F.C. Aboomoslem

Aboomoslem
	Image:Aboomoslem.jpg
Full name	Football Club Aboomoslem
Nickname(s)	Black Pearl (Persian: مرواريد سياه)
Founded	July 1970
Ground	Samen Stadium; Mashhad; Iran; (Capacity: 35,000)
Chairman	Gen. Mostafa Bani-Asad
Head Coach	Hadi Bargizar
League	Persian Gulf Cup
2007-08	Persian Gulf Cup, 4th
	Home colours
	Away colours

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Football Club Aboomoslem (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال ابومسلم) is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Khorasan. They play in the Iranian Premier League. The team used to be sponsored by the Iranian military but are now sponsored by Iranian car manufacturer Iran Khodro.

[edit] History

[edit] Establishment

In 1970 a group of football players from Mashhad decided to create a new football team by the name of Aboomoslem. Most of the players on the team knew each other and were from the Shah Abbasi Tri-way area. They had grown up playing football on the dirt fields of the area. When the Takht Jamshid Cup was created, a qualification tournament for provincial representatives was set up in Isfahan. Another club from Mashhad, named Aria F.C. represented the province of Khorasan but they were not able to make into the Takht Jamshid Cup.

After defeat in the tournament, it was decided that for Khorasan to have a powerful football team, Aboomoslem and Aria must merge together. Three brothers by the names of Ataollah, Asghar and Heshmat Mohajerani helped to merge the clubs, and Aboomoslem was able to make it to the 1975 Takht Jamshid Cup, which was the top football league in Iran before the Iranian revolution. The team originally only wore black, but red was added late on. With the purchase of great players like Asgarkhani, Majid Tashrefi, Masih Mashihnia, Alireza Ligarab, Hossein Omidvar and Mahmoud Ebrahimzadeh they were able to become the best non-Tehran based club in the league that year. Success was short lived and the team was relegated the next season, staying in the 2nd division until the revolution.

[edit] 1980s

Like most sporting clubs in Iran, the revolution and the Iran-Iraq War severely limited the team's activities. From 1980 to 1984 the club participated in almost no meaningful competitions. This changed when in late 1984 local and provincial leagues were set up. In 1986 Aboomoslem won the Mashhad city league and the provincial championship in the following season. In the late eighties, Shahdiran Inc. sponsored the team, giving the club a better chance at success. After the war the local and provincial leagues were scrapped in favor of nation-wide leagues.

[edit] 1990s

Aboomoslem made it to the newly established Azadegan League and participated during the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons, but was relegated after only two years. It was during this time that Aboomoslem's most famous player, Khodadad Azizi was discovered. Once relegated the club struggled dramatically, being relegated all the way to the third division, which was a local league. Shahdiran stopped sponsoring the team and was replaced by soft drink company, Khoshgovar. After several seasons in the lower leagues, Aboomoslem finally made it back to the top level of Iranian football, gaining promotion to the Azadegan League during the 1997-98 season. Aboomoslem had been in a poor financial situation that season, as Khoshgovar had stopped being its sponsor. Aboomoslem's only revenue came from advertisements and support from club fans, but surprisingly won promotion with the help of former Aboomoslem player, Akbar Misaghian. Aboomoslem again only stayed in the league for two seasons and was relegated during the 1999-2000 season. Around the same time the club went back to its roots, once again being sponsored by the Iranian police.

[edit] IPL

They were promoted again in the next season and debuted in Iran's first fully professional league, the IPL, for the 2001-02 season. They have remained in the IPL since with two 5th place finishes being their best results. During this time the club has shown its skill for finding talented players, with famous Iranian football players such as Reza Enayati, Mojtaba Jabari and Andranik Teymourian all making their names there. After the 2004-05 season Aboomoslem's new sponsor became Iran Khodro.

[edit] Recent

In 2006 Khodadad Azizi joined the club as an advisor, beginning his new life in football management after retirement from playing. Akbar Misaghian the club's manager for the past two seasons resigned after the first week of the 2006-07 season due to financial disagreements with management. In January 2007, it became official and Khodadad Azizi was named manager of Aboomoslem. He was sacked in less than a year, replaced by Parviz Mazloomi in October 2007.

[edit] Stadium

The club currently plays in Samen Stadium after years of playing in Mashhad's Takhti Stadium. The club recently announced plans to construct their own stadium with the help of the provincial government. The land was awarded to the team during Karim Malahi's time as club chairman. Construction was planned to begin March 2007 in the Elahieh area of Mashhad.^[1].

[edit] Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Aboomoslem in various competitions.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup
2001-2002	Iran Pro League	5th
2002-2003	Iran Pro League	12th
2003-2004	Iran Pro League	10th
2004-2005	Iran Pro League	8th	Final
2005-2006	Iran Pro League	5th
2006-2007	Iran Pro League	6th
2007-2008	Iran Pro League	4th	1/16 Final

[edit] Club chairmen

[edit] Club managers

Stefan Stan Gelasko (c.1973)
Haj Seyed Mehdi Ghiyassi (1973-?)
Kazem Ghiyassian
Mehdi Dinvarzadeh (1995 - 1997)
Hossein Fekri (1997)
Akbar Misaghian (1997 - 1999)
Farhad Kazemi (2000 - 2001)
Firouz Karimi (2001 - 2004)
Akbar Misaghian (2004 - 2006)
Khodadad Azizi (2006 - Oct 2007)
Parviz Mazloomi (Oct 2007- May 2008)
Hadi Bargizar (July 24 2008 - Present)

[edit] Current management team

Position	Name	Nation
Head Coach	Hadi Bargizar
Assistant Coach	Masoud Hanteh
First Team Coach	Ramezan Shokri
Goalkeeping Coach	Alireza Rajabzadegan

[edit] Honours

Hazfi Cup:

Runner-Up:2005

Khorasan Football League

Champions: 1988, 1990

Mashhad Football League

Champions: 1986

[edit] Players

As of December 1, 2007 according to the IPLSTATS website

[edit] First-team squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ahmad Khormali
2	DF	Jassim Mohammed Ghulam
3	MF	Alireza Rezaei
6	MF	Saeed Khani
8	MF	Meisam Baou
9	MF	Ahmad Moghadasipour
10	MF	Reza Nasehi
11	FW	Ehsan Khorsandi
12	GK	Shahab Gordan
14	FW	Davoud Daneshdoost
15	MF	Saeed Chahjoei
16	MF	Javad Razzaghi
17	FW	Mostafa Shahraki
18	MF	Vahid Asgari

No.	Position	Player
22	GK	Nader Ghobeishavi
25	FW	Daniel Olerum
27	MF	Hossein Karimi
	GK	Mehdi Sabeti
	MF	Ali Haghdoost
	MF	Bagher Ahmadi
	FW	Morteza Bargizar

[edit] 2008/2009 Transfers

In:

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Mehdi Sabeti (From Rah Ahan)
		MF	Meisam Baou (From Rah Ahan)
		FW	Ehsan Khorsandi (From Perspolis)
		DF	Jassim Mohammed Ghulam (From Al Rayyan)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Mohammad Mansouri (To Persepolis F.C.)
2	DF	Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (To Zob Ahan F.C.)
33	DF	Mehdi Hasheminasab (To Payam Mashhad)
21	MF	Ivan Petrovic (To Persepolis F.C.)
22	GK	Nader Ghobeishavi (To Rah Ahan F.C.)
32	DF	Franck Atsou (To Persepolis F.C.)