Fath Mashhad F.C.

Fath Mashhad Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال فتح مشهد‎), commonly known as Fath Mashhad, or FTH, is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Khorasan, that competes in the League 2. The club was founded in 1988.

Fath Mashhad
فتح مشهد
Full nameFath Mashhad Football Club
Founded11 February 1988 (1988-02-11)
GroundTakhti Mashhad Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerFree
ChairmanHamid Vahidi
Head CoachHamid Vahidi
LeagueLeague 2
WebsiteClub website

The football team plays their home games at the Takhti Stadium which has a seating capacity of 15,000. The club is owned and supported by the Hamid Vahidi.

The club is for youth and junior leagues with the goal of improving football players and to introduce them to pro leagues of Iran, in this case, Fath football club transfers good football players to the pro leagues such as Behtash Misahian, Siavash Yazdani, Vahid Agari, etc.

History

Establishment

In 1988, a group of youngsters, who were from Mashhad along with Hamid Vahidi, established a football team named Fath. They started playing in the 2nd division of Mashhad's local city league. The club was officially founded on 11 February 1988, the day of the Islamic Revolution. Since then it is possible for young players to improve their ability while playing for Fath Mashhad.

1990s

In 1995 they became champions of Khorasan province, and in 1996 were promoted to the League 2.

Takeover

Fath Mashhad are now officially known as Fath Mashhad, although the name is not in common use yet.[1] Hamid Vahidi is the club's chairman since the establishment of the club in 1988.

They kept the coach Hamid Vahidi till end where he was appointed as Iran's Futsal team head coach and had to leave the club, so Haj Kazem left the club after 10 years being in charge and he finished his last season in mid table and was replaced by Hamid Vahidi.

Mashhad Derby
Main articles: Mashhad Derby

The Mashhad Derby is played between Fath Mashhad and Aboumoslem, but due to relegation to the Azadegan League and then the 2nd Division, the derby has not been played in over 5 years.

Players

As of July 23, 2003[2]

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Arman Mahmoud Hashemi
2 DF Amin Shafiei
3 DF Hadi Rabbani
4 DF Reza Zareh Pour
5 DF Afshin Kardani (3rd captain)
6 DF Behtash Misaghian
7 DF Vahid Asgari (captain)
8 DF Siavash Yazdani
9 MF Amir Toloue (vice captain)
10 MF Ali Bakhshian
10 DF Reza Nasehi
11 MF Amir Fouladi
11 MF Ramin Askari
12 MF Ehsan Mehran
13 MF Emad Hashemi
14 MF Hossein Hasanzadeh
15 MF Alireza Mojiri
16 FW Omid Rajabpour
17 FW Seyed Morteza Mahdavian
10 GK Naser Tashakori
10 FW Afshin Kouhestani
No. Position Player
18 GK Amir Abbas Norouzi
19 GK Yousef Bashian
20 GK Davoud Daliri
21 GK Hasan Bakhshian
22 FW Mohsen Gheytani
23 FW Ehsan Mahouri
23 FW Mostafa Asgari
10 MF Afshin Rahimzadeh
10 MF Alireza Rahimzadeh
10 FW Alireza Arik
10 MF Saber Haghighat
10 MF Emad Saberan
10 MF Mohammad hezbollahi
10 MF Javad Khanfadardi
10 DF Alireza Etminan
10 MF Meysam Naeini
10 MF Shahab Beheshti

Head coaches
  • Hamid Vahidi (1988-)

References
  1. "Basij buy out Sepah". IRNA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
  2. "فتح مشهد". Ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2013-11-10.

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