F.C. Aboomoslem
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| Full name | Nasle Aboumoslem Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Black Pearl (Persian: مرواريد سياه) |
| Founded | 1970; 47 years ago |
| Ground |
Samen Stadium Mashhad Iran |
| Capacity | 35,000 |
| Owner | Mehdi Biglari |
| Chairman | Mehdi Biglari |
| Head Coach | Ramzan Shokri |
| League | 3rd Division |
| 2015–16 | 2nd Division Group C, 10th (relegated) |
Nasle Aboumoslem Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال نسل ابومسلم) is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Khorasan. They play in the 2nd Division.
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.
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.
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