2016–17 Sepahan F.C. season

Sepahan

2016–17 season
Chairman	Mohsen Taheri
Manager	Zlatko Kranjčar Abdollah Veisi
Stadium	Foolad Shahr Stadium Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
16th Persian Gulf	5st
30th Hazfi Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	Ehsan Hajsafi
Highest home attendance	40,000 Sepahan-Esteghlal (Pro League, 25 DEC 2016)
Lowest home attendance	900 Sepahan-Siah Jamegan (Pro League, 21 OCT 2016)
Average home league attendance	8,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2016–17 season was Sepahan's 16th season in the Pro League, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 63rd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Hossein Papi.

Players

First-team squad

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	BRA	Lee Oliveira
3	DF	IRN	Shoja' Khalilzadeh
5	DF	MLI	Moussa Coulibaly
6	MF	IRN	Milad SarlakU23
7	DF	IRN	Hossein Papi (Captain)
8	MF	IRN	Rasoul Navidkia
9	MF	IRN	Farid Karimi
10	FW	IRN	Taleb Reykani
12	FW	IRN	Reza Dehghani U21
14	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh
15	FW	IRN	Mehdi Alimoradi
17	MF	IRN	Jalaleddin Alimohammadi
18	MF	IRN	Naser Ghalavand
19	MF	IRN	Saber Didehvar
19	FW	IRN	Masoud Kazemini

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	IRN	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati
22	GK	IRN	Farid Nejat
23	MF	IRN	Mehrdad Mohammadi
26	DF	IRN	Ali Ahmadi
27	GK	IRN	Mehdi AminiU23
28	DF	IRN	Ehsan Hajisafi (Captain)
33	DF	IRN	Armin Sohrabian
37	MF	IRN	Hossein Fazeli
39	DF	IRN	Mohammad Roshandel
47	DF	IRN	Hadi Aghili
55	DF	IRN	Aref Gholami U21
70	MF	IRN	Hamed Bahiraei U21
77	DF	IRN	Reza Mirzaei U21
80	MF	UZB	Server Djeparov
88	DF	IRN	Jalal Abdi

• [U21 = Under 21 year player | U23 = Under 23 year player| U25 = Under 25 year player]

Current managerial staff

Position	Name
Manager	Abdollah Veisi (en of 17 march 2017) Zlatko Kranjčar
First team coach	Karim Ghanbari
Assistant coaches	Mahmoud Karimi
Goalkeepers coach	Tonci Mrduljas
Fitness trainer	Rafael Fogageiro
Doctor	Mohammad Rashadi
Doctor assistant	Asghar Majidikia
Physiotherapist	Hamid Sedighi
Masseurs	Ali Mousavi
Administrative manager	Reza Fatahi
Executive manager	Reza Fatahi

Matches

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	26 july 2016	04 may 2017	Results	30	12	9	9	38	34	+4	040.00
Hazfi Cup	29 September 2016	30 December 2016		5	4	0	1	9	2	+7	080.00
Total				35	16	9	10	47	36	+11	045.71

Last updated: 31 August 2018 (2018-08-31).
Source: Competitions

Pro league

Main article: 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

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	14	9	7	41	31	+10	51	8	4	3	23	16	+7	6	5	4	18	15	+3

Last updated: 31 August 2018.
Source: [1]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	15	6	2	4	6	3	4	9	6	6	7	10	8	8	8	7	4	5	5	6	9	10	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	5

Source: flashscores.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

External links

• Template:En icon Club Official Website
• Template:En icon The Club page in Soccerway.com
• Template:En icon The Club page in Persianleague.com

{{IPL}} may refer to:

• {{Persian Gulf Pro League}} - Iran Pro League
• {{Indian Premier League}} - Indian Premier League
• {{Irish Premier League}} - Irish Premier League