Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.

Naft Masjed Soleyman
نفت مسجدسلیمان
Full name Naft Masjed Soleyman Football Club
Nickname(s) Shiran Zagros (The Zagros Lions)
Founded 1965; 53 years ago
Ground Behnam Mohammadi Stadium
Capacity 8,000
Owner NISOC
Chairman Hedayat Yazdi
Manager Alireza Marzban
League Persian Gulf Pro League
2017–18 Azadegan League, 1st (promoted)
Website Club website

Naft Masjed Soleyman Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نفت مسجدسلیمان‎) is an Iranian football club based in Masjed-Soleyman, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League as they were promoted at the end of 2017–18 season. Naft Masjed-Soleyman is owned by the NISOC.

Behnam Mohammadi Stadium is the club's home stadium and underwent renovations in 2014 to meet Persian Gulf Pro League standards.

History

Establishment

When oil was discovered in Masjed Soleyman, there was a rush of workers to the city. The Team was established in 1965 as F.C. Corona Masjed-Soleyman and was composed of Persian, British and Armenian engineers working for the National Iranian Oil Company.[1] The team garnished it first taste of victory in 1973 when it won the Khuzestan Provincial Cup.[2] Before the revolution the most popular team in the city was Taj Masjed Soleyman. After the revolution Taj was dissolved and Naft became the most popular team in Masjed Soleyman.

Lower leagues

Naft was promoted to the Azadegan League in 2010 after a successful season in the 2nd Division. In the 2013–14 season Naft Masjed Soleyman finished first in the table with 12 wins and 7 draws and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League. Naft Masjed Soleyman became the first team from the city of Masjed Soleyman to compete in the best league of Iran.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Designed shirt in season 2014–15. The letters MIS are short for the city name.

Before the start of the season, the National Iranian Oil Company improved the Behnam Mohammadi Stadium to meet 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League conditions. In their Persian Gulf Pro League (PGPL) match Naft tied 0–0 against Saipa. Naft won its first ever PGPL match in a 2–1 victory against Foolad on 3 October 2014. At the end of the season Naft finished last in the league and was relegated to the Azadegan League.

Naft Masjed Soleyman made it back to the Persian Gulf Pro League in April of 2018 after finishing as champions of the Azadegan League.

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Naft Masjed-Soleyman in various competitions since 2009.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2009–10 2nd Division 1st Second Round Promoted
2010–11 Azadegan League 4th 1/8 Final
2011–12 8th Third Round
2012–13 3rd 1/16 Final
2013–14 1st 1/8 Final Promoted
2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League 16th 1/8 Final Relegated
2015–16 Azadegan League 10th Did not enter
2016–17 13th 1/8 Final
2017–18 1st 1/16 Final Promoted
2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League 1/16 Final

First Team Squad

As of August 8, 2017[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Mohammad Ahmadpour
4 Iran DF Mojtaba Bijan
5 Mali DF Moussa Coulibaly
6 Iran DF Milad Khodaie
8 Iran FW Hakim Nassari (Captain)
9 Iran FW Akbar Afaghi
10 Iran FW Milad Meydavoudi
11 Iran MF Abbas Asgari
12 Iran GK Milad Farahani
17 Iran MF Peyman Miri
No. Position Player
18 Iran DF Mohammad Hosseini
19 Iran FW Farshid Mehmadi U21
20 Iran MF Sadegh Sadeghi
21 Iran FW Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati
23 Iran FW Hossein Doustdar
25 Iran DF Ayoub Taheri
33 Iran GK Habib Far Abbasi '
40 Iran DF Yousef Vakia
66 Iran MF Alireza Alizadeh
77 Iran FW Erfan Kazemi '

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2018.

Achievements

Naft Masjed Soleyman players celebrating promotion to the PGL in the last fixture of 2017–18 season

Domestic

League

See also

References

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