Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C.

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Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى گل‌گهر سیرجان, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Gol Gohăr Sirjan) is an Iranian football club based in Sirjan, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Gol Gohar
گل‌گهر

Full name	Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club
Nickname(s)	Gol Haye Ziba (Beautiful flowers)
Short name	Gol Gohar
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)^[1]
Ground	Gol Gohar Sport Complex Sirjan, Iran
Capacity	9,000^[2]
Chairman	Mohammad Esfandiarpour
Head Coach	Marinos Ouzounidis
League	Persian Gulf Pro League
2022–23	Persian Gulf Pro League, 6th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club is the football team of the Gol Gohar Cultural Sports Club, which includes a successful basketball team that currently compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League. Gol Gohar is known for producing many academy players and promoting them to the first team.

History

Gol Gohar Football Club was established by the Gol Gohar company in Sirjan in 1988 and competed in local leagues. In 1997, Gol Gohar Sirjan Sports Club was formally established with many divisions including the football team.^[3]

In 2007, Gol Gohar was promoted to the Azadegan League for the first time. In the 2018–19 season, they won the league and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Players

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 Mohammad Reza Akhbari 2 DF   IRN Abolfazl Razzaghpour 4 MF   IRN Alireza Alizadeh 5 DF   IRN Alireza Arta 6 MF   IRN Mehran Golzari (captain) 7 FW   IRN Behnam Barzay 8 MF   IRN Ali Asghar Ashouri 10 MF   IRN Alireza Koushki 11 MF   IRN Mehdi Tikdari 12 GK   IRN Erfan Pourhatami 14 MF   IRN Amir Jafari ^U23 16 MF   IRN Abbas Sharafi ^U23 17 MF   IRN Mehdi Mamizadeh 19 FW   SUR Mitchell te Vrede

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   IRN Erfan Shahriari ^U23 26 DF   IRN Masih Zahedi 27 FW   IRN Saeid Saharkhizan ^U21 30 DF   IRN Reza Soltani ^U23 31 MF   ESP Roberto Torres 54 DF   IRN Saman Fallah 60 MF   IRN Ahmad Reza Zendehrouh 70 FW   IRN Younes Delfi 80 MF   IRN Amirali Dehkar 90 FW   GAB Eric Bocoum 97 MF   IRN Amirreza Eslamtalab ^U21 99 MF   IRN Pouria Latififar ^U21

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

Individual Records

All Top Appearances

#	Name	Nationality	Apps
1	Mohsen Irannejad	Iran	200
2	Amin Pourali	Iran	154
3	Mehran Golzari	Iran	145
4	Behnam Barzay	Iran	120
5	Armin Sohrabian	Iran	112
6	Ali Asghar Ashouri	Iran	111
7	Alireza Ebrahimi	Iran	103
8	Alireza Alizadeh	Iran	98
9	Mehrdad Avakh	Iran	83
10	Reza Mahmoud Abadi	Iran	72
	Morteza Tabrizi	Iran	72

All Top Scorers

#	Name	Nationality	Goals
1	Mehrdad Avakh	Iran	28
2	Mokhtar Jomezadeh	Iran	26
3	Abbas Pourkhosravani	Iran	23
4	Mohsen Irannejad	Iran	20
5	Godwin Mensha	Nigeria	17
6	Younes Shakeri	Iran	16
7	Peyman Ranjbari	Iran	15
	Amin Pourali	Iran	15
	Moslem Firoozabadi	Iran	15
10	Morteza Tabrizi	Iran	14

Current managerial staff

^[4]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Marinos Ouzounidis
Assistant coaches	Bledar Kola   Hadi Aghili
Goalkeeping coach	Mario Demetrius
Fitness coach	Stavros Pantelidis
Training coaches	Hamzeh Mozafari   Moharram Fathi
Analyst	Hamidreza Elahi
Team manager	Heydar Afsari

Former managers

•   Ghasem Shahba (2005 - 2010)
•   Hamid Reza Kololifard (2010)
•   Farshad Pious (2010 - 2012)
•   Mehdi Mohammadi (2012)
•   Ghasem Shahba (Jun 2012 - Nov 2015)
•   Armen Gyulbudaghyants (Nov 2015 - May 2016)
•   Vinko Begović (Jul 2016 - Oct 2019)
•   Amir Ghalenoei (Sep 2020 - March 2023)
•   Saeed Alhoei (March 2023 - May 2023)
•   Marinos Ouzounidis (June 2023 - current)

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Gol Gohar in various competitions since 2005.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2005–06	3rd Division	1st	Did not qualify	Promoted
2006–07	2nd Division	2nd	First round	Promoted
2007–08	Azadegan League	5th	First round
2008–09		5th	First round
2009–10		10th	Third round
2010–11		7th	Second round
2011–12		9th	Third round
2012–13		5th	Withdrew
2013–14		7th	Fourth round
2014–15		7th	Quarter-Final
2015–16		11th	Withdrew
2016–17		3rd	Withdrew
2017–18		7th	Withdrew
2018-19		1st	Withdrew	Promoted
2019–20	Persian Gulf League	10th	Round of 32
2020–21		5th	Semi-Finals
2021-22		4th	Round of 16
2022–23	6th

Honours

• Azadegan League
  • Winners: 2018–19
• league 2 (Iran)
  • Runner-up: 2006–07
• League 3 (Iran)
  • Winners: 2005–06

References

1. "باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی گل گهر".
2. https://www.varzesh3.com/news/2012590
3. "باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی گل گهر".
4. Goh Gohar Technical Staff

External links

• (in Persian) Official Website
• (in Persian) Fan Blog
• Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C. at soccerway.com