- Zob Ahan F.C.
Infobox Football club
clubname = Zob Ahan ذوب آهن
fullname = Zob Ahan Football Club
nickname =
shortname =
founded = 1969
dissolved =
ground =Foolad Shahr Stadium Fooladshahr Iran
capacity = 25,000
chairman = flagicon|IRNSaeed Azari
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|IRNMansour Ebrahimzadeh
league = Persian Gulf Cup
season = 2007-08
position = Persian Gulf Cup, 6th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFZob Ahan Football Club (PerB|باشگاه فوتبال ذوب آهن) is an
Iran ian football club based inEsfahan ,Iran .It is sponsored by the "Esfahan Steel Company", which also goes by the name Zob Ahan. The club's main rival is fellow Esfahani team
Sepahan , which is also sponsored by the rival steel mill.Zob Ahan club also has a
basketball team, sponsored by the same "Esfahan Steel Company ", which is one of the teams in the Iranian Super League.History
Mohammad Ali Taghizadeh Farahmand established the club in1969 . They entered the Takhte Jamshid Cup in1973 . Zob Ahan prepared its team by buying 14 players fromSepahan . Zob Ahan has always been the wealthier team. The team has participated in the highest Iranian league for every year except in1995 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 theHazfi Cup in2003 . The club was able to partcipate in theAsian Champions League after winning theHazfi Cup , but did not make any noise and was soon eliminated.eason-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Zob Ahan since 2001.
Club honours
* National Championships:"Runner Up (1): "2004-2005"
*
Hazfi Cup : :"Winners (1)": "2003"Club managers
*flagicon|Russia
Yevgeny Lyadin (1974)
*?
*flagicon|RussiaYevgeny Lyadin (1993 - 1995)
*?
*flagicon|IranNasser Hejazi (1998 - 2001)
*flagicon|IranBahram Atef (2001 - 2002)
*flagicon|ArmeniaSamvel Darbinyan (2002 - 2004)
*flagicon|IranRasoul Korbekandi (2004 - Jun 2007)
*flagicon|SerbiaZoran Đorđević (Jun 2007 - Oct 2007)
*flagicon|IranBijan Zolfagharnasab (Nov 2007 - May 2008)
*flagicon|IranMansour Ebrahimzadeh (May 2008 - Present)Current Management Team
* Head Coach :
Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
* Assistant Coach :Ali Shojaei Players
"As of
October 9 2007 , the numbers are established according to [http://www.iplstats.com Iranian Pro League Stats] ."
=First-team squad=2008/2009 Transfers
In:
Out:
Famous players
1970s
*flagicon|Iran|1964Abdolali Changiz
*flagicon|Iran|1964Rasoul Korbekandi 1990s
*flagicon|IranAli Akbar Ostad-Asadi
*flagicon|IranReza Sahebi 2000s
*flagicon|IranRahman Rezaei
*flagicon|IranSepehr Heidari
*flagicon|IranMehdi Rajabzadeh
*flagicon|IranEbrahim Taghipour
*flagicon|IranVahid Amraei
*flagicon|ArmeniaLevon Stepanyan
*flagicon|ArmeniaArmenak Petrosyan
*flagicon|MoldovaGheorghe Stratulat External links
Official
* [http://www.zobahanclub.com/ Official club website]
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