{"id":28307,"date":"2017-06-08T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T22:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=28307"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:33:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T22:33:36","slug":"abdollah-veisi-returns-to-esteghlal-khuzestan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2017\/06\/08\/abdollah-veisi-returns-to-esteghlal-khuzestan\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdollah Veisi returns to Esteghlal Khuzestan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasnim – AHVAZ, Abdollah Veisi has been named as new head coach of Iran\u2019s Esteghlal Khuzestan football team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 46-year-old coach has penned a one-year contract with Esteghlal Khuzestan.<\/p>\n

He became head coach of Esteghlal Khuzestan in 2013 and led the Ahvaz-based team to 12th position in his first season, three points above relegation zone.<\/p>\n

In the second season, Veisi finished the season in the 14th position with Esteghlal Khuzestan, placed them in the relegation play-off in which they faced Mes Kerman. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the play-off 3\u20130 on aggregate.<\/p>\n

In 2015-16 Iran Professional League season, Esteghlal Khuzestan won the title under the guidance of Veisi.<\/p>\n

In May 2016, Veisi was named as new Sepahan head coach with signing a four-year contract but was sacked in March 2017 following a series of poor results.<\/p>\n

Now, he has returned to his former club who finished in 7th place in the last season.<\/p>\n

Veisi replaced Sirous Pourmousavi who has been appointed as Foolad Khuzestan coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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