The Malavan Courier
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Mohammad Alinejad runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Aug 2026
8 seasons of Mahyar Zahmatkesh
195 appearances across 8 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Malavan know what they have.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Issa Alekasir signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Issa Alekasir commits to Malavan for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ghaem Eslamikhah in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Malavan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Malavan
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market3 Aug 2026
Naft Tehran join the queue for Parham Movaghari
Add another name to the list: Naft Tehran have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Parham Movaghari. The answer from Malavan has not changed — yet.
Market3 Aug 2026
Malavan promote Ehsan Hajsafi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ehsan Hajsafi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 Aug 2026
Malavan promote Mehdi Nekounam from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mehdi Nekounam has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ashkan Beiranvand joins the Malavan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ashkan Beiranvand is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Mohammad Reza Khosravi falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Malavan turn down the training-ground plan
- Match Point won or two lost for Malavan?