Rahian Kermanshah F.C.

Rahiyan Kermanshah

Full name	Rahiyan Kermanshah Football Club
Founded	2006
Ground	Kargaran Stadium Kermanshah Iran
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Farman Karimi
Head Coach	Edmond Yunanpour
League	Azadegan League
2013–14	Azadegan League Group 2, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Rahiyan Kermanshah Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال راهیان کرمانشاه) (former named by Shirin Faraz) is an Iranian football club based in Kermanshah, Iran and compete in the Azadegan League. The club is in the private ownership of Farman Karimi.

History

Establishment

Before the start of the 2006–07 season, Oghab, a team with much history, sold its right to participate in the Azadegan League to Shirin Faraz. In 2012 the club name and sponsorship changed to Rahian Kermanshah.

Promotion to Iran Pro League

The club achieved promotion to the Iran Pro League in 2007 after a 4–2 aggregate playoff victory against Tractor, along with Pegah Gilan.

Relegation

Shirin Faraz was relegated from the Persian Gulf Cup with 3 games remaining in the season. The team was plagued with coaching and management problems for most of the season and often fielded teams consisting mostly of players from their youth squad. They failed to gain promotion the season after and finished mid table in their group. In 2012 Farman Karimi took over the club and renamed it Rahian Kermanshah Football Club.

Name history

• Shirin Faraz Kermanshah (2006–2012)
• Rahiyan Kermanshah (Since 2012)

Old logo used by club from 2006 to 2012

Stadium

The 15 Khordad Stadium in Kermanshah has a capacity of 15,000.

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Shirin Faraz in various competitions since 2006.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2006–07	Azadegan League	2nd	First Round	Promoted
2007–08	Iran Pro League	18th	1/16 Final	Relegated
2008–09	Azadegan League	7th	1/16 Final
2009–10	Azadegan League	6th	Second Round
2010–11	Azadegan League	6th	Second Round
2011–12	Azadegan League	11th	1/16 Final
2012–13	Azadegan League	5th
2013–14	Azadegan League	8th	Third Round

Club managers

Managerial history

Name	Period
Faraz Kamalvand	2006–07
Miodrag Ješić	2007
Mahmoud Fekri	2007
Marco Octavio	2007–
Shahram Mehrpeyma	2008–
Yaghob Vatani	2008–09
Mahmoud Fekri	2009–10
Edmond Yonanpour	2010
Majid Aghajari	2010–2011
Hadi Bargizar	2011
Reza Mohajeri	2011
Majid Aghajari	2011
Omid Tayeri	2012
Javad Zarincheh	2012–2013
Edmond Yonanpour	2013–2014

Players

As of October 30, 2010.

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
—	GK	IRN	Masoud Poormohamad
—	DF	IRN	Mahmood Khamisi
—		IRN	Hadi Nasrollahi
—	DF	IRN	Saber Khosnam
—	MF	IRN	Karim Ahmadi
—	MF	IRN	Hamed Akbari
—	MF	IRN	Esmaeil Kiani
—	FW	CMR	Martin Ongfiang
—	DF	IRN	Hadi Mousavi
—		IRN	Shirzad Ghahtan
—	DF	IRN	Majid Amiri
—	MF	IRN	Mohammad Norouzi
—	GK	CMR	Alphonse Assa
—	MF	IRN	Mohammed Arbabi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRN	Saeed Ramazani
—	DF	IRN	Vahid Babaeinia
—	FW	CMR	Patrik Sullivan
—	FW	IRN	Kousha Bahaeipour
—	FW	IRN	Farshad Salarvand
—	MF	IRN	Sajjad Khosravi
—	MF	IRN	Hamed Zamani
—	DF	IRN	Babak Falamarzi
—	DF	IRN	Hesam Maghsodi
—	MF	IRN	Majid Gheitasi
—	MF	IRN	Sajjad Karimizand
—	DF	IRN	Jafar Heidari
—	FW	IRN	Mohammad Bagher Zaferani

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2010.

References

Official

• Official website
• (in English) Players and Results