Mes Rafsanjan F.C.

Mes Rafsanjan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Rafsanjan, Iran. The club is owned by the National Mes Company the nationalised Iranian copper industry after which the club is named (Persian: اصف romanized: mes).

Mes Rafsanjan
مس رفسنجان
Full nameSanat Mes Rafsanjan Football Club
Founded1995; 28 years ago
GroundShohadaye Mes 1
Shohadaye Mes 2
Capacity10,000[1][2]
3,800[3][4]
OwnerNational Mes Company
ChairmanHossien Pormohamadi
Head CoachMoharram Navidkia
LeaguePersian Gulf Pro League
2022–23Persian Gulf Pro League, 5th
Current season

History

In 1995 the national Iranian copper industry decided to form a football club in one of its focus cities, Rafsanjan.[5] It would go on to form another football team in Kerman a year later, also named after the national copper industry.

Mes Rafsanjan knocked out a number of Persian Gulf Pro League clubs in the Hazfi Cup of 2008–09, including Foolad and Esteghlal. The club was later defeated by the eventual champions Zob Ahan in the semi-finals.

In 2020 Mes Refanjan were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League, where they have enjoyed moderate success.

Season-by-season

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

SeasonLeaguePositionHazfi CupNotes
2006–07League 22ndWithdrewPromoted
2007–08Azadegan League4thWithdrew
2008–09Azadegan League3rdQuarterfinals
2009–10Azadegan league7th1/4 Final
2010–11Azadegan League9th2nd Round
2011–12Azadegan League12th1/16 Final
2012–13Azadegan League11th1/8 Final
2013–14Azadegan League6th1/16 Final
2014–15Azadegan League2nd1/32 Final
2015–16Azadegan League5thWithdrew
2016–17Azadegan League11th1/16 Final
2017–18Azadegan League10th1/32 Final
2018–19Azadegan League10th1/32 Final
2019–20Azadegan League1stwithdrawPromoted[5]
2020–21Persian Gulf Pro League8th1/32 Final
2021–22Persian Gulf Pro League6thQuarterfinals
2022–23Persian Gulf Pro League5th1/16 Final

Honours

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
21MF  IRNFarshid Bagheri
22GK  IRNMehran HeydariU23
23FW  IRNMohsen Azarbad
29FW  BRAChimba
30MF  IRNMohammad Mehdi MohebiU23
40GK  IRNAmirhossein Alizadeh
44DF  IRNFarshad Mohammadi Mehr
53DF  IRQAli Adnan Kadhim
70FW  IRNOmid LatifiU25
77FW  IRNMehdi Torkaman
81GK  IRNHamed Lak

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2022.

Coaches

Head coaches

NameNationalityYears
Mahmoud Hariri 1953–1960
Technical Commission1960–1970
Mahmoud Yavari 1970–1978
Zdravko Rajkov 1978
Mahmoud Yavari 1978–1980
Masoud Tabesh 1980–1993
Firouz Karimi 1993–1994
Nasser Hejazi 1994–1995
Mahmoud Yavari 1995–1996
Ali Samereh 2017–2018
Mišo Krstičević 2018–2019
Mohammad Rabiei 2019–2023

References

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