Machine Sazi F.C.
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| Full name | Machine Sazi Tabriz Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Yaşıl Maşın (The Green Machine) | ||
| Founded | 1969; 49 years ago | ||
| Ground | Bonyan Diesel Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Owner | Rasoul Khatibi | ||
| Chairman | Houshang Nasirzadeh | ||
| Head Coach | Mohammad Reza Mohajeri | ||
| League | Persian Gulf Pro League | ||
| 2017–18 | Azadegan League, 15th (promoted via buying license) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Machine Sazi Tabriz Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال ماشینسازی تبریز) more commonly known as Machine Sazi is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran who currently play in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The team is owned by Rasoul Khatibi. Machine Sazi were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League in 2016 after a 19-year absence from the top flight of Iranian football but relegated at the end of the season.
Club history
Establishment
In 1969, Machine Sazi Tabriz Industrial Group decided to create a new football team by the name of Machine Sazi. Machine Sazi Tabriz football club played its first official match in 1970. The club became one of the most heavily supported teams in Tabriz after a couple of years.
In 1973, the Takht Jamshid Cup was established. The Takht Jamshid Cup, was Iran's first ever nationwide football league and Machine Sazi entered the league in its first year of establishment in 1973. The club participated in Takht Jamshid Cup between 1973 and 1977.
Post Revolution
1980s
Like most sporting clubs in Iran, the Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War severely limited the team's activities. From 1979 to 1980 the club participated in almost no meaningful competitions. In 1980 the Tabriz Football League and Tabriz Hazfi Cup was established. Machine Sazi participated in the Tabriz Football League and Tabriz Hazfi Cup between 1980 and 1988. Machine Sazi was the most successful Tabriz Football League club, winning seven championship titles and finishing two times as runners-up. The club also won the Tabriz Hazfi Cup six times. After the war the local and provincial leagues were scrapped in favor of nationwide leagues.
1990s
After the war, the Azadegan League was established as Iran's national league. Machine Sazi was promoted to the Azadegan League in 1994. They stayed in the Azadegan League for two season and the club finished 8th the following year. But, in 1997 the club was relegated to the 2nd Division. Machine Sazi played in the 2nd Division between 1997 and 2001 until the Iran Pro League was formed.
2000s
With the launch of Iran Pro League in 2001, Machine Sazi were placed into the Azadegan League. After a 3rd-place finish in the new Azadegan League's inaugural season, Machine Sazi had a string of mid table finishes. In the 2007–08 season the club finished 11th in the Azadegan League and was relegated to 2nd Division but following the Iranian Football Federations' decision to increase the number of teams in the league to 28, Machine Sazi remained in the Azadegan League.
The club had a mixed start to the 2008–09 season in the Azadegan League. 2008 heralded major changes for Machine Sazi, as the terrible state of the club's finances was revealed; they were unable to pay wages and had massive debts. After a drop in form, recording 10 losses in 12 matches, Asghar Etebari was sacked as manager and was replaced by Sirous Bayrami. In March 2008 Javad Shahlaei resigned as chairman and Farhad Sedaghat was elected chairman by the club council. Seyed Javad Mousavi was brought in as the new club manager. Machine Sazi finished 13th in the 2008–09 Azadegan League season. Thus, being relegated to 2nd Division.
Dabiri Takeover
On 25 April 2009 the club was bought by businessman Shahram Dabiri who invested heavily in the club. After a year in the 2nd Division, Machine Sazi bought the licence of a club in the Azadegan League and was allowed to compete in the 2010–11 edition of the league. Following a 3rd-place finish in 2012 which almost brought the club back to the Iran Pro League, the club was again relegated to the 2nd Division in 2013. Machine Sazi escaped relegation to the 3rd Division the following year via a relegation play–off.
Persian Gulf Pro League
Following Machine Sazi's dismal 2013–14 season the team was taken over by the Municipality of Tabriz who introduced Gholamreza Baghabadi as the new chairman.
In June 2015 Machine Sazi replaced Shahrdari Tabriz in the 2015–16 Azadegan League as East Azerbaijan's representative. In winter of 2016 Rasoul Khatibi was named head coach of Machine Sazi and the club began the push for promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League. On 10 May 2016 after a 3–0 win against Mes Rafsanjan, Machine Sazi confirmed their promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League after a 19-year absence from the top flight of Iranian football. Machine Sazi managed to draw 1–1 with Iranian and Asian giants Esteghlal at the Azadi Stadium in week 5.
Khatibi was fired midway through the season for Machine's bad performances and was replaced with Farhad Kazemi. Machine Sazi finished the season in last place and were relegated to the Azadegan League once again.
Players
First Team Squad
As of September 5, 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2018.
League and domestic cup history
| Season | Division | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Hazfi Cup | Notes | Tabriz Hazfi Cup |
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| 1971–72 | 1st | Local League | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | not held | 3rd place(Region A) | |
| 1973–74 | 1st | Takht Jamshid Cup | 12 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 8 | Relegated | ||
| 1974–75 | 2nd | 2nd Division | 6 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 29 | |||
| 1975–76 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 1/8 finals | Promoted | |||
| 1976–77 | 1st | Takht Jamshid Cup | 9 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 1/16 finals | ||
| 1977–78 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 28 | not held | ||||
| 1978–79 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 12 | until week 12 | ||||
| 1980–81 | 1st | Tabriz Football League | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 14 | Cup | ||
| 1981–82 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 18 | Runner-up | ||||
| 1982–83 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | Third Round | ||||
| 1983–84 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 15 | Cup | ||||
| 1984–85 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 21 | Cup | ||||
| 1985–86 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 30 | 49 | Cup | ||||
| 1986–87 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 53 | Third Round | Cup | |||
| 1987–88 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 26 | 51 | 1/8 finals | Cup | |||
| 1988–89 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 43 | 1/16 finals | Cup | |||
| 1989–90 | 1st | Qods League | 6 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 1/16 finals | ||
| 1990–91 | 2nd | 2nd Division | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 18 | Third Round | ||
| 1991–92 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 19 | not held | ||||
| 1992–93 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 29 | not held | ||||
| 1993–94 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 35 | 1/32 finals | Promoted | |||
| 1994–95 | 1st | Azadegan League | 3 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 1/16 finals | ||
| 1995–96 | 8 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 1/8 finals | ||||
| 1996–97 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 52 | 35 | 1/16 finals | Relegated | |||
| 1997–98 | 2nd | 2nd Division | 5 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 27 | not held | ||
| 1998–99 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 1/32 finals | ||||
| 1999–00 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 55 | 36 | Second Round | ||||
| 2000–01 | 5 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 50 | 46 | 1/16finals | ||||
| 2001–02 | Azadegan League | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 32 | 1/16 finals | |||
| 2002–03 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 38 | Second Round | ||||
| 2003–04 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 32 | 41 | Third Round | ||||
| 2004–05 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 24 | Third Round | Group B | |||
| 2005–06 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 25 | First Round | Group B | |||
| 2006–07 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 25 | Second Round | Group A | |||
| 2007–08 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 21 | Second Round | Group B | |||
| 2008–09 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 20 | Second Round | Relegated | |||
| 2009–10 | 3rd | 2nd Division | 4 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 20 | First Round | Replaced | |
| 2010–11 | 2nd | Azadegan League | 12 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 1/16 Final | ||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 41 | 1/8 Final | ||||
| 2012–13 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 47 | 13 | First Round | Relegated | |||
| 2013–14 | 3rd | 2nd Division | 11 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 23 | Round of 32 | ||
| 2014–15 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 24 | Third Round | Replaced | |||
| 2015–16 | 2nd | Azadegan League | 2 | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 63 | Did not enter | Promoted | |
| 2016–17 | 1st | Persian Gulf Pro League | 16 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 45 | 16 | Round of 16 | Relegated | |
| 2017–18 | 2nd | Azadegan League | 16 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 34 | Second Round |
Club stadium
Before the construction of Sahand Stadium, Machine Sazi played all of its matches at Bagh Shomal Stadium, which currently has a capacity of 25,000. They occasionally play big games at Sahand Stadium. Football academy and training ground of Machine sazi is Marzdaran Stadium.[1]
Club colors
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Kit evolution
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     1975–76
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1976–77
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1977–82
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 1982–84
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  1984–88
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1988–03
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 2003–05
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Club Chairman
Club managers
Managerial history
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1978–80 |
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1980–83 |
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1983–88 |
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1988–89 |
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1989–90 |
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1990–91 |
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1991–92 |
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1994–95 |
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1995–96 |
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1996–97 |
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2001–02 |
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2002–03 |
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2003–04 |
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2004–05 |
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2005–06 |
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July 2006 – July 7 |
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July 2007 – Feb 08 |
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Feb 2008 – June 8 |
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July 2008 – Jan 09 |
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Jan 2009 – April 9 |
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April 2009 – Oct 10 |
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Oct 2010 – Sept 10 |
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Sept 2010 – Dec 10 |
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Dec 2010 – June 11 |
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June 2011 – July 12 |
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Aug 2012 – Sept 12 |
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Sept 2012 – Nov 12 |
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Nov 2012 – Jan 13 |
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Jan 2013 – March 13 |
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March 2013 – Aug 13 |
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Aug 2013 – Sept 13 |
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Sept 2013 |
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Sept 2013 – Oct 13 |
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Oct 2013 – Jan 14 |
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Jan 2014 – Feb 14 |
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Feb 2014 – March 14 |
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March 2014 – April 14 |
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April 2014 – Sept 14 |
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Sept 2014 – June 15 |
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June 2015 – Nov 15 |
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Nov 2015– Dec 16 |
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Dec 2016– Jul 17 |
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Jul 2017– Dec 17 |
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Jul 2018– Aug 18 |
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Aug 2018– |
Current coaching staff
| Position | Name | Nation |
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| Head coach | Mohammad Reza Mohajeri | |
| Assistant managers | Mehdi Bakhshizadeh Rasoul Alizadeh | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jalal Basharzad | |
| Fitness coach | Rodolf Dornet |  |
| Analyzer | Bakhtiar Hosseinzadeh | |
| Team Manager[2] | Mohammad Pirozram | |
Honours
- Tabriz Football League
- Champion (7): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
- Runner-up (1): 1982–83
- Tabriz Hazfi cup
- Champion (6): 1980–81, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
- Runner-up (3): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
- 2nd Division
- Champion (1): 1975–76
- Runner-up (2): 1993–94, 2015–16
References
- ↑ "استادیوم5 هزار نفری مرزداران به آکادمی ماشین سازی اختصاص یافت". Sports organizations of Tabriz municipality. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ http://www.bankvarzesh.com/fa/News/102326/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%89
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