The rivalry between Persepolis and Tractor is a footballing rivalry played between

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ian clubs Persepolis and

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History

Tractor return to first tier and Navad TV show

This rivalry started in 2009 when Tractor returned to first tier of

Iranian football league The Iranian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Iran. Structure The current structure has been in place since 2001. The Persian Gulf Pro League (PGL) is the highest level of club football in Iran. I ...

after 8 years and their fans had passion about this event. For the first time, a club except Esteghlal and Persepolis had too much fans in many of Iran's stadiums including Azadi, Esteghlal and Persepolis home ground. Their passion was so great that the

Navad ''Navad'' ( fa, نود, meaning ninety - 90 min.) was an Iranian, Persian language, popular weekly television programme broadcast by Channel 3 in Iran and hosted by Adel Ferdosipour. The program focused on the football matches played in the Pers ...

TV show arranged a vote quiz about the hottest fans in Iran and Tractor became first. Their coach

Faraz Kamalvand Faraz Kamalvand ( fa, فراز کمالوند, born 26 December 1976) is an Iranian football coach. He is headcoach of Kheybar Khorramabad Early life He was born on 27 December 1976 in Khoramabad, Iran and is from Lorestan. From 1998 to 2001, ...

declared on that program "Our fans are most popular fans in Iran too." This caused on other night Navad program arranged a vote quiz about the most popular fans in Iran and Tractor became third after Persepolis and Esteghlal. their fans didn't accept this result and protested and also looked Esteghlal and Persepolis as a Rival. On the other hand, with Tractor getting stronger, the rivalry between them and Tehran giants became more intense and Tractor won many times in Azadi stadium, especially against Esteghlal. In the years after that this rivalry was a bit overwhelmed by violence from both fans.

All results

Summary of results

Trophies

Top goal scorers

* Player in ''Italic'' is still active in football playing. * Player in bold is still active for Persepolis or Tractor. Farshad Pious in Azadi Stadium

¹ ''Seyed-Salehi scored 2 goals as the Tractor player and 1 goal as the Persepolis player.'' ; Own goals *

Afshin Peyrovani Mohammad Ali "Afshin" Peyrovani ( fa, افشين پیروانی, born 6 February 1970 in Shiraz, Iran) is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and Amir Hossein Peyrovani. He is a Foo ...

(against Tractor) * '' Sosha Makani'' (against Tractor)

Hat-tricks

hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...

is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Most successful coaches

* Coaches in bold are still active for Persepolis or Tractor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Persepolis F.C.-Tractor S.C. rivalry Football derbies in Iran rivalry Tractor S.C. Persepolis F.C. matches