var teamInfo={"B5C54F059EE3A9A4DCB95465432A8D14":"Takhti Stadium","187F8138BE7BCBEE":"27.16","AEA806C1427039FE44581DB525FB9B7BD0F0E6F183CA457B":"1950-8-23","A494ABC507986833":"Naft Tehran","BBF1A240ACF09477":"Tehran","C606677BC35A1B73EF2C1314AB427615":"Iran","41128DAD6401C79B":"","63C820864FB855F7":"http:\/\/www.tofc.ir\/","6AA767C80F13E5B78D99D4E49AE0DBEF":"","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","09138E45C3AF9F63D172519924158A69":"","2C2DB8E0A27DDF86":"","078F3C827B475FC4":"12196","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Naft Tehran","1A770A41820EA8876555100F4F89BC57":"<P>Naft Tehran F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They are owned by the National Iranian Oil Company. Naft Tehran was founded in 1950 and plays in the Takhti Stadium.<BR><BR>On 23 August 1971, National Iranian Oil Company decided on starting a football team. Before the Iranian Revolution the team competed in the Tehran Football League for several years. In 2003, the club was competing in the Tehran Local Leagues, in 2005 they were promoted to the 3rd Division.<BR><BR>Naft Tehran was competing in Iran&#39;s 2nd Division and they turned out to be one of the best teams. In the First Round, they had managed to score 36 goals and convecting only 14, they were on top of Iranjavan with 38 points. In the Second Round, they came out second at the Group B. They were just under Mes Sarcheshmeh with 3 points away and 1 point on top of Esteghlal Jonub Tehran, Naft Tehran after promoted to Azadegan League.<BR><BR>After three years of competing in the 2nd Division, Naft was promoted to the Azadegan League. Naft Tehran started the season well in Azadegan League and eventually became first in the group tables. Naft Tehran came out with a huge goal difference by conceding the least goals, and they were on top of the table by 1 point from Damash Gilan They didn&#39;t score much as their top scorer Akbar Saghiri scored 7 goals in the league. It was the first time ever that Naft Tehran went to Iran Pro League.<BR><BR>Before Naft Tehran had a great show in Iran Pro League, they were known as creating Iran&#39;s future in football: Alireza Beiranvand in goal and also having great senior players like Reza Norouzi and Rasoul Navidkia.<BR><BR>Naft finished their first season at Iran Pro League at 13th placed. At the next season, they were chance to qualifying to the AFC Champions League but they were finished 5th at the last day. During the 2011&#8211;12 season, Naft Tehran considered moving cities because of poor attendance but it was later denied.<BR><BR>On the final day of the 2013&#8211;14 Iran Pro League season, Naft lead the league and had an opportunity to win the league. However, Naft lost to Sepahan and dropped to 3rd place, which was still good enough for a spot in the AFC Champions League, the first time in club history the team has reached the international stage. In May 2014 Yahya Golmohammadi announced that he would not be extending his contract with Naft and had signed with Zob Ahan. Shortly after on 31 May, Naft revealed Ali Reza Mansourian as their manager for the 2014&#8211;15 season.<\/P>","71917274BAF6F295":"","A78F9074B5AF8132E0B45C9330387DBD":"66","FAEF47752E34E7B4424428922BB6E983":"30,122","e_index":2};