2014–15 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Sepahan's 14th season in the Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 61st year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

Sepahan
2014–15 season
ChairmanMehrzad Khalilian
ManagerZlatko Kranjčar
(until 5 September 2014)
Hossein Faraki
(from 9 September 2014)
StadiumFoolad Shahr Stadium
Iran Pro League1st
Hazfi CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Mehdi Sharifi (5)
All: Mehdi Sharifi (5)
Highest home attendance13,500 (14 August 2014 against Esteghlal)
Lowest home attendance2,000 (6 November 2014 against Naft Masjed Soleyman)
Average home league attendance5,889

Players edit

Last updated on 22 November 2014
Under-23 players Under-21 players
Out during the season (injured/ transferred)
No. Name Nationality Position Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Appearance Goal
Goalkeepers
1 Rahman Ahmadi   GK 2008 (1980-07-30) 30 July 1980 (age 43) Persepolis, Saipa 93 0
26 Mehdi Sedghian   GK 2014 (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 27) (Youth system) 0 0
27 Mehdi Amini   GK 2012 (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28) (Youth system) 0 0
35 Shahab Gordan   GK 2013 (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 39) Persepolis 28 0
Defenders
5 Hadi Aghili   CB 2004 (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 43) Saipa,   Qatar SC 219 19
6 Mohammad Ali Ahmadi   CB 2012 (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 40) Zob Ahan 57 0
10 Abdollah Karami   CB 2014 (1983-02-27) 27 February 1983 (age 41) Foolad 15 2
18 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand   CB 2012 (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 30) (Youth system) 11 0
19 Ali Gholami   CB 2013 (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29) (Youth system) 0 0
21 Vouria Ghafouri   RB 2014 (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 36) Naft Tehran 14 2
24 Armin Sohrabian   LB 2013 (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 28) (Youth system) 0 0
25 Mohsen Aghaei   CB 2014 (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29) (Youth system) 0 0
33 Saeed Ghaedifar   LB 2013 (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) (Youth system) 4 0
39 Mohammad Roshandel   RB 2013 (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 28) (Youth system) 0 0
Midfielders
4 Moharram Navidkia (captain)   AM 1998 (1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 41) (Youth system),   Bochum 263 41
7 Hossein Papi   LM 2004 (1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 39) (Youth system), Sepahan Novin 160 1
8 Rasoul Navidkia   AM 2014 (1983-12-21) 21 December 1983 (age 40) (Youth system), Naft Tehran 26 1
9 Mohammadreza Khalatbari   AM 2014 (1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 40)   Al Wasl, Persepolis 46 17
11 Amin Jahan Alian   RM 2012 (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 32) (Youth system) 33 4
12 Ali Karimi   DM 2012 (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30) (Youth system) 23 2
15 Márcio Passos   DM 2015 (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 39)   América de Natal 0 0
17 Milad Sarlak   DM 2013 (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29) (Youth system) 0 0
28 Ehsan Hajsafi   LM 2006 (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34) (Youth system), Tractor Sazi 196 25
88 Fozil Musaev   DM 2015 (1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 35)   Lokomotiv Tashkent 0 0
99 Amir Hossein Karimi   RM 2013 (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28) (Youth system) 15 0
Forwards
14 Xhevahir Sukaj   CF 2012 (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36)   Gençlerbirliği 60 15
16 Erfan Maftoolkar   CF 2014 (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994 (age 30) (Youth system) 1 0
20 Mehdi Sharifi   CF 2012 (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 31) (Youth system) 30 13
29 Luciano Pereira   CF 2014 (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983 (age 40) Foolad 15 4
37 Hossein Fazeli   CF 2014 (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 30) (Youth system), Fajr Sepasi 0 0
53 Mehdi Alimoradi   CF 2014 (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 27) (Youth system) 0 0
No. Name Nationality Position Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Appearance Goal
3 Shoja' Khalilzadeh   CB 2013 (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 34) Mes Kerman 35 0
40 Ali Hamoudi   RB 2013 (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) Esteghlal 32 1

Transfers edit

Last updated on 12 July 2014

Summer edit

Winter edit

Technical staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Hossein Faraki
Assistant coach   Majid Basirat
Assistant coach   Ahmad Khodadad
Assistant coach   Ghasem Zaghinejad
Goalkeepers coach   Ahmad Sajjadi
Fitness trainer   Ali Saleh-Nia
Analyzer   Manouchehr Rezaei
Doctor   Mohammad Rashadi
Doctor assistant   Asghar Majidikia
Physiotherapist   Ali Khorami
Massager   Hossein Afshardoost
Massager   Majid Fazlollahi
Massager   Hamed Bateni
Administrative manager   Reza Fatahi
Executive manager   Rasoul Khorvash

Statistics edit

Last updated on 30 July 2014

Players performance edit

Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
N P Name P S M A   P S M A   P S M A  
1 GK   Rahman Ahmadi
3 DF   Shoja' Khalilzadeh 1 1 120
4 MF   Moharram Navidkia 1 1 68
5 DF   Hadi Aghili 1 1 120
6 DF   Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi
7 MF   Hossein Papi 1 1 120
8 MF   Rasoul Navidkia
9 MF   Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 1 1 120
10 DF   Abdollah Karami 1 1 120
11 MF   Amin Jahan Alian
12 MF   Ali Karimi 1 0 52
14 FW   Xhevahir Sukaj 1 0 30
16 FW   Erfan Maftoolkar
17 MF   Milad Sarlak
18 DF   Hossein Moradmand
20 FW   Mehdi Sharifi 1 1 90
21 MF   Vouria Ghafouri 1 1 120
28 MF   Ehsan Hajsafi 1 1 120
29 FW   Luciano Pereira 1 1 120
33 DF   Saeed Ghaedifar
35 GK   Shahab Gordan 1 1 120
37 FW   Hossein Fazeli
40 DF   Ali Hamoudi
99 MF   Amir Hossein Karimi
TOTALS 13 11 1320 0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
N P Name                        
1 GK   Rahman Ahmadi
3 DF   Shoja' Khalilzadeh 1 1 1 2 1
4 MF   Moharram Navidkia
5 DF   Hadi Aghili 5 5
6 DF   Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi 2 2
7 MF   Hossein Papi 1 1
8 MF   Rasoul Navidkia 1 1
9 MF   Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 3 1 4
10 DF   Abdollah Karami 2 2
11 MF   Amin Jahan Alian
12 MF   Ali Karimi 2 2
14 FW   Xhevahir Sukaj
16 FW   Erfan Maftoolkar
17 MF   Milad Sarlak
18 DF   Hossein Moradmand 1 1
20 FW   Mehdi Sharifi 3 3
21 MF   Vouria Ghafouri 1 1
28 MF   Ehsan Hajsafi 1 1 1 1
29 FW   Luciano Pereira 2 2
33 DF   Saeed Ghaedifar 1 1
35 GK   Shahab Gordan 1 1
37 FW   Hossein Fazeli
40 DF   Ali Hamoudi
99 MF   Amir Hossein Karimi 2 2
TOTALS 28 1 2 2 30 1 2

Clean sheets edit

Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
N P Name P Gc Cs P Gc Cs P Gc Cs
1 GK   Rahman Ahmadi 8 10 2 8 10 2
35 GK   Shahab Gordan 8 4 3 1 1 0 9 5 3
TOTALS 15 14 5 1 1 0 16 15 5

Own goals edit

N P Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
3 DF   Shoja' Khalilzadeh 1 1
TOTALS 1 1

Overall statistics edit

Team performance Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Total
H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot
Games played 8 7 15 1 1 8 8 16
Games won 5 2 7 5 2 7
Games drawn 3 3 6 3 3 6
Games lost 0 2 2 1 1 3 3
Biggest win 3-1 2-0 3-1 3-1 2-0 3-1
Biggest loss 3-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 3-0
Goals scored 13 7 20 0 0 13 7 20
Goals conceded 6 8 14 1 1 6 8 14
Average Goals scored per game 1,63 1 1,33 1,63 0,87 1,25
Average Goals conceded per game 0,75 1,14 0,93 1 1 0,75 1,12 0.94
Points 18 9 27 0 0 18 9 27
Winning rate 62% 28% 47% 0% 0% 62% 25% 44%

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Iran Pro League Winners 1 August 2014 15 May 2015
Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 18 October 2014 18 October 2014

Updated to match played 15 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 30 17 8 5 46 27 +19 59 Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Tractor Sazi 30 17 7 6 58 34 +24 58
3 Naft Tehran 30 16 10 4 45 28 +17 58 Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4 Zob Ahan 30 14 10 6 46 26 +20 52 Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
5 Foolad 30 15 7 8 33 24 +9 52
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

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
30 17 8 5 46 27  +19 59 10 5 0 27 10  +17 7 3 5 19 17  +2

Last updated: 15 May 2015.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round edit

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWWLDDDWDDWLWWDWWLDWDLWLWWWWWW
Position111124435434423223434444333331
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
1 August 2014 1 Sepahan 2–0 Paykan Isfahan
19:30 DST+04:30 Ghafouri   19'
Sukaj   80'
Karami   86'
Report Nosrati   54' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
7 August 2014 2 Gostaresh Foolad 0–2 Sepahan Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30 Report Khalilzadeh   20'
Khalatbari   32'
Aghily   59'
Pereira   65'
Navidkia   68'
Karimi   82'
Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium
Attendance: 610
Referee: Babak Vasilehbar
14 August 2014 3 Sepahan 3–1 Esteghlal Isfahan
19:15 DST+04:30 Hajsafi   27' (pen.)
Sharifi   33'
Aghily   44'
Pereira   45',   63'
Khalilzadeh   66'   90'
Khalatbari   69'
Report Fakhreddini   17'
Heydari   95'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
19 August 2014 4 Naft Tehran 3–0 Sepahan Tehran
18:00 DST+04:30 Padovani   32'
Kamyabinia   45'
Beiranvand   50'
Ghorbani   67'
Hajmohammadi   69'
Padovani   75'
Report Moradmand   44'
Hajsafi   90'
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
24 August 2014 5 Sepahan 1–1 Foolad Isfahan
19:00 DST+04:30 Karami   64'
Sharifi   70'
Aghily   80'
Report Vakia   23'
Badrlou   43'
Rafiei   74'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
29 August 2014 6 Zob Ahan 1–1 Sepahan Isfahan
19:00 DST+04:30 Mosalman   60'
Ashouri   76'   80'
Report Khalatbari   1'
Sharifi   56'
Karimi   90'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar
4 September 2014 7 Sepahan 1–1 Malavan Isfahan
18:50 DST+04:30 Pereira   5'
Hajsafi   78'
Report Rafkhaei   30'
Maeboodi   61'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari
11 September 2014 8 Padideh 0–1 Sepahan Mashhad
16:45 DST+04:30 Jovanović   35'
Nejadmehdi   38'
Gharibi   79'
Report Khalatbari   54'
Gordan   82'
Aghily   85'
Stadium: Samen Al-Aeme Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Babak Vasilehbar
18 September 2014 9 Sepahan 1–1 Saba Qom Isfahan
18:30 DST+04:30 Pereira   81'
Papi   84'
Karami   90+3'
Report Maquinho   14'
Kalantari   29'
Tahmasbi   44'
Bayat   69'
Badamaki   84'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shahin Hajbabaei
26 September 2014 10 Tractor Sazi 1–1 Sepahan Tabriz
17:40 IRST+03:30 Khalilzadeh   69' (o.g.)
Gordani   74'
Report Khalatbari   48' Stadium: Sahand Stadium
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar
3 October 2014 11 Sepahan 1–0 Persepolis Isfahan
18:30 IRST+03:30 Pereira   24'
Sharifi   90+4',   90+5'
Report Nourmohammadi   17'
Haghighi   64'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Alireza Faghani
22 October 2014 12 Rah Ahan 1–0 Sepahan Tehran
15:30 IRST+03:30 Hosseinpour   35'
Gholami   65'
Report Hajsafi   63'
Khalatbari   75'
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 371
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar
31 October 2014 13 Sepahan 3–2 Esteghlal Khuzestan Isfahan
15:30 IRST+03:30 Ahmadi   17'
Sharifi  45+1', 78'
Ghafouri   64'
Report Ousani   17',   29'
Heidari   34'
Seifollahi   42',   51'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
21 November 2014 15 Saipa 2 – 2 Sepahan Karaj
Stadium: Enghelab Stadium
4 December 2014 16 Paykan 1 – 2 Sepahan Tehran
Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium
22 Malavan v Sepahan Bandar Anzali
Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
18 October 2014 (18 October 2014) 1/16 Gol Gohar 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Sepahan Sirjan
14:00 DST+03:30 Jomehzadeh   105' (pen.) Stadium: Gol Gohar Stadium
Attendance: 2,000

Friendly Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
23 June 2014 1 Sepahan 3 – 1 Sepahan B Isfahan, Iran
18:30 UTC+03:30 Sukaj  
Ghafouri  
Sukaj  
Report Safari   Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
1 July 2014 2 Sepahan 1 – 0 Iran U20 Isfahan, Iran
18:00 UTC+03:30 Papi   Report Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
4 July 2014 3 Sepahan 4 – 0 Sepahan B Isfahan, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Papi  
Sharifi  
Karimi  
Maftoolkar  
Report Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
9 July 2014 4 Arsenal Tula   1 – 3 Sepahan Bolu, Turkey
17:00 UTC+03:00 Votinov   Report Sharifi  
Karimi  
Navidkia  
Stadium: Bolu Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
12 July 2014 5 Gloria Buzău   1 – 1 Sepahan Bolu, Turkey
17:00 UTC+03:00 Dăniță   Report Sharifi   Stadium: Bolu Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
15 July 2014 6 Alashkert   1 – 2 Sepahan Bolu, Turkey
17:00 UTC+03:00 Manasyan   Report Aghili  
Karimi  
Stadium: Bolu Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
23 July 2014 7 Fenerbahçe   1 – 0 Sepahan Düzce, Turkey
Topuz   20' Stadium: Düzce 18 Temmuz Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
13 October 2014 8 Sepahan 7 – 2 Sepahan B Isfahan, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30 Papi   
Pereira   
Aghili  
Sukaj  
Fazeli  
Report Assadi  
Morradi  
Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
14 November 2014 9 Sepahan 3 – 1 Sepahan B Isfahan, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30   o.g.'
Maftoolkar  
Sharifi  
Report Ghalavand   Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
16 November 2014 10 Sepahan 2 – 2 Zob Ahan Isfahan, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari   20'
Papi   37'
Report Farhadi   30'
Mosalman   45'
Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
1 January 2015 11 Sepahan 1 – 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan Kish, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari   Report Momeni  
Chaharmahali  
Stadium: Kish Stadium
Attendance: 500
4 January 2015 12 Sepahan 1 – 0 Malavan Kish, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30 Karimi   8' Report Stadium: Kish Stadium
Attendance: 500

See also edit

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