Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.

Naft Masjed Soleyman
نفت مسجدسلیمان
Full name Naft Masjed Soleyman Football Club
Nickname(s) Shiran Zagros (The Zagros Lions)
Founded 1965; 51 years ago
Ground Behnam Mohammadi Stadium
Ground Capacity 8,000
Owner NISOC
Chairman Hedayat Yazdi
Manager Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
League Azadegan League
2015–16 Azadegan League, 10th
Website Club home page

Naft Masjed Soleyman Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نفت مسجدسلیمان) is an Iranian football club based in Masjed-Soleyman, Iran. They currently compete in the Azadegan League as they were relegated at the end of 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League season. Naft Masjed-Soleyman is owned by the National Iranian Oil Company.

Behnam Mohammadi Stadium is the club's home stadium and underwent renovations in 2014 to meet Persian Gulf Pro League standards.

History

Establishment

When oil was discovered in Masjed Soleyman, there was a rush of workers to the city. The Team was established in 1965 as F.C. Corona Masjed-Soleyman and was composed of Persian, British and Armenian engineers working for the National Iranian Oil Company.[1] The team garnished it first taste of victory in 1973 when it won the Khuzestan Provincial Cup.[2] Before the revolution the most popular team in the city was Taj Masjed Soleyman. After the revolution Taj was dissolved and Naft became the most popular team in Masjed Soleyman.

Lower leagues

Naft was promoted to the Azadegan League in 2010 after a successful season in the 2nd Division. In the 2013–14 season Naft Masjed Soleyman finished first in the table with 12 wins and 7 draws and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League. Naft Masjed Soleyman became the first team from the city of Masjed Soleyman to compete in the best league of Iran.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Designed shirt in season 2014–15. The letters MIS are short for the city name.

Before the start of the season, the National Iranian Oil Company improved the Behnam Mohammadi Stadium to meet 2014–15 Iran Pro League conditions. In their first Iran Pro League match Naft tied 0–0 against Saipa. Naft Masjed Soleyman becomes the second team in Iran Pro League that is owned by NIOC including Naft Tehran. Naft won its first ever Persian Gulf Pro League match in a 2–1 victory against Foolad on 3 October 2014. At the end of the season Naft finished last in the league and was relegated to the Azadegan League.

Season-by-season

Behnam Mohammadi Stadium is the home ground of Naft Masjed Soleyman

The table below chronicles the achievements of Naft Masjed-Soleyman in various competitions since 2009.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2009–10 2nd Division 1st Second Round Promoted
2010–11 Azadegan League 4th 1/8 Final
2011–12 Azadegan League 8th Third Round
2012–13 Azadegan League 3rd 1/16 Final
2013–14 Azadegan League 1st 1/8 Final Promoted
2014–15 Iran Pro League 16th 1/8 Final Relegated
2015–16 Azadegan League 10th Did not enter
2016–17 Azadegan League

First Team Squad

As of August 5, 2016[3] 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 Yousef Behzadi
2 Iran DF Ayoub Taheri
4 Iran Mojtaba Bijan
5 Iran DF Reza Yazdandoust
6 Iran DF Milad Khodaie
7 Iran FW Sattar Doraji
8 Iran MF Reza Jabbary
9 Iran FW Erfan pourafraz
10 Iran MF Sajjad Mousavi U23
11 Iran FW Mohammad Moavi
12 Iran GK Mohammad Ahmadpour
14 Iran Mohammad Khan ahmadi
15 Iran Milad Salehvand
No. Position Player
17 Iran FW Farzad Mohammadi
18 Iran MF Ali Kianifar U23
19 Iran Saman Karimi U21
21 Iran Erfan Kazemi U23
22 Iran Massoud Pour Mohammad U21
23 Iran Milad Shikhi Soleymani
24 Iran Hassan Barati
26 Iran Alireza Khosro Babadi
33 Iran Habib Far Abbasi U21
44 Iran Amin Jahankohan
70 Iran shahab Zandi
77 Iran Hossein Rassouli

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015.

Achievements

Domestic

League

See also

References

  1. naftfc.ir
  2. naftfc.ir
  3. http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams/teams?id=98&view=team&sid=22
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