Persepolis F.C. in Asia

These are the records of Persepolis F.C. and their statistics in Asian football competitions. They have won the Asian Cup Winners' Cup once (in 1990–91) and were also runners-up once in 1992–93. Persepolis have finished third place on three occasions and finished in fourth place once in the Asian Club Championship. They were also emerged as runners-up of the AFC Champions League in 2018 and 2020.[1][2][3]

The first international game of that Persepolis played was on 26 July 1968 in Tehran, against the South Korean Army team.

Overall edit

Persepolis was the first Iranian team to participate in the Asian Champion League. Persepolis earned three victories against Shahrbanai, Oghab and Pas, and a draw with Taj, to qualify for the 1969 Asian Cup. Persepolis was eliminated after two wins, a draw and a defeat in the group stage, and failed to reach the next two rounds.

AFC did not hold any club competitions on the continent from 1971 to 1985 due to political and security problems, and the opposition of the Arab countries with the presence of Israel in the competition.

Persepolis' second appearance in the Asian Cup came after winning the Hazfi Cup; Persepolis was eliminated by Mohammed Bangladesh, whose coach was Nasser Hejazi.

Following the introduction of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup, Persepolis qualified for the tournament on three occasions. In their first appearance in the competition, they won the title, and finished as runners-up on the second occasion.

In the 1990s (before the solar decade of the 1370s), and the early years of the new millennium, Persepolis participated in four editions of the AFC Champions League, reaching the semi-finals on each occasion. They subsequently reached the competition's final in 2018 and 2020, losing on both occasions.

  • Correct as of 5 December 2023

Only official matches included (AFC Champions League and Asian Cup Winners' Cup matches).

Team Country Matches Wins Win % Draws Draw % Loses Loss % Persepolis Goal(s) Opponent Goal(s)
Al-Ahli   4 2 50% 1 25% 1 25% 8 5
Al-Ain   2 1 50% 1 50% 0 0% 4 2
Al-Ansar   3 2 75% 1 25% 0 0% 4 0
Al-Arabi   2 0 0% 1 50% 1 50% 2 3
Al-Duhail   10 4 37.50% 1 12.50% 5 50% 9 10
Al-Gharafa   4 2 50% 1 25% 1 25% 8 7
Al-Hilal   15 4 28.57% 6 42.85% 5 33.33% 11 20
Al-Ittihad   6 2 33.33% 2 33.33% 2 33.33% 6 9
Al-Jazira   2 1 50% 0 0% 1 50% 4 4
Al-Nassr   6 1 25% 2 25% 3 50% 4 9
Al-Rayyan   5 3 60% 1 20% 1 20% 10 7
Al-Sadd   7 4 57.14% 1 14.29% 2 28.57% 7 5
Al-Salmiya   2 1 50% 0 0% 1 50% 2 2
Al-Shabab   2 1 50% 1 50% 0 0% 1 0
Al-Shabab   2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0% 9 2
Al-Shorta   1 0 0% 1 100% 0 0% 0 0
Al-Taawon   2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0
Al-Talaba   1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0
Al-Wahda   6 3 50% 1 16.67% 2 33.33% 9 8
Al-Wakra   2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0% 9 3
Al-Wasl   2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0% 3 0
Al-Zawraa   4 3 75% 1 25% 0 0% 8 2
Bani Yas   2 1 50% 1 50% 0 0% 3 2
Bunyodkor   5 2 40% 1 20% 2 40% 4 5
Dalian Wanda   1 0 0% 0 0% 1 100% 0 2
Fanja   2 1 50% 1 50% 0 0% 2 0
Goa   2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0% 6 1
Irtysh   3 2 75% 1 25% 0 0% 3 0
Istiklol   3 2 75% 1 25% 0 0% 4 1
Júbilo Iwata   1 0 0% 0 0% 1 100% 0 2
Kashima Antlers   2 0 0% 1 50% 1 50% 0 2
Kopetdag Asgabat   2 1 50% 1 50% 0 0% 1 0
Kowloon Motor Bus   1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 4 0
Maccabi   1 0 0% 1 100% 0 0% 0 0
Mohammedan   1 0 0% 0 0% 1 100% 1 2
Muharraq   2 1 50% 1 50% 0 0% 1 0
Nasaf Qarshi   2 1 50% 1 50% 0 0% 3 0
Navbahor Namangan   1 0 0% 1 100% 0 0% 1 1
Nisa Asgabat   1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 4 1
Nissan   2 0 0% 1 50% 1 50% 1 2
Pakhtakor Tashkent   4 1 25% 1 25% 2 50% 3 3
Perak FA   1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 4 2
Pohang Steelers   1 0 0% 0 0% 1 100% 1 3
Punjab Medical College FC   2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0% 13 2
Saunders SC   1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 5 0
Sharjah   3 2 66.67% 1 33.33% 0 0% 9 3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   2 1 50% 0 0% 1 50% 2 2
Toyo Kogyo   1 0 0% 0 0% 1 100% 0 1
Ulsan Hyundai   1 0 0% 0 0% 1 100% 1 2
Yelimay Semipalatinsk   2 1 50% 0 0% 1 50% 5 3
Total 142 67 48.15% 36 25.19% 39 27.20% 202 140

Record by country of opposition edit

  • Correct as of 5 December 2023
Country P W D L Win %
  Bahrain 2 1 1 0 50
  Bangladesh 1 0 0 1 0
  China 1 0 0 1 0
  Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 100
  India 2 2 0 0 100
  Iraq 6 4 2 0 66.66
  Israel 1 0 1 0 0
  Japan 6 0 2 4 0
  Kazakhstan 5 3 1 1 60
  Kuwait 2 1 0 1 50
  Lebanon 3 2 1 0 66.66
  Malaysia 1 1 0 0 100
  Oman 2 1 1 0 50
  Pakistan 2 2 0 0 100
  Qatar 30 15 5 10 50
  Saudi Arabia 35 12 12 11 36.36
  South Korea 4 1 0 3 25
  Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 100
  Tajikistan 3 2 1 0 66.66
  Turkmenistan 3 2 1 0 66.66
  United Arab Emirates 19 12 4 3 63.16
  Uzbekistan 12 4 4 4 33.33
Totals 142 67 36 39 48.15%

P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Year by year performance edit

Below is a table of the performance of Persepolis in Asian competition.

Season Competition Round Against Played Won Drew Lost GF GA
1969 Club Championship Group Stage 4 2 1 1 8 3
1970 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
1971
1985–86
1986
1987
1988–89 Club Championship Qualifying Group Round 2 1 0 1 6 2
1989–90 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
1990–91 Cup Winners' Cup Winners   Muharraq 6 4 2 0 15 2
1991–92 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
1992–93 Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up   Nissan 8 3 4 1 8 5
1993–94 Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals   Al-Arabi 4 1 1 2 4 5
1994–95 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
1995
1996–97 Club Championship Third Place   Al-Zawraa 9 5 1 3 17 12
1997–98 Club Championship Fourth Place   Al-Hilal 7 3 2 2 6 7
1998–99 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
1999–2000 Club Championship Third Place   Bluewings 7 3 3 1 5 2
2000–01 Club Championship Third Place   Irtysh 9 5 3 1 19 8
2001–02 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
2002–03 Champions League Group Stage 3 2 0 1 5 2
2004 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 Champions League Round of 16   Bunyodkor 6 3 1 2 8 8
2010 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
2011 Champions League Group stage 6 1 2 3 6 11
2012 Champions League Round of 16   Al-Ittihad 7 3 2 2 14 8
2013 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
2014
2015 Champions League Round of 16   Al-Hilal 8 5 0 3 8 10
2016 Did not qualify for AFC competitions
2017 Champions League Semi-finals   Al-Hilal 12 4 6 2 17 17
2018 Champions League Runners-up   Kashima Antlers 14 7 3 4 17 12
2019 Champions League Group stage 6 2 1 3 6 5
2020 Champions League Runners-up   Ulsan Hyundai 10 5 2 3 13 8
2021 Champions League Quarter-finals   Al-Hilal 8 6 0 2 15 8
2022 Qualified for Champions League but failed to obtain an AFC license.
2023–24 Champions League Group stage 6 2 2 2 5 5
As of 5 December 2023
AFC Competition Played Won Drew Lost Goals for Goals against
Champions League 86 40 19 27 114 94
Club Championship 38 19 10 9 61 34
Cup Winners' Cup 18 8 7 3 27 12
Total 142 67 36 39 202 140

Records edit

Asian Cup Winners' Cup edit

Winners: 1 edit

    • Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1990–91

(Oct 4 & 18, 1991)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Muharraq   0–1   Persepolis 0–0 0–1

Runners-Up: 1 edit

    • Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93

(Jan 17 & Apr 16, 1993)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nissan   2–1   Persepolis 1–1 1–0

AFC Champions League edit

Runners-Up: 2 edit

    • AFC Champions League 2018

(Nov 3 & 10, 2018)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kashima Antlers   2–0   Persepolis 2–0 0–0
    • AFC Champions League 2020

(Dec 19, 2020)

Team 1 Score Team 2
  Persepolis 1–2   Ulsan Hyundai

Top goalscorers in Asia edit

Below is the list of most goalscorer of Persepolis in Asia.

As of 7 November 2023
Most Goals in Asia
Rank Player Goals Position
1   Farshad Pious 11 Forward
2   Ali Karimi 10 Midfielder
  Ali Alipour Forward
4   Mehdi Taremi 8 Forward
5   Godwin Mensha 7 Forward
6   Issa Alekasir 6 Forward
7   Gholam Vafakhah 5 Midfielder
  Éamon Zayed Forward
  Shoja' Khalilzadeh Defender
  Mehdi Torabi Winger
11   Mojtaba Moharrami 4 Defender
  Khodadad Azizi Forward
  Mehdi Mahdavikia Midfielder
  Seyed Jalal Hosseini Defender
  Shahriyar Moghanlou Forward
  • Bold names denote a player still playing for club.

Hat-tricks edit

Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
6 Player scored six goals
7 Player scored seven goals
Player Against Result Date
  Gholam Vafakhah   Perak 4–2 20 January 1969
  Farshad Pious7   Punjab 9–0 21 December 1990
  Mojtaba Moharrami   Punjab 4–2 30 December 1990
  Éamon Zayed   Al Shabab 6–1 21 March 2012
  Mehdi Taremi   Al Wahda 4–2 8 May 2017

Most successful coaches edit

  • Correct as of 5 December 2023
Rank Head coach Matches Win Draw Lost Points Note
1   Ali Parvin 35 18 12 5 66 ACWC: 1991 Winner – 1993 Runners up
2   Branko Ivanković 37 16 10 11 58 ACL: 2018 Runners up
3   Yahya Golmohammadi 24 13 4 7 43 ACL: 2020 Runners up
4   Stanko Poklepović 9 5 1 3 16
5   Mustafa Denizli 7 3 2 2 11
6   Ivica Matković 7 3 2 2 11
7   Nelo Vingada 6 3 1 2 10
8   Parviz Dehdari 4 2 1 1 7
9   Hamid Derakhshan 3 2 0 1 6
10   Ali Daei 6 1 2 3 5
11   Mohammad Panjali 4 1 1 2 4

Honours edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Poetry in motion – Asia's top ten clubs". ESPN.
  2. ^ "آشنایی با باشگاه پرسپولیس". Hamshahri. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008.
  3. ^ "ترجمه مقاله به فارسی) مجله ورلد ساکر)". World Soccer Magazine, ISNA. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011.