Rah Ahan F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Rah Ahan


fullname = Rah Ahan Football Club Tehran
nickname = "Locomotive Runners"(PerB|لوكوموتيورانان)
founded = 1938
ground = Rah Ahan Stadium, Ekbatan, Tehran
capacity = 15,000
chairman = flagicon|Iran Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
manager = flagicon|Iran Mahmoud Yavari
league = Persian Gulf Cup
season = 2007-08
position = Persian Gulf Cup, 12th
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Rah Ahan Football Club (PerB|راه آهن) is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They currently play in the IPL.

History

Establishment

Rah Ahan was formed in 1964 by Iran's Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and to this day the club still remains in their control. Rah Ahan has a history of supplying players to Esteghlal F.C., however in recent times the number of players being transferred to Esteghlal has dramatically decreased.

Match Fixing Scandal

The club was promoted to the IPL with much controversy, after numerous allegations of match-fixing, and use of ineligible players. Sanat Naft F.C. launched complaints against the club, and Rah Ahan's presence in the IPL was not certain until the very first day of the 2005-06 season. The courts in Iran at the beginning of the 2006-07 season confirmed that Rah Ahan had been promoted unfairly and that Sanat Naft should have been promoted instead. Sanat Naft F.C. will get automatic qualification to the IPL for the 2007/08 season regardless of their league position.

Managers

* Rasoul Madadnoei
* Amir Aboutaleb
* Parviz Aboutaleb
* Ivan Kounov
* Ardeshir Laroudi
* Asghar Taghibeig
* Mohamad Eshaghzadeh
* Naser Ebrahimi
* Ghasem Tabibi
* Reza Vatankhah
* Ahmad Tousi
* Iraj Ghelichkhani
* Ali Givehei
* Majid Janani
* Masoud Eghabli
* Behrooz Tabani
* Mostafa Ghanbarpour
* Hamid Derakhshan
* Abas Mosivand
* Firouz Karimi (June 2004-February 2006)
* Behrooz Tabani (March 2006-May 2006)
* Abbas Razawi (June 2006-November 2006)
* Akbar Misaghian (December 2006-February 2008)
* Davoud Mahabadi (March 2008-October 2008)
* Mahmoud Yavari (October 2008-Present)

Players

"As of August 20 2007."

First-team squad

Former players

"For details on former players, see ."

2008/2009 Transfers

In:

Out:

Famous players

* Homayoun Behzadi
* Behrouz Tabani
* Farshad Pious
* Khodadad Azizi
* Nasser Mohammadkhani
* Amir Ghalenoei
* Hadi Asghari
* Ahmad Jamshidian
* Parviz Broumand
* Davoud Haghi
* Mehdi Tartar
* Sohrab Entezari
* Hamlet Mkhitaryan
* Gevorg Kasparov

External links

Official

* [http://www.rahahansport.com/ Official club website]