Naft Tehran F.C.

Naft Tehran F.C.

Full name	Naft Tehran Football Club باشگاه فوتبال نفت تهران
Nickname(s)	Naft Tehran نفت تهران
Founded	23 August 1971
Ground	Naft Stadium Tehran, Iran (Capacity: 5,000)
Owner	National Iranian Oil Company
Chairman	Mansoor Ghanbarzadeh
Manager	Hossein Faraki
League	Persian Gulf Cup
2010-11	Persian Gulf Cup, 13rd
Home colours Away colours

Naft Tehran F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They currently compete in the Iran Pro League.

History

In 1950, National Iranian Oil Company decided on starting a football team. On 28 June 2010 Naft Tehran secured promotion and thus will play in the Iran Pro League in the 2010–11 season for the first time in sixty years.

Season-by-Season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Naft Tehran in various competitions since 2003.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2003-04	Tehran League	4th		Promoted
2004-05	Tehran League	1st		Promoted
2005-06	3rd Division	1st		Promoted
2006-07	2nd Division	4th
2007-08	2nd Division	7th
2008-09	2nd Division	1st		Promoted
2009-10	Azadegan League	1st	Third Round	Promoted
2010–11	Persian Gulf Cup	13rd	Round of 32
2011–12	Persian Gulf Cup		Round of 32

Head coaches

• Mahmoud Yavari
• Parviz Dehdari
• Bijan Jafari
• Naser Faryadshiran (2003–06)
• Mehdi Dinvarzadeh (2006–May 10)
• Morteza Yekeh (May 2010–June 10)
• Nader Dastneshan (June 2010–July 10)
• Hossein Faraki (July 2010–)

Technical Coaches

• Abdolhamid Zarei (2008–)

Club Chairmen

• Mansoor Ghanbarzadeh (2008–)

Executive Managers

• Mohammad Alipoor (2008–)

First Team Squad

As of August 18, 2011 ^[1] 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 Hamed Fallahzadeh 3 MF Hadi Rekabi 4 DF Meisam Aghababaei 5 MF Márcio Alemão 6 MF Alireza Ezzati 7 DF Mohammad Mehrazma 8 MF Reza Magholi 9 FW Mohammad Reza Niknahal 10 MF Mehdi Rafiei 11 FW Mojtaba Zarei 14 DF Khaldoun Ibrahim 16 DF Meysam Khosravi 17 MF Yaghoub Karimi 18 MF Mostafa Mahdavi

No. Position Player 19 MF Ferreira 20 DF Hamid Reza Fathi 21 MF Vafa Hakamaneshi 22 GK Alireza Beiranvand 24 MF Morteza Pouraliganji 25 DF Siamak Kouroshi 26 FW Iman Mousavi 28 MF Hamed Taherifard 30 FW Hossein Emamian 35 MF Amir Reza Khan Mohammadi 36 FW Sajjad Feizollahi 40 GK Sosha Makani — MF Shahin Kheiri

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

Notable players

Iran

• Nima Ghavidel
• Mahmoud Haghighian
• Ali Karimi (Youth Teams Product)
• Farshid Karimi (Youth Teams Product)
• Javad Nekounam (Youth Teams Product)
• Akbar Saghiri
• Bahram Sheibani

Asia Maksatmyrat Şamyradow

References

1. ^ http://www.iplstats.com/playersteam8.htm

External links

• Tehran Oil Football Committee Official site
• Official Blog
• fans blog
• A Video about Transition of Naft Tehran to Arak at Navad