Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.

SN Abadan
صنعت نفت آبادان
Full name Sanate Naft Abadan Football Club
Nickname(s) Iran's Brazil (Persian: برزیل ایران)
Founded 2 October 1972; 44 years ago
Ground Takhti Stadium
Abadan
Ground Capacity 8,000
Owner N.I.O.C
Chairman Ali Issazade
Head Coach Faraz Kamalvand
League Persian Gulf Pro League
2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League, 12th
Website Club website

Sanate Naft Abadan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال صنعت نفت آبادان) is an Iranian football club based in Abadan, Iran. They currently play in the Persian Gulf Pro League after being promoted from the Azadegan League in the 2015–2016 season. The team is sponsored by Iran's national petroleum industry and is part of the sports club Sanat Naft Athletic Club. Sanat Naft has a reserve team, Sanat Naft Novin who currently compete in the 2nd Division.

Despite their lack of success in past years, they are still heavily supported by the people of Abadan, and have cemented a place in Iran's football history.

Club history

Establishment and Early years

Prior to the establishment of the Takhte Jamshid League in 1972, The people of Abadan mostly followed two clubs, Kargar FC and Jam FC. Kargar had been established by workers from Abadan's oil refinery. Ten years later, Parviz Dehdari along with some of his class mates at Razi School established Jam FC. These teams had a large number of fans until 1972. When the Takhte Jamshid League was established, the city of Abadan was given one spot. The club was to be managed by Iran's oil industry. Fans were immediately drawn to the team, as it would be competing in Iran's top football league. Many of the better players from Kargar and Jam moved to Sanat Naft. The club's original kit colors were white, blue and black. The city of Abadan and the Khūzestān Province had very technical players and the club adapted a style of play similar to the Brazil of the 1970s after Parviz Dehdari became the chairman of the club. To emphasize their admiration for Brazilian football, the club changed its team colors to yellow, blue and white, similar to that of the Brazilian national team. The clubs nickname, Iran's Brazil, soon appeared.

Post Revolution

Football was extremely popular in Abadan, and the number of fans was growing everyday, but everything stopped when the Iranian Revolution took place in 1978. Football was no longer a priority, and it was shoved even farther out of the limelight when the Iran–Iraq War began in 1980. Abadan and Khuzestan were heavily hit during the war. Abadan's massive refinery was shut down, and hundreds of thousands left the city. From 1980 to 1988 the club was based in Shiraz. Once in Shiraz, the club had to start from Iran's third division, but was able to make it back to the top flight with the help of its players. Since many natives of Abadan had left the city during the war for other cities, fan support for the club was always good no matter where the team was playing.

After the war the club went back to Abadan, but due to the war's negative effects on the city and poor management in the football club, Sanat Naft has not been able to have any major success.

Iran Pro League

Sanat Naft were present in Iran's Azadegan League until the 2001–02 season when they were relegated. They made it back to the Iran Pro League in 2002, but the club was relegated the same season.

Portuguese coach Acácio Casimiro signed a one–year deal as head coach of Sanat Naft on 18 June 2006 but was later replaced by Ebrahim Ghasempour. After Sanat Naft was promoted to the Iran Pro League they were immediately relegated the same season under head coach Ahmad Tousi. Tousi took over for Ghasempour as he was sacked after 20 games. The club was in last place with only 16 point to show under Ghasempour with a record of 4 wins 4 ties and 12 losses. In the next 14 games under Tousi the club went 5 wins with 4 ties and 5 losses with a total of 19 point.

2005 promotion controversy

Sanat Naft made it to the promotion playoffs in the 2004–05 season. Until the very last game of the promotion playoffs, Sanat Naft was in second place and head of Rah Ahan on goal difference. On the last day despite Sanat Naft's win against Payam Mashhad, Rah Ahan defeated Shahid Ghandi by a score of 6–1 to finish second, ahead of Sanat Naft on goal difference.

Sanat Naft officials immediately suggested that Shahid Ghandi had allowed Rah Ahan to win by such a huge score. Sanat Naft was not able to prove this allegation with evidence. Later Sanat Naft claimed that Rah Ahan had used an ineligible player; this went through several courts and Rah Ahan was found guilty.

Two seasons later Sanat Naft was automatically awarded a promotion spot to the Persian Gulf Pro League starting in the 2007–08 season.[1] They could not stay in league and were relegated at the end of the season.

Return to the Persian Gulf Pro League

After spending two years in the Azadegan League the club was again promoted to the Iran Pro League in 2010. In their first year Sanat Naft finished a respectable ninth place. The following year the club again finished in a respectable 10th place. Before the 2012–13 Iran Pro League season there were high expectations for Sanat Naft. The club was a major disappointment and finished 16th and was relegated back to the Azadegan League.

After a few seasons in the lower division, in the 2015–16 season after a last day 2–1 win against third place team Fajr Sepasi, Sanat Naft returned to the top flight after a three year absence.

Players

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
1 Iran GK Nasser Salari U23
2 Iran DF Mohammad Vahid Esmaeilbeigi
3 Iran DF Aziz Maeboodi
5 Iran DF Ali Abdollahzadeh
6 Brazil MF Magno Batista
7 Iran MF Mohammadreza Pourmohammad
8 Iran DF Morteza Asadi (Captain)
10 Iran MF Farid Karimi
11 Brazil MF Augusto César
12 Iran GK Davoud Noushi Soufiani
13 Iraq MF Karrar Jassim
14 Iran MF Omid Jahanbakhsh
15 Iran DF Hossein Baghlani
No. Position Player
17 Iran FW Mohammad Shadkam
18 Iran FW Reza Jabireh U21
19 Iran DF Hossein Saki U21
20 Iran MF Zobeir Niknafs
21 Iran MF Milad Mousavi U23
23 Iran MF Moslem Mojadami U21
24 Iran DF Alireza Nourmohammadi
29 Brazil FW Luciano Pereira
30 Iran MF Milad Shabanloo U23
31 Iran Meysam Davoudpour U21
33 Iran GK Mohammad Deris U23
35 Iran GK Yaser Papi U21
40 Iran DF Ali Helichi U23

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2017.

Loan list

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

No. Position Player
Iran FW Fakher Tahami (at Tractor Sazi)
No. Position Player

Managers

 
Name Nat From To
Harry Gome England February 1972 December 1974
Gholam Hossein Vaghef Iran January 1975 December 1976
Manouchehr Salia Iran February 1977 June 1991
Jasem Ahleyourf Iran June 1991 June 1992
Ali Firouzi Iran June 1992 June 1994
Abdolvahed Bazme Iran June 1994 June 1995
Ali Firouzi Iran June 1995 June 1999
Gevorg Papiyan Armenia June 1999 December 1999
Fereydoun Moeeni Iran December 1999 June 2000
Ebrahim Ghasempour Iran June 2000 June 2002
Mansour Pourheidari Iran June 2002 November 2002
Ebrahim Ghasempour Iran November 2002 June 2003
Abdolreza Barzegari Iran June 2003 October 2003
Hassan Dashti Iran October 2003 June 2004
Baýram Durdyýew Turkmenistan July 2004 January 2005
Parviz Mazloomi Iran January 2005 June 2006
 
Name Nat From To
Acácio Casimiro Portugal June 2006 June 2007
Ebrahim Ghasempour Iran June 2007 February 2008
Ahmad Tousi Iran February 2008 June 2008
Mojtaba Taghavi Iran July 2008 February 2009
Bijan Zolfagharnasab Iran February 2009 February 2010
Acácio Casimiro Portugal February 2010 February 2011
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani Iran February 2011 November 2011
José Costa Portugal November 2011 September 2012
Acácio Casimiro Portugal September 2012 May 2013[2]
Saeed Salamaat Iran May 2013[3] June 2013
Ebrahim Ghasempour Iran June 2013 March 2014
Behnam Seraj Iran March 2014 August 2014
Carlos Manuel Portugal August 2014 December 2015
Nader Dastneshan Iran December 2015 January 2017
Firooz Karimi Iran January 2017 May 2017
Faraz Kamalvand Iran May 2017

Club management

Position Nation
Manager Iran Faraz Kamalvand
First team coach Iran Behnam Seraj
Assistant coach Iran Peyman Saheb Jami
Assistant coach Iran Mojtaba Kheirandish
Goalkeeping coach Iran Kazem Farhani
Fitness coach Iran Alireza Jalili
Fitness coach Italy William Markozy
Analyzor Iran Babak Ebadi
Analyzor Iran Amir Mohebi
Doctor Iran Reza Rahmani
Physiotrapist Iran Farid Shiyasi
Masseur Armenia Karapet Israelian
Logisitics Iran Karim Rikani
Technical Manager Iran Gholamreza Aminifar

Notes

  1. نحوه صعود و سقوط تيم ها در ليگ هاي دسته 1، 2 و 3 (in Persian). IRIFF Official Website. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  2. "Casimiro sacked from Sanat Naft F.C.". Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  3. "Saeed Salamaat appointed as Sanat Naft manager". Retrieved March 21, 2013.

Official

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.