2012–13 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Persepolis's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 30th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis saw a change in managerial role in the beginning of the season when Mustafa Denizli announced via an open letter to the fans that he couldn't cooperate with Perspolis anymore due to his personal problems[1] and was replaced with former Al Ahly boss Manuel José.[2] Persepolis is captained by Mehdi Mahdavikia.

Persepolis

2012–13 season
Chairman	Mohammad Rouyanian
Manager	Manuel José (until 10 December 2012) Yahya Golmohammadi (from 10 December 2012)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	7th
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Karim Ansarifard (8) All: Karim Ansarifard (12)
Highest home attendance	100,000 v Esteghlal (29 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance	0 (spectator ban) v Fajr Sepasi (23 July 2012) v Aluminium Hormozgan (27 September 2012)
Average home league attendance	20,099
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Key events

• 29 May: The Club introduces 10 of 2012–13 Seasons players, it means that they release professional players Asmir Avdukić, Misagh Memarzadeh, Hossein Hooshyar, Alireza Mohammad, Mojtaba Shiri, Mohammad Nosrati, Maziar Zare, Hossein Badamaki, Sheys Rezaei, Saman Aghazamani, Javad Kazemian, Ebrahim Shakouri, Vahid Hashemian, Mamadou Tall & Mehrdad Oladi.[3] After few days Kazemian & Aghazamani had been returned to first team.[4][5]
• 30 May: Mohammad Ghazi joins The Club. This left footed striker signed two-years contract until the end of 2013–14 season.[6]
• 2 June:Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh & Afshin Esmaeilzadeh joins The Club as u-21 players. Both of them had been played for National youth teams.[7]
• 4 June: Mehrdad Pouladi signed a two-years contract after Team Melli's camp.[8]
• 5 June: After releasing all of their goalkeepers, the club signed Shahab Gordan for a season as a free deal .[9]
• 7 June: Hossein Mahini, Jalal Hosseini & Mohsen Bengar joins The Club. Mahini signed two-year contract while Hosseini & Bengar signing one-year contracts.[10]
• 22 June: Mustafa Denizli leave the reds. the Turkish coach terminate his contract because of personal problems.[11]
• 26 June: Karim Ansarifard, the top scorer of previous season joins The Club with three-years contract. Successor of The Legend, Ali Daei, will wear #9 jersey.[12]
• 30 June: Brazilian midfielder Roberto Sousa joins The Club after success in medical tests. Maritimo & Celta de Vigo previous Defensive Midfielder signed two-years contract.[13]
• 3 July: Former Al Ahly coach Manuel José replaced Mustafa Denizli.[14]
• 4 July: Ali Karimi & Mehdi Mahdavikia extends their contract for another year. Mahdavikia announces that it will his last season of playing football.[15]
• 12 July: Eamon Zayed extend his contract for another year.[13]
• 19 July: Persepolis started the league with a 1–0 win at Sanat Naft with a goal from Javad Kazemian.
• 13 September: 45 days after injury, Roberto Sousa & The Club reached agreement to terminate the contract.[16]
• 31 October: Persepolis defeated Paykan 6–0 with a hat-trick from Karim Ansarifard, revive the famous 6–0 win against the rival Eteghlal in 1973 derby.
• 3 December: Persepolis finished the first half of the league in 12th place, same with last season's final rank.
• 7 December: Manuel José was sacked as the manager of the club and was replaced by his assistant Yahya Golmohammadi, a former player and captain of the team.
• 19 December: Golmohammadi celebrated his first game as the manager of the Persepolis with a 6–0 win against Malavan in the first match of the season's Hazfi Cup campaign.
• 30 December: Gholamreza Rezaei scored the fastest goal in the history of Iran Pro League and also the fastest in 2012 in a 2–0 win over Fajr Sepasi.
• 14 March: Mehdi Mahdavikia announced his retirement before the match against Mes Kerman. Former Team Melli's captain also announce that if Persepolis reach the Hazfi Cups final, this match will be his farewell match.

Squad

First team squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Nationality	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Previous club	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Reza Mohammadi	(1985-06-14) 14 June 1985		GK	2013 (W)	1	0	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
21	Amir Abedzadeh	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993		GK	2012	0	0	0	2015	L.A Blues	€100,000	U-21 Players
28	Masoud Dastani	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992		GK	2010	0	0	0	2013	Youth Team		U-21 Players
40	Nilson Corrêa	(1975-12-26) 26 December 1975		GK	2012	33	0	0	2013	Guimarães	Free	Second nationality: Burkina Faso
Defenders
4	Jalal Hosseini	(1982-02-03) 3 February 1982		CB / RB	2012	36	1	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
6	Mohsen Bengar	(1979-07-06) 6 July 1979		CB	2012	27	0	1	2013	Sepahan	Free
13	Hossein Mahini	(1986-09-16) 16 September 1986		RB / LB / RM	2012	35	2	5	2014	Zob Ahan	Free
15	Roozbeh Cheshmi	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993		CB / LB /DM	2013 (W)	0	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
16	Mehrdad Pouladi	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987		LB / LM / CM	2012 (W)	32	1	1	2014	Mes	Free
19	Saeid Ghadami	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992		LB / LM	2011	0	0	0	2014	Foolad	Free	U-21 Players
20	Alireza Noormohammadi	(1981-07-03) 3 July 1981		CB / LB	2010	95	6	1	2013	Rah Ahan	Free
30	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992		RB / CB / LB	2012	18	0	2	2015	Rah Ahan	Free	U-23 Players
35	Hossein Kanaani	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994		CB / RB	2012 (W)	1	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
Midfielders
2	Mehdi Mahdavikia	(1977-07-24) 24 July 1977		RM / RB / DM	2012 (W)	102	27	7	2013	Damash	€80,000	Captain
8	Ali Karimi	(1978-11-08) 8 November 1978		AM / SS / RM	2011	140	38	16	2013	Schalke 04	Free	Vice Captain
14	Mohammad Nouri	(1983-01-09) 9 January 1983		AM / CM	2010	117	32	15	2013	Saba Qom	Free
17	Vlatko Grozdanoski	(1983-01-30) 30 January 1983		CM / RM / AM	2013 (W)	12	2	1	2013	Liaoning Whowin	Free
18	Meysam Naghizadeh	(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986		DM	2012	23	2	0	2015	Machine Sazi	Free
22	Mehrzad Madanchi	(1983-01-10) 10 January 1983		LM / LW	2012	70	20	0	2015	Al-Shaab	Free
23	Amir Hossein Feshangchi	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987		LM / LB / LW	2010	97	10	7	2015	Saba Qom	Free	Originally from Youth Team
29	Marko Perović	(1984-01-11) 11 January 1984		LM / LW	2013 (W)	16	2	0	2013	Red Star	Free
31	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	(1992-04-21) 21 April 1992		AM / RM	2012	1	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
33	Reza Haghighi	(1989-01-31) 31 January 1989		DM / CM	2013 (W)	19	2	1	2015	Fajr Sepasi	€200,000
39	Adel Kolahkaj	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985		DM / CM	2013 (W)	40	1	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
Forwards
9	Karim Ansarifard	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990		CF	2012	36	12	5	2015	Saipa	Free	U-23 Players
10	Gholamreza Rezaei	(1984-08-06) 6 August 1984		RW / LW / ST	2010	90	13	20	2014	Foolad	Free
11	Mohammad Ghazi	(1984-12-30) 30 December 1984		CF / LW / SS	2012	24	3	1	2014	Zob Ahan	Free
24	Hadi Norouzi	(1985-07-19) 19 July 1985		SS / RW / LW / ST	2008	151	30	18	2014	Damash	Free	Originally from Youth Team 3rd Captain
27	Rouhollah Seifollahi	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990		LW / ST	2011 (W)	7	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-23 Players
32	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992		SS / LW / ST / AM	2012	2	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
Players transferred during the season
1	Shahab Gordan	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984		GK	2012	5	0	0	Transferred to Sepahan
5	Saman Aghazamani	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990		DM / RB	2009	61	0	0	Transferred to Rah Ahan
7	Hamidreza Aliasgari	(1990-05-25) 25 May 1990		RW / RM / RB / LW / LM / LB	2007	98	6	7	On loan to Rah Ahan
12	Éamon Zayed	(1983-10-04) 4 October 1983		CF	2011 (W)	21	12	1	Transferred to Aluminium Hormozgan
15	Roberto Sousa	(1985-01-18) 18 January 1985		DM / CM	2012	3	0	0	Contract Terminated
17	Javad Kazemian	(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981		RW / LW / ST	2011	156	37	9	Transferred to Tractor Sazi

Apps and goals updated as of 10 May 2013
For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.
Source: fc-perspolis.com, FFIRI.IR

Iran Pro League squad

As of 17 July 2012.[17]

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  IRN Reza Mohammadi 2 MF  IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia (Captain) 4 DF  IRN Jalal Hosseini 6 DF  IRN Mohsen Bengar 8 MF  IRN Ali Karimi (Vice-Captain) 9 FW  IRN Karim Ansarifard 10 FW  IRN Gholamreza Rezaei 11 FW  IRN Mohammad Ghazi 13 DF  IRN Hossein Mahini 14 MF  IRN Mohammad Nouri (4th Captain) 15 DF  IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi 16 MF  IRN Mehrdad Pouladi 17 MF  MKD Vlatko Grozdanoski 18 MF  IRN Meysam Naghizadeh 19 MF  IRN Saeid Ghadami 20 DF  IRN Alireza Noormohammadi

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  IRN Amir Abedzadeh 22 MF  IRN Mehrzad Madanchi 23 MF  IRN Amir Hossein Feshangchi 24 FW  IRN Hadi Norouzi (3rd Captain) 27 FW  IRN Rouhollah Seifollahi 28 GK  IRN Masoud Dastani 29 MF  SRB Marko Perović 30 DF  IRN Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh 31 MF  IRN Afshin Esmaeilzadeh 32 MF  IRN Farshad Ahmadzadeh 33 MF  IRN Reza Haghighi 35 DF  IRN Hossein Kanaani 39 MF  IRN Adel Kolahkaj 40 GK  BRA Nilson Corrêa

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  IRN Hamidreza Aliasgari (at Rah Ahan until 10 May 2013)

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2012

In: 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  IRN Shahab Gordan (from Zob Ahan) [18] 16 DF  IRN Mehrdad Pouladi (from Mes Kerman) [19] 4 DF  IRN Jalal Hosseini (from Sepahan) [20] 6 DF  IRN Mohsen Bengar (from Sepahan) [21] 11 FW  IRN Mohammad Ghazi (from Zob Ahan) [22] 13 DF  IRN Hossein Mahini (from Zob Ahan) [23] 30 DF  IRN Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (from Rah Ahan) [24] 31 MF  IRN Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (from Damash Gilan) [25] 9 FW  IRN Karim Ansarifard (from Saipa) [26] 15 MF  BRA Roberto Sousa (from C.S. Marítimo) [27] 21 GK  IRN Amir Abedzadeh (from Los Angeles Blues) [28] 22 MF  IRN Mehrzad Madanchi (from Al-Shaab) [29] 40 GK  BRA Nilson Corrêa (from Guimarães) [30] 32 MF  IRN Farshad Ahmadzadeh (from Parseh Tehran) [31] 18 MF  IRN Meysam Naghizadeh (from Machine Sazi) [32] 52 MF  KOR Kwon Jun (from PSM Makassar) [33]

Out: 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  BIH Asmir Avdukić (loan return to Borac Banja Luka) 22 GK  IRN Misagh Memarzadeh (Released) 38 GK  IRN Hossein Hooshyar (to Aboomoslem) 2 DF  IRN Alireza Mohammad (to Gahar) 4 DF  IRN Mojtaba Shiri (to Pas Hamedan) 6 DF  IRN Mohammad Nosrati (to Tractor Sazi) 13 DF  IRN Sheys Rezaei (to Shahrdari Tabriz) 18 DF  IRN Ebrahim Shakouri (to Saipa) 30 DF  BFA Mamadou Tall (Released) 9 MF  IRN Maziar Zare (to Malavan) 11 MF  IRN Hossein Badamaki (to Malavan) 40 MF  IRN Mohammad Mehdi Elhaei (to Sanat Naft) 21 FW  IRN Vahid Hashemian (Retired) 33 FW  IRN Mehrdad Oladi (to Malavan)

Winter

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 33 MF  IRN Reza Haghighi (from Fajr Sepasi) [34] 39 MF  IRN Adel Kolahkaj (from Sepahan) [35] 29 MF  SRB Marko Perović (from Red Star Belgrade) 1 GK  IRN Reza Mohammadi (from Sepahan) 17 MF  MKD Vlatko Grozdanoski (from Liaoning) 15 DF  IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi (from Moghavemat Tehran)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  BRA Roberto Sousa (to C.S. Marítimo) [36] 12 FW  EIR Éamon Zayed (to Aluminium Hormozgan) 52 MF  KOR Kwon Jun (to Persepam) 5 MF  IRN Saman Aghazamani (to Rah Ahan) 17 FW  IRN Javad Kazemian (to Tractor Sazi) [37] 7 MF  IRN Hamidreza Aliasgari (On Loan at Rah Ahan) 1 GK  IRN Shahab Gordan (to Sepahan)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	7th	19 July 2012	10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Runners-up	17 December 2012	5 May 2013

Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Naft Tehran	34	14	13	7	42	29	+13	55
6	Mes Kerman	34	13	14	7	33	22	+11	53
7	Persepolis	34	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50
8	Rah Ahan	34	12	10	12	32	35	−3	46
9	Saba Qom	34	10	15	9	37	33	+4	45

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50	9	5	3	28	15	+13	3	9	5	13	16	−3

Last updated: 10 May 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L
Position	3	8	10	12	16	15	16	14	15	13	13	11	14	11	10	11	12	13	10	12	9	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Sanat Naft v Persepolis

19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) 1	Sanat Naft	0 – 1	Persepolis	Abadan
20:45 UTC+04:30	M. Elhaei  43' S. Koohnavard  53' S. Hallafi  70'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Ghazi  32' J. Kazemian  89'  90' A. Karimi  90+4'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Fajr Sepasi

23 July 2012 (2012-07-23) 2	Persepolis	2 – 3	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	A. Feshangchi  15' M. Ghazi  90+3' J. Hosseini	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Mohammad Rezaei  53' R. Haghighi  76' (p)  88' M. Nazari  89'  90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh

Gahar v Persepolis

30 July 2012 (2012-07-30) 3	Gahar	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	M. Zarei  82' H. Rekabi  89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	K. Ansarifard  15' A. Karimi  42' M. Pouladi  74'  78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
Note: Gahar hosted Persepolis at Azadi stadium because of problems in their home stadium.[38]

Persepolis v Saba Qom

5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) 4	Persepolis	0 – 2	Saba Qom	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	M. Bengar  52' J. Hosseini  90+1'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	S. Bayat  72' H. Lak  74' M. Soleiman Fallah  75'  76' A. Sadeghi  89' (p)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 67,678 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Damash v Persepolis

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 5	Damash	1 – 0	Persepolis	Rasht
19:10 UTC+04:30	A. Nazifkar  11' R. Boroush  19'  46' H. Ebrahimi  68' M. Farahani  84'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Rezaei  28'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Persepolis v Esteghlal

24 August 2012 (2012-08-24) 6	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	M. Pouladi  17' A. Feshangchi  90+5'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	S. Akbarpour  24' H. Omranzadeh  37'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Foolad v Persepolis

29 August 2012 (2012-08-29) 7	Foolad	1 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:00 UTC+04:30	A. Kalantari  89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Ghazi  74' E. Zayed  86'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Naft Tehran

16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 8	Persepolis	0 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
19:45 UTC+04:30		Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Alenemeh  58' V. Hamdinejad  67' I. Mousavi  73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Sepahan v Persepolis

23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 9	Sepahan	2 – 0	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
18:30 UTC+04:30	R. Đalović  14' M. Khalatbari  15' A. Kolahkaj  52' X. Sukaj  73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Kazemian  7' M. Madanchi  35' H. Norouzi  42'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Persepolis v Aluminium

27 September 2012 (2012-09-27) 10	Persepolis	1 – 0	Aluminium	Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30	M. Mahdavikia  29' M. Bengar  63'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Nasehi  43'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Saipa v Persepolis

2 October 2012 (2012-10-02) 11	Saipa	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30	M. Ayubi  5' R. Ahmadi  69' M. Gholamnejad	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri  21' M. Pouladi A. Noormohammadi  82' K. Ansarifard  88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Rah Ahan

22 October 2012 (2012-10-22) 12	Persepolis	2 – 0	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi  2' J. Hosseini  16' H. Mahini  45' M. Pouladi  64'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Mes Kerman v Persepolis

26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) 13	Mes Kerman	2 – 1	Persepolis	Kerman
15:00 UTC+03:30	M. Shojaei  16', 61'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Mahdavikia  45'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Persepolis v Paykan

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 14	Persepolis	6 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	K. Ansarifard  36', 48', 57' A. Noormohammadi  42' M. Nouri  63' M. Ghazi  86'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	N. Ahmadi  27'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

19 November 2012 (2012-11-19) 15	Persepolis	3 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Mahdavikia  45+1' Mahdavikia  45+2' Nouri  74' Ansarifard  90+6'  57' Hosseini  73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Sadeghian  5'  36' Noormohammadi  18' Abdollahpour  24' Gh. Haddadifar  47' Homami  52' Salsali  85' Božović  90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Malavan v Persepolis

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 16	Malavan	2 – 2	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
15:15 UTC+03:30	M. Zare  5'  61' H. Badamaki  24' S. Yousefzadeh  34' A. Ahi  62'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Norouzi  50'  90' A. Feshangchi  54' M. Khanzadeh  56' H. Mahini  75' Gh. Rezaei  88' M. Bengar  90' K. Ansarifard  90+3'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Persepolis v Tractor Sazi

3 December 2012 (2012-12-03) 17	Persepolis	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	M. Mahdavikia  28' S. Aghazamani  59'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Asadi  50' M. Nosrati  67' M. Seyed-Salehi  77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Persepolis v Sanat Naft

25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) 18	Persepolis	2 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	A. Karimi  4' M. Nouri  10' M. Pouladi  18'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Khaleghifar  21'  54' H. Kaabi  59' R. Arab  85'  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Fajr Sepasi v Persepolis

30 December 2012 (2012-12-30) 19	Fajr Sepasi	0 – 2	Persepolis	Shiraz
14:00 UTC+03:30	H. Karimi  71'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Rezaei  1' K. Ansarifard  26'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Gahar

4 January 2013 (2013-01-04) 20	Persepolis	Postponed	Gahar	Tehran
--:--				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mohsen Torki
Note: Postponed due to air pollution in Tehran .[39]

Saba Qom v Persepolis

13 January 2013 (2013-01-13) 21	Saba Qom	0 – 0	Persepolis	Qom
15:00 UTC+03:30	F. Karimi  62'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri  85'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Damash

18 January 2013 (2013-01-18) 22	Persepolis	1 – 0	Damash	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	H. Mahini  40' (p)	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Mokhtari  31' M. Mahdavi  50' M. Abshak  81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Esteghlal v Persepolis

25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) 23	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30		Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi  45+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Foolad

30 January 2013 (2013-01-30) 24	Persepolis	0 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
16:50 UTC+03:30	M. Pouladi  11' M. Bengar  57'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 25	Naft Tehran	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	M. Seifi  1' M. Mehrazma  78' V. Hamdinejad  84' B. Kamel  88'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G.  18' K. Ansarifard  82' R. Haghighi  86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was expelled in the 83rd minute for protesting.

Persepolis v Gahar

13 February 2013 (2013-02-13) 20	Persepolis	3 – 2	Gahar	Tehran
17:10 UTC+03:30	Gh. Rezaei  17'  63' M. Bengar  56' H. Norouzi  69'  90+5' M. Perović  89' M. Ghazi  90' H. Mahini M. Nouri  90+4'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Pouromrani  47'  80' M. Khamisi  55' M. Shafiei  90+2' A. Ghasemi  90+4' R. Kardoust	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh
Note: Yahya Golmohammadi was suspended for this match. Mojtaba Hosseini managed Persepolis in his place. Reza Kardoust was sent off after the finish whistle.

Persepolis v Sepahan

17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 26	Persepolis	1 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	M. Naghizadeh  22' M. Pouladi  90' H. Norouzi  90+2'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	F. Talebi  3' M. Susak  18'  66' Xh. Sukaj  47' O. Ebrahimi  57' Sh. Gordan  67'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Aluminium v Persepolis

22 February 2013 (2013-02-22) 27	Aluminium	0 – 0	Persepolis	Bandar-Abbas
14:30 UTC+03:30		Sumaary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G.  41' A. Noormohammadi  58' H. Norouzi  73'	Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was expelled in the 59th minute for protesting. Mojtaba Hosseini Persepolis first team coach also expelled in 89th minute for protesting.

Persepolis v Saipa

28 February 2013 (2013-02-28) 28	Persepolis	4 – 1	Saipa	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	M. Naghizadeh  7' Gh. Rezaei  12' R. Haghighi  45+1' (p)  85' M. Perović  49' M. Nouri  90+3'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Shahalidoost  51'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was originally suspended for this match but was pardoned by FFIRI Disciplinarian Committee.

Rah Ahan v Persepolis

10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 29	Rah Ahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	A. Azimi  58'  85' H. Noormohammadi  69' B. Yavarzadeh  90+1'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Mes Kerman

15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 30	Persepolis	2 – 2	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:35 UTC+03:30	M. Perović  10' H. Mahini  13' R. Haghighi  25' M. Naghizadeh  46'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Kazemi  14' R. Enayati  17' A. Hassanzadeh  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Paykan v Persepolis

31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 31	Paykan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	H. Divsalar  34' K. Vahdani  51'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Feshangchi  51' K. Ansarifard  73' M. Nouri  77' M. Ghazi  79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

12 April 2013 (2013-04-12) 32	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Borjlou  17' H. Shafaat  39' M. Rajabzadeh  71'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G.  20' M. Naghizadeh  45+1' M. Bengar  70'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Persepolis v Malavan

29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) 33	Persepolis	1 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
19:15 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard  56' A. Feshangchi A. Kolahkaj R. Haghighi	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Shirzad P. Nouri	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Tractor Sazi v Persepolis

10 May 2013 (2013-05-10) 34	Tractor Sazi	3 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
18:00 UTC+04:30	M. Seyed-Salehi  33' M. Karimian  53' Geílson S.  90' J. Kazemian  35' M. Ebrahimi  89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi  36'  70' M. Khanzadeh  58' F. Ahmadzadeh  71' J. Hosseini  75'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Malavan

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) Round of 32	Persepolis	6 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi  2', 51' K. Ansarifard  16'  19', 76', 80' A. Karimi  37' A. Feshangchi  47' Gh. Rezaei  83'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	B. Pourgholami  17' P. Nouri  85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

8 January 2013 (2013-01-08) Round of 16	Naft Tehran	1 – 4	Persepolis	Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30	A. Manouchehri  14' H. Fallahzadeh  73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri  26', 57' H. Mahini  75' (p) H. Norouzi  85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

5 March 2013 (2013-03-05) Quarter-Final	Zob Ahan	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30	M. Bayatinia  81' P. Sadeghian  110'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi  47' H. Norouzi  53' M. Nouri  102' M. Ghazi  107'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Damash v Persepolis

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) Semi-Final	Damash	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Persepolis	Rasht
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Abshak  45+1' M. Mokhtari  56' Motevaselzadeh  70'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Hosseini  77' Nouri  83'	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozafarizadeh
	Penalties
	Rahimi Abshak Chavoshi Ebrahimi		Norouzi Mahini Hosseini Karimi Ansarifard

Persepolis v Sepahan

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) Final	Persepolis	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Sepahan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard  25' R. Haghighi  29' M. Nouri  40'  98' H. Mahini  During the penalties'	Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Khalatbari  45+1' Xh. Sukaj  59' O. Ebrahimi  100' M. Gholami  106'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 97,452 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Norouzi Mahini Haghighi Naghizadeh		Bulku Khalatbari Ebrahimi Hajsafi

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Saba Qom

3 July 2012 (2012-07-03)	Persepolis	0 – 2	Saba Qom	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30		Match Summary	F. Karimi  27' M. Soleiman Fallah  55'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 150

Persepolis v Aluminium

9 July 2012 (2012-07-09)	Persepolis	1 – 2	Aluminium	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard  63'	Match Summary	S. Raahrou  68' Sh. Gordan  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 400

Persepolis v Foolad

12 July 2012 (2012-07-12)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	J. Kazemian  39' M. Ghazi  82'	Match Summary	S. Ansari  65'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 6,000

During season

Persepolis v Nirouye Zamini

9 August 2012 (2012-08-09)	Persepolis	3 – 2	Nirouye Zamini	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	E. Zayed  15' M. Madanchi  45' R. Seifollahi  88'	Match Summary	A. Javadipour  3' F. Torabi  12'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 100

Persepolis v Bargh Shiraz

13 August 2012 (2012-08-13)	Persepolis	2 – 0	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi  50' E. Zayed  63'	Match Summary		Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 100

Persepolis v Shahrdari Yasuj

5 September 2012 (2012-09-05)	Persepolis	2 – 2	Shahrdari Yasuj	Tehran
18:10 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi  20' M. Mahdavikia  90+2' H. Aliasgari	Summary	M. Jafari  31' M. Darabi  58' A. Namazi	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 50

Persepolis v Homa Qom

10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)	Persepolis	6 – 0	Homa Qom	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi  17', 40' Gh. Rezaei  20', 35'  39' (o.g.) R. Seifollahi  90+2'	Summary		Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 30

Persepolis v Saipa Shomal

14 October 2012 (2012-10-14)	Persepolis	2 – 2	Saipa Shomal	Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30	M. Mahdavikia  10' J. Kazemian  75' (p) S. Aghazamani  80'		I. Jafaroğlu  30' H. Riahi  70'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ali Hashemi

Persepolis v Persepolis Varamin

17 October 2012 (2012-10-17)	Persepolis	4 – 0	Persepolis Varamin	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	M. Mahdavikia J. Kazemian H. Norouzi M. Madanchi			Stadium: Azadi 2nd Ground Attendance: 30 Referee: Ali Hashemi

Persepolis v Shahrdari Nazarabad

8 November 2012 (2012-11-08)	Persepolis	7 – 0	Shahrdari Nazarabad	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	S. Aghazamani  15' M. Mahdavikia  25' J. Kazemian  31', 35' Gh. Rezaei  50' H. Norouzi  52' (p), 83' R. Seifollahi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 100

Persepolis v Shahrdari Baghestan

23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)	Persepolis	5 – 0	Shahrdari Baghestan	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	J. Kazemian H. Norouzi S. Aghazamani R. Seifollahi M. Pouladi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 200

Persepolis v Saipa Mehr

10 December 2012 (2012-12-10)	Persepolis	1 – 1	Saipa Mehr	Tehran
14:00 UTC+03:30	J. Kazemian  60'		M. Khodaei  67'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Persepolis v Sang Ahan Bafq

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Sang Ahan Bafq	Tehran
14:30 UTC+03:30	J. Hosseini  40'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 200

Persepolis v Sanat Sari

31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Sanat Sari	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi  26' R. Seifollahi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 30

Persepolis v Rad Poyan

19 January 2013 (2013-01-19)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Rad Poyan	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi  45'			Stadium: Kheyriye Amal Stadium Attendance: 20

Persepolis v Shahrdari Baghestan

5 February 2013 (2013-02-05)	Persepolis	5 – 0	Shahrdari Baghestan	Kordan, Karaj
14:50 UTC+03:30	M. Ghazi  10' M. Nouri  20' M. Mahdavikia  55' H. Norouzi  60' F. Ahmadzadeh  60', 70'			Stadium: Chahar Bagh Stadium Attendance: 100

Persepolis v Iran U17

23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)	Persepolis	4 – 1	Iran U17	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	A. Esmaeilzadeh  10' K. Ansarifard  55' R. Cheshmi  62' M. Khanzadeh  70'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Persepolis v Persepolis Qaem Shahr

11 March 2013 (2013-03-11)	Persepolis	4 – 1	Persepolis Qaem Shahr	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	R. Seifollahi  2' F. Ahmadzadeh  50' M. Ghazi  65', 80'		S. Ashuri  30'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Persepolis v Iran U17

26 March 2013 (2013-03-26)	Persepolis	5 – 0	Iran U17	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Nouri K. Ansarifard M. Hashemi  o.g.' F. Ahmadzadeh			Stadium: National teams camp

Persepolis v Paykan

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)	Persepolis	3 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard  50' A. Esmaeilzadeh  75' R. Seifollahi  89'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 200

Persepolis v Saipa

24 April 2013 (2013-04-24)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard  68'			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 50

Statistics

Appearances, goals and disciplinary record

				Pro League							Hazfi Cup							Total
No	P	N	Name	S	P		A				S	P		A				S	P		A
1	GK		Reza Mohammadi	1	1	-3												1	1	-3
1	GK		Shahab Gordan^1	5	5	-8												5	5	-8
2	RM		Mehdi Mahdavikia	13	16	3	4	2				2						13	18	3	4	2
4	CB		Jalal Hosseini	31	31	1		4			5	5			1			36	36	1		5
5	DM		Saman Aghazamani^1	4	9			1										4	9			1
6	CB		Mohsen Bengar	23	24		1	6			3	3						28	29		1	6
7	RM		Hamidreza Aliasgari^1	2	7		1											2	7		1
8	AM		Ali Karimi	7	12	1	1	2			3	4			1			10	16	1	1	2
9	CF		Karim Ansarifard	23	31	8	5	4			4	5	4	1	1			27	36	12	6	5
10	RW		Gholamreza Rezaei	17	23	3	2	3			4	5	1	5				21	28	4	7	3
11	CF		Mohammad Ghazi	9	23	3	1	3				1			1			9	24	3	1	4
12	CF		Eamon Zayed^1	1	6			1										1	6			1
13	RB		Hossein Mahini	30	30	1	5	3			5	5	1		1			35	35	2	6	3
14	AM		Mohammad Nouri	24	29	5	3	3			3	5	5	2	2			27	34	10	5	5
15	CB		Roozbeh Cheshmi^2
15	DM		Roberto Sousa^1	3	3													3	3
16	LB		Mehrdad Pouladi	19	20		1	5	1		3	3						22	23		1	5	1
17	CM		Vlatko Grozdanovski^2	9	10	2	1	1			2	2						11	12	2	1	1
17	RW		Javad Kazemian^1	6	13	1	1	2										6	13	1	1	2
18	DM		Meysam Naghizadeh^2	17	19	2		2			2	3						19	22	2		2
19	LB		Saeid Ghadami
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	22	22	1		3			1	1						23	23	1		3
21	GK		Amir Abedzadeh
22	LM		Mehrzad Madanchi	4	5			1										4	5			1
23	LM		Amirhossein Feshangchi	17	21	2	1	3			3	4			1			20	25	2	1	4
24	SS		Hadi Norouzi	15	25	4	4	5			2	5	3	1	1			17	30	7	5	6
27	SS		Rouhollah Seifollahi	1	3													1	3
28	GK		Masoud Dastani
29	LM		Marko Perović^2	11	13	2		1			3	3						14	16	2		1
30	CB		Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	9	12			2			1	1						10	13			2
31	AM		Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	1	1													1	1
32	SS		Farshad Ahmadzadeh^2		1			1				1							2			1
33	DM		Reza Haghighi^2	14	14	2	1	6			5	5			2			19	19	2	1	8
35	CB		Hossein Kanaani
39	CM		Adel Kolahkaj^2	5	12			1			1	2						6	14			1
40	GK		Nilson Corrêa	28	28	-19					5	5	-2					33	33	-21
Totals						41	32	65	1	0			12	7	9	0	0			53	39	73	1	0

•   Top scorer of competition

Updated as of 5 May 2013

¹ Player left the club during the season

² Player joined the club during the season

Injuries During The Season

Players in bold are still out from their injuries.

No.	Nat	Pos	Name	Date	Injury	Estimated Return Date	Source
15	DM		Roberto Sousa	30 July 2012 (2012-07-30)	Cruciate ligament	End of season	Perspolisnews.com
28	GK		Masoud Dastani	23 August 2012 (2012-08-23)	Shoulder	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
5	DM		Saman Aghazamani	19 August 2012 (2012-08-19)	Ankle ligament	September 2012	Perspolisnews.com
23	LM		Amir Hossein Feshangchi	29 August 2012 (2012-08-29)	Ankle ligament	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
16	CM		Mehrdad Pouladi	2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)	Hamstring muscle	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
11	CF		Mohammad Ghazi	7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)	Medial collateral ligament	September 2012	fc–Perspolis.com
10	RW		Gholamreza Rezaei	13 September 2012 (2012-09-13)	Groin	October 2012	Perspolisnews.com
8	AM		Ali Karimi	13 January 2013 (2013-01-13)	Medial collateral ligament	March 2013
33	DM		Reza Haghighi	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	Knee	April 2013	Khabaronline.ir
16	LB		Mehrdad Pouladi	26 March 2013 (2013-03-26)	Achilles tendon	May 2013	Perspolisnews.com
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	10 April 2013 (2013-04-10)	Quadriceps	April 2013	fc-Perspolis.com
13	RB		Hossein Mahini	12 April 2013 (2013-04-12)	Groin	May 2013

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	39	19	20	0
Games won	16	10	6	0
Games drawn	13	7	7	0
Games lost	9	4	5	0
Biggest win	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biggest loss (Cup)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clean sheets	17	10	7	0
Goals scored	55	36	19	0
Goals conceded	36	17	19	0
Goal difference	+19	+19	0	+0
Average GF per game	0	0	0	0
Average GA per game	0	0	0	0
Points (League)	50	32	18	0
Winning rate	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Most appearances	N/A	N/A
Most minutes played	Jalal Hosseini (3330')	N/A
Top scorer	Karim Ansarifard (12)	N/A
Top assister	Karim Ansarifard (6)	N/A

Updated as of 10 May 2013
Source: Competitions

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Source: "Persepolis FC' current kit".

Official sponsors

 Uhlsport •  Sadra System Pasargad •  Iran Aseman Airlines •  Opel Iran

•  Damavand Mineral Water Co.

Source: Persian

Starting formations

Qnt	Formation	Matches
		PL	HC
16	4–4–2	1–5, 26-28, 30-34	1/8 - Semi-final - Final
12	3–5–2	6–17
10	4–4–2 diamond	18–25	1/32 – 1/16
1	4–2–3-1	29

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Competitions
Only competitive matches.

Captains

Updated on 10 May 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	No.Games as Captain	Notes
2	MF		Mehdi Mahdavikia	13	0	13	Captain
8	MF		Ali Karimi	5	3	8	Vice-Captain
14	MF		Mohammad Nouri	7	0	7	4th Captain
24	FW		Hadi Norouzi	4	1	5	3rd Captain
4	DF		Jalal Hosseini	2	0	2	5th Captain
10	FW		Gholamreza Rezaei	1	1	2
22	MF		Mehrzad Madanchi	1	0	1
17	FW		Javad Kazemian ♦	1	0	1

♦ Players who no longer play for Persepolis's current season.

Coaching staff

Yahya Golmohammadi, Persepolis head coach in the 2012–13 season

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
Assistant Coach	Mojtaba Hosseini
First Team Coach	Karim Bagheri
First Team Coach	Reza Torabian
Fitness Trainer	Farhad Chizari
Goalkeepers Coach	Saeid Azizian
Analyzer	Edmond Bezik
Doctor	Vajiolah Cheshme Sari
Physiotherapists	Meysam Alipour
Doctor Supply	Dr.Faraj Zadeh
Doctor Clinic	Dr.Sodi
Psychologist	Mehdi Khanban
Team Manager	Saeid Shirini

Jose's Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Manuel José
Assistant Coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
First Team Coach	Pedro Barny
Fitness Trainer	Fidalgo Antunes
Goalkeepers Coach	Ahmed Nagi
Analyzer	Oscar Lindazo
Doctor	Vajiolah Cheshme Sari
Physiotherapists	Meysam Alipour
Doctor Supply	Dr.Faraj Zadeh
Doctor Clinic	Dr.Sodi
Psychologist	Mehdi Khanban
Team Manager	Saeid Shirini

Other personnel

Mohammad Rouyanian, Pesepolis chairman in the 2012–13 season

Chairman	Mohammad Rouyanian
Deputy Chairman	Behroz Motaghami
Adviser High Chairman	Jafar Kashani
Adviser Chairman	Jamshid Zare
Assistant Execution	Saeid Shirini
Assistant Manager Cultural	Amir Giroudi
Football Academy President	Hamid Estili
Things Pioneers Manager	Iraj Pazoki
Media Officer	Hamid Abbasi
Media Supervisor	Hossein Ghodosi
Disciplinarian Committee Ruler	Mahmoud Salarkia
Assistant Legal	Mostafa Shokri
Official Manager	Mohsen Sohrabi
Official Website	Mosa Hosseini

Updated to match played 30 July 2012
Source: fc-perspolis.com

Club committees

Board of Directions [40]
Mohammad Rouyanian (Chairman)
Ali Parvin
Mehdi Taj
Fada Hossein Maleki (CEO)
Mohammad Hossein Nejadfallah

Technical Committee
Ali Parvin (President)
Reza Vatankhah
Afshin Peyrovani
Ebrahim Ashtiani
Mahmoud Khordbin

Medico Committee
Professor Farhad Farid
Dr. Majid Laelroshan
Dr. Babak Zargar Amini
Dr. Amir Hossein Barati
Dr. Mohammad Taban
Dr. Darioush Soudi

Munition Team
Ghasem Abdolsamadi
Asghar Norouzali

Updated to match played 8 July 2012
Source: fc-perspolis.com

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (100,000 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Derafshifar Stadium

See also

• 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2012–13 Hazfi Cup

References

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External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League