F.C. Zob Ahan

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F.C. Zob Ahan
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Full name Football Club Zob Ahan Isfahan
Founded 1969
Ground Foolad Shahr Stadium
Capacity 25,000
Chairman Flag of Iran Saeed Azari
Manager Flag of Iran Rasoul Korbekandi
League IPL
2005-06 IPL, 6th
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Football Club Zob Ahan Isfahan (Persian: ذوب ‌آهن‎ ) is an Iranian football club based in the city of Isfahan, Iran.

It is sponsored by the Isfahan Steel Company, which also goes by the name Zob Ahan. The club's main rival is fellow Isfahani team Sepahan, which is also sponsored by the rival steel mill.

Zob Ahan club also has a basketball team, sponsored by the same Isfahan Steel Company, which is one of the teams in the Iranian national basketball league.

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Mohammad 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 partcipate in the Asian Champions League after winning the Hazfi Cup, but did not make any noise and was soon eliminated.

The table below chronicles the achievements of Zob Ahan in IPL.


Season League League Finishing Position Hazfi Cup Asian Cup
2001-2002 Iran Premier League 6th Quarterfinal
2002-2003 Iran Premier League 8th Cup First Round
2003-2004 Iran Premier League 4th Semifinal
2004-2005 Iran Premier League 2nd 1/8 Final
2005-2006 Iran Premier League 6th 1/8 Final
2006-2007 Iran Premier League Not done yet 1/16 Final

The numbers are established according to Iranian Pro League Stats and FootballRoad.com

As of September 1, 2006

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Iran GK Abbas Ghasemi
2 Flag of Iran MF Mehdi Zarei
3 Flag of Iran DF Sepehr Heidari (captain)
6 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Hamrang
7 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Mansouri
8 Flag of Iran DF Hassan Ashjari
9 Flag of Iran FW Ali Tahmasebi
10 Flag of Iran FW Esmail Farhadi
13 Flag of Iran DF Alireza Noormohammadi
14 Flag of Moldova MF Gheorghe Stratulat
15 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Salsali
16 Flag of Iran MF Ali Azari
17 Flag of Iran MF Ghasem Haddadi
19 Flag of Iran FW Farshid Talebi
No. Position Player
20 Flag of Iran DF Mostafa Salehinejad
21 Flag of Iran FW Majid Bajlan
22 Flag of Brazil GK Fábio Carvalho
26 Flag of Iran DF Sina Ashouri
27 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
28 Flag of Iran DF Mohammad Ali Ahmadi
29 Flag of Iran FW Vahid Amraei
30 Flag of Iran FW Mehdi Rajabzadeh
31 Flag of Iran GK Mehdi Gahroui
32 Flag of Mali GK Issa Indougi
TBA Flag of Iran DF Manouchehr Azin
TBA Flag of Iran FW Hami Mohammadzadeh
TBA Flag of Uruguay FW Edgardo Simovic

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