2023–24 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2023–24 season
Chairman	Reza Darvish
Manager	Yahya Golmohammadi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	TBD
Hazfi Cup	TBD
Iranian Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	TBD
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the Persepolis's 23nd season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 41st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. In addition to the domestic league, Persepolis will also participate in this season's Hazfi Cup competitions.

Squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
1	Alireza Beiranvand	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32)	GK	2022	153	0	0	2025	Royal Antwerp	Free	3rd Captain
22	Amirreza Rafiei	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	GK	2022	0	0	0	2025	Nassaji	Free	U-23
44	Mehrshad Asadi	(2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23)	GK	2022	0	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-23
Defenders
3	Farshad Faraji	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 30)	DF	2021	53	1	0	2023	Padideh	Free
4	Ali Nemati	(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29)	DF	2021	50	5	3	2024	Padideh	Free
6	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30)	DF	2023	69	3	1	2025	Al Ahli	Free
8	Morteza Pouraliganji	(1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32)	DF	2022	25	0	1	2024	Shenzhen	Free
11	Danial Esmaeilifar	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 31)	DF	2022	30	3	6	2024	Sepahan	Free
30	Giorgi Gvelesiani	(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33)	DF	2022	29	6	0	2024	Sepahan	Free
37	Alireza Babaei	(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 21)	DF	2023	1	0	0	2026	Academy	Free	U-21
66	Vakhdat Khanonov	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 24)	DF	2021	19	1	1	2024	Istiklol	€150,000
Midfielders
2	Omid Alishah	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32)	MF	2013	215	18	41	2025	Rah Ahan	Free	Captain
5	Masoud Rigi	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 33)	MF	2023	0	0	0	2025	Sepahan	Free
7	Soroush Rafiei	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 34)	MF	2022	63	6	5	2024	Sepahan	Free
9	Mehdi Torabi	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 30)	MF	2018	127	30	38	2024	Al Arabi	Free
10	Milad Sarlak	(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29)	MF	2020	99	5	4	2024	Padideh	Free
17	Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 23)	MF	2022	1	0	0	2025	Naft MIS	Free	U-23
19	Vahid Amiri	(1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 36)	MF	2016	193	20	31	2024	Trabzonspor	Free	2nd Captain
21	Saeid Sadeghi	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30)	MF	2022	24	6	3	2025	Gol Gohar	Free
35	Alireza Enayatzadeh	(2004-04-05) 5 April 2004 (age 20)	MF	2023	0	0	0	2028	Academy	Free	U-21
48	Mohammad Milad Sourgi	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22)	MF	2023	0	0	0	2028	Academy	Free	U-23
77	Mohammad Omri	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24)	MF	2021	24	4	1	2027	Academy	Free
80	Yasin Salmani	(2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 22)	MF	2023	0	0	0	2025	Sepahan	Free	U-23
88	Sina Asadbeigi	(1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 27)	MF	2022	26	2	1	2025	Zob Ahan	Free
Forwards
14	Nabil Bahoui	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 33)	FW	2023	0	0	0	2024	Qatar SC	Free
20	Shahab Zahedi	(1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 29)	FW	2023	4	0	0	2024	Zorya Luhansk	Free
29	Alireza Khodadadi	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22)	FW	2022	1	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-21
32	Omid Fahmi	(2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 (age 22)	FW	2023	0	0	0	2026	Academy	Free	U-21

Last updated: 20 August 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

New Contracts

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Source
2	MF	Omid Alishah	31	2 season	2025	^[1]
30	DF	Giorgi Gvelesiani	32	1 season	2024	^[2]
1	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	31	2 season	2025	^[3]
21	MF	Saeid Sadeghi	29	2 season	2025	^[4]
10	MF	Milad Sarlak	28	1 season	2024	^[5]

Transfers

In

Row	No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
1	17	DF	Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	22	Naft MIS	2025	Loan Return	Summer		^[6]
2	20	FW	Shahab Zahedi	27	Zorya	2024	Loan	Summer		^[7]
3	5	MF	Masoud Rigi	32	Sepahan	2025	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[8]
4	6	DF	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	29	Al Ahli	2025	Transfer	Summer		^[9]
5	80	MF	Yasin Salmani	21	Sepahan	2025	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[10]
6	14	FW	Nabil Bahoui	32	Qatar SC	2024	Transfer	Summer		^[11]
Transfer From Youth
7	35	FW	Alireza Enayatzadeh	19	Academy	2028	Transfer	Summer	-	^[12]
8	34	MF	Mohammad Sourgi	21	Academy	2028	Transfer	Summer	-	^[13]
9	32	FW	Omid Fahimi	20	Academy	2028	Transfer	Summer	-

Out

Row	No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	25	FW	Cheick Diabaté	35		Transfer	Summer
2	88	MF	Siamak Nemati	28	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	^[14]
3	38	DF	Ali Joudaki	22	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	^[15]
4	15	DF	Abolfazl Soleimani	22	Aluminium Arak	Loan	Summer	^[16]
5	11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	34	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	^[17]
6	91	FW	Leandro Pereira	31	Tochigi	Transfer	Summer	^[18]
7	99	GK	Ahmad Gohari	27	Aluminium Arak	Loan	Summer	^[19]
8	72	FW	Issa Alekasir	33	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer	^[20]
9	16	FW	Mehdi Abdi	24	Tractor	Loan	Summer	^[21]

Technical staff

Persepolis Head coach in 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League

Position	Staff
Head coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
First-team coach	Osmar Loss^[22]
Assistant coaches	Jalal Hosseini^[23]
Goalkeeping coach	Welesley Neneca^[24]
Assistant Goalkeeping coach	Javad Bagheri^[25]
Fitness Coach	Jose Augusto Losada Benítez^[26]
Assistant Fitness Coach	Saman Eskandari^[27]
Analyzers	Mehrdad Khanban Mohammad Asgari
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Physiotherapist	Ali Aazam
Team Manager	Afshin Peyrovani
Media Officer	Alireza Ashraf

Position	Staff
Under-23 team coach	Mahmoud Ansari
Youth team coach	Mehdi Ataloo
Under-17 coach	Farzad Ashoubi
Under-14 coach	Hassan Khanmohammadi

Pre-season and friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	7–0	Shams Azar	Tehran
	Abdi 5', 14', 26', 33' Alishah 21' (pen.) Gvelesiani 50' (pen.) Omri 61'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

16 July 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	1–0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
	Kanaanizadegan 26'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

17 July 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	2–0	Paykan	Tehran
	6' (o.g.) Khodadadi 62'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

21 July 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	2–0	Sanat Naft	Tehran
	Faraji 53' Kanaanizadegan 65'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

29 July 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	3–1	Mes Rafsanjan	Tehran
	Sadeghi 35' Amiri 45' Khodadadi 85'	Report	Mohebi 20'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

03 August 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	2–2	Nassaji	Tehran
	Nemati 25' Zahedi 70'	Report	Gholamalibeygi 35' Azadi 75'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

04 August 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	1–3	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Gvelesiani (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

Friendlies

10 August 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	3–0	Chadormalou Ardakan	Tehran
	Alishah 31' Omri 58' Abdi 80'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

18 August 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	0–0	Ario Bam Eslamshahr	Tehran
		Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

7 September 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	3–1	Sepidrood Rasht	Tehran
		Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

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	-	-	Matchday 1	-	6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	083.33
Hazfi Cup	-	-	Round of 32	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super Cup	-		Final	Winners	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
ACL	-	-	Group stage	-	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Total					8	6	1	1	10	4	+6	075.00

Last updated: 19 October 2023
Source: Competitions

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
6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	16	2	1	0	3	1	+2	3	0	0	6	1	+5

Last updated: 19 October 2023.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W
Position	5	3	3	1
Points	3	6	7	10

Source: "iranleague".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; U = Unfinished

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	20	8	2	45	18	+27	68	Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Esteghlal	30	19	10	1	40	15	+25	67
3	Sepahan	30	17	6	7	53	26	+27	57	Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs^[a]
4	Tractor	30	16	6	8	42	22	+20	54	Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage
5	Zob Ahan	30	11	9	10	30	29	+1	42

Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table, Iplstats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[28]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qualified as the 2023–24 Hazfi Cup winners.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

9 August 2023 (2023-08-09) 1	Persepolis	1 – 0	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nemati 38'	^[29]	Fakhreddini 8' Naghizadeh 45+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Amir Saman Soltani Man of the Match: Ali Nemati (Persepolis)

16 August 2023 (2023-08-16) 2	Tractor	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)			Sadeghi 42'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi Man of the Match: Morteza Pouraliganji (Persepolis)

24 August 2023 (2023-08-24) 3	Persepolis	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Esmaeilifar 10' Pouraliganji 44' Gvelesiani 84'		Eslami 5' Rafiei 44' (o.g.) Far Abbasi 66' Mokhtari 80'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Reza Adel Man of the Match: Vahid Amiri (Persepolis)

30 August 2023 (2023-08-30) 4	Foolad	0 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Moridi 50'		Pouraliganji 50', 66' Kanaanizadegan 88' Salmani 90+4'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hassan Akrami Man of the Match: Morteza Pouraliganji (Persepolis)

() 5	Persepolis	–	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

19 October 2023 (2023-10-19) 6	Paykan	1 – 3	Persepolis	Qazvin
16:50 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Pakdel 46'		Zahedi 13', 72', 80' (pen.) Faraji 23' Asadbeigi 90+3'	Stadium: Sardar Azadegan Referee: Ahmad Mohammadi

8 October 2023 (2023-10-08) 7	Persepolis	1 – 0	Gol Gohar Sirjan	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Rafiei 29' Zahedi 41' Beiranvand 67' Esmaeilifar 90+2'		Forouzan 46'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Payam Heidari

() 8	Malavan	–	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium

Score overview

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score
Aluminium	1–0
Esteghlal
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Foolad		0–2
Gol Gohar	1–0
Havadar
Malavan
Mes Rafsanjan
Nassaji
Paykan		1–3
Sanat Naft
Sepahan
Shams Azar
Tractor		0–1
Zob Ahan	1–1

Hazfi Cup

2023–24 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NSR	PRS	DUH	IST
1	Al Nassr	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to round of 16	—	0–0	4–3	3–1
2	Persepolis	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8		0–2	—	1–2	2–0
3	Al-Duhail	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7		2–3	0–1	—	2–0
4	Istiklol	6	0	3	3	3	9	−6	3		1–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) 1	Persepolis	0 – 2	Al Nassr	Tehran
	Sarlak 18' 52' Rigi 55'		Brozović 45+2' Esmaeilifar 62' (o.g.) Qassem 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) Man of the Match: Mohammad Qassem (Al Nassr)

3 October 2023 (2023-10-03) 2	Al-Duhail	0 – 1	Persepolis	Doha
	Almoez Ali 78' Aymen 90+1'		Alishah 63'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Man of the Match: Omid Alishah (Persepolis)

24 October 2023 (2023-10-24) 3	Persepolis	–	Istiklol	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

6 November 2023 (2023-11-06) 4	Istiklol	–	Persepolis	Dushanbe
				Stadium: Pamir Stadium

27 November 2023 (2023-11-27) 5	Al Nassr	–	Persepolis	Riyadh
				Stadium: KSU Stadium Attendance: 0

11 December 2023 (2023-12-11) 6	Persepolis	–	Al-Duhail	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Statistics

Goal scorers

Player left the club during the season.

Place	Position	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	FW	20	Shahab Zahedi	4	0	0	4
2	MF	2	Omid Alishah	0	0	1	1
	DF	4	Ali Nemati	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Saeid Sadeghi	1	0	0	1
	DF	30	Giorgi Gvelesiani	1	0	0	1
	DF	8	Morteza Pouraliganji	1	0	0	1
	MF	80	Yasin Salmani	1	0	0	1
Total				9	0	1	10
Last updated: 19 October 2023

Assists

Place	Position	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total
1	MF	7	Soroush Rafiei	3	0	0	3
2	MF	5	Masoud Rigi	1	0	1	2
3
	DF	6	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	1	0	0	1
	MF	19	Vahid Amiri	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Shahab Zahedi	1	0	0	1
	DF	11	Danial Esmaeilifar	1	0	0	1
Total				8	0	1	9
Last updated: 19 October 2023

Goalkeeping

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			ACL			Total
Rank	No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
1	1		Alireza Beiranvand	6	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	4	5
2	22		Amirreza Rafiei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				6	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	4	5
Last updated: 19 October 2023

Injury records

Injuries During The Season

Number	Position	Name	Injuri	From	Until	Days
29	FW	Alireza Khodadadi	Cruciate Ligament Injury	Aug 4 , 2023	Nov 4 ,2023	92
35	MF	Alireza Enayatzadeh	Cruciate Ligament Rupture	Aug 14 , 2023	Feb 14 ,2024	184
1	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	Leg Injury	Sep 7 , 2023	Sep 18 ,2023	11
14	FW	Nabil Bahoui	Cold	Sep 15 , 2023	Sep 30 ,2023	15
9	MF	Mehdi Torabi	Foot Injury	Sep 19 , 2023	Oct 3 ,2023	14
19	MF	Vahid Amiri	Leg Injury	Sep 19 , 2023	Oct 10 ,2023	21
Last updated: 22 September 2023

Club

Kit

Supplier: Merooj

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sponsorship

sponsors: Irancell^[30]

References

External links

[table_note_res_SLPS0.34270690118089-28] Qualified as the 2023–24 Hazfi Cup winners.

[1] "فوری-امید-عالیشاه-با-پرسپولیس-تمدید-کرد".

[2] "رسمی-تمدید-بزرگ-و-برون-مرزی-پرسپولیس".

[3] "رسمی-بیرانوند-دو-ساله-بست".

[4] "رسمی-سعید-صادقی-با-پرسپوليس-تمدید-کرد".

[5] "فوری-شماره-۱۰-با-پرسپولیس-یکساله-بست".

[6] "مدافع-ملیپوش-امید-به-پرسپولیس-باز-می/".

[7] "رسمی-شهاب-زاهدی-به-پرسپوليس-پیوست".

[8] "رسمی-مسعود-ریگی-به-پرسپوليس-پیوست".

[9] "رسمی-شد-شکار-بزرگ-پرسپولیس".

[10] "رسمی-پرسپولیس-آینده-را-خرید".

[11] "فوری-و-رسمی-مهاجم-جدید-در-پرسپولیس".

[12] "مهر-تایید-سرمربی-پرسپولیس-روی-پنج-بازی/".

[13] "مهر-تایید-سرمربی-پرسپولیس-روی-پنج-بازی/".

[14] "سیامک-نعمتی-به-تراکتور-پیوست".

[15] "مدافع-پرسپولیس-رسماً-از-این-تیم-جدا-شد/".

[16] "رسمی-جدایی-مدافع-پرسپولیس-به-مقصد-اراک".

[17] "توافق-کمال-کامیابینیا-با-ذوبآهن/".

[18] "مهاجم-پرسپولیس-در-توگیجی-ژاپن-عکس".

[19] "مقصد-دروازه-بان-پرسپولیس-مشخص-شد".

[20] "فوری-آل-کثیر-به-سپاهان-پیوست".

[21] "رسمی-مهدی-عبدی-پیراهن-تراکتور-را-پوشید".

[22] "اختصاصی-اوسمار-لاس-از-کورینتیانس-تا-پرسپولیس".

[23] "رسمی-آغاز-دوران-مربیگری-سیدجلال-حسینی".

[24] "مربی-دروازه-بانان-پرسپولیس-از-برزیل-آمد".

[25] "مربی جدید در کادر فنی پرسپولیس + عکس".

[26] "مربی-بدنساز-اسپانیایی-به-پرسپولیس-پیوست".

[27] "پرسپولیس خوشتیپ‌ترین عضو امسال را استخدام کرد".

[29] "اعلام نحوه تعیین قهرمان،صعود و سقوط کنندگان". iranleague.

[30] "گزارش-بازی-پرسپولیس-آلومینیوم-اراک-هفته-اول-لیگ-برتر-تاریخ-18-05-1402".

[31] "توافق-پرسپولیس-با-اسپانسر-پیراهن-در-فصل-جدید".

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