Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.

Mes Kerman Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال مس کرمان‎) is an Iranian football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran's top league, the Iran Pro League, in the 2005–06 season. They won their only domestic double in 2006–2007 season with the help of Mohammad Fakori. They have been relegated at the 2013–14 season. The team is named after and sponsored by Kerman's copper industries.

Mes
مس
Full nameSanat Mes Kerman Football Club
Nickname(s)Narenjiha (The Oranges)
Founded2 March 1998; 21 years ago
GroundShahid Bahonar Stadium
Capacity15,430
OwnerNational Mes Company
ChairmanAmjad Massoudzadeh
Head CoachMojtaba Hosseini
LeagueAzadegan League
2018–19Azadegan League, 5th
WebsiteClub website

Mes Kerman F.C. is the football club of the multisport Sanat Mes Kerman Cultural and Athletic Club who are better known for their success in the field of cycling.

History

Establishment

Mes Kerman Football Club was formed on 2 March 1998 by Kerman's copper industry. They started playing in Iran Football's 2nd Division and were promoted to the Azadegan League in 2000. Bijan Zolfagharnasab was appointed in 2000 as head coach of the club after the team was promoted to the Azadegan League.

Azadegan League (2000–2007)

They was promoted to the Azadegan League in 2000–01 season. In 2005–06 season under management of Nader Dastneshan, the club was promoted to the IPL for the 2006–07 season.

Persian Gulf Cup (2007–2014)

They started the league in 2007 with Farhad Kazemi and but he was replaced by Amir Ghalenoei halfway through the season where they finished second in the second half of the season league. Parviz Mazloomi was appointed in 2008 as the head coach and the club was promoted to the AFC Champions League for the first time in their history by finishing third in the league. Mes surprisingly progressed to the last 16 and but got knocked out by fellow countrymen Zob Ahan. In that same season the club finished ninth in the league.

Return to Azadegan League

In the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season, Mes finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the Azadegan League with one matchday left. In the same season Mes reached the 2014 Hazfi Cup Final losing 1–0 to Tractor Sazi. On 27 April 2015 after a 0–0 draw against Aluminium Hormozgan, Mes Kerman secured a spot in the Persian Gulf Pro League promotion play-off. However, they lost to Esteghlal Khuzestan to miss the qualification. Riots ensued in the stadium afterwards as Mes fans set fires to the seats. In March 2016 Mes Kerman coach Begovic was replaced with Akbar Misaghian.

Colours and crest

From the foundation of the club, the home kit includes an orange shirt, white shorts, and white or black socks. White and black colours are also seen in the kit. The away kit of the club is usually dominated with a white background.

Stadium and facilities
Main article: Shahid Bahonar Stadium

The club currently plays its home games at Kerman's Shahid Bahonar Stadium, but the club recently announced plans to build its own football only stadium. Construction started on July 13, 2004 for the 15,000 capacity stadium.[1]

Ownership

The owner of the Mes Kerman FC is National Mes Company, one of the most important company in Iran. The company opened in 1940, and is based close to the city of Kerman, Kerman Province.

Sponsorship
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2007–08 Merooj Mahan Air
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11 Uhlsport Yas Travel Agency
2011–12 Resalat Bank'
2012–13
2013–14 Technic

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Mes kerman since 2001.

Final Promoted Relegated

Club honours

Domestic
  • Azadegan League:
    • Winners (1): 2005–06
  • 2nd Division:
    • Winners (1): 1999–00
    • Runners-Up (1): 1998–99
  • Hazfi Cup:
    • Runners-Up (1): 2013–14

Players

As of September 19, 2015[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 Hamid Erfani
2 DF Farhad Salaripour
5 DF Ramtin Soleymanzadeh
6 MF Alireza Alizadeh
7 MF Mohammad Soleiman Alizadeh
8 MF Milad Mohammadi
9 FW Kianoush Mirzaei
12 DF Mohammad Khalili
13 DF Nematollah Bakhshipour
14 MF Alireza Arta U21
16 GK Ramin Shakiba U23
17 MF Ehsan Poursheykhali
18 FW Hamidreza Rafiei U23
19 FW Ali Gholamrezapour
No. Position Player
20 FW Ahmad Hassanzadeh
22 MF Amin Kazemian U23
30 DF Amirhossein Taheri U21
33 MF Hossein Tahami U23
34 MF Reza Sattari
44 DF Milad Bagheri
66 MF Ahmad Ahi
69 FW Mohammad Ali Akbarkhah
70 GK Reza Heydari
73 DF Mohammad Hossein Heydari
80 MF Farzad Hosseinkhani
88 MF Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh

Loan list

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

No. Position Player
GK Arman Shahdadnejad (at Niroo Zamini)
DF Farhad Salaripour (at Fajr Sepasi)
DF Alireza Ebrahimi (at Niroo Zamini)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015.

Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. players.

Club officials

Managers
Name Nat From To
Bijan Zolfagharnasab July 2000 July 2002
Mehdi Mohammadi July 2002 Jan 2006
Nader Dastneshan Jan 2006 Feb 2007
Farhad Kazemi Feb 2007 Jan 2008
Amir Ghalenoei Jan 1, 2008 June 30, 2008
Parviz Mazloomi June 9, 2008 Nov 2, 2009
Mehdi Mohammadi * Nov 2009 Dec 2009
Luka Bonačić Dec 10, 2009 June 30, 2010
Samad Marfavi July 1, 2010 Aug 2011
Flemming Serritslev * July 25, 2011 Aug 31, 2011
Miroslav Blažević Aug 31, 2011 Feb 14, 2012
Ebrahim Ghasempour Feb 15, 2012 Jan 2013
Luka Bonačić Jan 2013[3] June 2013
Mahmoud Yavari July 25, 2013 Sept 14, 2013
Parviz Mazloomi Sept 2013 Jan 22, 2014
Luka Bonačić Jan 23, 2014 Nov 11, 2014
Akbar Misaghian Nov 11, 2014 June 1, 2015
Vinko Begovic June 1, 2015 June 1, 2016
Mansour Ebrahimzadeh June 1, 2016 July 1, 2017
Darko Dražić July 2, 2017 June 25, 2018
Mojtaba Hosseini June 30, 2018 July 16, 2018
Nader Dastneshan 16 July, 2018 19 Feb, 2019
Farzad Hosseinkhani 20 Feb, 2018 -
  • * = Caretaker manager

Current Coaching Staff
Position Name
Head Coach Farzad Hosseinkhani
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Fitness Coach Walter Gomez
Analyzer Amir Arjanghinia
Doctor Mehdi Madahi
Team Director Sasan Moosavi

Chairpersons
Chairperson Tenure
Mahmoud Mostaghimi
March 1998 – March 2000
Abdolreza Tajalli
March 2000 – January 2002
Abolhassan Mahdavi
January 2002 – March 2002
Akbar Iranmanesh
March 2002 – July 2003
Hamid Niknafs
July 2003 – July 2007
Abdolreza Borhaninezhad
July 2007 – November 2007
Ahmad Asadi
November 2007 – December 2007
Fathollah Nejadzamani
December 2007 – August 2011
Hamid Haj Esmaeli
August 2011 – September 2011
Akbar Iranmanesh
September 2011–Present

Notes
  1. استادیوم صنعت مس از امروزساخته خواهد شد (in Persian). Mes Kerman website news. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
  2. http://ffiri.ir/club/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1/101/%D9%85%D8%B3-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86/10016/
  3. لوکا بوناچیچ سرمربی مس کرمان شد (in Persian). football.ir. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2012-12-27.

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