Establishment Mes Kerman Football Club was formed on 2 March 1998 by Kerman's copper industry. The national Iranian copper industry had already formed a
football team in Rasfanjan a year prior. They started playing in
Iran Football's 2nd Division and were promoted to the
Azadegan League in 2000.
Bijan Zolfagharnasab was appointed in 2000 as head coach of the club after the team was promoted to the Azadegan League.
Azadegan League (2000–2007) They were promoted to the Azadegan League in
2000–01 season. In
2005–06 season under management of
Nader Dastneshan, the club was promoted to the
IPL for the
2006–07 season.
Persian Gulf Cup (2007–2014) They started the league in 2007 with
Farhad Kazemi but he was replaced by
Amir Ghalenoei halfway through the season where they finished second in the second half of the season league.
Parviz Mazloomi was appointed in 2008 as the head coach and the club was promoted to the
AFC Champions League for the first time in their history by finishing third in the league. Mes surprisingly progressed to the last 16 and but got knocked out by fellow countrymen
Zob Ahan. In that same season the club finished ninth in the league.
Return to Azadegan League In the
2013–14 Iran Pro League season, Mes finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the
Azadegan League with one matchday left. In the same season Mes reached the
2014 Hazfi Cup Final losing 1–0 to
Tractor Sazi. On 27 April 2015 after a 0–0 draw against
Aluminium Hormozgan, Mes Kerman secured a spot in the Persian Gulf Pro League promotion play-off. However, they lost to
Esteghlal Khuzestan to miss the qualification. Riots ensued in the stadium afterwards as Mes fans set fires to the seats. In March 2016 Mes Kerman coach Begovic was replaced with
Akbar Misaghian. ==Colours and crest==