2012–13 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Sepahan's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 60th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

Sepahan
2012–13 season
ChairmanAlireza Rahimi
ManagerCroatia Zlatko Kranjčar
StadiumFoolad Shahr Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi CupChampions
AFC Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (13)
All: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (16)
Xhevahir Sukaj (16)
Highest home attendance9,280 vs Al Ahli (AFC Champions League, 19 September 2012)
Lowest home attendance1,000 vs Gahar (Iran Pro League, 22 November 2012)
Average home league attendance3,643

Player edit

First team squad edit

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Under-23 players Under-21 players Under-19 players
Out during the season (transferred, injured, or released)
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Appearance (s) Goal (s)
Goalkeepers
1 Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi   GK 2012 (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35) Zob Ahan 11 0
27 Mehdi Amini   GK 2012 (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28) (Youth system) 0 0
30 Mohammad Nasseri   GK 2011 (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 30) (Youth system) 0 0
35 Shahab Gordan   GK 2013 (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 39) Persepolis 17 0
36 Mohammad Mahmoudvand   GK 2013 (1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 39) Aboumoslem 0 0
Defenders
3 Farshid Talebi   CB 2012 (1981-08-24) 24 August 1981 (age 42) Zob Ahan 29 3
5 Mohammad Ali Ahmadi   CB 2012 (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 40) Zob Ahan 28 0
6 Milan Susak   CB, RB 2012 (1984-01-29) 29 January 1984 (age 40)   Tianjin Teda 11 0
11 Mohsen Irannejad   LB, LWB 2012 (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 38) Shahin Bushehr 15 0
17 Abolhassan Jafari   RB, RWB 2007 (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 33) (Youth system), Malavan 51 0
18 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand   CB 2012 (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 30) (Youth system) 2 0
28 Ehsan Hajsafi   LB, LWB 2006 (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34) (Youth system), Tractor Sazi 143 22
38 Ervin Bulku   RB, DM, RM 2012 (1981-03-03) 3 March 1981 (age 43)   AZAL Baku 21 1
Midfielders
4 Moharram Navidkia (captain)   AM 1998 (1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 41) (Youth system),   VfL Bochum 253 40
9 Mehdi Jafarpour   RM, RB 2005 (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 39) (Youth system), PAS Hamedan 119 8
10 Hossein Papi   LM, RM 2004 (1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 39) (Youth system), Sepahan Novin 116 1
12 Ali Karimi   CM 2012 (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30) (Youth system) 0 0
15 Omid Ebrahimi   DM 2010 (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 36) Sh. Bandar Abbas 82 14
20 Ahmad Jamshidian   AM, RM 2008 (1984-05-16) 16 May 1984 (age 39) Rah Ahan 115 20
23 Amin Jahan Alian   RM, AM 2012 (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 32) (Youth system) 18 3
24 Akbar Imani   CM 2010 (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32) (Youth system) 6 0
32 Hamid Reza Kazemi   CM, AM 2011 (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 31) (Youth system) 1 0
Forwards
8 Mohammad Gholami   CF 2012 (1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 41) Damash 25 0
14 Xhevahir Sukaj   CF 2012 (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36)   Gençlerbirliği 42 13
21 Radomir Đalović   CF 2012 (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 41)   FC Amkar Perm 26 4
25 Mehdi Sharifi   CF 2012 (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 31) (Youth system) 0 0
26 Ali Choupani   CF 2012 (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31) (Youth system) 0 0
33 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari   CF, SS 2012 (1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 40)   Al Wasl FC 32 13
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of birth (Age) Signed from Appearance(s) Goal(s)
22 Reza Mohamadi   GK 2011 (1985-06-14) 14 June 1985 (age 38) Iranjavan 8 0
2 Hassan Ashjari   LB, LWB 2011 (1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 (age 44) Steel Azin 38 1
6 Hadi Tamini   CB, SW 2011 (1981-08-23) 23 August 1981 (age 42) Malavan 27 2
7 Milad Zeneyedpour   LM, RM 2012 (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) Damash 6 0
40 Adel Kolahkaj   CM, LM 2012 (1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 (age 39) Mes Kerman 8 1

For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Sepahan Novin.

Iran Pro League squad edit

Updated 19 January 2013.

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 Mohammad-Bagher Sadeghi
3 DF   IRN Farshid Talebi
4 MF   IRN Moharram Navidkia (captain)
5 DF   IRN Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi
6 DF   AUS Milan Susak
8 FW   IRN Mohammad Gholami
9 MF   IRN Mehdi Jafarpour
10 MF   IRN Hossein Papi (3rd vice-captain)
11 DF   IRN Mohsen Irannejad
12 MF   IRN Ali Karimi
14 FW   ALB Xhevahir Sukaj
15 MF   IRN Omid Ebrahimi (2nd vice-captain)
17 DF   IRN Abolhassan Jafari
18 DF   IRN Mohammad Hossein Moradmand
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   IRN Ahmad Jamshidian (1st vice-captain)
21 FW   MNE Radomir Đalović
23 MF   IRN Amin Jahan Alian
24 MF   IRN Akbar Imani
25 FW   IRN Mehdi Sharifi
26 FW   IRN Ali Choopani
27 GK   IRN Mehdi Amini
28 DF   IRN Ehsan Hajsafi
30 GK   IRN Mohammad Nasseri
32 MF   IRN Hamid Reza Kazemi
33 FW   IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
35 GK   IRN Shahab Gordan
36 GK   IRN Mohammad Mahmoudvand
38 DF   ALB Ervin Bulku

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13.

Transfers edit

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

Summer edit

Winter edit

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
2012–13 Iran Pro League 3rd 20 July 2012 10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Winner 13 December 2012 5 May 2013
AFC Champions League Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 19 September 2012 2 October 2012
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage 27 February 2013 30 April 2013

Updated to match played 24 April 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 34 19 10 5 42 18 +24 67 Qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Tractor Sazi 34 18 11 5 55 32 +23 65
3 Sepahan 34 19 7 8 60 33 +27 64
4 Foolad 34 14 14 6 52 35 +17 56
5 Naft Tehran 34 14 13 7 42 29 +13 55
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 19 7 8 60 33  +27 64 11 2 4 31 18  +13 8 5 4 29 15  +14

Last updated: 11 May 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWDWLLWDWWWDLWLWDLLWWWWDWLWWWWWDLD
Position6321372321115422124444442333222223
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2013. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
20 July 2012 1 Sepahan 1–0 Mes Kerman Fooladshahr
20:45 UTC+04:30 Tamini   47' Report Bates  
Enayati  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Shahin Haji Babaei
25 July 2012 2 Foolad 1–3 Sepahan Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+04:30 Sharifat   42'
Nouri  
Amirabadi  
Report Đalović   19'
Ebrahimi   38'
Sukaj   74'
Zeneyedpour  
Talebi  
Kolahkaj  
Jafari  
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
31 July 2012 3 Sepahan 2–2 Rah Ahan Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30 Đalović   33'
Karimi   81' (o.g.)
Tamini  
Talebi  
Ahmadi  
Jafari  
Report Shiri   11'   67'
Abbasfard  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hassan Zargar
6 August 2012 4 Zob Ahan 0–4 Sepahan Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30 Sadeghian  
Salsali  
Mosalman  
Ashouri  
Report Tamini   17'
Đalović   48'
Navidkia   51'
Jamshidian   89'
Khalatbari  
Ashjari  
Tamini  
Kolahkaj  
Ahmadi    
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Saeed Bakhshizadeh
18 August 2012 5 Sepahan 0–2 Saipa Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30 Talebi   Report Shahbazzadeh   28'
Gharibi   93'
Márcio  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Mohsen Torki
23 August 2012 6 Paykan 1–0 Sepahan Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30 Mobali   94' Report Ahmadi  
Kolahkaj  
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
29 August 2012 7 Sepahan 1–0 Fajr Sepasi Fooladshahr
19:00 UTC+04:30 Khalatbari  
Sukaj   85'
Report Joukar  
Shafiei  
Nazari  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
14 September 2012 8 Sanat Naft 1–1 Sepahan Abadan
19:45 UTC+04:30 Khaleghifar   21' Report Sukaj   58'
Sukaj  
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
23 September 2012 9 Sepahan 2–0 Persepolis Fooladshahr
18:30 UTC+03:30 Kolahkaj   51'
Sukaj   72'
Đalović  
Khalatbari  
Report Kazemian  
Norouzi  
Madanchi  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
27 September 2012 10 Malavan 0–2 Sepahan Bandar-e Anzali
17:25 UTC+03:30 Report Sukaj   45'
Đalović   67'
Sukaj  
Jafarpour  
Ebrahimi 
Navidkia 
Đalović  
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
1 October 2012 11 Sepahan v Gahar Fooladshahr
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
19 October 2012 12 Saba 1–1 Sepahan Qom
16:50 UTC+03:30 Soleiman Fallah   93'
Momeni  
Badrlou  
Report Ebrahimi   91'
Jahan Alian  
Talebi  
Jafarpour  
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
25 October 2012 13 Sepahan 1–4 Tractor Sazi Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30 Ebrahimi   55'
Jafari  
Ebrahimi  
Report Seyed-Salehi   15'
Seyed-Salehi  52'
Lopez   58' (pen.)
Ashjari   91' (o.g.)
Dehnavi  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
30 October 2012 14 Naft Tehran 3–4 Sepahan Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30 Shakouri   7' (pen.)
Ljubojević   15'
Ljubojević   58'
Shakouri  
Batista    
Report Sukaj   37'
Ebrahimi   77' (pen.)
Khalatbari   80'
Ebrahimi   90'
Khalatbari  
Bulku  
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Alireza Faghani
18 November 2012 15 Sepahan 0–1 Esteghlal Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari  
Ahmadi  
Report Heidari   15'
Sadeghi  
Borhani  
Nekounam  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
22 November 2012 11 Sepahan 2–1 Gahar Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30 Talebi   37'
Khalatbari   89'
Talebi  
Bulku  
Jafari  
Moradmand    
Report Torkashvand   34'
Shafiei  
Kardoost  
Ghasemi  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rahim Mehrpisheh
28 November 2012 16 Sepahan 3–0 Damash Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari   50', 83'
Navidkia   65'
Report Roudbarian  
Mokhtari  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammad Seyedali
3 December 2012 17 Aluminium 1–1 Sepahan Bandar Abbas
15:15 UTC+03:30 Pirzadeh   52'
Mohammadzadeh  
Abarghouei  
Dadashvand  
Khavarpoor  
Report Khalatbari   24'
Talebi  
Ahmadi  
Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
25 December 2012 18 Mes Kerman 1–0 Sepahan Kerman
15:00 UTC+03:30 Enayati   18'
Nazarzadeh  
Report Jafari   Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
30 December 2013 19 Sepahan 0–1 Foolad Fooladshahr
15:00 UTC+03:30 Dalovic   Report Pereira   71'
Sharifat  
Pereira  
Jamaati  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
4 January 2013 20 Rah Ahan v Sepahan Tehran
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
13 January 2013 21 Sepahan 4–3 Zob Ahan Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30 Sukaj   6'
Sukaj   14'
Ebrahimi   32' (pen.)
Navidkia   89' (pen.)
Jafari  
Report Rajabzadeh   29'
Rajabzadeh   55' (pen.)
Pahlevan   77'
Kasparov  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
18 January 2013 22 Saipa 0–3 Sepahan Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30 Narciso   Report Khalatbari   45'
Jahan Alian   59'
Hajsafi   76'
Hajsafi  
Stadium: Enghelab Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alborz Hajipour
24 January 2013 23 Sepahan 2–0 Paykan Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30 Navidkia   63'
Khalatbari   89'
Bulku  
Report Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
29 January 2013 24 Fajr Sepasi 0–0 Sepahan Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Afand  
Ghezalchi  
Ansari  
Hossaini  
Alimohamadi  
Report Khalatbari   Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
8 February 2013 25 Sepahan 3–0 Sanat Naft Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30 Jahan Alian   21'
Navidkia   43'
Navidkia   53'
Ebrahimi  
Report Moshkelpour  
Barzaei  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hassan Zargar
12 February 2013 20 Rah Ahan 0–1 Sepahan Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30 Kafshgari  
Shiri  
Karimi  
Report Sukaj   81'
Susak  
Ahmadi  
Bulku  
Irannejad  
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
17 February 2013 26 Persepolis 1–0 Sepahan Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30 Norouzi   92'
Naghizadeh  
Pouladi  
Report Talebi  
Sukaj  
Ebrahimi  
Gordan  
Susak    
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
21 February 2013 27 Sepahan 3–1 Malavan Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30 Hajsafi   26'
Jamshidian   76'
Ebrahimi   83'
Report Heidari   89' Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
4 March 2013 28 Gahar 1–4 Sepahan Dorood
15:30 UTC+03:30 Nikkar   92'
Torkashvand  
Khorsandnia  
Report Sukaj   9'
Khalatbari   45'
Talebi   49'
Jamshidian   71'
Ebrahimi  
Stadium: Dorood Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Assadi
8 March 2013 29 Sepahan 2–0 Saba Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30 Jahan Alian   24'
Sukaj   73'
Ahmadi  
Report Kashi  
Eslami  
Rezaïan  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
18 March 2013 30 Tractor Sazi 1–3 Sepahan Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30 Soares   86'
Nosrati  
Karimian  
Report Khalatbari   15'
Talebi   28'
Navidkia   53'
Susak  
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
6 April 2013 31 Sepahan 3–1 Naft Tehran Fooladshahr
17:30 UTC+03:30 Bulku   12'
Khalatbari   45'
Ebrahimi   89' (pen.)
Bulku    
Report Manouchehri   53'
Hamdinejad  
Kamel  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
15 April 2013 32 Esteghlal 1–1 Sepahan Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Irannejad   93' (o.g.)
Sadeghi  
Mousavi    
Report Navidkia   66'
Khalatbari  
Talebi    
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
19 April 2013 33 Damash 2–1 Sepahan Rasht
17:30 UTC+03:30 Hajati   21'
Motevaselzadeh   40'
Kébé  
Mokhtari    
Report Khalatbari   93'
Ebrahimi  
Hajsafi  
Bulku  
Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
10 May 2013 34 Sepahan 2–2 Aluminium Fooladshahr
18:00 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari   28', 55' (pen.)
Hajsafi  
Report Meydavoudi   18'
Shokouh Magham   41'
Roshangar  
Abarghouei  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Hazfi Cup edit

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
13 December 2012 1/16 Sepahan 2–1 Foolad Fooladshahr
16:15 UTC+03:30 Gholami   9'
Khalatbari   85'
Report Pereira   60'
Khaledi  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
20 December 2012 1/8 Mes Rafsanjan 0–1 (a.e.t.) Sepahan Rafsanjan
14:00 UTC+03:30 Kavianifar  
Abedi  
Mahmoudi  
Jafari  
Report Sukaj   109'
Ahmadi  
Sadeghi  
Stadium: Takhti Rafsanjan Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed-Ali
9 January 2013 1/4 Sepahan 2–0 Sanat Naft Fooladshahr
14:30 UTC+03:30 Bulku   27'
Talebi   61'
Report Ramezani  
Navidkia  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Alireza Faghani
30 March 2013 1/2 Esteghlal 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Sepahan Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Hatami   64'
Borhani  
Majidi  
Nekounam  
Heidari    
Report Khalatbari   42'  
Bulku  
Talebi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Penalties
  Jabbari
  Samuel
  Mohammad-Rezaei
  Sadeghi
  Nekounam
  Rahmati
  Hatami
  Bulku
  Ebrahimi
  Khalatbari
  Hajsafi
  Jamshidian
  Irannejad
  Susak
5 May 2013 Final Persepolis 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Sepahan Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30 Ansarifard   24'
Nouri   99'
Haghighi  
Nouri  
Mahini  
Report Sukaj   59'
Gholami   106'
Khalatbari  
Ebrahimi  
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 97,452
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Penalties
  Norouzi
  Mahini
  Haghighi
  Naghizadeh
  Bulku
  Khalatbari
  Ebrahimi
  Hajsafi

AFC Champions League 2012 edit

Quarter-finals edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
19 September 2012 1st Leg Sepahan 0–0   Al-Ahli Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+04:30 Navidkia   Report Al-Musa  
Bakshwin  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 9,280
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
2 October 2012 2nd Leg Al-Ahli   4–1 Sepahan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+03:00 Simões   30' (pen.)
Al Hosni   35'
Al Hosni   45'
Jaizawi   70'
Jaizawi  
Al-Khames  
Report Talebi   37'
Ebrahimi  
Mohammadi  
Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 16,838
Referee: Peter Green

AFC Champions League 2013 edit

Group stage edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
27 February 2013 Match day 1 Sepahan 3–0   Al-Nasr Fooladshahr, Iran
19:30 UTC+03:30 Sukaj   22'
Sukaj   81'
Ebrahimi   87'
Report Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
13 March 2013 Match day 2 Al-Gharafa   3–1 Sepahan Doha, Qatar
18:15 UTC+03:00 Cisse   16'
Cisse   58'
Siddiq   92'
Burhan  
Quaye  
Nenê  
Al-Shammari  
Report Ahmadi   13'
Ahmadi  
Hajsafi  
Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Lee Min Hu
2 April 2013 Match day 3 Sepahan 2–4   Al-Ahli Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+03:30 Sukaj   3'
Talebi   86'
Talebi  
Khalatbari  
Papi  
Report Simões   23'
César   39'
Al Hosni   46'
Simões   65'
Simões  
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 9,124
Referee: Vladisilav Tseytlin
10 April 2013 Match day 4 Al-Ahli   4–1 Sepahan Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3 Al-Bassas   44'
Al-Bassas   62'
César   68' (pen.)
Al-Khames   90+1'
Palomino  
César  
Report Đalović   82'
Gholami  
Susak  
Irannejad  
Jafari  
Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 11,158
Referee: Strebre Delovski
23 April 2013 Match day 5 Al-Nasr   1–2 Sepahan Dubai, UAE
20:00 UTC+3 Muhammed   71'
Mascara  
Report Đalović   29'
Gholami   79'
Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Abdullah M. Al-hilali
30 April 2013 Match day 6 Sepahan 3–1   Al-Gharafa Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+3:30 Jahan Alian   11'
Gholami   48'
Khalatbari   55'
Report Siddiq   44' Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Friendly Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
26 June 2012 1 Sepahan 0–1   Neftchi Baku Bolu, Turkey
18:00 UTC+02:00 Report Flavinho   33'
28 June 2012 2 Sepahan 1–1   Volga Bolu, Turkey
18:30 UTC+02:00 Sukaj   36' Report Sapogov   87 p.'
1 July 2012 3 Sepahan 0–3   CSKA Sofia Kızılcahamam, Turkey
16:00 UTC+02:00 Report Coda   46'
Yanev   51'
Mendes   84'
12 July 2012 5 Sepahan 0–1 Naft Tehran Isfahan, Iran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Report Mahdavi   27' Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 2000
16 July 2012 6 Sepahan 2–4 Iran U-20 Isfahan, Iran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Irannejad   50'
Sharifi   56'
Report Azmoun   22',   44'
Fazeli   39'
Pahlevan   42'
Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 1500
26 August 2012 7 Sepahan 2–0 Sang Ahan Bafq Isfahan, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Sukaj   26'
Sharifi   80'
Report Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 500
5 September 2012 8 Sepahan 2–1   Al Jahra Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+03:00 Sukaj   34'
Ebrahimi   65'
Report Ghemlas   80' Stadium: Za'abeel Stadium
10 September 2012 9 Sepahan 3–2 Sepahan U-23 Isfahan, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Papi   23'
Sukaj   55'
Đalović   76'
Report Maftoolkar   40',   82' Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 200
9 October 2012 10 Rah Ahan 1–1 Sepahan Tehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Razaghirad   12' Report Jahan Alian   38' Stadium: Ekbatan Stadium
Attendance: 500
9 November 2012 11 Sepahan 3–0 Sepahan U-23 Isfahan, Iran
16:00 UTC+03:30 Papi   25'
Jahan Alian   37'
Navidkia   71'
Report Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 300
12 November 2012 12 Sepahan 2–4 Zob Ahan Isfahan, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30 Talebi   36'
Sharifi   71'
Report Farhadi   27',   76'
Barani   65'
Sadeghian   87'
Stadium: Bagh-e Ferdows Stadium
Attendance: 600

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRN Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 15 0 11+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+1 0 1+0+0 0
2 DF   IRN Hassan Ashjari 17 0 12+3+0 0 0+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
3 DF   IRN Farshid Talebi 40 6 27+2+0 3 4+0+0 1 2+0+0 1 4+1+0 1
4 MF   IRN Moharram Navidkia 39 8 16+12+1 8 0+5+0 0 1+1+0 0 1+0+2 0
5 DF   IRN Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 40 1 23+2+3 0 4+0+1 0 2+0+0 0 5+0+0 1
6 DF   IRN Hadi Tamini 10 2 9+0+1 2 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
6 DF   AUS Milan Susak 18 0 8+2+1 0 3+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 4+0+0 0
7 MF   IRN Milad Zeneyedpour 6 0 0+4+2 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
8 FW   IRN Mohammad Gholami 35 4 3+5+17 0 1+2+1 2 0+0+1 0 2+0+3 2
9 MF   IRN Mehdi Jafarpour 18 0 5+4+5 0 1+0+0 0 1+1+0 0 0+1+0 0
10 MF   IRN Hossein Papi 33 0 11+6+5 0 3+1+1 0 0+0+0 0 3+0+3 0
11 DF   IRN Mohsen Irannejad 24 0 2+1+12 0 2+1+1 0 0+0+0 0 2+0+3 0
12 MF   IRN Ali Karimi 1 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+1 0
14 FW   ALB Xhevahir Sukaj 44 16 3+11+18 11 0+2+3 2 0+0+2 0 3+1+1 3
15 MF   IRN Omid Ebrahimi 44 9 30+2+0 8 4+0+0 0 1+1+0 0 5+1+0 1
17 DF   IRN Abolhassan Jafari 31 0 16+5+3 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 3+1+1 0
18 DF   IRN Mohammad Hossein Moradmand 2 0 1+0+1 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
20 MF   IRN Ahmad Jamshidian 29 3 2+5+14 3 0+1+2 0 0+0+2 0 0+3+0 0
21 FW   MNE Radomir Đalović 33 6 7+10+9 4 0+0+2 0 0+2+0 0 3+0+0 2
22 GK   IRN Reza Mohamadi 8 0 6+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
23 MF   IRN Amin Jahan Alian 27 4 3+12+3 3 0+2+2 0 0+0+0 0 2+2+1 1
24 MF   IRN Akbar Imani 2 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+1 0 0+0+0 0 0+1+0 0
25 FW   IRN Mehdi Sharifi 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
26 FW   IRN Ali Choupani 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
27 GK   IRN Mehdi Amini 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
28 DF   IRN Ehsan Hajsafi 24 2 15+1+0 2 1+1+1 0 0+0+0 0 2+2+1 0
30 GK   IRN Mohammad Nasseri 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
32 MF   IRN Hamid Reza Kazemi 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
33 FW   IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 45 16 22+10+0 13 5+0+0 2 1+1+0 0 3+2+1 1
35 GK   IRN Shahab Gordan 25 0 17+0+0 0 3+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 5+0+0 0
36 GK   IRN Mohammad Mahmoudvand 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
38 DF   ALB Ervin Bulku 31 2 19+1+1 1 5+0+0 1 2+0+0 0 1+2+0 0
40 MF   IRN Adel Kolahkaj 10 1 7+1+0 1 0+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0

Apps: x+y+z, where x means full match (90-minute) appearance, y means match starting appearance and then exchanged, z means appearance as the exchange player in the middle of the match.

Goal scorers edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos. Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
33 FW   Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 13 2 0 1 16
14 FW   Xhevahir Sukaj 11 2 0 3 16
15 MF   Omid Ebrahimi 8 0 0 1 9
4 MF   Moharram Navidkia 8 0 0 0 8
21 FW   Radomir Đalović 4 0 0 2 6
3 DF   Farshid Talebi 3 1 1 1 6
23 MF   Amin Jahan Alian 3 0 0 1 4
8 FW   Mohammad Gholami 0 2 0 2 4
20 MF   Ahmad Jamshidian 3 0 0 0 3
6 DF   Hadi Tamini 2 0 0 0 2
28 DF   Ehsan Hajsafi 2 0 0 0 2
38 DF   Ervin Bulku 1 1 0 0 2
40 MF   Adel Kolahkaj 1 0 0 0 1
5 DF   Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 0 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 60 8 1 12 81

Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
No. Pos. Name                                        
33 FW   Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
5 DF   Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
15 MF   Omid Ebrahimi 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
3 DF   Farshid Talebi 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 2
38 DF   Ervin Bulku 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
17 DF   Abolhassan Jafari 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1
21 FW   Radomir Đalović 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
40 MF   Adel Kolahkaj 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 FW   Xhevahir Sukaj 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 DF   Milan Susak 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
28 DF   Ehsan Hajsafi 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
6 DF   Hadi Tamini 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 MF   Mehdi Jafarpour 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 MF   Moharram Navidkia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 DF   Mohsen Irannejad 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 DF   Hassan Ashjari 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 MF   Milad Zeneyedpour 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 MF   Amin Jahan Alian 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 GK   Shahab Gordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 GK   Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 FW   Mohammad Gholami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF   Hossein Papi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
18 DF   Hossein Moradmand 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 GK   Reza Mohamadi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 58 5 3 6 0 1 2 0 1 9 0 0 75 5 5

Goals conceded edit

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
No. Pos. Name Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Clean Sheets
1 GK   Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 11 10 2 1 1 4 1 1 15 16 4
22 GK   Reza Mohamadi 6 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 8 4
35 GK   Shahab Gordan 17 15 3 3 0 0 5 12 25 30 8
TOTALS 34 33 5 4 2 4 6 13 47 54 16

Own goals edit

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos. Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
2 DF   Hassan Ashjari 1 0 0 0 1
11 DF   Mohsen Irannejad 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 2 0 0 0 2

Total minutes played edit

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos. Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
15 MF   Omid Ebrahimi 2840 450 152 526 3968
33 FW   Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 2691 540 119 479 3829
5 DF   Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 2284 512 180 450 3426
3 DF   Farshid Talebi 2470 326 180 401 3377
4 MF   Moharram Navidkia 2344 453 176 159 3132
38 DF   Ervin Bulku 1764 540 180 236 2720
17 DF   Abolhassan Jafari 1850 210 0 401 2461
10 MF   Hossein Papi 1533 460 0 354 2347
14 FW   Xhevahir Sukaj 1654 252 63 353 2322
35 GK   Shahab Gordan 1530 330 0 450 2310
21 FW   Radomir Đalović 1383 107 135 270 1905
28 DF   Ehsan Hajsafi 1351 223 0 297 1871
23 MF   Amin Jahan Alian 1060 142 0 312 1514
8 FW   Mohammad Gholami 1003 256 7 236 1502
2 DF   Hassan Ashjari 1305 0 180 0 1485
6 DF   Milan Susak 786 330 0 360 1476
1 GK   Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 990 210 64 90 1354
20 MF   Ahmad Jamshidian 944 104 67 183 1298
11 DF   Mohsen Irannejad 557 353 0 299 1209
9 MF   Mehdi Jafarpour 904 90 203 0 1197
40 MF   Adel Kolahkaj 700 0 180 0 880
6 DF   Hadi Tamini 829 0 0 0 829
22 GK   Reza Mohamadi 540 0 117 0 657
7 MF   Milad Zeneyedpour 247 0 0 0 247
18 DF   Hossein Moradmand 145 0 0 0 145
24 MF   Akbar Imani 0 1 0 45 46
12 MF   Ali Karimi 0 0 0 17 17
TOTALS 32763 5883 1935 5986 46573

Overall statistics edit

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 47 23 24 0
Games won 27 15 12 0
Games drawn 8 3 5 0
Games lost 12 5 7 0
Biggest win 4–0 3–0 4–0 0
Biggest loss 4-1 4-1 4-1 0
Biggest win (League) 4–0 3–0 4-0 0
Biggest win (Cup) 2-0 2-0 1-0 0
Biggest win (Asia) 3-0 3-0 2-1 0
Biggest loss (League) 4-1 4-1 1-0 0
Biggest loss (Cup) - - - -
Biggest loss (Asia) 4-1 4-2 4-1 0
Clean sheets 16 10 6 0
Goals scored 81 43 38 0
Goals conceded 54 24 30 0
Goal difference +27 +19 +8 0
Average GF per game 1.72 1.87 1.58 0
Average GA per game 1.15 1.04 1.25 0
Points 89 48 41 0
Winning rate 57% 65% 50% 0
Most appearances 45 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Most minutes played 3968 Omid Ebrahimi
Top scorer 16 Khalatbari / Sukaj
Top assister 21 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari

Club edit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Zlatko Kranjčar
Assistant coach   Mahmoud Karimi
Fitness trainer   Benjamin Kugel
Goalkeepers coach   Tonči Merdolias
Analyzer   Masoud Palizdar
Doctor   Mohammad Rashadi
Assistant doctor   Asghar Shirkosh
Football Academy Manager   Reza Fatahi
Reserves team head coach   Mohammad Yavari
Team manager   Rasoul Khorvash

Other personnel edit

President   Alireza Rahimi
Vice President   Mohammad Reza Saket

Updated to match played 30 August 2012
Source:[citation needed]

Grounds edit

Ground (capacity and dimensions) Fooladshahr Stadium (31,439 / 110x75m)
Training ground Jaroukan Stadium

See also edit

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