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2002–03 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the Persepolis's 2nd season in the Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Persepolis
2002–03 season
ChairmanAkbar Ghamkhar
ManagerAli Parvin
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi Cup1/8
ACLGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: A. Ansarian
Payan Rafat (5 goals)
All: Payan Rafat (6 goals)
Highest home attendance60,000 (10 January 2003 against Esteghlal)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (6 April 2003 against Aboumoslem)
Average home league attendance17,077

Squad edit

As of October 2002.[1] 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 Davoud Fanaei
2 DF   IRN Mohammad Barzegar
3 DF   IRN Hassan Khanmohammadi
4 DF   IRN Younes Bahonar
5 DF   IRN Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
6 MF   IRN Karim Bagheri
8 DF   IRN Ali Ansarian
9 MF   IRN Mehdi Tartar
10 MF   IRN Pejman Jamshidi
11 FW   IRN Amirhossein Aslanian
12 MF   IRN Aref Mohammadvand
13 DF   IRN Mojtaba Shiri
14 MF   IRN Reza Jabbari
16 DF   IRN Reza Shahroudi (Vice captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   IRN Sohrab Entezari
18 FW   IRN Behnam Abolghasempour
19 FW   IRN Payan Rafat
20 DF   IRN Behrouz Rahbarifard (3rd captain)
21 MF   IRN Ebrahim Asadi
22 GK   IRN Mohammad Mohammadi
23 FW   IRN Ali Salmani
24 FW   IRN Ali Lashgari
25 MF   IRN Hamid Estili
26 MF   IRN Hadi Mahdavikia
27 MF   IRN Mehrdad Minavand
28 DF   IRN Yahya Golmohammadi
30 GK   IRN Farshid Karimi

Transfers edit

In edit

No P Name Age Moving from Transfer
fee 		Type Transfer
window 		Source
6 DM Karim Bagheri 31   Al Sadd – Free Transfer Summer
12 DM Aref Mohammadvand 32 Zob Ahan – Free Transfer Summer
13 CB Mojtaba Shiri 22 Bargh Shiraz – Free Transfer Summer
15 LW Mehrdad Minavand 26   Al Shabab – Free Transfer Summer
19 CF Payan Rafat 32   Hatta – Free Transfer Summer
23 RW Ali Salmani 23 Bargh Tehran $28,000 Transfer Summer
26 RW Hadi Mahdavikia 21   Hamburger SV II – Free Transfer Summer
28 CB Yahya Golmohammadi 31 Foolad $70,000 Transfer Summer

Out edit

No P Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window 		Source
10 CM Hamed Kavianpour 24   Al Wasl undisclosed Transfer Summer
22 GK Mohammadreza Jounakizadeh Esteghlal Ahvaz – Free Transfer Summer
15 DM Esmaeil Halali 29 Sanat Naft – Free Transfer Summer
23 CF Laith Nobari 25 Released Contract expiration Summer
CM Javad Razzaghi 20   Dunajská Streda – Free Transfer Summer

Technical staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Ali Parvin
Assistant coach   Nasser Ebrahimi
First Team coach   Hans-Dieter Schmidt
Physical fitness trainer   Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach   Vahid Ghelich
Doctor   Dr Farid Zarineh
Team Manager   Mahmoud Khordbin

Competition record edit

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 26 11 11 4 30 21 +9 042.31
Hazfi Cup 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 075.00
AFC Champions League 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 066.67
Total 33 16 11 6 39 25 +14 048.48

Iran Pro League edit

Main article: 2002–03 Iran Pro League

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 26 16 4 6 47 27 +20 52 Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
2 Pas 26 13 6 7 37 23 +14 45
3 Persepolis 26 11 11 4 30 21 +9 44
4 Fajr 26 11 9 6 28 21 +7 42
5 Paykan 26 10 7 9 27 24 +3 37
Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]
(C) Champions

Competitions edit

Iran Pro League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
18 October 2002 (2002-10-18) 1 Bargh Shiraz 1 – 2 Persepolis Shiraz
A. Baghmisheh   26'
S. Zare   45'
A. Abbasfard   54'
M. Shiri   60'		 Stats R. Jabbari   43', 78'
K. Bagheri   70'
S. Entezari   80'		 Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) 2 Persepolis 1 – 0 Paykan Tehran
A. Mohammadvand   35'
A. Aslanian   90'		 Stats H. Memar   74' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
1 November 2002 (2002-11-01) 3 Saipa 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
J. Kazemian   47' Stats S. Entezari   49' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
5 November 2002 (2002-11-05) 4 Persepolis 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
A. Ansarian   65' Stats M. Hosseini   34'
A. Vaziri   90'   90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
21 November 2002 (2002-11-21) 5 Aboumoslem 0 – 1 Persepolis Mashhad
S. Beigi   75' Stats K. Bagheri   37'
R. Jabbari   65'
S. Entezari   76'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
6 December 2002 (2002-12-06) 6 Esteghlal Ahvaz 0 – 0 Persepolis Ahvaz
M. Sadatzadeh   69' Stats Y. Golmohammadi   35'
A. Mohammadvand   54'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
13 December 2002 (2002-12-13) 7 Persepolis 2 – 0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
B. Rahbarifar   35'
P. Rafat   35'
R. Jabbari   74'
Y. Golmohammadi   79'		 Stats B. Shafiei   20' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
19 December 2002 (2002-12-19) 8 Pas 0 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
J. Nekounam   45'
H. Sarabadani   62'
R. Rezaei Kamal   70'		 Stats E. Asadi   14'
P. Rafat   19'
Y. Golmohammadi   25'
S. Entezari   37'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
27 December 2002 (2002-12-27) 9 Persepolis 1 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
P. Rafat   12'
R. Shahroudi   35'
P. Jamshidi   54'
E. Asadi   84'		 Stats Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
2 January 2003 (2003-01-02) 10 Sepahan 2 – 1 Persepolis Isfahan
E. Bezik   23'
S. Bayat   49'
A. Talebnasab   49'
M. Navidkia   85'		 Stats A. Peyrovani   26'
H. Khanmohmmadi   37'
A. Ansarian   60'		 Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
10 January 2003 (2003-01-10) 11 Persepolis 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tabriz
H. Estili   55'
A. Mohammadvand   62'
A. Ansarian   70' (pen)
P. Rafat   86'
E. Asadi   90'		 Stats A. Samereh   1'
M. Pashazadeh   19'
A. Akbapour   38'
M. Hasheminasab   49'
A. Nikbakht   82'		 Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   Roberto Rosetti
17 January 2003 (2003-01-17) 12 Malavan 1 – 1 Persepolis Anzali
A. Ashourizad   42'
M. Gholamin   69'   79'		 Stats Y. Golmohammadi   41'
A. Mohammadvand   79'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
23 January 2003 (2003-01-23) 13 Persepolis 3 – 3 Foolad Tehran
A. Ansarian   21'   75'
B. Rahbarifar   35'
Y. Golmohammadi   37'
P. Rafat   53'		 Stats B. Seraj   4', 27'
H. Kaabi   11'   14'
A. Mehdipour   39'
S. Mousavi   65'
O. Ambrose   78'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
14 February 2003 (2003-02-14) 14 Persepolis 0 – 0 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Y. Bahonar   45' Stats M. Agha Mohammadi   56' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
23 February 2003 (2003-02-23) 15 Paykan 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
A. Modir Roosta   5'
D. Haghdoost   15'
S. Tajdar   38'
M. Vaezi   86'		 Stats S. Entezari   14'
P. Rafat   54'
A. Salmani   60'
M. Tartar   69'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
6 April 2003 (2003-04-06) 18 Persepolis 1 – 0 Aboumoslem Tehran
S. Entezari   14'
R. Jabbari   32'		 Stats E. Yousefi   36' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) 16 Persepolis 2 – 1 Saipa Tehran
A. Ansarian   3' (pen)
M. Barzegar   57'
S. Entezari   75'		 Stats H. Jafari   15'
M. Ayoubi   36'
B. Gholampour   59'
M. Momeni   83'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
15 April 2003 (2003-04-15) 19 Persepolis 2 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
A. Peyrovani   8'   16'
A. Ansarian   39'
E. Asadi   52'
M. Barzegar   75'		 Stats A. Khalifeh Asl   15'
M. Ahmadi   78'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
24 April 2003 (2003-04-24) 20 Fajr Sepasi 0 – 0 Persepolis Shiraz
B. Shafiei   35' Stats R. Jabbari   62' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
7 May 2003 (2003-05-07) 21 Persepolis 0 – 0 Pas Tehran
A. Ansarian   27'
P. Jamshidi   54'		 Stats H. Sarabadani   12'
M. Nosrati   36'
A. Borhani   68'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
12 May 2003 (2003-05-12) 22 Sanat Naft 0 – 0 Persepolis Abadan
Stats Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
16 May 2003 (2003-05-16) 17 Zob Ahan 3 – 2 Persepolis Fooladshahr
E. Taghipour   15'
F. Bahadorani   35'
R. Sahebi   42', 80'   79'
A. Vaziri   62'
M. Salehinejad   75'		 Stats S. Entezari   31'
R. Jabbari   70'		 Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
21 May 2003 (2003-05-21) 23 Persepolis 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
B. Rahbarifar   65'
A. Ansarian   82'		 Stats S. Karami   16'
H. Farzaneh   48'
N. Farshbaf   62'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
13 June 2003 (2003-06-13) 24 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
A. Akbapour   36'   63'
F. Majidi   44'
M. Fekri   75'
A. Mansourian   80'
A. Samereh   89'		 Stats Y. Golmohammadi   11'   15'
B. Abolghasempour   50'
A. Peyrovani   62'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee:   Vladimir Hrinak
17 June 2003 (2003-06-17) 25 Persepolis 2 – 3 Malavan Tehran
H. Estili   31'
A. Peyrovani   39'
F. Karimi   45'
A. Ansarian   65'
P. Rafat   68'		 Stats P. Nouri   4', 62'
E. Sadeghi   23'
J. Shirzad   24'
M. Gholamalizad   43'
A. Ashourizad   61'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
22 June 2003 (2003-06-22) 26 Foolad 0 – 2 Persepolis Ahvaz
J. Kameli-Mofrad   12'
A. Mehdipour   24'
H. Kaabi   84'
A. Badavi   88'		 Stats P. Rafat   15'
Y. Golmohammadi   28'
P. Jamshidi   69'
A. Mohammadvand   77', 90+4'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: N/A

Hazfi Cup edit

Main article: 2002–03 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
1/16 Machine Sazi 0 – 1 Persepolis Tabriz
P. Rafat   Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1/16 Persepolis 1 – 0 Machine Sazi Tehran
A. Peyrovani   Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Machine Sazi 0–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

1/8 Persepolis 2 – 0 Malavan Tehran
R. Jabari  
B. Rahbarifar  		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1/8 Malavan 2 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 Persepolis Anzali
M. Hamrang  
M. Gholamin  		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Penalties
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Malavan 2–2 Persepolis on aggregate. Malavan won the game on penalties (3–0)

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
9 March 2003 (2003-03-09) 1 Al Talaba   0 – 1   Persepolis Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Yahya Golmohammadi   62' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Masayoshi Okada
11 March 2003 (2003-03-11) 2 Pakhtakor   1 – 0   Persepolis Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Anvarjon Soliev   22' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:   Masayoshi Okada
13 March 2003 (2003-03-13) 3 Persepolis   4 – 1   Nisa Asgabat Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Khanmohammadi   14', 76'
Yahya Golmohammadi   47'
Amirhossein Aslanian   90'		 Amanmyrat Meredov   89' (pen) Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Fareed Al Marzouqi

Scorers edit

No. Pos Nat Name Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
19 CF   Payan Rafat 5 1 0 6
8 CB   Ali Ansarian 5 0 0 5
28 CB   Yahya Golmohammadi 3 0 2 5
14 AM   Reza Jabbari 3 1 0 4
17 CF   Sohrab Entezari 4 0 0 4
12 DM   Aref Mohammadvand 3 0 0 3
3 RB   Hassan Khanmohammadi 0 0 2 2
5 CB   Afshin Peyrovani 1 1 0 2
11 CF   Amirhossein Aslanian 1 0 1 2
20 CB   Behrouz Rahbarifar 0 1 0 1
6 Players 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 4 5 39

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "مبلغ قرارداد پرسپولیسی ها در یک دهه پیش".
  2. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

External links edit

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