Steel Azin F.C.

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Steel Azin استيل آذین
Full name	Steel Azin Football Club
Founded	30 April 2007
Ground	Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran, Iran (Capacity 8250)
Chairman	Masoud Moammaie
Head Coach	Farhad Kazemi
League	Azadegan League
2007-08	N/A
Home colours 　 Away colours

Steel Azin Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال استيل آذین) is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran.

The club is co-owned by Iranian footballing legend Ali Parvin and Hossein Hedayati, owner of Steel Azin Co.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Establishment 1.2 Youth academy 2 Sponsorship 2.1 Official sponsor 2.2 Kit providers 3 2007/2008 Squad 3.1 Squad changes during 2007/08 season 4 Managers 5 Notes 6 External links 6.1 Official 6.2 Fan sites

[edit] History

[edit] Establishment

On April 30, 2007 Ali Parvin bought Ekbatan Football Club for a reported price of around $750,000 and renamed the club to Steel Azin Football Club.^[1]. With strong financial backing and heavy investors behind the team, Steel Azin has promised to be the new heavy weights on the Iranian football scene. Beside an ambitious youth development project, Steel Azin already boasts some the most famous Iranian players such as Hamed Kavianpour, Ali Ansarian, Ebrahim Mirzapour as well as the talented Cameroonian U20 national team player Leony Kwekeu.

[edit] Youth academy

Steel Azin's youth academy was set up in conjunction with the club and President of the academy is former Iranian national team coach Heshmat Mohajerani.

[edit] Sponsorship

[edit] Official sponsor

The owner of the club, Hossein Hedayati, uses his partners factory Steel Azin to financially back the club. the sponsor is shekari

[edit] Kit providers

• 2007/2008: Daei

[edit] 2007/2008 Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Ebrahim Mirzapour 5 DF Clovis Guy Adiaba Bondoa 6 MF Milad Nouri 7 MF Mohammad Parvin 8 DF Ali Ansarian (Vice-Captain) 9 FW Leony Kwekeu 10 MF Hamed Kavianpour (Captain) 11 MF Pejman Jamshidi 13 FW Morteza Hashemizadeh 14 MF Reza Jabbari 15 MF Farzad Majidi 16 FW Ali Salmani

No. Position Player 20 MF Davoud Seyed Abbasi 21 MF Ebrahim Assadi 22 GK Mohammad Mohammadi 23 MF Behshad Yavarzadeh 24 DF Ahmed Kadhim Assad 30 GK Davoud Fanaei DF Mohammad Hamrang MF Ali Azari MF Gholamreza Eidizadeh FW Iman Razaghirad FW Mohammad Gholamin FW Amin Mohtashami

[edit] Squad changes during 2007/08 season

In:

• Guy Adiaba - From AS Cetef de Bonabéri
• Ali Ansarian - From Esteghlal
• Ebrahim Assadi - From Persepolis
• Ali Azari - From Zob Ahan
• Gholamreza Eidizadeh - From Esteghlal Ahvaz
• Davoud Fanaei - Signed
• Mohammad Gholamin - From Paykan
• Mohammad Hamrang - From Zob Ahan
• Morteza Hashemizadeh - From Esteghlal
• Reza Jabbari - Signed
• Pejman Jamshidi - From PAS Tehran
• Ahmed Kadhim Assad - From PAS Tehran
• Hamed Kavianpour - Signed
• Leony Kwekeu - From Esteghlal
• Farzad Majidi - From Esteghlal
• Ebrahim Mirzapour - From Esteghlal Ahvaz
• Mohammad Mohammadi - From Paykan
• Amin Mohtashami - From Pegah Gilan
• Milad Nouri - From Paykan
• Mohammad Parvin - From Persepolis
• Ali Salmani - From Saba Battery
• Davoud Seyed Abbasi - From Persepolis
• Behshad Yavarzadeh - From Esteghlal

[edit] Managers

As of October 28, 2007. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	F	A
Theo de Jong		6 June 2007	December 2007	1	0	0	1	3	4
Farhad Kazemi		December 2007	Present	26	20	0	0	0	0

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

[edit] Official

• Official club website

[edit] Fan sites

• Fan Blog