Shahdari Zanjan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in

Zanjan Zanjan may refer to: * Zanjan Province, Iran * Zanjan County, an area within Zanjan Province * Zanjan, Iran, the capital of Zanjan County and Zanjan Province * University of Zanjan, in the city of Zanjan * Zanjan Airport, an airport serving Zanj ...

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. They compete in the

Azadegan League The Azadegan League ( fa, ليگ آزادگان, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 ( fa, لیگ یک, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from ...

. Their home stadium is the 15,000 seater Kargaran Stadium. They competed in the 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division.

History

Establishment

The club was originally known as Shahab Zanjan, competing in the

since the 2002/03 season. In the middleof the

Azadegan League 2005/06 The Azadegan oil field is an oil field in Iran. It is located west of Ahvaz, near the Iraqi border. History The first exploration well was drilled in the field in 1976, but its discovery was finalized after drilling the second well in 1999. Th ...

season the club was renamed Daneshgah Azad Zanjan (''Azad University Zanjan'') due to change of sponsorship. In the

Azadegan League 2006/07 The Azadegan oil field is an oil field in Iran. It is located west of Ahvaz, near the Iraqi border. History The first exploration well was drilled in the field in 1976, but its discovery was finalized after drilling the second well in 1999. Th ...

season they were renamed again to Toseyeh Rouye Zanjan. They were once again renamed for the 2007/08 season to Kaveh Zanjan. They were again renamed Shahrdari Zanjan for the Azadegan League 2008-09 season.

Knock-out cup

Kaveh Zanjan reached the 1/16 Finals of the Hazfi Cup 2007-08 season, by defeating Nirou Moharekeh Qazvin in the third round. They faced Zob Ahan in the fourth round and managed to hold the

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

club to a 1–1 draw, but were defeated 4–1

after extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only ...

Managers

* Firooz Karimi * Mohsen Aghazade * Human Afazeli *

Mehdi Monajati Mehdi Monajati ( fa, مهدی مناجاتی, born 29 June 1947) is a retired Iranian footballer and Coach. Club career Monajati started his professional football career with Pas Tehran in his homeland in Tehran. He played his whole football ...

Mohsen Garousi Mohsen Garousi ( fa, محسن گروسی, born 28 November 1968) is an Iranian retired football player and manager. Following his playing career, he coached Shahab Zanjan F.C. and served as the assistant of Farhad Kazemi at Paykan F.C. He was ...

* Gholam Hossein Hosnavi * Ali Nikbakht (February 2008 – June 2008) * Bahman Amolor (June 2008 – January 2009) * Reza Ahadi (January 2009 – June 2009) * Hossein Rahmani (September 2009 – Jan 2010) * Ali Nikbakht (January 2010 – August 2010) *

Reza Vatankhah Reza Vatankhah ( fa, رضا وطنخواه) (born February 9, 1947 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian retired football player. He played for Persepolis F.C. as a left winger, and is now a manager. His elder brother Büyük was also a member and cap ...

(August 2010–Present)

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Shahdari Zanjan in various competitions.

History

Establishment

Knock-out cup

Managers

Season-by-season

See also