PAS
Full name	Pas Football Club
Nickname(s)	Green Cassocks
Founded	8 July 1963
Dissolved	9 June 2007
Ground	Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Ekbatan Tehran Iran (Capacity 8,250)
Chairman	Mehr-Ali Barancheshmeh
League	Persian Gulf Cup
2006-07	Persian Gulf Cup, 11th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Pas Tehran Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پاس تهران) was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium ( is a football Stadium located in the Ekbatan area of Tehran, Iran. Ekbatan Town ( is a planned town built as a project of modern apartment buildings in western part of Tehran, Iran Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the The Iran Pro League (IPL ( currently known as the Persian Gulf Cup (جام خلیج فارس is a professional football league competition for clubs located at The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup 's 2006/07 football season. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.

Pas F. C. was the football club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sport Club. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple Sports which fields many Teams and in several

The club has a long and rich history and has always been associated with Iranian police, receiving most of its funding from that branch. In recent years the football club has shown itself to be a contender, thanks to increased funding and support from the team board. The team played its matches in Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium. The Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium ( is a football Stadium located in the Ekbatan area of Tehran, Iran. On June 9, 2007, Pas Tehran was officially dissolved. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Their right to participate in the Persian Gulf Cup was given to a newly formed team called PAS Hamedan F.C.. PAS Hamedan Football Club ( is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The birth of Pas 1.2 Club stadium 1.3 First official match 1.4 Takht Jamshid Cup 1.5 After the revolution 1.6 IPL 1.7 Dissolution 2 Season-by-season 3 Honors 4 Club chairmen 5 Club managers 5.1 Managerial history 6 Famous former players 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links

History

The birth of Pas

In 1953 a number of police officers along with Captain Assadolahi came together to better organize the sports situation for police in Iran. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. That same year Assadolahi with only one football and limited resources assembled a team including himself and officers from the local police academy in Tehran. A football is a Ball used to play one of the various sports known as Football. They established the Police Academy Cadets team. They have their first practice ever at the football field which belongs to the Tehran police academy and in that same year, they officially announce the establishment of the club and participate in the Championship Games of the Armed Forces. They finished second in the football tournament. Soon after, Captain Sadeghi with the help of Captain Assadolahi becomes responsible for the team's operations, and the club becomes known as Shahrbani F. C. . The team's coach at the time was Bahman Shahidi. On July 8, 1963, Shahrbani F. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. C. officially registerd itself as a sporting club, giving itself its modern day name, Pas. The club statute was also officially accepted by the club council in 1966. After twelve years of uncertainty, the club was finally ready to begin its work.

Club stadium

At the time of the club's establishment, the stadium complex in Ekbatan (a neighbourhood in Tehran), belonged to the Charity Department. The department made the complex available for ninety-nine year loan period. Captain Sadeghi accepted the conditions and rented the field for a ninety-nine year period at a price of 20,000 toman. The toman (تومان in Persian, pronounced) is a superunit of the official currency Rial. In 1971 the Ekbatan complex's boundaries were established and the proposal to buy the land was accepted by the club council. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Thanks to Captain Sadeghi's love for the club, the club was able to have one of the key elements necessary for professional football. To this day Pas is one of only a number of clubs in Iran, which has its own private stadium and practice fields.

First official match

Pas' first official match took place versus Koroush F. C. in 1964. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Pas's starting lineup for this match had the following players: Faramarz Zelli, Hassan Habibi, Mohammad Ranjbar, Heshmat Mohajerani, Rasouli, Yazdanian, Meiarian, Mahmoud Yavari, Homayoun Shahrokhi, Yinehvarzan and Parviz Mirza Hassan. Mohammad Ranjbar was an Iranian footballer and coach Ranjbar played for Esteghlal F Heshmat Mohajerani ( born January 1936 in Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian football coach manager and former player Homayoun Shahrokhi ( is an Iranian football coach and former player The final result was a 1-1 tie. Some of the above players such as Habibi, Mohajerani, Shahrokhi and Yavari are still involved in Iranian football.

Takht Jamshid Cup

The Takht Jamshid Cup, was Iran's first ever nationwide football league and Pas entered the league in its first year of establishment in 1972. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prior to this Pas had won two local Tehran league championships in 1967 and 1968. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The first couple of years in the Takht Jamshid Cup did not come with great results for Pas, but that changed when former Pas player, Hassan Habibi, became the club's manager. Under his guidance Pas won back-to-back championships in 1976 and 1977. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Their team could have possibly won a third consecutive championship, but the league was cancelled and eventually folded with the arrival of the Iranian revolution. The Iranian Revolution' (mostly known as the Islamic Revolution, Persian: انقلاب اسلامی Enghelābe Eslāmi was the Revolution that transformed

After the revolution

The eighties were a quiet and difficult time for Iranian football, as the Iran-Iraq War had changed the nation's priorities. Pas did not do much in these times except for participation in some minor local tournaments. After the war the Azadegan League was established and Pas came back onto the Iranian football scene in a big way. They won the inaugural season of the 1991-92 Azadegan League and were allowed to participate in the 1992-93 Asian Club Championship. The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC

They beat Qatari club, Al Arabi in the first round, with a 4-3 aggregate score. Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated They were then placed in group B, finishing second there, despite very poor results. In the semi-finals, which took place in Bahrain, they went up against a powerful Japanese side Yomiuri. The Kingdom of Bahrain (in مملكة البحرين,, literally Kingdom of the Two Seas) is an Island country in the Persian Gulf formally Tokyo Verdy 1969 and Verdy Kawasaki, is a Soccer team which plays in Division 1 of Japan's J They defeated the team in extra-time by a score of 2-1. Pas was now in the final, where they would meet Saudi club, Al-Shabab. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi On January 22, 1993, in Manama, Bahrain; Pas Tehran defeated Al-Shabab 1-0, becoming Asian champions. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Manama ( Arabic: المنامة, Transliteration: Al-Manāmah) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain with What made the feat even more amazing was that most of Pas' players were paid amateur level salaries, they stayed at a very poor hotel, and arrived very late to Bahrain. The chances of the team doing well in the tournament was considered so small that the Iranian Football Federation didn't even bother to send a representative. The Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF is the governing body for football in Iran.

Firouz Karimi continued to manage the team and he led the team to another Azadegan League championship in the 1992-93 season. Firouz Karimi ( born 13 April, 1956) is an Iranian football manager. Once again Pas was allowed to participate in the Asian Club Championship, but were surprisingly knocked out in the first round by Lebanese club, Al-Ansar. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية This page is about the Lebanese football club For the Saudi Arabian football club see Al-Ansar (Medina Al-Ansar (الأنصار is a Lebanese

IPL

Afterwards the club became a mediocre one, finishing in the middle of the table, for most of the following seasons. All that changed again though, when in the 2003-04 season of the IPL, Pas was able to win the championship with head coach Majid Jalali. The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup 's 2003/04 football season. The Iran Pro League (IPL ( currently known as the Persian Gulf Cup (جام خلیج فارس is a professional football league competition for clubs located at Majid Jalali (born 1956 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and now a football manager currently head coach of Esteghlal They had a poor beginning to the 2004-05 season and replaced Jalali with Mustafa Denizli, but he was not able to make much of a difference. The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup 's 2004/05 football season. Mustafa Denizli (born 10 November 1949 in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish former football player an international coach and football The club was stopped at the quarter-finals stage in the Asian Champions League despite being ahead 3-0 in the second leg of that stage in Tehran, ultimately falling apart and losing on aggregate, 4-4. The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC They finished 6th in that season. They almost won the 2005-06 season, but finished second to champions Esteghlal F.C.. The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup 's 2005/06 football season. Esteghlal Cultural and Athletic Club ( is an Iranian Sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Tehran

Pas did not resign Denizli and bought back Jalali again to lead the team in the 2006-07 season. The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup 's 2006/07 football season. This experiment failed as Jalali was fired December 1, 2006 due to Pas' poor results 11 games into the season. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Previous Pas and national team coach Homayoun Shahrokhinejad was signed to lead the team for the remainder of the season. ^[1]

Dissolution

Pas finished 11th in the 2006-07 season. In late May rumors of the dissolution of Pas Tehran's football team began to emerge. It was said that because the city of Tehran has many football teams that have low attendance figures, it would be best for a number of teams to be relocated to other cities. On June 9, 2007, Pas Tehran was officially dissolved. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Their right to participate in the Persian Gulf Cup was given to a newly formed team called Pas Hamedan. PAS Hamedan Football Club ( is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran. According to reports the staff and players of the football team will move to Hamedan in order to form the team. Additionally the multisport Pas Cultural and Sport Club will only participate in amateur and youth sporting events. It is not clear if the management of Pas Sports Club will restart the football team in future years. ^[2]

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Pas in various competitions.

Season	League	League Finishing Position	Hazfi Cup	Asian Cup
2001-2002	Iran Premier League	4th	1/8 Final
2002-2003	Iran Premier League	2nd
2003-2004	Iran Premier League	1st (Champions)	Quarterfinal
2004-2005	Iran Premier League	6th	Quarterfinal	Quarterfinal
2005-2006	Iran Premier League	2nd	1/8 Final
2006-2007	Iran Premier League	11th	1/8 Final

Honors

• National Championships:
  • 1976, 1977, 1992, 1993, 2004

• Asian Club Championships:
  • 1993

Club chairmen

• Ferydoon Sadeghi
• Karim Mallahi
• Nasser Shafagh
• Mostafa Ajorloo (November 2000- June 2006)
• Hashem Ghiasi (July 2006-June 2007)

Club managers

Managerial history

Name	Period
Mehdi Asadollahi	1963-1972
Hassan Habibi	1972-1977
Homayoun Shahrokhinejad	1978-1980
Mehdi Monajati	1981-1987
Ezzatolah Afshar	1988
Firouz Karimi	1989-1992
Mehdi Monajati	1993
Ebrahim Ghasempour	1994-1995
Firouz Karimi	1996
Ebrahim Ghasempour	1997
Bijan Zolfagharnasab	1998-1999
Mahmoud Yavari	1999
Ebrahim Ghasempour	1999-2000
Hossein Faraki	2000
Farhad Kazemi	2000-2001
Firouz Karimi	2001
Homayoun Shahrokhinejad	2001-2003
Majid Jalali	2003-2004
Mustafa Denizli	2004-2006
Majid Jalali	2006
Homayoun Shahrokhinejad	2006-2007

Famous former players

• Khodadad Azizi
• Arash Borhani
• Hossain Faraki
• Behtash Fariba
• Mohsen Garousi
• Ebrahim Ghasempour
• Hassan Habibi
• Vahid Hashemian
• Gevorg Kasparov
• Hossein Kazerani
• Mohammad Khakpour
• Rasoul Khatibi
• Hamlet Mkhitaryan
• Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
• Mohammad Sadeghi
• Javad Nekounam
• Farshad Pious

Notes

References

• (Persian) تاريخچه باشگاه پاس. Official Club Website. Retrieved on October 12, 2006. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

External links

• (Persian) Official Website
• (Persian) Official Sport Newscast
• (Persian) Pas-e-Javan Sport Newspaper

Preceded by Al-Hilal

Champions of Asia 1992/93

Succeeded by Thai Farmers Bank FC

Al-Hilal (الهلال is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in the country's capital of Riyadh. The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC Thai Farmers Bank FC is a defunct Thai football club from Kasikorn Bank (formerly Thai Farmers Bank

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