Sanat Mes Kerman FC

Mes
مس

Full name	Mes Kerman Football Club
Nickname(s)	Narenjiha
Founded	2 March 1998
Ground	Shahid Bahonar Stadium Kerman Iran (Capacity: 20,000)
Owner	National Mes Company
Chairman	Nasrollah Ganjalikhani[1]
Head Coach	Miroslav Blažević
League	Persian Gulf Cup
2010-11	Persian Gulf Cup, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Mes Kerman Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال مس کرمان) is an Iranian football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran's top league, the IPL, in the 2005-06 season. The team is named after and sponsored by Kerman's copper industries.

Mes Kerman F.C. is the football club of the multisport Sanat Mes Kerman Cultural and Athletic Club who are better known for their success in the field of cycling.

History

Establishment

Mes Kerman Football Club was formed on March 2, 1998 by Kerman's copper industry. They started playing in Iran Football's 2nd Division and was promoted to the Azadegan League in 2000. Bijan Zolfagharnasab was appointed in 2000 as head coach of the club after the team was promoted to the Azadegan League.

Azadegan League (2000-2007)

They was promoted to the Azadegan League in 2000-01 season. In 2005-06 season under management of Nader Dastneshan, the club was promoted to the IPL for the 2006-07 season.

Persian Gulf Cup (2007-Present)

They started the league in 2007 with Farhad Kazemi and but he was replaced by Amir Ghalenoei half way through the season where they finished second in the second half of the season league. Parviz Mazloomi was appointed in 2008 as the head coach and the club was promoted to the ACL for the first time in their history by finishing third in the league. Where they progressed to the last 16 and got knocked out by Zob Ahan and finished 9th in the league.

Colours and crest

From the foundation of the club, the common home kit includes a orange shirt, white shorts, and white or black socks. White and black colours are also seen in the kit. The away kit of the club is commonly with a white background.

Stadium and facilities

Main article: Shahid Bahonar Stadium

The club currently plays its home games at Kerman's Shahid Bahonar Stadium, but the club recently announced plans to build its own football only stadium. Construction started on July 13, 2006 for the 15,000 capacity stadium.^[2]

Players

First-team squad

as of 29 July 2011^[3] 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 Ershad Yousefi 2 DF Farhad Salaripour 3 DF Shojai Khalilazad 4 DF Sepehr Heidari 5 DF Ghasem Dehnavi 6 MF Ararat Arakelyan 7 MF Majid Khodabandelou 8 MF Farzad Hosseinkhani (captain) 9 FW George Mourad 10 FW Keivan Amraei 11 MF Mehrdad Pouladi 12 MF Mohammad Hossein Heidari 13 GK Arman Shahdad Nejad 14 MF Eduardo Salazar 15 MF Ali Marzban

No. Position Player 17 MF Mostafa Seifi 18 FW Mostafa Shojaei 19 DF Mohammad Reza Torabi Asl 20 FW Mohsen Bayatinia 21 GK Alireza Ghadiri 22 FW Ahmad Hasanzadeh 23 DF Milad Fakhreddini 24 FW Farshid Bagheri 25 DF Rasoul Kor 27 FW Leandro Barrios 30 FW Ahmad Reza Zendeh Rouh 32 DF Bijan Koushki 35 DF Mohammad Vahid Esmaeil Beigi 40 MF Adel Kolahkaj 44 MF Hojat Sedghi

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2011.

Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Mes Kerman players.

Famous players

Adriano Alves Edinho Paulo Zaltron Farzad Ashoobi Nabiollah Bagheriha Faraz Fatemi Pirouz Ghorbani Sepehr Heidari Farzad Majidi

Mohammad Mansouri Saber Mirghorbani Abbas Mohammadi Ali Molaei Rasoul Navidkia Mehdi Rahmati Mehdi Rajabzadeh Amir Hossein Sadeghi Ebrahim Taghipour

Club officials

Managers

Name	Nat	From	To
Bijan Zolfagharnasab		July 2000	July 2002
Mehdi Mohammadi		July 2002	January 2006
Nader Dastneshan		January 2006	February 2007
Farhad Kazemi		February 2007	December 2007
Amir Ghalenoei		December 2007	April 2008
Parviz Mazloomi		June 2008	November 2009
Mehdi Mohammadi *		November 2009	December 2009
Luka Bonačić		December 2009	May 2010
Samad Marfavi		June 2010	August 2011
Flemming Serritslev *		August 2011	September 2011
Miroslav Blažević		September 2011	Present

• * = Caretaker manager

Current Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Miroslav Blažević
First Team Coach	Darko Dražić[4]
Assistant Coach	Aref Saeedian
Assistant Coach	Antonio Šišić
Goalkeeping Coach	Jalal Basharzad
Fitness Coach	John Harbert
Technical Manager	Flemming Serritslev
Doctor	Mehdi Madahi
Team Director	Sasan Moosavi

Chairpersons

Chairperson	Tenure
Mahmoud Mostaghimi	March 1998 - March 2000
Abdolreza Tajalli	March 2000 - January 2002
Abolhassan Mahdavi	January 2002 - March 2002
Akbar Iranmanesh	March 2002 - July 2003
Hamid Niknafs	July 2003 - July 2007
Abdolreza Borhaninezhad	July 2007 - November 2007
Ahmad Asadi	November 2007 - December 2007
Fathollah Nejadzamani	December 2007 - August 2011
Hamid Haj Esmaeli	August 2011 - September 2011
Nasrollah Ganjalikhani	September 2011 - Present

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Zob Ahan since 1973.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Asian Cup
2000-01	Azadegan League	16th	Did not enter	Did not qualify
2001-02	Azadegan League	9th
2002-03	Azadegan League	14th
2003-04	Azadegan League	13th
2004-05	Azadegan League	5th
2005-06	Azadegan League	1st**
2006-07	Iran Pro League	9th	1/18 Final
2007-08	Iran Pro League	10th	1/16 Final
2008-09	Iran Pro League	3rd	1/16 Final
2009-10	Iran Pro League	9th	Quarter Final	Round of 16
2010-11	Iran Pro League	7th	Round of 32	Did not qualify

* Relegated.
** Promoted.

Club honours

Domestic

• Azadegan League:

Winners (1): 2005-06

• 2nd Division:

Winners (1): 1999-00

Runners-Up (1): 1998-99

Ownership

The owner of the Mes Kerman FC is National Mes Company, one of the most important company in Iran. Company is opened in 1940, based close to the city of Kerman, Kerman Province.

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2007–08	Merooj	Mahan Air
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11	Uhlsport	Yas Travel Agency
2011–12		Resalat Bank'

Notes

1. ^ "(Persian) نصرالله گنجعلی خانی مدیرعامل مس کرمان شد". Varzesh3. http://www.varzesh3.com/news.do?itemid=54754&title=%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%AF. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 
2. ^ "(Persian) استادیوم صنعت مس از امروزساخته خواهد شد". Mes Kerman website news. http://www.cscci.ir/article233.html. Retrieved 2006-07-13. 
3. ^ http://messport.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1610&Itemid=9
4. ^ varzesh3.com: بلاژويچ دستيارانش را انتخاب كرد

External links

• (English) Player Statistics

Official

• (Persian) Official club website