2020–21 Persepolis F.C. season explained

Club:Persepolis
Season:2020–21
Stadium:Azadi Stadium
Chairman:Mehdi Rasoul Panah (Until 23 October)
Jafar Samiei (From November)
Manager:Yahya Golmohammadi
League:Persian Gulf Pro League
League Result:Winners
Cup1:Hazfi Cup
Cup1 Result:Quarter Finals
Cup2:Iranian Super Cup
Cup2 Result:Winners
Cup3:2020 AFC Champions League
Cup3 Result:Runners-up
Cup4:2021 AFC Champions League
Cup4 Result:Group stage (continues to next season)
League Topscorer:
Ahmad Nourollahi (10)
Season Topscorer:
Mehdi Abdi (14)
Largest Win:0–5 vs Gol Gohar
0–5 vs Machine Sazi
Largest Loss:0–1 vs Al-Duhail
1–2 vs Ulsan Hyundai
2–1 vs Aluminium Arak
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22
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The 2020–21 season is the Persepolis's 20th season in the Pro League, and their 38th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup, Super Cup and AFC Champions League.

Squad

First team squad

No.NameDate of Birth (Age)NationalityPosition (s)SinceAppGoalsAssistEndsSigned fromTransfer feeNotes
Goalkeepers
34Amir Mohammad Yousefi2000-02-24 (age)GK}}|GK20200002023AcademyFreeU-21
44Božidar Radošević1989-04-04 (age)GK}}|GK201641002023 DebreceniFree
81Hamed Lak1990-11-24 (age)GK}}|GK202043002022Machine SaziFree
Defenders
3Farshad Faraji1994-04-07 (age)CB}}|CB / RB}}|RB202111002023PadidehFree
4Jalal Hosseini1982-02-03 (age)CB}}|CB / RB}}|RB2016166642022Naft TehranFreeCaptain
6Hossein Kanaanizadegan1994-03-23 (age)CB}}|CB / RB}}|RB / LB}}|LB201333102021Machine SaziFree
17Mehdi Shiri1991-01-31 (age)RB}}|RB / RM}}|RM / RW}}|RW / DM}}|DM201885132021PaykanFree
77Saeid Aghaei1995-02-09 (age)LB}}|LB / LM}}|LM / LW}}|LW202033042022SepahanFree
51Amir Mohammad Kharkesh 2003-05-03 (age)CB}}|CB / LB}}|LB20200002023AcademyFreeU-21
Midfielders
2Omid Alishah1992-01-10 (age)LM}}|LM / RM}}|RM / LW}}|LW / RW}}|RW / SS}}|SS201318519262021Rah AhanFreeVice Captain
8Ahmad Nourollahi1993-02-01 (age)DM}}|DM / CM}}|CM / RM}}|RM / LM}}|LM201420721102022Foolad YazdFree3rd Captain
10Milad Sarlak1995-03-26 (age)DM}}|DM / CM}}|CM202043212022PadidehFree
11Kamal Kamyabinia1989-01-18 (age)DM}}|DM / CM}}|CM / RM}}|RM / LM}}|LM20151862042022Naft TehranFree
14Ehsan Pahlavan1993-07-25 (age)LM}}|LM / RM}}|RM / AM}}|AM / CM}}|CM / SS}}|SS202042122022Zob AhanFree
18 Mohammad Sharifi2000-03-21 (age)CM}}|CM / DM}}|DM / AM}}|AM20208002022SaipaFreeU-21
19Vahid Amiri1988-04-02 (age)LM}}|LM / RM}}|RM / LW}}|LW / RW}}|RW / SS}}|SS / CF}}|CF201615120222021 TrabzonsporFree
21Mehdi Torabi1994-09-10 (age)LM}}|LM / RM}}|RM / LW}}|LW / RW}}|RW / AM}}|AM20187722132023 Al ArabiFree
23Ali Shojaei1997-01-27 (age)LM}}|LM / LB}}|LB / AM}}|AM / SS}}|SS202019012022NassajiFree
88Siamak Nemati1994-04-17 (age)RM}}|RM / RB}}|RB / LM}}|LM / AM}}|AM20171331262023PaykanFree
Forwards
72Issa Alekasir1990-02-07 (age)CF}}|CF / SS}}|SS2020261002022Sanat Naft AbadanFree
9Mehdi Mehdikhani1997-07-26 (age)CF}}|CF / SS}}|SS / RW}}|RW / LW}}|LW202018002022 VaraždinFree
16Mehdi Abdi1998-11-30 (age)CF}}|CF / SS}}|SS2017561802025AcademyFreeU-23
25Alireza Khodaei2002-03-19 (age)20201002023AcademyFreeU-21
70Shahriyar Moghanlou1994-09-21 (age)202121812021 Santa ClaraFree
Players left the club during the season
20Amir Roostaei1997-08-05 (age)CF}}|CF / LW}}|LW / RW}}|RW20196002024Loan to Paykan
5Bashar Resan1996-12-22 (age)AM}}|AM / RM}}|RM / LM}}|LM / CM}}|CM201792472020Transfer to Qatar SC
26Saeid Hosseinpour1998-10-12 (age)AM}}|AM / CM}}|CM / DM}}|DM201711002022Loan to Machine Sazi
36Arman Ramezani1992-06-22 (age)CF}}|CF / SS}}|SS20205012022Released
33Sina Mahdavi1999-06-11 (age)LB}}|LB20200002023Loan to Malavan
25Aria Barzegar2002-10-10 (age)CF}}|CF / SS}}|SS20190002022Loan to Fajr Sepasi
38Ehsan Hosseini1998-10-03 (age)CB}}|CB / DM}}|DM20176002023Loan to Padideh
15Mohammad Ansari1991-09-23 (age)LB}}|LB / CB}}|CB / DM}}|DM2015108332021Transfer to Mes Rafsanjan
99Alireza Maleki1999-01-11 (age)20200002022Transfer to Spad

New Contracts

PNameAgeContract lengthContract endsSource
5MF}}|MFBashar Resan231 season2021[1]
20FW}}|FWAmir Roostaei232 season2024[2]
16FW}}|FWMehdi Abdi213 season2025[3]
88DF}}|DFSiamak Nemati262 season2023[4]
11MF}}|MFKamal Kamyabinia311 season2022[5]

Transfers

See main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2020–21.

In

PNameAgeMoving fromEndsTransfer
fee
TypeTransfer
window
QuotaSource
34GK}}|GKAmir Mohammad Yousefi20AcademyFreePromotedSummer[6]
77DF}}|LBSaeid Aghaei25SepahanFreeTransferSummer[7]
81GK}}|GKHamed Lak29Machine SaziFreeTransferSummer[8]
72FW}}|CFIssa Alekasir30Sanat Naft AbadanFreeTransferSummer[9]
14MF}}|MFEhsan Pahlevan27Zob AhanFreeTransferSummer[10]
10MF}}|MFMilad Sarlak25PadidehFreeTransferSummer[11]
23LM}}|LMAli Shojaei23NassajiFreeTransferSummer[12]
36CF}}|CFArman Ramezani28SaipaFreeTransferSummer[13]
51CB}}|CBAmir Mohammad Kharkesh18AcademyFreePromotedSummer[14]
18 MF}}|MFMohammad Sharifi20SaipaFreeTransferSummer[15]
9 RM}}|RMMehdi Mehdikhani23 Varaždin$50,000TransferSummer[16]
99CF}}|CFAlireza Maleki22AcademyFreePromotedWinter(During First Half Season)[17]
21RM}}|RMMehdi Torabi26 Al ArabiFreeTransferWinter[18]
70CF}}|CFShahriyar Moghanlou26 Santa Clara€50,000LoanWinter[19]
3CB}}|CBFarshad Faraji26PadidehTransferWinter[20]
25CF}}|CFAlireza Khodaei19AcademyFreePromotedWinter[21]
80RW}}|RWMohammad Omri18AcademyFreePromotedWinter[22]

Out

PNameAgeMoving toTransfer feeTypeTransfer
window
Source
1 GK}}|GKAlireza Beiranvand27 Antwerp€600,000TransferSummer[23]
32CF}}|CF Anthony Stokes32 LivingstonFreeTransferSummer[24]
9RM}}|RMMehdi Torabi25 Al-ArabiTransferSummer[25]
22GK}}|GKSasan Zamaneh21Demote To Youth TeamSummer
99CF}}|CF Christian Osaguona29 Al-ShortaFreeTransferSummer[26]
70CF}}|CFAli Alipour25 MaritimoFreeTransferSummer
63GK}}|GKAmirhossein Bayat22EsteghlalFreeTransferSummer[27]
80AM}}|AMMohammad Hosseini21Nirooye ZaminiFreeLoanSummer[28]
18DM}}|DMMohsen Rabiekhah32Aluminium ArakFreeTransferSummer
3CB}}|CBShojae Khalilzadeh31 Al-RayyanFreeTransferSummer[29]
28LB}}|LBMohammad Naderi24 KortrijkFreeLoan ReturnSummer
20ST}}|STAmir Roostaei23PaykanFreeLoanSummer
5AM}}|AM Bashar Resan23 Qatar SC$120,000TransferWinter(During First Half Season)
26AM}}|AMSaeid Hosseinpour22Machine SaziFreeLoanWinter
36FW}}|FWArman Ramezani28EsteghlalFreeTransferWinter[30]
33LB}}|LBSina Mahdavi21MalavanFreeLoanWinter[31]
25ST}}|STAria Barzegar18Fajr SepasiFreeLoanWinter
38CB}}|CBEhsan Hosseini22PadidehFreeLoanWinter[32]
15DF}}|DFMohammad Ansari29Mes RafsanjanFreeTransferWinter
28 CF}}|CFAlireza Maleki22SpadFreeTransferWinter(During Second Half Season)

Technical staff

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Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

See main article: 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League.

Results by round

Hazfi Cup

See main article: 2021 Hazfi Cup.

Matches

Super Cup

See main article: 2020 Iranian Super Cup.

2020 AFC Champions League

2020 AFC Champions League

See main article: 2020 AFC Champions League.

Group stage

See main article: 2020 AFC Champions League group stage.

Matches

Knockout stage

See main article: 2020 AFC Champions League knockout stage.

2021 AFC Champions League

See main article: 2021 AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Group E

Matches

Statistics

,|-! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Scorers

width=25Rankwidth=25width=25width=25Pwidth=150Namewidth=120PGPLwidth=120width=120width=120width=120Super CupTotal
116FW}}|FWMehdi Abdi92314
28MF}}|MFAhmad Nourollahi10111
372FW}}|FWIssa Alekasir342110
470FW}}|FWShahriyar Moghanlou448
521MF}}|MFMehdi Torabi4127
64DF}}|DFJalal Hosseini426
72MF}}|MFOmid Alishah224
19MF}}|MFVahid Amiri31
11MF}}|MFKamal Kamyabinia112
103DF}}|DFShojae Khalilzadeh22
88MF}}|MFSiamak Nemati2
10MF}}|MFMilad Sarlak2
6DF}}|DFHossein Kanaanizadegan11
145MF}}|MFBashar Resan11
17DF}}|DFMehdi Shiri1
14MF}}|MFEhsan Pahlavan1
Own goal11
Total477111479
Last updated: 31 July 2021

Assists

width=25Rankwidth=25width=25width=25Pwidth=150Namewidth=120PGPLwidth=120width=120width=120width=120Super CupTotal
12MF}}|MFOmid Alishah613111
221MF}}|MFMehdi Torabi41510
377DF}}|DFSaeid Aghaei421*7
488MF}}|MFSiamak Nemati3216
58MF}}|MFAhmad Nourollahi55
614MF}}|MFEhsan Pahlavan1124
19MF}}|MFVahid Amiri4
810MF}}|MFMilad Sarlak213
70FW}}|FWShahriyar Moghanlou21
105MF}}|MFBashar Resan22
1136FW}}|FWArman Ramezani11
11MF}}|MFKamal Kamyabinia1
17DF}}|DFMehdi Shiri1
16FW}}|FWMehdi Abdi1
23MF}}|MFAli Shojaei1
Total356910161
Last updated: 31 July 2021

Goalkeeping

PGPL2020 ACLTotal
width=20 Rankwidth=20 width=20 width=220Namewidth=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20
181Hamed Lak2914171 0 18 4 55 5 11 0 1442325
244Božidar Radošević1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1413
334Amir Mohammad Yousefi
Total301418 3 1 28 4 56 5 2 1 0 148 24 28
Last updated: 31 July 2021

Man of the Match

width=25Rankwidth=25width=25width=25Pwidth=150Namewidth=100PGPLwidth=100width=150width=150width=100Super CupTotal
12MF}}|MFOmid Alishah415
288MF}}|MFSiamak Nemati314
21MF}}|MFMehdi Torabi4
19MF}}|MFVahid Amiri31
56DF}}|DFHossein Kanaanizadegan213
10MF}}|MFMilad Sarlak21
16FW}}|FWMehdi Abdi21
88MF}}|MFAhmad Nourollahi22
4DF}}|DFJalal Hosseini11
11MF}}|MFKamal Kamyabinia11
7FW}}|FWIssa Alekasir11
123DF}}|DFShojae Khalilzadeh11
5MF}}|MFBashar Resan1
81GK}}|GKHamed Lak1
14MF}}|MFEhsan Pahlavan1
70FW}}|FWShahriyar Moghanlou1
Total26273139
Last updated: 31 July 2021

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.|}

Club

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Sponsorship

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unknown .
  2. Web site: منفعت پرسپولیس از انتقال روستایی به پیکان ؛ 300 میلیون درآمد احتمالی.
  3. Web site: Unknown.
  4. Web site: تمدید قرارداد سیامک نعمتی با پرسپولیس .
  5. Web site: مهندسی پرسپولیس برای لیگ بیست و یکم ! .
  6. Web site: دروازه بان جدید در پرسپولیس . August 14, 2020. YJC.
  7. Web site: سعید آقایی به پرسپولیس پیوست . August 19, 2020. Perspolis.
  8. Web site: حامد لک به پرسپولیس پیوست . August 19, 2020. Perspolis.
  9. Web site: عیسی آل کثیر به پرسپولیس پیوست . August 19, 2020. Perspolis.
  10. Web site: احسان پهلوان به پرسپولیس پیوست . August 20, 2020. Perspolis.
  11. Web site: میلاد سرلک به پرسپولیس ملحق شد . September 6, 2020. Perspolis.
  12. Web site: شجاعی با قراردادی دو ساله به پرسپولیس پیوست . September 8, 2020. Perspolis.
  13. Web site: آرمان رمضانی با قراردادی دو ساله به پرسپولیس پیوست . September 8, 2020. Perspolis.
  14. Web site: حضور امیرمحمد خارکش در پرسپولیس. Tarafdari.
  15. Web site: شریفی: با پرسپولیس به توافقاتی رسیدیم . October 14, 2020. Perspolis.
  16. Web site: محمد مهدی مهدیخانی، دو ساله به پرسپولیس پیوست. November 17, 2020. Perspolis.
  17. Web site: حضور علیرضا ملکی در تمرینات پرسپولیس. Shaya News.
  18. Web site: مهدی ترابی به پرسپولیس پیوست. Perspolis. 29 September 2023.
  19. Web site: شهریار مغانلو به پرسپولیس پیوست. Perspolis. 29 September 2023.
  20. Web site: فرشاد فرجی به پرسپولیس پیوست . Perspolis. 29 September 2023 .
  21. Web site: بازگشت مهاجم پرسپولیس بعد از سربازی. Pars News. 29 November 2020.
  22. Web site: حضور محمد عمری در لیست آسیایی پرسپولیس. Shafaqna. April 2021.
  23. Web site: علیرضا بیرانوند در تمرینات رویال آنتورپ / عکس. August 19, 2020. طرفداری.
  24. Web site: آنتونی استوکس به لیوینگستون اسکاتلند پیوست. August 23, 2020. طرفداری.
  25. Web site: فسخ قرارداد ترابی با پرسپولیس . varzesh3.
  26. Web site: جدایی اوساگونا پس از توافق با پرسپولیس . September 8, 2020. Perspolis.
  27. Web site: رسمی؛ دو دروازه بان پرسپولیس در لیست مازاد. varzesh3.
  28. Web site: محمد حسینی از پرسپولیس جدا شد . Tarafdari. 11 October 2020 .
  29. Web site: کریم باقری: قبل از تماس من، شجاع قراردادش را فسخ کرده بود!. طرفداری. fa. 26 October 2020.
  30. Web site: رمضانی از پرسپولیس جدا شد . Fars News.
  31. Web site: سینا مهدوی، مدافع پرسپولیس راهی ملوان شد. Tarafdari. 8 March 2021.
  32. Web site: مدافع جوان پرسپولیس به پدیده مشهد پیوست . Perspolis. 29 September 2023 .