F.C. Ararat Tehran
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FC Ararat (
Ararat has a policy of signing only players who have an
Club history
Establishment
The club was established in 1944 by a group of
Drop to the lower leagues
The last time the club played in the top level of Iranian football was the
In 2007–08 season they took the last place in their group and relegated to 3rd division but in July 2008, Iran Football Federation increased number of
A major changes heralded for Ararat in 2008, as the terrible state of the club's finances was revealed, they were unable to pay wages and had major debts. The club's owner, Armenian-Iranians, were able to raise some more money, but even this soon proved to be insufficient resources to sustain the club. They finished last in the
Refounding
Arrarat was reopened on 9 October 2014 after a five years of absence. They also played a friendly match at the same day with Esteghlal XI. The club was placed in the Tehran Provincial League Division 1 and lost their first match 2–1. In 2015 the club was promoted to the Tehran Provincial League.
Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Ararat in various competitions since 1965.
Season | League | Hazfi Cup
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Notes | Leagues Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | ||||
1965–66 | TFL
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12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 9th | Mansour Amirasefi | ||||
1966–67 | TFL
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11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7th | Mansour Amirasefi | ||||
1967–68 | TFL
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Mansour Amirasefi | ||||||||||||
1968–69 | TFL
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Mansour Amirasefi | ||||||||||||
1969–70 | TFL
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15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 5th | Garnik Mehrabian | ||||
1970–71 | TFL
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Garnik Mehrabian | ||||||||||||
1971–72 | TFL
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14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 6th | Garnik Mehrabian | ||||
1972–73 | TFL
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15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11th | Garnik Mehrabian | ||||
1973–74 | TFL
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11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 3rd | Garnik Mehrabian | ||||
1974–75 | TFL
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13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 2nd | Mansour Amirasefi | ||||
1975–76 | TJC
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30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 12th | Mansour Amirasefi | ||||
1976–77 | TJC
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30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 12th | Mansour Amirasefi /Thomas Certish | ||||
1977–78 | Div 2
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22 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 3rd | Not held | Hamlet Asefi | |||
1978–79 | Div 2
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Not Completed Due to Iranian Revolution | Not held | |||||||||||
1979-8 | SEC | Not held
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Arshavil Maleki | |||||||||||
1981–82 | TFL
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13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 7th | Arshavil Maleki | ||||
1982–83 | TFL
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17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 12th | Mansour Amirasefi | ||||
1983–84 | TFL
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17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 6th | Mansour Amirasefi | ||||
1984–85 | TFL
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Did not finish | Mansour Amirasefi | |||||||||||
1985–86 | TFL
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9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 10th | Mansour Amirasefi | ||||
1986–87 | TFL2
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5th | Hassan Habibi | ||||
1987–88 | TFL2
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17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 9th | Hassan Habibi | ||||
1988–89 | TFL2
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17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 3rd | Hassan Habibi | ||||
1989–90 | TFL2
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14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 2nd | Not held | Hassan Habibi | |||
1990–91 | TFL
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17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 7th | Hassan Habibi | ||||
1991–92 | TFL
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15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 5th | Hassan Habibi | ||||
1992–93 | TFL
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26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 7th | Not held | Hassan Habibi | |||
1993–94 | TFL
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18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 28 | 2nd | Hassan Habibi | ||||
1994–95 | Div 1
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22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 25 | 5th | Hassan Habibi | ||||
1995–96 | Div 1
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30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 31 | 12th | Vazgen Safarian | ||||
1996–97 | Div 2
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30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 42 | 33 | 14th | |||||
1997–98 | Div 2
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18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 27 | 4th | Not held | ||||
1998–99 | Div 2
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16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 6th | |||||
1999-00 | Div 2
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16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 5th | |||||
2000–01 | Div 2
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16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 9th | |||||
2001–02 | Div 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 9th | |||||
2002–03 | Div 2
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10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4th | |||||
2003–04 | Div 2
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22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 9th | |||||
2004–05 | Div 2
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18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 35 | 2nd | |||||
2005–06 | Div 2
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22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 38 | 3rd | |||||
2006–07 | Div 2
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26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 7th | |||||
2007–08 | Div 2
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26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 51 | 14 | 14th | |||||
2008–09 | Div 2
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th | |||||
2009–10 | Div 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12th | |||||
2010–11 | TPL
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Absence | ||||||||||||
2011–12 | TPL.Div 1
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Absence | ||||||||||||
2012–13 | TPL.Div 1
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Absence | ||||||||||||
2013–14 | TPL.Div 1
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Absence | ||||||||||||
2014–15 | TPL.Div 1
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 1st | Did not qualify | ||||
2016–17 | TPL.Div 1 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 38 | 49 | 5th |
Key
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Champions | Runners-up |
Current Management Team
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Mehdi Dinvarzadeh |
Assistant coach | Robert Margosi |
Assistant coach | Vazgen Safarian |
Technical manager | Mais Minasian |
Team Manager | Vazgen Safarian |
Head coaches
- Garnik Mehrabian (1963–1973)
- Mansour Amirasefi (c.1980s)
- Hassan Habibi (c.1980s)
- Mehdi Dinvarzade (c.2015s)
References
- ^ "عکسی خاطره انگیز از آرارات دهه ۶۰". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
External links
Official
Fan site
- (in Persian) Ararat FC Fan Blog
official instagram
- (in Persian) blog