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Zob Ahan | | Full name | Zob Ahan Football Club |
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| Founded | 1969 |
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| Ground | Foolad Shahr Stadium Fooladshahr Iran (Capacity: 45,000) |
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| Chairman | Saeed Azari |
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| Head Coach | Mansour Ebrahimzadeh |
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| League | Persian Gulf Cup |
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| 2007-08 | Persian Gulf Cup, 6th |
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| | | Zob Ahan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Esfahan, Iran. It is sponsored by the Esfahan Steel Company, which also goes by the name Zob Ahan. The club's main rival is fellow Esfahani team Sepahan, which is also sponsored by the rival steel mill. Zob Ahan club also has a basketball team, sponsored by the same Esfahan Steel Company, which is one of the teams in the Iranian Super League. Contents[hide]- 1 History
- 2 Season-by-season
- 3 Club honours
- 4 Club managers
- 4.1 Current Management Team
- 5 Players
- 5.1 First-team squad
- 5.2 2008/2009 Transfers
- 5.3 Famous players
- 6 External links
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HistoryMohammad Ali Taghizadeh Farahmand established the club in 1969. They entered the Takhte Jamshid Cup in 1973. Zob Ahan prepared its team by buying 14 players from Sepahan. Zob Ahan has always been the wealthier team. The team has participated in the highest Iranian league for every year except in 1995 when they played in the 2nd division. They were promoted to the 1st division the year after and are now seen as contenders every season in the IPL ever since. The club's biggest honor to date has been winning the Hazfi Cup in 2003. The club was able to participate in the Asian Champions League after winning the Hazfi Cup, but did not make any noise and was soon eliminated. Season-by-seasonThe table below chronicles the achievements of Zob Ahan since 2001. | Season | League | League Finishing Position | Hazfi Cup | Asian Cup |
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| 2001-2002 | Iran Premier League | 6th | Quarterfinal | | | 2002-2003 | Iran Premier League | 8th | Cup | | | 2003-2004 | Iran Premier League | 4th | Semifinal | First Round | | 2004-2005 | Iran Premier League | 2nd | 1/8 Final | | | 2005-2006 | Iran Premier League | 6th | 1/8 Final | | | 2006-2007 | Iran Premier League | 8th | 1/16 Final | | | 2007-2008 | Iran Premier League | 6th | 1/16 Final | |
Club honours- Runner Up (1): 2004-2005
- Winners (1): 2003
Club managers Yevgeny Lyadin (1974) - ?
Yevgeny Lyadin (1993 - 1995) - ?
Nasser Hejazi (1998 - 2001) Bahram Atef (2001 - 2002) Samvel Darbinyan (2002 - 2004) Rasoul Korbekandi (2004 - Jun 2007) Zoran ?or?evi? (Jun 2007 - Oct 2007) Bijan Zolfagharnasab (Nov 2007 - May 2008) Mansour Ebrahimzadeh (May 2008 - Present)
Current Management Team- Head Coach : Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
- Assistant Coach : Ali Shojaei
PlayersAs of October 9, 2007, the numbers are established according to Iranian Pro League Stats. First-team squad| No. | Position | Player |
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| 1 |  | GK | Issa Ndoye | | 2 |  | DF | Mohammad Ali Ahmadi | | 3 |  | MF | Seyed Ahmad Mohammadpour | | 4 |  | DF | Farshid Talebi | | 5 |  | MF | Hamid Parvaz | | 6 |  | DF | Mostafa Salehi Nejad | | 8 |  | FW | Fábio da Silva | | 9 |  | MF | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | | 10 |  | FW | Mohsen Mosalman | | 11 |  | FW | Vahid Amraei | | 12 |  | MF | Mehdi Zarei | | 13 |  | DF | Akbar Shoja | | 14 |  | MF | Mohammad Salsali (Captain) | | 15 |  | FW | Esmail Farhadi | | 16 |  | FW | Igor |
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| 20 |  | MF | Arian Aragoli | | 21 |  | MF | Mohammad Mansouri | | 22 |  | GK | Abbas Ghasemi | | 24 |  | MF | Ghasem Haddadifar | | 26 |  | DF | Hassan Ashjari | | 27 |  | MF | Babak Chehrazi | | 29 |  | DF | Reza Esfahani | | 30 |  | GK | Mehdi Gharavi | | -- |  | GK | Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi | | -- |  | MF | Mehdi Bagri | | -- |  | DF | Armen Ghazaryan | | -- |  | DF | Haidar Obeid | |  | FW | Omid Abolhassani | | -- |  | FW | Bajram Nebihi | | -- |  | DF | Jalal Omidian |
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2008/2009 Transfers Famous players
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