Sanat Mes Kerman Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال مس کرمان) is an Iranian football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran’s top league, the IPL, in the 2005-06 season. The team is loved by those in the city of Kerman and Salimikia stadium is often sold out. The team is named after and sponsored by Kerman’s copper industries.

Mes Kerman F.C. is the football club of the multisport Sanat Mes Kerman Cultural and Athletic Club who are better known for their success in the field of cycling.

Establishment

Mes Kerman Football Club was formed on March 2, 1998 by Kerman’s copper industry, and was promoted to the IPL for the 2006/07 season.
[edit] New Stadium

The club currently plays its home games at Kerman’s Salimikia Stadium, but the club recently announced plans to build its own football only stadium. Construction started on July 13, 2006 for the 15,000 capacity stadium.[1]
[edit] Persian Gulf Cup

They started the league in 2007 with Farhad Kazemi and but he was replaced byt Amir Ghalenoei half way through the season where they finished second in the second half of the season league. The appointed Parviz Mazloomi in 2008 as the coach and the club was promoted to the ACL for the first time in their history byt finishing third in the league.

Official website: www.messport.com/