PAS Hamedan F.C.

PAS Hamedan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پاس همدان, Bashgag-e Futbal-e Pas Hemidan) is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran and compete in the Azadegan League. The club was formed after the dissolution of Pas Tehran in 2007.

PAS Hamedan
پاس همدان

Full name	PAS Hamedan Football Club
Nickname(s)	Great PAS, Champion of Asia, Hegmatane Soldiers, Greens
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Ground	Qods Stadium Hamedan
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Amir Azimi
Head Coach	Siamak Farahani
League	Football's 2nd Division
2021–22	Azadegan League, 15th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Establishment

PAS Hamedan was formed on June 9, 2007 as a result of the dissolution of PAS Tehran. The team was initially named Alvand Hamedan after the Alvand mountain range in Hamedan, however after much deliberation it was changed to PAS Hamedan. PAS stands for Piroozi Esteghamat Sarfarazi (esteghamat starts with Aleph (A) in Persian).^[1]

Doping Scandal

In July 2008, it was revealed that numerous players and staff members were involved in distributing illegal doping substances. Midfielders Saeed Daghighi and Faruk Ihtijarević were banned for six months after testing positive for doping in a match against Rah Ahan. Team translator Reza Chalangar and head athletic trainer Morad-Ali Teymouri were found to have been distributing the substances and were banned for four years from involvement in any Iranian sport. In addition, the team was fined for 25,000 Swiss Francs.^[2]

Persian Gulf Cup

PAS Hamedan initially enjoyed some success in the IPL. They finished 5th in the 2007–2008 but the team dropped in the rankings in their next three IPL seasons and eventually got relegated in the 2010–2011 season.

Azadegan League

PAS appointed Faraz Kamalvand^[3] in their first season in the Azadegan League as they aimed to get promoted back to the IPL. He was sacked in the mid-season break due to poor results and was replaced with Vinko Begović. The team finished the season in 4th place and they failed to get promoted to the IPL.

PAS Novin Hamedan was promoted from the Iran Football's 2nd Division to the Azadegan League following the 2011–12 season and now plays under the name Alvand Hamedan in Group A of the 2012–13 Azadegan League.

PAS finished the 2012–13 Azadegan League (Group B) in 3rd place and qualified to the promotion play-offs following the disqualification of Shahrdari Tabriz over a match-fixing scandal.^[4] In the first round of the play-offs PAS defeated Mes Sarcheshmeh 3–2 (2–1, 1–1) after two matches, but lost 5–3 (4–2, 1–1) to Zob Ahan Isfahan in the second round.

Logo history

Season-by-Season

The table below shows the achievements of the club in various competitions.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2007–08	IPL	5th	Quarterfinals
2008–09	IPL	13th	Semifinals
2009–10	IPL	15th	Fourth Round
2010–11	IPL	16th	Fourth Round	Relegated
2011–12	Div 1	4th Group B	Second Round
2012–13	Div 1	3rd	N/A
2013–14	Div 1	9th Group B	Third Round
2014–15	Div 1	3rd Group B	Fourth Round
2015–16	Div 1	16th	Did not enter	Relegated
2016–17	Div 2	6th Group C first round	First Round
2017–18	Div 2	9th Group C first round	Did not enter
2018–19	Div 2	3rd Group B	Did not enter
2019–20	Div 2	2nd Group B Play-off Loser	Fourth Round
2020–21	Div 2	10th Group B	Fourth Round
2021–22	Div 2	12th Group B	Did not enter

Players

First-team squad

as of January 5, 2016^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   IRN Milad Sadeghian 3 DF   IRN Mohammad Sadegh Karami 4 DF   IRN Mohsen Varzkar 8 MF   IRN Jamal Masoumi 11 FW   IRN Arman Ramezani 13 DF   IRN Vahid Jalalinia 14 MF   IRN Hossein Kazemi 17 MF   IRN Saeid Kheradmand 18 MF   IRN Mohsen Lotfi ^U23 19 DF   IRN Amin Pourali 20 MF   IRN Mohsen Azarpad 21 MF   IRN Armin Talaeimanesh 22 GK   IRN Masoud Pourmohammad 23 MF   IRN Mohammad Reza Molaei 27 DF   IRN Nader Hooshyar 30 FW   IRN Nima Partoei

No. Pos. Nation Player 55 DF   IRN Navid Khosh Hava 62 MF   IRN Majid Gholamnejad 70 MF   IRN Davoud Shahvaraghi 77 MF   IRN Ahmad Jamshidian (captain) 99 GK   IRN Mohammadreza Khazaei — GK   IRN Mohammadreza Saberizadeh ^U21 —   IRN Mohsen Lashni ^U23 —   IRN Reza Karami ^U23 —   IRN Milad Jan Jan ^U23 —   IRN Mohammad Ghofrani ^U23 —   IRN Javad Tale' Moheb ^U23 —   IRN Milad Salehi ^U23 —   IRN Mehdi Mohammadi ^U23 —   IRN Mohammad Khademi ^U21 —   IRN Nima Ataei ^U21 —   IRN Amir Mohammad Rezaei ^U21

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2013.

Managers

Name	Period
Vinko Begović	2007–2009
Ali Reza Mansourian	2009
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	2009–2010
Mahmoud Yavari	2010–2011
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	2011
Faraz Kamalvand	2011–2012
Vinko Begović	2012–2013
Omid Tayeri	2013
Mojtaba Khorshidi	2013–2014
Mohsen Ashouri	2014
Davoud Mahabadi	2014–2015
Reza Talaeimanesh	2015–2016
Akbar Mohammadi	2016–2017
Ali Latifi	2017–

Honours

As PAS Tehran

 

Pas players celebrating their first league championship in 1967

Domestic

• Tehran Province League: (1)
  • 1966–67
• Iran championship cup: (2)
  • 1967, 1968
• Iranian Football League: (5)
  • 1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04

Continental

• Asian Club Championship:

  Winners (1): 1992–93

Intercontinental

• Afro-Asian Club Championship: (1)
  • Runner-up: 1993

International

• IFA Shield (IFA):^{[note 1]} 1970: Runners-up^[6]

Notes

1. Fourth oldest club cup, organized by the Indian Association and played between Indian clubs and other invited ones.

References

• (in English) Player and Stats

1. "Alvand Hamedan changes to PAS Hamedan". isna.ir. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
2. "با محروميت 6 ماهه دقيقي و اختياروويچ هشت امتياز از تيم پاس همدان كسر شد". Farsnews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
3. "Football News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
4. "رای کامل کمیته استیاف درباره پرونده بزرگ تبانی لیگ دسته اول". ffiri.ir. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
5. . Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
6. Somnath Sengupta (1 August 2011). "The Glorious History of IFA Shield". Retrieved 10 July 2018.

External links

Official

• (in Persian)