2005–06 Persepolis F.C. season explained

Club:	Persepolis
Season:	2005–06
Stadium:	Azadi Stadium
Chairman:	Hojatollah Khatib (until 5 December 2005) Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard (from 5 December 2005)
Manager:	Ali Parvin (until 3 February 2006) Arie Haan (from 3 February 2006)
League:	Iran Pro League
League Result:	13th
Cup1:	Hazfi Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runner Up
League Topscorer:	Javad Kazemian (12 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Javad Kazemian (12 goals)
Prevseason:	2004–05
Nextseason:	2006–07
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The 2005–06 season was the Persepolis's 5th season in the Pro League, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Behrouz Rahbarifar.

Squad

As of February 2006.

	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
3	CB}}\|CB	Abolfazl Hajizadeh	24	Tractor Sazi	–	Free Transfer	Summer
4	CB}}\|CB	Reza Niknazar	25	Saba Battery	–	Free Transfer	Summer
11	LW}}\|LW	Mehrzad Madanchi	22	Fajr Sepasi	–	Free Transfer	Summer
18	CM}}\|CM	Pejman Nouri	25	Pegah	–	Free Transfer	Summer
23	FB}}\|FB	Davoud Seyed-Abbasi	28	Sepahan	–	Free Transfer	Summer
7	RM}}\|RM	Mohammad Parvin	17	Persepolis Academy	–	Promoted	Summer
12	GK}}\|GK	Alireza Haghighi	20	Persepolis Academy	–	Promoted	Summer
14	RW}}\|RW	Ehsan Khorsandi	20	Persepolis Academy	–	Promoted	Summer
26	RM}}\|RM	Mostafa Mahdavikia	21	Bank Melli	–	Free Transfer	Summer
25	RB}}\|RB	Carlos Rivera	26	Independiente Medellín	–	Free Transfer	Summer
5	CB}}\|CB	Anthony Torres	33	Marathón	–	Free Transfer	Summer
5	LB}}\|LB	Robert Caha	29	CSKA	–	Free Transfer	Winter
25	DM}}\|DM	Jacques Elong Elong	22	Mount Cameroon	undisclosed	Transfer	Winter
27	CF}}\|CF	Raphael Edereho	22	Kuopion Palloseura	undisclosed	Transfer	Winter

	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
	GK}}\|GK	Jane Nikolovski	33	Released			Summer
2	CB}}\|CB	Ilče Pereski	29	Released			Summer
18	CF}}\|CF	Sambo Choji	27	Released			Summer
5	CB}}\|CB	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	33	Esteghlal Ahvaz	–	Free Transfer	Summer
26	LW}}\|LW	Meisam Rezapour	23	Paykan	–	Free Transfer	Summer
24	CF}}\|CF	Mehdi Salehpour	32	Released			Summer
23	LW}}\|LW	Alireza Emamifar	31	Released			Summer
3	RB}}\|RB	Hassan Khanmohammadi	28	Released			Summer
4	CB}}\|CB	Yahya Golmohammadi	34	Saba Battery	–	Free Transfer	Summer
11	RM}}\|RM	Pejman Jamshidi	28	Pas	–	Free Transfer	Summer
12	CM}}\|CM	Aref Mohammadvand	35	Pegah	–	Free Transfer	Summer
14	AM}}\|AM	Reza Jabbari	28	Aboumoslem	–	Free Transfer	Summer
16	RW}}\|RW	Ali Salmani	26	Pegah	–	Free Transfer	Summer
25	RB}}\|RB	Carlos Rivera	26	San Francisco	–	Free Transfer	Winter
5	CB}}\|CB	Anthony Torres	33	Victoria	–	Free Transfer	Winter
33	SS}}\|SS	Mehrdad Oladi	20	Al Shabab	undisclosed	Loan	Winter

2006 Hazfi Cup Final played after 2006–07 season's starts.

		Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
9	RW}}\|RW	Javad Kazemian	11	0	11
8	CB}}\|CB	Ali Ansarian	9	0	9
11	LW}}\|LW	Mehrzad Madanchi	2	7	9
16	CF}}\|CF	Ali Alizadeh	6	0	6
13	CB}}\|CB	Sheys Rezaei	3	1	4
17	CF}}\|CF	Sohrab Entezari	3	0	3
3	CB}}\|CB	Abolfazl Hajizadeh	2	0	2
18	CM}}\|CM	Pejman Nouri	1	1	2
27	CF}}\|CF	Raphael Edereho	1	0	1
33	SS}}\|SS	Mehrdad Oladi	1	0	1
23	FB}}\|FB	Davoud Seyed-Abbasi	0	1	1
21	DM}}\|DM	Ebrahim Asadi	0	1	1
10	LW}}\|LW	Alireza Nikbakht	0	1	1
Totals			39	12	51