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
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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)	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 27	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 36)	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 25)	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]

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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:

^ 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

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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

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

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

Win Loss

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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.

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.

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.

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

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	Advance to knockout stage	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

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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

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

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'

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

During season

Win Draw Loss

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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	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
5	3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	3	1	1	0	0	5
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	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	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		26 September 2017	Al-Hilal
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh	1	3rd yellow card	League	12 January 2018	Meshki Pooshan
77	MF	Mohsen Mosalman	1			12 January 2018	Meshki Pooshan
18	MF	Mohsen Rabiekhah	1			18 January 2018	Gostaresh Foulad
11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	1			18 January 2018	Gostaresh Foulad
10	MF	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	1			26 January 2018	Paykan
19	MF	Vahid Amiri	1			26 January 2018	Paykan
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