2017–18 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis

2017–18 season
Chairman	Ali Akbar Taheri (until 1 November 2017) Hamid Reza Garshasbi (from 1 November 2017)
Manager	Branko Ivanković
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	Champions
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-finals
2017 AFC Champions League	Semi-finals
2018 AFC Champions League	Quarter-finals
Iranian Super Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Alipour (19 goals) All: Ali Alipour (25 goals)
Average home league attendance	41,125
Home colours Away colours

The 2017–18 season was the Persepolis's 17th season in the Pro League, and their 35th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup, Super Cup and AFC Champions League.

Squad

First team squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Nationality	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Alireza Beiranvand	1992-9-21 (age 32)		GK	2016	74	0	0	2022	Naft Tehran	Free
12	Abolfazl Darvishvand	1997-1-13 (age 27)		GK	2016	0	0	0	2021	Rah Ahan	Free	U-23
44	Božidar Radošević	1989-6-4 (age 35)		GK	2016	11	0	0	2018	Debreceni	Free
Defenders
2	Sadegh Moharrami	1996-3-1 (age 28)		RB / RM / RW	2016	44	0	3	2018	Malavan	Free	U-23
3	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1989-5-14 (age 35)		CB / RB	2017	35	5	0	2019	Sepahan	Free
4	Jalal Hosseini	1982-2-3 (age 42)		CB / RB	2016	94	3	3	2019	Naft Tehran	Free
13	Hossein Mahini	1986-9-16 (age 38)		RB / LB / CB	2012	142	3	6	2020	Zob Ahan	Free
15	Mohammad Ansari	1991-9-23 (age 33)		LB / CB / DM	2015	76	2	2	2019	Shahrdar Tabriz	Free
20	Shahin Abbasian	1997-6-16 (age 27)		RB / CB	2017	0	0	0	2020	Foolad	Free	U-21
38	Ehsan Hosseini	1998-10-3 (age 26)		CB / DM	2017	0	0	0	2020	Academy	Free	U-21
69	Shayan Mosleh	1993-6-25 (age 31)		LB / LM / CB	2017	18	1	1	2019	Sepidrood	Free
Midfielders
5	Bashar Resan	1996-12-22 (age 28		AM / RM / LM / CM	2017	19	0	1	2019	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Free	U-21
8	Ahmad Nourollahi	1993-2-1 (age 31)		DM / CM / RM / LM	2014	84	4	5	2019	Foolad Yazd	Free
10	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	1992-9-23 (age 32)		AM / RW / LW / SS	2012	85	14	11	2018	Parseh	Free	Academy graduated
11	Kamal Kamyabinia	1989-1-18 (age 35)		DM / CM / RM / LM	2015	90	11	2	2018	Naft Tehran	Free
18	Mohsen Rabiekhah	1987-12-24 (age 37)		DM / CB / LB	2016	57	0	0	2018	Sanat Naft	Free
21	Adam Hemati	1995-1-22 (age 29)		AM / RW	2017	1	0	0	2018	Ryerson Rams	Free	U-23
25	Ehsan Alvanzadeh	1994-4-17 (age 30)		LM / LW / SS	2016	13	0	0	2019	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Free
26	Saeid Hosseinpour	1998-10-12 (age 26)		CM / DM	2017	0	0	0	2020	Peykan	Free	U-21
77	Mohsen Mosalman	1991-1-27 (age 33)		AM / LW / RW / CM	2015	75	7	25	2018	Zob Ahan	Rls.2.7 billion
88	Siamak Nemati	1994-4-17 (age 30)		RM / LM / AM / CM / SS	2017	21	3	1	2019	Peykan	Free
Forwards
19	Vahid Amiri	1988-4-2 (age 36)		LW / RW / SS / CF	2016	53	9	11	2018	Naft Tehran	Free
23	Mohammad Amin Asadi	1998-12-24 (age 26)		CF / SS	2017	0	0	0	2020	Academy	Free	U-19
37	Hamidreza Taherkhani	1999-8-21 (age 25)		LW / RW / SS	2016	11	0	0	2021	Rah Ahan	Free	U-19 Academy graduated
39	Ahmad Baharvand	1998-3-21 (age 26)		LW / RW / SS	2018	0	0	0	2020	Academy	Free	U-21
70	Ali Alipour	1994-11-12 (age 30)		CF / RW / LW	2015	98	37	17	2021	Rah Ahan	Free
90	Godwin Mensha	1989-09-02 (age 35)		CF / SS	2017	41	12	2	2019	Paykan	Free
Players left the club during the season
9	Mehdi Taremi	1992-7-18 (age 32)		CF / AM / SS	2014	111	55	17	2018	Transferred to Al-Gharafa

New Contracts

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Source
1	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	24	5 season	2022
4	CB	Jalal Hosseini	34	2 season	2019
15	CB	Mohammad Ansari	25	2 season	2019
11	CM	Kamal Kamyabinia	28	1 season	2018
3	CB	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	28	1 season	2019	[1]
37	SS	Hamidreza Taherkhani	18	3 season	2021	[2]
70	CF	Ali Alipour	23	3 season	2021	[3]

Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
14	FW	Shahab Zahedi	20	Machine Sazi	2020	—	Loan return	Summer
29	CM	Mohammad Rahmati	23	Machine Sazi	2020	—	Loan return	Summer
90	FW	Godwin Mensha	27	Paykan	2019	—	Transfer	Summer	PL	[4]
3	CB	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	27	Sepahan	2018	—	Transfer	Summer	PL	[5]
88	MF	Siamak Nemati	23	Paykan	2019	—	Transfer	Summer	PL	[6]
69	DF	Shayan Mosleh	23	Sepidrood	2019	—	Transfer	Summer		[7]
20	RB	Shahin Abbasian	20	Foolad	2020	—	Transfer	Summer		[8]
23	FW	Mohammad Amin Asadi	18	Perspolis Academy	2020	—	Promotion	Summer		[9]
38	CB	Ehsan Hosseini	18	Perspolis Academy	2020	—	Promotion	Summer		[9]
26	CM	Saeid Hosseinpour	18	Peykan	2020	—	Promotion	Summer
21	AM	Adam Hemati	22	Ryerson Rams	2018	—	Transfer	Summer
5	AM	Bashar Resan	20	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2019	—	Transfer	Summer		[10]
8	CM	Ahmad Nourollahi	25	Tractor Sazi	2019	—	Loan return	Summer		[11]
39	FW	Ahmad Baharvand	19	Perspolis Academy	2020	—	Promotion	Winter		[12]

FC Persepolis in AFC Champions League 2018

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
27	RB	Ramin Rezaeian	26	Oostende	Free		Summer	[13]
14	FW	Shahab Zahedi	21	ÍBV	Free		Summer	[14]
23	LB	Mohammad Aram Tab	31	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Free		Summer
88	RW	Saman Nariman Jahan	25	Gostaresh Foolad	Free		Summer	[15]
66	CM	Shahab Karami	26	Sepidrood	Free		Summer	[16]
7	AM	Soroush Rafiei	27	Al-Khor	Free		Summer	[17]
29	CM	Mohammad Rahmati	22	Saba Qom	Free		Summer
5	CB	Hamed Aghaei	19	Naft Tehran	Free	Loan	Summer
28	FW	Reza Karamolachaab	20	Esteghlal Khozestan	Free	Loan	Summer
9	FW	Mehdi Taremi	25	Al-Gharafa	492 Th. €[18]		Winter	[19]
28	FW	Reza Karamolachaab	20	KPV	Free		Winter

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Branko Ivanković
Assistant coach	Zlatko Ivanković
First-team coach	Karim Bagheri
Goalkeeping coach	Igor Panadić
Physical fitness trainer	Marko Stilinović
Analyzer	Farzad Habibollahi
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Physiotherapist	Meysam Alipour
Team Manager	Afshin Peyrovani
Media Officer	Pendar Khomarlou

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PGPL	27 July 2017	27 April 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	7	4	48	15	+33	063.33
Hazfi Cup	21 October 2017	19 December 2017	Round of 32	Quarterfinals	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	066.67
2017 ACL	22 August 2017	17 October 2017	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	4	1	2	1	7	9	−2	025.00
2018 ACL	13 February 2018	14 May 2018	Group stage	Quarter-finals	8	5	1	2	12	7	+5	062.50
Super Cup	21 July 2017		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total					46	28	11	7	75	33	+42	060.87

Last updated: 28 April 2018
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	19	7	4	48	15	+33	64	Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Zob Ahan	30	15	10	5	46	30	+16	55	Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
3	Esteghlal	30	15	9	6	43	18	+25	54	Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
4	Saipa	30	15	9	6	40	34	+6	54	Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5	Pars Jonoubi Jam	30	11	14	5	34	24	+10	47

Updated to match(es) played on April 13, 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[20]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

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
30	19	7	4	48	15	+33	64	8	5	2	21	6	+15	11	2	2	27	9	+18

Last updated: 15 February 2018.
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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2018. Source: "iranleague". Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Foolad

27 July 2017 (2017-07-27) 1	Persepolis	2 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
21:00 DST +04:30	V. Amiri 9' Sh. Khalilzadeh 53' A. Alipour  7'  70'	Report	I. Mobali  18' A. Nasseri  58' A. Abdollahzadeh  75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

Tractor Sazi v Persepolis

3 August 2017 (2017-08-03) 2	Tractor Sazi	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tabriz
19:30 DST +04:30	F. Hatami 41' A. Taheran  80'	Report	G, Mensha 15' K. Kamyabinia 67' A. Beiranvand  90+2'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 45.000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) 3	Naft Tehran	0 – 3	Persepolis	Tehran
20:45 DST +04:30		Report	M. Taremi 47', 88'  78' F. Ahmadzadeh 59' M. Mosalman  38'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Meshki Pooshan

16 August 2017 (2017-08-16) 4	Persepolis	1 – 1	Meshki Pooshan	Tehran
20:45 DST +04:30	F. Ahmadzadeh 7' Sh. Khalilzadeh  52'	Report	A. Panahi 85'  75' M. Asgari  9'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 42.000 Referee: Hamid Hajmalek

Gostaresh Foulad v Persepolis

7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) 5	Gostaresh Foulad	0 – 3	Persepolis	Tabriz
17:15 DST +04:30		Report	A. Alipour 71' F. Ahmadzadeh 73'  86' M. Taremi 77' S. Moharrami  16'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 20.102 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar

Persepolis v Paykan

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) 6	Persepolis	0 – 1	Paykan	Tehran
20:00 DST +04:30	Sh. Khalilzadeh  66'	Report	M. Aghakhan 6'  6' M. Momeni  28' A. Karimi  60'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Sepahan v Persepolis

21 September 2017 (2017-09-21) 7	Sepahan	2 – 2	Persepolis	Isfahan
20:00 DST +04:30	M. Hussiein 61' J. Alimohammadi 86'  87' S. Yazdani  38' H. Jafari  50' M. Sarlak  87'	Report	M. Taremi 38' (pen.)  34' A. Alipour 78' F. Ahmadzadeh  78'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 38.000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Persepolis v Sanat Naft Abadan

11 December 2017 (2017-12-11) 8	Persepolis	2 – 0	Sanat Naft Abadan	Tehran
16:15 IRST +03:30	A. Alipour 65', 88' V. Amiri  68'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Persepolis

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12) 9	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 3	Persepolis	Ahvaz
17:00 IRST +03:30	R. Karamolachaab 34' M. Coulibaly	Report	A. Alipour 16', 18' Sh. Khalilzadeh 24' G. Mensha 40'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

Persepolis v Esteghlal

26 October 2017 (2017-10-26) 10	Persepolis	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:40 IRST +03:30	A. Alipour 23' (pen.) M. Rabiekhah  34' K. Kamyabinia  78' H. Mahini  88'	Report	R. Cheshmi  22' F. Bagheri  50' O. Ebrahimi  58' V. Ghafouri  87' M. Zakipour  89' F. Esmaeili  90+5' D. Shojaeian  90+6'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100.000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Saipa v Persepolis

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) 11	Saipa	0 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 IRST +03:30	A. Shojaei  90+3'	Report	H. Kanaani 20' (o.g.) A. Alipour 25' K. Kamyabinia  44'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

Persepolis v Padideh

20 November 2017 (2017-11-20) 12	Persepolis	0 – 0	Padideh	Tehran
17:30 IRST +03:30		Report	A. Sadeghi  74' M. Khanzadeh  84' A. Imani  91'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Pars Jonoubi v Persepolis

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13	Pars Jonoubi	0 – 1	Persepolis	Jam
15:00 IRST +03:30	H. Pour Amini  28' M. Forouzan 67' A. Dashti	Report	Sh. Mosleh 90+6' V. Amiri  25' M. Mosalman  38' A. Beiranvand  67'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

1 December 2017 (2017-12-01) 14	Persepolis	4 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
16:30 IRST +03:30	A. Alipour 22' K. Kamyabinia 35' G. Mensha 70' F. Ahmadzadeh 79'	Report	M. Tabrizi 40' Stanlley  67' M. Hosseini  85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

Sepidrood v Persepolis

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 15	Sepidrood	0 – 1	Persepolis	Rasht
15:00 IRST +03:30	H. Kaebi  81'	Report	A. Alipour 82' M. Rabiekhah  84'	Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Foolad v Persepolis

24 December 2017 (2017-12-24) 16	Foolad	1 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
14:30 IRST +03:30	R. Zahivi 89' H. Lak  15'	Report	G. Mensha 14' M. Ansari  20' J. Hosseini  87'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar

Persepolis v Tractor Sazi

29 December 2017 (2017-12-29) 17	Persepolis	2 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
14:30 IRST +03:30	A. Alipour 45' K. Kamyabinia 78'	Report	M. Kiani  30'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70.000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Persepolis v Naft Tehran

5 January 2018 (2018-01-05) 18	Persepolis	0 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
16:30 IRST +03:30	M. Mosalman  47' Sh. Khalilzadeh  88'	Report	A. Amir Kamdar  78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (Deprived of the spectator) Referee: Reza Mahdavi

Meshki Pooshan v Persepolis

12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) 19	Meshki Pooshan	0 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
14:30 IRST +03:30	K. Amraei  43' M. Asgari  79' H. Omranzadeh  86'	Report	A. Alipour 90' M. Rabiekhah  78' K. Kamyabinia  83'	Stadium: Samen al-Aeme Stadium Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Payam Heydari

Persepolis v Gostaresh Foulad

18 January 2018 (2018-01-18) 20	Persepolis	1 – 1	Gostaresh Foulad	Tehran
16:45 IRST +03:30	Nemati 90+5' Hosseini  61' Ahmadzadeh  64' Amiri  82' Radošević  90+6'	Report	Farhadi 74' Maeboodi  87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

Paykan v Persepolis

26 January 2018 (2018-01-26) 21	Paykan	1 – 3	Persepolis	Shahr-e Qods
15:30 IRST +03:30	Shiri 59' Ikechukwu  45' Sadeghi  56' Daffé  80' Moshkelpour  90+3'		Mensha 10' Alipour 13', 83' Nemati  51' Khalilzadeh  76'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Ali Safaei

Persepolis v Sepahan

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 22	Persepolis	2 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
17:00 IRST +03:30	Alipour 10' Khalilzadeh 68' Ahmadzadeh  55' Khalilzadeh  84'		Aghaei  55' Sharifi  51'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mohammad Hosein Zahedifard

Sanat Naft Abadan v Persepolis

8 February 2018 (2018-02-08) 23	Sanat Naft Abadan	0 – 3	Persepolis	Abadan
15:45 IRST +03:30	Baghlani  62' Batista  78'		Ahmadzadeh 13' Alipour 27', 54' J. Hosseini  90+1'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Persepolis v Esteghlal Khuzestan

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24	Persepolis	1 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
18:30 IRST +03:30	Nemati 37' Resan  51'		Nassari  39' Aghil Kaabi  59' Sharifat  66'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Koupal Nazemi

Esteghlal v Persepolis

2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 25	Esteghlal	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
15:45 IRST +03:30	Ghafouri 44'  52' Thiam  45' Esmaeili  52' Djeparov  77'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Saipa

29 March 2018 (2018-03-29) 26	Persepolis	1 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
18:45 IRST +03:30	Alipour 75' (pen.) Nemati  6' Mahini  92'		Ramezani 22' Khaledi 25' Aliari  58' Kalantari  94'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Padideh v Persepolis

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 27	Padideh	0 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
17:00 IRST +03:30	Khalatbari  51'		V. Amiri 77' Kamyabinia  21' Alipour  52'	Stadium: Samen al-Aeme Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Persepolis v Pars Jonoubi

12 April 2018 (2018-04-12) 28	Persepolis	1 – 1	Pars Jonoubi	Tehran
19:00 IRST +03:30	Kamyabinia 90' Ahmadzadeh  44'	Report	Salehi 56'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Rahimi Moghaddam

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

23 April 2018 (2018-04-23) 29	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Persepolis	Isfahan
18:00 IRST +03:30	Fakhreddini 70' Kiros 87' Sattari  19' Hosseini  26'	Report	Alipour 48' Ansari  31'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Persepolis v Sepidrood

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 30	Persepolis	3 – 0	Sepidrood	Tehran
18:00 IRST +03:30	Ansari 31' Ahmadzadeh 49' Kamyabinia 84' Moharrami  69'	Report	Nourmohammadi  33'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Naft Tehran

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) Round of 32	Persepolis	2 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
16:45 IRST +03:30	G. Mensha 73' A. Alipour 83' (pen.)  90' Sh. Khalilzadeh  63'	Report	H. Beikzadeh  35' S. Aghazamani  62' I. Alekasir 91'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Mahdi Seyyed Ali

Baadraan Tehran v Persepolis

15 December 2017 (2017-12-15) Round of 16	Baadraan Tehran	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
16:15 IRST +03:30	M. Rezaei 40'  35' B. Afshar  34'		G. Mensha 36' (pen.)  21' Sh. Khalilzadeh 53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Hasan Akrami

Persepolis v Sanat Naft Abadan

19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Quarter-finals	Persepolis	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sanat Naft Abadan	Tehran
14:30 IRST +03:30	F. Ahmadzadeh 26'  63' K. Kamyabinia  42' J. Hosseini  60' H. Mahini  63' Sh. Khalilzadeh  103'		A. Abdollahzadeh 48' M. Ebrahimzadeh  56' A. César  66' M. Batista  75' Z. Niknafs  99' L. Pereira  103' D. Noushi Soufiani  119'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
	Penalties
	G. Mensha H. Mahini B. Resan M. Ansari A. Alipour M. Rabiekhah S. Nemati		H. Baghlani M. Ebrahimzadeh Z. Niknafs L. Pereira T. Reykani A. César M. Batista

Super Cup

Main article: 2017 Iranian Super Cup

  Win   Loss

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Naft Tehran

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21) Final	Persepolis	3 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
21:00 (DST+04:30)	A. Alipour 18' M. Mosalman 65' F. Ahmadzadeh 83' (pen.)  42'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

AFC Champions League

2017 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Al Ahli

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) Quarter-finals	Persepolis	2 – 2	Al Ahli	Muscat, Oman
20:30 (DST+04:30)	Sh. Khalilzadeh 72'  86' G. Mensha 84'	Report	O. Al-Somah 2' Leonardo 58' S. Al-Amri  41'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Attendance: 6.500 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh Man of the Match: S. Al-Amri
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

Al Ahli v Persepolis

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Quarter-finals	Al Ahli	1 – 3 (3 – 5 agg.)	Persepolis	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:45 (DST+04:30)	S. Al-Amri 52' W. Bakshween  36' M. Hawsawi  81'	Report	A. Alipour 5' G. Mensha 82' (pen.) M. Taremi 90+4' (pen.)  56' K. Kamyabinia  12' M. Mosalman  37' M. Ansari  73' H. Mahini  87'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Attendance: 5.820 Referee: Ma Ning Man of the Match: Mohsen Rabiekhah
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

Al-Hilal v Persepolis

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	4 – 0	Persepolis	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:30 (IRST+03:30)	O. Kharbin 31', 54', 81' Y. Al-Shahrani 40' A. Otayf  48'  49' S. Al-Faraj  84'	Report	H. Mahini  73'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Attendance: 11.321 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok Man of the Match: Omar Kharbin
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

Persepolis v Al-Hilal

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) Semi-finals	Persepolis	2 – 2 (2 – 6 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Muscat, Oman
20:00 (IRST+03:30)	G. Mensha 16', 61' M. Ansari  26'	Report	O. Kharbin 30' (pen.), 76'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Attendance: 3.250 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf Man of the Match: Godwin Mensha
Note: Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

2018 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PER	SAD	NSF	WAS
1	Persepolis	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–0	2–0
2	Al-Sadd	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12			3–1	—	4–0	2–1
3	Nasaf Qarshi	6	3	1	2	4	8	−4	10			0–0	1–0	—	1–0
4	Al-Wasl	6	0	0	6	3	10	−7	0			0–1	1–2	1–2	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Nasaf

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) 1	Persepolis	3 – 0	Nasaf	Tehran, Iran
17:15 UTC+3:30	Mensha 20' Alipour 66', 71'	Report	Mukhiddinov  38' Lukić  64'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,830 Referee: Kim Dong-jin Man of the Match: Ali Alipour

Al-Sadd v Persepolis

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20) 2	Al-Sadd	3 – 1	Persepolis	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3:30	Bounedjah 36', 51' Khoukhi 66'  80'	Report	Nemati 90+4' Khalilzadeh  35' Ahmadzadeh  60' Hosseini  75'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Man of the Match: Baghdad Bounedjah

Persepolis v Al-Wasl

5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) 3	Persepolis	2 – 0	Al-Wasl	Tehran, Iran
17:15 UTC+3:30	Ahmadzadeh 36' Alipour 41' (pen.) Beiranvand  87'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 33,170 Referee: Ali Sabah Man of the Match: Farshad Ahmadzadeh

Al-Wasl v Persepolis

13 March 2018 (2018-03-13) 4	Al-Wasl	0 – 1	Persepolis	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:45 UTC+3:30	Al-Naqbi  17' Al-Zaabi  21' Al-Junaibi  31'	Report	Kamyabinia 37' Khalilzadeh  45+2'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 5,841 Referee: Ma Ning Man of the Match: Farshad Ahmadzadeh

Nasaf v Persepolis

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) 5	Nasaf	0 – 0	Persepolis	Qarshi, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+4:30	Ganiev  76'	Report	Rabiekhah  83' Nourollahi  90+4'	Stadium: Markaziy Stadium Qarshi Attendance: 18,349 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi Man of the Match: Odiljon Hamrobekov

Persepolis v Al-Sadd

16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) 6	Persepolis	1 – 0	Al-Sadd	Tehran, Iran
19:30 UTC+4:30	Pouraliganji 3' (o.g.) Nemati  38' Hosseini  45+1' Khalilzadeh  90+5'	Report	Ró-Ró  43' Xavi  73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 32,170 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera Man of the Match: Sadegh Moharrami

Round of 16

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Al Jazira v Persepolis

7 May 2018 (2018-05-07) First leg	Al Jazira	3 – 2	Persepolis	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
	Mabkhout 52' Romarinho 77' Mubarak 96' Rashid  17' Romarinho  69' Boussoufa  88'		Alipour 42' Mensha 84' (pen.) Kamyabinia  11'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 5,821 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura Man of the Match: Ali Mabkhout

Persepolis v Al Jazira

14 May 2018 (2018-05-14) Second leg	Persepolis	2 – 1 (4a–4 agg.)	Al Jazira	Tehran, Iran
	Nourollahi 63' Hosseini 89' Mahini  45' Nemati  49' Ahmadzadeh  60'		Romarinho 70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Ma Ning Man of the Match: Jalal Hosseini
Note: Persepolis won the game by away goals rule

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Persepolis U-23

4 July 2017 (2017-07-04)	Persepolis	6 – 2	Persepolis U-23	Tehran
18:10 (DST+04:30)	M. Mosalman 42' A. Alipour 60' S. Hosseinpour E. Alvanzadeh 76' H. Taherkhani 85' S. Nemati	Report	A. Baharvand 37' 43'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium Attendance: 2,500

Kolos Kovalivka v Persepolis

6 July 2017 (2017-07-06)	Kolos Kovalivka	0 – 4	Persepolis	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine
20:00 (DST+04:30)	V. Havrylyuk	Report Report	G. Mensha 19' Sh. Khalilzadeh 45' F. Ahmadzadeh 58' A. Alipour 90' F. Ahmadzadeh	Stadium: Kolos Stadium (Kovalivka) Attendance: 20

Arsenal Kyiv v Persepolis

9 July 2017 (2017-07-09)	Arsenal Kyiv	0 – 0	Persepolis	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine
18:30 (DST+04:30)	??  ??  ??  ?? O. Shevchenko	Report	J. Hosseini  36' B. Radošević A. Alipour  90+1'

Stal Kamianske v Persepolis

12 July 2017 (2017-07-12)	Stal Kamianske	3 – 0	Persepolis	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine
18:30 (DST+04:30)	O. Kuzyk 7' (pen.), 33' O. Schebetun  ??  78' Neumber 5  85'	Report Report	F. Ahmadzadeh M. Mosalman S. Moharrami  85' H. Taherkhani

During season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Arvand Khorramshahr

6 August 2017 (2017-08-06)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Arvand Khorramshahr	Tehran
18:30 (DST+04:30)	M. Taremi 41' H. Taherkhani 62'	Report	M. Nazari 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium Attendance: 200

Persepolis v Khosheh Talaee

28 August 2017 (2017-08-28)	Persepolis	6 – 0	Khosheh Talaee	Tehran
17:30 (DST+04:30)	F. Ahmadzadeh 10', 23' G. Mensha 22' A. Alipour 35', 46' Sh. Abbasian 79'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

Razakan No v Persepolis

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31) Charity Match	Razakan No	0 – 3	Persepolis	Karaj
18:50 (DST+04:30)		Report	A. Alipour 46', 54' A. Nourollahi 68'	Stadium: Dr. Shariati Stadium Attendance: 1500 Referee: Meysam Pourkarimiyan
Note: First time was 40 minutes and second time was 35 minutes.

Persepolis v Kaveh Shahrdari Varamin

6 November 2017 (2017-11-06)	Persepolis	5 – 1	Kaveh Shahrdari Varamin	Tehran
16:00 IRST +03:30	S. Nemati 40' A. Alipour 60', 68' Sh. Mosleh 65' M. Asadi 90'		85'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium Attendance: 300

Persepolis v Parag

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)	Persepolis	5 – 1	Parag	Tehran
IRST +03:30	A. Hemati ??', 70' A. Alipour 30' G. Mensha 40' A. Nourollahi 85'		?? 35'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium Attendance: 300

Persepolis v Parag

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27)	Persepolis	8 – 1	Parag	Tehran
12:00 (DST+04:30)	V. Amiri 30', ??', 65' F. Ahmadzadeh 33' (pen.) E. Alvanzadeh 62' (pen.) Sh. Mosleh 70' S. Hosseinpour 74'	Report	?? 2'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium
Note: First time was 45 minutes and second time was 40 minutes.

Persepolis v Shahab

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Shahab	Tehran
IRST +03:30	Sh. Mosleh	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

Statistics

  Player left the club during the season.

Scorers

Rank	No	N	P	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	2017 ACL	2018 ACL	Super Cup	Total
1	70		FW	Ali Alipour	19	1	1	4	1	26
2	90		FW	Godwin Mensha	4	2	4	2	0	12
3	10		MF	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	6	1	0	1	1	9
4	11		MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	5	0	0	1	0	6
5	9		FW	Mehdi Taremi	4	0	1	0	0	5
	3		DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	3	1	1	0	0
7	88		MF	Siamak Nemati	2	0	0	1	0	3
8	19		FW	Vahid Amiri	2	0	0	0	0	2
9	77		MF	Mohsen Mosalman	0	0	0	0	1	1
	69		DF	Shayan Mosleh	1	0	0	0	0
	15		DF	Mohammad Ansari	1	0	0	0	0
	8		MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	0	0	0	1	0
	4		DF	Jalal Hosseini	0	0	0	1	0
Own goal					1	0	0	1	0	2
Total					44	5	7	12	3	72
Last updated: 15 May 2018

•   Top scorer of competition

Assists

Rank	No	N	P	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	2017 ACL	2018 ACL	Super Cup	Total
1	77		MF	Mohsen Mosalman	10	0	0	0	1	11
2	19		FW	Vahid Amiri	7	0	0	2	0	9
3	10		MF	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	3	0	0	1	1	5
4	70		FW	Ali Alipour	2	0	2	0	0	4
5	2		DF	Sadegh Moharrami	2	0	0	1	0	3
6	15		DF	Mohammad Ansari	0	1	0	1	0	2
	13		DF	Hossein Mahini	1	0	0	1	0
	8		MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	2	0	0	0	0
9	9		FW	Mehdi Taremi	1	0	0	0	0	1
	88		MF	Siamak Nemati	1	0	0	0	0
	5		MF	Bashar Resan	1	0	0	0	0
	11		MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	1	0	0	0	0
	69		MF	Shayan Mosleh	1	0	0	0	0
	4		DF	Jalal Hosseini	0	0	0	1	0
	90		MF	Godwin Mensha	1	0	0	0	0
Total					33	1	2	7	2	44
Last updated: 15 May 2018

•   Assist leader of competition
•   Second best assist provider of competition (shared with Mehdi Torabi)

Goalkeeping

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			2017 ACL			2018 ACL			Super Cup			Total
Rank	No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
1	1		Alireza Beiranvand	27	12	17	3	2	1	4	9	0	8	7	5	1	0	1	43	30	24
2	44		Božidar Radošević	3	3	1													3	3	1
3	12		Abolfazl Darvishvand
Total				30	15	18	3	2	1	4	9	0	8	7	5	1	0	1	46	33	25
Last updated: 15 May 2018

•   Most clean sheets of competition

Disciplinary record

Bookings & sending-off

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			2017 ACL			2018 ACL			Super Cup			Total
No	P	N	Name
1	GK		Alireza Beiranvand	2									1						3
2	DF		Sadegh Moharrami	2															2
3	DF		Shoja' Khalilzadeh	5			2			1			3						11
4	DF		Jalal Hosseini	3			1						2						6
5	MF		Bashar Resan	1															1
8	MF		Ahmad Nourollahi										1						1
9	FW		Mehdi Taremi	2						1									3
10	MF		Farshad Ahmadzadeh	6			1						2			1			10
11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	4			1					1	1						6		1
13	DF		Hossein Mahini	2			1			2			1						6
15	DF		Mohammad Ansari	2						2									4
18	MF		Mohsen Rabiekhah	3									1						4
19	FW		Vahid Amiri	3															3
44	FW		Božidar Radošević	1															1
70	FW		Ali Alipour	1	1		1												2	1
77	MF		Mohsen Mosalman	3						1									4
88	MF		Siamak Nemati	2									2						4
90	FW		Godwin Mensha				1												1
Totals				43	1		8			7		1	14			1			74	1	1
Last updated: 15 May 2018

Suspensions

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	No. of matches served	Reason	Competition	Date served	Opponent(s)	Ref.
8	MF		Ahmad Nourollahi	23	Conscription problems	All National competitions	21 July 2017	Naft Tehran
							27 July 2017	Foolad
							3 August 2017	Tractor Sazi
							10 August 2017	Naft Tehran
							16 August 2017	Meshki Pooshan
							7 September 2017	Gostaresh Foulad
							17 September 2017	Paykan
							21 September 2017	Sepahan
							12 October 2017	Esteghlal Khuzestan
							21 October 2017	Naft Tehran
							26 October 2017	Esteghlal
							31 October 2017	Saipa
							20 November 2017	Padideh
							25 November 2017	Pars Jonoubi
							1 December 2017	Zob Ahan
							6 December 2017	Sepidrood
							11 December 2017	Sanat Naft Abadan
							15 December 2017	Baadraan Tehran
							19 December 2017	Sanat Naft Abadan
							24 December 2017	Foolad
							29 December 2017	Tractor Sazi
							6 January 2018	Naft Tehran
							12 January 2018	Meshki Pooshan
70	FW		Ali Alipour	1	Double yellow card in a match against Foolad	League	3 August 2017	Tractor Sazi
9	FW		Mehdi Taremi	16 (4 Month since 23 September)	Suspended By FIFA for Breach of Transfer Rules	All competitions	26 September 2017	Al-Hilal	[21]
							12 October 2017	Esteghlal Khuzestan
							17 October 2017	Al-Hilal
							21 October 2017	Naft Tehran
							26 October 2017	Esteghlal
							31 October 2017	Saipa
							20 November 2017	Padideh
							25 November 2017	Pars Jonoubi
							1 December 2017	Zob Ahan
							6 December 2017	Sepidrood
							11 December 2017	Sanat Naft Abadan
							15 December 2017	Baadraan Tehran
							19 December 2017	Sanat Naft Abadan
							24 December 2017	Foolad
							29 December 2017	Tractor Sazi
							6 January 2018	Naft Tehran
3	DF		Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	Unsporting behavior	League	20 November 2017	Padideh
4	DF		Jalal Hosseini	1	2nd yellow card	ACL	22 August 2017	Al-Ahli
11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	1	Straight red card in a match against Al-Ahli		26 September 2017	Al-Hilal
15	DF		Mohammad Ansari	1	2nd yellow card
3	DF		Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	3rd yellow card	League	12 January 2018	Meshki Pooshan
77	MF		Mohsen Mosalman	1
18	MF		Mohsen Rabiekhah	1			18 January 2018	Gostaresh Foulad
11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	1
10	MF		Farshad Ahmadzadeh	1			26 January 2018	Paykan
19	MF		Vahid Amiri	1
4	DF		Jalal Hosseini	1			24 February 2018	Esteghlal Khuzestan
3	DF		Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	2nd yellow card	ACL	2 April 2018	Nasaf
3	DF		Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	3rd yellow card	League	7 April 2018	Padideh
4	DF		Jalal Hosseini	1	2nd yellow card	ACL	7 May 2018	Al Jazira
Last updated: 15 May 2018

Club

Kit

Supplier: Joma

Iran Pro League, Hazfi Cup Home Kit Home Kit (alt) Away Kit 85th Derby Kit 86th Derby Kit

Super Cup Super Cup Kit

2017 AFC Champions League Home Kit Away Kit

2018 AFC Champions League Home Kit Away Kit

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Sponsorship

Main sponsor: Irancell[22] Official shirt manufacturer: Joma[23] Official sponsor: Kosar Credit Cooperative

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External links

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