Naft Masjed Soleyman
نفت مسجدسلیمان

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Full name	Naft Masjed Soleyman Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Zagros Lions (شیرهای زاگرس, Shirhay-e Zâgres)
Founded	1965; 56 years ago
Ground	Behnam Mohammadi Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Owner	NISOC
Manager	Ebrahim Ashkesh
League	Persian Gulf Pro League
2022–23	Persian Gulf Pro League, 16th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Naft Masjed Soleyman Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نفت مسجدسلیمان, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Naft Masjed Soleyman) (also named Naft M.I.S or Naft MIS) is an Iranian football club based in Masjed-Soleyman, Iran. They currently compete in the Azadegan League after being relegated in the 2022-23 season. Naft Masjed-Soleyman is owned by the NISOC.

Behnam Mohammadi Stadium is the club's home stadium and underwent renovations in 2014 to meet Persian Gulf Pro League standards.

History

Establishment

When oil was discovered in Masjed Soleyman, there was a rush of workers to the city. The Team was established in 1965 as F.C. Corona Masjed-Soleyman and was composed of Persian, British and Armenian engineers working for the National Iranian Oil Company.^[1] The team garnished it first taste of victory in 1973 when it won the Khuzestan Provincial Cup.^[2] Before the revolution the most popular team in the city was Taj Masjed Soleyman. After the revolution Taj was dissolved and Naft became the most popular team in Masjed Soleyman.

Lower leagues

Naft was promoted to the Azadegan League in 2010 after a season in the 2nd Division. In the 2013–14 season Naft Masjed Soleyman finished first in the table with 12 wins and 7 draws and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League. Naft Masjed Soleyman became the first team from the city of Masjed Soleyman to compete in the best league of Iran.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Before the start of the season, the National Iranian Oil Company improved the Behnam Mohammadi Stadium to meet 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League conditions. In their Persian Gulf Pro League (PGPL) match Naft tied 0–0 against Saipa. At the end of the season Naft finished last in the league and was relegated to the Azadegan League.

Naft Masjed Soleyman made it back to the Persian Gulf Pro League in April 2018 after finishing as champions of the Azadegan League.

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Naft Masjed-Soleyman in various competitions since 2009.

Players

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 Ali Mohsenzadeh 3 DF  IRN Alireza Daghagheleh 4 DF  IRN Aghil Kaabi 5 DF  IRN Ali Abdollahzadeh 6 DF  IRN Mohammad Khorram 7 MF  IRN Saman Nariman Jahan 8 MF  IRN Hossein Shenani 9 FW  IRN Peyman Ranjbari 10 MF  IRN Peyman Miri 11 MF  IRN Ali Kianifar 12 MF  IRN Reza Dehghani 14 MF  IRN Meysam Naghizadeh

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  IRN Alireza KhodaeiU21 (on loan from Persepolis) 21 GK  IRN Sina BakhtiariU23 22 DF  IRN Hossein GoudarziU23 23 MF  IRN Moslem Mojademi 26 FW  IRN Hossein FeyzU23 34 GK  IRN Saeid Jalali Rad 44 DF  IRN Milad Bagheri 66 DF  IRN Sina AbdollahiU23 88 MF  IRN Esmaeil Babaei 99 MF  IRN Amir Hossein Karimi 50 MF  IRN Zabihollah Kohkan 45 MF  IRN Matin Parsa

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

Current managerial staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ebrahim Ashkesh
Assistant coach	Majid Bagherinia
Fitness coach	Hamzeh Hadadi
Goalkeeper coach	Mehdi Sabeti
Team manager	Darush Hasanpour

Achievements

• Azadegan League:
  • Winners (1): 2017–18
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14
• Second Division:
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10