Football Club Nassaji Mazandaran (, Bāšgāh-e Futbāl-e Nassāji-ye Māzandarān) is an Iranian football club based in Qaem Shahr, Mazandaran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Nassaji has one of the highest average attendances in Iran. Nassaji is also the oldest club from the Caspian region of Iran and one of the oldest in all of Iran. One of the most important honors of Nassaji Mazandaran is a championship title in Iranian Hazfi Cup and a runner-up title in Iranian Super Cup.
History Establishment
Nassaji Mazandaran Company established the club in Qaem Shahr in 1959. Nassaji entered the Qods Cup in 1988 and soon after they entered the top division Azadegan League in 1991 and remained a strong competitor in that division until 1995.
Recent years Nassaji stayed in 2nd division until 2001 and when Iranian Football Federation decided to start a professional league, the Azadegan league became the second highest league in Iran. In 2004 Nassaji was relegated to 2nd Division but they were promoted back to the Azadegan League at the end of the 2005–06 season. On 3 August 2006 Nasser Hejazi signed as head-coach of Nassaji on a one-year deal for the 2006–07 season.
In the 2013–14 season, Nassaji had their closest call with promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League since their relegation from the top flight in 1995, the team finished third in Group A which was one place out of a promotion play-off spot. The following season Nassaji again finished third and was two points out of a promotion play-off spot.
Persian Gulf Pro League
On 29 April 2018, after a win against Rah Ahan, Nassaji finished in second place in the Azadegan League and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League for the first time.
AFC Champions League debut On 27 October 2022, Nassaji won the 2021–22 Hazfi Cup which saw them qualified to their first ever AFC Champions League appearance. On 18 September 2023 in their debut 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage fixtures, Nassaji won 2–0 against Mumbai City of India with goals coming from Ehsan Hosseini and Mohammad Reza Azadi. Facilities Since the club was created, Nassaji has trained and played its home games at Vatani Stadium, which was built in the 1940s. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the stadium was expanded to hold 15,000 people. Stadium
Since its establishment in 1959, the Nassaji Mazandaran has conducted its training sessions and home matches at the Vatani Stadium. The stadium was inaugurated in 1946 in the city of Qaem Shahr, and employees of the Nassaji Mazandaran Factory would play football there after their work shifts.
Currently, Shahid Vatani Stadium has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. For many matches, even the walls around the stands and the corridors are filled with fans. Due to the limited seating, several thousand spectators are often unable to attend. This stadium is considered one of the oldest in Iran.
Seasons
The table below chronicles the achievements of Nassaji Mazandaran since 1989.
Year Division Position Hazfi Cup1989–90Qods3rdNot held1990–912nd Division3rd 1/16 Final1991–92Azadegan7thFirst round1992–93Not held1993–946th1/8 Final1994–9510th First round1995–962nd Division4thSecond round1996–978th1997–987thNot held1998–995th1/4 Final1999–006thThird round2000–014th1/4 Final2001–02AzadeganThird round2002–0313thSecond round2003–0416th 2004–052nd Division3rdFirst round2005–062nd 1/16 Final2006–07Azadegan6thFirst round2007–085th1/16 Final2008–0912th2009–107th2010–114thThird round2011–125thSecond round2012–138thFirst round2013–143rdThird round2014–15Fourth round2015–168thdid not contest 2016–1710th1/16 Final2017–182nd 1/8 Final2018–19PGPL10th2019–209th1/16 Final2020–2112th1/8 Final2021–2212thWinner2022–2313thSemifinal2023–2412th1/16 Final2024–2515th 1/4 Final2025–26 Azadegan League Champions Round of 162026–27PGPL
Honours Hazfi Cup Winners (1): 2021–22 Iranian Super Cup Runners-up (1): 2022 Azadegan League Winners (1): 2025–26 Runners-up (1): 2017–18
League Mazandaran 1 cup wins
Players First-team squad
Loan list
Staff Current coach staff PositionStaffHead coach Reza EnayatiAssistant coach Hamid Abdollahi Davoud Seyed-Abbasi Issa Parto Sina DastneshanGoalkeeper coach Mehdi SabetiFitness coach Amin MirzaeiTactical analyst Babak Moradi Amir MohebbiTeam Manager Pouya Seifpanahi
Head coaches
Rahim Dastneshan (1983–94) Fereydoon Asgarzadeh (1994) Abolfazl Mozdastan (1994–95) Rahim Dastneshan (1995–96) Nader Dastneshan (1996–02) Hossein Mesgar Saravi (2002–04) Rahim Dastneshan (2004–05) Ebrahim Talebi (2005–06) Nasser Hejazi (2006– 07) Morteza Sadeghi (2007) Hossein Ghazal Seflou (2007) Ebrahim Talebi (2007–08) Morteza Sadeghi (2008) Hassan Khourdestan (2008) Morteza Sadeghi (2008–2009) Rahim Dastneshan (2009) Esmaeil Esmaeili (2009) Nader Dastneshan (2009–2010) Reza Forouzani (2010) Farhad Kouchakzadeh (2010) Yahya Golmohammadi (2010–11) Esmaeil Esmaeili (2011–13) Younes Geraeili (2013) Nader Dastneshan (2013–15) Paulo Alves (2015) Kourosh Mousavi (2015–16) Mahmoud Fekri (2016) Hossein Mesgar Saravi (2016–17) Saket Elhami (2017) Hossein Mesgar Saravi (2017) Mehdi Pashazadeh (2017) Davoud Mahabadi (2017–18) Javad Nekounam (2018) Majid Jalali (2019) Mohammad Reza Mohajeri (2019–20) Mahmoud Fekri (2020) Vahid Fazeli (2020–21) Majid Jalali (2021) Saket Elhami (2021–22) Esmaeil Esmaeili (2022) Hamid Motahari (2022–23) Carlos Inarejos (2023) Mehdi Rahmati (2023) Vahid Rezaei (2023) Lucas Alcaraz (2023–2024) Saket Elhami (2024–2025) Mostafa Sedaghat (2025) Savo Milosevic (2025) Saket Elhami (2025) Mohammad Reza Mohajeri (2025) Faraz Kamalvand (2025–2026) Reza Enayati (2026–Present)
Sponsorship Shirt sponsors and manufacturers + PeriodKit ManufacturerShirt Sponsor2014–15 UhlsportSamsung GroupKosar FCIMCIYamaha Corporation/Varesh AirlinesDariush Grand Hotel2016–172018– Majid
Managers Owners
Kourosh Rahmani (2007–2009) Mehdi Parham (2009–2013) Hossein Ghasemnejhad (2013–2014) Mehdi Parham (2014–2017) Mehdi Parham, Farhad Sanieifar (2017) Farhad Sanieifar (2017–2018) Farhad Sanieifar, Reza Haddadian (2018–2019) Reza Haddadian (2019–Present)
Chairmans
Kourosh Rahmani (2004–2007) Abed Mahzoun (2007) Kourosh Rahmani (2007–2009) Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2009) Mehdi Parham (2009–2010) Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2010) Saeed Azari (2010–2011) Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2011) Yousef Daftari (2011) Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2011) Ahmad Sahadatmand (2011–2013) Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2013) Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2013) Mohammad Reza Ranjbar (2013) Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2013–2014) Sadegh Dorudgar (2014–2015) Mohammad Hassan Heydarzadeh (2015–2016) Hamed Ebrahimi (2016) Abdolhamid Ramezani (2016–2017) Ali Amiri (2017–2019) Mohammad Kazemi (2019–2019) Mohammad Ali Ghanbari (2019) Ali Reza Asadi (2019) Izad Seyfollahpour (2019–2020) Ali Amiri (2020–2021) Izad Seyfollahpour (2021–2023) Sadegh Dorudgar (2023) Hamid Reza Bayandorian (2023–2024) Ali Khatir (2024–2025) Hamid Reza Bayandorian (2025) Shahab Zandi (2025–Present)
Individual records All Top Appearances #NameNationalityPosition Apps1Hamed Shiri IranDefender1852Hossein ZamehranMidfielder1643Mehrdad AbdiMidfielder1284Saeid Gholamalibeygi1235Mohammad AbbaszadehStriker1226Ayoub KalantariMidfielder1097Hassan NajafiDefender1068Amir Mehdi JanmalekiDefender1009Karim EslamiStriker9110Mojtaba MamashliMidfielder9111Alireza HaghighiGoalkeeper8812Saber HardaniMidfielder8613Mohammad Mehdi NazariForward8414Mohammad GhaseminejadMidfielder7215Ali Shojaei71
All Top Scorers #NameNationalityPositionGoals1Mohammad Abbaszadeh IranStriker662Hamed ShiriDefender263Hamid KazemiForward164Karim EslamiStriker155Mojtaba RamezaniMidfielder146Mojtaba MamashliDefender147Ayoub KalantariMidfielder128Mohammad Mehdi NazariMidfielder129Mohammad Reza AzadiForward1210Hassan NajafiDefender1011Hossein ZamehranMidfielder1012Rahman JafariForward913Mehrdad AbdiMidfielder914Shahin Majidi715Mohammad Ghaseminejad7
Club captains NameNatPositionCaptaincyNader DastneshanMidfielder1986–1999Aziz ZareMidfielder1999–2002Morteza ArabnejadDefender2002–2003Nasrollah NourbakhshMidfielder2003–2004Farid YaghoubniaDefender2004–2009Hadi KhodadadiForward2009–2010Mohsen PourhajiMidfielder2009–2012Fereydoon FazliForward2011Meysam KhodashenasMidfielder2012–2013Mohsen RahimiMidfielder2013–2014Mohsen HosseiniDefender2014Issa PartoDefender2014–2015Meysam BaouMidfielder2015–2016Meysam KhodashenasMidfielder2016Mohammad AbbaszadehForward2016–2017Morteza GholamalitabarDefender2017Mohammad AbbaszadehForward2017–2020Hamed ShiriDefender2020–2023Masoud ShojaeiMidfielder2021–2022Mehrdad AbdiMidfielder2023–2024Mohammad AbbaszadehForward2024Hossein ZamehranMidfielder2024–2025Mojtaba LotfiDefender2025–Matin KarimzadehDefender2025–
Supporters Behdad Salimi (Olympic gold medallist) Hanif OmranzadehFars News (Footballer) Mohsen Bengar (Footballer) Shoja Khalilzadehخلیلزاده: از صعود نساجی خوشحالم Dana (Footballer)
See also Persian Gulf Pro League
References
External links Official site Persian League F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran