Payam Mashhad F.C.
| Full name | Payam Vahdat Khorasan Razavi Cultural and Sport Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Greens (Persian: سبز پوشان) |
| Founded | 1976; 41 years ago |
| Ground |
Takhti Stadium (Mashhad) Mashhad Iran |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Owner | Majid Khorami |
| Chairman | Majid Khorami |
| Head Coach | Hamid Shahnavazi |
| League | 3rd Division |
| 2015–16 | 2nd Division Group D, 8th (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
Payam Vahdat Khorasan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پيام وحدت مشهد) is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan. They compete in the 3rd Division. The club is more commonly known as Payam Mashhad when it was based in Mashhad from 1976 to May 2011. The club was moved to Nishapur from May to November 2011, however due to lack of support in Nishapur, the club moved back to Mashhad. In April 2013 Ali Sheykh Eslami bought Payam Imam Reza Football Club and renamed the club "Payam Vahdat Khorasan Football Club".
The club was established in 1976 by Ali Shadiyan under the name "Soltan Tabarsi" and participated in the city of Mashhad's youth football leagues. Sometime in 1977, the name of the club changed to Mokhaberat Mashhad when new owner Javad Moradnejad revealed Ministry of Post and Telecommunications as sponsor of the club. In 1983 the club was renamed to Payam.
In 1988, Payam became Khorasan Province Champions and thus made first appearance in Iran's top league Qods League. Payam then once again appeared in the top league for 1994/95.
After relegation in 1995, once again appeared in the top league and for first time ever two seasons back-to-back 1996/97 and 1997/98. Payam's team of 1996/97 is considered the golden team in Payam's history. In these years the team was coached by the great Majid Jalali and in addition to local star players such as Reza Sahebi, Majid Hosseinipour, Mehdi Vaezi, Ali Hanteh, several Iran national football team players and other star players featured for Payam including Nima Nakisa, Sattar Hamedani, Dariush Yazdani, Behzad Dadashzadeh, Shahram Baratpouri, Ali Chini and Ahmad Momenzadeh. However it got relegated at the end of 1997/98 season.
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