↑ "باغشمال هم خشكيد". Fars News. 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "استادیوم5 هزار نفری مرزداران به آکادمی ماشین سازی اختصاص یافت". Sports organizations of Tabriz municipality. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.bankvarzesh.com/fa/News/102326/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%89

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