Persepolis Football Club is an Iranian professional association football club based in Tehran. The club was formed in 1963, and played its first competitive match against Rah Ahan F.C. Persepolis currently plays in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis is the only club, never to have been relegated from the league. They have also been involved in Asian football, winning the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Persepolis and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club.
This page details Persepolis Football Club records.
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Statistics edit
Statistics in IPL edit
- Seasons in IPL: 20 (all)
- Best position in IPL: First (2001-02), (2007-08), (2016-17), (2017-18), (2018-19), (2019-20), (2020-21), (2022-23)
- Worst position in IPL: 12 (2011-12)
- Most goals scored in a season: 56 (Azadegan League 1998-99),55 (IPL 2007-08)
- Most goals scored in a match: 8 against Pegah F.C. (IPL 2003-04)
- Most goals conceded in a match: 4 against Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. (IPL 2007-08), TractorSazi (2011-12)
Statistics in AFC Champions League edit
- Most goals scored in a match: 6 against Al-Shabab (UAE)
- Most goals conceded in a match: 5 against Al-Gharafa (2009) (21 April 2009)
Player records edit
Appearances edit
Peyrovani, Rahbarifard, Hosseini and Kamyabinia four from six players who have won most league titles with the club.
- Most Appearances:341 Ali Parvin
- Most League Appearances: Afshin Peyrovani (209)
- Most Goalkeeper Appearances: Vahid Ghelich (185)
- Youngest first-team player : Mehdi Mahdavikia (17 years and 206 days old)
- Youngest first-team player in a league match : Mehdi Mahdavikia (17 years and 206 days old)
- Oldest first-team player : Ali Parvin (41 years and ? days old)
- Player who has won most league titles: Kamal Kamyabinia (6 titles), Afshin Peyrovani, Behrouz Rahbarifard, Esmaeil Halali, Jalal Hosseini and Božidar Radošević (5 Titles)
Goalscorers edit
- All-time top scorer: Farshad Pious with 153 goals[1][2][3]
- First Goalscorer : Nazem Ganjapour
- First Goalscorer in Tehran derby: Nazem Ganjapour
- Most Goalscorer in Tehran derby: 7 (Safar Iranpak)
- Most goals in a season : 26 (Ali Alipour, 2017–18)
- Most League goals in a season : 20 (Farshad Pious, 1994–95)
- Most goals in a single match at home : 4 goals (Ali Daei, 2003–04)
- Most goals in an AFC Champions League match : 3 Emon Zayed (Al-Shabab), Mehdi Taremi (Al Wahda )
- Fastest recorded goal : 00:07 Gholamreza Rezaei vs Fajr Sepasi (2012-13 Pro League)
- Latest recorded goal : 90+10:24 Vahid Amiri vs Machine Sazi (2019-20 Hazfi Cup)
- Youngest goalscorer : Mehdi Mahdavikia against Polyacryl Esfahan F.C. (17 years and 300 days old)
Players statistics edit
Most appearances edit
| Name | Nationality | Position | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali parvin |  Iran
|
Midfielder | 341 |
| 2 | Mohammad Panjali | Iran
|
Defender | 264 |
| 3 | Hossein Abdi | Iran
|
Midfielder | 261 |
| Jalal Hosseini | Iran
|
Defender | ||
| 5 | Omid Alishah | Iran
|
Midfielder | 259 |
| 6 | Afshin Peyrovani | Iran
|
Defender | 255 |
| 7 | Behrouz Rahbarifar | Iran
|
Defender | 249 |
| 8 | Kamal Kamyabinia | Iran
|
Midfielder | 235 |
| 9 | Karim Bagheri | Iran
|
Midfielder | 231 |
| 10 | Vahid Amiri | Iran
|
Midfielder | 225 |
Top goalscorers edit
| Name | Nationality | Position | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farshad Pious | Iran
|
Forward | 153 |
| 2 | Ali Parvin | Iran
|
Midfielder | 95 |
| 3 | Homayoun Behzadi | Iran
|
Forward | 83 |
| 4 | Safar Iranpak | Iran
|
Forward | 74 |
| 5 | Ali Alipour | Iran
|
Forward | 72 |
| 6 | Hossein Kalani | Iran
|
Forward | 71 |
| 7 | Naser Mohammadkhani | Iran
|
Forward | 59 |
| 8 | Mehdi Taremi | Iran
|
Forward | 55 |
| 9 | Karim Bagheri | Iran
|
Midfielder | 43 |
| Ali Daei | Iran
|
Forward |
Most goals scored in official competitions: 153– Farshad Pious 1985–1988 & 1989–1997.
Most appearances Foreigners edit
| Name | Nationality | Position | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bashar Resan | 
|
Midfielder | 104 |
| 2 | Nilson Corrêa Júnior | 
|
Goalkeeper | 73 |
| 3 | Godwin Mensha | 
|
Forward | 63 |
| 4 | Giorgi Gvelesiani | 
|
Defender | 61 |
| 5 | Tiago Fraga |
|
Midfielder | 48 |
| 6 | Božidar Radošević | 
|
Goalkeeper | 43 |
| 7 | Michael Umaña | 
|
Defender | 42 |
| 8 | Jacques Elong Elong | 
|
Midfielder | 38 |
| Vakhdat Khanonov | 
|
Defender | ||
| 10 | Alan Whittle | 
|
Forward | 34 |
| 11 | Ivan Petrović | 
|
Midfielder | 33 |
| 12 | Shpejtim Arifi |   
|
Forward | 32 |
| 13 | Saša Ilić | 
|
Goalkeeper | 31 |
| Robert Caha | 
|
Defender | ||
| Ibrahima Touré | 
|
Forward |
Top Foreigners goalscorers edit
| Name | Nationality | Position | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Whittle |
|
Forward | 16 |
| 2 | Giorgi Gvelesiani |
|
Defender | 15 |
| 3 | Godwin Mensha |
|
Forward | 14 |
| 4 | Ibrahima Touré |
|
Forward | 13 |
| 5 | Éamon Zayed |  
|
Forward | 12 |
| 6 | Shpejtim Arifi |
|
Forward | 9 |
| 7 | Jerry Bengtson | 
|
Forward | 7 |
| 8 | Jürgen Locadia | 
|
Forward | 6 |
| Hawar Mulla Mohammed |
|
Midfielder | ||
| 10 | Bashar Resan |
|
Midfielder | 5 |
| Oston Urunov | 
|
Midfielder | ||
| 12 | Tiago Fraga |
|
Midfielder | 4 |
| 13 | Issa Traoré | 
|
Midfielder | 3 |
| Zyad Chaabo | 
|
Forward | ||
| Mate Dragičević |
|
Forward | ||
| Cheick Diabaté |
|
Forward |
Persepolis top flight top goalscorer edit
This is the list of Persepolis top league goalscorers in a single season.
| Name | Season | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hossein Kalani | 1970-71 | 7 |
| 2 | Hossein Kalani | 1971–72 | 11 |
| Safar Iranpak | |||
| 3 | Farshad Pious | 1991-92 | 11 |
| 4 | Farshad Pious | 1994–95 | 20 |
| 5 | Ali Daei | 2003-04 | 16 |
| 6 | Mohsen Khalili | 2007-08 | 18 |
| 7 | Mehdi Taremi | 2015-16 | 16 |
| 8 | Mehdi Taremi | 2016-17 | 18 |
| 9 | Ali Alipour | 2017-18 | 19 |
Transfers edit
Record transfer fees edit
- Record transfer fee received:
The club's record sale came in July 2001, when they sold Ali Karimi to Al-Ahli Dubai for a fee of €2.5 million.[citation needed]
- € 2.500.000 from
Al-Ahli Dubai for 
Ali Karimi, July 2001[citation needed] - € 2.250.000 from
Hamburger SV for Mehdi Mahdavikia 2001[citation needed] - € 1.250.000 from Hamburger SV for Mehdi Mahdavikia, 1999[citation needed]
- € 1.150.000 from
SK Sturm Graz for Mehrdad Minavand, 1998[citation needed] - € 950.000† from
Rubin Kazan for Alireza Haghighi, January 2012[4] - € 550.000‡ from
Charlton Athletic for Karim Bagheri, 2000[citation needed] - € 500.000 from Al-Shaab for Mehrzad Madanchi, 2006[citation needed]
- † about $ 1.400.000
- ‡ about £ 400,000
World Cup players edit
The following World Cup players, played at Persepolis at some point during their career. Highlighted players played for Persepolis while playing at the World Cup.
References edit
- ^ زندگی نامه فرشاد پیوس Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Farshad Pious
- ^ ده گلزن برتر تاریخ پرسپولیس Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ben Somerford (12 January 2012), Official: Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi joins Rubin Kazan, Goal, retrieved 20 November 2019