2018–19 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2018–19 season
Chairman	Hamid Reza Garshasbi (until 11 December 2018); Iraj Arab (from 11 December 2018)
Manager	Branko Ivanković
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	Winners
Hazfi Cup	Winners
Iranian Super Cup	Winners
2018 AFC Champions League	Runners-up
2019 AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Alipoor (14 goals); All: Ali Alipoor (18 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018–19 season was the Persepolis's 18th season in the Pro League, and their 36th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were competing in the Hazfi Cup, Super Cup and AFC Champions League.

Squad

First team squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Alireza Beiranvand	1992-9-21 (age 28)	GK	2016	115	0	1	2023	Naft Tehran	Free
12	Abolfazl Darvishvand	1997-1-13 (age 24)	GK	2016	0	0	0	2021	Rah Ahan	Free	U-23
44	Božidar Radošević	1989-4-4 (age 31)	GK	2016	15	0	0	2020	Debreceni	Free
Defenders
3	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1989-5-14 (age 31)	CB / RB	2017	82	9	2	2020	Sepahan	Free
4	Jalal Hosseini	1982-2-3 (age 39)	CB / RB	2016	166	6	4	lifetime	Naft Tehran	Free
13	Hossein Mahini	1986-9-16 (age 34)	RB / LB / CB / DM	2012	157	3	6	2021	Zob Ahan	Free
15	Mohammad Ansari	1991-9-23 (age 29)	LB / CB / DM	2015	108	3	3	2021	Shahrdar Tabriz	Free
17	Mehdi Shiri	1991-1-31 (age 30)	RB / RM / RW / DM	2018	24	0	2	2020	Paykan	Free
28	Mohammad Naderi	1996-10-5 (age 24)	LB / CB	2019	13	0	0	2019	Kortrijk	Loan	U-23
38	Ehsan Hosseini	1998-10-3 (age 22)	CB / DM	2017	3	0	0	2022	Academy	Free	U-21
69	Shayan Mosleh	1993-6-25 (age 27)	LB / LM / CB	2017	58	2	1	2019	Sepidrood	Free
Midfielders
2	Omid Alishah	1992-01-10 (age 29)	LM / RM / LW / RW / SS	2013	107	15	21	2020	Rah Ahan	Free
5	Bashar Resan	1996-12-22 (age 24)	AM / RM / LM / CM	2017	63	1	3	2021	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Free	U-23
7	Soroush Rafiei	1990-5-24 (age 30)	AM / LW / RW	2018	41	5	6	2020	Al-Khor	Free
8	Ahmad Nourollahi	1993-2-1 (age 28)	DM / CM / RM / LM	2014	135	5	6	2020	Foolad Yazd	Free
9	Mehdi Torabi	1994-9-10 (age 26)	RM / LM / RW / LW / AM	2018	23	2	6	2021	Saipa	Free
10	Mehdi Sharifi	1992-10-16 (age 28)	LM / RM / LW / RW / CF	2018	8	0	0	2021	Sepahan	Free
11	Kamal Kamyabinia	1989-1-18 (age 32)	DM / CM / RM / LM	2015	137	16	4	2021	Naft Tehran	Free
18	Mohsen Rabiekhah	1987-12-24 (age 33)	DM / CB / LB	2016	62	0	1	2020	Sanat Naft	Free
21	Adam Hemati	1995-1-22 (age 26)	AM / RW / RM / RB	2017	12	1	0	2019	Ryerson Rams	Free	U-25
26	Saeid Hosseinpour	1998-10-12 (age 22)	AM / CM / DM	2017	8	0	0	2022	Paykan	Free	U-21
88	Siamak Nemati	1994-4-17 (age 26)	RM / LM / AM / CM / SS	2017	74	9	6	2020	Paykan	Free	U-25
Forwards
19	Mario Budimir	1986-02-12 (age 34)	CF / SS	2019	17	2	2	2020	Dinamo Zagreb	€700,000
23	Mohammad Amin Asadi	1998-12-24 (age 22)	CF / SS	2017	9	0	0	2021	Academy	Free	U-21
70	Ali Alipour	1995-11-11 (age 25)	CF / RW / LW	2015	167	55	25	2021	Rah Ahan	Free	U-25
77	Saeid Karimi	2000-1-31 (age 21)	CF / SS / AM	2018	6	1	0	2022	Naft Gachsaran	Free	U-19
Players left the club during the season
27	Ehsan Alvanzadeh	1994-1-18 (age 27)	LM / LW / SS	2016	17	0	0	2019	Transfer to Machine Sazi
90	Godwin Mensha	1989-09-02 (age 31)	CF / SS	2017	59	14	5	2019	Transfer to Esteghlal
39	Ahmad Baharvandi	1998-3-21 (age 22)	LW / RW / SS	2018	0	0	0	2019	Transfer to Aluminium Arak
20	Shahin Abbasian	1997-6-16 (age 23)	RB / CB	2017	0	0	0	2019	Released
37	Hamidreza Taherkhani	1999-3-27 (age 21)	AM / LW / RW / SS	2016	17	0	0	2021	Loan to Sepidrood

New Contracts

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Source
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	28	2 season	2020	[1]
37	MF	Hamidreza Taherkhani	18	3 season	2021	[2]
70	CF	Ali Alipour	23	3 season	2021	[3]
18	MF	Mohsen Rabiekhah	30	2 season	2020	[4]
44	GK	Božidar Radošević	28	2 season	2020	[5]
2	MF	Omid Alishah	26	2 season	2020	[6]
11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	29	3 season	2021	[7]
20	DF	Shahin Abbasian	20	4 season	2022	[8]
15	DF	Mohammad Ansari	26	3 season	2021	[9]
88	MF	Siamak Nemati	24	2 season	2020	[10]
8	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	25	2 season	2020	[11]
13	DF	Hossein Mahini	31	3 season	2021	[12]
4	DF	Jalal Hosseini	36	Lifetime		[13]
5	MF	Bashar Resan	22	2 season	2021	[14]

Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
2	MF	Omid Alishah	25	Tractor Sazi	2019	—	Loan return	Summer		[15]
5	CB	Hamed Aghaei	20	Naft Tehran	2019	—	Loan return	Summer
17	RB	Mehdi Shiri	27	Paykan	2020	—	Transfer	Summer	PL	[16]
10	CF	Mehdi Sharifi	25	Sepahan	2021	—	Transfer	Summer	PL	[17]
77	CF	Saeid Karimi	18	Naft Gachsaran	2022	—	Transfer	Summer	U-21	[18]
9	FW	Mehdi Torabi	23	Saipa	2021	—	Transfer	Summer	PL	[19]
7	MF	Soroush Rafiei	28	Al-Khor	2020	—	Transfer	Summer		[20]
17	RB	Mehdi Shiri	27	Paykan	2020	—	Loan return	Winter
7	MF	Soroush Rafiei	28	Foolad	2020	—	Loan return	Winter
9	FW	Mehdi Torabi	23	Saipa	2021	—	Loan return	Winter
28	LB	Mohammad Naderi	22	Kortrijk	2019	—	Loan	Winter	U-23	[21]
19	CF	Mario Budimir	32	Dinamo Zagreb	2020	€700,000	Transfer	Winter		[22]

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Transfer window	Source
2	RB	Sadegh Moharrami	22	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	Summer
10	MF	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	25	Śląsk Wrocław	Free	Summer
77	MF	Mohsen Mosalman	27	Zob Ahan	Free	Summer
5	CB	Hamed Aghaei	20	Oxin Alborz	Free	Summer
19	MF	Vahid Amiri	30	Trabzonspor	Free	Summer
27	MF	Ehsan Alvanzadeh	24	Machine Sazi	Free	Winter	[23]
20	RB	Shahin Abbasian	21	Free Agent	Free	Winter	[24]
39	CF	Ahmad Baharvandi	20	Aluminium Arak	Free	Winter	[25]
90	CF	Godwin Mensha	29	Esteghlal	Free	Winter	[26]
37	AM	Hamidreza Taherkhani	19	Sepidrood	Loan	Winter	[27]
33	CF	Mehdi Abdi	21	Baaderan	Loan	Winter	[28]

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Branko Ivanković
Assistant coach	Zlatko Ivanković
First-team coach	Karim Bagheri
Goalkeeping coach	Igor Panadić
Physical fitness trainer	Marko Stilinović
Analyzer	Farzad Habibollahi
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Physiotherapist	Meysam Alipour
Team Manager	Mostafa Ghanbarpour
Media Officer	Pendar Khomarlou

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PGPL	26 July 2018	16 May 2019	Matchday 1	Winners	30	16	13	1	36	14	+22	053.33
Hazfi Cup	18 October 2018	2 June 2019	Round of 32	Winners	5	4	1	0	5	1	+4	080.00
Super Cup	20 July 2018		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
2018 ACL	28 August 2018	10 November 2018	Quarter Finals	Runners-up	6	2	2	2	5	5	+0	033.33
2019 ACL	5 March 2019	20 May 2019	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	033.33
Total					48	25	17	6	55	25	+30	052.08

Last updated: April 09, 2019

Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	16	13	1	36	14	+22	61	Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Sepahan	30	15	13	2	46	20	+26	58
3	Esteghlal	30	16	9	5	40	13	+27	57	Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
4	Padideh	30	16	8	6	32	16	+16	56
5	Tractor Sazi	30	14	10	6	42	25	+17	52

Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[29]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Since league champions Persepolis were also Hazfi Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	13	1	36	14	+22	61	11	4	0	22	6	+16	5	9	1	14	8	+6

Last updated: April 04, 2019.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	W
Position	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on April 04, 2019. Source: "iranleague". Archived from the original on 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

26 July 2018 (2018-07-26) 1	Padideh	0 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
20:45 DST +04:30		Report	Alipour 8' (pen.) 4' Nourollahi 37' Kamyabinia 73' Hosseini 85'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

3 August 2018 (2018-08-03) 2	Persepolis	3 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
20:45 DST +04:30	Nemati 21' 75' Mensha 65'	Report	Moridi 29' 50' Pereira 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) 3	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Ahvaz
20:30 DST +04:30	Hamdinejad 42' Karimi 62' Shahmakvandzadeh 90+3'	Report	Alvanzadeh 87' Nemati 89' Khalilzadeh 90+3'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 4	Persepolis	0 – 0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tehran
20:30 DST +04:30	Nemati 27'	Report	Vakia 43' Asgari 70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) 5	Sanat Naft Abadan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Abadan
20:15 DST +04:30	Jahani 23' Barzay 25' Ahmadi 55' Saki 73' Karrar 75' Mojademi 89'	Report	Alipour 68' Khalilzadeh 45' Kamyabinia 85'	Stadium: Takhti Abadan Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

12 September 2018 (2018-09-12) 6	Persepolis	2 – 1	Nassaji Mazandaran	Tehran
20:30 DST +04:30	Alipour 50' Shiri 70' (o.g.) Kamyabinia 43'	Report	Gvelesiani 90+5' (pen.) Divsalar 23' Abshak 43' Shojaei 45' 63'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 7	Persepolis	1 – 0	Sepidrood	Tehran
18:45 IRST+03:30	Hemati 90'	Report	Ebrahimi 27' Bayrami 54' Ghorbanzadeh 69' Maleki 78' Mahdavi 83'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Safaei

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27) 8	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
18:30 IRST+03:30	Sohrabian 25' Montazeri 47' Cheshmi 90+2'	Report	Nourollahi 75' Khalilzadeh 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19) 9	Persepolis	2 – 1	Paykan	Tehran
16:15 IRST+03:30	Kamyabinia 77' Alipour 79'	Report	Saghebi 42' Ghazi 84'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mehdi Marjanzadeh

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10	Saipa	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
16:35 IRST+03:30	Soleimani 87' 90+6' Khaledi 43'	Report	Kamyabinia 15' Hemati 37' Mosleh 60' Hosseini 90+4'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) 11	Persepolis	1 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
16:15 IRST+03:30	Khalilzadeh 15' Alishah 44' Alipour 45' Kamyabinia 64' Beiranvand 86'	Report	Bou Hamdan 37' Mohammadi 55' Fakhreddini 56' 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 12	Sepahan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Isfahan
16:10 IRST+03:30	Pourghaz 74' Yazdani 37' Kiros 71' 90+2'	Report	Alipour 89' (pen.) Kamyabinia 90+2'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 13	Persepolis	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 IRST+03:30	Kamyabinia 33'	Report	Dejagah 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 14	Machine Sazi	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
15:00 IRST+03:30	Mehri 90+3'	Report	Khalilzadeh 90+3' Alishah 86' Nourollahi 90+3' Radošević 90+4'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reza Mahdavi

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) 15	Persepolis	3 – 1	Pars Jonoubi	Tehran
16:15 IRST+03:30	Alipour 31' 50' Alishah 56' Taherkhani 52' Nemati 63'	Report	Seifollahi 90+5' (pen.) Entezari 70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) 16	Persepolis	2 – 0	Padideh	Tehran
17:00 IRST+03:30	Alipour 23' Nemati 32' Khalilzadeh 56'	Report	Hosseini 75' Rigi 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 17	Foolad	2 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
17:00 IRST+03:30	Zobeydi 25' Pereira 45' (pen.) 78' Doraghi 14' Jafari 37'	Report	Kamyabinia 85' Beiranvand 45' Nourollahi 71' Resan 84'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) 18	Persepolis	2 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:00 IRST+03:30	Hosseini 61' Alipour 88' Khalilzadeh 52'	Report	Kiani 33' 35' Namdari 68'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 19	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0 – 0	Persepolis	Masjed Soleyman
16:00 IRST+03:30	Hashemizadeh 48' Nassari 57'	Report	Mosleh 21'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

28 February 2019 (2019-02-28) 20	Persepolis	1 – 0	Sanat Naft Abadan	Tehran
18:30 IRST+03:30	Alipour 21' Nourollahi 48' Nemati 81'	Report	Hakhamaneshi 78' Mojademi 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Reza Mahdavi

8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) 21	Nassaji Mazandaran	1 – 1	Persepolis	Qaem Shahr
16:00 (DST+04:30)	Nazari 21' Miri 55'	Report	Rafiei 63' 90+4' Sharifi 66' Kamyabinia 80'	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 22	Sepidrood	1 – 3	Persepolis	Rasht
16:30 IRST+03:30	Bayrami 67' Gholami 48' Nozhati 81'	Report	Alipour 11' Nourollahi 31' Nemati 41' Sharifi 80' Naderi 90'	Stadium: Sardar Jangal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 23	Persepolis	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:00 (DST+04:30)	Nourollahi 21' Khalilzadeh 44' Beiranvand 45+2' Torabi 57' Hosseini 57'	Report	Zakipour 44' Esmaeili 45+1' Karimi 59'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) 24	Paykan	0 – 2	Persepolis	Shahr-e Qods
17:45 (DST+04:30)	Ghasemi 28'	Report	Nemati 45' Alipour 89' 20'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 25	Persepolis	3 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
19:00 (DST+04:30)	Resan 32' Alipour 49' Torabi 62' Naderi 2'		Abbasian 4' Asadi 68' Dashti 86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) 26	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
18:00 (DST+04:30)	Bou Hamdan 77'		Naderi 40' Khalilzadeh 76' Nemati 78'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 27	Persepolis	0 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
20:15 (DST+04:30)	Nemati 90+3'		Ghorbani 75' Aghaei 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 28	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
18:00 (DST+04:30)	Esmaeilifar 79' Imani 8' Hajsafi 87'		Kamyabinia 11' Beiranvand 44' Torabi 64' Mosleh 90+5'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 29	Persepolis	1 – 1	Machine Sazi	Tehran
21:30 (DST+04:30)	Alipour 81' (pen.) Torabi 50'		Quitongo 16' Kanaanizadegan 28'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Koupal Nazemi

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16) 30	Pars Jonoubi	0 – 1	Persepolis	Jam
21:30 (DST+04:30)	Pour Amini 69' Ahmadi 70'		Budimir 41' 87' Khalilzadeh 12'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Hazfi Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

18 October 2018 (2018-10-18) Round of 32	Persepolis	1 – 0	Navad Urmia	Tehran
18:00 IRST+03:30	M. Ansari 59' 55' A. Alipour 74' S. Nemati 88'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Shahou Aslani

31 January 2019 (2019-01-31) Round of 16	Sepidrood	0 – 1	Persepolis	Rasht
15:00 IRST+03:30	A. Nourmohammadi 30'		S. Karimi 90+3' S. Rafiei 74' Sh. Khalilzadeh 85'	Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

18 February 2019 (2019-02-18) Quarter-Final	Persepolis	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 1 p)	Padideh	Tehran
17:15 IRST+03:30	Sh. Mosleh 20'	Report	M. Mehdikhani 12' M. Moradmand 25' Y. Shakeri 69' R. Sadri 114' B. Barzay 120'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
	Penalties
	B. Resan A. Nourollahi M. Budimir M. Shiri A. Alipour		B. Barzay M. Rigi M. Moradmand A. Nemati

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) Semi Final	Sepahan	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Isfahan
21.00 DST +04:30	S. Yazdani 40' M. Iranpourian 45' 99' Kiros 103' 105' M. Kiani 114'		S. Yazdani 120+1' (o.g.) Sh. Khalilzadeh 40' S. Rafiei 105' A. Beiranvand 120+3'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

2 June 2019 (2019-06-02) Final	Damash Gilanian	0 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
21.00 DST +04:30	M. Mokhtari 30' M. Heydari 76'		A. Alipour 23' M. Shiri 47'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 30,655 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard

Super Cup

Win Loss

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) Final	Persepolis	3 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
DST+04:30		Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The match was not played, because Esteghlal refused to do it. Football Federation declared the match 3–0 in favor of Persepolis.

2018 AFC Champions League

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date

Home

Score

Away

Location

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Quarter-finals	Al-Duhail	1 – 0	Persepolis	Doha
20:00 DST+04:30	A. Ali 15' A. Madibo 60' L. Mendes 74'	Report	S. Nemati 77' M. Ansari 89'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 6,650 Referee: Mohanad Qassim Man of the Match: Nam Tae-hee

17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) Quarter-finals	Persepolis	3 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Al-Duhail	Tehran
18:30 DST+04:30	J. Hosseini 57' S. Al-Brake 76' (o.g.) G. Mensha 78' K. Kamyabinia 12' M. Ansari 27' Sh. Khalilzadeh 48' A. Alipour 86'	Report	K. Boudiaf 33' B. Hisham 86' M. Musa 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 71.312 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov Man of the Match: Jalal Hosseini

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) Semi-finals	Al-Sadd	0 – 1	Persepolis	Doha
18:45 IRST+03:30	S. Al Sheeb 85'	Report	A. Alipour 86' (pen.) S. Nemati 77' O. Alishah 39' A. Beiranvand 76'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 9.087 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera Man of the Match: Hamid Ismail

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) Semi-finals	Persepolis	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Al-Sadd	Tehran
18:30 IRST+03:30	S. Nemati 49' K. Kamyabinia 73'	Report	B. Bounedjah 18'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 81.350 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko Man of the Match: Alireza Beiranvand

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) Final	Kashima Antlers	2 – 0	Persepolis	Kashima
9:30 IRST+03:30	Léo Silva 58' Serginho 70' H. Abe 11'	Stats Report	S. Nemati 62' 92' Sh. Khalilzadeh 72'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 35,022 Referee: Ma Ning Man of the Match: Léo Silva

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) Final	Persepolis	0 – 0 (0 – 2 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Tehran
18:30 IRST+03:30		Stats Report	Léo Silva 43' D. Nishi 70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100.000 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf Man of the Match: Godwin Mensha

2019 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAD	AHL	PAK	PER
1	Al-Sadd	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9	Advance to knockout stage	2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Pakhtakor	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		2–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Persepolis	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7		2–0	2–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 1	Persepolis	1 – 1	Pakhtakor	Tehran
18:30 (IRST+03:30)	M. Budimir 25' M. Torabi 70' J. Hosseini 75'	Stats Report	M. Bikmaev 5' Kh. Alidzhanov 21' F. Sayfiev 22' E. Krimets 15'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 46,350 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh Man of the Match: Sardor Sabirkhodjaev

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 2	Al-Sadd	1 – 0	Persepolis	Doha
19:15 (IRST+03:30)	B. Bounedjah 90+5' 90+6' A. Afif 90'	Stats Report	Sh. Khalilzadeh 31' M. Shiri 61'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 8,053 Referee: Kim Dong-jin Man of the Match: Baghdad Bounedjah

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 3	Persepolis	2 – 0	Al-Ahli	Dubai
20:00 (DST+04:30)	Sh. Khalilzadeh 18' A. Alipour 48' B. Resan 60' M. Budimir 76'	Stats Report	H. Abdulghani 76' S. Al Mowalad 90+1'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 1.878 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 4	Al-Ahli	2 – 1	Persepolis	Dubai
20:00 (DST+04:30)	O. Al Somah 30' (pen.) 83' Djaniny 50' A. Tarmin 86'	Stats Report	Sh. Khalilzadeh 90+3' 58' A. Alipour 49'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 787 Referee: Ma Ning Man of the Match: Omar Al Somah
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 5	Pakhtakor	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tashkent
17:30 (DST+04:30)	I. Sergeev 86' J. Masharipov 65'	Stats Report		Stadium: Pakhtakor Central Stadium Attendance: 17,350 Referee: Chris Beath Man of the Match: Jaloliddin Masharipov

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 6	Persepolis	2 – 0	Al-Sadd	Tehran
19:30 (DST+04:30)	M. Torabi 17' 86' A. Alipour 67' Sh. Khalilzadeh 57' A. Beiranvand 61'	Stats Report	P. Miguel 65'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)	Persepolis	8 – 0	Persepolis Qaem Shahr	Tehran
17:20 (DST+04:30)	A. Alipour 2' O. Alishah 8' S. Nemati 20' A. Nourollahi 39' M.A. Asadi 73' H. Taherkhani 77' A. Baharvand 80' G. Mensha 82'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

4 July 2018 (2018-07-04)	Persepolis	6 – 0	NK Ljutomer	Varaždin
	B. Resan 34' O. Alishah 37' S. Hosseinpour 50', 56' G. Mensha 60', 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Varteks

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)	Persepolis	1 – 0	NK Inter	Varaždin
	S. Nemati 31'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Varteks

8 July 2018 (2018-07-08)	Persepolis	1 – 5	NK Aluminij	Varaždin
	B. Resan 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Varteks

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)	Persepolis	1 – 1	NK Lokomotiva	Varaždin
	A. Alipour 45'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Varteks

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15)	Persepolis	2 – 2	Gol Gohar Sirjan	Tehran
	A. Alipour M.A. Asadi 64'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)	Persepolis	0 – 0	Shahrdari Mahshahr	Tehran
		Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium Attendance: 1000

During season

Win Draw Loss

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)	Persepolis	3 – 2	Shahab Tehran	Tehran
17:30 (DST+04:30)	G.Mensha 14' (pen.) S.Karimi 43' S.Nemati 86'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18)	Persepolis	4 – 0	Persepolis U23	Tehran
18:00 (DST+04:30)	G.Mensha H.Taherkhani M.Sharifi	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Eupen	Doha
	S. Karimi 85' M. Asadi 90'	Report	David Pollet 67'	Stadium: Aspire Zone

18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)	Persepolis	4 – 0	Al-Shahania	Doha
17:30	A. Alipour 45+3', 51' S. Nemati 28' S. Rafiei 57'	Report		Stadium: Aspire Zone

24 January 2019 (2019-01-24)	Persepolis	0 – 0	Machine Sazi	Tehran
15:30		Report		Stadium: Naft Tehransar Stadium

Statistics

Player left the club during the season.

Scorers

Rank	No	P	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	2018 ACL	2019 ACL	Total
1	70	FW	Ali Alipour	14	1	1	2	18
2	88	MF	Siamak Nemati	5		1		6
3	3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	2			2	4
3	11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	4				4
5	90	FW	Godwin Mensha	1		1		2
	4	DF	Jalal Hosseini	1		1
	8	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	2
	19	FW	Mario Budimir	1			1
	9	FW	Mehdi Torabi	1			1
10	21	MF	Adam Hemati	1				1
	15	DF	Mohammad Ansari		1
	2	MF	Omid Alishah	1
	77	FW	Saeid Karimi		1
	69	DF	Shayan Mosleh		1
	7	MF	Soroush Rafiei	1
	5	MF	Bashar Resan	1
Own goal				1	1	1		3
Total				36	5	5	6	52
Last updated: 3 June 2019

Assists

Rank	No	P	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	2018 ACL	2019 ACL	Total
1	2	MF	Omid Alishah	5			1	6
1	9	FW	Mehdi Torabi	4	1		1	6
3	70	FW	Ali Alipour	4		1		5
4	90	FW	Godwin Mensha	2		1		3
4	5	MF	Bashar Resan	2			1	3
6	19	FW	Mario Budimir	2				2
	8	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	1			1
	11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	2
9	13	DF	Hossein Mahini	1				1
	1	GK	Alireza Beiranvand			1
	17	DF	Mehdi Shiri	1
	88	MF	Siamak Nemati	1
	7	MF	Soroush Rafiei				1
Total				25	1	3	5	34
Last updated: 3 June 2019

Goalkeeping

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			2018 ACL			2019 ACL			Total
Rank	No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
1	1		Alireza Beiranvand	24	10	16	3	1	2	6	5	2^*	6	5	2	39	21	22
2	44		Božidar Radošević	6	4	2	2	0	2							8	4	4
3	12		Abolfazl Darvishvand
Total				30	14	18	5	1	4	6	5	2	6	5	2	47	25	26
Last updated: 3 June 2019

Most clean sheets of competition

^* Beiranvand kept 7 clean sheets in 2018 ACL, 5 clean sheets happened before quarterfinal in 2017–18 season.

Bookings & sending-off

				PGPL		Hazfi Cup		2018 ACL		2019 ACL	Total
No	P	N	Name
1	GK		Alireza Beiranvand	4		1		1		1	7
2	MF		Omid Alishah	2				1			3
3	DF		Shoja' Khalilzadeh	8		2		2		3	15
4	DF		Jalal Hosseini	3						1	4
5	MF		Bashar Resan	1						1	2
7	MF		Soroush Rafiei	1		1	1				2		1
8	MF		Ahmad Nourollahi	5							5
9	FW		Mehdi Torabi	3						2	5
10	FW		Mehdi Sharifi	2							2
11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	6	1			2			8		1
15	DF		Mohammad Ansari			1		2			3
17	DF		Mehdi Shiri	1		1				1	3
19	FW		Mario Budimir	1						1	2
21	MF		Adam Hemati	1							1
27	MF		Ehsan Alvanzadeh	1							1
28	DF		Mohammad Naderi	3							3
37	MF		Hamidreza Taherkhani	1							1
44	GK		Božidar Radošević	1							1
69	DF		Shayan Mosleh	3							3
70	FW		Ali Alipour	2		1		1		1	5
88	MF		Siamak Nemati	5		1		2	1		8	1
Total				54	1	9	1	11	1	11	85	1	2

Suspensions

No.	Pos	Player	No. of matches served	Reason	Competition	Date served	Opponent(s)
88	MF	Siamak Nemati	1	2nd yellow card in knockout stage	ACL	17 September 2018	Al-Duhail
11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	1			2 October 2018	Al-Sadd
15	DF	Mohammad Ansari	1			2 October 2018	Al-Sadd
88	MF	Siamak Nemati	1	Double yellow card in a match against Kashima Antlers		10 November 2018	Kashima Antlers
11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	1	4th yellow card	PGPL	29 November 2018	Machine Sazi
11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	1	Straight red card in a match against Sepahan		14 December 2018	Pars Jonoubi Jam
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	4th yellow card		10 February 2019	Foolad
8	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	1	4th yellow card		14 February 2019	Esteghlal Khuzestan
88	MF	Siamak Nemati	1	4th yellow card		8 March 2019	Nassaji Mazandaran
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	3rd yellow card		26 April 2019	Sepahan
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	2nd yellow card	ACL	6 May 2019	Pakhtakor
1	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	1	4th yellow card	PGPL	11 May 2019	Machine Sazi
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	2nd yellow card	Hazfi Cup	2 June 2019	Damash Gilanian
7	MF	Soroush Rafiei	1	Straight red card in a match against Sepahan	Hazfi Cup	2 June 2019	Damash Gilanian

Injuries During The Season

Players in bold are still out from their injuries.

No.	Pos	Name	Injury date	Injury area	Estimated return date	Date served	Opponent(s)
18	MF	Mohsen Rabiekhah	12 April 2018	Anterior cruciate ligament	18 October 2018	26 July 2018	Padideh
						3 August 2018	Foolad
						9 August 2018	Esteghlal Khuzestan
						17 August 2018	Naft Masjed Soleyman
						23 August 2018	Sanat Naft Abadan
						28 August 2018	Al-Duhail
						14 September 2018	Nassaji Mazandaran
						17 September 2018	Al-Duhail
						23 September 2018	Sepidrood
						27 September 2018	Esteghlal
						2 October 2018	Al Sadd
13	DF	Hossein Mahini	27 September 2018		4 April 2019	2 October 2018	Al Sadd
						18 October 2018	Navad Urmia
						23 October 2018	Al Sadd
						27 October 2018	Saipa
						3 November 2018	Kashima Antlers
						10 November 2018	Kashima Antlers
						19 November 2018	Paykan
						25 November 2018	Tractor Sazi
						29 November 2018	Machine Sazi
						4 December 2018	Zob Ahan
						9 December 2018	Sepahan
						14 December 2018	Pars Jonoubi Jam
						6 February 2019	Padideh
						10 February 2019	Foolad
						14 August 2018	Esteghlal Khuzestan
						18 February 2019	Padideh
						23 February 2019	Naft Masjed Soleyman
						28 February 2019	Sanat Naft Abadan
						5 March 2019	Pakhtakor
						8 March 2019	Nassaji Mazandaran
						12 March 2019	Al Sadd
						15 March 2019	Sepidrood
						30 March 2019	Esteghlal
8	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	25 October 2018	Quadriceps femoris muscle	3 November 2018	27 October 2018	Saipa
2	MF	Omid Alishah	6 November 2018	Lateral collateral ligament of ankle joint	19 November 2018	10 November 2018	Kashima Antlers
15	DF	Mohammad Ansari	10 November 2018	Anterior cruciate ligament	May 2019	19 November 2018	Paykan
						25 November 2018	Tractor Sazi
						29 November 2018	Machine Sazi
						4 December 2018	Zob Ahan
						9 December 2018	Sepahan
						14 December 2018	Pars Jonoubi Jam
						31 January 2019	Sepidrood
						6 February 2019	Padideh
						10 February 2019	Foolad
						14 August 2018	Esteghlal Khuzestan
						18 February 2019	Padideh
						23 February 2019	Naft Masjed Soleyman
						28 February 2019	Sanat Naft Abadan
						5 March 2019	Pakhtakor
						8 March 2019	Nassaji Mazandaran
						12 March 2019	Al Sadd
						15 March 2019	Sepidrood
						30 March 2019	Esteghlal
						4 April 2019	Paykan
						9 April 2019	Al-Ahli
						13 April 2019	Saipa
						17 April 2019	Zob Ahan
						22 April 2019	Al-Ahli
						26 April 2019	Sepahan
						1 May 2019	Tractor Sazi
						6 May 2019	Pakhtakor
69	DF	Shayan Mosleh	25 November 2018	Hamstring	9 December 2018	29 November 2018	Machine Sazi
69	DF	Shayan Mosleh	25 November 2018	Hamstring	9 December 2018	4 December 2018	Zob Ahan
88	MF	Siamak Nemati	28 November 2018	Groin	9 December 2018	29 November 2018	Machine Sazi
88	MF	Siamak Nemati	28 November 2018	Groin	9 December 2018	4 December 2018	Zob Ahan
18	MF	Mohsen Rabiekhah	14 January 2019	Hamstring	15 March 2019	31 January 2019	Sepidrood
						6 February 2019	Padideh
						10 February 2019	Foolad
						14 August 2018	Esteghlal Khuzestan
						18 February 2019	Padideh
						23 February 2019	Naft Masjed Soleyman
						28 February 2019	Sanat Naft Abadan
						5 March 2019	Pakhtakor
						8 March 2019	Nassaji Mazandaran
						12 March 2019	Al Sadd
21	MF	Adam Hemati	25 January 2019	Meniscus	5 March 2019	31 January 2019	Sepidrood
						6 February 2019	Padideh
						10 February 2019	Foolad
						14 August 2018	Esteghlal Khuzestan
						18 February 2019	Padideh
						23 February 2019	Naft Masjed Soleyman
						28 February 2019	Sanat Naft Abadan
4	DF	Jalal Hosseini	18 February 2019	Triceps surae muscle	28 February 2019	23 February 2019	Naft Masjed Soleyman
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	22 February 2019	Quadriceps femoris muscle	28 February 2019	23 February 2019	Naft Masjed Soleyman
69	DF	Shayan Mosleh	25 February 2019	Femur	4 April 2019	28 February 2019	Sanat Naft Abadan
						5 March 2019	Pakhtakor
						8 March 2019	Nassaji Mazandaran
						12 March 2019	Al Sadd
						15 March 2019	Sepidrood
						30 March 2019	Esteghlal

Notes

^DM Substituted during match.
^R Player released by The Club during his injury time.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Li-Ning

Home Kit

Away Kit

Source:

Sponsorship

Main sponsor: Irancell
Official shirt manufacturer: Li-Ning

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[table_note_res_CLGS0.2460118393628-29] Since league champions Persepolis were also Hazfi Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage.

[1] ttp://perspolisnews.com/new/خلیل‌زاده-قراردادش-را-تمدید-کرد/

[2] ttp://www.varzesh3.com/news/1505325

[3] ttp://perspolisnews.com/new/علی-علیپور-تا-1400-در-پرسپولیس/

[4] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/Contents/15807

[5] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/Contents/15814

[6] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/16011

[7] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/16013

[8] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/16017

[9] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/16032

[10] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/16060

[11] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/16061

[12] ttp://perspolisnews.com/حسین-ماهینی-قرارداد-خود-با-پرسپولیس-را/

[13] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/17211

[14] ttp://fc-perspolis.com/contents/18495

[15] "امید عالیشاه در تمرین تیم فوتبال پرسپولیس حاضر شد!". Tarafdari.

[16] "مهدی شیری با قراردادی ۲ ساله به پرسپولیس پیوست". Perspolisnews.

[17] "مهدی شریفی با قراردادی ۲ ساله به پرسپولیس پیوست". Perspolis F.C.

[18] "سعید کریمی با پرسپولیس چهار ساله بست". Perspolis F.C.

[19] "مهدی ترابی نیم فصل اول در سایپا، نیم فصل دوم در پرسپولیس". Perspolis F.C.

[20] "سروش هم پرسپولیسی شد". Perspolis F.C.

[21] "محمد نادری به پرسپولیس قرضی پیوست". Perspolis F.C.

[22] "قرارداد بودیمیر، نهایی شد". Perspolis F.C.

[23] "قرارداد بازیکن پرسپولیس فسخ شد". Fars News.

[24] "برانکو ۳ بازیکن را از لیست پرسپولیس کنار گذاشت". Tasnim News.

[25] "برانکو ۳ بازیکن را از لیست پرسپولیس کنار گذاشت". Tasnim News.

[26] "برانکو ۳ بازیکن را از لیست پرسپولیس کنار گذاشت". Tasnim News.

[27] "طاهرخانی به سپیدرود پیوست". Fars News.

[28] "آقای گل امید پرسپولیس به بادران پیوست". Varzesh3.

[30] "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.