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Football Club Abu Muslim (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Abumislâm-e Xorasan''), commonly known as Abu Muslim, is an Iranian
football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
based in
Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...
, Razavi Khorasan, that competes in the League 3. The club was founded in 1970 and is named after Abbasid-era Persian general Abu Muslim, who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty. The football team plays its home games at the Samen Stadium which has a
seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...
of 27,000. The club is owned and supported by Mohammad Reza Abbasi. Abu Muslim won four League 2 trophies, three Khorasan League titles, and one final participation in the Hazfi Cup. Abu Muslim holds a long-standing enmity with provincial rivals
Payam Khorasan Payam Toos Khorasan Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Peyam Tus Xerasan'') is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan. They compete in the 2nd Division. The club is more commonly known as Payam Mashhad when it was based ...
known as the Mashhad derby.


History


Establishment

In 1970 a group of football players from Mashhad decided to create a new football team by the name of Abu Muslim. After defeat in the tournament, it was decided that for Khorasan to have a powerful football team, Abu Muslim and Aria must merge. Three brothers helped to merge the clubs, and Abu Muslim was able to make it to the 1975 Takht Jamshid Cup, which was the top football league in Iran before the
Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...
. The team originally only wore black, but red was added late on. Success was short lived and the team was relegated the next season, staying in the 2nd division until the revolution.


Post Revolution

Like most sporting clubs in Iran, the revolution and the Iran–Iraq War severely limited the team's activities. From 1980 to 1984 the club participated in almost no meaningful competitions. This changed when in late 1984 local and provincial leagues were set up. In the late 1980s, ''Shahdiran Inc.'' sponsored the team. After the war the local and provincial leagues were scrapped in favor of nationwide leagues. Abu Muslim made it to the newly established Azadegan League and participated during the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons, but was relegated after only two years. Once relegated the club struggled dramatically, being relegated all the way to the third division, which was a local league. Shahdiran stopped sponsoring the team and was replaced by soft drink company, ''Khoshgovar''. After several seasons in the lower leagues, Abu Muslim finally made it back to the top level of Iranian football, gaining promotion to the Azadegan League during the 1997–98 season. Abu Muslim had been in a poor financial situation that season, as Khoshgovar had stopped being its sponsor. Abu Muslim's only revenue came from advertisements and support from club fans, but surprisingly won promotion. Abu Muslim again only stayed in the league for two seasons and was relegated during the 1999–2000 season. Around the same time the club went back to its roots, once again being sponsored by the Iranian police.


Iran Pro League

They were promoted again in the next season and debuted in Iran's first fully professional league, the IPL, for the 2001–02 season. They have remained in the IPL since with two 5th-place finishes being their best results. After the 2004–05 season Abu Muslim's new sponsor became Iran Khodro.


Recent

In 2006 Khodadad Azizi joined the club as an advisor, after retirement from playing. Akbar Misaghian the club's manager for the past two seasons resigned after the first week of the 2006–07 season due to financial disagreements with management. In January 2007,
Khodadad Azizi Khodadad Azizi (; born 22 June 1971) is an Iranian football coach and former player who played as a striker. Early life He lived in the Piranshahr neighborhood of Mashhad. As a child, he played soccer with mismatched pair of shoes and at the ...
was named manager of Abu Muslim. He was sacked less than a year later and replaced by Parviz Mazloomi in October 2007. The club had a very difficult season which they avoided the relegation in the last week and changed three head coaches and three chairmen but their instability continued for the 2009–10 season where they finished last and got relegated. In 2014 for the first time in the club's history the team was relegated to the 2nd Division.


Bankruptcy

Because of the financial problems suffered by the club, On 7 September 2014 the
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declared the
bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the deb ...
of F.C. Abu Muslim. The new chairman Mehdi Biglari re-established the club in 2014 as Toloe Nasl e Abu Muslim Football Club. Abu Muslim restarted operations in 2016 and started competing in the fourth tier.


Logo history


Mashhad Derby

The Mashhad derby also known as the Khorasan derby is a football local derby match between F.C. Abu Muslim and
Payam Khorasan Payam Toos Khorasan Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Peyam Tus Xerasan'') is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan. They compete in the 2nd Division. The club is more commonly known as Payam Mashhad when it was based ...
. Nowadays it has lost its status to more popular derbies such as Esfahan derby, Ahvaz derby and Shiraz derby.


Stadium

The club currently plays in Samen Stadium after years of playing in Mashhad's Takhti Stadium. The club announced plans to construct their own stadium with the help of the provincial government. The land was awarded to the team during Karim Malahi's time as club chairman. Construction was planned to begin March 2007 in the Elahieh area of Mashhad.


Supporters


Fan base

Abu Muslim is the most popular club from Khorasan.


Famous fans

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– Mayor of Tehran * Reza Ghoochannejhad – Football player for
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and Heerenveen.


Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Abu Muslim in various competitions.


Club chairmen

* Heshmat Mohajerani * Hadi Khayami * Amir Sharifian * Bagher Sayammi * Jahangir Sadehdel * Hamid Tayebbi * Mahmoud Haj Rezapour * Rahman Naderi * Gholam Hossein Takaffoli * Gholam Reza Basiripour * Nasser Shafagh * Mahdi Najami *
Karim Malahi Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim, Kerim or Karem) () is a given name and surname of Arabic language, Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honourable". It is also one of the Names of God. Given name Karim * Karim Abdel Aziz (born 197 ...
(1996–06) * Nasser Shafagh (2006–08) * Mostafa Bani-Asad (2008–09) * Hossein Ghasemi (2009–10) * Esmaeil Vafaei (2010–2014) * Mehdii Biglari (2014–present)


Club managers

* Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi (1974) * Abbas Razavi (1974) * Ştefan Stănculescu (1974) * Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi (1974–1986) * Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian (c.early 1990s) *
Hossein Fekri Hossein Fekri (, March 15, 1924 – July 1, 2003) was an Iranian football player and coach for the Iran national football team. As an international player he won a silver medal at the 1951 Asian Games. At the club level he competed for Daraei ...
(1995–96) * Mehdi Dinvarzadeh (1996–97) * Akbar Misaghian (1997–99) * Farhad Kazemi (2000–01) * Firouz Karimi (2001–02) * Mahmoud Yavari (2002–03) * Akbar Misaghian (2003–06) * Mehdi Ghiasi (2006) *
Khodadad Azizi Khodadad Azizi (; born 22 June 1971) is an Iranian football coach and former player who played as a striker. Early life He lived in the Piranshahr neighborhood of Mashhad. As a child, he played soccer with mismatched pair of shoes and at the ...
(2006–07) * Parviz Mazloomi (2007–08) * Akbar Misaghian (2008) * Hadi Bargizar (2008) * Amir Hossein Peyrovani (2008) * Ali Hanteh (2008–09) * Naser Pourmehdi (2009) * Farhad Kazemi (2009–10) * Nader Dastneshan (2010) * Majid Namjoo-Motlagh (2010) * Asghar Sadri (2010) * Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian (2010–11) * Ali Hanteh (2011) * Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian (2011) *
Khodadad Azizi Khodadad Azizi (; born 22 June 1971) is an Iranian football coach and former player who played as a striker. Early life He lived in the Piranshahr neighborhood of Mashhad. As a child, he played soccer with mismatched pair of shoes and at the ...
(2011–12) * Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2012) * Hadi Bargizar (2012–13) * Ali Hanteh (2013–2014) * Saeed Josheshi (2014–)


Honours


Club honours


League

* 2nd Division **Champions (4): 1974–75, 1977–78, 1990–91, 2000–01 *Khorasan Football League **Champions (3): 1987–88, 1989–90, 1993–94 **Runners-up (1): 1988–89 *Mashhad Football League **Champions (2): 1984–85, 1985–86


Cup

* Hazfi Cup: **Runners-up (1): 2004–05 * AK Pipe International Cup: **Champions (1): 2001


Individual honours

top scorers in Iranian League


Players

As of 10 September 2013:


First-team squad

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Former players

''For details on former players, see :Aboomoslem players.''


Aboomoslem Players at major tournaments

The following players were selected for their national teams for major tournaments while playing for Aboomoslem:


References

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External links

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Official fan site

Official Popular comments site
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