Mes Rafsanjan F.C.

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Mes Rafsanjan
مس رفسنجان
Full nameMes Rafsanjan Football Club
Founded1995; 28 years ago
Ground Shohadaye Mes 1
Shohadaye Mes 2
Capacity10,000 [1] [2]
3,800 [3] [4]
Owner National Mes Company
ChairmanMohammad Momeni
Head Coach Sirous Pourmousavi
League Persian Gulf Pro League
2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League, 10th
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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.

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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 Tehran. 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.

SeasonLeaguePosition Hazfi Cup Notes
2006–07 League 2 2ndWithdrewPromoted
2007–08 Azadegan League 4thWithdrew
2008–09 Azadegan League 3rdQuarterfinals
2009–10 Azadegan league 7th1/4 Final
2010–11 Azadegan League 9th2nd Round
2011–12 Azadegan League 12th1/16 Final
2012–13 Azadegan League 11th1/8 Final
2013–14 Azadegan League 6th1/16 Final
2014–15 Azadegan League 2nd1/32 Final
2015–16 Azadegan League 5thWithdrew
2016–17 Azadegan League 11th1/16 Final
2017–18 Azadegan League 10th1/32 Final
2018–19 Azadegan League 10th1/32 Final
2019–20 Azadegan League 1stwithdrawPromoted [5]
2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League 8th1/32 Final
2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League 6thQuarterfinals
2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League 5th1/16 Final

Honours

Players

First-team squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Payam Parsa
2 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mohammad Nejad Mehdi
5 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Seyed Majid Nasiri
7 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Hossein Karimzadeh
8 MF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Sebastjan Spahiu
10 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Saeed Vasei
11 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mehdi Sharifi
12 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Meysam Teymouri
13 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mohammad Alinejad
14 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Meysam Rezaei
15 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Abolfazl Shorabadi
16 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Parham Azimi
17 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Hassan Jafari
18 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Isa Moradi (on loan from Sepahan)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Eva Wankewai
20 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mohammadhossein Harandi
23 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Ali Shojaei
24 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Hesam Chobdari
30 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Salman Ghaffari
40 GK Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Amirhossein Alizadeh
44 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kofi Schulz
66 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh
72 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mahan Kakolarimi
78 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Amirhossein Jolani
81 GK Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Hamed Lak
82 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Erfan Shahriari
88 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mohammad Akbari
99 MF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Jalaleddin Alimohammadi
29 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Reza Jabireh
— FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Sajjad Bazgir
— DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Amir Mehdi Janmaleki
— FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Jair

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

Coaches

Head coaches

NameNationalityYears
Vinko Begović Flag of Croatia.svg 2013–2015
Mišo Krstičević Flag of Croatia.svg 2015–2016
Ali Asghar Kalantari Flag of Iran.svg 2016
Mišo Krstičević Flag of Croatia.svg 2016–2017
Ali Samereh Flag of Iran.svg 2017–2018
Mišo Krstičević Flag of Croatia.svg 2018–2019
Mohammad Rabiei Flag of Iran.svg 2019–2023
Saket Elhami Flag of Iran.svg 2023–2024
Moharram Navidkia Flag of Iran.svg 2024
Masoud Shojaei Flag of Iran.svg 2024-2025
Sirous Pourmousavi Flag of Iran.svg 2025 - current

References

  1. ↑ "ورزشگاه جدید مس رفسنجان آماده افتتاح شد". November 2023.
  2. ↑ "مس- پرسپولیس، جای سوزن انداختن نیست!".
  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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