Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.

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Sanat Naft
صنعت نفت آبادان

Full name	Sanat Naft Abadan Football Club
Nickname(s)	Iran's Brazil (Persian: برزیل ایران, Brezil-e Irān) Yellow Dragon (Persian: اژدهای زرد, Ezhdehā-ye Zard)
Short name	SNAC
Founded	11 January 1972; 49 years ago
Ground	Takhti Stadium Abadan
Capacity	10,000[1]
Owner	NIOC
Head Coach	Faraz Kamalvand
League	Persian Gulf Pro League
2022–23	Persian Gulf Pro League, 14th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Sanat Naft Abadan Football Club (

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Despite their lack of success in past years, they are supported by the people of Abadan.

Club history

Establishment and early years

Prior to the establishment of the Takhte Jamshid League in 1972, the people of Abadan mostly followed two clubs, Kargar FC and Jam FC. Kargar had been established by workers from Abadan's oil refinery. Ten years later, Parviz Dehdari along with some of his classmates at Razi School established Jam FC. When the Takhte Jamshid League was established, the city of Abadan was given one spot. The club was to be managed by Iran's oil industry. The club's original kit colors were white, blue and black.

Post revolution

Football was popular in Abadan, but everything stopped when the Iranian Revolution took place in 1978. Football was no longer a priority, and it was shoved even farther out of the limelight when the Iran–Iraq War began in 1980. Abadan and Khuzestan were heavily hit during the war. Abadan's refinery was shut down, and hundreds of thousands left the city. From 1980 to 1988 the club was based in Shiraz. Once in Shiraz, the club had to start from Iran's third division, but was able to make it back to the top flight.

After the war the club went back to Abadan, but due to the war's negative effects on the city and poor management in the football club, Sanat Naft has not been able to have any major success.

Iran Pro League

Sanat Naft were present in Iran's

in 2002, but the club was relegated the same season.

Portuguese coach

under head coach Ahmad Tousi. Tousi took over for Ghasempour as he was sacked after 20 games. The club was in last place with only 16 point to show under Ghasempour with a record of 4 wins 4 ties and 12 losses.

2005 promotion controversy

Sanat Naft made it to the promotion playoffs in the

by a score of 6–1 to finish second, ahead of Sanat Naft on goal difference. Sanat Naft officials immediately suggested that Shahid Ghandi had allowed Rah Ahan to win by such a huge score. Sanat Naft was not able to prove this allegation with evidence. Later Sanat Naft claimed that Rah Ahan had used an ineligible player; this went through several courts and Rah Ahan was found guilty.

Two seasons later Sanat Naft was automatically awarded a promotion spot to the

They could not stay in league and were relegated at the end of the season.

Return to the Persian Gulf Pro League

After spending two years in the

.

After a few seasons in the lower division, in the 2015–16 season after a last day 2–1 win against third place team

Fajr Sepasi

, Sanat Naft returned to the top flight after a three-year absence.

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Farzin Garousian 2 DF  IRN Mohammad Tayyebi 4 DF  IRN Mohammad Ahle Shakheh 6 MF  IRN Raheem Aloubakhsh 7 FW  IRN Hassan Beyt Saeed 10 MF  IRN Taleb Reykani (Vice Captain ) 11 FW  IRN Fakher Tahami 12 GK  IRN Payam ParsaU21 14 MF  IRN Reza AmaninejadU23 17 FW  IRN Ahmad ShariatzadehU19 21 DF  IRN Omid Khaledi 23 FW  IRQ Ali Yousif 29 MF  IRN Fardin YousefiU23

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 FW  IRN Mehdi Mamizadeh U23 32 DF  IRN Ali Moghnemian 33 MF  IRN Meysam Tohidast 38 MF  IRN Ali TariU23 56 MF  IRN Mohsen ShamlouU23 63 FW  TJK Sheriddin Boboyev 70 MF  IRN Abbas Bouazar 77 FW  IRN Amir Hossein FarhadiU23 79 MF  IRN Vahid NamdariU23 80 MF  IRN Ali TariU23 — MF  IRN Omid Seydali — FW  GAM Bubacarr Trawally

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

Managers

Name Nat From To Harry Game February 1972 December 1974 Gholam Hossein Vaghef January 1975 December 1976 Manouchehr Salia February 1977 June 1991 Jassem Ahleiorf June 1991 June 1992 Ali Firouzi June 1992 June 1994 Abdolvahed Bazme June 1994 June 1995 Ali Firouzi June 1995 June 1999 Gevorg Papiyan June 1999 December 1999 Fereydoun Moeeni December 1999 June 2000 Ebrahim Ghasempour June 2000 June 2002 Mansour Pourheidari June 2002 November 2002 Ebrahim Ghasempour November 2002 June 2003 Abdolreza Barzegari June 2003 October 2003 Hassan Dashti October 2003 June 2004 Baýram Durdyýew July 2004 January 2005 Parviz Mazloomi January 2005 June 2006 Acácio Casimiro June 2006 June 2007 Ebrahim Ghasempour June 2007 February 2008 Ahmad Tousi February 2008 June 2008 Mojtaba Taghavi July 2008 February 2009 Bijan Zolfagharnasab February 2009 February 2010 Acácio Casimiro February 2010 February 2011

Name Nat From To Gholam Hossein Peyrovani February 2011 November 2011 José Costa November 2011 September 2012 Acácio Casimiro September 2012 May 2013[3] Saeed Salamaat May 2013[4] June 2013 Ebrahim Ghasempour June 2013 March 2014 Behnam Seraj March 2014 August 2014 Carlos Manuel August 2014 December 2015 Nader Dastneshan December 2015 January 2017 Firouz Karimi January 2017 May 2017 Faraz Kamalvand May 2017 June 2018 Paulo Sérgio June 2018 May 2019 Dragan Skočić July 2019 February 2020 Behnam Seraj February 2020 August 2020 Sirous Pourmousavi September 2020 September 2021 Alireza Mansourian September 2021 June 2022 Reza Parkas July 2022 September 2022 Firouz Karimi September 2022 November 2022 Edson Tavares November 2022 March 2023 Abdollah Veisi March 2023 January 2024 Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh January 2024 March 2024 Faraz Kamalvand March 2024 current

Club management

Position	Nation
CEO	Ali Issazadeh
Economic Deputy	Meysam Rasti
Sport Deputy	Masoud Rezaeiyan
Technical Director	Ali Firouzi
Team Manager	Morteza Dehdaripour
Manager and Head Coach	Faraz Kamalvand
Assistant coaches
Goalkeeping coach

Statistics and records

The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions.

(As of 23 July 2021)

Top goalscorers

	Name	Nationality	Position	Goals
1	Abdolhassan Kazemi	Iran	Striker	43
2	Taleb Rikani	Iran	Midfielder	40
3	Mohannad Mahdi Al-Nadawi	Iraq	Forward	24
4	Rouhollah Arab	Iran	Forward	23
5	Founéké Sy	Mali	Forward	22
6	Luciano Pereira	Brazil	Forward	15
7	Hossein Baghlani	Iran	Defender	14
8	Issa Alekasir	Iran	Forward	12
	Leonardo Pimenta	Brazil	Forward	12
	Karrar Jassim	Iraq	Midfielder	12

Top Appearances

	Name	Nationality	Position	Apps
1	Taleb Rikani	Iran	Midfielder	205
2	Hossein Baghlani	Iran	Defender	171
3	Hossein Saki	Iran	Left back	132
4	Fakher Tahami	Iran	Forward	123
5	Hassan Houri	Iran	Goalkeeper	122
6	Rouhollah Arab	Iran	Striker	116
7	Hakim Nassari	Iran	Midfielder	111
8	Zobeir Niknafs	Iran	Midfielder	109
9	Ali Abdollahzadeh	Iran	Defender	97
10	Milad Jahani	Iran	Midfielder	95

Honours

• Azadegan League
  • Runners–up (2): 2001–02, 2009–10

Notes

External links

• Official website (in Persian)
• Profile at the Persian Gulf Pro League website (archived 12 June 2011)