Persepolis
2003–04 season
ChairmanAkbar Ghamkhar
ManagerCroatia Vingo Begovic
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League5th
Hazfi Cup1/8
Top goalscorerLeague: Ali Daei (16 goals)
All: Ali Daei (17 goals)
Highest home attendance100,000 (16 October 2003 against Esteghlal)

The 2003–04 season was the Persepolis's 3rd season in the Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Squad

As of October 2003. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK North Macedonia MKD Saša Ilić
2 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Barzegar
3 DF Iran IRN Hassan Khanmohammadi
4 DF Iran IRN Yahya Golmohammadi
5 DF Iran IRN Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
6 MF Iran IRN Karim Bagheri
8 MF Iran IRN Hamed Kavianpour
9 FW Iran IRN Javad Kazemian
10 FW Iran IRN Ali Daei (vice captain)
11 MF Iran IRN Mehrdad Minavand
12 MF Iran IRN Aref Mohammadvand
13 FW Mali MLI Issa Traore
14 MF Iran IRN Reza Jabbari
15 DF Iran IRN Mojtaba Shiri
17 FW Iran IRN Sohrab Entezari
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Iran IRN Meghdad Ghobakhlou
19 DF Iran IRN Pejman Jamshidi
20 DF Iran IRN Younes Bahonar
21 MF Iran IRN Ebrahim Asadi
22 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Mohammadi
23 DF Iran IRN Alireza Emamifar
24 FW Iran IRN Ali Salmani
25 MF Iran IRN Hamid Estili (3rd captain)
26 FW Iran IRN Mehrdad Oladi
30 GK Iran IRN Farshid Karimi
39 DF Iran IRN Ali Nikkhou
63 DF Iran IRN Sheys Rezaei
76 FW Iran IRN Behnam Afsheh

Transfers

In

No P Name Age Moving from Transfer
fee		 Type Transfer
window		 Source
1 GK North Macedonia Saša Ilić 33 Russia Dynamo St. Petersburg – Free Transfer Summer [1]
LB Ali Nikkhou 25 Aboumoslem – Free Transfer Summer [1]
8 CM Hamed Kavianpour 23 United Arab Emirates Al Wasl – Free Transfer Summer [1]
23 LB Alireza Emamifar 29 Belgium Charleroi – Free Transfer Summer [1]
9 RW Javad Kazemian 22 Saipa – Free Transfer Summer [1]
13 RW Mali Issa Traore 23 Armenia Pyunik – Free Transfer Summer [1]
10 CF Ali Daei 33 United Arab Emirates Al Shabab – Free Transfer Summer [1]
CB Sheys Rezaei 19 Saipa – Free Transfer Summer
26 SS Mehrdad Oladi 18 Persepolis Qaemshahr – Free Transfer Summer
18 CF Meghdad Ghobakhlou 21 Persepolis Academy – Promoted Summer
CF Liberia Christopher Wreh 28 Scotland St Mirren – Free Transfer Summer
RW Behnam Afsheh 21 Persepolis Academy – Promoted Winter

Out

No P Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window		 Source
1 GK Davoud Fanaei 27 Azarbayejan – Free Transfer Summer [1]
20 CB Behrouz Rahbarifar 32 Pas – Free Transfer Summer [1]
18 CF Behnam Abolghasempour 30 Pas – Free Transfer Summer [1]
19 CF Payan Rafat 33 Saba Battery – Free Transfer Summer [1]
16 LB Reza Shahroudi 31 Pasargad – Free Transfer Summer [1]
24 CF Ali Lashgari Released Contract termination Summer [1]
8 CB Ali Ansarian 26 Saipa – Free Transfer Summer
9 DM Mehdi Tartar 31 Aboumoslem – Free Transfer Summer
26 RW Hadi Mahdavikia 24 Released Contract termination Summer
11 SS Amir Hossein Aslanian 25 Released Contract termination Winter
CF Liberia Christopher Wreh 28 England Bishop's Stortford – Free (Contract termination) Winter

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Croatia Vingo Begovic
Assistant coach Iran Fereydoun Moeini
Goalkeeping coach Croatia Fakhroddin Begovićć
Doctor Iran Dr Farid Zarineh
Team Manager Iran Ebrahim Ashtiani

Competition record

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 26 10 9 7 42 28 +14 038.46
Hazfi Cup 4 1 0 3 7 7 +0 025.00
Total 30 11 9 10 49 35 +14 036.67

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Foolad 26 13 8 5 37 22 +15 47
4 Zob Ahan 26 11 7 8 32 25 +7 40
5 Persepolis 26 10 9 7 42 28 +14 39
6 Sepahan 26 11 6 9 47 36 +11 39 Qualification for the 2005 AFC Champions League
7 Paykan 26 8 8 10 24 26 −2 32
Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]

Competitions

Iran Pro League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
29 August 2003 (2003-08-29) 1 Persepolis 8 – 2 Pegah Tehran
A. Salmani 15'
A. Daei 38', 71' (pen.), 85', 90'
A. Peyrovani 56'
J. Kazemian 61', 78'		 F. Kojoeian 18'
P. Nouri 67'
A. Ashourizad Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 69'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 2 Aboumoslem 0 – 1 Persepolis Mashhad
R. Jabbari 9'
M. Barzegar Yellow card
S. Ilić Yellow card		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 3 Persepolis 5 – 2 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
R. Jabbari 31'
A. Daei 66', 69'
J. Kazemian 82'
K. Bagheri 90'		 M. Madanchi 27'
S. Shirmardi 87'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
18 September 2003 (2003-09-18) 4 Paykan 2 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
41'
M. Tahmasebi 45'		 K. Bagheri 62' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
30 September 2003 (2003-09-30) 5 Persepolis 3 – 3 Sepahan Tehran
R. Jabbari 23'
A. Salmani 52'
I. Traore 73'
Y. Bahonar Red card		 A. Talebnasab 37'
E. Bezik 40' (pen.), 48'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
6 October 2003 (2003-10-06) 6 Esteghlal Ahvaz 1 – 1 Persepolis Ahvaz
D. Haghi 33' J. Kazemian 70' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Masoud Moradi
16 October 2003 (2003-10-16) 7 Persepolis 1 – 2 Esteghlal Tehran
I. Traore 70' A. Samereh 9'
M. Navazi Yellow card 43'
M. Fekri 56'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Portugal Manuel Costa
23 October 2003 (2003-10-23) 8 Pas 2 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
J. Nekounam Red card 65'
A. Aghaei 80'
B. Rahbarifar 85' (pen.)
B. Abolghasempour Yellow card
F. Rabikhah Yellow card
A. Janmaleki Yellow card
A. Borhani Yellow card		 A. Mohammadvand Red card 65'
A. Daei 90+2' (pen.)
R. Jabbari Yellow card
S. Ilić Yellow card		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
7 November 2003 (2003-11-07) 9 Persepolis 4 – 0 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
S. Entezari 17', 75'
A. Daei 61', 67'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 November 2003 (2003-11-23) 10 Shamoushak 0 – 1 Persepolis Noshahr
A. Daei 67'
30 November 2003 (2003-11-30) 11 Persepolis 2 – 0 Saipa Tehran
S. Entezari 15'
A. Daei 39'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
11 December 2003 (2003-12-11) 13 Persepolis 1 – 0 Foolad Tehran
A. Daei 67' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
18 December 2003 (2003-12-18) 14 Pegah 0 – 0 Persepolis Rasht
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium
26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 15 Persepolis 0 – 0 Aboumoslem Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
6 January 2004 (2004-01-06) 16 Fajr Sepasi 1 – 1 Persepolis Shiraz
V. Moradi 46' A. Salmani 18' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
12 January 2004 (2004-01-12) 17 Persepolis 0 – 0 Paykan Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 January 2004 (2004-01-16) 18 Sepahan 1 – 2 Persepolis Isfahan
M. Karimi 46' A. Peyrovani 54'
P. Jamshidi 89'		 Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ali Khosravi
22 January 2004 (2004-01-22) 19 Persepolis 0 – 0 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
2 February 2004 (2004-02-02) 20 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
D. Seyed Abbasi 3'
A. Nikbakht Yellow card		 H. Kavianpour 19'Yellow card
Y. Bahonar Yellow card
P. Jamshidi Yellow card
H. Khanmohammadi Yellow card		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Turkey Mustafa Çulcu
26 February 2004 (2004-02-26) 21 Persepolis 3 – 4 Pas Tehran
H. Shakouri 45' (o.g.)
I. Traore 82'
A. Daei 84'		 J. Nekounam 3', 67'
A. Borhani 59'
Kh. Azizi 87'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) 22 Bargh Shiraz 0 – 0 Persepolis Shiraz
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
4 April 2004 (2004-04-04) 23 Persepolis 2 – 1 Shamoushak Tehran
A. Daei 27' (pen.), 87' A. Shokati 29' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 April 2004 (2004-04-09) 24 Saipa 3 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
E. Sadeghi 21', 34'
83'		 A. Daei 36' Red card 83'
K. Bagheri 87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Jalal Moradi
23 April 2004 (2004-04-23) 25 Persepolis 2 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
K. Bagheri soccer ball with red X 22'
H. Khanmohammadi 45+3'
S. Entezari 62'		 M. Rajabzadeh 16' (pen.)Yellow card
A. Petrosian Red card 21'
F. Bahadorani Yellow card
B. Tahmasebi Yellow card		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam
3 May 2004 (2004-05-03) 26 Foolad 1 – 0 Persepolis Ahvaz
A. Mousavi 65' Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
18 April 2004 (2004-04-18) 1/16 Persepolis 3 – 0 Payam Tehran
A. Daei 2'
Y. Golmohammadi 15' Red card
A. Salmani 70'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
12 May 2004 (2004-05-12) 1/16 Payam 3 – 2 Persepolis Mashhad
R. Bigdeli
H. Bargizar 		J. Kazemian
S. Entezari 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis 5–3 Payam on aggregate.

25 May 2004 (2004-05-25) 1/8 Persepolis 0 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
M. Minavand Red card 81' M. Ahmadi 41' Red card 81' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam

Esteghlal Ahvaz 4–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

Scorers

No. Pos Nat Name Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
10 CF Iran Ali Daei 16 1 17
9 RW Iran Javad Kazemian 4 2 6
17 CF Iran Sohrab Entezari 4 1 5
24 RW Iran Ali Salmani 3 1 4
6 DM Iran Karim Bagheri 3 0 3
13 CF Mali Issa Traore 3 0 3
14 AM Iran Reza Jabbari 3 0 3
5 CB Iran Afshin Peyrovani 2 0 2
3 RB Iran Hassan Khanmohammadi 1 0 1
4 CB Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 0 1 1
8 CM Iran Hamed Kavianpour 1 0 1
19 RB Iran Pejman Jamshidi 1 0 1
18 CF Iran Meghdad Ghobakhlou 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 42 7 49
  •   Top scorer of competition

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "آخرین نقل و انتقالات فوتبال ایران". Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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