page_title: Culture of Tehran
section_title: Football
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of Tehran / Sports and athletics / Football
caption_attribution_description: فارسی: Esteghlal Edges Past Persepolis 3-2 to Claim Tehran Derby - TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The 84th Tehran derby between Iran’s professional football teams Persepolis (Reds) and Esteghlal (Blues) held at Azadi Stadium, west of Tehran, with a 3-2 win for Esteghlal.
context_page_description: The culture of Tehran concerns the arts, music, museums, festivals, many Persian entertainments and sports activities in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Iranian festivals are held throughout the year by the people of Tehran, which can be attractive to tourists.
  There are several artistic, historic and scientific museums in Tehran, including the National Museum of Iran, and the Carpet Museum. There is also the Museum of Contemporary Art, which hosts works of artists such as Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Van Gogh.
  There are also numerous websites, news agencies and international media in Tehran.
context_section_description: The first football club of Tehran, named Iran Club, was founded in 1920 and dissolved within two years in 1923. Today, Tehran's oldest existing football club is Rah Ahan, which was founded in 1937. Persepolis and Esteghlal, which are the city's biggest clubs and two of the biggest clubs in Asia, compete in the Tehran derby. Tehran is also home to the football club of Ararat, a popular Armenian football team based at the Ararat Stadium.
caption: Tehran Derby, a football match between Esteghlal and Persepolis.   This match was declared as the most important derby in Asia and 22nd most important derby in the world in June 2008 by World Soccer magazine.[18][19]
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