List of Persepolis F.C. seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by Persepolis Football Club in Iranian and Asian football, from 1963 to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Iranian league that season.

Key

Key to league competitions:

Key to colours and symbols:

bgcolor=gold1st or WWinners
bgcolor=silver2nd or RURunners-up
3rdThird place
bgcolor=#DDFFDD
bgcolor=#DDFFDD
R16↓
Advanced to next round but thecompetition continued in next season
Top scorer of competition
Key to league record:

Key to cup record:

Seasons

SeasonLeagueHazfi CupAsiaOther League's Top scorerManagerFans
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosCompetitionResultCompetitionResultNameGoals
1968–69ACCQ4310617bgcolor=gold1stNHAsian Champion Club TournamentGSTehran Hazfi Cupbgcolor=silverRUParviz Dehdari
1969–70TFL1552819241211thDNERajab Faramarzi
1970–71Loc
TFL
4
14
2
10
0
4
2
0
10
25
6
3
4
24


2nd

DNEHossein Kalani
7
1971–72Loc14130145626bgcolor=gold1stNHHossein Kalani
Safar Iranpak
11Alan Rogers
1972–73TFL155461215149th
1973–74TJC22 15 7 0464 37 bgcolor=gold1stHossein Kalani
Safar Iranpak
8
1974–75TJC22 12 7 3 3213 31 bgcolor=silver2nd
1975–76TJC30 16 12 2 3612 42 bgcolor=gold1stR16Safar Iranpak10Behzadi / Vatankhah
1976–77TJC30 10 17 3 2518 37 bgcolor=silver2ndR16Ivan Kuonoev
1977–78 TJC30 14 10 6 4527 38 bgcolor=silver2ndNHAlan Whittle9Mansour Amirasefi
1978–79TJCNot completed due to Iranian RevolutionAli Parvin5Mehrab Shahrokhi
1979–80 Espandi Cupbgcolor=gold1st
1980–81TFLNot held due to start of Iran–Iraq WarTehran Hazfi Cupbgcolor=silverRU
1981–82TFL13571191417bgcolor=silver2ndTehran Hazfi Cupbgcolor=goldWAbbas Kargar5Shahrokhi / Parvin
1982–83TFL17134039530bgcolor=gold1stAli Parvin15Ali Parvin
1983–84TFL171223331426bgcolor=silver2ndNasser Mohammadkhani13
1984–85TFLNot finished Ali Parvin9
1985–86TFL94231111105th
1986–87TFL862016414bgcolor=gold1stR16Farshad Pious7
1987–88TFL17132231828bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=goldWTehran Hazfi Cupbgcolor=goldWFarshad Pious13
1988–89TFL15 11 4 0 287 37 bgcolor=gold1stSFAsian Club ChampionshipQGRFarshad Pious13
1989–90QL
TFL
20
15
11
12
9
2
0
1
34
28
10
6
31
26


1st

NHDNE
1990–91TFL17134034830bgcolor=gold1stSFAsian Cup Winners' Cupbgcolor=goldWFarshad Pious16
1991–92Div 1
TFL
22
15
13
11
5
2
4
2
30
27
12
9
31
24


2nd

bgcolor=goldWDNE

Farshad Pious


Farshad Pious

11


16

1992–93Div 114 6 6 2 258 18 bgcolor=silver2ndNHAsian Cup Winners' Cupbgcolor=silverRUHassan Shirmohammadi8
1993–94Div 126 10 11 5 4025 31 bgcolor=silver2ndQFAsian Cup Winners' CupQFKhordbin / Panjali
1994–95Div 122 14 5 3 5317 33 4thR16DNEFarshad Pious20Brajović / Derakhshan
1995–96Div 130 15 12 3 3318 57 bgcolor=gold1stWDDNEGede / Poklepović
1996–97Div 130 17 8 55224 59 bgcolor=gold1stWD b. SFAsian Club Championship3rdPoklepović / Derakhshan
1997–98Div 1withdrew due to international commitmentsNHAsian Club Championship4thDerakhshan / Matković
1998–99Div 130 19 8 35621 65 bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=goldWDNEEdmond Bezik11Matković / Parvin
1999–2000Div 126 15 9 2 4523 54 bgcolor=gold1stWD b. R16Asian Club Championship3rdBehnam Seraj11Ali Parvin
2000–01Div 122 13 7 2 3616 46 bgcolor=silver2ndR16Asian Club Championship3rdBehrouz Rahbarifar7
2001–02IPL26 13 10 3 3623 49 bgcolor=gold1stQFDNESohrab Entezari9
2002–03IPL26 11 11 4 3021 44 3rdR16Champions LeagueGSAli Ansarian
Payan Rafat
5
2003–04IPL26 10 9 7 4228 39 5thR16DNEAli Daei16Vinko Begović
2004–05IPL30 16 7 7 4327 55 4thR16
DNE

Javad Kazemian9Rainer Zobel
2005–06IPL30 9 11 10 39 40 32[1] 13thbgcolor=silverRU
DNE

Javad Kazemian11Parvin / Haan30,330
2006–07IPL30 14 11 549 33 53 3rdSF
DNE

Mehrzad Madanchi10Mustafa Denizli40,350
2007–08IPL34 18 11 5 55 34 59[2] bgcolor=gold1stR16
DNE

Mohsen Khalili18Afshin Ghotbi60,380
2008–09IPL34151095041555thQF
2009 ACL

R16

Ibrahima Touré11Ghotbi / Peyrovani / Vingada47,952
2009–10IPL34131474640534thbgcolor=goldW
DNE

Karim Bagheri1047,826
2010–11IPL34 177105036584thbgcolor=goldW
2011 ACL

GS

Mohammad Nouri930,769
2011–12IPL34 10121250544212thQF
2012 ACL

R16

Ali Karimi11Estili / Denizli50,600
2012–13IPL34 121484131507thbgcolor=silverRU
DNE

Karim Ansarifard8Manuel José / Golmohammadi67,980
2013–14IPL30 1686341555[3] bgcolor=silver 2ndQF
DNE

Khalatbari
Seyed-Salehi
6Ali Daei69,110
2014–15IPL30 99123135368thSF
2015 ACL

R16

Mehdi Taremi7Daei / Derakhshan / Ivanković15,768
2015–16IPL30 1695503457bgcolor=silver2ndQF
DNE

Mehdi Taremi16Branko Ivanković71,071[4]
2016–17IPL30 2064461466bgcolor=gold1stR64
2017 ACL

R16↓

Mehdi Taremi1848,567
2017–18IPL30 1974481564bgcolor=gold1stQF2017 ACL
2018 ACL


R16↓

Iranian Super Cupbgcolor=goldWAli Alipour1939,786
2018–19IPL30 16131361461bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=goldW2018 ACL
2019 ACL


GS

Iranian Super Cupbgcolor=goldWAli Alipour1440,300
2019–20IPL302145461767bgcolor=gold1stSF
2020 ACL

Iranian Super Cupbgcolor=goldWAli Alipour12Calderón / Golmohammadi27,556
2020–21IPL3019101471467bgcolor=gold1stQF2020 ACL
2021 ACL


R16↓

Iranian Super Cupbgcolor=goldWAhmad Nourollahi10Yahya GolmohammadiNC
2021–22IPL301893442163bgcolor=silver2ndQF2021 ACL
2022 ACL


Disqualify

Iranian Super Cupbgcolor=silverRUMehdi Abdi711,000
2022–23IPL302064461366bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=goldWMehdi Torabi723,111
2023–24IPL302082451868bgcolor=gold1stR16Champions LeagueGSIranian Super Cupbgcolor=goldWIssa Alekasir7Golmohammadi / Osmar Loss
Total National League1036529332175%W:51.061768
Grand Total1246665380201%W:53.372025

Squads

This is selection of the most famous squads of Persepolis Football club from 1963 to the most recent completed season.[5]

Famous Squads

Memorable matches

Persepolis was a weak team and played in 2nd Division at that time.Although it was a friendly match, but it was the birth of a new pole in Iranian football.4 of Shahin players played for Persepolis at that match :Ebrahim Ashtiani, Nazem Ganjapour, Kazem Rahimi (as Captain) and Bahman Norouzi. After it rest of Shahin players joined Persepolis.

Paykan used Persepolis’ previous season players except of Aziz Asli and Mahmoud Khordbin and Persepolis played with a young line-up because of contract between Abdo and Khayami. Ali Parvin scored Paykan's victorious goal!

Persepolis’ the best ever result in Tehran derby.Being beaten by 6 goals of their old Rivals and enemies was so shameful for Esteghlal.Homayoun Behzadi hattricked, Iraj Soleimani Scored twice and another goal scored by Hossein Kalani.

Homa was a respected team and was beaten by 5 goals.Behrouz Soltani Goalkeeper of Persepolis played as a striker and scored a goal!

This is one of few times the two clubs have met each other in the Hazfi Cup. The match finished scoreless in regulation time, and extra-time was eventless. Persepolis beat Esteghlal 4–2 in penalty shootouts to advance to the next stage in the Hazfi Cup.

In the 38th derby Persepolis was leading in the match by a score of 2-0 until the last 10 minutes of the match. Esteghlal scored 2 goals in quick succession, including one which was a penalty. This angered the Persepolis fans and players who felt the referee was biased towards Esteghlal. Persepolis fans stormed the field, and many fights broke out on the pitch between fans and players. After this match it was decided that Iranian referees will no longer be used for the derby.

One of the most exciting and heated matches in derby history. The game was extremely sensitive as Mehdi Hasheminasab had left Persepolis in the off-season for Esteghlal. Behrouz Rahbarifar opened up the scoring in minute 56, while Mohammad Navazi tied the game up at the 67th minute. Many thought the game would be over when Hasheminasab scored a late goal at minute 86, but Ali Karimi saved Persepolis scoring a spectacular goal at minute 89 to please the red fans. During the game Esteghlal's goalkeeper Parviz Broumand and Persepolis striker Payan Rafat were constantly insulting each other. This eventually led to Broumand punching Rafat in the face and giving him a black eye. A massive fight broke out between the players. After the match hooligans went on a rampage. They completely destroyed 250 city buses and damaged many shops. Three players from each side were arrested along with 60 fans for their behavior.

Persepolis' win against Fajr Sepasi on the last day of the 2001–02 league with Ebrahim Asadi's header just after he substituted gave them the title of first ever IPL champions.

It was the retirement match for Ahmadreza Abedzadeh. Ali Karimi was one of Bayern players and played against his former club. Ali Ansarian scored for Persepolis .

Persepolis won Sepahan in front of over 100’000 fans and became 2007–08 IPL champion.Mohsen Khalili lead Persepolis, After a while Ehsan Hajsafi tied game and it meant Sepahan is the champion. In 90+6th min when everyone was chill, in a chancy position, Captain Karim Bagheri Sent a Pass and Sepehr Heidari's Header lead Persepolis and gave them championship.

After losing four times in a row, Persepolis and its fans were desperate for a win over their blue rivals. Head coach Mustafa Denizli had returned to the reds for the second half of the season and had previously experienced victory over Esteghlal back in 2006. Persepolis found themselves 2-0 down yet again and had Mehrdad Oladi very harshly sent off for what was seen as just a foul. Mazloumi and blues fans were beginning celebrations of yet another victory over their rivals as Persepolis fans began to leave the stadium when suddenly newly signed forward Eamon Zayed bagged a goal back for the reds in the 82nd minute. Persepolis were lifted by this goal and Zayed immediately connected with Mehdi Mahdavikia's excellent cross a minute later and levelled the score to 2–2 with a fine header. The last five minutes of the game was very open with Persepolis looking more lively and in the 92nd minute of the match, Hossein Badamaki's cross found Zayed yet again and the Libyan striker turned his defender and finished brilliantly to round off a historic hat-trick and great win for Persepolis and its fans.

This derby was highly anticipated and vital for both teams as they were competing for the top spot in the Iran Pro League table. Persepolis came into this match with an excellent form and were regarded as favourites to win; however, Esteghlal was in 2nd place above their archrival on goal difference. In a highly entertaining and end-to-end game, the red-clad Persepolis netted twice in each half to beat the blue-shirted Esteghlal 4–2 in their 82nd derby in Tehran on a rainy Friday and be the new Iran Pro League table-topper in the 26th week. The league's top scorer Mehdi Taremi (2), Ramin Rezaeian, Mohsen Mosalman scored for the reds; Jaber Ansari, Omid Ebrahimi (penalty) scored for the blues. After Red's captain Hadi Norouzi had died earlier in the season due to a heart attack in his sleep, Persepolis players and fans labelled the scoreline in reference to Norouzi's shirt number of 24.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: پرسپولیس رکوردار کسر امتیاز در لیگ/ دو قهرمانی؟.
  2. Web site: 6 امتیاز از پرسپولیس کسر شد.
  3. Web site: نمناک .
  4. Web site: پرسپولیس پرتماشاگرترین تیم لیگ برتر.
  5. Goal Sports Newspaper, #720,Retrieved on 2008-07-26
  6. http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/en/news/news/2006/06810.php?fcb_sid=1cc9ff2a5fc81f83fb53d503fc3f5221 Tehran football fans rise to greet Reds