F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran

Iranian association football club

Football club

Nassaji Mazandaran

Full name| Nassaji Mazandaran Football Club
Nickname(s)| Mazandaran Tigers (Persian: ببرهای مازندران, Babrhay-e Mazandaran)
Founded| May 3, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-05-03)
Ground| Vatani Stadium
Capacity| 15,000
Owner| Reza Haddadian
Chairman| Ali Khatir
Manager| Saket Elhami
League| Persian Gulf Pro League
2023–24| Persian Gulf Pro League, 12th
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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Current season

Nassaji Mazandaran Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نساجی مازندران, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Nassaji Mazandaran) is an Iranian football club based in Qaem Shahr, Mazandaran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League.[1]

Nassaji has one of the highest average attendances in Iran. Nassaji is also the oldest club from the Caspian region of Iran and one of the oldest in all of Iran. One of the most important honors of Nassaji Mazandaran is a championship title in Iranian Hazfi Cup and a runner-up title in Iranian Super Cup.[2]

## History

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### Establishment

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Nassaji lineup in 1959, which is considered the first lineup of this team.

Nassaji Mazandaran Company established the club in Qaem Shahr in 1959. Nassaji entered the Qods Cup in 1988 and soon after they entered the top division Azadegan League in 1991 and remained a strong competitor in that division until 1995.

### Recent years

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Nassaji stayed in 2nd division until 2001 and when Iranian Football Federation decided to start a professional league, the Azadegan league became the second highest league in Iran. In 2004 Nassaji was relegated to 2nd Division but they were promoted back to the Azadegan League at the end of the 2005–06 season. On 3 August 2006 Nasser Hejazi signed as head-coach of Nassaji on a one-year deal for the 2006–07 season.

In the 2013–14 season, Nassaji had their closest call with promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League since their relegation from the top flight in 1995, the team finished third in Group A which was one place out of a promotion play-off spot. The following season Nassaji again finished third and was two points out of a promotion play-off spot.

### Persian Gulf Pro League

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Nassaji team in League 2018-19 Nassaji team Supported fans

On 29 April 2018, after a win against Rah Ahan, Nassaji finished in second place in the Azadegan League and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League for the first time.[3]

### AFC Champions League debut

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On 27 October 2022, Nassaji won the 2021–22 Hazfi Cup cup which see them qualified to their first ever AFC Champions League appearance. On 18 September 2023 in their debut 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage fixtures, Nassaji won 2–0 against Mumbai City of India with goals coming from Ehsan Hosseini and Mohammad Reza Azadi.

## Facilities

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Since the club was created, Nassaji has trained and played its home games at Vatani Stadium, which was built in the 1940s. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the stadium was expanded to hold 15,000 people.

## Seasons

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FC Nassaji Mazandaran (2022)

The table below chronicles the achievements of Nassaji Mazandaran since 1989.

Year  | Division  | Position  | Hazfi Cup

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1989–90 | Qods | 3rd  | Not held
1990–91 | 2nd Division | 3rd  | 1/16 Final
1991–92 | Azadegan | 7th  | First round
1992–93 | Azadegan | 7th  | Not held
1993–94 | Azadegan | 6th  | 1/8 Final
1994–95 | Azadegan | 10th  | First round
1995–96 | 2nd Division | 4th  | Second round
1996–97 | 2nd Division | 8th  | Second round
1997–98 | 2nd Division | 7th  | Not held
1998–99 | 2nd Division | 5th  | 1/4 Final
1999–00 | 2nd Division | 6th  | Third round
2000–01 | 2nd Division | 4th  | 1/4 Final
2001–02 | Azadegan | 4th  | Third round
2002–03 | Azadegan | 13th  | Second round
2003–04 | Azadegan | 16th  | Second round
2004–05 | 2nd Division | 3rd  | First round
2005–06 | 2nd Division | 2nd  | 1/16 Final
2006–07 | Azadegan | 6th  | First round
2007–08 | Azadegan | 5th  | 1/16 Final
2008–09 | Azadegan | 12th  | 1/16 Final
2009–10 | Azadegan | 7th  | 1/16 Final
2010–11 | Azadegan | 4th  | Third round
2011–12 | Azadegan | 5th  | Second round
2012–13 | Azadegan | 8th  | First round
2013–14 | Azadegan | 3rd  | Third round
2014–15 | Azadegan | 3rd  | Fourth round
2015–16 | Azadegan | 8th  | did not contest
2016–17 | Azadegan | 10th  | 1/16 Final
2017–18 | Azadegan | 2nd  | 1/8 Final
2018–19 | PGPL | 10th  | 1/8 Final
2019–20 | PGPL | 9th  | 1/16 Final
2020–21 | PGPL | 12th  | 1/8 Final
2021–22 | PGPL | 12th  | Winner
2022–23 | PGPL | 13th  | Semifinal
2023–24 | PGPL | 12th  | 1/16 Final
2024–25 | PGPL |  |

## Honours

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* Hazfi Cup
* Winners (1): 2021–22
* Iranian Super Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2022
* Azadegan League
* Runners-up (1): 2017–18

## Players

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### First-team squad

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As of 18 september 2024[4]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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2  | DF |  IRN | Saeid Aghaei
3  | DF |  IRN | Vahid Mohammadzadeh
4  | DF |  IRN | Amir Mehdi Janmaleki
5  | DF |  IRN | Amirhossein Samdaliri U23
6  | MF |  IRN | Mansour Bagheri
8  | MF |  IRN | Ayoub Kalantari
9  | MF |  SDN | Mohamed Eisa
10  | MF |  IRN | Hossein Zamehran
11  | MF |  IRN | Mehrdad Rezaei
13  | MF |  IRQ | Muntadher Mohammed
14  | FW |  IRN | Hamed Pakdel
16  | MF |  IRN | Amir Reza Vafaeinejhad U23
17  | MF |  IRN | Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati
18  | FW |  IRN | Mehdi Rezaei U21
27  | GK |  BRA | Luan Polli
28  | MF |  IRN | Mohsen Karimi
30  | MF |  FRA | Kevin Yamga
32  | MF |  IRN | Saber Hardani
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52  | MF |  KAZ | Alexander Merkel
55  | DF |  IRN | Mersad Seifi U23
65  | GK |  IRN | Siavash Amiri U21
66  | MF |  IRN | Mohammad Reza Torabi U21
68  | DF |  IRN | Amir Mohammad Houshmand
70  | MF |  IRN | Amirhossein Mahjori U23
76  | MF |  IRN | Mohammad Reza Hosseini
80  | MF |  IRN | Hassan Emdadi
81  | FW |  IRN | Aria Barzegar U23
84  | DF |  IRN | Amir Reza Rezapour U21
88  | MF |  IRN | Siamak Nemati
89  | MF |  IRN | Nima Aftari U21
90  | FW |  IRN | Ahad Jamshidi U21
96  | FW |  IRN | Mohammadreza Abbasi
98  | GK |  IRN | Alireza Rezaei

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2023.

## Staff

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### Current coach staff

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Position  | Staff

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Head coach |  Saket Elhami
Assistant coach |  Mostafa Sedaghat
Shahrokh Bayani
Farhad Kouchakzadeh
Hamed Shiri
Mohammad Mehdi Nazari
Goalkeeper coach |  Ashkan Namdari
Fitness coach |  Hamid Reza Joudaki
Mohammad Reza Molaei
Tactical analyst |  Sadegh Moghaddam
Payam Kazemi
Team Manager |  Nasrollah Khajegiri

## Head coaches

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* Rahim Dastneshan (1983–94)
* Fereydoon Asgarzadeh (1994)
* Abolfazl Mozdastan (1994–95)
* Rahim Dastneshan (1995–96)
* Nader Dastneshan (1996–02)
* Hossein Mesgar Saravi (2002–04)
* Rahim Dastneshan (2004–05)
* Ebrahim Talebi (2005–06)
* Nasser Hejazi (2006– 07)
* Morteza Sadeghi (2007)
* Hossein Ghazal Seflou (2007)
* Ebrahim Talebi (2007–08)
* Morteza Sadeghi (2008)
* Hassan Khourdestan (2008)
* Morteza Sadeghi (2008–2009)
* Rahim Dastneshan (2009)
* Esmaeil Esmaeili (2009)
* Nader Dastneshan (2009–2010)
* Reza Forouzani (2010)
* Farhad Kouchakzadeh (2010)
* Yahya Golmohammadi (2010–11)
* Esmaeil Esmaeili (2011–13)
* Younes Geraeili (2013)
* Nader Dastneshan (2013–15)
* Paulo Alves (2015)
* Kourosh Mousavi (2015–16)
* Mahmoud Fekri (2016)
* Hossein Mesgar Saravi (2016–17)
* Saket Elhami (2017)
* Hossein Mesgar Saravi (2017)
* Mehdi Pashazadeh (2017)
* Davoud Mahabadi (2017–18)
* Javad Nekounam (2018)
* Majid Jalali (2019)
* Mohammad Reza Mohajeri (2019–20)
* Mahmoud Fekri (2020)
* Vahid Fazeli (2020–21)
* Majid Jalali (2021)
* Saket Elhami (2021–22)
* Esmaeil Esmaeili (2022)
* Hamid Motahari (2022–23)
* Carlos Inarejos (2023)
* Mehdi Rahmati (2023)
* Vahid Rezaei (2023)
* Lucas Alcaraz (2023–2024)
* Saket Elhami (2024–Present)

## Sponsorship

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### Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

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Period  | Kit Manufacturer  | Shirt Sponsor

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2014–15  |  Uhlsport | Samsung Group
Kosar FCI
MCI
Yamaha Corporation/
Varesh Airlines
Dariush Grand Hotel
2016–17
2018–  |  Majid

## Managers

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### Owners

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* Kourosh Rahmani (2007–2009)
* Mehdi Parham (2009–2013)
* Hossein Ghasemnejhad (2013–2014)
* Mehdi Parham (2014–2017)
* Mehdi Parham,  Farhad Sanieifar (2017)
* Farhad Sanieifar (2017–2018)
* Farhad Sanieifar,  Reza Haddadian (2018–2019)
* Reza Haddadian (2019–Present)

### Chairmans

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* Kourosh Rahmani (2004–2007)
* Abed Mahzoun (2007)
* Kourosh Rahmani (2007–2009)
* Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2009)
* Mehdi Parham (2009–2010)
* Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2010)
* Saeed Azari (2010–2011)
* Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2011)
* Yousef Daftari (2011)
* Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2011)
* Ahmad Sahadatmand (2011–2013)
* Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2013)
* Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2013)
* Mohammad Reza Ranjbar (2013)
* Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2013–2014)
* Sadegh Dorudgar (2014–2015)
* Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2015–2016)
* Hamed Ebrahimi (2016)
* Abdolhamid Ramezani (2016–2017)
* Ali Amiri (2017–2019)
* Mohammad Kazemi (2019–2019)
* Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2019)
* Ali Reza Asadi (2019)
* Izad Seyfollahpour (2019–2020)
* Ali Amiri (2020–2021)
* Izad Seyfollahpour (2021–2023)
* Sadegh Dorudgar (2023)
* Hamid Reza Bayandorian (2023–2024)
* Ali Khatir (2024–Present)

## Individual Records

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### All Top Appearances

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#  | Name  | Nationality  | Position  | Apps

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1  | Hamed Shiri |  Iran  | Defender | 185
2  | Hossein Zamehran |  Iran  | Midfielder | 138
3  | Mehrdad Abdi |  Iran  | Midfielder | 127
4  | Saeid Gholamalibeygi |  Iran  | Midfielder | 122
5  | Mohammad Abbaszadeh |  Iran  | Striker | 122
6  | Hassan Najafi |  Iran  | Defender | 106
7  | Amir Mehdi Janmaleki |  Iran  | Defender | 97
8  | Karim Eslami |  Iran  | Striker | 91
9  | Mojtaba Mamashli |  Iran  | Midfielder | 91
10  | Ayoub Kalantari |  Iran  | Midfielder | 91
11  | Alireza Haghighi |  Iran  | Goalkeeper | 88
12  | Mohammad Mehdi Nazari |  Iran  | Forward | 84
13  | Saber Hardani |  Iran  | Midfielder | 77
14  | Mohammad Ghaseminejad |  Iran  | Midfielder | 72
15  | Ali Shojaei |  Iran  | Midfielder | 71

### All Top Scorers

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#  | Name  | Nationality  | Position  | Goals

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1  | Mohammad Abbaszadeh |  Iran  | Striker | 66
2  | Hamed Shiri |  Iran  | Defender | 26
3  | Hamid Kazemi |  Iran  | Forward | 16
4  | Karim Eslami |  Iran  | Striker | 15
5  | Mojtaba Ramezani |  Iran  | Midfielder | 14
6  | Mojtaba Mamashli |  Iran  | Defender | 14
7  | Ayoub Kalantari |  Iran  | Midfielder | 12
8  | Mohammad Mehdi Nazari |  Iran  | Midfielder | 12
9  | Mohammad Reza Azadi |  Iran  | Forward | 12
10  | Hassan Najafi  |  Iran  | Defender | 10
11  | Hossein Zamehran |  Iran  | Midfielder | 10
12  | Rahman Jafari |  Iran  | Forward | 9
13  | Mehrdad Abdi |  Iran  | Midfielder | 9
14  | Shahin Majidi |  Iran  | Midfielder | 7
15  | Mohammad Ghaseminejad |  Iran  | Midfielder | 7

### Club captains

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Name  | Nat  | Captaincy

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Nader Dastneshan |  | 1986–1999
Aziz Zare |  | 1999–2002
Morteza Arabnejad |  | 2002–2003
Nasrollah Nourbakhsh |  | 2003–2004
Farid Yaghoubnia |  | 2004–2009
Hadi Khodadadi |  | 2009–2010
Mohsen Pourhaji |  | 2009–2012
Fereydoon Fazli |  | 2011
Meysam Khodashenas |  | 2012–2013
Mohsen Rahimi |  | 2013–2014
Mohsen Hosseini |  | 2014
Issa Parto |  | 2014–2015
Meysam Baou |  | 2015–2016
Meysam Khodashenas |  | 2016
Mohammad Abbaszadeh |  | 2016–2017
Morteza Gholamalitabar |  | 2017
Mohammad Abbaszadeh |  | 2017–2020
Hamed Shiri |  | 2020–2023
Masoud Shojaei |  | 2021–2022
Mehrdad Abdi |  | 2023–2024
Mohammad Abbaszadeh |  | 2024
Hossein Zamehran |  | 2024–

## Supporters

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* Behdad Salimi[5] (Olympic gold medallist)
* Hanif Omranzadeh[6] (Footballer)
* Mohsen Bengar[7] (Footballer)
* Shoja Khalilzadeh[8] (Footballer)

## See also

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* Persian Gulf Pro League

## References

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1. ^ "FC Nassaji Mazandaran - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive". Archived from the original on 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
2. ^ "Naft Masjed Soleyman, Nassaji Mazandaran win promotion to IPL". 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
3. ^ "Javad Nekounam Steps Down as Nassaji Coach - Sports news". Archived from the original on 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2021-09-27.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^ "سليمي: طرفدار سرسخت نساجي هستم". Archived from the original on 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
6. ^ Fars News [dead link]
7. ^ "محسن بنگر: با قرارداد صفر تومان دوست دارم یک روز در نساجی حضور داشته باشم". 31 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
8. ^ خلیل‌زاده: از صعود نساجی خوشحالم Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Dana

## External links

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* Official site
* Persian League
* F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran
* F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran

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F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran - current squad

* 1 Haghighi
* 2 Ghahari
* 3 Gholamalibeygi
* 4 Janmaleki
* 5 Mamashli
* 6 Jafari
* 8 Kalantari
* 9 Nazari
* 10 Zamehran
* 11 Eslami
* 12 Khatir
* 18 Shiri
* 19 Golmohammadi
* 20 Monazzemi
* 23 Javadian
* 30 Karimzadeh
* 32 Hardani
* 39 Abdi
* 40 Najafi
* 50 Adeli
* 57 Taherkhani
* 59 Amirkhani
* 66 Ghorbani
* 73 Molaei
* 77 M.Shojaei(C)
* 88 Sadeghi
* Niane
* A.Shojaei
* Sharifi
* Manager: Motahari

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F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran – managers

* R. Datneshan (1983–94)
* Asgarzadeh (1994)
* Mozdastan (1994–95)
* R. Dastneshan (1995–96)
* N. Dastneshan (1996–2002)
* Mesgar Saravi (2002–03)
* R. Datneshan (2004–05)
* Talebi (2005–06)
* Hejazi (2006–07)
* Sadeghic (2007)
* Ghazal Seflou (2007)
* Talebi (2007)
* Sadeghic (2007)
* Khourdestan (2008)
* Sadeghi (2008)
* R. Datneshan (2008)
* Esmaeilic (2008)
* N. Dastneshan (2009)
* Foruzani (2009)
* Kouchakzadehc (2009)
* Golmohammadi (2010–11)
* Esmaeili (2012–13)
* Geraeili (2013)
* N. Dastneshan (2013–15)
* Alves (2015)
* Mousavi (2015–16)
* Fekri (2016)
* Mesgar Saravii (2016–17)
* Elhamic (2017)
* Mesgar Saravi (2017)
* Pashazadeh (2017)
* Mahabadi (2017–18)
* Nekounam (2018–19)
* Jalali (2019)
* Mohajeri (2019–20)
* Fekri (2020)
* Fazeli (2020–21)
* Jalali (2021)
* Elhami (2021–22)
* Esmaeilic (2022)
* Motahari (2022–23)
* Inarejos (2023)
* Rahmati (2023–)

(c) = caretaker manager

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* e

Persian Gulf Pro League

2022–23 teams|

* Aluminium Arak
* Esteghlal
* Foolad
* Gol Gohar
* Havadar
* Malavan
* Mes Kerman
* Mes Rafsanjan
* Naft Masjed Soleyman
* Nassaji
* Paykan
* Persepolis
* Sanat Naft
* Sepahan
* Tractor
* Zob Ahan

Former teams|

* Aboumoslem
* Aluminium Hormozgan
* Bargh Shiraz
* Damash
* Esteghlal Ahvaz
* Esteghlal Rasht
* Fajr
* Gahar Zagros
* Gostaresh
* Machine Sazi
* Mes Sarcheshmeh
* Naft Tehran
* Pars Jam
* PAS Hamedan
* Pas Tehran
* Payam Mashhad
* Pegah Gilan
* Rah Ahan
* Saba
* Sepidrood
* Saipa
* Siah Jamegan
* Shahin Bushehr
* Shahrdari Tabriz
* Shahr Khodro
* Shamoushak
* Shirin Faraz
* Steel Azin
* Tarbiat Yazd

Competition|

* Champions
* Iranian league system

Statistics and awards|

* Winning managers
* Managers
* Top scorers
* all-time
* by season
* Football Awards

Associated competitions|

* Hazfi Cup
* Iranian Super Cup
* Azadegan League
* League 2
* League 3

List of transfers|

* summer 2012
* winter 2012–13
* summer 2013
* winter 2013–14
* summer 2014
* winter 2014–15
* summer 2015
* winter 2015–16
* summer 2016
* winter 2016–17
* summer 2017
* winter 2017–18
* summer 2018
* winter 2018–19
* summer 2019
* winter 2019–20
* summer 2020
* Winter 2020–21
* Summer 2021
* Winter 2021–22
* Summer 2022
* Winter 2022–23
* Summer 2023

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