The Mashhad derby (), also known as the Razavi Khorasan derby (), is a

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match between the four most popular clubs from Mashhad:

Aboomoslem Football Club Abu Muslim (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Abumislâm-e Xorasan''), commonly known as Abu Muslim, is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, that competes in the League 3. The club was founded in 1970 and is named aft ...

, Payam, Siah Jamegan and Padideh. In the 1980s and early 1990s, it was Iran's second most important derby after the Tehran derby. It has lost its status to more popular derbies such as

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, Gilan derby and Shiraz derby.

History

Historically, the top two football clubs from

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. ...

, F.C. Aboomoslem 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 ...

, would face their chief rival in this derby from 1984 until 1989 and later in 1991-1992 when competing in Mashhad Football League and Khorasan Football League. F.C. Aboomoslem was owned by Iran Police Force and

owned by Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. The derby venue, Takhti Stadium, would fill with respective fans carrying their club's banner color: black—Aboomoslem; green—Payam Mashhad. Aboomoslem's fanbase were generally from Saadabad Square, Sanabad Street and Abkooh. Payam's fanbase were generally from Tabarsi Street. In the 1990s both sides rotated turns playing in Azadegan League and Second Division. In 2001, they would again face each other in this derby in the playoff round of Division Two for promotion to Azadegan League. In 2008, both sides would play in Iran's main league Persian Gulf Cup and thus renewed their derby encounters.

Aboomoslem vs. Payam

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Notable derby players

''Aboomoslem'' *Mohammad Azam *

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 ...

* Hadi Bargizar * Hossein Ebadzadeh * Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian * Alireza Gil Arab * Reza Jahedi * Asghar Jandari * Saeed Jooshesh * Akbar Misaghian * Hossein Omidvar * Shahriyar Rezaei * Saeed Sayyami * Hossein Shamlou * Saeed Khani *

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* Mehdi Sabeti * Daniel Olerum * Jean Black Ngody ''Payam'' * Reza Attarzadeh * Gholam Asghari * Hassan Asghari * Majid Hosseinipour * Hamid Ghasemzadeh * Mohsen Nasseri * Fereydoun Mehryar * Mohammad Momeni * Hashem Rahbardar * Seyed Jafar Sadat * Reza Sahebi * Gholam Salari * Mohammad Tashakkori * Younes Masoudi * Hossein Hooshyar * Sirous Sangchouli * Mojtaba Sarasiaei * Shpejtim Arifi * Diego Benedito Galvão Máximo

History

Aboomoslem vs. Payam

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Regional Leagues

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Notable derby players

Siah Jamegan vs. Padideh

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Friendlies

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