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Aluminium Arak
آلومینیوم اراک

Full name	Aluminium Arak Football Club
Nickname(s)	Artesh-e Amir Kâbir (Amir Kabir's army) Mardan-e Âftab (The sun men)
Founded	2001; 23 years ago (2001) as PAS Arak Football Club
Ground	Imam Khomeini
Capacity	15,000
Owner	IRALCO
Chairman	Mohammad Rajaeian
Head Coach	Mojtaba Hosseini
League	Persian Gulf Pro League
2023–24	Persian Gulf Pro League, 7th
Website	http://fciralco.ir/
Home colours Away colours

Aluminium Arak Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال آلومینیوم اراک, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Aluminium Arak), commonly known as Aluminium Arak, is an Iranian football club based in Arak, Markazi, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded as PAS Arak Football Club in 2001. The club is part of Aluminium Arak Sport and Cultural Club.

The football team plays their home games at the Imam Khomeini Stadium which has a seating capacity of 15,000. The club is owned and supported by the IRALCO (Iranian Aluminium Company).

History

Establishment

The club was founded as PAS Arak Football Club in 2001. They played their first year in Azadegan League and were relegated at the end of the season.

Sanaye Arak

In 2002 the club changed their name to Sanaye Arak Football Club. Although they did not participate in 2002–03 Iran 2nd Division they were able to play next season in Azadegan League. Sanaye Arak played six years in Azadegan League. Prior to the start of the 2007–08 season, Sanaye Arak moved from their old stadium to the new Imam Khomeini Stadium, which the club shares today with Shahrdari Arak. In 2008 Sanaye Arak was bought by the Iranian Aluminium Company (IRALCO).

Difficult years

Due to financial problems, Sanaye Arak was bought by the Iranian Aluminium Company (IRALCO) in 2008. They changed the name to Aluminium Arak Football Club. They finished fourth in that season. Only one year later Aluminium Arak terminated their sports activities due to financial problems.

After Aluminium Arak terminated their sports activities, Shensa took over the club. The club was known as Shensa Arak Football Club in 2009–10 Azadegan League. They finished 11th in that season.

Only one year later again, Hamyari Arak took over Shensa and named the club Hamyari Arak Football Club. They finished 11th in the 2010–11 Azadegan League season.

Shahrdari Arak

In 2011 Municipality of Arak took over the club and named it Shahrdari Arak Football Club. After relegated at the end of the 2012–13 Azadegan League season, Shahrdari Arak finished 13th in 2013–14 Iran 2nd Division. Although the Iranian Aluminium Company (IRALCO) bought the club again in 2014, Shahrdari Arak were able to play in the 2015–16 League 3 season as an own club.

Aluminium Arak

In summer 2014 the Iranian Aluminium Company (IRALCO) bought the club again. They finished first in 2014–15 League 2 and comes back to Azadegan League. They finished ninth in the 2015–16 Azadegan League season.

Aluminum impressed in the 2016–17 Hazfi Cup, as they defeated Persian Gulf Pro League side Paykan 1–0, before losing to five time Persian Gulf Pro League champions Sepahan. They finished the 2016–17 Azadegan League season on place nine.

Name history

• PAS Arak Football Club (2001–2002)
• Sanaye Arak Football Club (2002–2008)
• Aluminium Arak Football Club (2008–2009)
• Shensa Arak Football Club (2009–2010)
• Hamyari Arak Football Club (2010–2011)
• Shahrdari Arak Football Club (2011–2014)
• Aluminium Arak Football Club (2014–present)

Crest

• Shensa Arak from 2009 to 2010
• Hamyari Arak from 2010 to 2011
• Aluminium Arak from 2014 to 2019
• Aluminium Arak since 2019

Stadium

Aluminium Arak plays their home games at the Imam Khomeini Stadium which has a seating capacity of 15,000. The stadium was opened in 2007 and is owned by the Iran Physical Education Organization. It is also the home venue of local rival Shahrdari Arak.

Seasons

The table below chronicles the achievements of Aluminium Arak in various competitions since 2001.

Notes:
The Persian Gulf Pro League was formerly known as Iran Pro League (IPL) and Persian Gulf Cup (PGC)
The Azadegan League was the highest division between 1991 and 2001
The League 2 was formerly known as Iran 2nd Division
The League 3 was formerly known as Iran 3rd Division

Honours

Domestic

• Azadegan League
  • Runners-up (1): 2019–20
• League 2
  • Champions (1): 2014–15

Players

First team squad

As of 18 September 2024

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 Mohamad Khalifeh 2 DF  IRN Ehsan Ghahari 4 DF  IRN Abolfazl Soleimani 5 MF  IRN Amir Noori 6 MF  IRN Aref Haji Eydi 7 FW  IRN Reza Jabireh 8 MF  IRN Abolfazl Ghanbari 9 FW  IRN Shervin Bozorg 10 MF  IRN Amin Jahan Kohan 11 FW  IRN Reza Marzban 12 GK  IRN Salar Behdari 14 DF  IRN Amirmohammad Karimi 15 DF  IRN Mehran Mousavi 17 FW  IRN Amir Ebrahimzadeh 22 GK  IRN Ehsan Moradian 26 DF  IRN Behrouz Norouzifar 27 FW  IRN Ali Latifi

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF  IRN Ali Rezaei 33 DF  IRN Mohammad Monfared 39 MF  IRN Mahan Rahmani 41 MF  IRN Taleb Rikani 47 MF  IRN Hossein Norouzi 57 FW  IRN Milad Iranshahi 66 MF  IRN Meysam Aghaei 69 FW  IRN Mohammad Amin Kazemian 70 DF  IRN Milad Badragheh 77 MF  IRN Ali Vatandoust 78 FW  IRN Roman Jafari 79 FW  IRN Mohammadmehdi Lotfi 83 DF  IRN Bahram Goudarzi 91 DF  IRN Mohammad Kheradmand 96 FW  IRN Amirhossein Khademi 99 DF  IRN Taha Mohebipour

Coaches

Coaches since 2002

No.	Coach	from	until
1	Ali Rashidi	July 2001	June 2003
2	Nasrollah Abdollahi	July 2003	Jan 2004
3	Hossein Kazerani	Jan 2004	mar 2004
4	Ali Rashidi	mar 2004	June 2004
5	Mansour Pourheidari	July 2004	June 2005
6	Hossein Abangah	July 2005	dec 2005
7	Mansour Pourheidari	dec 2005	June 2007
8	Faraz Kamalvand	July 2007	March 2008
9	Naser Ebrahimi	March 2008	June 2008
10	Javad Zarincheh	July 2008	June 2009
11	Castro Flore	September 2009	October 2009
12	Savio Sousa	October 2009	Jan 2010
13	Mansour Pourheidari	Jan 2010	June 2010
14	Yaghoub Vatani	July 2010	June 2011
15	Nader Dastneshan	July 2011	June 2012
16	Ali Hanteh	July 2012	September 2012
17	Hamid Jafari	September 2012	November 2012
18	Abolfazl Ghadamian	November 2012	January 2013
19	Ahmad Chahi	November 2012	January 2013
20	Farshad Fallahatzadeh	January 2013	February 2013
21	Mohammad Navazi	February 2013	March 2013
22	Asghar Sharafi	March 2013	April 2013
23	Ali Rashidi	April 2013	June 2013
23	Ali Nikbakht	June 2013	September 2014
24	Mehdi Pashazadeh	September 2014	June 2015
25	Gholamreza Delgarm	July 2015	January 2016
26	Davoud Mahabadi	January 2016	January 2017
27	Mehdi Pashazadeh	January 2017	June 2017
28	Hamed Basiri	July 2017	July 2018
29	Mohammad Rabiei	July 2018	November 2018
30	Faraz Kamalvand	November 2018	April 2019
31	Mahmoud Fekri	April 2019	December 2019
32	Rasoul Khatibi	January 2020

Individual Records

All Top Appearances

#	Name	Nationality	Apps
1	Ramtin Soleimanzadeh	Iran	115
	Maysam Aghaei	Iran	115
3	Amir Noori	Iran	104
4	Hossein Pour Hamidi	Iran	94
5	Esmaeil Sharifat	Iran	90
6	Mehdi Hosseini	Iran	83
7	Pouria Aria Kia	Iran	82
8	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati	Iran	75
	Alireza Naghizadeh	Iran	75
10	Amir Mohammad Houshmand	Iran	74

All Top Scorers

#	Name	Nationality	Goals
1	Rouhollah Arab	Iran	13
2	Mohammad Reza Azadi	Iran	11
3	Hamed Pakdel	Iran	10
	Meysam Majidi	Iran	10
5	Maysam Aghaei	Iran	9
6	Milad Ahmadi	Iran	8
7	Iman Basafa	Iran	7
8	Amir Noori	Iran	6
	Mehdi Hosseini	Iran	6
	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati	Iran	6

See also

• Azadegan League
• Shahrdari Arak

References

1. "Aluminium Arak vs Zob Ahan results in goalless tie". Mehr News Agency. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

• Aluminium Arak F.C.
• Football clubs in Iran
• Association football clubs established in 2001
• 2001 establishments in Iran