Naghsh-e-Jahan Derby

Naghsh-e-Jahan Derby
Other namesIsfahan Derby
LocationIsfahan, Iran
TeamsSepahan
Zob Ahan
First meetingSepahan 0–0 (5–4) Zob Ahan
(1972 Jam-e-Enghelab)
Latest meetingZob Ahan 0–2 Sepahan
(16 August 2023)
(2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League)
StadiumsNaghsh-e-Jahan
Foolad Shahr
Statistics
Meetings total66
Most wins24 (Sepahan)
Most player appearancesMoharram Navidkia (38)
Top scorerMehdi Rajabzadeh
Moharram Navidkia
(5 goals each)
Largest victorySepahan 4–0 Zob Ahan
(11 May 2003, 6 August 2012)
Sepahan 0–4 Zob Ahan
(21 January 2001)
Sepahan
Zob Ahan

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.[1]

History

The first match between Sepahan and Zob Ahan was played in the 1972 Jam-e-Enghelab football tournament, held in Isfahan.[2] 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

Tournament Matches Sepahan wins Draws Zob Ahan wins Sepahan goals Zob Ahan goals
Pro League 39 18 10 11 52 34
Azadegan League 12 5 4 3 13 13
Hazfi Cup 5 0 3 2 5 7
Takht Jamshid Cup 8 2 5 1 6 4
Other tournaments 3 0 2 1 2 3
Total 67 25 24 18 78 61

All results

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No. Date Result Sepahan goals Zob Ahan goals Venue Competition
1 1972 0-0 (5-4) Bagh Homayoun Stadium Jam-e-Enghelab
2 10 May 1974 0-0 Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
3 22 November 1974 0-0 Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
4[3] 6 June 1975 0-0 Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
5 1976 1-2 Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
6 13 August 1976 2-1 Shahzeydi (47), Dehghan (62) Khayati (78) Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
7 26 November 1976 0-0 Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
8 7 April 1977 2-0 Veisi (65)(89) Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
9 27 September 1978 1-1 Rahimi (82) Yazdkhasti (45) Bagh Homayoun Stadium Takht Jamshid Cup
10 7 March 1978 0-1 Bagh Homayoun Stadium Hazfi Cup
11 7 March 1986 1-2 Nikobin (72) Najafi (22), Banirashid (43) Takhti Stadium Isfahan Hazfi Cup
12[4] 1993 0-2 - Simakani (2 goals) Takhti Stadium Azadegan League
13[4] 1994 0-3 - Simakani, Hosseini, Agha-Hassani Takhti Stadium Azadegan League
14 14 May 1995 1-1 Fakhr Mohammadi (85) Sharifi (70) 22 Bahman Stadium Naghsh-Jahan Cup
15 7 March 1995 1-2 22 Bahman Stadium Hazfi Cup
16[4] 1996 0-0 - - 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
17[5] 21 April 1997 2-1 Fayazi, Kaabianpour Soltani(penalty) 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
18[6] 1 August 1997 2-2 Stepanyan(44), Oghabi(68) Khatibi(18), Sahebi(35) 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
19[4] 1998 0-0 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
20[7][8] 18 September 1998 1-0 Mousavi(81) - 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
21[9] 30 January 1999 3-0 Stepanyan(21), Dehghani(34), Momenzadeh(90) - 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
22[10][11] 20 August 1999 3-0 Basirat(14,84 pen), Dehghani(32) 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
23 20 January 2000 0-0 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
24[12] 18 August 2000 2-1 Loveinian(31), Veysi(40) Ostovari(21) 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
25 21 January 2001 0-4 - Petrossian(21), Sahebi(73,92), Ostovari(93) 22 Bahman Stadium Azadegan League
26 1 February 2002 2-0 Bezik (38), Stepanyan (45) Fooladshahar IPL 1st
27 19 May 2002 2-0 Sartipi (41), Karimi (90) Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 1st
28 27 December 2002 1-0 Karimi (2) Fooladshahar IPL 2nd
29 11 May 2003 4-0 Bezik (17,72), Karimi (42), M. Navidkia (50) - Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 2nd
30[13] 30 June 2003 1(3)-1(4) Seyed-Salehi (90) Shafiei (42) Naghsh-e-Jahan Hazfi Cup
31 13 September 2003 1-3 Bayat (31) Omidian (3), Rajabzadeh (51), Vaziri (70) Fooladshahar IPL 3rd
32 6 January 2004 2-1 M. Navidkia (45), Bezik (83) Rajabzadeh (25) Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 3rd
33[14] 27 June 2004 1(5)-1(3) Khatibi Ezukam Naghsh-e-Jahan Hazfi Cup
34 19 November 2004 0-1 - Aghily (72)(OG) Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 4th
35 10 April 2005 1-1 Khatibi (6) Fatemi (53) Fooladshahar IPL 4th
36[15] 22 September 2005 0-2 Farhadi (16), Sajedi (90+4) Fooladshahar IPL 5th
37[16] 19 January 2006 2-0 Khatibi (53), R. Navidkia (90+4) - Naghsh-e-Jahan IPL 5th
38[17] 17 October 2006 2-0 Bengar (20), Aghily (60) Fooladshahar IPL 6th
39[18] 28 February 2007 1-2 Nouri (42) Rajabzadeh (12), Amraei (75) Fooladshahar IPL 6th
40[19] 16 December 2007 0-1 Bengar (16)(OG) Fooladshahar IPL 7th
41[20] 5 March 2008 2-2 Mohammed (76), Hajsafi(86) Khalatbari (3), Mosalman(61) Fooladshahar IPL 7th
42[21] 18 September 2008 1-2 Hajsafi (33) Mosalman (11), Castro (71) Fooladshahar IPL 8th
43[22] 31 January 2009 1-2 Armando Sá (35) Castro (5,37) Fooladshahar IPL 8th
44[23] 6 November 2009 0-0 Fooladshahar IPL 9th
45[24] 17 February 2010 0-1 Hosseini (70) Fooladshahar IPL 9th
46[25] 18 August 2010 0-1 Khalatbari (27) Fooladshahar IPL 10th
47[26] 13 February 2011 2-0 Aghily(36), Janjuš(55) Fooladshahar IPL 10th
48[26] 9 December 2011 1-1 Januário (53) Ghazi (39) Fooladshahar IPL 11th
49[26] 6 May 2012 0-0 Fooladshahar IPL 11th
50[26] 6 August 2012 4-0 Ta'mini(17), Đalović(48), M. Navidkia(51), Jamshidian(89) Fooladshahar IPL 12th
51 13 January 2013 4-3 Sukaj(6, 14), Ebrahimi(32), M. Navidkia(77) Rajabzadeh(28)(56), Pahlavan(76) Fooladshahar IPL 12th
52 27 September 2013 1-0 Ebrahimi (24) Fooladshahar IPL 13th
53 7 February 2014 1-0 Karimi (64) Fooladshahar IPL 13th
54 29 August 2014 1-1 Sharifi (56) Mosalman (60) Fooladshahar IPL 14th
55 20 February 2015 1-1 Khalatbari (24) Imani (37) Fooladshahar IPL 14th
56 7 August 2015 1-0 Karimi (73) Fooladshahar IPL 15th
57 24 November 2015 2(1)-2(4) Ghafouri (52,113) Tabrizi (2) Hosseini (110) Fooladshahar Hazfi Cup
58 2 January 2016 1-1 Khalatbari (41) Pahlavan (14) Fooladshahar IPL 15th
59 16 October 2016 0-2 Tabrizi (13)(68) Fooladshahar IPL 16th
60 5 March 2017 2-1 Djeparov (9), Hassanzadeh (26, P) Bengtson (87, P) Naghsh-e Jahan IPL 16th
61 17 August 2017 2-0 Ansari (72), Alimohammadi (90+4) Fooladshahar IPL 17th
62 12 January 2018 1-2 Ansari (93, P) Fakhreddini (11) Tabrizi (88) Naghsh-e Jahan IPL 17th
63 17 August 2018 2-1 Mohammadi (25) Pourghaz (27) Hosseini (71) Fooladshahar IPL 18th
64 26 March 2019 1-1 Shahbazzadeh (34) Motahari (85) Naghsh-e Jahan IPL 18th
65 4 October 2019 2-0 Gvelesiani (51) Kiros (64) Naghsh-e Jahan IPL 19th
66 27 February 2020 1-1 Torkaman (4) Bjedov (90, P) Fooladshahar IPL 19th
67 5 February 2021 3-1 Mohebi (2) Esmaeilifar (78) Salmani (90+4) Shenani (80) Fooladshahar IPL 20th
68 25 July 2021 2-0 Noorafkan (45) Mirzaei (90+6) Naghsh-e Jahan IPL 20th
69 5 November 2021 0-1 Danaei (57) Fooladshahar IPL 21st
70 23 February 2022 0-0 - - Naghsh-e Jahan IPL 21st
71 5 September 2022 1-1 Moghanlou (23) Ghasemi (36, P) Fooladshahar IPL 22nd
72 14 February 2023 2-1 Moghanlou (50) Ahmadzadeh (54) Eslami (10) Naghsh-e Jahan IPL 22nd
73 16 August 2023 2-0 Asadi (52, P) Moghanlou (65) - Fooladshahar IPL 23rd

Summary of results

Total matches

Teams Matches Wins Draws Loses Goals
For 		Goals
Against 		Goal
Difference
Sepahan 70 26 25 19 81 63 +18
Zob Ahan 70 19 25 26 63 81 –18

Trophies

Team Domestic International Grand Total
Iranian Leagues Hazfi Cup Super Cup Domestic Total Champions League
Sepahan 5 4 0 9 0 9
Zob Ahan 0 4 1 5 0 5

Top goal scorers

Mehdi Rajabzadeh, top scorer of rivalry
Edmond Bezik and Moharram Navidkia who are Sepahan's highest scorers of rivalries.
Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh Zob Ahan 5
2 Iran Edmond Bezik Sepahan 4
Iran Rasoul Khatibi 1 Sepahan / Zob Ahan
Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 2 Zob Ahan / Sepahan
Iran Morteza Tabrizi Zob Ahan
7 Iran Abbas Simakani Zob Ahan 3
Iran Reza Sahebi Zob Ahan
Armenia Levon Stepanyan Sepahan
Iran Mahmoud Karimi Sepahan
Brazil Igor Castro Zob Ahan
Iran 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

Name Club Goals Years
Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh Zob Ahan 5 2010-11 2012-
Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan 4 1998-04, 2006–16
Iran Edmond Bezik Sepahan 4 2001-06
Iran Morteza Tabrizi Zob Ahan 4 2013-18
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan, Sepahan 4 2006–11, 2012–13, 2014–16
Iran Rasoul Khatibi Sepahan, Zob Ahan 4 2003-06, 2009
Iran Mohsen Mosalman Zob Ahan 3 2007-2015
Iran Abbas Simakani Zob Ahan 3 1990-?
Brazil Igor Castro Zob Ahan 3 2008-12
Armenia Levon Stepanyan Sepahan 3 1996-01, 2002–05
Iran Mahmoud Karimi Sepahan 3 1998-09
Iran Reza Sahebi Zob Ahan 3 1997-2003
Iran Vouria Ghafouri Sepahan 2 2014-16
Iran Omid Ebrahimi Sepahan 2 2010-2014
Iran Hadi Aghily Sepahan 2 2004-11, 2013–16
Iran Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan 2 2006-2015
Iran Reza Ostovari Zob Ahan 2 2000-?
Iran Davoud Dehghani Sepahan 2 1998-?
Iran Ehsan Pahlevan Zob Ahan 2 2013-
Iran Sasan Ansari Sepahan 2 2017-
Iran Mohammad Reza Hosseini Zob Ahan 2 2015-

See also

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