Navad Urmia

The Urmia Derby is played against Shahrdari Urmia, the other side in the city. Tractor, in nearby Tabriz, are not treated as rivals.

Their best runs came in the Hazfi Cup, where they reached the round of 32 in 2019–20 and again in 2021–22. That second run ended against Esteghlal on penalties. In 2022–23 they went one round further, into the last 16. Before any of that, in 2018, Mohammad Ansari scored the winning goal against Persepolis in the same competition.

The club's most visible product is Mohammad Zeynali. He came through locally, captained the side, and moved to Sepahan in 2021. Meysam Joudaki, a defender, stayed for years.

The league record has swung the other way. Navad were relegated to League 2 in 2021–22. They finished second in Group 1 in 2024–25 and went back up to the Azadegan League, the second tier.

In August 2018 the club took over the Azadegan League licence and playing points of Gostaresh Foulad Tabriz. Gostaresh's owner, Mohammad Reza Zanganeh, had already passed its top-flight place to Machine Sazi a year earlier, and the second-tier place was what remained. With it came a new name, Navad Urmia. The supporters' nickname, Doxsan, means "Twelve".

The club was founded in 2011 as Urmia Tabnak, seven years before the licence arrived and the name changed. It plays at the 15,000-capacity Shahid Bakeri Stadium.