F.C. Aboumoslem

For the individual, see Abu Muslim.

Aboumoslem

Full name

Nasle Aboomoslem Football Club

Nickname(s)

Black Pearl (Persian: مرواريد سياه‎‎)

Founded

1970 (Aboomoslem)

Ground

Samen Stadium
Mashhad
Iran

Capacity

35,000

Owner

Mehdi Biglari

Chairman

Mehdi Biglari

Head Coach

TBA

League

2nd Division

2013–14

Azadegan League Group 2, 12th (Relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Nasle Aboumoslem Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نسل ابومسلم‎‎) is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Khorasan. They play in the 2nd Division.

History

Establishment

In 1970 a group of football players from Mashhad decided to create a new football team by the name of Aboumoslem. Most of the players on the team knew each other and were from the Shah Abbasi Tri-way area. They had grown up playing football on the dirt fields of the area. When the Takht Jamshid Cup was created, a qualification tournament for provincial representatives was set up in Isfahan. Another club from Mashhad, named Arya F.C. represented the province of Khorasan but they were not able to make into the Takht Jamshid Cup.

After defeat in the tournament, it was decided that for Khorasan to have a powerful football team, Aboumoslem and Aria must merge. Three brothers by the names of Ataollah, Asghar and Heshmat Mohajerani helped to merge the clubs, and Aboumoslem was able to make it to the 1975 Takht Jamshid Cup, which was the top football league in Iran before the Iranian revolution. The team originally only wore black, but red was added late on. With the purchase of great players like Asgarkhani, Majid Tashrefi, Masih Masihnia, Alireza Ligarab, Hossein Omidvar and Mahmood Ebrahimzadeh they were able to become the best non-Tehran based club in the league that year. Success was short lived and the team was relegated the next season, staying in the 2nd division until the revolution.

1980s

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 1986 Aboumoslem won the Mashhad city league and the provincial championship in the following season. In the late 1980s, Shahdiran Inc. sponsored the team, giving the club a better chance at success. After the war the local and provincial leagues were scrapped in favor of nationwide leagues. Among the notable players was Abolfazl Safavi, a quick forward-midfielder with small body and great ability to dribble, who played for several seasons until 1981. He was later arrested and executed for membership in a banned opposition group.

1990s

Aboumoslem 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. It was during this time that Aboumoslem's most famous player, Khodadad Azizi was discovered. 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, Aboumoslem finally made it back to the top level of Iranian football, gaining promotion to the Azadegan League during the 1997–98 season. Aboumoslem had been in a poor financial situation that season, as Khoshgovar had stopped being its sponsor. Aboumoslem's only revenue came from advertisements and support from club fans, but surprisingly won promotion with the help of former Aboumoslem player, Akbar Misaghian. Aboumoslem 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. During this time the club has shown its skill for finding talented players, with famous Iranian football players such as Reza Enayati, Mojtaba Jabari and Andranik Teymourian all making their names there. After the 2004–05 season Aboumoslem's new sponsor became Iran Khodro.

Recent

In 2006 Khodadad Azizi joined the club as an advisor, beginning his new life in football management 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, it became official and Khodadad Azizi was named manager of Aboumoslem. He was sacked less than a year later and replaced by Parviz Mazloomi in October 2007.Which he had a good season with the team and finished the league in the top half of the league but the season after he left the club for a better offer and the club had a very difficult season which they avoided the relegation in the last week and changed 3 head coaches and 3 chairmans 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 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports declared the bankruptcy of F.C. Aboomoslem. The new chairman Mehdii Biglari had re-established the club in 2014 as Toloe Nasle Aboomoslem Football Club.

Mashhad Derby

Main articles: Mashhad Derby

The Mashhad derby also known as the Khorasan derby is a football local derby match between the two most popular clubs from Mashhad: F.C. Aboomoslem and Payam Mashhad. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s it was Iran's second most important derby after the Tehran derby. 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 recently 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.^[1]

Supporters

Fan base

Aboomoslem is the most popular club from Khorasan with huge fan base in Razavi Khorasan Province, North Khorasan, South Khorasan and also in (Herat Province, Afghanistan) where there is a club by the name of Abumoslem Herat F.C.. In Mashhad, its popularity is only rivaled by Tehran's two biggest clubs Esteghlal F.C. and Persepolis F.C., and cross-city rival Payam Mashhad F.C. who has a smaller fan base.

Famous fans

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,^[2] Mayor of Tehran
Saeed Soheili, Film Director

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Aboumoslem in various competitions.

Season	Division	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
1973–1974	2	2nd Division	7th	Not held
1974–1975	2	2nd Division	1st	Not held	Promoted
1975–1976	1	Takht Jamshid Cup	5th	1/16 Final
1976–1977	1	Takht Jamshid Cup	16th	1/8 Final	Relegted
1977–1978	2	2nd Division	1st	Not held	Promoted
1978–1979	1	Takht Jamshid Cup	did not finish	Not held
1979–1984		Not held	Not held
1984–1985	1	Mashhad Football League	1st	Not held
1985–1986	1	Mashhad Football League	1st	Not held
1987–1988	1	Khorasan Football League	1st	1/16 Final
1988–1989	1	Khorasan Football League	2nd	1/8 Final
1989–1990	1	Khorasan Football League	1st	Did not qualify	Promoted
1990–1991	2	2nd Division	1st	1/8 Final	Promoted
1991–1992	1	Azadegan League	12th	Not held
1992–1993	1	Azadegan League	8th	Not held	Relegted
1993–1994	3	Khorasan Football League	1st	Did not qualify	Promoted
1994–1995	2	2nd Division	4th	Did not qualify
1995–1996	2	2nd Division	3rd	Second Round
1996–1997	2	2nd Division	5th	Second Round
1997–1998	2	2nd Division	4th	Not held	Promoted
1998–1999	1	Azadegan League	8th	1/8 Final
1999–2000	1	Azadegan League	11th	1/16 Final	Relegted
2000–2001	2	2nd Division	1st	1/16 Final	Promoted
2001–2002	1	Iran Pro League	5th	1/8 Final
2002–2003	1	Iran Pro League	12th
2003–2004	1	Iran Pro League	10th	1/8 Final
2004–2005	1	Iran Pro League	8th	Final
2005–2006	1	Iran Pro League	5th	1/8 Final
2006–2007	1	Iran Pro League	6th
2007–2008	1	Iran Pro League	4th	1/16 Final
2008–2009	1	Iran Pro League	15th	1/16 Final
2009–2010	1	Iran Pro League	17th	1/8 Final	Relegted
2010–2011	2	Azadegan League	5th	2nd Round
2011–2012	2	Azadegan League	6th	1/8 Final
2012–2013	2	Azadegan League	6th	1/4 Final
2013–2014	2	Azadegan League	12th	Third Round	Relegted
2014–2015	3	2nd Division

Club chairmen

Heshmat Mohajerani
Hadi Khayami
? Sharifian
Bagher Sayammi
Jahangir Sadehdel
Hamid Tayebbi
Mahmoud Haj Rezapour
Rahman Naderi
Gholam Hossein Takaffoli

Gholam Reza Basiripour
Nasser Shafagh
Mahdi Najami
Karim Malahi (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

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Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi (1974)
Abbas Razavi (1974)
Ştefan Stănculescu (1974)
Seyed Mehdi Qiyassi (1974–1986)
Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian(c.early 1990s)
Hossein Fekri (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 (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 (2011–12)
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2012)
Hadi Bargizar (2012–13)
Ali Hanteh (2013–2014 )
Saeed Josheshi (2014–)

Honours

Club Honours

Hazfi Cup:

Runner-Up: 2005

AK Pipe International Cup:

Champions: 2001

Khorasan Football League

Champions: 1988, 1990

Mashhad Football League

Champions: 1986

Individual Honours

top scorers in Iranian League

Season	Player	Goals
1998–99	Abduljalil Golcheshmeh	14
2001–02	Reza Enayati	17
2006–07	Daniel Olerum	17

Players

As of 10 September 2013:^[3]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Mohsen Neysani
		DF	Mehdi Kiani
		DF	Meisam Khosravi
		DF	Mohammad Rostami
		DF	Bijan Koushki
		DF	Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (captain)
		MF	Hadi Jafari
			Mohammad Ahmadpour
		MF	Ali Haghdoost
		MF	Mohammad Mansouri
		MF	Hamid Sharafi
		MF	Farzad Hamidi
		MF	Davoud Daneshdoost

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Mostafa Tayyebi
			Mohammad Ghahreman
			Mohammad Gholipour
			Amir Mohebbi
			Ali Molayi
			Mostafa Bijani
			Ali Nademi (U23)
			Vahid Jalali (U23)
			Adel Sarshar (U23)
			Jamil Zobeidavi (U23)
			Farzad Khanifar (U23)
			Behzad Shiri (U23)
			Saeed Jalalian (U23)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2013–14.

Former players

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

Aboomoslem Players at major tournaments

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

Cup	Players
1976 AFC Asian Cup	Mehdi Asgarkhani
2000 WAFF Championship	Hamid Reza Ebrahimi
2001 FIFA World Youth Championship	Ershad Yousefi
2002 WAFF Championship	Reza Enayati
2005 Islamic Solidarity Games	Fereydoon Fazli Mojtaba Jabbari Andranik Teymourian
2006 FIFA World Cup	Andranik Teymourian

References

تاریخچه باشگاه. Official Club Website (in Persian). Retrieved 12 October 2006.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Aboumoslem.

Azadegan League

2016–17 Azadegan League clubs

Teams	Aluminium Arak Baadraan Esteghlal Ahvaz Fajr Sepasi Foolad Yazd Gol Gohar Iranjavan Khoune Be Khouneh Kheybar Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Rafsanjan Naft MIS Nassaji Mazandaran Oxin Alborz Pars Jonoubi Jam Rah Ahan Sepidrood

Azadegan League seasons

2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup Super Cup

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners Cup (Defunct)

See also

Iranian football league system Top Scorers All-time Seasons

Hazfi Cup

2015–16 Hazfi Cup clubs

Champions	Zob Ahan

Final	Esteghlal

6th Round (Semi-Final)	Sepahan Tractor Sazi

5th Round (Quarter-Final)	Naft Tehran Persepolis Rah Ahan Saipa

4th Round (1/8)	Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Foulad Kara Shiraz Malavan Padideh Saba Qom Siah Jamegan

3rd Round (1/16)	Baderan Tehran Bazargani Vashta Amol Be'sat Kermanshah Diana Baqershahr Esteghlal Ahvaz Isar Jiroft Karun Khuzestan Mantagheye Azad Kish Niroo Zamini Oghab Tehran Omid Razakan Alborz Paykan Safir Qazvin Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Kashan Shahrdari Semnan

2nd Round	Alvand Hamedan Amir Kabir Noorabad Esteghlal Javan Saveh Hamun Sazeh Kowsar Mehran Ilam Moghavemat Tehran Montakhab Khorramabad Montakhab Qom Payam Ardehal Payam Mashhad Persepolis Ganaveh Rahian Kermanshah Sanat Sari Shahrdari Mahshahr Shahrdari Jouybar Shirin Faraz Aqqala

1st Round	Abidar Sanandaj Aboumoslem Abouzar Basht Aluminium Arak Ansar Bafq Arad Isfahan Caspian Qazvin Damash Gilan Esteghlal B Tehran Etka Gorgan Haf Semnan Kadous Masal Gilan Kargar Boneh Gaz Khoneh Be Khoneh Montakhab Arak Montakhab Birjand Montakhab Bojnord Montakhab Semnan Montakhab Urmia Naft Omidiyeh Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Pars Jam Bushehr Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr Sanat Naft Novin Shahin Ameri Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Shahrdari Kamyaran Shahrdari Tabriz Shahrdari Urmia Shahrdari Zanjan Sherkate Khalkhal Dasht Tarbiat Novin

Hazfi Cup seasons

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011–12 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Final	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct)

Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's)

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup

National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17

Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League

Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

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