Sardar Bukan Football Club is an Iranian
football
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club based in
Bukan(Bukan) and playing in the Iranian
League 2
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.
History
Establishment
Sardar Bukan was founded in 2000 and began playing in the West Azerbaijan Provincial League. The team's name comes from
Aziz Khan Mukri who was called ''Sardar'' and was the head of the
Iranian Army during the reign of
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدینشاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...
.
Promotions
They finished as runners up in 2001 and champions in 2002, earning promotion to
League 3. In 2005 the club started its professional functions, and in 2015 for the first time, the club began to play in
League 2
The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...
, which is the Iranian third tier. In the 2016–17 season they barely missed out on promotion to the
Azadegan League
The Azadegan League ( fa, ليگ آزادگان, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 ( fa, لیگ یک, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from ...
(2nd tier).
Players
''As of 21 September 2017:''
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Current squad
Personnel
Coaching Staff
Sources
Football clubs in Iran
Sport in West Azerbaijan Province
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