Rah Ahan

Full name	Rah Ahan Football Club Ray
Nickname(s)	Locomotive Runners (Persian: لوكوموتيورانان)
Founded	1937
Ground	Rah Ahan Stadium, Ekbatan, Tehran (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
Manager	Ernie Brandts
League	Persian Gulf Cup
2008-09	Persian Gulf Cup, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Rah Ahan Football Club (Persian: راه آهن) is an Iranian football club based in Ray, Iran. They currently play in the IPL.

[edit] History

[edit] Establishment

Rah Ahan was formed in 1937 in Tehran by Iran Railways and to this day the club still remains in their control. Rah Ahan has a history of supplying players to Esteghlal F.C., however in recent times the number of players being transferred to Esteghlal has dramatically decreased. In 2008 Rah Ahan was moved to Ray because the city of Tehran has many football teams that have low attendance figures.

[edit] Match Fixing Scandal

The club was promoted to the IPL with much controversy, after numerous allegations of match-fixing, and use of ineligible players. Sanat Naft F.C. launched complaints against the club, and Rah Ahan's presence in the IPL was not certain until the very first day of the 2005-06 season. The courts in Iran at the beginning of the 2006-07 season confirmed that Rah Ahan had been promoted unfairly and that Sanat Naft should have been promoted instead. Sanat Naft F.C. will get automatic qualification to the IPL for the 2007/08 season regardless of their league position.

[edit] Persian Gulf Cup

They have been mostly an average team where they finish in mid table but since the arival of Ansarifard as the chairman they look more stable.They finished 11th in the 2008-09 season.

[edit] Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Rah Ahan every season, from 2002 to the present day.

[edit] Managers

[edit] Players

As of November 11, 2009.

[edit] First-team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Masoud Hemami 2 DF Majid Bajlan 3 DF Abouzar Rahimi 4 MF Hossein Pashaei 5 DF Ebrahim Karimi 6 DF Alireza Noormohammadi 7 FW Milad Zanidpour 8 MF Majid Noormohammadi 9 FW Iman Haydari 10 MF Salih Sadir

No. Position Player 11 FW Mohamed Al Zeno 13 FW Hossain Kooshki 14 MF Issa Traoré 16 FW Kamaleddin Kamyabi 17 FW Farid Abedi 19 DF Javad Keshtkar 27 MF Mahmoud Al Amenah MF Mohsen Zahedi MF Mahmood Moghimi MF Saeid Hallafi (on loan from Persepolis)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, winter 2009–10.

[edit] Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Rah Ahan players.

[edit] Famous players

[edit] External links

[edit] Official

• (Persian) Official club website