Damash Gilan
| Full name | Damash Guilan Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Damashe Shahre Baran |
| Founded | 1975 (as Abouzar Rasht); 41 years ago |
| Ground | Dr. Azodi Stadium |
| Capacity | 11,000 |
| Owner |
 Ismaeil Hajipour |
| Chairman |
Mohammadmehdi Altafi |
| Head Coach |
Hadi Tabatabaei
|
| League | Football's 2nd Division |
| 2015–16 | Azadegan League, 19th (Relegated) |
Damash Guilan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال داماش گیلان) is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Gilan. They compete in the Azadegan League.
Damash used to have a Volleyball team Damash Gilan VC.
Abozar Rasht fc was founded in 1975 and in 1983 their name changed to Esteghlal Rasht. In 2002 Esteghlal Rasht was relegated from the Persian Gulf Pro League and Pegah Dairy Company bought the club and renamed it Pegah Football Club. The club was promoted back to the Persian Gulf Pro League in 2003, but were relegated in 2005. Pegah was promoted once more in 2007 before being bought by Damash.
In October 2008 Arya Investment Company owned by Amir Mansour Arya bought Pegah Guilan sports activities due to financial problems and Damash Iranian chairman Amir Abedini took over their license.
After poor result at the beginning of the 2008–09 Iran Pro League season Hossein Abdi and Stanko Poklepović were replaced with Bijan Zolfagharnasab, but that did not help neither and Damash was relegated to Azadegan League and The club lost many key players to Pro league teams including Afshin Chavoshi, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi, Adriano Alves.
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