2002–03 Persepolis F.C. season explained

The 2002–03 season was the Persepolis's 2nd season in the Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Squad

As of October 2002.^[1]

	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
6	DM}}\|DM	Karim Bagheri	31	Al Sadd	–	Free Transfer	Summer
12	DM}}\|DM	Aref Mohammadvand	32	Zob Ahan	–	Free Transfer	Summer
13	CB}}\|CB	Mojtaba Shiri	22	Bargh Shiraz	–	Free Transfer	Summer
15	LW}}\|LW	Mehrdad Minavand	26	Al Shabab	–	Free Transfer	Summer
19	CF}}\|CF	Payan Rafat	32	Hatta	–	Free Transfer	Summer
23	RW}}\|RW	Ali Salmani	23	Bargh Tehran	$28,000	Transfer	Summer
26	RW}}\|RW	Hadi Mahdavikia	21	Hamburger SV II	–	Free Transfer	Summer
28	CB}}\|CB	Yahya Golmohammadi	31	Foolad	$70,000	Transfer	Summer

	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
10	CM}}\|CM	Hamed Kavianpour	24	Al Wasl	undisclosed	Transfer	Summer
22	GK}}\|GK	Mohammadreza Jounakizadeh		Esteghlal Ahvaz	–	Free Transfer	Summer
15	DM}}\|DM	Esmaeil Halali	29	Sanat Naft	–	Free Transfer	Summer
23	CF}}\|CF	Laith Nobari	25	Released		Contract expiration	Summer
	CM}}\|CM	Javad Razzaghi	20	Dunajská Streda	–	Free Transfer	Summer

Machine Sazi 0–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

Malavan 2–2 Persepolis on aggregate. Malavan won the game on penalties (3–0)

		Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
19	CF}}\|CF	Payan Rafat	5	1	0	6
8	CB}}\|CB	Ali Ansarian	5	0	0	5
28	CB}}\|CB	Yahya Golmohammadi	3	0	2	5
14	AM}}\|AM	Reza Jabbari	3	1	0	4
17	CF}}\|CF	Sohrab Entezari	4	0	0	4
12	DM}}\|DM	Aref Mohammadvand	3	0	0	3
3	RB}}\|RB	Hassan Khanmohammadi	0	0	2	2
5	CB}}\|CB	Afshin Peyrovani	1	1	0	2
11	CF}}\|CF	Amirhossein Aslanian	1	0	1	2
20	CB}}\|CB	Behrouz Rahbarifar	0	1	0	1
6 Players			1	0	0	1
Totals			30	4	5	39