The 2023–24 season is the Persepolis's 23nd season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 41st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. In addition to the domestic league, Persepolis will also participate in this season's Hazfi Cup competitions.

Squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Nationality	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
1	Alireza Beiranvand	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992		GK	2022	153	0	0	2025	Royal Antwerp	Free	3rd Captain
22	Amirreza Rafiei	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002		GK	2022	0	0	0	2025	Nassaji	Free	U-23
44	Mehrshad Asadi	(2001-10-07) 7 October 2001		GK	2022	0	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-23
Defenders
3	Farshad Faraji	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994		DF	2021	53	1	0	2023	Padideh	Free
4	Ali Nemati	(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995		DF	2021	50	5	3	2024	Padideh	Free
6	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994		DF	2023	69	3	1	2025	Al Ahli	Free
8	Morteza Pouraliganji	(1992-04-19) 19 April 1992		DF	2022	25	0	1	2024	Shenzhen	Free
11	Danial Esmaeilifar	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993		DF	2022	30	3	6	2024	Sepahan	Free
30	Giorgi Gvelesiani	(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991		DF	2022	29	6	0	2024	Sepahan	Free
37	Alireza Babaei	(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003		DF	2023	1	0	0	2026	Academy	Free	U-21
66	Vakhdat Khanonov	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000		DF	2021	19	1	1	2024	Istiklol	€150,000
Midfielders
2	Omid Alishah	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992		MF	2013	215	18	41	2025	Rah Ahan	Free	Captain
5	Masoud Rigi	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991		MF	2023	0	0	0	2025	Sepahan	Free
7	Soroush Rafiei	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990		MF	2022	63	6	5	2024	Sepahan	Free
9	Mehdi Torabi	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994		MF	2018	127	30	38	2024	Al Arabi	Free
10	Milad Sarlak	(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995		MF	2020	99	5	4	2024	Padideh	Free
17	Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001		MF	2022	1	0	0	2025	Naft MIS	Free	U-23
19	Vahid Amiri	(1988-04-02) 2 April 1988		MF	2016	193	20	31	2024	Trabzonspor	Free	2nd Captain
21	Saeid Sadeghi	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994		MF	2022	24	6	3	2025	Gol Gohar	Free
35	Alireza Enayatzadeh	(2004-04-05) 5 April 2004		MF	2023	0	0	0	2028	Academy	Free	U-21
48	Mohammad Milad Sourgi	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002		MF	2023	0	0	0	2028	Academy	Free	U-23
77	Mohammad Omri	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000		MF	2021	24	4	1	2027	Academy	Free
80	Yasin Salmani	(2002-02-27) 27 February 2002		MF	2023	0	0	0	2025	Sepahan	Free	U-23
88	Sina Asadbeigi	(1997-07-17) 17 July 1997		MF	2022	26	2	1	2025	Zob Ahan	Free
Forwards
14	Nabil Bahoui	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991		FW	2023	0	0	0	2024	Qatar SC	Free
20	Shahab Zahedi	(1995-08-18) 18 August 1995		FW	2023	4	0	0	2024	Zorya Luhansk	Free
29	Alireza Khodadadi	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002		FW	2022	1	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-21
32	Omid Fahmi	(2002-12-08) 8 December 2002		FW	2023	0	0	0	2026	Academy	Free	U-21

New Contracts

No	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Source
2	MF		Omid Alishah	31	2 season	2025	[1]
30	DF		Giorgi Gvelesiani	32	1 season	2024	[2]
1	GK		Alireza Beiranvand	31	2 season	2025	[3]
21	MF		Saeid Sadeghi	29	2 season	2025	[4]
10	MF		Milad Sarlak	28	1 season	2024	[5]

Transfers

In

Row	No	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
1	17	DF		Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	22	Naft MIS	2025		Loan Return	Summer		[6]
2	20	FW		Shahab Zahedi	27	Zorya	2024		Loan	Summer		[7]
3	5	MF		Masoud Rigi	32	Sepahan	2025		Transfer	Summer	PL	[8]
4	6	DF		Hossein Kanaanizadegan	29	Al Ahli	2025		Transfer	Summer		[9]
5	80	MF		Yasin Salmani	21	Sepahan	2025		Transfer	Summer	PL	[10]
6	14	FW		Nabil Bahoui	32	Qatar SC	2024		Transfer	Summer		[11]
Transfer From Youth
7	35	FW		Alireza Enayatzadeh	19	Academy	2028		Transfer	Summer	-	[12]
8	34	MF		Mohammad Sourgi	21	Academy	2028		Transfer	Summer	-	[13]
9	32	FW		Omid Fahimi	20	Academy	2028		Transfer	Summer	-

Out

Row	No	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	25	FW		Cheick Diabaté	35			Transfer	Summer
2	88	MF		Siamak Nemati	28	Tractor		Transfer	Summer	[14]
3	38	DF		Ali Joudaki	22	Pars Jonoubi		Transfer	Summer	[15]
4	15	DF		Abolfazl Soleimani	22	Aluminium Arak		Loan	Summer	[16]
5	11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	34	Zob Ahan		Transfer	Summer	[17]
6	91	FW		Leandro Pereira	31	Tochigi		Transfer	Summer	[18]
7	99	GK		Ahmad Gohari	27	Aluminium Arak		Loan	Summer	[19]
8	72	FW		Issa Alekasir	33	Sepahan		Transfer	Summer	[20]
9	16	FW		Mehdi Abdi	24	Tractor		Loan	Summer	[21]

Technical staff

Persepolis Head coach in 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League

Position	Staff
Head coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
First-team coach	Osmar Loss[22]
Assistant coaches	Jalal Hosseini[23]
Goalkeeping coach	Welesley Neneca[24]
Assistant Goalkeeping coach	Javad Bagheri[25]
Fitness Coach	Jose Augusto Losada Benítez[26]
Assistant Fitness Coach	Saman Eskandari[27]
Analyzers	Mehrdad Khanban Mohammad Asgari
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Physiotherapist	Ali Aazam
Team Manager	Afshin Peyrovani
Media Officer	Alireza Ashraf

Position	Staff
Under-23 team coach	Mahmoud Ansari
Youth team coach	Mehdi Ataloo
Under-17 coach	Farzad Ashoubi
Under-14 coach	Hassan Khanmohammadi

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League

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
15	8	6	1	19	10	+9	30	5	3	0	10	5	+5	3	3	1	9	5	+4

Last updated: 1 January 2024.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	D
Position	5	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	4	3
Points	3	6	7	10	11	14	17	18	19	19	22	25	26	29	30

Source: "iranleague".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; U = Unfinished

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal	15	9	5	1	23	9	+14	32	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Sepahan	15	10	1	4	33	15	+18	31	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite play-off round
3	Persepolis	15	8	6	1	19	10	+9	30	Qualification for the AFC Champions League 2 group stage
4	Tractor	15	9	1	5	21	10	+11	28
5	Zob Ahan	15	6	7	2	14	11	+3	25

Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2024. Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table, Iplstats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[28]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Persepolis v Aluminium

9 August 2023 (2023-08-09) 1	Persepolis	1 – 0	Aluminium	Tehran
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nemati 38'	[29]	Fakhreddini  8' Naghizadeh  45+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Amir Saman Soltani Man of the Match: Ali Nemati (Persepolis)

Tractor v Persepolis

16 August 2023 (2023-08-16) 2	Tractor	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)			Sadeghi 42'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi Man of the Match: Morteza Pouraliganji (Persepolis)

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

24 August 2023 (2023-08-24) 3	Persepolis	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Esmaeilifar  10' Pouraliganji  44' Gvelesiani 84' (p.)		Eslami  5' Rafiei 44' (o.g.) Far Abbasi  66' Mokhtari  80'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Reza Adel Man of the Match: Vahid Amiri (Persepolis)

Foolad v Persepolis

30 August 2023 (2023-08-30) 4	Foolad	0 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Moridi  50'		Pouraliganji  50', 66' Kanaanizadegan  88' Salmani 90+4'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hassan Akrami Man of the Match: Morteza Pouraliganji (Persepolis)

Persepolis v Esteghlal

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 5	Persepolis	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Sadeghi  54' Alishah 77'  78'		Hamedifar  50' Cheshmi  53' Yamga 90+7' (pen.) Hardani  90+8'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar Man of the Match: Arthur Yamga (Esteghlal)

Paykan v Persepolis

19 October 2023 (2023-10-19) 6	Paykan	1 – 3	Persepolis	Qazvin
16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Pakdel 46'		Zahedi 13', 72', 80' (pen.) Faraji  23' Asadbeigi  90+3'	Stadium: Sardar Azadegan Referee: Ahmad Mohammadi

Persepolis v Gol Gohar

8 October 2023 (2023-10-08) 7	Persepolis	1 – 0	Gol Gohar	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Rafiei  29' Zahedi 41' Beiranvand  67' Esmaeilifar  90+2'		Forouzan  46'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Payam Heidari

Malavan v Persepolis

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) 8	Malavan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Fadakar  28' Akvan  88' Ghazipour  90+5'			Stadium: Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

Persepolis v Sanat Naft

2 November 2023 (2023-11-02) 9	Persepolis	2 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Omri 57' Alishah  73' Gvelesiani 75' (p.)		Alboghobeysh  22' Sangargir  25'  45+1' Panahi  70' Mirdouraghi  73' Esmaeilifar 90+5' (o.g)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Safaei

Sepahan v Persepolis

12 November 2023 (2023-11-12) 10	Sepahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Esfahan
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Asadi 70'  90+1' Ghorbani  85' Rezaeian  90+6'		Zahedi  67'  90+7' Sarlak  86'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar Man of the Match: Reza Asadi (Sepahan)

Persepolis v Nassaji

28 December 2023 (2023-12-28) 11	Persepolis	1 – 0	Nassaji	Tehran
IRST (UTC+03:30)	Zahedi 31' Gvelesiani  60' Beiranvand  90+5'		Zamehran  87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

Persepolis v Havadar

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) 12	Persepolis	1 – 0	Havadar	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mohebi 21' (.o.g) Nemati  68' Beiranvand  79' Rafiei  90+3'		Mohebi  41' Mansouri  85' Zavoshi  90+6'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi Man of the Match: Danial Esmaeilifar (Persepolis)

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Persepolis

19 December 2023 (2023-12-19) 13	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Aghaeipour 6' 49' Saki  32' Ahmadi  70'		Kanaanizadegan 39' (pen.)  72' Bahoui 68'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi Man of the Match: Javad Aghaeipour (Esteghlal Khuzestan)

Persepolis v Shams Azar

24 December 2023 (2023-12-24) 14	Persepolis	2 – 1	Shams Azar	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Giorgi Gvelesiani 45+2' 81' (pen.) Nemati  47'  62' Alishah  87'		Rezaei  39' Sarabadani Goudarzi 47'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Kopal Nazemi

Mes Rafsanjan v Persepolis

1 January 2024 (2024-01-01) 15	Mes Rafsanjan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Rafsanjan
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Bagheri  40' Entezari  41' Chimba 52' (pen.)		Ahmadi  20' Sadeghi  41' Zahedi 42' Alishah  67'	Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium Referee: Vahid Kazemi

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Aggregate score
Aluminium	1–0
Esteghlal	1–1
Esteghlal Khuzestan		2–2
Foolad		0–2
Gol Gohar	1–0
Havadar	1–0
Malavan		0–0
Mes Rafsanjan		1–1
Nassaji	1–0
Paykan		1–3
Sanat Naft	2–2
Sepahan		1–0
Shams Azar	2–1
Tractor		0–1
Zob Ahan	1–1

2023–24 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NSR	PRS	DUH	IST
1	Al Nassr	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to round of 16		—	0–0	4–3	3–1
2	Persepolis	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8			0–2	—	1–2	2–0
3	Al-Duhail	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7			2–3	0–1	—	2–0
4	Istiklol	6	0	3	3	3	9	−6	3			1–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Persepolis v Al Nassr

19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) 1	Persepolis	0 – 2	Al Nassr	Tehran
	Sarlak  18'  52' Rigi  55'		Brozović  45+2' Esmaeilifar 62' (o.g.) Qassem 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) Man of the Match: Mohammad Qassem (Al Nassr)

Al-Duhail v Persepolis

3 October 2023 (2023-10-03) 2	Al-Duhail	0 – 1	Persepolis	Doha
	Almoez Ali  78' Aymen  90+1'		Alishah 63'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Man of the Match: Omid Alishah (Persepolis)

Persepolis v Istiklol

24 October 2023 (2023-10-24) 3	Persepolis	2 – 0	Istiklol	Tehran
	Sadeghi 44', 73' Rafiei  45' Gvelesiani  63'		Sebai	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 36,450 Referee: Mohannad Ghasem Man of the Match: Saeid Sadeghi (Persepolis)

Istiklol v Persepolis

6 November 2023 (2023-11-06) 4	Istiklol	1 – 1	Persepolis	Dushanbe
	Dzhalilov  18' Kurbonov  43' Davlatmir  65' Sebai 74'		Gvelesiani  8' Torabi 29'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al Ali Man of the Match: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis)

Al Nassr v Persepolis

27 November 2023 (2023-11-27) 5	Al Nassr	0 – 0	Persepolis	Riyadh
	Lajami  17' Brozovic  59'		Zahedi  43' Alishah  44' Rafiei  45+4'	Stadium: KSU Stadium Referee: Ma Ning

Persepolis v Al-Duhail

11 December 2023 (2023-12-11) 6	Persepolis	1 – 2	Al-Duhail	Tehran
	Zahedi 7' Sarlak  26' Gvelesiani  90+6'		Muntari 9' Mohammad  43' Musa  48' Aymen  82' Olunga 83' Zakaria  88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Kimura Hiroyuki

Statistics

Goal scorers

  Player left the club during the season.

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	FW		20	Shahab Zahedi	6	0	1	7
2	DF		30	Giorgi Gvelesiani	4	0	0	4
3	MF		21	Saeid Sadeghi	1	0	2	3
4	MF		2	Omid Alishah	1	0	1	2
5	DF		4	Ali Nemati	1	0	0	1
	DF		8	Morteza Pouraliganji	1	0	0	1
	MF		80	Yasin Salmani	1	0	0	1
	MF		77	Mohammad Omri	1	0	0	1
	DF		6	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	1	0	0	1
	FW		14	Nabil Bahoui	1	0	0	1
	MF		9	Mehdi Torabi	0	0	1	1
Own goal					1	0	0	1
Total					19	0	5	24
Last updated: 1 January 2024

Assists

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	MF		7	Soroush Rafiei	3	0	1	4
2	DF		11	Danial Esmaeilifar	3	0	0	3
3	MF		5	Masoud Rigi	1	0	1	2
	FW		20	Shahab Zahedi	1	0	1	2
	MF		2	Omid Alishah	2	0	0	2
4	DF		6	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	1	0	0	1
	MF		19	Vahid Amiri	1	0	0	1
	MF		9	Mehdi Torabi	1	0	0	1
Total					13	0	3	16
Last updated: 1 January 2024

Goalkeeping

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			ACL			Total
Rank	No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
1	1		Alireza Beiranvand	15	10	7	0	0	0	6	5	3	21	15	10
2	22		Amirreza Rafiei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				15	10	7	0	0	0	6	5	3	21	15	10
Last updated: 1 January 2024

Injury records

Injuries During The Season

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Injuri	From	Until	Days
29	FW		Alireza Khodadadi	Cruciate Ligament Injury	Aug 4 , 2023	Nov 4 ,2023	92
35	MF		Alireza Enayatzadeh	Cruciate Ligament Rupture	Aug 14 , 2023	Feb 14 ,2024	184
1	GK		Alireza Beiranvand	Leg Injury	Sep 7 , 2023	Sep 18 ,2023	11
14	FW		Nabil Bahoui	Cold	Sep 15 , 2023	Sep 30 ,2023	15
9	MF		Mehdi Torabi	Foot Injury	Sep 19 , 2023	Oct 3 ,2023	14
19	MF		Vahid Amiri	Leg Injury	Sep 19 , 2023	Oct 10 ,2023	21
Last updated: 22 September 2023

Club

References

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League
• Persepolis News
• varzesh3