Naghsh-e-Jahan Derby

{{short description|Iranian football rivalry}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sports rivalry

| name = Naghsh-e-Jahan Derby

| other names = Isfahan Derby

| image =

| caption =

| city or region = Isfahan, Iran

| teams involved = Sepahan
Zob Ahan

| stadiums = Naghsh-e-Jahan
Foolad Shahr

| most wins = 30 (Sepahan)

| most player appearances = Moharram Navidkia (38)

| top scorer = Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Moharram Navidkia
(5 goals each)

| first contested = Sepahan 0–0 (5–4) Zob Ahan
(1972 Jam-e-Enghelab)

| mostrecent = Sepahan 4–1 Zob Ahan
(21 February 2025)
(2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League)

| nextmeeting =

| total = 76

| largestvictory = Sepahan 4–0 Zob Ahan
(11 May 2003, 6 August 2012)
Sepahan 0–4 Zob Ahan
(21 January 2001)

}}

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| title = Sepahan

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|{{Football kit

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| title =Zob Ahan

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The Naghsh-e-Jahan Derby, also known as the Isfahan Derby, is a football match between Sepahan and Zob Ahan, the two biggest teams of the city of Isfahan, Iran.

According to journalist Afshin Afshar, the competition is one of the most popular annual football events in Iran.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastkick.com/?p=4301|title=Browsing Sports Category – Rooz Video|website=lastkick.com|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503222336/http://lastkick.com/?p=4301|archive-date=3 May 2012|url-status=dead}}

History

The first match between Sepahan and Zob Ahan was played in the 1972 Jam-e-Enghelab football tournament, held in Isfahan.{{cite web|url=http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=250&Itemid=797|title=محمد برزمهری|website=takhtejamshidcup.com}} Sepahan won 5–4 in a thrilling penalty shoot-out after 120 minutes of play. Sepahan's goals were scored by Masoud Tabesh, Rasoul Khorosh, Hajrasouli, Chalangar and Yazdkhasti, while Zob Ahan's fifth penalty by Yazdanpanah was saved by Mohammad Borzmehri, who was known as the "Iranian Yashin". The two clubs then played each other annually in the Takht Jamshid Cup (1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77 and 1977/78). The rivalry resumed in the 1990s when they faced each other in the Azadegan League (1993/94, 1996/97, 1997/98) and from then on, they met each other twice a year.

All-time record

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=150|Tournament

!width=80|Matches

!width=80|Sepahan wins

!width=80|Draws

!width=80|Zob Ahan wins

!width=80|Sepahan goals

!width=80|Zob Ahan goals

Pro League482313126539
Azadegan League125431313
Hazfi Cup503257
Takht Jamshid Cup825164
Other tournaments302123
Total763027199166

All results

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!No.

!Date

!Result

!Sepahan goals

!Zob Ahan goals

!Venue

!Competition

119720(5)-0(4)Bagh Homayoun StadiumJam-e-Enghelab
210 May 19740-0Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
322 November 19740-0Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
4{{cite web|url=http://takhtejamshidcup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=679|title=ذوب آهن اصفهان|website=takhtejamshidcup.com}}6 June 19750-0Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
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|5

19761-2Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
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|6

13 August 19762-1Shahzeydi (47), Dehghan (62)Khayati (78)Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
726 November 19760-0Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
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|8

7 April 19772-0Veisi (65)(89)Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
927 September 19781-1Rahimi (82)Yazdkhasti (45)Bagh Homayoun StadiumTakht Jamshid Cup
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|10

7 March 19780-1Bagh Homayoun StadiumHazfi Cup
style="background:#66B032;"

|11

7 March 19861-2Nikobin (72)Najafi (22), Banirashid (43)Takhti StadiumIsfahan Hazfi Cup
style="background:#66B032;"

|12{{Cite web |title=Athletic News |url=http://www.mehrpress.com/athletic-news/48212-1.html |website=www.mehrpress.com}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

19930-2|
|Simakani (2 goals)Takhti StadiumAzadegan League
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|13

19940-3|
|Simakani, Hosseini, Agha-HassaniTakhti StadiumAzadegan League
1414 May 19951-1Fakhr Mohammadi (85)Sharifi (70)22 Bahman StadiumNaghsh-Jahan Cup
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|15

7 March 19951-222 Bahman StadiumHazfi Cup
1619960-0|
|22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
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|17{{Cite web |title=1997/04/21 |url=http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1997/04/21/P4.pdf |website=www.ettelaat.com}}

21 April 19972-1Fayazi, KaabianpourSoltani(penalty)22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
18{{Cite web |title=requested page not available |url=http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1997/08/01/P4.pdf |access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=www.ettelaat.com}}1 August 19972-2Stepanyan(44), Oghabi(68)Khatibi(18), Sahebi(35)22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
1919980-022 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
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|20{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran99.html|website=RSSSF|title=Iran 1998/99}}{{Cite web |title=1998/09/21 |url=http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1998/09/21/P4.pdf |website=www.ettelaat.com}}

18 September 19981-0Mousavi(81)|
|22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|21{{Cite web |title=1999/02/01 |url=http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1999/02/01/P4.pdf |website=www.ettelaat.com}}

30 January 19993-0Stepanyan(21), Dehghani(34), Momenzadeh(90)|
|22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
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|22{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran00.html|website=RSSSF|title=Iran 1999/2000}}{{Cite web |title=1999/8/23 |url=http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1999/08/23/P4.pdf |website=www.ettelaat.com}}

20 August 19993-0Basirat(14,84 pen), Dehghani(32)22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
2320 January 20000-022 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|24{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran01.html|website=RSSSF|title=Iran 2000/01}}

18 August 20002-1Loveinian(31), Veysi(40)Ostovari(21)22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
style="background:#66B032;"

|25

21 January 20010-4|
|Petrossian(21), Sahebi(73,92), Ostovari(93)22 Bahman StadiumAzadegan League
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|26

1 February 20022-0Bezik (38), Stepanyan (45)FooladshaharIPL 1st
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|27

19 May 20022-0Sartipi (41), Karimi (90)Naghsh-e-JahanIPL 1st
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|28

27 December 20021-0Karimi (2)FooladshaharIPL 2nd
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|29

11 May 20034-0Bezik (17,72), Karimi (42), M. Navidkia (50)|
|Naghsh-e-JahanIPL 2nd
30{{Cite web |url=http://www.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100004193491 |title=ذوب آهن و فجرسپاسي در فينال جام حذفي |access-date=9 February 2012 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175729/http://www1.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100004193491 |url-status=dead }}30 June 20031(3)-1(4)Seyed-Salehi (90)Shafiei (42)Naghsh-e-JahanHazfi Cup
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|31

13 September 20031-3Bayat (31)Omidian (3), Rajabzadeh (51), Vaziri (70)FooladshaharIPL 3rd
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|32

6 January 20042-1M. Navidkia (45), Bezik (83)Rajabzadeh (25)Naghsh-e-JahanIPL 3rd
33{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran04.html|website=RSSSF|title=Iran 2003/04}}27 June 20041(5)-1(3)KhatibiEzukamNaghsh-e-JahanHazfi Cup
style="background:#66B032;"

|34

19 November 20040-1|
|Aghily (72)(OG)Naghsh-e-JahanIPL 4th
3510 April 20051-1Khatibi (6)Fatemi (53)FooladshaharIPL 4th
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|36{{Cite web |title=Week 4 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website05-06/Week04/ZOB_SEP_04.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

22 September 20050-2Farhadi (16), Sajedi (90+4)FooladshaharIPL 5th
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|37{{Cite web |title=Week 19 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website05-06/Week19/SEP_ZOB_19.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

19 January 20062-0Khatibi (53), R. Navidkia (90+4)|
|Naghsh-e-JahanIPL 5th
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|38{{Cite web |title=Week 6 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website06-07/Week06/SEP_ZOB_06.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

17 October 20062-0Bengar (20), Aghily (60)FooladshaharIPL 6th
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|39{{Cite web |title=Week 6-7 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website06-07/Week21/ZOB_SEP_21.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

28 February 20071-2Nouri (42)Rajabzadeh (12), Amraei (75)FooladshaharIPL 6th
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|40{{Cite web |title=Week 7 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website07-08/Week07/ZOB_SEP_7.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

16 December 20070-1Bengar (16)(OG)FooladshaharIPL 7th
41{{Cite web |title=Week 24 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website07-08/Week24/SEP_ZOB_24.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}5 March 20082-2Mohammed (76), Hajsafi(86)Khalatbari (3), Mosalman(61)FooladshaharIPL 7th
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|42{{Cite web |title=Week 7 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/Week07/ZOB_SEP_07.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

18 September 20081-2Hajsafi (33)Mosalman (11), Castro (71)FooladshaharIPL 8th
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|43{{Cite web |title=Week 24 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/Week24/SEP_ZOB_24.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

31 January 20091-2Armando Sá (35)Castro (5,37)FooladshaharIPL 8th
44{{Cite web |title=Week 10 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website09-10/Week10/ZOB_SEP_10.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}6 November 20090-0FooladshaharIPL 9th
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|45{{Cite web |title=Week 10 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/website09-10/Week27/SEP_ZOB_27.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.iplstats.com}}

17 February 20100-1Hosseini (70)FooladshaharIPL 9th
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|46{{Cite web |title=Week 5 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/Week05/ZOB_SEP_05.htm%5B%5D |website=www.iplstats.com}}

18 August 20100-1Khalatbari (27)FooladshaharIPL 10th
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|47{{Cite web |title=Week 22 |url=http://www.iplstats.com/Week22/SEP_ZOB_22.htm |website=www.iplstats.com}}

13 February 20112-0Aghily(36), Janjuš(55)FooladshaharIPL 10th
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|48

9 December 20111-1Januário (53)Ghazi (39)FooladshaharIPL 11th
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|49

6 May 20120-0FooladshaharIPL 11th
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|50

6 August 20124-0Ta'mini(17), Đalović(48), M. Navidkia(51), Jamshidian(89)FooladshaharIPL 12th
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|51

13 January 20134-3Sukaj(6, 14), Ebrahimi(32), M. Navidkia(77)Rajabzadeh(28)(56), Pahlavan(76)FooladshaharIPL 12th
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|52

27 September 20131-0Ebrahimi (24)FooladshaharIPL 13th
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|53

7 February 20141-0Karimi (64)FooladshaharIPL 13th
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|54

29 August 20141-1Sharifi (56)Mosalman (60)FooladshaharIPL 14th
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|55

20 February 20151-1Khalatbari (24)Imani (37)FooladshaharIPL 14th
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|56

7 August 20151-0Karimi (73)FooladshaharIPL 15th
5724 November 20152(1)-2(4)Ghafouri (52,113)Tabrizi (2) Hosseini (110)FooladshaharHazfi Cup
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|58

2 January 20161-1Khalatbari (41)Pahlavan (14)FooladshaharIPL 15th
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|59

16 October 20160-2Tabrizi (13)(68)FooladshaharIPL 16th
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|60

5 March 20172-1Djeparov (9), Hassanzadeh (26, P)Bengtson (87, P)Naghsh-e JahanIPL 16th
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|61

17 August 20172-0Ansari (72), Alimohammadi (90+4)FooladshaharIPL 17th
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|62

12 January 20181-2Ansari (93, P)Fakhreddini (11) Tabrizi (88)Naghsh-e JahanIPL 17th
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|63

17 August 20182-1Mohammadi (25) Pourghaz (27)Hosseini (71)FooladshaharIPL 18th
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|64

26 March 20191-1Shahbazzadeh (34)Motahari (85)Naghsh-e JahanIPL 18th
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|65

4 October 20192-0Gvelesiani (51) Kiros (64)Naghsh-e JahanIPL 19th
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|66

27 February 20201-1Torkaman (4)Bjedov (90, P)FooladshaharIPL 19th
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|67

5 February 20213-1Mohebi (2) Esmaeilifar (78) Salmani (90+4)Shenani (80)FooladshaharIPL 20th
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|68

25 July 20212-0Noorafkan (45) Mirzaei (90+6)Naghsh-e JahanIPL 20th
style="background:#66B032;"

|69

5 November 20210-1Danaei (57)FooladshaharIPL 21st
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|70

23 February 20220-0|
|Naghsh-e JahanIPL 21st
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|71

5 September 20221-1Moghanlou (23)Ghasemi (36, P)FooladshaharIPL 22nd
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|72

14 February 20232-1Moghanlou (50) Ahmadzadeh (54)Eslami (10)Naghsh-e JahanIPL 22nd
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|73

16 August 20232-0Asadi (52, P) Moghanlou (65)|
|FooladshaharIPL 23rd
style="background:#FFFF00;"

|74

17 April 20241-0Moghanlou (69, P)|
|Naghsh-e JahanIPL 23rd
75

|22 September 2024

|1-1

|Yousefi (31)

|Kamyabinia (83)

|Fooladshahar

|IPL 24rd

style="background:#FFFF00;"

|76

|21 February 2025

|4-1

|Kamara (15) Aghaeipour (70) Asadi (77) Limouchi (89)

|Khaghani (48)

|Naghsh-e Jahan

|IPL 24rd

Summary of results

= Total matches =

class="wikitable"

!width=90| Teams

!width=40| Matches

!width=40| Wins

!width=40| Draws

!width=40| Loses

!width=50| Goals
For

!width=50| Goals
Against

!width=60| Goal
Difference

style="background:#FFFF00;"

|align=center|Sepahan

|align=center|76

align="center" |30align="center" |27align="center" |19

|align=center|91

align="center" |66align="center" |+25
style="background:#66B032;"

|align=center|Zob Ahan

|align=center|76

align="center" |19align="center" |27align="center" |30

|align=center|66

align="center" |91align="center" |-25

Trophies

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2 width=5% class="wikitable sortable"|Team

! colspan="4" width="20%" class="unsortable"|Domestic

! International

! rowspan=2 width=9% class="sortable"|Grand Total

width=5% class="sortable"|Iranian Leagues

! width=6% class="sortable"|Hazfi Cup

! width=6% class="sortable"|Super Cup

! width=4% class="sortable"|Domestic Total

! width=6% class="sortable"|Champions League

Sepahanalign=center|5align="center" |5align="center" |1align="center" |11align="center" |0align="center" |11
Zob Ahanalign=center|0align="center" |4align=center|1align="center" |5align="center" |0align="center" |5

Top goal scorers

File:Mehdi Rajabzadeh celebrating Hazfi Cup title with Zob Ahan.jpg, top scorer of rivalry]]

{{multiple image

| align = right

| direction = horizontal

| width = 150

| header =

| image1 = Edmond Bezik 1.jpg

| image2 = Moharram Navidkia 2014.jpg

| footer = Edmond Bezik and Moharram Navidkia who are Sepahan's highest scorers of rivalries.

}}

class="wikitable"
width=40|Position

!width=220|Player

!width=140|Club

!width=50|Goals

align="left"

| align="center"|1

| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mehdi Rajabzadeh

|align="center"| Zob Ahan

| align="center"|5

align="left"

| rowspan="6" align="center" |2

| {{flagicon|IRI}} Edmond Bezik

| align="center" | Sepahan

| rowspan="6" align="center" |4

align="left"

| {{flagicon|IRI}} Rasoul Khatibi 1

|align="center"| Sepahan / Zob Ahan

align="left"

| {{flagicon|IRI}} Moharram Navidkia

|align="center"| Sepahan

align="left"

| align="center" | {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 2

|Zob Ahan / Sepahan

align="left"

| align="center" | {{flagicon|IRI}} Morteza Tabrizi

|Zob Ahan

{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahriyar Moghanlou

|Sepahan

align="left"

| rowspan="6" align="center" |8

| {{flagicon|IRI}} Abbas Simakani

| align="center" | Zob Ahan

| rowspan="6" align="center" |3

align="left"

| {{flagicon|IRI}} Reza Sahebi

|align="center"| Zob Ahan

align="left"

| {{flagicon|ARM}} Levon Stepanyan

|align="center"| Sepahan

align="left"

| align="center" | {{flagicon|IRI}} Mahmoud Karimi

|Sepahan

align="left"

| align="center" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Castro

|Zob Ahan

align="left"

| align="center" | {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohsen Mosalman

|Zob Ahan

1 Khatibi scored 3 goals as the Sepahan player and 1 goal as the Zob Ahan player.
2 Khalatbari scored 2 goals as the Zob Ahan player and 2 goals as the Sepahan player.

Notable Derby Players

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Name

!Club

!Goals

!Years

{{flagicon|Iran}} Mehdi Rajabzadeh

|Zob Ahan

|5

|2010-11 2012-

{{flagicon|Iran}} Moharram Navidkia

|Sepahan

|4

|1998-04, 2006–16

{{flagicon|IRN}} Edmond Bezik

|Sepahan

|4

|2001-06

{{flagicon|Iran}} Morteza Tabrizi

|Zob Ahan

|4

|2013-18

{{flagicon|Iran}} Mohammad Reza Khalatbari

|Zob Ahan, Sepahan

|4

| 2006–11, 2012–13, 2014–16

{{flagicon|Iran}} Rasoul Khatibi

|Sepahan, Zob Ahan

|4

|2003-06, 2009

{{flagicon|Iran}} Shahriyar Moghanlou

|Sepahan

|4

|2022-24

{{flagicon|Iran}} Mohsen Mosalman

|Zob Ahan

|3

|2007-2015

{{flagicon|Iran}} Abbas Simakani

|Zob Ahan

|3

|1990-?

{{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Castro

|Zob Ahan

|3

|2008-12

{{flagicon|Armenia}} Levon Stepanyan

|Sepahan

|3

|1996-01, 2002–05

{{flagicon|Iran}} Mahmoud Karimi

|Sepahan

|3

|1998-09

{{flagicon|Iran}} Reza Sahebi

|Zob Ahan

|3

|1997-2003

{{flagicon|Iran}} Vouria Ghafouri

|Sepahan

|2

|2014-16

{{flagicon|Iran}} Omid Ebrahimi

|Sepahan

|2

|2010-2014

{{flagicon|Iran}} Hadi Aghily

|Sepahan

|2

|2004-11, 2013–16

{{flagicon|Iran}} Ehsan Hajsafi

|Sepahan

|2

|2006-2015

{{flagicon|Iran}} Reza Ostovari

|Zob Ahan

|2

|2000-?

{{flagicon|Iran}} Davoud Dehghani

|Sepahan

|2

|1998-?

{{flagicon|Iran}} Ehsan Pahlevan

|Zob Ahan

|2

|2013-

{{flagicon|Iran}} Sasan Ansari

|Sepahan

|2

|2017-

{{flagicon|Iran}} Mohammad Reza Hosseini

|Zob Ahan

|2

|2015-

{{flagicon|Iran}} Reza Asadi

|Sepahan

|2

|2024-

See also

References

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