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 nameBam Khatoon Women's Football Club
Founded1980 (1980) as Shahrdari Bam
StadiumFajr Stadium
Capacity8,000
OwnerBam Khatoon Cultural, Sports, Economic Company (LLC)
ChairmanBabak Esmaeily
Head coachMarziyeh Jafari
LeagueKowsar Women Football League
2022–23Kowsar Women Football League, 1st
WebsiteClub website

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

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 Iran IRN Mahdiyeh Molaei
6 MF Iran IRN Zahra Sarbali
7 MF Iran IRN Fatemeh Geraeli
8 FW Iran IRN Behnaz Taherkhani
9 MF Iran IRN Zahra Ghanbari
10 FW Iran IRN Atefeh Ramezanizadeh (captain)
11 MF Iran IRN Samaneh Chahkandi
17 DF Iran IRN Shahnaz Jafarizadeh
18 FW Iran IRN Melika Mohammadi
19 MF Iran IRN Tahereh Pirouzi
21 MF Iran IRN Golnoosh Khosravi
23 MF Iran IRN Mona Hamoudi
No. Pos. Nation Player
54 GK Iran IRN Zahra Khajavi
70 FW Iran IRN Sara Didar
72 FW Iran IRN Negin Zandi
88 FW Iran 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.

Bam Khatoon Iran1–1Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh
  • Ghanbari 56'
 Report Kamali 20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 78
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Sogdiana Jizzakh Uzbekistan1–0Iran Bam Khatoon
 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. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. "Khatoon Bam win Kowsar Women Football League". Tehran Times. 31 May 2022. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived 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). Archived 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. Archived 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. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  14. "Preview: Bam Khatoon, Sogdiana-W primed for clash". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  15. "Preview: Sogdiana-W, Bam Khatoon primed for rematch". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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