Rah Ahan F.C.

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Rah Ahan
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Full name Rah Ahan Sports Club
Nickname(s) Locomotive Drivers
(Persian: لوكوموتيورانان‎)
Founded 2 January 1937
Ground Rah Ahan Stadium, Ekbatan, Tehran
(capacity: 10,000)
Owner Sorinet Group
Chairman Sadegh Raeisikia
Head Coach Ali Daei (until 31 May 2013)
League Iran Pro League
2012–13 Iran Pro League, 8th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

Current season

Rah Ahan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال راه آهن‎), owned by Babak Zanjani (Persian: بابک زنجانی) is an Iranian football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the IPL. The team will be renamed to Sorinet on 1 June 2013 before the start of the 2013–14 season.

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History [edit]

Establishment [edit]

Rah Ahan was formed in 1937 in Tehran by Iran Railways but since last year bought from Qeshm Air and this company runs the club. Rah Ahan has a history of supplying players to Esteghlal F.C., however in recent times the number of players being transferred to Esteghlal has dramatically decreased.

Persian Gulf Cup [edit]

They have been mostly an average team where they finish in mid table but since the arrival of Ansarifard as the chairman they look more stable. They finished 11th in the 2008–09 season and avoided the relegation in the season after on the last week. In 2012-13, the team got out to a early start, and are 4th in the Iran Pro League. In the same year they went on a tour in Turkey, beating Galatasaray II 4-1, and losing to Super Lig Istanbul BB 3-2. They returned to Iran as heroes.

Season-by-season [edit]

The table below chronicles the achievements of Rah Ahan every season, from 2002 to the present day.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup
2002-03 Division 1 11th
2003-04 Division 1 11th
2004-05 Division 1 1st
2005-06 Pro League 13th
2006-07 Pro League 16th 1/16 Final
2007-08 Pro League 12th Quarterfinal
2008-09 Pro League 11th Final
2009-10 Pro League 14th 1/16 Final
2010-11 Pro League 15th 1/16 Final
2011-12 Pro League 11th 1/16 Final
2012-13 Pro League 8th 1/8 Final

Reserves [edit]

The table below shows the achievements of the club's reserve team in various competitions.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2010-11 3rd Division 9th/Group 2 Did not qualify

First-team squad [edit]

As of July 18, 2012[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Farshid Karimi
2 Iran MF Omid Alishah
3 Iran DF Ali Hosseini
4 Iran DF Mirhani Hashemi
5 Iran DF Ebrahim Karimi
6 Iran MF Hamed Noormohammadi
7 Iran MF Farzad Ashoubi
8 Iran MF Hossein Pashaei (captain)
9 Iran FW Mojtaba Shiri
10 Iran MF Bahador Abdi
11 Brazil FW Igor Castro
12 Iran MF Behshad Yavarzadeh
14 Iran MF Mohammad Reza Mamani
15 Iran MF Amir Tahmouresi
16 Iran FW Jahangir Asgari
No. Position Player
17 Iran FW Mohammad Soleiman Alizadeh
18 Iran MF Hamidreza Aliasgari (on loan from Persepolis)
19 Iran DF Nader Hooshyar
20 Iran DF Pirouz Ghorbani
21 Iran DF Mehdi Zarei
22 Iran GK Mohammad Mohammadi
23 Iran MF Mohammad Hassan Rajabzadeh
24 Iran MF Mehrdad Kafshgari
25 Iran MF Saman Aghazamani
26 Iran DF Milad Shabaz Tahmasebi
27 Iran DF Ali Gholam
28 Iran FW Alireza Abbasfard
29 Iran FW Alireza Azimi
30 Iran GK Alireza Heidari

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2013.

Former players [edit]

For details on former players, see Category:Rah Ahan players.

Famous players [edit]

Managers [edit]

IPL managers [edit]

Last updated 20 May 2013.

Name Nat From To
Firouz Karimi Iran June 2004 February 2006
Abbas Razavi Iran February 2006 November 2006
Akbar Misaghian Iran December 2006 February 2008
Davoud Mahabadi Iran February 2008 October 2008
Mahmoud Yavari Iran October 2008 April 2009
Mehdi Tartar Iran April 2009 June 2009
Ernie Brandts Netherlands June 2009 December 2009
Mehdi Tartar Iran December 2009 June 2010
Rasoul Korbekandi Iran June 2010 September 2010
Mehdi Tartar Iran September 2010 July 2011
Ali Daei Iran July 2011 June 2013
Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Iran June 2013 Present

Coaching staff [edit]

Position Name
Head Coach TBD
Assistant Coach Croatia Željko Mijač
Assistant Coach Iran Reza Forouzani
Assistant Coach Iran Mohammad Daei
Goalkeeping Coach Iran Behzad Gholampour
Fitness Coach Iran Mohammad Reza Molaei
Doctor Iran Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Analyzer Iran Javad Manafi

Board [edit]

Position Name
Manager Iran Sadegh Raeisikia
Vice President Iran Kazem Amani Ghadim
CEO Iran Rostam Zandi Hadji Abadi
Media Officer Iran Mohammad Shahrabi Farahani

External links [edit]

Official [edit]