Bam Khatoon F.C.

Bam Khatoon Women's Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال زنان خاتون بم, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Zenan-e Xatun Bem) formerly Shahrdari Bam, is an Iranian professional women's football club based in Bam which plays in the Kowsar Women Football League and the AFC Women's Club Championship.

Bam Khatoon Women's F.C.
باشگاه فوتبال زنان خاتون بم

Full name	Bam Khatoon Women's Football Club
Founded	1975; 49 years ago (1975) as Bam FC
Stadium	Fajr Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Owner	Bam Khatoon Cultural, Sports, Economic Company (LLC)
Chairman	Babak Esmaeily
Head coach	Marziyeh Jafari
League	Kowsar Women Football League
2022–23	Kowsar Women Football League, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

The Club is the most titled team of the Iranian Women Football league, having won nine championships.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

History

 

Bam Khatoon plays against Sogdiana at the AFC Women's Club Championship 2022

 

Bam Khatoon Women's F.C. at the AFC Club Championship 2022

Bam Khatoon F.C. was founded in 1980 and is based in Bam, Kerman Province, Iran. In May 2021 the club announced that they would take over Shahrdari Bam and rebranded the club into Bam Khatoon F.C. regarding the agreement with the municipality of Bam.^[6][7]

Championship celebration

Bam Khatoon Women's F.C. held the most crowded championship celebration in women's sports history in Iran, hosting around 30000 spectators in Bam in June 2022.^[8][9]

Club Licensing

Bam Khatoon F.C. is the first ever women's football club in Iran which granted the AFC Club License in 2023, according to the news. The AFC professional club license is mandatory to participate in the AFC Women's Champions League since 2024.^[10][11]

Honors

• Iran Women Football League
  • Winners (9): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022-23
  • Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2020–21

Players

Current squad

As of 12 January 2022

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 Mahdiyeh Molaei 6 MF   IRN Zahra Sarbali 7 MF   IRN Fatemeh Geraeli 8 FW   IRN Behnaz Taherkhani 9 MF   IRN Zahra Ghanbari 10 FW   IRN Atefeh Ramezanizadeh (captain) 11 MF   IRN Samaneh Chahkandi 17 DF   IRN Shahnaz Jafarizadeh 18 FW   IRN Melika Mohammadi 19 MF   IRN Tahereh Pirouzi 21 MF   IRN Golnoosh Khosravi 23 MF   IRN Mona Hamoudi

No. Pos. Nation Player 54 GK   IRN Zahra Khajavi 70 FW   IRN Sara Didar 72 FW   IRN Negin Zandi 88 FW   IRN Sarshin Kamangar

 

Bam Khatoon players celebrating after a goal

International friendly matches

Bam Khatoon Women's F.C. is the only and first ever Iranian women's football team that held an International camp overseas. They lost against Tomiris Touran (Kazakhstan Women's Football Championship runner-up) and a 1-0 victory against BIIK Shymkent, Kazakhstan's champion in August 2022.^[12][13]

AFC Women's Club Championship

Bam Khatoon Women's F.C, is the first Iranian women's football team that held International friendly matches abroad and participated in the AFC Women's Club Championship 2022 West Region in Uzbekistan ^[14][15]

The club is also the only women's team from Iran which is qualified to participate in the AFC Women's Club Championship 2023.

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)

17:00 UTC+5

Bam Khatoon	1–1	Sogdiana Jizzakh
Ghanbari   56'	Report	Kamali   20' (o.g.)

Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi

Attendance: 78

Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)

23 August 2022 (2022-08-23)

17:00 UTC+5

Sogdiana Jizzakh	1–0	Bam Khatoon
Kurbonova   32'	Report

Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi

Attendance: 223

Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

Sogdiana Jizzak won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

1. "Shahrdari Bam confirmed as Iran's Women Football League champions". Tehran Times. 18 July 2020. from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "Shahrdari Bam champions of Iran women's football league". Tehran Times. 28 June 2019. from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. Banerjee, Ritabrata (12 January 2022). "2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup: From Japan's WE League to Australia's A-League Women - How Asia is developing the women's game?". Goal.com. from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
4. "Khatoon Bam win Kowsar Women Football League". Tehran Times. 31 May 2022. from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
5. "Khatoon Bam crowned champions of Kowsar Women Football League". Tehran Times. 23 February 2023. from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
6. "تیم فوتبال شهرداری بم به خاتون بم تغییر نام داد". ایسنا (in Persian). 1 June 2021. from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
7. "امتیاز تیم فوتبال بانوان شهرداری بم به مجتمع خان خاتون واگذار شد". ایرنا (in Persian). 10 May 2021. from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
8. "Bam Khatoon Women's Football Team championship celebration". IRNA English. 27 June 2022. from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
9. "30 هزار زن و مرد در جشن قهرمانی تیم زنان خاتون بم + عکس و فیلم". پایگاه خبری جماران (in Persian). from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
10. "اخذ مجوز حرفه‌ای AFC توسط باشگاه فوتبال زنان خاتون بم". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
11. "AFC Club Licensing Task Force continue to raise professional club standards in Asia". the-AFC. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
12. "پیروزی تیم فوتبال خاتون بم برابر نماینده قزاقستان در دیداری دوستانه". ایرنا (in Persian). 7 August 2022. from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
13. "خاتون بم و رویای قهرمانی؛ به لیگ قهرمانان فوتبال زنان آسیا خوش آمدید!". فوتبال 360. from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
14. "Preview: Bam Khatoon, Sogdiana-W primed for clash". the-AFC. from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
15. "Preview: Sogdiana-W, Bam Khatoon primed for rematch". the-AFC. from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

 

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