Saba Qom F.C.

Sabaye Qom
صبای قم
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Full name	Sabaye Qom Football Club
Nickname(s)	صبای آسیایی (The Asian saba)
Founded	1974 (as Mohemmat Sazi Artesh); 42 years ago
Ground	Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom
Capacity	10,610
Chairman	Reza Mousavi
Head Coach	Ali Daei
League	Persian Gulf Pro League
2015–16	Persian Gulf Pro League, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Sabaye Qom Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال صبای قم‎‎) is an Iranian football team based in Qom, Iran and currently plays in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The team is a former part of Saba Battery Club, owned by Saba Battery Co., and was moved to Qom in 2007, although they were formerly registered as a team from Tehran playing at Shahid Derakhshan Stadium of Robat Karim.

Saba won the 2005 edition of the Hazfi Cup and the 2005 edition of the Iranian Super Cup under Iranian football legend Ali Daei.

History

Mohemmat sazi Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال مهمات سازی‎‎) was Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They play in the 2nd Division.

Establishment

In 1974 a football called Mohemat Sazi was established in Tehran. The team never had any major success and only played in the lower leagues of the Iranian football league system. They came close to making it to Tehran's top football league in the 1980s. In the early 1990s the club was sponsored by a company named Maham. During the later stages of the club's history they were sponsored by Sanam, an electronics company.

Takeover

In 2002 the club's shares were sold to Saba Battery Company (also known as Niru Company) which is under the control of Iran's Ministry of Defense. Due to the club's greatly improved financial status the team was able to purchase talented players and were promoted to the Iran Pro League in 2004. ^[1]

Domestic Titles

2004–2005

In the first year of participation in Iran Pro League, Saba Battery managed to participate in the AFC Champions League for the first time ever, After becoming champions of the Hazfi Cup under Milan Živadinović. In the 2005 season Saba Battery also won the Iranian Super Cup, defeating Foolad the Iran Pro League champion 4–0. ^[2] And to this day they remain the only team to have the title. ^[3] ^[4]

2006–2007

Although Saba Battery did not have a successful year in Iran Pro League, they were competitive in the Hazfi Cup. Saba Battery became Runners up after losing to Sepahan 4-2 in aggregate, with Mohammad Hossein Ziaei. Since Sepahan became 5th in the Iran Pro League, that meant that Saba Battery won't be going to AFC Champions League.

Iran Pro League

The team debuted in the Iran Pro League in the 2004–05 season and made the headlines when they signed Iranian legend and FIFA all-time greatest international goalscorer Ali Daei from Persepolis. With the help of Daei the team was able to secure a berth for the Asian Champions League after winning the 2005 Hazfi Cup, however failing to make it out of their group. In the same year Saba won the Iranian Super Cup defeating league champions Foolad 4–0. After the departure of Ali Daei in 2006, Saba signed former Bosnia and Herzegovina international Alen Avdić as his replacement. In 2007 Saba once again made the final of the Hazfi Cup, this time losing 4–0 to Sepahan on aggregate.

Move to Qom

In 2008 Saba relocated to Qom because the city of Tehran had many football teams with low attendance figures. The team was renamed Saba Qom after the move. Saba was one of the few teams of the league in 2008–09 season which did not change managers during the season and finished in 6th position at the end of the season something that happened again in the next season. In the 2011–2012 Persian Gulf Cup, Saba Qom finished 4th securing a play–off spot for the 2013 AFC Champions League. In the play–off Saba lost to Al Shabab on penalties and failed to qualify to the group stage.

Ali Daei Era

In July 2015 Saba announced that legendary former Iranian footballer and coach Ali Daei would lead the club for the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League season. Daei attracted several former national team players to the club, namely: Hamed Lak, Ghasem Dehnavi, Amir Hossein Sadeghi, Reza Haghighi, Mohammad Ghazi and Hashem Beikzadeh.

Season-by-season

For details on seasons, see List of Saba Qom F.C. seasons

The table below chronicles the achievements of Saba Qom in various competitions since 2002.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	AFC	Notes
2002–03	Azadegan League	6th	Did not enter	Did not enter
2003–04	Azadegan League	1st	Did not enter	Did not qualify	Promoted
2004–05	Iran Pro League	9th	Cup	Did not qualify
2005–06	Iran Pro League	4th	Semifinal	Group stage
2006–07	Iran Pro League	13th	Final	Did not qualify
2007–08	Iran Pro League	3rd	Quarter-Final	Did not qualify
2008–09	Iran Pro League	6th	Semifinal	Group stage
2009–10	Iran Pro League	6th	Quarter-Final	Did not qualify
2010–11	Iran Pro League	10th	Round of 32	Did not qualify
2011–12	Iran Pro League	4th	Quarter-final	Did not qualify
2012–13	Iran Pro League	9th	Round of 16	Play-off
2013–14	Iran Pro League	9th	Round of 32	Did not qualify
2014–15	Iran Pro League	9th	Round of 32	Did not qualify

Kit Manufacturer History

List of Kit Manufacturers since 2005 including the sponsor.

Period	Kit provider	Sponsor
2005–06	Majid	NA
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10	Daei Sport	SSEZ
2010–11	Daei Sport	Varna
2011–12	Majid	Vegal
2012–13		Lojix
2013–14		Adakele
2014–15	Merooj	Azar Khodro

Club chairmen

Abbas Moradi (2002)
Mojtaba Tabatabaei (2002–2003)
Ahmad Shahryari (2003–2008)
Ebrahim Torki (2008)
Karimi Malahi (2008–2009)
Seyed Ali Zahedi (2009–2010)
Mojtaba Ramezan Beygi (2010–2012)
Mohammad Reza Keshvari Fard (2012–2014)
Abbas Jahanbin (2014–2015)
Reza Mousavi (2015–present)

Club managers

Name	From	To
Parviz Mazloomi	2002	2004
Milan Živadinović	2004	2005
Majid Jalali	2005	2005
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	2005	2006
Farhad Kazemi	2006	2006
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	2006	2008
Yahya Golmohammadi	2008	2008
Firouz Karimi	2008	2009
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	2009	2009
Rasoul Korbekandi	2009	2010
Mahmoud Yavari	2010	2010
Abdollah Veysi	2010	2012
Yahya Golmohammadi	2012	2012
Samad Marfavi	2012	2013
Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	2013	2013
Samad Marfavi	2013	2014
Mehdi Tartar	2014	2015
Ali Daei	2015	Present

Coaching Staff

File:Ali Daei in training with Saba Qom.jpg

Ali Daei, current head coach of Saba Qom.

Staff ^[5]	Name
Head coach	Ali Daei
Assistant coach	Željko Mijač
Assistant coach	Mohammad Daei
Goalkeeping coach	Behzad Gholampour
First Team coach	Nader Ghorbani
Fitness Trainer	Reza Sadeghi Abbasi
Doctor	Akbar Rezaei
Analyzer	Ali Akbar Sarlak
Chiropractor	Mohammadreza Mehranpour

Players

First-team squad

As of January 19, 2016^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Hamed Lak
4	DF	Masoud Haghjou
6	DF	Filipe Machado
7	MF	Abolfazl Ebrahimi (Captain)
8	DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
10	FW	Farid Karimi
11	FW	Mohammad Ghazi
12	GK	Milad Farahani
13	DF	Mohammad Aram Tab
14	DF	Nima Deghestani ^U21
15	DF	Jahanbakhsh Zabihi Taher
16	MF	Omid Ghorbani ^U23

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Karim Eslami
19	FW	Mohammad Ousani
20	MF	Saman Aghazamani
22	DF	Davoud Bahadori ^U23
23	MF	Mehdi Hosseini ^U23
24	MF	Mohsen Karami ^U21
27	MF	Saeid Ghomi ^U23
29	MF	Mohammadreza Baouj ^U21
30	GK	Mohammadreza Ghodratipour ^U23
93	MF	Akbar Sadeghi

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16.

AFC Champions League

Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League
Season	Round	Rival	Home	Away	Agg.
2006	Group Stage (Group C)	Al Gharafa	4–1	0–2	–
		Al-Karamah	1–2	1–0	–
		Al-Wahda	2–2	2–4	–
2009	Group Stage (Group A)	Al-Hilal	0–1	1–1	–
		Pakhtakor	0–2	2–1	–
		Al-Ahli	0–0	3–5	–
2013	Play-off	Al Shabab	1–1 P	–	–

Individual Records

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club, as of 13 March 2016 (players in bold signifies current Saba Qom player).

Top Scorers

Player	Goals	Years
Reza Enayati	31	2011–12, 13–14
Fereydoon Fazli	31	2007–2010
Mohsen Bayat	26	2005–2015
Ali Daei	23	2004–2006
Mohsen Bayatinia	22	2008–2011
Davoud Haghi	16	2009–2011
Farid Karimi	15	2012–14, 15–
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	15	2004–2007
Jalaleddin Alimohammadi	9	2014–

Top Scorers by Season

Season	Player	Goals
2004–05	Ali Daei	11
2005–06	Ali Daei	11
2006–07	Alen Avdić	6
2007–08	Fereydoon Fazli	12
2008–09	Fereydoon Fazli	14
2009–10	Davoud Haghi	13
2010–11	Mohsen Bayatinia	8
2011–12	Reza Enayati	18
2012–13	Farid Karimi	6
2013–14	Reza Enayati	13
2014–15	Ayoub Kalantari	5

Club honors

Azadegan League:
- Winners (1): 2003–04
Hazfi Cup:
- Winners (1): 2005
- Runners-up (1): 2007
Iranian Super Cup:
- Winners (1): 2005

Unofficial titles

Shohada Cup

Winner: 2016

References

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External links

[1] ttp://www.sabayeqom.com/2015-10-10-14-19-25/2015-10-10-14-32-50.html

[2] ttp://www.aftabir.com/news/view/2005/aug/29/c6c1125305229_sport_football.php/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C

[3] ttp://www.tebyan.net/newindex.aspx?pid=12896

[4] ttp://www.imna.ir/fa/doc/news/63014/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C

[5] ttp://iranleague.ir/League/ClubProfile/76

[6] ttp://ffiri.ir/club/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1/101/%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%82%D9%85/10007/

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v t e Persian Gulf Pro League
2015–16 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Esteghlal Ahvaz Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Tehran Padideh Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Saipa Sepahan Siah Jamegan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
Former teams	Aboomoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Paykan Pegah Gilan Sanat Naft Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Shirin Faraz Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd
Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players
Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards
Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16

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