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 CoachSaket Elhami
LeaguePersian Gulf Pro League
2022–23Persian Gulf Pro League, 5th

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).

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.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2006–07 League 2 2nd Withdrew Promoted
2007–08 Azadegan League 4th Withdrew
2008–09 Azadegan League 3rd Quarterfinals
2009–10 Azadegan league 7th 1/4 Final
2010–11 Azadegan League 9th 2nd Round
2011–12 Azadegan League 12th 1/16 Final
2012–13 Azadegan League 11th 1/8 Final
2013–14 Azadegan League 6th 1/16 Final
2014–15 Azadegan League 2nd 1/32 Final
2015–16 Azadegan League 5th Withdrew
2016–17 Azadegan League 11th 1/16 Final
2017–18 Azadegan League 10th 1/32 Final
2018–19 Azadegan League 10th 1/32 Final
2019–20 Azadegan League 1st 1/32 Final Promoted[5]
2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League 8th 1/32 Final
2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League 6th Quarterfinals
2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League 5th 1/16 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. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Davoud Noushi Soufiani
3 DF Iran IRN Houman RabizadehU25
4 DF Iran IRN Ramtin Soleimanzadeh
5 DF Iran IRN Seyed Majid NasiriU23
6 MF Iran IRN Ali Asghar SadeghiU23
7 MF Iran IRN Hossein Karimzadeh
11 MF Iraq IRQ Muntadher Mohammed
12 DF Iran IRN Meysam Teymouri
14 DF Iran IRN Shahin Tavakoli
15 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Amin Darvishi
17 DF Iran IRN Hassan Jafari
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Iran IRN Farshid Bagheri
22 GK Iran IRN Mehran HeydariU23
23 FW Iran IRN Mohsen Azarbad
29 FW Brazil BRA Chimba
30 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Mehdi MohebiU23
40 GK Iran IRN Amirhossein Alizadeh
44 DF Iran IRN Farshad Mohammadi Mehr
53 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Adnan Kadhim
70 FW Iran IRN Omid LatifiU25
77 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Torkaman
81 GK Iran IRN Hamed Lak

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

Coaches

Head coaches

Name Nationality Years
Mahmoud Hariri Iran 1953–1960
Technical Commission 1960–1970
Mahmoud Yavari Iran 1970–1978
Zdravko Rajkov Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1978
Mahmoud Yavari Iran 1978–1980
Masoud Tabesh Iran 1980–1993
Firouz Karimi Iran 1993–1994
Nasser Hejazi Iran 1994–1995
Mahmoud Yavari Iran 1995–1996
Ali Samereh Iran 2017–2018
Mišo Krstičević Croatia 2018–2019
Mohammad Rabiei Iran 2019–2023

References

  1. ↑ https://www.irna.ir/news/85277448
  2. ↑ https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1991125
  3. ↑ "تماشاگران مس رفسنجان دو برابر شدند!". 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "تماشاگران مس رفسنجان دو برابر شدند!". Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  5. 1 2 "Mes Rafsanjan promoted to Iran Professional League". Tehran Times. 2020-08-02. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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