2015–16 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Sepahan's 15th season in the Pro League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 62nd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup and the AFC Champions League. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

Sepahan
2015–16 season
ChairmanAsghar Bagherian
ManagerIran Hossein Faraki(until November 12, 2015)
Croatia Igor Štimac
StadiumFoolad Shahr Stadium
15th Pro League11th
29th Hazfi Cup1/4
35th AFC ChampionsGroup stage
Highest home attendance15,000
Sepahan-Persepolis
(Pro League, 13 August 2015)
Lowest home attendance800
Sepahan-Rah Ahan
(Pro League, 13 December 2015)
← 2014-15
2016-17 →

Players

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Updated 4 June 2015.[1][2]

First-team squad

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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 Rahman Ahmadi
2 DF   BRA Leandro Padovani
3 DF   IRN Habib Gordani
4 MF   IRN Moharram Navidkia (captain)
6 MF   IRN Milad Sarlak U23
7 MF   IRN Hossein Papi
8 MF   IRN Rasoul Navidkia
9 FW   IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
10 DF   IRN Abdollah Karami
11 MF   IRN Amin Jahan Alian
12 MF   IRN Ali Karimi U23
14 FW   IRN Vahid Najafi U23
15 DF   IRN Ali Gholami U23
17 MF   BIH Senijad Ibričić
18 MF   UZB Fozil Musaev
21 DF   IRN Vouria Ghafouri
22 GK   IRN Farid Nejat U21
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF   IRN Armin Sohrabian U21
26 DF   IRN Ali Ahmadi U23
27 GK   IRN Mehdi Amini U21
29 FW   BRA Luciano Pereira
33 DF   IRN Saeed Ghaedifar
35 GK   IRN Shahab Gordan
37 MF   IRN Hossein Fazeli U23
39 DF   IRN Mohammad Roshandel U23
47 DF   IRN Hadi Aghili (vice-captain)
66 DF   IRN Mohammad Ali Ahmadi
68 MF   IRN Reza Asadi U21
70 MF   IRN Hamed Bahiraei U21
74 FW   IRN Amin Manouchehri
77 FW   IRN Reza Mirzaei U23
80 MF   IRN Ali Hazami U23
88 DF   IRN Aref Gholami U21
99 FW   IRN Mehdi Alimoradi U21

Loan list

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
99 MF   IRN Amir Hossein Karimi (at Gostaresh)
26 GK   IRN Mehdi Sedghian (at Fajr Sepasi)
3 DF   IRN Shoja' Khalilzadeh (at Tractor Sazi)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   IRN Mehdi Sharifi (at Tractor Sazi)
40 DF   IRN Ali Hamoudi (at Tractor Sazi)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16.

Managerial staff

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Current managerial staff

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Position Name
Head coach   Igor Štimac
Assistant coach   Ivo Šeparović
Assistant coach   Majid Basirat
Assistant coach   Qasem Zaghinejad
Goalkeepers coach   Zoran Varvodić
Fitness trainer   Alireza Rabbani
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

Sponsorship

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Period Kit manufacturer Sponsor
2015–16 Joma Mobarakeh Steel Company

Matches

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Pro league

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
30 July 2015 1 Sepahan 1–0 Esteghlal Khuzestan Isfahan
19:35 UTC+03:30 Aghily   60'
Sharifi   65'
Khalatbari  78'
Report   44'Khanifar
  50'Doraghi
  78'Seifollahi
  88'Zohaivi
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hassan Akrami
7 August 2015 2 Zob Ahan 0–1 Sepahan Isfahan
21:00 UTC+03:30 Report   65'Karimi Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
13 August 2015 3 Sepahan 4–2 Persepolis Isfahan
19:30 UTC+03:30 Hajsafi   8'
Karimi   35'
Aghily  57' (pen.)
Karami   63'
Khalatbari  81'
Report   9'Alipour
  12'Taremi
  33'Alishah
  35'Kamyabinia
  39' (o.g.)Umaña
  56'Kafshgari
  70'Ansari
  87'Alishah
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hassan Zargar
19 August 2015 4 Sepahan 1–1 Foolad Isfahan
19:35 UTC+03:30 Vouria   11'
Karami   67'
Report   6'Aghilinejan
  32'Aghaei
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
25 August 2015 5 Saipa 0–2 Sepahan Tehran
21:00 UTC+03:30 Ebrahimzadeh  77' Report   4'Khalatbari
  55' Hajsafi
  86'Sharifi
  90' Hajsafi
  91'Hajsafi
Stadium: Ekbatan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Alborz Hajipour
19 September 2015 6 Sepahan 0–0 Tractor Sazi Isfahan
17:00 UTC+03:30 Report Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Afshin Khorshidi
24 September 2015 7 Saba 1–0 Sepahan Qom
17:20 UTC+03:30 Alimohammadi  6'
Eslami  61'
Alimohammadi  84'
Report   86'Sharifi Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam
Attendance: 500
Referee: Payam Haydari
16 October 2015 8 Sepahan 1–1 Siah Jamegan Isfahan
17:00 UTC+03:30 Gordan  14'
Sharifi  45'
Karami  68'
Report   36'Sharbati
  58'Afshar
  66'da silva
  74'Enayati
  93'Kamdar
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
20 October 2015 9 Malavan 0–0 Sepahan Bandar-e Anzali
15:30 UTC+03:30 Yousefzadeh  84' Report   18'Gordani
  83'Karimi
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 2,270
Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi
26 October 2015 10 Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal Isfahan
15:00 UTC+03:30 Musaev  32' Report   6'Esmaeili
  53'Ansari
  77'Barzay
  92'Ebrahimi
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Shahin Haji Babaei
31 October 2015 11 Esteghlal Ahvaz 1–1 Sepahan Ahvaz
16:50 UTC+03:30 Ashoubi  29'
Majidi  38'
Ashoubi  80'
Report   24'Khalatbari
  55'Roshandel
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Payam Heydari
20 November 2015 12 Sepahan 2–1 Naft Tehran Isfahan
15:15 UTC+03:30 Gordani  33'
Sharifi   1+45'
Sarlak   86'
Aghily  90' (pen.)
Karimi  4+90'
Report  31Bou Hamdan
  36'Ghorbani
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
29 November 2015 13 Gostaresh Foulad 1–0 Sepahan Tabriz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Goudarzi   18' Report   34'Roshandel
  56'Aghily
  90+1'Karami
Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium
13 December 2015 14 Sepahan 0–0 Rah Ahan Isfahan
15:15 UTC+03:30 Gordani  16'
Khalatbari  44'
Karami   82'
Report Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Mohammad Reza Faghani
18 December 2015 15 Padideh 1–1 Sepahan Mashhad
14:45 UTC+03:30 Kheiri   54'
Abbasian  87'
Mardani  88'
Report   33'Ahmadi
  45'Sharifi
Stadium: Samen Stadium
Referee: Reza Adel
26 December 2015 16 Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–1 Sepahan Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Zohaivi  58'
Zohaivi  89'
Report   48'Ghafouri
  85'Khalatbari
  61'Aghily
  92'Ahmadi
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Referee: Mohsen Torky
31 December 2015 17 Sepahan 1–1 Zob Ahan Isfahan
15:00 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari  41'
Karimi  50'
Fozil  60'
Karami  66'
Report   14'Pahlavan
  58'Mehdipour
  60'Hassanzadeh
  69'Pahlavan
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
Assistant referee:
Sajad Touri, Mehdi Alighadr
2 February 2016 18 Persepolis 2–2 Sepahan Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Mosalman  25'
Alipour  48'
Kamyabinia  74'
Hatami  82'
Report   9'Fozil
  25'Chimba
  32'Karimi
  64'Chimba
  76'Pado
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Bijan Haydari
Assistant referee:
Mohammadreza Mansouri، Babak Davari
7 February 2016 19 Foolad 1–0 Sepahan Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Ahle Shakheh  70'
Ahle Shakheh  70'
Motlaghzadeh  81'
report   38'Karami
  94'Fazeli
Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Referee: Tooraj Haghverdi
Assistant referee:
Ali Mirzabeygi، Farhad Moraveji
Fourth referee: Saeid Rahimi moghadam
12 February 2016 20 Sepahan 1–2 Saipa Isfahan
15:00 UTC+03:30 Gordani  46'
Vouria  86'
Chimba  92'
Report Meydavoudi  59'
Zeinali  77'
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Referee: Shahin Hajbabaei
کمک‌ها:
Hamid Ghamzeh، Mohammadreza Rousta
داور چهارم: Hadi Haj Abbasi
18 February 2016 21 Tractor Sazi 2–1 Sepahan Tabriz
15:15 UTC+03:30 Nong  28'
Aghaei  28'
Sharifi  94'
  13'Rasoul
  58'Karami
  81'Fozil
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
6 March 2016 22 Sepahan 2–2 Saba Isfahan
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
10 March 2016 23 Siah Jamegan 0–1 Sepahan
31 March 2016 24 Sepahan 2–2 Malavan Isfahan
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
10 April 2016 25 Esteghlal 0–0 Sepahan
24 April 2016 27 Naft Tehran 0–1 Sepahan
8 May 2016 29 Rah Ahan 1–0 Sepahan
13 May 2016 30 Sepahan 0–2 Padideh Isfahan
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

Hazfi Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

11 September 2015 1/16 Sepahan F.C. 4–0 Abyek Qazvin F.C. Esfahan
19:35 Papi   6'
Papi   38'
Khalatbari  65'
Jahan Alian  75'
Report Stadium: Safaeieh
19 September 2015 1/8 Kara Shiraz F.C. 1–3 Sepahan F.C. Shiraz
19:35 Cheraghi   53' Report Sharifi   11'
Sharifi   33'
Rasoul  1+90'
Stadium: Hafezieh
5 November 2015 1/4 Sepahan F.C. 2–0 Rah Ahan F.C. Esfahan
15:00 Karimi   94'
Sharifi   111'
Report Stadium: Foolad Shahr
24 November 2015 Semi-Final Zob Ahan F.C. 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)
Sepahan F.C. Esfahan
14:30 Rezaei   2'
Hamam   22'
Tabrizi   32'
Ismail   77'
Hosseini   110'
Report   51'Vouria
  52'Vouria
  32'   84'Sarlak
  88' Khalatbari
  93'Gordani
  122'Vouria
Stadium: Foolad Shahr
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
Penalties
Rajabzadeh  
Rezaei  
Hassanzadeh  
Mehdipour  
  Aghily
  Vouria
  Karimi

Friendly Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)   Altınordu 3–3 Sepahan Bolu, Turkey
18:30 [3] Khalatbari 
Sharifi  
Hajsafi 
15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)   Mersin İdmanyurdu 0–2 Sepahan Bolu, Turkey
19:30 [4] Pereira  
Sharifi  
21 January 2016 5 Sepahan 2–1 Sumgayit FK Antalya
18:30 Khalatbari  
Fazeli  
report Stadium: Mardan Sports

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Final position / round Comments
Persian Gulf Pro League 30 July 2015  –  – -
Hazfi Cup 11 September 2015 24 November 2015 Semi-Final Failure of Zob Ahan F.C. on Penalty kick
AFC Champions League  –  – - -

Pro league

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Gostaresh 30 10 9 11 36 32 +4 39
10 Padideh 30 10 9 11 30 35 −5 39
11 Sepahan 30 8 14 8 29 30 −1 38
12 Foolad 30 9 8 13 26 37 −11 35
13 Siah Jamegan 30 7 6 17 23 34 −11 27
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
21 5 10 6 20 21  −1 25 3 4 2 10 10  0 2 6 4 10 11  −1

Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWDWDLDDLDWLDDDDDLLLDWDDDWWLL
Position221112222464779891010101111111111111191011
Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Goal scorers

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Transfers

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Last updated on 02 February 2016

Summer

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Winter

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See also

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References

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