Mes Rafsanjan F.C.

Mes Rafsanjan
مس رفسنجان
Full nameMes 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 CoachMasoud Shojaei
LeaguePersian Gulf Pro League
2023–24Persian Gulf Pro League, 10th
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.

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.

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 withdraw 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Payam Parsa
2 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Nejad Mehdi
3 DF Iran IRN Behnam Barzay
5 DF Iran IRN Seyed Majid Nasiri
6 MF Iran IRN Ali Asghar Sadeghi
7 MF Iran IRN Hossein Karimzadeh
8 MF Albania ALB Sebastjan Spahiu
9 MF Iran IRN Farshid Esmaeili
10 MF Iran IRN Saeed Vasei
11 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Sharifi
12 DF Iran IRN Meysam Teymouri
13 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Alinejad
14 MF Iran IRN Meysam Rezaei
15 MF Iran IRN Abolfazl Shorabadi
16 FW Iran IRN Parham Azimi
17 DF Iran IRN Hassan Jafari
18 MF Iran IRN Isa Moradi (on loan from Sepahan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Cameroon CMR Eva Wankewai
20 FW Iran IRN Mohammadhossein Harandi
21 MF Iran IRN Farshid Bagheri
23 MF Iran IRN Ali Shojaei
24 FW Iran IRN Hesam Chobdari
30 FW Iran IRN Salman Ghaffari
40 GK Iran IRN Amirhossein Alizadeh
44 DF Germany GER Kofi Schulz
66 DF Iran IRN Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh
72 DF Iran IRN Mahan Kakolarimi
78 MF Iran IRN Amirhossein Jolani
81 GK Iran IRN Hamed Lak
82 FW Iran IRN Erfan Shahriari
88 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Akbari
99 MF Iran IRN Jalaleddin Alimohammadi

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

Coaches

Head coaches

Name Nationality Years
Vinko Begović Croatia 2013–2015
Mišo Krstičević Croatia 2015–2016
Ali Asghar Kalantari Iran 2016
Mišo Krstičević Croatia 2016–2017
Ali Samereh Iran 2017–2018
Mišo Krstičević Croatia 2018–2019
Mohammad Rabiei Iran 2019–2023
Saket Elhami Iran 2023–2024
Moharram Navidkia Iran 2024

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. ^ a b "Mes Rafsanjan promoted to Iran Professional League". Tehran Times. 2020-08-02. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-03-21.