PAS Hamedan F.C.

PAS Hamedan
پاس همدان

Full name	PAS Hamedan Football Club
Founded	9 June 2007
Ground	Shahid Mofatteh Stadium Hamedan Iran (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	Vacant
Head Coach	Faraz Kamalvand
League	Persian Gulf Cup
2010-11	Persian Gulf Cup, 16th (Relegation to the Azadegan League)
Home colours Away colours

PAS Hamedan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پاس همدان) is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran.

History

Establishment

PAS Hamedan was formed as a result of the dissolution of PAS Tehran F.C. on June 9, 2007 as it is a government incentive to move clubs away from Tehran, to start with the team began life as Alvand Hamedan after the Alvand mountain range in Hamedan, however after much deliberation was changed to PAS Hamedan and PAS will stand for Paydari Esteghamat Sarfarazi (esteghamat starts with Aleph (A) in Persian).^[1]

Doping Scandal

In July 2008, it was revealed that numerous players and staff members were involved in distributing illegal doping substances. Midfielders Saeed Daghighi and Faruk Ihtijarević were banned for six months after testing positive for doping in a match against Rah Ahan. Team translator Reza Chalangar and head athletic trainer Moradali Teimoori were found to have been distributing the substances and were banned for four years from involvement in any Iranian sport. In addition, the team was also hit with a fine of 25,000 Swiss Francs ($23,197.55) and a three-point deduction, effective as of the start of the 2008-09 IPL season.

Persian Gulf Cup

They finished 13 in the 2008-09 under Vingo Begovic which it was his last season.

Sponsorship

Official sponsors

For the 2007/08 season the official sponsor of the club is Hegmataneh Industries Petrochemical Company (HIPC).

Kit providers

• 2007/08: [1]

Old Logo 2007-2011

Players

First-team squad

as of 20 JULY,2010

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 2 DF Hemat Abedinejad 3 DF Pouria Seifpanahi 4 DF Saša Kolunija 7 MF Akmal Kholmatov 8 FW Amir Mohebi 9 FW Farhad Kheirkhah 12 MF Hadi Bolouri 14 MF Hadi Ramezani 16 FW Meghdad Ghobakhlou

No. Position Player 17 FW Hamid Kazemi 19 MF Mostafa Soulaki 20 MF Nader Ahmadi 21 FW Udo Nwoko 22 GK Sadra Behbahani 23 MF Mostafa Yousefalizadeh 24 FW Hadi Kheiri 25 DF Farhad Rabikhah 27 MF Pouria Gheidar 37 MF Morteza Tabrizi

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

Season-by-Season

The table below shows the achievements of the club in various competitions.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2011-12	Azadegan League		Second Round

References

• (English) Player and Stats

1. ^ "Alvand Hamedan changes to PAS Hamedan". isna.ir. http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-948331&Lang=P. Retrieved 2007-07-09. 

External links

Official

• (Persian) Official club website