Malavan F.C.

Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال ملوان بندر انزلى, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Milâvan Bendâr Anzeli) is an Iranian football club based in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. It currently won Iran's second football league, the Azadegan League and came back to Persian Gulf Pro League after they were relegated in 2015–16 season. The team is known to have some of the most passionate fans in Iranian football, and is one of the successful teams that is not based in Tehran. This team is one of the most successful Iranian teams in the Hazfi Cup. Malavan has reached the Hazfi Cup final 7 times and has 3 titles.

Malavan
ملوان
Full nameMalavan Bandar Anzali Football Club
Nickname(s)Ghou-ye Sepid (The White Swan)
Malavānān (The Sailors)
Founded1969 (1969)
GroundGhayeghran Stadium
Capacity8,000
ChairmanArash Fahmide
ManagerMehdi Tartar
LeaguePersian Gulf Pro League
2022-2312th
WebsiteClub website

The club forms the football part of the multisport Malavan Sport and Cultural Club. Malavan was previously owned by the Iranian Navy.

History

Establishment

Bahman Salehnia created the team in 1968 along with some young athletes from the port city of Anzali. After some time, the Iranian Navy decided to become the team's main sponsor and owner.

Early years

The club never really had great success in the league but they were able to become the best non-Tehran based club and finishing third in the 1977 and 1989. Malavan has won the Hazfi Cup on 3 occasions. In 1988 Malavan participated in Asian Club Championship but after beating Saunders SC in first round they withdrew from tournament due to the Iran–Iraq War.

Iran Pro League

In 2003 Malavan was relegated to the Azadegan League, they only stayed one year in the lower league as they were immediately promoted back to the Iran Pro League. Since then, they have been one of the most stable teams of the league in recent years where they only had few coaches during their history and always finished in mid table and challenge the big teams. They finished 12th in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 season. In 2010–11 season they finished 8th and reached the final of Hazfi Cup but lost to Persepolis. In the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season Malavan achieved a surprising 7th-place finish in the league, their highest ever.

Relegation

In July 2015 Malavan hired famous Iranian coach Amir Ghalenoi who had won several league titles with Esteghlal and Sepahan. Player such as Arash Afshin, Hossein Mahini and Shahab Karami joined the squad to serve their conscription period. In Ghalenoi's first game in charge, Malavan defeated the Hazfi Cup holders, Zob Ahan 1–0. After only three games Ghalenoi left the club and was replaced by former Persepolis manager Hamid Estili.

On 13 May 2016 after a 2–0 loss to Siah Jamegan, who were behind Malavan before the match started, the clubs was relegated to the Azadegan League for the second time in their history.

Before the start of the 2016–17 season it was announced that controversial manager Mohammad Mayeli Kohan had been named Malavan's manager. Despite achieving good results and being in or near a promotion spot the entire season, Mayeli Kohan was involved in several confrontations with the supporters, which led to many supporters boycotting the team's games.

El Gilano

The match between Malavan and Damash or Sepidrood is known as the Gilan Derby or El Gilano. This match is one of Iran's most important and heated derby's. Malavan hold the record for most wins in the derby with four since the start of the Iran Pro League in 2001. Malavan also holds the largest margin of victory when they defeated Damash 3–0 in 2005 and again in 2013. The derby is also known for its fan violence.

Fans of Malavan in play of Malavan & Esteghlal semi-final in 2010–11 Hazfi Cup

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Malavan in various competitions since the beginning of Iranian Pro league in 2001.

Year Division Position Hazfi Cup
2001–02 Pro League 12th Quarter-finals
2002–03 Pro League 14th Relegated to the Azadegan League Round of 16
2003–04 Azadegan League 2nd Promoted to the Iran Pro League Quarter-finals
2004–05 Pro League 7th Quarter-finals
2005–06 Pro League 11th Quarter-finals
2006–07 Pro League 14th Quarter-finals
2007–08 Pro League 16th Round of 16
2008–09 Pro League 12th Quarter-finals
2009–10 Pro League 12th Quarter-finals
2010–11 Pro League 8th Final
2011–12 Pro League 15th Fourth Round
2012–13 Pro League 13th Round of 16
2013–14 Pro League 7th Quarter-finals
2014–15 Pro League 13th Round of 16
2015–16 Pro League 14thRelegated to the Azadegan League Quarter-finals
2016–17 Azadegan League 4th Quarter-finals
2017–18 Azadegan League 6th Quarter-finals
2018–19 Azadegan League 11th Fourth Round
2019–20 Azadegan League 15th Third Round
2020–21 Azadegan League 11th Semi-finals
2021–22 Azadegan League 1st Promoted to the Iran Pro League Third Round
2022–23 Pro League 12th Round of 16

For details on seasons, see List of Malavan F.C. seasons

Individual records

Top scorers

Top scorers of the club in the Iran Pro League era, bold indicates present player.

Player Goals Years
Iran Jalal Rafkhaei 68 2005–10, 2011–16
Iran Mohammad Nozhati 23 2004–05, 2007–13
Iran Mehrdad Oladi 20 2009–11, 2012–13, 2014
Iran Pejman Nouri 18 2001–03, 2009–11, 2012–13, 2014–16
Iran Mehdi Daghagheleh 16 2010–12, 2013–14

Honours

National titles

Minor titles

Club officials

Presidents

Sources:[1][2]

Name Years
Rashid Sazmand 1996–06
Saadollah Pourtahmasbi 2006–09
Ardeshir Pournemat 2009–11
Bahman Salehnia 2011–12
Sadegh Deroudgar 2012–14
Hossein Gholami 2014–15
Ahmad Donyamali 2015–17
Mehran Nasiri 2017–18
Pejman Nouri 2019-23
Arash Fahmide 2023-present

Current coaching staff

Source:[3]

PositionName
Head coachIran Maziar Zare
Assistant coachPortugal Eurico Pinhal
Goalkeeping coachIran Mohammad Ali Hassani Sefat
DoctorIran Babak Sayyad
Technical directorIran Ghafour Jahani
Team managerIran Hossein Gholami

Head coaches

Below is a list of Malavan coaches from 1968 until the present day. Firouz Karimi carries the honor of being the first Iranian head coach to assume the title without rising from the Malavan football school.

Name Nationality Years
Bahman Salehnia IranIran 20 May 1968 – 5 February 1997
Nosrat Irandoost Iran 5 February 1997 – 15 December 2000
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran 15 Dec 2000 – 2 July 2002
Bahman Salehnia Iran 15 May 2002 – 2 July 2004
Nosrat Irandoost Iran 2 July 2004 – 5 July 2006
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran 5 July 2006 – 1 January 2010
Farhad Pourgholami Iran 1 January 2010 – 29 September 2012
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran 29 September 2012 – 28 May 2013
Dragan Skočić Croatia 28 May 2013 – 1 June 2014
Nosrat Irandoost Iran 1 June 2014 – 8 October 2014
Stevan Mojsilović Serbia 8 October 2014 – 5 December 2014
Firouz Karimi Iran 6 December 2014 – 1 June 2015
Hamid Estili Iran 10 August 2015 – 20 February 2016
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran 1 March 2016 – 15 July 2016
Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Iran 22 July 2016 – 27 May 2017
Nader Dastneshan Iran 28 May 2017 – 1 June 2018
Farhad Pourgholami Iran 1 June 2018 – 28 October 2018
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran 31 October 2018 – 7 June 2020
Akbar Misaghian Iran 7 June 2020 – 1 September 2020
Maziar Zare Iran 1 September 2020 – 18 may 2023
Mehdi Tartar Iran 26 June 2023 – present

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 August 2022[4]

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 Mohammad Hossein Akbar Monadi
2 DF Iran IRN Majid Eydi
3 DF Iran IRN Abdollah Hosseini
4 DF Iran IRN Mohammadreza Khanzadeh
5 MF Iran IRN Amin Pourali
6 MF Iran IRN Akbar Imani
7 FW Iran IRN Sajjad Bazgir
8 MF Iran IRN Reza Jafari
9 MF Iran IRN Peyman Ranjbari
10 MF Iran IRN Milad Shabanlou
11 FW Iran IRN Arsalan TafazzoliU25
12 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Hossein Akbar Monadi
14 DF Iran IRN Mostafa Naeijpour
16 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Reza BordbarU19
17 MF Iran IRN Omid NafezU23
18 MF Iran IRN Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh
19 FW Iran IRN Pedram Ghazipour
20 FW Iran IRN Mohsen AlafiU21
21 MF Iran IRN Amirhossein YahyazadehU25
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Iran IRN Afshar SedaghatU23
23 MF Iran IRN Parham MovaghariU23
25 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Sadegh Barani
27 MF Iran IRN Milad Jahani
37 FW Iran IRN Soheil FadakarU25
40 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Hossein RanjbarU21
44 GK Iran IRN Iman Sadeghi
56 DF Iran IRN Parham Sayyad Borhani
70 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Momeni
73 DF Iran IRN Sobhan Pasandideh
77 MF Iran IRN Morteza EslamiU23
88 MF Iran IRN Mehran AhmadiU25
99 MF Iran IRN Mohammad GhaderiU23

Loan list

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2022.

Notes

  1. "Salehnia return to Malavan". PersianLeague.com. 13 July 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. "صفحه پیدا نشد - ملوان نیوز". Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  3. حمید استیلی قراردادش را امضا کرد/ پایان رافت در کادرفنی ملوان (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  4. "Malavan ملوان انزلی – IPL 2012–2013". PersianLeague.com. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

References

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