Fath Mashhad Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال فتح مشهد), commonly known as Fath Mashhad, or FTH, is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Khorasan, that competes in the League 2. The club was founded in 1988.

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Fath Mashhad
فتح مشهد

Full name	Fath Mashhad Football Club
Founded	11 February 1988; 34 years ago (1988-02-11)
Ground	Takhti Mashhad Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Free
Chairman	Hamid Vahidi
Head Coach	Hamid Vahidi
League	League 2
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The football team plays their home games at the Takhti Stadium which has a seating capacity of 15,000. The club is owned and supported by the Hamid Vahidi.

The club is for youth and junior leagues with the goal of improving football players and to introduce them to pro leagues of Iran, in this case, Fath football club transfers good football players to the pro leagues such as Behtash Misahian, Siavash Yazdani, Vahid Agari, etc.

History

Establishment

In 1988, a group of youngsters, who were from Mashhad along with Hamid Vahidi, established a football team named Fath. They started playing in the 2nd division of Mashhad's local city league. The club was officially founded on 11 February 1988, the day of the Islamic Revolution. Since then it is possible for young players to improve their ability while playing for Fath Mashhad.

1990s

In 1995 they became champions of Khorasan province, and in 1996 were promoted to the League 2.

Takeover

Fath Mashhad are now officially known as Fath Mashhad, although the name is not in common use yet.[1] Hamid Vahidi is the club's chairman since the establishment of the club in 1988.

They kept the coach Hamid Vahidi till end where he was appointed as Iran's Futsal team head coach and had to leave the club, so Haj Kazem left the club after 10 years being in charge and he finished his last season in mid table and was replaced by Hamid Vahidi.

Mashhad Derby

Main articles: Mashhad Derby

The Mashhad Derby is played between Fath Mashhad and Aboumoslem, but due to relegation to the Azadegan League and then the 2nd Division, the derby has not been played in over 5 years.

Players

As of July 23, 2003[2]

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 Arman Mahmoud Hashemi 2 DF  IRN Amin Shafiei 3 DF  IRN Hadi Rabbani 4 DF  IRN Reza Zareh Pour 5 DF  IRN Afshin Kardani (3rd captain) 6 DF  IRN Behtash Misaghian 7 DF  IRN Vahid Asgari (captain) 8 DF  IRN Siavash Yazdani 9 MF  IRN Amir Toloue (vice captain) 10 MF  IRN Ali Bakhshian 10 DF  IRN Reza Nasehi 11 MF  IRN Amir Fouladi 11 MF  IRN Ramin Askari 12 MF  IRN Ehsan Mehran 13 MF  IRN Emad Hashemi 14 MF  IRN Hossein Hasanzadeh 15 MF  IRN Alireza Mojiri 16 FW  IRN Omid Rajabpour 17 FW  IRN Seyed Morteza Mahdavian 10 GK  IRN Naser Tashakori 10 FW  IRN Afshin Kouhestani

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  IRN Amir Abbas Norouzi 19 GK  IRN Yousef Bashian 20 GK  IRN Davoud Daliri 21 GK  IRN Hasan Bakhshian 22 FW  IRN Mohsen Gheytani 23 FW  IRN Ehsan Mahouri 23 FW  IRN Mostafa Asgari 10 MF  IRN Afshin Rahimzadeh 10 MF  IRN Alireza Rahimzadeh 10 FW  IRN Alireza Arik 10 MF  IRN Saber Haghighat 10 MF  IRN Emad Saberan 10 MF  IRN Mohammad hezbollahi 10 MF  IRN Javad Khanfadardi 10 DF  IRN Alireza Etminan 10 MF  IRN Meysam Naeini 10 MF  IRN Shahab Beheshti

Head coaches

• Hamid Vahidi (1988-)

References

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydACi1Y_Ks
• http://video.varzesh3.com/iran/premier-league/%D9%81%D8%AC%8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C1-1%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3/
• http://video.varzesh3.com/iran/premier-league/%D9%BE%D8%B1%8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-2-3-%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C/

External links

• Official club website^{[permanent dead link]}