Persepolis F.C.–Tractor S.C. rivalry

The rivalry between Persepolis and Tractor is a footballing rivalry played between Iranian clubs Persepolis and Tractor.^[1]

Persepolis F.C. v Tractor S.C.

Location	Tehran, Iran Tabriz, Iran
Teams	Persepolis Football Club Tractor Sport Club
Latest meeting	Persepolis 2–0 Tractor (26 January 2025)
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Meetings total	Official matches: 57 Friendly matches: 3 Total matches: 60
Most wins	Official matches: Persepolis (29) Friendly matches: Persepolis (1) Total matches: Persepolis (30)
Top scorer	Farshad Pious (9)
Largest victory	Persepolis 5–2 Tractor 1999–2000 Azadegan League (March 2000 (2000-03)) Tractor 4–1 Persepolis 2011–12 Iran Pro League (26 April 2012 (2012-04-26))

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

Iranian League

No.	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Home goal scorers	Away goal scorers	Venue	Competition
3	1975–Apr-19	Tractor	0–3	Persepolis	–	Fattahi (21, 90), Iranpak (37)	Tabriz	1975–76 Takht Jamshid Cup
4	1975–Oct-10	Persepolis	1–0	Tractor	Parvin (32 p.)	–	Tehran
5	1977–Mar-11	Persepolis	1–1	Tractor	Parvin (87)	Dayani (51 o.g.)	Tehran	1977–78 Takht Jamshid Cup
6	1977–Sep-08	Tractor	2–2	Persepolis	Mahnamay Aghdam (52), Mazloumi (67)	Whittle (15), Khordbin (75)	Tabriz
7	1978–Jul-14	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Anjabini (64)	Parvin (44)	Tabriz	1978–79 Takht Jamshid Cup
8	1989–Aug-18	Persepolis	2–0	Tractor	M. Ansarifard (17), Kermani Moghaddam (52)	–	Tehran	1989–90 Qods League
9	1990–Jan-05	Tractor	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Tabriz
10	1991–Sep-06	Tractor	1–4	Persepolis	Sheykhlari (48)	Pious (8, 32, 43, 90)	Tabriz	1991–92 Azadegan League
11	1992–Feb-26	Persepolis	2–1	Tractor	Shirmohammadi (6), Pious (83)	Zolmajidian (35)	Tehran
12	1993–Dec-03	Tractor	2–1	Persepolis	Alishiri (25), Paknejad (88)	Shahmohammadi (89)	Tabriz	1993–94 Azadegan League
13	1994–Feb-07	Persepolis	1–1	Tractor	Derakhshan (39)	Zolmajidian (20)	Tehran
14	1994–Jun-24	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Hassandokht (52)	Pious (78)	Tabriz	1994–95 Azadegan League
15	1994–Nov-04	Persepolis	2–1	Tractor	Pious (35, 87 p.)	Bakhshizadeh (14)	Tehran
16	1996–Oct-13	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Mohammadvand (77 p.)	Torabian (47)	Tabriz	1996–97 Azadegan League
17	1997–Jul-05	Persepolis	2–2	Tractor	Pious (5), Mahdavikia (44)	Rostami (55), Ferasati (88)	Tehran
18	1997–Jan-16	Tractor	2–2	Persepolis	Farshbaf (18), Azadi (79)	Bezik (21), Mahdavikia (73)	Tabriz	1997–98 Azadegan League
19	1999–Jan-12	Tractor	2–4	Persepolis	Barmak (10 p., 84 p.)	Halali (22 p.), Hasheminasab (42), Karimi (53), Estili (55)	Tabriz	1998–99 Azadegan League
20	1999–Apr-18	Persepolis	0–0	Tractor	–	–	Tehran
21	1999–Oct-07	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Peyrovani (62 o.g.)	Baghmisheh (88)	Tabriz	1999–2000 Azadegan League
22	2000–Mar-09	Persepolis	5–2	Tractor	Bezik (37, 48), Karimi (65), Seraj (78), Hasheminasab (82 p.)	Tavakkoli (9), Rostami (46)	Tehran
23	2000–Dec-03	Persepolis	1–0	Tractor	Estili (44)	–	Tehran	2000–01 Azadegan League
24	2001–Feb-28	Tractor	0–3	Persepolis	–	Karimi (5), Rafat (46), Asadi (79)	Tabriz
25	2001–Nov-18	Tractor	0–1	Persepolis	–	Jabbari (85)	Tabriz	2001–02 Iran Pro League
26	2002–Mar-12	Persepolis	2–1	Tractor	Halali (10), Entezari (84)	Aliyari (68)	Tehran
27	2009–Oct-26	Persepolis	2–1	Tractor	Zarei (65), Mulla Mohammed (86)	Kheirkhah (90+2)	Tehran	2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup
28	2010–Apr-16	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Kheirkhah (38)	Norouzi (56)	Tabriz
29	2010–Jul–27	Persepolis	1–0	Tractor	Rezaei (46)	–	Tehran	2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
30	2010–Dec-09	Tractor	1–0	Persepolis	Jassim (27 p.)	–	Tabriz
31	2011–Dec-02	Persepolis	0–1	Tractor	–	Akbapour (65)	Tehran	2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
32	2012–Apr-26	Tractor	4–1	Persepolis	Flávio (50, 63), Hatami (57), Ebrahimi (65)	Nourmohammadi (79)	Tabriz
33	2012–Dec-03	Persepolis	0–1	Tractor	–	Seyed-Salehi (77)	Tehran	2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
34	2013–May-10	Tractor	3–1	Persepolis	Seyed-Salehi (32), Karimian (53), Geílson (90)	Haghighi (69)	Tabriz
36	2013–Jul–24	Persepolis	1–0	Tractor	Seyed-Salehi (80)	–	Tehran	2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup
37	2013–Nov-28	Tractor	1–0	Persepolis	K. Ansarifard (40)	–	Tabriz
38	2014–Sep-05	Persepolis	1–3	Tractor	Bengar (39)	Makani (68 o.g.), Édinho (85), Nariman Jahan (90+2)	Tehran	2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League
39	2015–Mar-08	Tractor	1–0	Persepolis	Saghebi 62'	–	Tabriz
40	2015–Sep-25	Tractor	0–1	Persepolis	–	Bengtson (71 p.)	Tabriz	2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League
41	2016-Mar-06	Persepolis	1–1	Tractor	Rezaeian (13)	Iranpourian (39)	Tehran
42	2016–Sep-10	Tractor	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Tabriz	2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League
43	2017-Feb-05	Persepolis	3–0	Tractor	Taremi (2), Rezaeian (23), Amiri (64)	–	Tehran
44	2017–Aug-03	Tractor	1–2	Persepolis	Hatami (41)	Mensha (15), Kamyabinia (67)	Tabriz	2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League
45	2017–Dec-29	Persepolis	2–0	Tractor	Alipour (45), Kamyabinia (78)	–	Tehran
46	2018–Nov-25	Persepolis	0–0	Tractor	–	–	Tehran	2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League
47	2019–May-1	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Esmaeilifar 79'	Kamyabinia (11)	Tabriz
48	2019–Aug-30	Tractor	1–0	Persepolis	Hajsafi (45+2)	–	Tabriz	2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League
49	2020–Jan-26	Persepolis	2–0	Tractor	Alipour (9), Amiri (55)	–	Tehran
50	2021–Feb-4	Tractor	0–1	Persepolis	–	Hosseini (53)	Tabriz	2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League
52	2021–Jul-26	Persepolis	3–1	Tractor	Abdi (64, 90+4), Nourollahi (68)	Babaei (50)	Tehran
53	2022–Jan-3	Persepolis	2–1	Tractor	Alekasir (10), Nemati (55)	Babaei (24)	Tehran	2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League
54	2022–May-19	Tractor	(0–0) 0–3 [2]	Persepolis	–	–	Tabriz
55	2022–Oct-2	Persepolis	0–1	Tractor	–	Abbaszadeh (75)	Tehran	2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League
56	2023–Mar-5	Tractor	2–3	Persepolis	Abbaszadeh (77, 84 p.)	Omri (18), Torabi (31), Hanonov (90+5)	Tabriz
57	2023–Aug-16	Tractor	0–1	Persepolis	–	Sadeghi (42)	Tabriz	2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
58	2024–Feb-21	Persepolis	2–0	Tractor	Alekasir (57), Torabi (59)	–	Tehran
59	2024–Aug-22	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Khalilzadeh (60)	El Amloud (89)	Tabriz	2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League
60	2025–Jan-26	Persepolis	2–0	Tractor	Rafiei (11), Gvelesiani (73)	–	Tehran

Iranian Cup

Super Cup

No.	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Home goal scorers	Away goal scorers	Venue	Competition
51	2021–Jun-20	Persepolis	1–0	Tractor	Alekasir (61)	–	Tehran	2020 Super Cup

Friendlies and Exhibitions

No.	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Home goal scorers	Away goal scorers	Venue	Competition
1	1971–Nov-26	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Sedigh Azadi	Khordbin	Tabriz	Friendly
2	1975–Feb-14	Persepolis	0–0	Tractor	–	–	Tehran	Friendly
35	2013–Jul-3	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Shakeri (85)	–	Tehran	Friendly

Summary of results

Tournament	Matches	Persepolis wins	Draws	Tractor wins	Persepolis goals	Tractor goals
League	56	28	17	11	81	49
Super Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0
Total Official Matches	57	29	17	11	82	49
Friendlies and Exhibitions	3	1	2	0	2	1
Grand Total	60	30	19	11	84	50

Head-to-head ranking in League (1970–2025)

P.	71	72	74	75	76	77	78	90	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1		1	1		1								1	1		1	1		1						1									1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
2				2		2	2	2		2	2							2											2	2	2	2	2						2
3									3	3										3				3										3								3
4	4							4				4										4					4	4					4				4	4		4	4
5							5														5					5		5								5
6																	6														6
7																											7			7
8											8																					8
9															9
10									10																										10
11																11
12														12				12											12
13		13																					13																13
14																			14
15
16					16
17												17
18

• Total: Persepolis with 37 higher finishes, Tractor with 5 higher finishes (till end of the 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League)

Records

Friendly matches are not included in the following records unless otherwise noted.

Results

Biggest wins (+3 goals difference)

Winning margin	Result	Date	Competition
3	Tractor 0–3 Persepolis	19 April 1975	League
	Tractor 1–4 Persepolis	6 September 1991
	Persepolis 5–2 Tractor	9 March 2000
	Tractor 0–3 Persepolis	28 February 2001
	Tractor 4–1 Persepolis	26 April 2012
	Persepolis 3–0 Tractor	5 February 2017

Most goals in a match

Goals	Result	Date	Competition
7	Persepolis 5–2 Tractor	9 March 2000	League
6	Tractor 2–4 Persepolis	12 January 1999
5	Tractor 1–4 Persepolis	6 September 1991
	Tractor 4–1 Persepolis	26 April 2012
	Tractor 2–3 Persepolis	5 March 2023

Longest Runs

Most consecutive wins

Games	Club	Period
6	Persepolis	9 March 2000 – 26 October 2009
6	Persepolis	26 January 2020 – 19 May 2022
5	Tractor	9 December 2010 – 10 May 2013

Most consecutive draws

Games	Period
3	11 March 1977 – 14 July 1978
3	13 October 1996 – 16 January 1997

Most consecutive without a draw

Games	Period
11	27 July 2010 – 25 September 2015
11	30 August 2019 – 21 February 2024

Longest undefeated runs

Games	Club	Period
17	Persepolis (9 wins)	7 February 1994 – 27 July 2010
9	Persepolis (5 wins)	19 April 1975 – 26 February 1992
8	Persepolis (4 wins)	25 September 2015 – 1 May 2019
6	Persepolis (6 wins)	26 January 2020 – 19 May 2022
5	Tractor (5 wins)	9 December 2010 – 10 May 2013
5	Persepolis (4 wins)	5 March 2023 – 26 January 2025

Longest undefeated runs in the League

Games	Club	Period
17	Persepolis (9 wins)	7 February 1994 – 27 July 2010
9	Persepolis (5 wins)	19 April 1975 – 26 February 1992
8	Persepolis (4 wins)	25 September 2015 – 1 May 2019
5	Tractor (5 wins)	9 December 2010 – 10 May 2013
5	Persepolis (5 wins)	26 January 2020 – 19 May 2022
5	Persepolis (4 wins)	5 March 2023 – 26 January 2025

Most consecutive games scoring

Games	Club	Period
10	Persepolis	6 September 1991 – 12 January 1999
9	Persepolis	7 October 1999 – 27 July 2010
6	Persepolis	19 April 1975 – 18 August 1989
5	Tractor	9 December 2010 – 10 May 2013
5	Persepolis	26 January 2020 – 3 January 2022
5	Persepolis	5 March 2023 – 26 January 2025

Players

Goal scorers

• Player in Bold is still active in Persepolis or Tractor.

Farshad Pious, top goalscorer of rivalries with 9 goals

Pos.	Player	Club(s)	League	Cup	Other	Total
1	Farshad Pious	Persepolis	9	–	–	9
2	Ali Parvin	Persepolis	3	–	–	3
	Edmond Bezik	Persepolis	3	–	–
	Ali Karimi	Persepolis	3	–	–
	Mehdi Seyed-Salehi	Tractor Persepolis	2 1	–	–
	Kamal Kamyabinia	Persepolis	3	–	–
	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	Tractor	3	–	–
	Issa Alekasir	Persepolis	2	1	–
9	Jahangir Fattahi	Persepolis	2	–	–	2
	Akbar Zolmajidian	Tractor	2	–	–
	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Kourosh Barmak	Tractor	2	–	–
	Davoud Rostami	Tractor	2	–	–
	Mehdi Hasheminasab	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Hamid Estili	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Esmaeil Halali	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Farhad Kheirkhah	Tractor	2	–	–
	Flávio Paixão	Tractor	2	–	–
	Farzad Hatami	Tractor	2	–	–
	Ramin Rezaeian	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Vahid Amiri	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Ali Alipour	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Mehdi Abdi	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Peyman Babaei	Tractor	2	–	–
	Mehdi Torabi	Persepolis	2	–	–
	Mahmoud Khordbin	Persepolis	1	–	1
27	Safar Iranpak	Persepolis	1	–	–	1
	Alan Whittle	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Rahim Mahnamay Aghdam	Tractor	1	–	–
	Parviz Mazloumi	Tractor	1	–	–
	Kamel Anjabini	Tractor	1	–	–
	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Morteza Kermani Moghaddam	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Ahad Sheykhlari	Tractor	1	–	–
	Hassan Shirmohammadi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Hassan Alishiri	Tractor	1	–	–
	Habib Paknejad	Tractor	1	–	–
	Jamshid Shahmohammadi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Hamid Derakhshan	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Hossein Hassandokht	Tractor	1	–	–
	Yousef Bakhshizadeh	Tractor	1	–	–
	Reza Torabian	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Aref Mohammadvand	Tractor	1	–	–
	Nasser Ferasati	Tractor	1	–	–
	Mohammad Farshbaf	Tractor	1	–	–
	Mohammad Azadi	Tractor	1	–	–
	Ali Baghmisheh	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Asadollah Tavakkoli	Tractor	1	–	–
	Behnam Seraj	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Payan Rafat	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Ebrahim Asadi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Reza Jabbari	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Sohrab Entezari	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Farhad Aliyari	Tractor	1	–	–
	Mojtaba Zarei	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Hadi Norouzi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Gholamreza Rezaei	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Karrar Jassim	Tractor	1	–	–
	Siavash Akbarpour	Tractor	1	–	–
	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Tractor	1	–	–
	Alireza Nourmohammadi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Mehdi Karimian	Tractor	1	–	–
	Reza Haghighi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Geílson	Tractor	1	–	–
	Karim Ansarifard	Tractor	1	–	–
	Mohsen Bengar	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Edinho	Tractor	1	–	–
	Saman Nariman Jahan	Tractor	1	–	–
	Shahin Saghebi	Tractor	1	–	–
	Jerry Bengtson	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Mohammad Iranpourian	Tractor	1	–	–
	Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Godwin Mensha	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Danial Esmaeilifar	Tractor	1	–	–
	Ehsan Hajsafi	Tractor	1	–	–
	Jalal Hosseini	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Ahmad Nourollahi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Siamak Nemati	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Mohammad Omri	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Vahdat Hanonov	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Saeid Sadeghi	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Shoja Khalilzadeh	Tractor	1	–	–
	Ayoub El Amloud	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Soroush Rafiei	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Giorgi Gvelesiani	Persepolis	1	–	–
	Yousef Sedigh Azadi	Tractor	–	–	1
	Younes Shakeri	Persepolis	–	–	1

League = "Iranian League" ; Cup = "Hazfi Cup" or "Super Cup" ; Other = "Friendlies" or "Exhibitions"

Top scorers by competition

Competition	Player	Club(s)	Goals
League	Farshad Pious	Persepolis	9
Super Cup	Issa Alekasir	Persepolis	1

Most consecutive goalscoring

Player	Club(s)	Consecutive matches	Total goals in the run	Start	End
Mehdi Seyed-Salehi	Tractor Persepolis	3	3	2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup (first leg)	2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup (first leg)

Pokers

A poker is achieved when the same player scores four goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence	Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Tournament
1.	Farshad Pious	4	8', 32', 43', 90'	Persepolis	4–1	Tractor	1991–92 Azadegan League

Braces

A Brace is achieved when the same player scores two goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence	Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Tournament
1.	Jahangir Fattahi	2	21', 90'	Persepolis	3–0	Tractor	1975–76 Takht Jamshid Cup
2.	Farshad Pious	2	35', 87'	Persepolis	2–1	Tractor	1994–95 Azadegan League
3.	Kourosh Barmak	2	10', 84'	Tractor	2–4	Persepolis	1998–99 Azadegan League
4.	Edmond Bezik	2	37', 48'	Persepolis	5–2	Tractor	1999–2000 Azadegan League
5.	Flávio Paixão	2	51', 64'	Tractor	4–1	Persepolis	2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
6.	Mehdi Abdi	2	64', 90+4'	Persepolis	3–1	Tractor	2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League
7.	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	2	77', 84'	Tractor	2–3	Persepolis	2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League

Most successful coaches

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

Rank	Head coach	Club	Matches	Win	Draw	Lost	Winning rate
1	Ali Parvin	Persepolis	12	9	3	0	75%
2	Yahya Golmohammadi	Persepolis Tractor	11	8 0	0 0	2 1	72%
3	Branko Ivanković	Persepolis	8	4	4	0	50%
4	Toni	Tractor	4	3	0	1	75%
5	Amir Ghalenoei	Tractor	5	2	2	1	40%

General performances

Trophies

•    Club holds record in the competition

Team	Domestic				International			Grand Total
	Iranian League	Iranian Hazfi Cup	Iranian Super Cup	Domestic Total	AFC Champions League Elite	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	International Total
Persepolis	16	7	5	28	0	1	1	29
Tractor	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	4

General information

Titles	Persepolis	Tractor
Club name after establishment	Persepolis Sport Club	Tractor Sazi Sport Club
Founding date	Club: November 1963 Football team: 21 March 1968	1970
Stadium	Azadi Stadium	Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Capacity	78,116	66,833
Number of seasons in League	41 (1 withdrew due to national duties)	30 (3 relegated)
Most goals scored in a season in League	56 (1971–72, 1998–99)	58 (2014–15)
Most points in a season in League	68 (2023–24)	68 (2024–25)
Number of Double wins (League and Hazfi Cup)	3	—
Most Consecutive League trophies	5 times in a row (Glut)	—
Most Consecutive Hazfi Cup trophies	2 times in a row (Brace)	—

Awards

Asian Footballer of the Year

IFFHS award

The IFFHS Asian Player of the Year is an annual prize presented by International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). It had originally been the predecessor of the AFC Player of the Year, but was revived in 2020.

Award	Persepolis	Tractor
1st	0	0
2nd	1	0
3rd	0	0
Total	1	0

AFC award

The AFC Player of the Year is an annual prize presented by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is awarded to the Asian player who has the best performance at AFC club(s) in a calendar year.

Award	Persepolis	Tractor
1st	0	0
2nd	2	0
3rd	0	0
Total	2	0

Best Footballer in Asia

Best Footballer in Asia is an annual association football award organized and presented by Titan Sports. It is awarded to the player who had the best performance for Asian football during the calendar year.

Award	Persepolis	Tractor
1st	0	0
2nd	0	0
3rd	1	0
Total	1	0

League performances awards

Award	Persepolis	Tractor
Golden Boot	10	3

See also

• Football in Iran
• Persepolis F.C.
• Tractor S.C.
• Tehran Derby
• El Gilano
• Isfahan Derby
• Mashhad Derby
• Persepolis F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry
• Esteghlal F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry
• Major football rivalries