Jonoob Ahvaz Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال جنوب اهواز) was an Iranian football club based in

Ahvaz Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is hom ...

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. The club was founded in 1973 and it was one of the most well-known clubs of Khuzestan in the early 1990s. Jonoob Ahvaz F.C. participated in the highest division of Iranian football league during the 1990s and was among the top clubs of the national league for 6 consecutive years. Jonoob made it to the

Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (Jām-e Hazfi; ) is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Ch ...

final match in the season 1993–94 but was defeated by

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in the final. In the following years they were given a slot from Iranian football federation to attend in 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Jonoob was eliminated in the quarter final stage in the tournament. During the mid-1990s the club encountered financial problems and lack of financial resources made the club relegated to

Iran Football's 2nd Division Iranian football's 2nd division ( fa, ليگ دسته دوم ایران) is the third-highest football division overall in the Iranian football league system. Before 2001, the 2nd division league was the second-highest division in Iranian football ...

. Consequently, in 1996, their right to participate in

was taken over by Foolad Khuzestan F.C. and the club was dissolved.

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