Gahar Zagros F.C.

Gahar Zagros

Full name	Gahar Zagros Football Club
Founded	July 2006
Dissolved	August 2011
Ground	Takhti Dorod Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Amir Abedini
Head Coach	Davoud Mahabadi
League	Azadegan League
2009-10	Azadegan League Group 1, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Gahar Zagros Football Club (former named by Damash Iranian) is an Iranian football club based in Dorood, Iran. They will compete in 2011–12 Azadegan League.

History

Establishment in Tehran

Damash were set up in July 2006 in Tehran by a private investor and played in Iran Football's 2nd Division for one season before being promoted to Azadegan League.

Azadegan League

Competing in Group A of Azadegan League season 2007/08, Damash managed to start well in the tournament, sharing the top of the league with Shahrdari Bandar Abbas.

Hazfi Cup

In the 2006/07 Hazfi Cup Damash managed to knock out IPL side F.C. Zob Ahan 5-4 on penalty kicks in the round of 32, progressing to the round of 16 where they met Bargh Shiraz F.C. and lost 5-4 on penalties. This was a major achievement for the club in its first season in the Iranian football league system. Damash entered the next season of Hazfi Cup in the Third Round Proper and were eliminated by Steel Azin on penalties.

Establishment of Damash Lorestan

Damash Lorestan was formed as a result of the dissolution of Damash Tehran on July 9, 2008.

Gahar Zagros

In June 2011, the football club changed its name from Damash Lorestan to Gahar Zagros.^[1]

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Damash in various competitions since 2006.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2006-07	2nd Division	3rd	First Round	Promoted
2007-08	Azadegan League	8th	First Round
2008-09	Azadegan League	4th	First Round
2009-10	Azadegan League	11th	Second Round
2010-11	Azadegan League	12th	3rd Round
2011-12	Azadegan League

Players

As of October 27, 2010 ^[2]

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mahmoud Bahreini 2 DF Shahriar Morad Baygi 3 DF Morteza Golamali 5 DF Milad Nosrati 7 MF Mohammad Torabi 8 MF Mehrdad Kafshgari 10 MF Afshin Esmaeilzadeh 13 DF Amirreza Mehrabi

No. Position Player 16 DF Ali Azari 19 FW Mohsen Razmpoosh 25 MF Shahin Majidi 30 GK Ali Abolfathi 34 FW Léo Borges MF Alireza Afzali MF Hamed Monfared FW Ehsan Khorsandi

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2010.

Club managers

• Reza Shahroudi (2006–07)
• Amir Hossein Peyrovani (2007-June 8)
• Hamid Alidoosti
• Human Afazeli
• Markar Aghajanian (November 2009-July 9)
• Darko Dražić (July 2010-)
• Amir Hossein Peyrovani (-2011)
• Davoud Mahabadi (2011-)

References

1. ^ http://www.lig1.ir/news/news300.html
2. ^ http://www.iranproleague.net/index.php/teams/teams?id=84&view=team&sid=19

External links

(Persian) Official Website