2003–04 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was the Persepolis's 3rd season in the Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also be competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Persepolis
2003–04 season
ChairmanAkbar Ghamkhar
Manager Vingo Begovic
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League5th
Hazfi Cup1/8
Top goalscorerLeague: Ali Daei (16 goals)
All: Ali Daei (17 goals)
Highest home attendance100,000 (16 October 2003 against Esteghlal)

Squad

As of October 2003. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MKD Saša Ilić
2 DF  IRN Mohammad Barzegar
3 DF  IRN Hassan Khanmohammadi
4 DF  IRN Yahya Golmohammadi
5 DF  IRN Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
6 MF  IRN Karim Bagheri
7 MF  IRN Hamid Estili (3rd captain)
8 MF  IRN Hamed Kavianpour
9 FW  IRN Javad Kazemian
10 FW  IRN Ali Daei (Vice captain)
11 MF  IRN Mehrdad Minavand
12 MF  IRN Aref Mohammadvand
13 FW  MLI Issa Traore
14 MF  IRN Reza Jabbari
15 DF  IRN Mojtaba Shiri
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  IRN Sohrab Entezari
18 FW  IRN Meghdad Ghobakhlou
19 DF  IRN Pejman Jamshidi
20 DF  IRN Younes Bahonar
21 MF  IRN Ebrahim Asadi
22 GK  IRN Mohammad Mohammadi
23 DF  IRN Alireza Emamifar
24 FW  IRN Ali Salmani
26 FW  IRN Mehrdad Oladi
30 GK  IRN Farshid Karimi
39 DF  IRN Ali Nikkhou
63 DF  IRN Sheys Rezaei
76 FW  IRN Behnam Afsheh

Transfers

In
No P Name Age Moving from Transfer
fee		 Type Transfer
window		 Source
1 GK Saša Ilić 33 Dynamo St. Petersburg – Free Transfer Summer [1]
LB Ali Nikkhou 25 Aboumoslem – Free Transfer Summer [1]
8 CM Hamed Kavianpour 23 Al Wasl – Free Transfer Summer [1]
23 LB Alireza Emamifar 29 Charleroi – Free Transfer Summer [1]
9 RW Javad Kazemian 22 Saipa – Free Transfer Summer [1]
13 RW Issa Traore 23 Pyunik – Free Transfer Summer [1]
10 CF Ali Daei 33 Al Shabab – Free Transfer Summer [1]
CB Sheys Rezaei 19 Saipa – Free Transfer Summer
26 SS Mehrdad Oladi 18 Persepolis Qaemshahr – Free Transfer Summer
18 CF Meghdad Ghobakhlou 21 Persepolis Academy – Promoted Summer
CF Christopher Wreh 28 St Mirren – Free Transfer Summer
RW Behnam Afsheh 21 Persepolis Academy – Promoted Winter

Out
No P Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window		 Source
1 GK Davoud Fanaei 27 Azarbayejan – Free Transfer Summer [1]
20 CB Behrouz Rahbarifar 32 Pas – Free Transfer Summer [1]
18 CF Behnam Abolghasempour 30 Pas – Free Transfer Summer [1]
19 CF Payan Rafat 33 Saba Battery – Free Transfer Summer [1]
16 LB Reza Shahroudi 31 Pasargad – Free Transfer Summer [1]
24 CF Ali Lashgari Released Contract termination Summer [1]
8 CB Ali Ansarian 26 Saipa – Free Transfer Summer
9 DM Mehdi Tartar 31 Aboumoslem – Free Transfer Summer
26 RW Hadi Mahdavikia 24 Released Contract termination Summer
11 SS Amir Hossein Aslanian 25 Released Contract termination Winter
CF Christopher Wreh 28 Bishop's Stortford – Free (Contract termination) Winter

Technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Vingo Begovic
Assistant coach Fereydoun Moeini
Goalkeeping coach Fakhroddin Begovićć
Doctor Dr Farid Zarineh
Team Manager Ebrahim Ashtiani

Competition record
Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 26 10 9 7 42 28 +14 038.46
Hazfi Cup 4 1 0 3 7 7 +0 025.00
Total 30 11 9 10 49 35 +14 036.67

Iran Pro League
Main article: 2003–04 Iran Pro League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Foolad 26 13 8 5 37 22 +15 47
4 Zob Ahan 26 11 7 8 32 25 +7 40
5 Persepolis 26 10 9 7 42 28 +14 39
6 Sepahan 26 11 6 9 47 36 +11 39 Qualification for the 2005 AFC Champions League
7 Paykan 26 8 8 10 24 26 −2 32
Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]

Competitions

Iran Pro League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date RoundHomeScoreAwayLocation
29 August 2003 (2003-08-29) 1Persepolis8 – 2PegahTehran
A. Salmani  15'
A. Daei  38', 71' (pen.), 85', 90'
A. Peyrovani  56'
J. Kazemian  61', 78'		 F. Kojoeian  18'
P. Nouri  67'
A. Ashourizad  68'  69'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 2Aboumoslem0 – 1PersepolisMashhad
R. Jabbari  9'
M. Barzegar
S. Ilić 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium
13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 3Persepolis5 – 2Fajr SepasiTehran
R. Jabbari  31'
A. Daei  66', 69'
J. Kazemian  82'
K. Bagheri  90'		 M. Madanchi  27'
S. Shirmardi  87'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
18 September 2003 (2003-09-18) 4Paykan2 – 1PersepolisTehran
 41'
M. Tahmasebi  45'		 K. Bagheri  62' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
30 September 2003 (2003-09-30) 5Persepolis3 – 3SepahanTehran
R. Jabbari  23'
A. Salmani  52'
I. Traore  73'
Y. Bahonar 		A. Talebnasab  37'
E. Bezik  40' (pen.), 48'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
6 October 2003 (2003-10-06) 6Esteghlal Ahvaz1 – 1PersepolisAhvaz
D. Haghi  33' J. Kazemian  70' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Masoud Moradi
16 October 2003 (2003-10-16) 7Persepolis1 – 2EsteghlalTehran
I. Traore  70' A. Samereh  9'
M. Navazi  43'
M. Fekri  56'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Manuel Costa
23 October 2003 (2003-10-23) 8Pas2 – 1PersepolisTehran
J. Nekounam  65'
A. Aghaei  80'
B. Rahbarifar  85' (pen.)
B. Abolghasempour
F. Rabikhah
A. Janmaleki
A. Borhani 		A. Mohammadvand  65'
A. Daei  90+2' (pen.)
R. Jabbari
S. Ilić 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
7 November 2003 (2003-11-07) 9Persepolis4 – 0Bargh ShirazTehran
S. Entezari  17', 75'
A. Daei  61', 67'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 November 2003 (2003-11-23) 10Shamoushak0 – 1PersepolisNoshahr
A. Daei  67'
30 November 2003 (2003-11-30) 11Persepolis2 – 0SaipaTehran
S. Entezari  15'
A. Daei  39'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) 12Zob Ahan1 – 0PersepolisFooladshahr
E. Taghipour  29'
J. Omidian
M. Rajabzadeh 		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
11 December 2003 (2003-12-11) 13Persepolis1 – 0FooladTehran
A. Daei  67' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
18 December 2003 (2003-12-18) 14Pegah0 – 0PersepolisRasht
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium
25 December 2003 (2003-12-25) 15Persepolis0 – 0AboumoslemTehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
6 January 2004 (2004-01-06) 16Fajr Sepasi1 – 1PersepolisShiraz
V. Moradi  46' A. Salmani  18' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
12 January 2004 (2004-01-12) 17Persepolis0 – 0PaykanTehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 January 2004 (2004-01-16) 18Sepahan1 – 2PersepolisIsfahan
M. Karimi  46' A. Peyrovani  54'
P. Jamshidi  89'		 Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ali Khosravi
22 January 2004 (2004-01-22) 19Persepolis0 – 0Esteghlal AhvazTehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
2 February 2004 (2004-02-02) 20Esteghlal1 – 1PersepolisTehran
D. Seyed Abbasi  3'
A. Nikbakht 		H. Kavianpour  19'
Y. Bahonar
P. Jamshidi
H. Khanmohammadi 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mustafa Çulcu
26 February 2004 (2004-02-26) 21Persepolis3 – 4PasTehran
H. Shakouri  45' (o.g.)
I. Traore  82'
A. Daei  84'		 J. Nekounam  3', 67'
A. Borhani  59'
Kh. Azizi  87'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) 22Bargh Shiraz0 – 0PersepolisShiraz
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
4 April 2004 (2004-04-04) 23Persepolis2 – 1ShamoushakTehran
A. Daei  27' (pen.), 87' A. Shokati  29' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 April 2004 (2004-04-09) 24Saipa3 – 2PersepolisTehran
E. Sadeghi  21', 34'
 83'		 A. Daei  36'  83'
K. Bagheri  87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Jalal Moradi
23 April 2004 (2004-04-23) 25Persepolis2 – 1Zob AhanTehran
K. Bagheri 22'
H. Khanmohammadi  45+3'
S. Entezari  62'		 M. Rajabzadeh  16' (pen.)
A. Petrosian  21'
F. Bahadorani
B. Tahmasebi 		Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam
3 May 2004 (2004-05-03) 26Foolad1 – 0PersepolisAhvaz
A. Mousavi  65' Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup
Main article: 2003–04 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date RoundHomeScoreAwayLocation
22 April 2004 (2004-04-22) 1/16Persepolis3 – 0PayamTehran
A. Daei  2'
Y. Golmohammadi  15'
A. Salmani  70'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
1/16Payam3 – 2PersepolisMashhad
R. Bigdeli
H. Bargizar 		J. Kazemian
S. Entezari 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis 5–3 Payam on aggregate.

25 May 2004 (2004-05-25) 1/8Persepolis0 – 1Esteghlal AhvazTehran
M. Minavand  81' M. Ahmadi  41'  81' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam
1/8Esteghlal Ahvaz3 – 2PersepolisAhvaz
A. Khalife Asl
M. Shiri 		J. Kazemian
M. Ghobakhlou 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Esteghlal Ahvaz 4–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

Scorers
No. Pos Nat Name Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
10 CF Ali Daei 16 1 17
9 RW Javad Kazemian 4 2 6
17 CF Sohrab Entezari 4 1 5
24 RW Ali Salmani 3 1 4
6 DM Karim Bagheri 3 0 3
13 CF Issa Traore 3 0 3
14 AM Reza Jabbari 3 0 3
5 CB Afshin Peyrovani 2 0 2
3 RB Hassan Khanmohammadi 1 0 1
4 CB Yahya Golmohammadi 0 1 1
8 CM Hamed Kavianpour 1 0 1
19 RB Pejman Jamshidi 1 0 1
18 CF Meghdad Ghobakhlou 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 42 7 49
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See also

References
  1. http://www.tebyan.net/newindex.aspx?pid=3167
  2. "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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