2015–16 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis

2015–16 season
Chairman	Ali Akbar Taheri
Manager	Branko Ivanković
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mehdi Taremi (16 goals) All: Mehdi Taremi (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 v Rah Ahan Yazdan (12 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance	4,000 v Gostaresh Foulad (14 December 2015)
Average home league attendance	30,850
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2015–16 season was the Persepolis's 15th season in the Pro League, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis is captained by Alireza Noormohammadi.

The season was affected by the death of captain Hadi Norouzi, aged 30, on 1 October from heart failure, being given the armband only at the start of the season. The news came as a big shock to Persepolis and Iranian football. A memorial was held at Azadi Stadium on 2 October which was attended by 20,000 mourners. His body was kept at the stadium for one day and then was transferred to Babol. His funeral was held on the following day and he was buried at his hometown, Kapur Chal village at Babol.

Key events

• In the morning of 1 October 2015, Persepolis team manager Mahmoud Khordbin announced that the club captain Hadi Norouzi died in his sleep from a heart attack due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Resuscitation attempts on the way to the hospital failed.

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	Sosha Makani	1986-11-18 (age 37)		GK	2014	46	0	0	2016	Foolad	Free
12	Morteza Ghadimipour	1994-8-27 (age 29)		GK	2014	1	0	0	2020	Parseh	Free	U-23 Academy graduated
30	Ali Mohsenzadeh	1993-2-13 (age 31)		GK	2016	0	0	0	2018	Naft Tehran	Free	U-23 Academy graduated
55	Aleksandr Lobanov	1986-1-4 (age 38)		GK	2016	0	0	0	2017	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Free
Defenders
3	Vahid Heydarieh	1993-1-3 (age 31)		LB / LM	2015	2	0	0	2018	Paykan	Free	U-23
4	Michael Umaña	1982-7-16 (age 41)		CB / RB / DM	2014	42	0	0	2016	Saprissa	Free
6	Mohsen Bengar	1979-7-6 (age 44)		CB	2012	104	3	3	2016	Sepahan	Free	2nd Vice captain
15	Mohammad Ansari	1991-9-23 (age 32)		LB / CB / DM	2015	15	0	1	2017	Shahrdar Tabriz	Free
20	Alireza Nourmohammadi	1981-7-3 (age 42)		CB / LB	2010	148	8	1	2016	Rah Ahan	Free	Vice captain
23	Luka Marić	1987-4-25 (age 37)		CB / RB	2015	9	0	0	2016	Zawisza	Free
27	Ramin Rezaeian	1990-3-21 (age 34)		RB / RM / RW	2015	19	2	1	2017	Rah Ahan	Free
40	Babak Hatami	1986-8-15 (age 37)		RB / RM / LB / CB	2015	27	0	2	2016	Saipa	R2 B
44	Amir Abbas Ayenechi	1994-1-6 (age 30)		LB / LM / LW	2016	0	0	0	2019	Free agent	Free	U-23 originally from Academy
Midfielders
8	Ahmad Nourollahi	1993-2-2 (age 31)		DM / CM	2014	47	1	2	2017	Foolad Yazd	Free	U-23
10	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	1992-9-23 (age 31)		AM / LW / RW / SS	2012	19	1	2	2017	Parseh	Free	Academy graduated
11	Kamal Kamyabinia	1989-1-18 (age 35)		CM / AM / RM / LM	2015	19	0	0	2017	Naft Tehran	Free
18	Mehrdad Kafshgari	1987-5-2 (age 36)		DM / CM	2013	58	1	2	2016	Rah Ahan	Free
19	Milad Kamandani	1994-7-7 (age 29)		AM / CM / RM	2013	18	1	1	2016	Moghavemat Tehran	R600 M	U-23 Academy graduated
29	Mohammad Rahmati	1994-12-28 (age 29)		CM / DM	2015	0	0	0	2020	Academy	Free	U-23 Academy graduated
77	Mohsen Mosalman	1991-1-27 (age 33)		AM / LW / RW / CM	2015	26	2	4	2017	Zob Ahan	R2.7 B
Forwards
2	Omid Alishah	1992-1-10 (age 32)		LW / RW / LM / RM	2013	68	10	5	2016	Rah Ahan	Free
9	Mehdi Taremi	1992-7-18 (age 31)		CF / LW / RW / AM	2014	53	21	7	2016	Iranjavan	Free
14	Jerry Bengtson	1987-4-8 (age 37)		CF / SS / AM	2015	11	4	0	2016	New England	Free
16	Reza Khaleghifar	1983-9-21 (age 40)		CF / SS / RW / LW / AM	2014	22	0	1	2016	Rah Ahan	Free
22	Shahab Zahedi	1995-8-18 (age 28)		LW / RW / CF	2014	5	0	0	2015	Paykan	Free	U-21 Academy player
70	Ali Alipour	1995-10-11 (age 28)		CF / RW / LW	2015	35	4	4	2017	Rah Ahan	Free	U-21
Players left the club during the season
24	Hadi Norouzi	1985-7-19 (age 38)		SS / RW / LW / ST	2008	201	35	27	Died
17	Ali Fatemi	1993-11-2 (age 31)		RW / LW / CF / SS	2014	2	0	0	2017	On loan at Rah Ahan Yazdan
88	Iman Sadeghi	1992-1-9 (age 32)		GK	2015	7	-9	0	Transferred to Khouneh Be Khouneh

Apps and goals updated as of 31 December 2015
For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.
Source: fc-perspolis.com, FFIRI.IR

Iran Pro League squad

Updated 29 July 2015.

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	Sosha Makani
2	MF	IRN	Omid Alishah (3rd captain)
3	DF	IRN	Vahid Heydarieh U23
4	DF	CRC	Michael Umaña
6	DF	IRN	Mohsen Bengar (Vice captain)
8	MF	IRN	Ahmad Nourollahi U23
9	FW	IRN	Mehdi Taremi
10	MF	IRN	Farshad Ahmadzadeh
11	MF	IRN	Kamal Kamyabinia
12	GK	IRN	Morteza Ghadimipour U23
14	FW	HON	Jerry Bengtson
15	DF	IRN	Mohammad Ansari
16	MF	IRN	Reza Khaleghifar
18	MF	IRN	Mehrdad Kafshgari

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	IRN	Milad Kamandani U23
20	DF	IRN	Alireza Nourmohammadi (Captain)
22	FW	IRN	Shahab Zahedi U21
23	DF	CRO	Luka Marić
27	DF	IRN	Ramin Rezaeian
29	MF	IRN	Mohammad Rahmati U23
30	GK	IRN	Ali Mohsenzadeh U23
40	DF	IRN	Babak Hatami
44	DF	IRN	Amir Abbas Ayenechi U23
55	GK	UZB	Aleksandr Lobanov
70	FW	IRN	Ali Alipour U21
77	MF	IRN	Mohsen Mosalman

• U21 = Under 21 Player
• U23 = Under 23 Player

Out 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
5	DF	IRN	Hossein Kanaani U23 (at Malavan for the season)
13	DF	IRN	Hossein Mahini (at Malavan for the season)
17	FW	IRN	Ali Fatemi U23 (at Rahahan for the season)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015.
For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.

New Contracts

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Date	Source
20	CB	Alireza Nourmohammadi	33	One season	2016	20 June 2015
24	RW	Hadi Norouzi	29	One season	2016	27 June 2015
2	LW	Omid Alishah	23	One season	2016	30 June 2015
8	DM	Ahmad Nourollahi	22	2 season	2017	1 July 2015
9	CF	Mehdi Taremi	22	One season	2016	1 July 2015
16	SS	Reza Khaleghifar	31	2 season	2017	2 July 2015

Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
10	AM	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	23	Tractor Sazi	2017	—	Loan return	Summer
11	CM	Kamal Kamyabinia	25	Naft Tehran	2017	—	Free Transfer	Summer	PL
27	RB	Ramin Rezaeian	25	Rah Ahan	2017	—	Free Transfer	Summer	PL
23	CB	Luka Maric	28	Zawisza	2016	—	Free Transfer	Summer
77	AM	Mohsen Mosalman	24	Zob Ahan	2017	R2.7 B	Transfer	Summer	PL
3	LB	Vahid Heydarieh	22	Paykan	2018	—	Free Transfer	Summer	PL
15	LB	Mohammad Ansari	23	Shahrdari Tabriz	2017	—	Free Transfer	Summer
88	GK	Iman Sadeghi	23	Malavan	2018	—	Free Transfer	Summer	PL
17	RW	Ali Fatemi	21	Free agent	2017	—	Free Transfer	Summer
14	CF	Jerry Bengtson	28	New England	2016	—	Free Transfer	Summer	FA
44	CB	Amir Abbas Ayenechi	22	Free agent	2019	—	Free Transfer	Winter
30	GK	Ali Mohsenzadeh	22	Naft Tehran	2018	—	Free Transfer	Winter
55	GK	Aleksandr Lobanov	30	Pakhtakor	2017	—	Free Transfer	Winter

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
22	CF	Tadeu	28	Boa Esporte	Free	Transfer	Summer
5	RB	Mehdi Jafarpour	31	Rah Ahan	—	Free Transfer	Summer
8	RW	Mehdi Daghagheleh	26	Foolad	Free	Transfer	Summer
29	LB	Navid Sabouri	19	Shahrdari Ardabil	—	Free Transfer	Summer
21	CM	Ali Astani	18	Shahrdari Ardabil	—	Free Transfer	Summer
10	CF	Reza Norouzi	32	Saipa	—	Free Transfer	Summer
26	RM	Hamidreza Aliasgari	25	Rah Ahan	—	Free Transfer	Summer
11	SS	Payam Sadeghian	23	Naft Tehran	—	Free Transfer	Summer
15	CM	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	23	Mes Kerman	—	Free Transfer	Summer
66	MF	Fernando Gabriel	27	Al-Faisaly	—	Free Transfer	Summer
14	AM	Mohammad Nouri	32	Al-Mesaimeer	—	Free Transfer	Summer
3	CB	Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	24	Foolad	—	Free Transfer	Summer
30	LB	Mobin Mirdoraghi	22	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Free	Transfer	Summer
33	CF	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	25	Released			Summer
44	GK	Masoud Homami	32	Pas Hamedan	Free	Transfer	Summer
35	FW	Amir Mohammad Madani	20	Rahahan	Free	Transfer	winter
17	FW	Ali Fatemi	22	Rahahan	Free	Loan	winter
88	GK	Iman Sadeghi	23	Khoneh Be Khoneh	R2.0 B	Transfer	winter

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Branko Ivanković
Assistant coach	Andrej Panadić
First-team coach	Karim Bagheri
First-team coach	Mostafa Ghanbarpour
Physical fitness trainer	Marko Stilinovic
Goalkeeping coach	Igor Panadić
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Team Manager	Mahmoud Khordbin
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	31 July 2015	13 May 2016	Matchday 1	Runners-up	30	16	9	5	50	34	+16	053.33
Hazfi Cup	12 September 2015	4 November 2015	Round of 32	Quarter-Final	3	2	0	1	2	2	+0	066.67
Total					33	18	9	6	52	36	+16	054.55

Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Est. Khuzestan (C)	30	15	12	3	33	14	+19	57	Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Persepolis	30	16	9	5	50	34	+16	57
3	Esteghlal	30	13	13	4	43	28	+15	52	Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
4	Tractor Sazi	30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51
5	Naft Tehran	30	13	10	7	30	21	+9	49

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	16	9	5	50	34	+16	57	8	4	3	24	17	+7	8	5	2	26	17	+9

Last updated: 13 May 2016.
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	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	6	12	16	16	14	14	11	12	11	7	9	7	8	6	4	6	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. 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

Persepolis v Padideh

31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) 1	Persepolis	2 – 2	Padideh	Tehran
19:35 DST+03:30	A. Alipour 7' K. Kamyabinia  11' H. Norouzi 39' 72'	Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Shakeri 14' Badamaki 17'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Persepolis

6 August 2015 (2015-08-06) 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:30 DST+03:30	E. Ferreira  36' P. Shirzadi  44' H. Beyt Saeed 48', 58'	Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	B. Hatami  15' M. Taremi  66' 88' H. Norouzi  68'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Sepahan v Persepolis

13 August 2015 (2015-08-13) 3	Sepahan	4 – 2	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
19:25 DST+03:30	E. Hajsafi 8' A. Karimi  36' M. Khalatbari  36' 81' M. Umaña 40' (o.g.) A. Karami  63' H. Aghily 67' (pen.)	Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Alipour  11' M. Taremi 13' O. Alishah 33' 88' K. Kamyabinia  36' M. Kafashgari  65' M. Ansari  70'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) 4	Persepolis	1 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:15 DST+03:30	F. Ahmadzadeh  49' O. Alishah 64' M. Bengar  90+2'  90+4'	Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	K. Rezaei 76' M. Hassanzadeh 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Foolad v Persepolis

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) 5	Foolad	0 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:15 DST+03:30	Y. Vakia  53' S. Ansari  61'	Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M.Taremi 51', 57' O. Alishah  53' B. Hatami  71'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Persepolis v Saipa

16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) 6	Persepolis	1 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
18:35 DST+03:30	B. Hatami  18' F. Ahmadzadeh  30' R. Rezaïan  68' A. Alipour  79' Taremi 90+1' (pen.)	Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Nekounam  25' H. Fallahzadeh  48' Norouzi 69' (pen.) Rezaei 80'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Tractor Sazi v Persepolis

25 September 2015 (2015-09-25) 7	Tractor Sazi	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
16:00 DST+03:30	S. Ashouri  10' M. Iranpourian  14'	Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Bengtson  36' 71' (pen.) O. Alishah  40' F. Ahmadzadeh  65'	Stadium: Sahand Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Persepolis v Saba Qom

15 October 2015 (2015-10-15) 8	Persepolis	1 – 1	Saba Qom	Tehran
18:55 DST+03:30	M. Taremi 85' A. Nourmohammadi  90'	Stats	M. Ghazi 21' S. Aghazamani  45' A. Sadeghi  50' F. Bagheri  71' Gh. Dehnavi  88' 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Shahin Haji Babaei

Siah Jamegan Khorasan v Persepolis

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 9	Siah Jamegan Khorasan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Mashhad
15:00 DST+03:30	A. Naghizadeh 82'	Stats	R. Rezaeian 40' F. Ahmadzadeh 72' M. Taremi  76'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Persepolis v Malavan

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26) 10	Persepolis	2 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
17:45 DST+03:30	O. Alishah  47' F. Ahmadzadeh  53' A. Alipour 67' J. Bengtson 76'	Stats	E. Pourghaz  44' M. Abshak  55'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Esteghlal v Perspolis

30 October 2015 11	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Perspolis	Tehran
15:00 (DST+03:30)	M. Majidi  42' J. Ansari 49' S. Shahbazzadeh 60' A. Hajmohammadi 82' O. Ebrahimi 90'	Stats	A. Nourmohammadi  90+1' J. Bengtson 90+5'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Persepolis v Esteghlal Ahvaz

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 12	Persepolis	1 – 0	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
16:20 DST+03:30	M. Taremi 20' K. Kamyabinia  82' O. Alishah  90'	Stats	H. Bahrami  25' H. Saki  56'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

30 November 2015 (2015-11-30) 13	Naft Tehran	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30	P. Sadeghain  37' M. Daneshgar 73' 74' H. Bou Hamdan  81' I. Mobali  87' A. Motahari  90+1'	Stats	M. Kamandani 41' A. Nourollahi  42' M. Mosalman  58' A. Alipour  63' M. Taremi  74' M. Ansari  78'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Persepolis v Gostaresh Foulad

14 December 2015 (2015-12-14) 14	Persepolis	1 – 0	Gostaresh Foulad	Tehran
16:20 DST+03:30	J. Bengtson 35' 35'	Stats	D. Shojaeian  87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Rah Ahan v Persepolis

17 December 2015 (2015-12-17) 15	Rah Ahan	0 – 2	Persepolis	Shahr-e Qods
15:15 DST+03:30		Stats	F. Ahmadzadeh  14' M. Taremi 25', 42' M. Bengar  31'	Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Shahin Haji Babaei

Padideh v Persepolis

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 16	Padideh	2 – 2	Persepolis	Mashhad
14:45 DST+03:30	M. Bayat  17' H. Badamaki  34' I. Prahić  49' M. Kheiri 56' 72' M. Khamisi 73' 83'	Stats	M. Kamandani  40' M. Taremi 66' S. Makani  85' R. Rezaïan 90+4'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Persepolis v Esteghlal Khuzestan

1 January 2016 (2016-01-01) 17	Persepolis	2 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
16:30 DST+03:30	O. Alishah 16' M. Bengar  23' M. Taremi 48'	Stats	H. Nassari  24' D. Mahini  32' F. Jesus  77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Persepolis v Sepahan

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 18	Persepolis	2 – 2	Sepahan	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30	A. Alipour 50' Kamyabinia 74'		Musaev 10' Chimba 65'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 19	Zob Ahan	2 – 2	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
14:30 DST+03:30	M. Hassanzadeh 70' (pen.) M. Tabrizi 90+3'		Alishah 35' A. Alipour 73'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Persepolis v Foolad

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) 20	Persepolis	1 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
17:10 DST+03:30	M. Taremi 13'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Saipa v Persepolis

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) 21	Saipa	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
16:00 DST+03:30	Daghagheleh 90+1'		A. Nourollahi 11'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Tractor Sazi

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 22	Persepolis	1 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:30 DST+03:30	R. Rezaeian 13'		M. Iranpourian 39'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Saba Qom v Persepolis

11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) 23	Saba Qom	0 – 1	Persepolis	Qom
16:00 DST+03:30			Ahmadzadeh 43'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Persepolis v Siah Jamegan Khorasan

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 24	Persepolis	3 – 2	Siah Jamegan Khorasan	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30	M. Taremi 41', 83' A. Alipour 70'		H. Karimi 5' M. Hosseini 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Malavan v Persepolis

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 25	Malavan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
17:30 DST+03:30	J. Rafkhaei 10' (pen.)		J. Bengtson 6' (pen.) Kamiabinia 90+3'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Esteghlal

15 April 2016 (2016-04-15) 26	Persepolis	4 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30	M. Taremi 5', 34' Rezaeian 54' M. Mosalman 86'		J. Ansari 55' O. Ebrahimi 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Persepolis

22 April 2016 (2016-04-22) 27	Esteghlal Ahvaz	0 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
18:10 DST+03:30			J. Bengtson 56', 86'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium

Persepolis v Naft Tehran

28 April 2016 (2016-04-28) 28	Persepolis	0 – 2	Naft Tehran	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30			V. Amiri 84' Haghdoust 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Gostaresh Foulad v Persepolis

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 29	Gostaresh Foulad	2 – 4	Persepolis	Tabriz
18:00 DST+03:30	Ebrahimi 56' D. Shojaeian 87'		Ahmadzadeh 32' M. Ansari 42' O. Alishah 70', 85'	Stadium: Sahand Stadium

Persepolis v Rah Ahan

13 May 2016 (2016-05-13) 30	Persepolis	2 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	R. Rezaeian 82' (pen.) Nourollahi 85'		M. Mohammadi 89'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Paykan

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) Round of 32	Persepolis	1 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
18:40 DST+03:30	S. Makani  34' F. Ahmadzadeh  45' M. Taremi 68' (pen.) M. Taremi  87'	Report Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	S. Barani   83'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 7000 Referee: Payam Heydari

Persepolis v Malavan

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) Round of 16	Persepolis	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Malavan	Tehran
18:45 DST+03:30	M. Taremi  85' A. Nourollahi  94' M. Taremi 100' M. Taremi   108' S. Makani  108' A. Alipour  118' R. Rezaeian  120'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) Quarter-Final	Zob Ahan	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Isfahan
14:30 DST+03:30	M. Tabrizi M. Tabrizi 108' R. Shekari 116'		I. Sadeghi  23' M. Mosalman	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Persepolis Qaemshahr

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09)	Persepolis	4 – 0	Persepolis Qaemshahr	Tehran
18:00	F. Ahmadzadeh O. Alishah M. Taremi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Gençlerbirliği v Persepolis

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)	Gençlerbirliği	0 – 0	Persepolis	Ankara, Turkey
17:00 EEST				Stadium: Gençlerbirliği Training Camp

Trinidad and Tobago U23 v Persepolis

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)	Trinidad and Tobago U23	0 – 2	Persepolis	Kızılcahamam, Turkey
17:00 EEST			A. Alipour 50' M. Kamandani 90'	Stadium: Kizilcahamam Stadi

Altyn Asyr v Persepolis

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22)	Altyn Asyr	0 – 5	Persepolis	Kızılcahamam, Turkey
17:00 EEST			A. Alipour 15' 42' 49' F. Ahmadzadeh 18' R. Khaleghifar 71'	Stadium: Kizilcahamam Stadi

During season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Persepolis v Nassaji Mazandaran

3 August 2015 (2015-08-03)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Nassaji Mazandaran	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	O. Alishah F. Ahmadzadeh		A. Riyahi	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Persepolis v Mes Kerman

9 August 2015 (2015-08-09)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Mes Kerman	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	O. Alishah			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Persepolis v Persepolis U-21

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16)	Persepolis	6 – 0	Persepolis U-21	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	M.Mosalman O. Alishah H.Norouzi M.Kamandani A.Alipour			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Persepolis v Bahman javan

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)	Persepolis	3 – 0	Bahman javan	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30	K.Kamyabinia B.Hatami A.Fatemi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

Al Oruba v Persepolis

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)	Al Oruba	4 – 6	Persepolis	Sur, Oman
17:00 DST+03:30			Alipour B.Hatami Jerry Bengtson	Stadium: Sur Sports Complex

Al Seeb v Persepolis

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)	Al Seeb	0 – 1	Persepolis	Muscat, Oman
19:30 DST+03:30				Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex

Statistics

Appearances and goals

				Pro League					Hazfi Cup					Total
No	P	N	Name	S	P	M		A	S	P	M		A	S	P	M		A
1	GK		Sosha Makani	12	12	1143	-9		2	2	225	0		14	14	1368	-9
2	LM		Omid Alishah	14	6	1199	3	1	2	2	214			16	16	1405	3	1
3	LB		Vahid Heydarieh	1	1	63			1	1	125			2	2	188
4	CB		Michael Umaña	4	6	393			1	1	96			5	7	489
6	CB		Mohsen Bengar	14	14	1339		1	3	3	350			17	17	1689
8	DM		Ahmad Nourollahi	14	14	1256		1	3	3	350			17	17	1606
9	CF		Mehdi Taremi	14	14	1276	11		2	2	190	2		16	16	1523	13
10	RW		Farshad Ahmadzadeh	15	15	1276	1	2	2	2	168			17	17	1444	1	2
11	CM		Kamal Kamyabinia	16	16	1527			3	3	350			19	19	1877
12	GK		Morteza Ghadimipour							1	99	-2
14	CF		Jerry Bengtson	3	11	417	4		2	2	190			5	13	607	4
15	LB		Mohammad Ansari	11	13	1097			1	2	234			12	15	1331
16	SS		Reza Khaleghifar	4	8	361								4	8	361
17	RW		Ali Fatemi
18	DM		Mehrdad Kafshgari	2	4	211				1	7			2	5	218
19	AM		Milad Kamandani	3	11	320	1	1	1	1	90			4	12	410	1	1
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	9	9	826			2	2	254			11	11	1080
23	CB		Luka Marić	7	8	712				1	48			7	9	760
24	SS		Hadi Norouzi	5	5	445	1	1	2	2	131			7	7	564	1	1
27	RB		Ramin Rezaeian	17	17	1623	2	1	2	2	225			19	19	1848	2	1
29	CM		Mohammad Rahmati
40	RB		Babak Hatami	5	8	518			2	2	116			7	10	634
70	CF		Ali Alipour	4	15	611	2	3		3	124		1	4	18	735	2	4
77	AM		Mohsen Mosalman	8	10	763		2	1	3	120			9	13	883		2
88	GK		Iman Sadeghi	5	6	489	-9		1	1	21	0		6	7	510	-9
Totals							25	13				2	1				27	14
Last updated: 31 December 2015

Disciplinary record

Bookings & sendings-off

				Pro League			Hazfi Cup			Total
No	P	N	Name
1	GK		Sosha Makani			1	2			2		1
2	LM		Omid Alishah	5						5
3	LB		Vahid Heydarieh
4	CB		Michael Umaña
6	CB		Mohsen Bengar	2	1					2	1
8	DM		Ahmad Nourollahi	1			1			2
9	CF		Mehdi Taremi	3			1	1		4	1
10	RW		Farshad Ahmadzadeh	5			1			6
11	CM		Kamal Kamyabinia	3						3
12	GK		Morteza Ghadimipour				1			1
14	CF		Jerry Bengtson	2						2
15	LB		Mohammad Ansari	2						2
16	SS		Reza Khaleghifar
17	RW		Ali Fatemi
18	DM		Mehrdad Kafshgari	1						1
19	AM		Milad Kamandani	1						1
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	1		1				1		1
23	CB		Luka Marić
24	SS		Hadi Norouzi	1		1				1		1
27	RB		Ramin Rezaeian	1			1			2
29	CM		Mohammad Rahmati
40	RB		Babak Hatami	3						3
70	CF		Ali Alipour	3			1			4
77	AM		Mohsen Mosalman	1			1			2
88	GK		Iman Sadeghi						1			1
Totals				35	1	3	9	1	1	44	2	4
Last updated: 31 December 2015

Suspensions

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	No. of matches served	Reason	Competition	Date served	Opponent(s)	Ref.
1	GK		Sosha Makani	3	Unsporting behavior	All competitions
2	LW		Omid Alishah	1	Unsporting behavior	All competitions
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	1	Unsporting behavior	All competitions
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Injuries during the season

Players in bold are still out from their injuries.

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Date	Injury	Estimated Return Date	Match(es) lost	Source
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Notes

• ^DM Substituted during match.
• ^R Player released by The club during his injury time.

Captaincy

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total	Notes
24	SS		Hadi Norouzi	5	2	7	Captain
20	DF		Alireza Nourmohammadi	2		2	Vice captain
6	DF		Mohsen Bengar	2		2	3rd captain
18	MF		Mehrdad Kafshgari	1		1	4th captain
Last updated: 26 October 2015

Overall statistics

	Pro League			Hazfi Cup			Total
	Home	Away	Total	Home	Away	Total	Home	Away	Total
Games played	8	9	17	2	1	3	10	10	20
Games won	4	4	8	2	0	2	6	4	10
Games drawn	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	3	5
Games lost	2	2	4	0	1	1	2	3	5
Goals scored	11	14	25	2	0	2	13	14	27
Goals conceded	7	11	18	0	2	2	7	13	20
Goal difference	+4	+3	+7	+2	-2	0	+6	+1	+7
Clean sheets	4	3	7	2	0	0	6	3	9
Goal by Substitute	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
Biggest Win	2–0 (Malavan & Esteghlal Kh.)	2–0 (Foolad & Rah Ahan)	2–0 (4times)	1–0 (Paykan & Malavan)	–	1–0 (Paykan & Malavan)	2–0 (Malavan & Esteghlal Kh.)	2–0 (Foolad & Rah Ahan)	2–0 (4times)
Biggest Loss	2–1 (Zob Ahan & Saipa)	4–2 (Sepahan)	4–2 (Sepahan)	–	2–0 (Zob Ahan)	2–0 (Zob Ahan)	2–1 (Zob Ahan & Saipa)	4–2 (Sepahan)	4–2 (Sepahan)
Players used	21	22	22	18	14	22	21	23	23
Average Goals for per game	1.38	1.56	1.47	1	0	0.67	1.3	1.40	1.35
Average Goals against per game	0.88	1.22	1.06	0	2	0.67	0.70	1.30	1
Winning Rate	50%	44.44%	47.06%	100%	0	66.67%	60%	40%	50%
Most appearances	Kamal Kamyabinia Ramin Rezaeian (9)	Mehdi Taremi Ramin Rezaeian (8)	Ramin Rezaeian (17)	10 players (2)	14 players (1)	5 players (3)	Kamal Kamyabinia Ramin Rezaeian (11)	8 players (8)	Kamal Kamyabinia Ramin Rezaeian (19)
Most minutes played	Ramin Rezaeian (852')	Ramin Rezaeian (771')	Ramin Rezaeian (1623')	5 players (225')	7 players (125')	3 players (350')	Kamal Kamyabinia (1041')	Ramin Rezaeian (819')	Kamal Kamyabinia (1717')
Top scorer	Mehdi Taremi (6)	Mehdi Taremi (5)	Mehdi Taremi (11)	Mehdi Taremi (2)	–	Mehdi Taremi (2)	Mehdi Taremi (8)	Mehdi Taremi (5)	Mehdi Taremi (13)
Top assister	Ali Alipour Mohsen Mosalman (2)	Ali Alipour (1)	Ali Alipour (3)	Ali Alipour (1)	–	Ali Alipour (1)	Ali Alipour (3)	Ali Alipour (1)	Ali Alipour (4)
Last updated: 31 December 2015

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Source: "Persepolis F.C.' current kit". Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

Sponsorship

• Main sponsor: Hamrah-e Avval
• Official sponsor: Kosar Credit Cooperative
• Official shirt manufacturer:Uhlsport

• Official water: Damavand Mineral Water Co.

See also

• 2015–16 Iran Pro League
• 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League
• Persepolis News