2012–13 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2012–13 season
Chairman	Mohammad Rouyanian
Manager	Manuel José; (until 10 December 2012); Yahya Golmohammadi; (from 10 December 2012)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	7th
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Karim Ansarifard (8); All: Karim Ansarifard (12)
Highest home attendance	100,000 v Esteghlal (29 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance	0 (spectator ban); v Fajr Sepasi (23 July 2012) ; v Aluminium Hormozgan (27 September 2012)
Average home league attendance	20,099

The 2012–13 season was Persepolis's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 30th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis saw a change in managerial role in the beginning of the season when Mustafa Denizli announced via an open letter to the fans that he couldn't cooperate with Perspolis anymore due to his personal problems^[1] and was replaced with former Al Ahly boss Manuel José.^[2] Persepolis is captained by Mehdi Mahdavikia.

Key events

29 May: The Club introduces 10 of 2012–13 Seasons players, it means that they release professional players Asmir Avdukić, Misagh Memarzadeh, Hossein Hooshyar, Alireza Mohammad, Mojtaba Shiri, Mohammad Nosrati, Maziar Zare, Hossein Badamaki, Sheys Rezaei, Saman Aghazamani, Javad Kazemian, Ebrahim Shakouri, Vahid Hashemian, Mamadou Tall & Mehrdad Oladi.^[3] After few days Kazemian & Aghazamani had been returned to first team.^[4]^[5]
30 May: Mohammad Ghazi joins The Club. This left footed striker signed two-years contract until the end of 2013–14 season.^[6]
2 June:Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh & Afshin Esmaeilzadeh joins The Club as u-21 players. Both of them had been played for National youth teams.^[7]
4 June: Mehrdad Pouladi signed a two-years contract after Team Melli's camp.^[8]
5 June: After releasing all of their goalkeepers, the club signed Shahab Gordan for a season as a free deal .^[9]
7 June: Hossein Mahini, Jalal Hosseini & Mohsen Bengar joins The Club. Mahini signed two-year contract while Hosseini & Bengar signing one-year contracts.^[10]
22 June: Mustafa Denizli leave the reds. the Turkish coach terminate his contract because of personal problems.^[11]
26 June: Karim Ansarifard, the top scorer of previous season joins The Club with three-years contract. Successor of The Legend, Ali Daei, will wear #9 jersey.^[12]
30 June: Brazilian midfielder Roberto Sousa joins The Club after success in medical tests. Maritimo & Celta de Vigo previous Defensive midfielder signed two-years contract.^[13]
3 July: Former Al Ahly coach Manuel José replaced Mustafa Denizli.^[14]
4 July: Ali Karimi & Mehdi Mahdavikia extends their contract for another year. Mahdavikia announces that it will his last season of playing football.^[15]
12 July: Eamon Zayed extend his contract for another year.^[13]
19 July: Persepolis started the league with a 1–0 win at Sanat Naft with a goal from Javad Kazemian.
13 September: 45 days after injury, Roberto Sousa & The Club reached agreement to terminate the contract.^[16]
31 October: Persepolis defeated Paykan 6–0 with a hat-trick from Karim Ansarifard, revive the famous 6–0 win against the rival Eteghlal in 1973 derby.
3 December: Persepolis finished the first half of the league in 12th place, same with last season's final rank.
7 December: Manuel José was sacked as the manager of the club and was replaced by his assistant Yahya Golmohammadi, a former player and captain of the team.
19 December: Golmohammadi celebrated his first game as the manager of the Persepolis with a 6–0 win against Malavan in the first match of the season's Hazfi Cup campaign.
30 December: Gholamreza Rezaei scored the fastest goal in the history of Iran Pro League and also the fastest in 2012 in a 2–0 win over Fajr Sepasi.
14 March: Mehdi Mahdavikia announced his retirement before the match against Mes Kerman. Former Team Melli's captain also announce that if Persepolis reach the Hazfi Cups final, this match will be his farewell match.

Squad

First team squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Previous club	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Reza Mohammadi	(1985-06-14) 14 June 1985	GK	2013 (W)	1	0	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
21	Amir Abedzadeh	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993	GK	2012	0	0	0	2015	L.A Blues	€100,000	U-21 Players
28	Masoud Dastani	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992	GK	2010	0	0	0	2013	Youth Team		U-21 Players
40	Nilson Corrêa	(1975-12-26) 26 December 1975	GK	2012	33	0	0	2013	Guimarães	Free	Second nationality: Burkina Faso
Defenders
4	Jalal Hosseini	(1982-02-03) 3 February 1982	CB / RB	2012	36	1	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
6	Mohsen Bengar	(1979-07-06) 6 July 1979	CB	2012	27	0	1	2013	Sepahan	Free
13	Hossein Mahini	(1986-09-16) 16 September 1986	RB / LB / RM	2012	35	2	5	2014	Zob Ahan	Free
15	Roozbeh Cheshmi	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993	CB / LB /DM	2013 (W)	0	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
16	Mehrdad Pouladi	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987	LB / LM / CM	2012 (W)	32	1	1	2014	Mes	Free
19	Saeid Ghadami	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992	LB / LM	2011	0	0	0	2014	Foolad	Free	U-21 Players
20	Alireza Noormohammadi	(1981-07-03) 3 July 1981	CB / LB	2010	95	6	1	2013	Rah Ahan	Free
30	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992	RB / CB / LB	2012	18	0	2	2015	Rah Ahan	Free	U-23 Players
35	Hossein Kanaani	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994	CB / RB	2012 (W)	1	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
Midfielders
2	Mehdi Mahdavikia	(1977-07-24) 24 July 1977	RM / RB / DM	2012 (W)	102	27	7	2013	Damash	€80,000	Captain
8	Ali Karimi	(1978-11-08) 8 November 1978	AM / SS / RM	2011	140	38	16	2013	Schalke 04	Free	Vice Captain
14	Mohammad Nouri	(1983-01-09) 9 January 1983	AM / CM	2010	117	32	15	2013	Saba Qom	Free
17	Vlatko Grozdanoski	(1983-01-30) 30 January 1983	CM / RM / AM	2013 (W)	12	2	1	2013	Liaoning Whowin	Free
18	Meysam Naghizadeh	(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986	DM	2012	23	2	0	2015	Machine Sazi	Free
22	Mehrzad Madanchi	(1983-01-10) 10 January 1983	LM / LW	2012	70	20	0	2015	Al-Shaab	Free
23	Amir Hossein Feshangchi	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987	LM / LB / LW	2010	97	10	7	2015	Saba Qom	Free	Originally from Youth Team
29	Marko Perović	(1984-01-11) 11 January 1984	LM / LW	2013 (W)	16	2	0	2013	Red Star	Free
31	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	(1992-04-21) 21 April 1992	AM / RM	2012	1	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
33	Reza Haghighi	(1989-01-31) 31 January 1989	DM / CM	2013 (W)	19	2	1	2015	Fajr Sepasi	€200,000
39	Adel Kolahkaj	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985	DM / CM	2013 (W)	40	1	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
Forwards
9	Karim Ansarifard	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990	CF	2012	36	12	5	2015	Saipa	Free	U-23 Players
10	Gholamreza Rezaei	(1984-08-06) 6 August 1984	RW / LW / ST	2010	90	13	20	2014	Foolad	Free
11	Mohammad Ghazi	(1984-12-30) 30 December 1984	CF / LW / SS	2012	24	3	1	2014	Zob Ahan	Free
24	Hadi Norouzi	(1985-07-19) 19 July 1985	SS / RW / LW / ST	2008	151	30	18	2014	Damash	Free	Originally from Youth Team 3rd Captain
27	Rouhollah Seifollahi	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990	LW / ST	2011 (W)	7	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-23 Players
32	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992	SS / LW / ST / AM	2012	2	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
Players transferred during the season
1	Shahab Gordan	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984	GK	2012	5	0	0	Transferred to Sepahan
5	Saman Aghazamani	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990	DM / RB	2009	61	0	0	Transferred to Rah Ahan
7	Hamidreza Aliasgari	(1990-05-25) 25 May 1990	RW / RM / RB / LW / LM / LB	2007	98	6	7	On loan to Rah Ahan
12	Éamon Zayed	(1983-10-04) 4 October 1983	CF	2011 (W)	21	12	1	Transferred to Aluminium Hormozgan
15	Roberto Sousa	(1985-01-18) 18 January 1985	DM / CM	2012	3	0	0	Contract Terminated
17	Javad Kazemian	(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981	RW / LW / ST	2011	156	37	9	Transferred to Tractor Sazi

Apps and goals updated as of 10 May 2013
For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.
Source: fc-perspolis.com, FFIRI.IR

Iran Pro League squad

Updated 17 July 2012.^[17]

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	IRN	Reza Mohammadi
2	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mahdavikia (Captain)
4	DF	IRN	Jalal Hosseini
6	DF	IRN	Mohsen Bengar
8	MF	IRN	Ali Karimi (Vice-Captain)
9	FW	IRN	Karim Ansarifard
10	FW	IRN	Gholamreza Rezaei
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Ghazi
13	DF	IRN	Hossein Mahini
14	MF	IRN	Mohammad Nouri (4th Captain)
15	DF	IRN	Roozbeh Cheshmi
16	MF	IRN	Mehrdad Pouladi
17	MF	MKD	Vlatko Grozdanoski
18	MF	IRN	Meysam Naghizadeh
19	MF	IRN	Saeid Ghadami
20	DF	IRN	Alireza Noormohammadi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	IRN	Amir Abedzadeh
22	MF	IRN	Mehrzad Madanchi
23	MF	IRN	Amir Hossein Feshangchi
24	FW	IRN	Hadi Norouzi (3rd Captain)
27	FW	IRN	Rouhollah Seifollahi
28	GK	IRN	Masoud Dastani
29	MF	SRB	Marko Perović
30	DF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh
31	MF	IRN	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
32	MF	IRN	Farshad Ahmadzadeh
33	MF	IRN	Reza Haghighi
35	DF	IRN	Hossein Kanaani
39	MF	IRN	Adel Kolahkaj
40	GK	BRA	Nilson Corrêa

On loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	IRN	Hamidreza Aliasgari (at Rah Ahan until 10 May 2013)

Transfers

Summer

In: 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	IRN	Shahab Gordan (from Zob Ahan)^[18]
16	DF	IRN	Mehrdad Pouladi (from Mes Kerman)^[19]
4	DF	IRN	Jalal Hosseini (from Sepahan)^[20]
6	DF	IRN	Mohsen Bengar (from Sepahan)^[21]
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Ghazi (from Zob Ahan)^[22]
13	DF	IRN	Hossein Mahini (from Zob Ahan)^[23]
30	DF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (from Rah Ahan)^[24]
31	MF	IRN	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (from Damash Gilan)^[25]
9	FW	IRN	Karim Ansarifard (from Saipa)^[26]
15	MF	BRA	Roberto Sousa (from C.S. Marítimo)^[27]
21	GK	IRN	Amir Abedzadeh (from Los Angeles Blues)^[28]
22	MF	IRN	Mehrzad Madanchi (from Al-Shaab)^[29]
40	GK	BRA	Nilson Corrêa (from Guimarães)^[30]
32	MF	IRN	Farshad Ahmadzadeh (from Parseh Tehran)^[31]
18	MF	IRN	Meysam Naghizadeh (from Machine Sazi)^[32]
52	MF	KOR	Kwon Jun (from PSM Makassar)^[33]

Out: 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	BIH	Asmir Avdukić (loan return to Borac Banja Luka)
22	GK	IRN	Misagh Memarzadeh (Released)
38	GK	IRN	Hossein Hooshyar (to Aboomoslem)
2	DF	IRN	Alireza Mohammad (to Gahar)
4	DF	IRN	Mojtaba Shiri (to Pas Hamedan)
6	DF	IRN	Mohammad Nosrati (to Tractor Sazi)
13	DF	IRN	Sheys Rezaei (to Shahrdari Tabriz)
18	DF	IRN	Ebrahim Shakouri (to Saipa)
30	DF	BFA	Mamadou Tall (Released)
9	MF	IRN	Maziar Zare (to Malavan)
11	MF	IRN	Hossein Badamaki (to Malavan)
40	MF	IRN	Mohammad Mehdi Elhaei (to Sanat Naft)
21	FW	IRN	Vahid Hashemian (Retired)
33	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Oladi (to Malavan)

Winter

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	MF	IRN	Reza Haghighi (from Fajr Sepasi)^[34]
39	MF	IRN	Adel Kolahkaj (from Sepahan)^[35]
29	MF	SRB	Marko Perović (from Red Star Belgrade)
1	GK	IRN	Reza Mohammadi (from Sepahan)
17	MF	MKD	Vlatko Grozdanoski (from Liaoning)
15	DF	IRN	Roozbeh Cheshmi (from Moghavemat Tehran)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	BRA	Roberto Sousa (to C.S. Marítimo)^[36]
12	FW	EIR	Éamon Zayed (to Aluminium Hormozgan)
52	MF	KOR	Kwon Jun (to Persepam)
5	MF	IRN	Saman Aghazamani (to Rah Ahan)
17	FW	IRN	Javad Kazemian (to Tractor Sazi)^[37]
7	MF	IRN	Hamidreza Aliasgari (On Loan at Rah Ahan)
1	GK	IRN	Shahab Gordan (to Sepahan)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	7th	19 July 2012	10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Runners-up	17 December 2012	5 May 2013

Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Naft Tehran	34	14	13	7	42	29	+13	55
6	Mes Kerman	34	13	14	7	33	22	+11	53
7	Persepolis	34	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50
8	Rah Ahan	34	12	10	12	32	35	−3	46
9	Saba Qom	34	10	15	9	37	33	+4	45

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
34	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50	9	5	3	28	15	+13	3	9	5	13	16	−3

Last updated: 10 May 2013.
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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L
Position	3	8	10	12	16	15	16	14	15	13	13	11	14	11	10	11	12	13	10	12	9	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) 1	Sanat Naft	0–1	Persepolis	Abadan
20:45 UTC+04:30	M. Elhaei 43' S. Koohnavard 53' S. Hallafi 70'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Ghazi 32' J. Kazemian 89' 90' A. Karimi 90+4'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

23 July 2012 (2012-07-23) 2	Persepolis	2–3	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	A. Feshangchi 15' M. Ghazi 90+3' J. Hosseini	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Mohammad Rezaei 53' R. Haghighi 76' (p) 88' M. Nazari 89' 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh

30 July 2012 (2012-07-30) 3	Gahar	1–1	Persepolis	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	M. Zarei 82' H. Rekabi 89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	K. Ansarifard 15' A. Karimi 42' M. Pouladi 74' 78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
Note: Gahar hosted Persepolis at Azadi stadium because of problems in their home stadium.^[38]

5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) 4	Persepolis	0–2	Saba Qom	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	M. Bengar 52' J. Hosseini 90+1'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	S. Bayat 72' H. Lak 74' M. Soleiman Fallah 75' 76' A. Sadeghi 89' (p)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 67,678 Referee: Mohsen Torki

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 5	Damash	1–0	Persepolis	Rasht
19:10 UTC+04:30	A. Nazifkar 11' R. Boroush 19' 46' H. Ebrahimi 68' M. Farahani 84'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Rezaei 28'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

24 August 2012 (2012-08-24) 6	Persepolis	0–0	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	M. Pouladi 17' A. Feshangchi 90+5'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	S. Akbarpour 24' H. Omranzadeh 37'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

29 August 2012 (2012-08-29) 7	Foolad	1–1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:00 UTC+04:30	A. Kalantari 89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Ghazi 74' E. Zayed 86'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 8	Persepolis	0–0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
19:45 UTC+04:30		Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Alenemeh 58' V. Hamdinejad 67' I. Mousavi 73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 9	Sepahan	2–0	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
18:30 UTC+04:30	R. Đalović 14' M. Khalatbari 15' A. Kolahkaj 52' X. Sukaj 73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Kazemian 7' M. Madanchi 35' H. Norouzi 42'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

27 September 2012 (2012-09-27) 10	Persepolis	1–0	Aluminium	Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30	M. Mahdavikia 29' M. Bengar 63'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Nasehi 43'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Ahmad Salehi

2 October 2012 (2012-10-02) 11	Saipa	0–0	Persepolis	Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30	M. Ayubi 5' R. Ahmadi 69' M. Gholamnejad	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri 21' M. Pouladi A. Noormohammadi 82' K. Ansarifard 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

22 October 2012 (2012-10-22) 12	Persepolis	2–0	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi 2' J. Hosseini 16' H. Mahini 45' M. Pouladi 64'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) 13	Mes Kerman	2–1	Persepolis	Kerman
15:00 UTC+03:30	Mostafa. Shojaei 16', 61'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Mahdavikia 45'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 14	Persepolis	6–0	Paykan	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	K. Ansarifard 36', 48', 57' A. Noormohammadi 42' M. Nouri 63' M. Ghazi 86'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	N. Ahmadi 27'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

19 November 2012 (2012-11-19) 15	Persepolis	3–2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Mahdavikia 45+1' Mahdavikia 45+2' Nouri 74' Ansarifard 90+6' 57' Hosseini 73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Sadeghian 5' 36' Noormohammadi 18' Abdollahpour 24' Gh. Haddadifar 47' Homami 52' Salsali 85' Božović 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 16	Malavan	2–2	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
15:15 UTC+03:30	M. Zare 5' 61' H. Badamaki 24' S. Yousefzadeh 34' A. Ahi 62'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Norouzi 50' 90' A. Feshangchi 54' M. Khanzadeh 56' H. Mahini 75' Gh. Rezaei 88' M. Bengar 90' K. Ansarifard 90+3'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

3 December 2012 (2012-12-03) 17	Persepolis	0–1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	M. Mahdavikia 28' S. Aghazamani 59'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Asadi 50' M. Nosrati 67' M. Seyed-Salehi 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) 18	Persepolis	2–2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	A. Karimi 4' M. Nouri 10' M. Pouladi 18'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Khaleghifar 21' 54' H. Kaabi 59' R. Arab 85' 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

30 December 2012 (2012-12-30) 19	Fajr Sepasi	0–2	Persepolis	Shiraz
14:00 UTC+03:30	H. Karimi 71'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Rezaei 1' K. Ansarifard 26'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

4 January 2013 (2013-01-04) 20	Persepolis	Postponed	Gahar	Tehran
--:--				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mohsen Torki
Note: Postponed due to air pollution in Tehran .^[39]

13 January 2013 (2013-01-13) 21	Saba Qom	0–0	Persepolis	Qom
15:00 UTC+03:30	F. Karimi 62'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri 85'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

18 January 2013 (2013-01-18) 22	Persepolis	1–0	Damash	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	H. Mahini 40' (p)	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Mokhtari 31' M. Mahdavi 50' M. Abshak 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) 23	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30		Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi 45+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

30 January 2013 (2013-01-30) 24	Persepolis	0–0	Foolad	Tehran
16:50 UTC+03:30	M. Pouladi 11' M. Bengar 57'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 25	Naft Tehran	1–1	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	M. Seifi 1' M. Mehrazma 78' V. Hamdinejad 84' B. Kamel 88'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G. 18' K. Ansarifard 82' R. Haghighi 86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was expelled in the 83rd minute for protesting.

13 February 2013 (2013-02-13) 20	Persepolis	3–2	Gahar	Tehran
17:10 UTC+03:30	Gh. Rezaei 17' 63' M. Bengar 56' H. Norouzi 69' 90+5' M. Perović 89' M. Ghazi 90' H. Mahini M. Nouri 90+4'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Pouromrani 47' 80' M. Khamisi 55' M. Shafiei 90+2' A. Ghasemi 90+4' R. Kardoust	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh
Note: Yahya Golmohammadi was suspended for this match. Mojtaba Hosseini managed Persepolis in his place. Reza Kardoust was sent off after the finish whistle.

17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 26	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	M. Naghizadeh 22' M. Pouladi 90' H. Norouzi 90+2'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	F. Talebi 3' M. Susak 18' 66' Xh. Sukaj 47' O. Ebrahimi 57' Sh. Gordan 67'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

22 February 2013 (2013-02-22) 27	Aluminium	0–0	Persepolis	Bandar-Abbas
14:30 UTC+03:30		Sumaary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G. 41' A. Noormohammadi 58' H. Norouzi 73'	Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was expelled in the 59th minute for protesting. Mojtaba Hosseini Persepolis first team coach also expelled in 89th minute for protesting.

28 February 2013 (2013-02-28) 28	Persepolis	4–1	Saipa	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	M. Naghizadeh 7' Gh. Rezaei 12' R. Haghighi 45+1' (p) 85' M. Perović 49' M. Nouri 90+3'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Shahalidoost 51'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was originally suspended for this match but was pardoned by FFIRI Disciplinarian Committee.

10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 29	Rah Ahan	1–0	Persepolis	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	A. Azimi 58' 85' H. Noormohammadi 69' B. Yavarzadeh 90+1'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 30	Persepolis	2–2	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:35 UTC+03:30	M. Perović 10' H. Mahini 13' R. Haghighi 25' M. Naghizadeh 46'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Kazemi 14' R. Enayati 17' A. Hassanzadeh 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 31	Paykan	1–2	Persepolis	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	H. Divsalar 34' K. Vahdani 51'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Feshangchi 51' K. Ansarifard 73' M. Nouri 77' M. Ghazi 79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

12 April 2013 (2013-04-12) 32	Zob Ahan	1–1	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Borjlou 17' H. Shafaat 39' M. Rajabzadeh 71'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G. 20' M. Naghizadeh 45+1' M. Bengar 70'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) 33	Persepolis	1–0	Malavan	Tehran
19:15 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard 56' A. Feshangchi A. Kolahkaj R. Haghighi	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Shirzad P. Nouri	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

10 May 2013 (2013-05-10) 34	Tractor Sazi	3–1	Persepolis	Tabriz
18:00 UTC+04:30	M. Seyed-Salehi 33' M. Karimian 53' Geílson S. 90' J. Kazemian 35' M. Ebrahimi 89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi 36' 70' M. Khanzadeh 58' F. Ahmadzadeh 71' J. Hosseini 75'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Hazfi Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) Round of 32	Persepolis	6–0	Malavan	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi 2', 51' K. Ansarifard 16' 19', 76', 80' A. Karimi 37' A. Feshangchi 47' Gh. Rezaei 83'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	B. Pourgholami 17' P. Nouri 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

8 January 2013 (2013-01-08) Round of 16	Naft Tehran	1–4	Persepolis	Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30	A. Manouchehri 14' H. Fallahzadeh 73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri 26', 57' H. Mahini 75' (p) H. Norouzi 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

5 March 2013 (2013-03-05) Quarter-Final	Zob Ahan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30	M. Bayatinia 81' P. Sadeghian 110'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi 47' H. Norouzi 53' M. Nouri 102' M. Ghazi 107'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) Semi-Final	Damash	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Persepolis	Rasht
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Abshak 45+1' M. Mokhtari 56' Motevaselzadeh 70'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Hosseini 77' Nouri 83'	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozafarizadeh
	Penalties
	Rahimi Abshak Chavoshi Ebrahimi		Norouzi Mahini Hosseini Karimi Ansarifard

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) Final	Persepolis	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Sepahan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard 25' R. Haghighi 29' M. Nouri 40' 98' H. Mahini During the penalties'	Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Khalatbari 45+1' Xh. Sukaj 59' O. Ebrahimi 100' M. Gholami 106'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 97,452 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Norouzi Mahini Haghighi Naghizadeh		Bulku Khalatbari Ebrahimi Hajsafi

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

3 July 2012 (2012-07-03)	Persepolis	0–2	Saba Qom	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30		Match Summary	F. Karimi 27' M. Soleiman Fallah 55'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 150

9 July 2012 (2012-07-09)	Persepolis	1–2	Aluminium	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard 63'	Match Summary	S. Raahrou 68' Sh. Gordan 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 400

12 July 2012 (2012-07-12)	Persepolis	2–1	Foolad	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	J. Kazemian 39' M. Ghazi 82'	Match Summary	S. Ansari 65'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 6,000

During season

9 August 2012 (2012-08-09)	Persepolis	3–2	Nirouye Zamini	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	E. Zayed 15' M. Madanchi 45' R. Seifollahi 88'	Match Summary	A. Javadipour 3' F. Torabi 12'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 100

13 August 2012 (2012-08-13)	Persepolis	2–0	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi 50' E. Zayed 63'	Match Summary		Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 100

5 September 2012 (2012-09-05)	Persepolis	2–2	Shahrdari Yasuj	Tehran
18:10 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi 20' M. Mahdavikia 90+2' H. Aliasgari	Summary	M. Jafari 31' M. Darabi 58' A. Namazi	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 50

10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)	Persepolis	6–0	Homa Qom	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi 17', 40' Gh. Rezaei 20', 35' 39' (o.g.) R. Seifollahi 90+2'	Summary		Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 30

14 October 2012 (2012-10-14)	Persepolis	2–2	Saipa Shomal	Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30	M. Mahdavikia 10' J. Kazemian 75' (p) S. Aghazamani 80'		I. Jafaroğlu 30' H. Riahi 70'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ali Hashemi

17 October 2012 (2012-10-17)	Persepolis	4–0	Persepolis Varamin	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	M. Mahdavikia J. Kazemian H. Norouzi M. Madanchi			Stadium: Azadi 2nd Ground Attendance: 30 Referee: Ali Hashemi

8 November 2012 (2012-11-08)	Persepolis	7–0	Shahrdari Nazarabad	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	S. Aghazamani 15' M. Mahdavikia 25' J. Kazemian 31', 35' Gh. Rezaei 50' H. Norouzi 52' (p), 83' R. Seifollahi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 100

23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)	Persepolis	5–0	Shahrdari Baghestan	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	J. Kazemian H. Norouzi S. Aghazamani R. Seifollahi M. Pouladi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 200

10 December 2012 (2012-12-10)	Persepolis	1–1	Saipa Mehr	Tehran
14:00 UTC+03:30	J. Kazemian 60'		M. Khodaei 67'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14)	Persepolis	1–0	Sang Ahan Bafq	Tehran
14:30 UTC+03:30	J. Hosseini 40'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 200

31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)	Persepolis	2–1	Sanat Sari	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi 26' R. Seifollahi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 30

19 January 2013 (2013-01-19)	Persepolis	1–0	Rad Poyan	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi 45'			Stadium: Kheyriye Amal Stadium Attendance: 20

5 February 2013 (2013-02-05)	Persepolis	5–0	Shahrdari Baghestan	Kordan, Karaj
14:50 UTC+03:30	M. Ghazi 10' M. Nouri 20' M. Mahdavikia 55' H. Norouzi 60' F. Ahmadzadeh 60', 70'			Stadium: Chahar Bagh Stadium Attendance: 100

23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)	Persepolis	4–1	Iran U17	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	A. Esmaeilzadeh 10' K. Ansarifard 55' R. Cheshmi 62' M. Khanzadeh 70'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

11 March 2013 (2013-03-11)	Persepolis	4–1	Persepolis Qaem Shahr	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	R. Seifollahi 2' F. Ahmadzadeh 50' M. Ghazi 65', 80'		S. Ashuri 30'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

26 March 2013 (2013-03-26)	Persepolis	5–0	Iran U17	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Nouri K. Ansarifard M. Hashemi o.g.' F. Ahmadzadeh			Stadium: National teams camp

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)	Persepolis	3–0	Paykan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard 50' A. Esmaeilzadeh 75' R. Seifollahi 89'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 200

24 April 2013 (2013-04-24)	Persepolis	1–0	Saipa	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard 68'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 50

Statistics

Appearances, goals and disciplinary record

				Pro League							Hazfi Cup							Total
No	P	N	Name	S	P		A				S	P		A				S	P		A
1	GK		Reza Mohammadi	1	1	-3												1	1	-3
1	GK		Shahab Gordan¹	5	5	-8												5	5	-8
2	RM		Mehdi Mahdavikia	13	16	3	4	2				2						13	18	3	4	2
4	CB		Jalal Hosseini	31	31	1		4			5	5			1			36	36	1		5
5	DM		Saman Aghazamani¹	4	9			1										4	9			1
6	CB		Mohsen Bengar	23	24		1	6			3	3						28	29		1	6
7	RM		Hamidreza Aliasgari¹	2	7		1											2	7		1
8	AM		Ali Karimi	7	12	1	1	2			3	4			1			10	16	1	1	2
9	CF		Karim Ansarifard	23	31	8	5	4			4	5	4	1	1			27	36	12	6	5
10	RW		Gholamreza Rezaei	17	23	3	2	3			4	5	1	5				21	28	4	7	3
11	CF		Mohammad Ghazi	9	23	3	1	3				1			1			9	24	3	1	4
12	CF		Eamon Zayed¹	1	6			1										1	6			1
13	RB		Hossein Mahini	30	30	1	5	3			5	5	1		1			35	35	2	6	3
14	AM		Mohammad Nouri	24	29	5	3	3			3	5	5	2	2			27	34	10	5	5
15	CB		Roozbeh Cheshmi²
15	DM		Roberto Sousa¹	3	3													3	3
16	LB		Mehrdad Pouladi	19	20		1	5	1		3	3						22	23		1	5	1
17	CM		Vlatko Grozdanovski²	9	10	2	1	1			2	2						11	12	2	1	1
17	RW		Javad Kazemian¹	6	13	1	1	2										6	13	1	1	2
18	DM		Meysam Naghizadeh²	17	19	2		2			2	3						19	22	2		2
19	LB		Saeid Ghadami
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	22	22	1		3			1	1						23	23	1		3
21	GK		Amir Abedzadeh
22	LM		Mehrzad Madanchi	4	5			1										4	5			1
23	LM		Amirhossein Feshangchi	17	21	2	1	3			3	4			1			20	25	2	1	4
24	SS		Hadi Norouzi	15	25	4	4	5			2	5	3	1	1			17	30	7	5	6
27	SS		Rouhollah Seifollahi	1	3													1	3
28	GK		Masoud Dastani
29	LM		Marko Perović²	11	13	2		1			3	3						14	16	2		1
30	CB		Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	9	12			2			1	1						10	13			2
31	AM		Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	1	1													1	1
32	SS		Farshad Ahmadzadeh²		1			1				1							2			1
33	DM		Reza Haghighi²	14	14	2	1	6			5	5			2			19	19	2	1	8
35	CB		Hossein Kanaani
39	CM		Adel Kolahkaj²	5	12			1			1	2						6	14			1
40	GK		Nilson Corrêa	28	28	-19					5	5	-2					33	33	-21
Totals						41	32	65	1	0			12	7	9	0	0			53	39	73	1	0

Top scorer of competition

Updated as of 5 May 2013

¹ Player left the club during the season

² Player joined the club during the season

Injuries during The season

Players in bold are still out from their injuries.

No.	Nat	Name	Date	Injury	Estimated Return Date	Source
15	DM	Roberto Sousa	30 July 2012 (2012-07-30)	Cruciate ligament	End of season	Perspolisnews.com
28	GK	Masoud Dastani	23 August 2012 (2012-08-23)	Shoulder	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
5	DM	Saman Aghazamani	19 August 2012 (2012-08-19)	Ankle ligament	September 2012	Perspolisnews.com
23	LM	Amir Hossein Feshangchi	29 August 2012 (2012-08-29)	Ankle ligament	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
16	CM	Mehrdad Pouladi	2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)	Hamstring muscle	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
11	CF	Mohammad Ghazi	7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)	Medial collateral ligament	September 2012	fc–Perspolis.com
10	RW	Gholamreza Rezaei	13 September 2012 (2012-09-13)	Groin	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
8	AM	Ali Karimi	13 January 2013 (2013-01-13)	Medial collateral ligament	March 2013
33	DM	Reza Haghighi	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	Knee	April 2013	Khabaronline.ir
16	LB	Mehrdad Pouladi	26 March 2013 (2013-03-26)	Achilles tendon	May 2013	Perspolisnews.com
20	CB	Alireza Nourmohammadi	10 April 2013 (2013-04-10)	Quadriceps	April 2013	fc-Perspolis.com
13	RB	Hossein Mahini	12 April 2013 (2013-04-12)	Groin	May 2013

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	39	19	20	0
Games won	16	10	6	0
Games drawn	13	7	7	0
Games lost	9	4	5	0
Biggest win	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clean sheets	17	10	7	0
Goals scored	55	36	19	0
Goals conceded	36	17	19	0
Goal difference	+19	+19	0	+0
Average GF per game	0	0	0	0
Average GA per game	0	0	0	0
Points (League)	50	32	18	0
Winning rate	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Most appearances	N/A	N/A
Most minutes played	Jalal Hosseini (3330')	N/A
Top scorer	Karim Ansarifard (12)	N/A
Top assister	Karim Ansarifard (6)	N/A

Updated as of 10 May 2013
Source: Competitions

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Source: "Persepolis FC' current kit". Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

Official sponsors

Uhlsport • Sadra System Pasargad • Iran Aseman Airlines • Opel Iran

•

Damavand Mineral Water Co.

Source: Persian

Starting formations

Qnt	Formation	PL	HC
Qnt	Formation	Matches
16	4–4–2	1–5, 26-28, 30-34	1/8 – Semi-final – Final
12	3–5–2	6–17
10	4–4–2 diamond	18–25	1/32 – 1/16
1	4–2–3-1	29

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Competitions
Only competitive matches.

Captains

Updated on 10 May 2013

No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	No.Games as Captain	Notes
2	MF	Mehdi Mahdavikia	13	0	13	Captain
8	MF	Ali Karimi	5	3	8	Vice-Captain
14	MF	Mohammad Nouri	7	0	7	4th Captain
24	FW	Hadi Norouzi	4	1	5	3rd Captain
4	DF	Jalal Hosseini	2	0	2	5th Captain
10	FW	Gholamreza Rezaei	1	1	2
22	MF	Mehrzad Madanchi	1	0	1
17	FW	Javad Kazemian ♦	1	0	1

♦ Players who no longer play for Persepolis's current season.

Coaching staff

Yahya Golmohammadi, Persepolis head coach in the 2012–13 season

Position	Staff
Head coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
Assistant coach	Mojtaba Hosseini
First Team coach	Karim Bagheri
First Team coach	Reza Torabian
Fitness Trainer	Farhad Chizari
Goalkeepers coach	Saeid Azizian
Analyzer	Edmond Bezik
Doctor	Vajiolah Cheshme Sari
Physiotherapists	Meysam Alipour
Doctor Supply	Dr.Faraj Zadeh
Doctor Clinic	Dr.Sodi
Psychologist	Mehdi Khanban
Team Manager	Saeid Shirini

Jose's Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Manuel José
Assistant coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
First Team coach	Pedro Barny
Fitness Trainer	Fidalgo Antunes
Goalkeepers coach	Ahmed Nagi
Analyzer	Oscar Lindazo
Doctor	Vajiolah Cheshme Sari
Physiotherapists	Meysam Alipour
Doctor Supply	Dr.Faraj Zadeh
Doctor Clinic	Dr.Sodi
Psychologist	Mehdi Khanban
Team Manager	Saeid Shirini

Other personnel

Mohammad Rouyanian, Pesepolis chairman in the 2012–13 season

Chairman	Mohammad Rouyanian
Deputy Chairman	Behroz Motaghami
Adviser High Chairman	Jafar Kashani
Adviser Chairman	Jamshid Zare
Assistant Execution	Saeid Shirini
Assistant Manager Cultural	Amir Giroudi
Football Academy President	Hamid Estili
Things Pioneers Manager	Iraj Pazoki
Media Officer	Hamid Abbasi
Media Supervisor	Hossein Ghodosi
Disciplinarian Committee Ruler	Mahmoud Salarkia
Assistant Legal	Mostafa Shokri
Official Manager	Mohsen Sohrabi
Official Website	Mosa Hosseini

Updated to match played 30 July 2012
Source: fc-perspolis.com

Club committees

Board of Directions^[40]
Mohammad Rouyanian (Chairman)
Ali Parvin
Mehdi Taj
Fada Hossein Maleki (CEO)
Mohammad Hossein Nejadfallah

Technical Committee
Ali Parvin (President)
Reza Vatankhah
Afshin Peyrovani
Ebrahim Ashtiani
Mahmoud Khordbin

Medico Committee
Professor Farhad Farid
Dr. Majid Laelroshan
Dr. Babak Zargar Amini
Dr. Amir Hossein Barati
Dr. Mohammad Taban
Dr. Darioush Soudi

Munition Team
Ghasem Abdolsamadi
Asghar Norouzali

Updated to match played 8 July 2012
Source: fc-perspolis.com

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Derafshifar Stadium

References

↑ "FC Perspolis Official webSite ::". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "Manuel José introduced as head coach of Persepolis F.C." Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
↑ "fc-Persepolis.com: Denizli determines ten of next season players". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "fc-perspolis.com: Kazemian extends for another year". Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "fc-perspolis.com: Aghazamani extends for three years". Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "fc-perspolis.com: Ghazi joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ fc-perspolis.com: Khanzadeh & Esmaeilzadeh joins Persepolis Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ fc-perspolis.com: Pouladi joins Persepolis until 2014 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ fc-perspolis.com: Gordan joins Archived 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ fc-perspolis.com: Mahini, Hosseini & Bengar joins Persepolis Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "fc-perspolis.com: In a contact with Perspolis CEO\ Denizili apologized Rouyanian and the fans and quit Perspolis coaching". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ fc-perspolis.com: Ansarifard joins Persepolis until 2015 Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
1 2 "fc-perspolis.com: Sousa signed two-years contract". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
↑ "fc-perspolis.com: Jose is new boss of reds". Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
↑ "fc-perspolis.com: Karimi & Mahdavikia extends their contract". Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ وب سایت رسمی باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس :: Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Persepolis F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2012-13". Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
↑ Gordan joins Persepolis Archived 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Pouladi joins Persepolis Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Hosseini joins Persepolis Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Bengar joins Persepolis
↑ "Ghazi joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ Mahini joins Persepolis Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Khanzadeh joins Persepolis Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Esmaeil Zade joins Persepolis Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Ansarifard joins Persepolis Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Roberto Sousa joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
↑ "با عقد قرارداد سه ساله". farsnews.com.
↑ "Madanchi joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
↑ "Nilson joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
↑ "Ahmadzadeh joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
↑ MO3IN. "Perspolisnews.Com – Perspolisnews.Com". perspolisnews.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "Perspolisnews.Com – Perspolisnews.Com".
↑ Haghighi joins Persepolis Archived 19 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "کلاه‌کج با پرسپولیس به توافق رسید". ورزش سه.
↑ "Sousa released by the club". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
↑ "ایسنا – جواد کاظمیان به تراکتورسازی پیوست". isna.ir.
↑ "ایسنا – گهر ميزبان پرسپوليس در آزادي!/ سرخپوشان به دنبال نخستين برد با هواداران خودي". isna.ir.
↑ "Cancellation of three matches in Iran Pro League". persianleague.com.
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[DenizliQuit-1] "FC Perspolis Official webSite ::". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[2] "Manuel José introduced as head coach of Persepolis F.C." Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[3] "fc-Persepolis.com: Denizli determines ten of next season players". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[4] "fc-perspolis.com: Kazemian extends for another year". Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[5] "fc-perspolis.com: Aghazamani extends for three years". Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[6] "fc-perspolis.com: Ghazi joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[7] -perspolis.com: Khanzadeh & Esmaeilzadeh joins Persepolis Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[8] -perspolis.com: Pouladi joins Persepolis until 2014 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[9] -perspolis.com: Gordan joins Archived 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[10] -perspolis.com: Mahini, Hosseini & Bengar joins Persepolis Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[11] "fc-perspolis.com: In a contact with Perspolis CEO\ Denizili apologized Rouyanian and the fans and quit Perspolis coaching". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[12] -perspolis.com: Ansarifard joins Persepolis until 2015 Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[fc-perspolis.com-13] 1 2 "fc-perspolis.com: Sousa signed two-years contract". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

[14] "fc-perspolis.com: Jose is new boss of reds". Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[15] "fc-perspolis.com: Karimi & Mahdavikia extends their contract". Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[16] وب سایت رسمی باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس :: Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[17] "Persepolis F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2012-13". Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[18] Gordan joins Persepolis Archived 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[19] Pouladi joins Persepolis Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[20] Hosseini joins Persepolis Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[21] Bengar joins Persepolis

[22] "Ghazi joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[23] Mahini joins Persepolis Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[24] Khanzadeh joins Persepolis Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[25] Esmaeil Zade joins Persepolis Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[26] Ansarifard joins Persepolis Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[27] "Roberto Sousa joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

[28] "با عقد قرارداد سه ساله". farsnews.com.

[29] "Madanchi joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[30] "Nilson joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[31] "Ahmadzadeh joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.

[32] MO3IN. "Perspolisnews.Com – Perspolisnews.Com". perspolisnews.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[33] "Perspolisnews.Com – Perspolisnews.Com".

[34] Haghighi joins Persepolis Archived 19 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[35] "کلاه‌کج با پرسپولیس به توافق رسید". ورزش سه.

[36] "Sousa released by the club". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[37] "ایسنا – جواد کاظمیان به تراکتورسازی پیوست". isna.ir.

[38] "ایسنا – گهر ميزبان پرسپوليس در آزادي!/ سرخپوشان به دنبال نخستين برد با هواداران خودي". isna.ir.

[39] "Cancellation of three matches in Iran Pro League". persianleague.com.

[40] MO3IN. "Perspolisnews.Com – Perspolisnews.Com". perspolisnews.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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