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| Malavan F.C. |
 |
| Full name |
Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club |
| Nickname(s) |
White Swans (قوی سپید in Persian) |
| Founded |
1969 |
| Ground |
Takhti Stadium |
| Capacity |
20,000 |
| Chairman |
 Saeed Pourtahmasebi |
| Manager |
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh |
| League |
IPL |
| 2005-06 |
IPL, 11th |
|
|
Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال ملوان بندر انزلى ) is an Iranian football club based in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran.
The team is known to have some of the most passionate and loyal fans in Iranian football, and is one of the most successful teams not based in Tehran. It is attached to the Iranian Navy, and is known to have one of the best youth football programs in the country. It currently plays in Iran's top football league, the IPL.
Malavan is the football club of the multisport Malavan Sport and Cultural Club.
[edit] History
Bahman Salehnia created the team in 1969 along with some young athletes from the port city of Anzali. After some time, the Iranian Navy decided to become the team's main sponsor and owner. Salehnia can be called the team's founder; he took over as the team's manger in 1973, and until 1998 remained in the position. The team has only had two coaches other than Salehnia, in the years since (Mohammad Ahmadzadeh and Nosrat Irandoost). Salehnia was last manager of the team when he helped the team climb out of the 1st division and back into the IPL. The club has never really had great success in the league but they were able to become the best non-Tehran based club and finishing third in the 1977 and 1989. Malavan has won the Hazfi Cup on three occasions, in 1976, 1986 and 1990.
[edit] Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Malavan in IPL.
| Season |
League |
League Finishing Position |
Hazfi Cup |
| 2001-2002 |
Iran Premier League |
12th |
|
| 2002-2003 |
Iran Premier League |
14th (Relegated) |
|
| 2003-2004 |
Azadegan League (1st Division) |
2nd |
|
| 2004-2005 |
Iran Premier League |
7th |
1/8 Final |
| 2005-2006 |
Iran Premier League |
11th |
Quarterfinal |
| 2006-2007 |
Iran Premier League |
Not done yet |
1/8 Final |
[edit] Honors
[edit] Club managers
[edit] 2006/2007 Squad
The numbers are established according to Iranian Pro League Stats and Fooball Road
As of September 4, 2006
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Ali Hassani Sefat |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Morteza Falahati |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Reza Niknazar |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Jalal Rafkhaei |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Morteza Gholamali-Tabar |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Hadi Tamini |
| 7 |
|
FW |
Mojtaba Ghorbani |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Keyvan Sajedi |
| 9 |
|
MF |
Maziar Zare (captain) |
| 10 |
|
FW |
Mehran Jafari |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Mohsen Giahi |
| 12 |
|
DF |
Ibrahim Sadeghi |
| 13 |
|
FW |
Mohammad Heidari |
| 14 |
|
MF |
Morteza Beheshti |
| 15 |
|
MF |
Sajjad Beigi |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Amir Khodamoradi |
| 17 |
|
FW |
Ehsan Abadi |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 18 |
|
DF |
Saeid Salarzadeh |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Meghdad Ghobakhlou |
| 20 |
|
MF |
Saeid Yousefzadeh |
| 21 |
|
MF |
Ali Ramezani |
| 22 |
|
GK |
Masoud Gholamalizad |
| 23 |
|
MF |
Hadi Azizi |
| 24 |
|
DF |
Morteza Falahzadeh |
| 25 |
|
DF |
Mohammad Rostami |
| 26 |
|
MF |
Arash Gholizadeh |
| 27 |
|
DF |
Zaman Hosseini |
| 28 |
|
MF |
Ali Mirzaei |
| 29 |
|
FW |
Farid Jadidi |
| 30 |
|
FW |
Hamed Ghavidel |
| 31 |
|
MF |
Hadi Mousavi |
| 33 |
|
FW |
Amir Hosseinpur |
| TBA |
|
MF |
Majid Madani |
| TBA |
|
FW |
Iman Sayad Nouri |
|
[edit] Squad changes during 2006/07 season
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[edit] Notable players
[edit] External links
