Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C.

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Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فرهنگى ورزشى گل‌گهر سیرجان, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Gol Gohăr Sirjan) is an Iranian football club based in Sirjan, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Gol Gohar
گل‌گهر

Full name	Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club
Nickname(s)	Gol Haye Ziba (Beautiful flowers)
Short name	Gol Gohar
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997)[1]
Ground	Gol Gohar Sport Complex Sirjan, Iran
Capacity	9,000[2]
Chairman	Mohammad Esfandiarpour
Head Coach	Mehdi Tartar
League	Persian Gulf Pro League
2024–25	Persian Gulf Pro League, 5th of 16
Website	https://golgoharsport.ir/en
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Gol Gohar Sirjan Football Club is the football team of the Gol Gohar Cultural Sports Club, which includes a successful basketball team that currently compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League. Gol Gohar is known for producing many academy players and promoting them to the first team.

History

Gol Gohar Football Club was established by the Gol Gohar company in Sirjan in 1988 and competed in local leagues. In 1997, Gol Gohar Sirjan Sports Club was formally established with many divisions including the football team.^[3]

In 2007, Gol Gohar was promoted to the Azadegan League for the first time. In the 2018–19 season, they won the league and were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Players

As of 27 August 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Farzin Garousian 2 DF  IRN Mojtaba Najjarian 3 DF  IRN Amir Jafari U25 4 MF  IRN Alireza Alizadeh (Vice Captain) 5 DF  IRN Siavash Yazdani 7 MF  IRN Omid Hamedifar 8 MF  IRN Ali Asghar Ashouri (Captain) 9 FW  IRN Peyman Babaei 10 MF  IRN Mehdi Tikdari 11 FW  IRN Reza Jafari 12 GK  IRN Mohammad Mehdi Amini Rad U23 13 MF  TJK Amadoni Kamolov U25 14 DF  IRN Arman Akvan 17 DF  SRB Nemanja Tomašević 18 MF  IRN Alireza Ehsanifar U21 19 DF  IRN Hossein Emadabadi U21 20 DF  IRN Majid Eidi

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  IRN Pouria Shahrabadi U19 22 MF  IRN Pouya Pourali 23 MF  IRN Alireza Kazemi 25 GK  BRA Marcos Miranda 26 DF  IRN Masih Zahedi 27 DF  IRN Amirmehdi Khammar U23 29 FW  IRN Abolfazl Moredi U19 31 DF  IRN Mohammad Ali Shakiba U21 64 MF  IRN Benyamin Alipour U19 70 FW  IRN Ali Asghar Sheykholeslami U21 76 DF  IRN Amir Shabani 77 MF  IRN Mohammad Mehdi Ansari U19 80 MF  IRN Ali Hosseinzadeh U23 88 MF  IRN Siamak Nemati 90 MF  GAB Eric Bocoum 99 MF  IRN Pouria Latififar U23

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Current managerial staff

^[4]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Marinos Ouzounidis
Assistant coaches	Bledar Kola Hadi Aghili
Goalkeeping coach	Mario Demetrius
Fitness coach	Stavros Pantelidis
Training coaches	Hamzeh Mozafari Moharram Fathi
Analyst	Hamidreza Elahi
Team manager	Heydar Afsari

Former managers

• Ghasem Shahba (2005 - 2010)
• Hamid Reza Kololifard (2010)
• Farshad Pious (2010 - 2012)
• Mehdi Mohammadi (2012)
• Ghasem Shahba (Jun 2012 - Nov 2015)
• Armen Gyulbudaghyants (Nov 2015 - May 2016)
• Vinko Begović (Jul 2016 - Oct 2019)
• Amir Ghalenoei (Sep 2020 - March 2023)
• Saeed Alhoei (March 2023 - May 2023)
• Marinos Ouzounidis (June 2023 - current)

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Gol Gohar in various competitions since 2005.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2005–06	3rd Division	1st	Did not qualify	Promoted
2006–07	2nd Division	2nd	First round	Promoted
2007–08	Azadegan League	5th	First round
2008–09		5th	First round
2009–10		10th	Third round
2010–11		7th	Second round
2011–12		9th	Third round
2012–13		5th	Withdrew
2013–14		7th	Fourth round
2014–15		7th	Quarter-Final
2015–16		11th	Withdrew
2016–17		3rd	Withdrew
2017–18		7th	Withdrew
2018-19		1st	Withdrew	Promoted
2019–20	Persian Gulf League	10th	Round of 32
2020–21		5th	Semi-Finals
2021-22		4th	Round of 16
2022–23		6th	Quarter-Final

Honours

• Azadegan League
  • Winners: 2018–19
• league 2 (Iran)
  • Runner-up: 2006–07
• League 3 (Iran)
  • Winners: 2005–06