Naft Tehran FC
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| Full name | Sanate Naft Talaieh Football Club باشگاه فوتبال نفت طلائیه |
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| Nickname(s) | Black Cats,Yellow Ghosts |
| Founded | 23 August 1950; 67 years ago |
| Ground |
Takhti Stadium Tehran |
| Capacity | 30,122 |
| Owner | Pars Talaieh Oil Company |
| Chairman | Hamidreza Jahanian |
| Manager | Hamid Derakhshan |
| League | Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 2016–17 | Persian Gulf Pro League, 9th |
| Website | Club website |
Sanate Naft Tehran Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نفت تهران) is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Their football team is known as Sanate Naft Talaieh Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نفت طلائیه) for sponsorship purposes. They were owned by the National Iranian Oil Company previously. Naft Talaieh was founded in 1950 and plays in the Takhti Stadium.
Naft has finished third place in the Persian Gulf Pro League three times and has also won the Hazfi Cup. In 2015 for the first time in the club's history Naft played in the AFC Champions League. They defeated Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia in the round of 16 to advance to the quarter–finals where they eventually lost to Al-Ahli Dubai.
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.
Naft Tehran was competing in Iran'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.
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