Naqsh e jahan derby
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The Naqsh-e Jahan derby is a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 match played annually in of Isfahan, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, between the two rival professional teams of the city: Zob Ahan F.C. and Sepahan F.C..
Naqsh-e Jahan is an important square in old centrum of Isfahan.

This match is also called as Isfahan derby.

According to Iranian football journalist Afshin Afshar, the competition is one of the most popular annual football events in Iran.

History

Esfahan derby goes back to the 1970s, when Zob Ahan F.C. and Sepahan F.C. faced each other in Takht Jamshid Cup
Takht Jamshid Cup
The Takht Jamshid Cup was a national football league based in Iran which lasted from 1973 to 1978.-History:In early 70s Iran, football had become a very popular sport and several local leagues existed in various cities. Eventually the football federation of the time decided that a national league...

 seasons(1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78). Their rivalry resumed in the 1990s when they faced each other in
Azadegan League seasons (1993/94, 1996/97, 1997/98) and from then on the two met each other twice a year.

Table

Tournoment Matches SEP Wins ZOB Wins Drows SEP Goals ZOB Goals
IPL 20 8 9 3 24 19
Hazfi Cup
Total

All results

No. Date Sepahan F.C. vs Zob Ahan F.C. Sepahan
Sepahan
Sepahan Esfahan is an Iranian football club based in Isfahan, Iran. They compete in Iran's top flight known as Persian Gulf League and hold most of the records in the PGL under their belt. Sepahan are the latest champions of the PGL in 2010–11 season for the record third time in the ten-year PGL...

Zob Ahan
Zob Ahan
Zob Ahan may refer to:*Esfahan Steel Company, in Esfahan Province, Iran, which also goes by name Zob Ahan*Zob Ahan F.C., an Iranian football club owned by Esfahan Steel Company...

Venue Competition
? ? 1996 ? ? ? ?Isfahan Azadegan League
? 21 April 1997 2-1 Esfandiyar Fayazi, Ahmad Kaabianpour Hashem Soltani(penalty) 22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? 1 August 1997 2-2 Levon Stepanyan
Levon Stepanyan
Levon Stepanyan was an Armenian football midfielder who played most of his career for Sepahan and previously played for Ararat Yerevan, Zob Ahan and captained Sepahan Novin. Stepanyan was capped for Armenia on one occasion in a 2-1 win against Macedonia on 6 September 1995 in Skopje.-External...

(44), Reza Oghabi(68)
Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi is an Iranian football player–Manager currently playing and Managing Machine Sazi Tabriz. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.-Club career:...

(18), Reza Sahebi
Reza Sahebi
-Club career:He played for Payam Mashhad from 1989-1997 before joining F.C. Zob Ahan where he played from 1997-2003. In 2003 he returned to his former club Payam Mashhad. Reza Sahebi is notably known as Top goal scorer of Iranian Football League during season 2000/01 where he scored 14 goals for...

(35)
22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? ? 1998 ?-? ? ? 22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? 18 September 1998 1-0 Amin Mousavi(81)
22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? 30 January 1999 3-0 Levon Stepanyan
Levon Stepanyan
Levon Stepanyan was an Armenian football midfielder who played most of his career for Sepahan and previously played for Ararat Yerevan, Zob Ahan and captained Sepahan Novin. Stepanyan was capped for Armenia on one occasion in a 2-1 win against Macedonia on 6 September 1995 in Skopje.-External...

(21), Davoud Dehghani(34), Ahmad Momenzadeh
Ahmad Momenzadeh
Ahmad Momenzadeh is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Aluminium Hormozgan in the Azadegan League.-Club career:He previously played for the Saipa F.C...

(90)
22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? 20 August 1999 3-0 Majid Basirat(14,84 pen), Davoud Dehghani(32)
22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? 20 January 2000 0-0
22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? 18 August 2000 2-1 Hooshang Loveinian(31), Abdollah Veysi(40) Reza Ostovari(21) 22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
? 21 January 2001 0-4
Samson Petrossian(21), Reza Sahebi
Reza Sahebi
-Club career:He played for Payam Mashhad from 1989-1997 before joining F.C. Zob Ahan where he played from 1997-2003. In 2003 he returned to his former club Payam Mashhad. Reza Sahebi is notably known as Top goal scorer of Iranian Football League during season 2000/01 where he scored 14 goals for...

(73,92), Reza Ostovari(93)
22 Bahman Stadium,Isfahan Azadegan League
1 01 February 2002 2-0 Bezik
Edmond Bezik
Edmond Bezik is an Armenian-Iranian footballer. He was played for Persepolis, Sepahan and Ararat Tehran and was a member of Iran national football team.-Club career:...

 (38), Stepanyan
Levon Stepanyan
Levon Stepanyan was an Armenian football midfielder who played most of his career for Sepahan and previously played for Ararat Yerevan, Zob Ahan and captained Sepahan Novin. Stepanyan was capped for Armenia on one occasion in a 2-1 win against Macedonia on 6 September 1995 in Skopje.-External...

 (45)
Fooladshahr IPL 1st
2 19 May 2002 2-0 Sartipi (41), Karimi (90)
Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 1st
3 27 December 2002 1-0 Karimi (2)
Fooladshahr IPL 2nd
4 11 May 2003 4-0 Bezik
Edmond Bezik
Edmond Bezik is an Armenian-Iranian footballer. He was played for Persepolis, Sepahan and Ararat Tehran and was a member of Iran national football team.-Club career:...

 (17,72), Karimi (42), Navidkia
Moharram Navidkia
Moharram Navidkia is an Iranian football player who currently plays as the captain of Sepahan in Iran's Premier League. He plays as a midfielder.During his career, he has dealt with consecutive injuries making him unable to regain his top form....

 (50)
Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 2nd
5 13 September 2003 1-3 Saeed Bayat (31) Omidian (3), Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh is an Iranian football player, currently playing for Fajr Sepasi in Iran Pro League.-Club career:Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan FC in 2003...

 (51), Vaziri (70)
Fooladshahr IPL 3rd
6 06 January 2004 2-1 Navidkia
Moharram Navidkia
Moharram Navidkia is an Iranian football player who currently plays as the captain of Sepahan in Iran's Premier League. He plays as a midfielder.During his career, he has dealt with consecutive injuries making him unable to regain his top form....

 (45), Bezik
Edmond Bezik
Edmond Bezik is an Armenian-Iranian footballer. He was played for Persepolis, Sepahan and Ararat Tehran and was a member of Iran national football team.-Club career:...

 (83)
Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh is an Iranian football player, currently playing for Fajr Sepasi in Iran Pro League.-Club career:Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan FC in 2003...

 (25)
Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 3rd
7 19 November 2004 0-1
Hadi Aghily (72)(OG) Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 4th
8 10 April 2005 1-1 Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi is an Iranian football player–Manager currently playing and Managing Machine Sazi Tabriz. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.-Club career:...

 (6)
Faraz Fatemi
Faraz Fatemi
Faraz Fatemi is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Mes in the Iranian Premier League.-Club career:He has played for a few clubs in Iran, including F.C. Fajr Sepasi, Esteghlal F.C. and F.C. Zob Ahan, as well as Egaleo F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki...

 (53)
Fooladshahr IPL 4th
9 22 September 2005 0-2
Farhadi (16), Sajedi (90+4) Fooladshahr IPL 5th
10 19 January 2006 2-0 Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi is an Iranian football player–Manager currently playing and Managing Machine Sazi Tabriz. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.-Club career:...

 (53), Navidkia
Moharram Navidkia
Moharram Navidkia is an Iranian football player who currently plays as the captain of Sepahan in Iran's Premier League. He plays as a midfielder.During his career, he has dealt with consecutive injuries making him unable to regain his top form....

 (90+4)
Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 5th
11 17 October 2006 2-0 Bengar
Mohsen Bengar
Mohsen Bengar is an Iranian football defender who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:He started to shine in Shemushack Noshahr F.C. and then he moved to Sepahan and won two Hazfi Cups and also played in AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup for...

 (20), Aghily (60)
Fooladshahr IPL 6th
12 28 February 2007 1-2 Nouri
Mohammad Nouri
Mohammad Nouri may refer to:* Mohammad Nouri , Iranian folk and pop singer* Mohammad Nouri , Iranian footballer...

 (42)
Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh is an Iranian football player, currently playing for Fajr Sepasi in Iran Pro League.-Club career:Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan FC in 2003...

 (12), Amraei
Vahid Amraei
Vahid Amraei , born Keivan Amraei on April 27, 1990 in Esfahan, Iran, is an Iranian footballer. He currently plays for Mes in Iran's Premier Football League and the Iran national under-23 football team. He usually plays as a striker...

 (75)
Fooladshahr IPL 6th
13 16 December 2007 0-1
Bengar
Mohsen Bengar
Mohsen Bengar is an Iranian football defender who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:He started to shine in Shemushack Noshahr F.C. and then he moved to Sepahan and won two Hazfi Cups and also played in AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup for...

 (16)(OG)
Fooladshahr IPL 7th
14 05 March 2008 2-2 Mohammed
Emad Mohammed
Emad Mohammed Ridha is an Iraqi football striker who currently plays for Sepahan in Iran Pro League and the Iraq national football team. Emad Mohammed has been a regular starter for Iraq ever since he played for the youth national team...

 (76), Hajsafi(86)
Khalatbari (3), Mosalman
Mohsen Mosalman
Mohsen Mosalman is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Malavan in Iran's Premier Football League. He also represents for Iran national football team. He is mainly a play maker midfielder with ability of long and short passes. He is youngest ever player and scorer of Iran's Premier...

(61)
Fooladshahr IPL 7th
15 18 September 2008 1-2 Ehsan Hajsafi (33) Mosalman
Mohsen Mosalman
Mohsen Mosalman is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Malavan in Iran's Premier Football League. He also represents for Iran national football team. He is mainly a play maker midfielder with ability of long and short passes. He is youngest ever player and scorer of Iran's Premier...

 (11), Castro
Igor José Marigo de Castro
Igor José Marigo de Castro , commonly known as Igor or Igor Castro is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Iran Pro League side Zob Ahan.-Club career:...

 (71)
Fooladshahr IPL 8th
16 31 January 2009 1-2 Armando Sá
Armando Sá
Armando Miguel Correia de Sá is a retired Mozambican footballer who played usually a right defender.He also holds a Portuguese passport, and played professionally in four different countries in a 16-year professional career: Portugal , Spain, England and Iran.-Club...

 (35)
Castro
Igor José Marigo de Castro
Igor José Marigo de Castro , commonly known as Igor or Igor Castro is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Iran Pro League side Zob Ahan.-Club career:...

*2 (5,37)
Fooladshahr IPL 8th
17 06 November 2009 0-0
Fooladshahr IPL 9th
18 17 February 2010 0-1
Hosseini (70) Fooladshahar IPL 9th
19 18 August 2010 0-1
Khalatbari
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari is an Iranian football player, he plays as striker for Al Gharrafa in Qatar Stars League.- Club career :Khalatbari began his career with Shamoushak just after being released by Esteghlal's youth academy and joined Aboumoslem in the summer of 2004. After two years with F.C...

 (27)
Fooladshahar IPL 10th
20 13 February 2011 2-0 Aghily(36), Milorad Janjuš
Milorad Janjuš
Milorad Janjuš is a Serbian footballer currently playing for Sepahan.-Career:Janjus joined FC Pakhtakor Tashkent in February 2010 after spending the previous season at Spartak Zlatibor Voda in the Serbian SuperLiga...

(55)
Fooladshahar IPL 10th

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