S.C. Damash Gilan

Damash Gilan Football Club[4] (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال داماش گیلان‎) is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Gilan. They compete in the Azadegan League.[5]

Damash Gilan
Full nameDamash Gilan Football Club
Nickname(s)Lilies
Damash of Rainy City
Stormy Clouds
Ultramarines
Typhus
Founded12 October 2008[1]
GroundDr. Azodi Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerIsmaeil Hajipour[2]
ChairmanMohammadmehdi Altafi[3]
Head CoachSiamak Farahani
LeagueAzadegan League
2018–192nd
WebsiteClub website

Damash used to have a Volleyball team Damash Gilan VC.

History

Establishment

Taj Rasht FC was founded in 1960 and in 1983 their name changed to Esteghlal Rasht. In 2002 Esteghlal Rasht was relegated from the Persian Gulf Pro League and Pegah Dairy Company bought the club and renamed it Pegah Football Club. The club was promoted back to the Persian Gulf Pro League in 2003, but were relegated in 2005. Pegah was promoted once more in 2007 before being bought by Damash.

Damash Gilan

In October 2008 Arya Investment Company owned by Mahafarid Amir Khosravi bought Pegah Gilan sports activities due to financial problems and Damash Iranian chairman Amir Abedini took over their license.

Pro and Azadegan League
Jahanbaksh played for Damash

After poor result at the beginning of the 2008–09 Iran Pro League season Hossein Abdi and Stanko Poklepović were replaced with Bijan Zolfagharnasab, but that did not help neither and Damash was relegated to Azadegan League and the club lost many key players to Pro league teams including Afshin Chavoshi, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi and Adriano Alves.

for 2009–10 season Amir Abedini hired Firouz Karimi who was banned to work in Pro league for one season and brought many players that were working with him in the past to the club. In following season Damash made it to the promotion playoffs but they were eliminated in the playoff game against Sanat Naft and missed out on promotion.

For 2010–2011 season damash signed with former key players Afshin Chavoshi, Mohammadreza Mahdavi and also a Slovenian coach Marijan Pušnik but after only 4 weeks and getting poor result with team he was replaced by his assistant and former Pegah Gilan captain Afshin Nazemi. Despite getting good result with team Nazemi once again was replaced by Mehdi Dinvarzadeh. On April 22, 2011 Damash was able to secure its promotion to IPL two weeks before end of the season with Mehdi Dinvarzadeh.

In their first year after promotion, Damash did well, placing 7th in the league. In their second year, Damash struggled at times, failing to make an impact and finished a quiet 11th place. Damash had a disappointing 2013–2014 season, finishing second last, and were relegated to the Azadegan League for the second time in the club's history.

In March 2016, Damash announced that it had stopped all of its activities in the Azadegan League and had transferred the rights of the team to the Gilan Football Organization. The team was promptly renamed Shahre Baran Football Club and was allowed to continue competing in the Azadegan League.

Shahre Baran was relegated to the 2nd Division in 2016 after a poor season in the Azadegan League.

Name history
  • Taj Rasht (1960-1978)
  • Abouzar (1978-1983)
  • Esteghlal Rasht (1983-2002)
  • Pegah Gilan (2002–2008)

Rivalries

El Gilano

The matches between Malavan Anzali, Damash and Sepidrood F.C. are known as The Derby Of Gilan or El Gilano. This derby is one of Iran's most important and heated derbies. Malavan holds the record for most wins in the derby with 4 over Damash since the start of the Iran Pro League in 2001. Malavan also holds the largest margin of victory as they defeated Damash 3–0 in 2005 and 2013. The derby has a long history of fan violence and fans of Malavan, Damash and Sepidrood have engaged in fights and damaged the stadiums on several occasions. All three teams have been fined by the Iranian FA due to violent behaviour displayed by their fans.

Stadium

Dr. Azodi Stadium has been the home stadium of Damash Guilan since 2008. It holds up to 11,000, but attendances of up to 15,000 and 20,000 have been reported as well.

Shahid Azodi Stadium during one of Damash Guilan's match

Seasons

For details on seasons, see List of S.C. Damash seasons

Year Division Position Hazfi Cup
2008–09 Iran Pro League 17th Third round
2009–10 Azadegan League 2nd 1/8 Final
2010–11 1st 1/8 Final
2011–12 Iran Pro League 7th 1/4 Final
2012–13 11th 1/2 Final
2013–14 15th 1/8 Final
2014–15 Azadegan League 6th Third Round
2015–16 19th Withdrew
2016–17 League 2 5th Withdrew
2017–18 3rd First Round
2018–19 2nd Runner-up

First-team squad

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  IRN Jasem Yaserollahi
2 DF  IRN Armin Monfared Doust
3 DF  IRN Milad PourMohsen
5 DF  IRN Kan'aan Tahernejad
6 MF  IRN Mohammad Talebi
7 FW  IRN Saeed Talebi
8 MF  IRN Majid Khodabandelou
9 FW  IRN Ali Alekasir
10 MF  IRN Morteza Heydari
13 DF  IRN Amir Hossein Khadem Dehghan
14 DF  IRN Hasan Niazi
15 DF  IRN Mostafa Aghajani
16 MF  IRN Mohammad Eslami
17 DF  IRN Aazaad Jafarzadeh
18 MF  IRN Meysam Mirpasandideh
19 MF  IRN Alireza Tavakkoli
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  IRN Mohammad Mokhtari (captain)
21 DF  IRN Omid Ghorbani
22 GK  IRN Erfan Ghalenoei
23 FW  IRN Abbas Kondel
24 MF  IRN Mohammad Rostami
25 MF  IRN Jaber Nasiri
27 FW  IRN Hamed Akbaripour
28 FW  IRN Milad PourSafshekan
31 DF  IRN Mehrdad Alizadeh
33 GK  IRN Behnam Laayeghifar
34 FW  IRN Meysam Farzaneh
77 FW  IRN Mohammad Hossein Jahandideh
- GK  IRN Kaveh Alizadeh
- MF  IRN Mehdi Nazar Mohammad Panah

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2018–19.

Club managers
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
Oct 2008–Nov 08 Bijan Zolfagharnasab
Nov 2008–Jan 09 Hossein Abdi
Jan 2009–Apr 09 Stanko Poklepović
Jul 2009–Jun 10 Firouz Karimi
Jun 2010–Jul 10 Markar Aghajanian
Jul 2010–Nov 10 Marijan Pušnik
Nov 2010–Dec 10 Afshin Nazemi
Dec 2010–Sep 11 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Sep 2011–Jan 12 Ebrahim Ghasempour
Jan 2012–May 12 Mehdi Tartar
Jun 2012–Sep 12 Omid Harandi
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
Sep 2012–Mar 13 Hamid Derakhshan
Mar 2013–Jan 14 Afshin Nazemi
Jan 2014–Sep 14 Ali Nazarmohammadi
Sep 2014–Mar 15 Omid Harandi
Aug 2015–Aug 16 Majid Jahanpour
Aug 2016–Nov 16 Ramiz Mammadov
Nov 2016–Jun 17 Hadi Tabatabaei
Jun 2017–18 Vahid Rezaei
Jun 2018– Siamak Farahani

Club honors
Champions (1): 2010–11
  • Hazfi Cup
Runner-ups (2): 2007–08, 2018–19
  • Rasht League
Champions (1): 1973

Records

Top goalscorers
# Pos. Name Career League Cup Total
1 Forward Afshin Chavoshi 2008–09
2010–15		 40 3 43
2 Midfielder Reza Mahdavi 2008–09
2010–14
2016–		 16 3 19
3 Defender Ali Nazifkar 2008–09
2010–14		 17 1 18
4 Midfielder Ali Amiri 2009–11 12 3 15
5 Forward Amin Motevaselzadeh 2012–14 13 1 14

Top appearances
# Pos. Name Career League Cup Total
1 Midfielder Mostafa Hajati 2008–14
2015–		 152 7 159
2 Midfielder Reza Mahdavi 2008–09
2010–14
2016–		 147 8 155
3 Midfielder Hadi Sohrabi 2008–11
2012–		 125 9 134
4 Defender Ali Nazifkar 2008–09
2010–14		 121 7 128
5 Forward Afshin Chavoshi 2008–09
2010–15		 111 6 117

Last updated: May 16, 2016.
Bolded players are currently on the Damash squad.

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See also

References
  1. "امتیاز شمالی ها واگذار شد/ پگاه رشت به داماش گیلان تغییر نام داد" (in Persian). mehrnews.com.
  2. http://www.varesh-sport.com/article2701.html
  3. http://damashguilan.com/با-حکم-مالک-باشگاه-داماش-الطافی-مدیرعا/
  4. http://www.dsport.ir/fa/posts/39766
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