2018–19 Sepahan F.C. season

Sepahan
2018–19 season
Chairman	Masoud Tabesh
Manager	Amir Ghalenoei
Stadium	Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
18th Pro League	TBD
32th Hazfi Cup	TBD

The 2018–19 season was Sepahan's 18th season in the Pro League, and their 25nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 65nd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Hossein Papi.

Kit information

Supplier: Start
Sponsor: Mobarakeh Steel Company

Home

Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Players

Updated 20 December 2017.^[1]^[2]

Niazmand

Pourghaz

Siavash

Iranpourian

Aghaei

Kiani (C)

Karimi

Shahbazzadeh

Mehrdad

Sasan

Kiros

starting lineup

First-team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Payam Niazmand
2	DF	Hassan Jafari
3	FW	Sasan Ansari
5	DF	Ezzatollah Pourghaz
6	MF	Mehdi Kiani
7	DF	Saeid Aghaei ^U25
8	MF	Rasoul Navidkia
9	FW	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
10	FW	Mehrdad Mohammadi
11	MF	Bakhtiar Rahmani
12	MF	Reza Dehghani ^U21
14	MF	Milad Sarlak ^U25
16	DF	Davoud Rajabi ^U23
17	MF	Jalaleddin Alimohammadi

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Mohammad Iranpourian
21	MF	Mohammad Karimi ^U23
23	FW	Ali Khosravi ^U23
36	GK	Ali Keykhosravi ^U21
40	FW	Iman Zakizadeh ^U23
44	DF	Khaled Shafiei
47	MF	Hossein Papi (Captain)
50	GK	Shahab Adeli ^U23
70	MF	Hamed Bahiraei ^U25
77	MF	Vladimir Koman
78	DF	Mehdi Rahimi ^U21
88	FW	Kiros Stanlley
99	DF	Siavash Yazdani

[U21 = Under 21 year player | U23 = Under 23 year player| U25 = Under 25 year player]

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2018.

Last updated: 26 August 2018.
Source:

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Age	From	Type	Window	Ends
1	Gk	Payam Niazmand	22	Paykan F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2020
20	DF	Mohammad Iranpourian	32	Tractor Sazi F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2020
88	FW	Kiros Stanlley Soares Ferraz	29	Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2019
50	Gk	Shahab Adeli	21	Naft Tehran F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2021
9	FW	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	28	Qatar SC	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2019
44	DF	Khaled Shafiei	30	Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2020
6	MF	Mehdi Kiani	31	Tractor Sazi F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2019
21	MF	Mohammad Karimi	22	F.C. Khooneh be Khooneh	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2021
16	DF	Davoud Rajabi	22	Sepahan S.C. U21	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2021
23	FW	Ali Khosravi	20	Sepahan S.C. U21	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2022
11	MF	Bakhtiar Rahmani	26	Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2020
77	MF	Vladimir Koman	29	Adanaspor	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2020

Updated 26 August 2018.

OUT

No.	Pos	Player	Age	To	Type	Window	Ends
14	FW	Masoud Hassanzadeh	27	Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.	Transfer	Summer
20	FW	Mehdi Sharifi	25	Persepolis F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2020
21	MF	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati	26	Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.	Transfer	Summer
77	FW	Reza Mirzaei	22	Foolad F.C.	Loan	Summer	30.06.2019
27	Gk	Mehdi Amini	22	Paykan F.C.	Loan	Summer	30.06.2019
14	MF	Ali Karimi	24	Esteghlal F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2019
16	MF	Edon Hasani	24	KF Tirana	Transfer	Summer	2019
11	FW	Marwan Hussein	27	Al-Zawra'a SC	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2020
15	FW	Saber Didehvar	22	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran F.C.	Transfer	Summer
55	DF	Aref Gholami	21	Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.	Transfer	Summer
66	DF	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	35	Retired		Summer
35	Gk	Mehdi Sedghian	22	Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht F.C.	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2019
91	Gk	Ibrahim Alma	26	Al-Wahda	Transfer	Summer	30.06.2019

Updated 26 August 2018.

Current managerial staff

Position	Name
Manager	Amir Ghalenoei
First team coach	Miguel Teixeira
Assistant coaches	Ghasem Zaghinejad Saeed Alhoei Jalal Omidian
Goalkeepers coach	Rui Tavares
Fitness trainer	Bayaz Pourmami
Doctor	Mohammad Rashadi
Doctor assistant	Asghar Majidikia
Physiotherapist	Ali Khorami
Masseurs	Hossein Afshardoost Majid Fazlollahi Hamed Bateni
Administrative manager	Reza Fatahi
Executive manager	Reza Fatahi

Matches

Pro league

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Padideh	8	5	2	1	10	5	+5	17	Qualification to 2020 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Sepahan	8	4	4	0	17	7	+10	16	Qualification to 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
3	Persepolis	8	4	4	0	8	2	+6	16
4	Paykan	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5	15
5	Saipa	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2	14

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[3]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	2	3	0	10	4	+6	9	0	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	8	2	+6

Last updated: 25 August 2018.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	D	D	W
Position	10	2	3	2	2	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2018. Source: flashscores.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

27 July 2018 1	Sepahan	0–0	Naft Abadan	Isfahan
20:45 UTC+03:30	Pourghaz 42' Aghaei 71' Mehrdad 80' Bakhtiar 87'	Report		Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Attendance: 0 Referee: Reza Mahdavi

3 August 2018 2	Sepidrood	1–6	Sepahan	Rasht
20:45 UTC+03:30		Report	Shahbazzadeh 7', 54' Sasan 23' , 27' Mehrdad 39' Mehrdad 60' Iranpourian 65'	Stadium: Azodi Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedi Far

12 August 2018 3	Sepahan	0–0	Paykan	Isfahan
20:45 UTC+03:30	Kiani 22' Iranpourian 55' Mehrdad 67'	Report	Hamoudi 19'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Safaei

12 August 2018 4	Zob Ahan	1 – 2	Sepahan	Isfahan
20:15 UTC+03:30	Bou Hamdan 9' Fakhreddini 54' Sadeghi 57' Haddadifar 66' Niknafs 64' Mosalman 69' Hosseini 71'	Report	Mehrdad 9' Mehrdad 25' Pourghaz 27' Ansari 56'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Referee: Vahid Kazemi Assistant referee: Hassan Yousefi، Ghahreman Najafi Fourth official:Javad Mohammadi Esmaeil Safiri

24 August 2018 5	Sepahan	2 – 2	Tractor	Isfahan
20:00 UTC+03:30	Shahbazzadeh 35' Kiani 65' Pourghaz 89'		Stokes 73' Esmaeilifar 90'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar Assistant referee: Reza Sokhandan، Mohammad Rahi Fourth official:Reza Mahdavi Alireza Kahouri

30 August 2018 6	Pars Jam	2 – 2	Sepahan	Jam
20:00 UTC+03:30	Mirjavan 2' Seifollahi, 45+1' (pen.) Seifollahi 50' Salehi 59'	Report	Iranpourian 27' Jafari 87' Yazdani 90+4' Kiros 90+5'	Stadium: Takhti Referee: Reza Mahdavi Assistant referee: Amir Reza Ashour Mahani، Ahad Soltani Fourth official:Rouhollah Sharifi Mohammad Javad Taghi Pour

21 September 2018 7	Sepahan	3 – 1	Foolad	Isfahan
19:30 UTC+03:30	Kiros 18' (pen.) Aghaei 23' Ansari 66' Pourghaz 70' Players: Niazmand، Iranpourian، Aghaei، Pourghaz، Shafiei، Kiani، Mehrdad، Kiros، Ansari Hamed Bahiraei 46'Sarlak Koman 85'Karimi		Chimba 43' Lopes 91'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bijan Heidari Assistant referee: Mehdi Alvandi، Mohammad ali Pour motaghi Fourth official:Reza Mahdavi

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 August 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Hazfi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Payam Niazmand	6	0	6	0	0	0
2	DF		Hassan Jafari	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	FW		Sasan Ansari	6	2	6	2	0	0
5	DF		Ezzatollah Pourghaz	6	2	6	2	0	0
6	MF		Mehdi Kiani	6	0	6	0	0	0
7	DF		Saeid Aghaei	6	0	6	0	0	0
8	MF		Rasoul Navidkia	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	6	3	6	3	0	0
10	FW		Mehrdad Mohammadi	6	2	6	2	0	0
11	MF		Bakhtiar Rahmani	4	0	4	0	0	0
12	MF		Reza Dehghani	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF		Milad Sarlak	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF		Davoud Rajabi	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Jalaleddin Alimohammadi	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF		Mohammad Iranpourian	6	1	6	1	0	0
21	MF		Mohammad Karimi	5	0	5	0	0	0
23	FW		Ali Khosravi	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK		Ali Keykhosravi	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		Iman Zakizadeh	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Khaled Shafiei	2	0	2	0	0	0
47	MF		Hossein Papi	3	0	3	0	0	0
50	GK		Shahab Adeli	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF		Hamed Bahiraei	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF		Vladimir Koman	1	0	1	0	0	0
78	DF		Mehdi Rahimi	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW		Kiros Stanlley	6	1	6	1	0	0
99	DF		Siavash Yazdani	6	0	6	0	0	0

Goals

As of 24 August 2018

Rank	Player	Position	Pro League	Other¹	Total
1	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	FW	3	3	6
2	Sasan Ansari	FW	2	0	2
3	Mehrdad Mohammadi	FW	2	4	6
4	Ezzatollah Pourghaz	DF	2	0	2
5	Kiros Stanlley	FW	0	2	2
6	Jalaleddin Alimohammadi	MF	0	2	2
7	Mohammad Iranpourian	DF	1	0	1
8	Hassan Jafari	DF	0	1	1
Own goals			0	0	0
Total			10	12	22

¹ Exhibition game.

Clean sheets

As of 26 May 2018

Rank	Name	Pro League	Other¹	Total
1	Payam Niazmand	2	5	7
2	Shahab Adeli	0	0	0
2	Ali Keykhosravi	0	0	0
Total		2	7	9

¹ Exhibition game.

External links

(in English) Club Official Website
(in English) The Club page in Soccerway.com
(in English) The Club page in Persianleague.com

References

↑ Sepahan 2013–14 squad
↑ Sepahan 2013–14 squad Archived 10 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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[1] Sepahan 2013–14 squad

[2] Sepahan 2013–14 squad Archived 10 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine.

[3] "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

2018–19 in Iranian football
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League competitions	Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup
Transfers	Summer 2018 Winter 2018–19 Summer 2019
Asian competitions	2018 AFC Champions League 2019 AFC Champions League
Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup
Club seasons
Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Padideh Pars Jonoubi Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
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Sepahan Football Club
Football team Reserve team Managers Players
Ground	Takhti Stadium (1953–1982) 22nd Bahman Stadium (1982–2003) Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium (2003–2007, 2016– ) Foolad Shahr Stadium (2007–2016)
Rivalry	Naghsh-e- Jahan derby Esteghlal rivalry Persepolis rivalry
Seasons	List of seasons 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Other teams	Sepahan B Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan (Handball)

Persian Gulf Pro League
2018–19 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Machine Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Padideh Pars Jam Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Gostaresh Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Tehran PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Saba Siah Jamegan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd
Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players
Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards
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Iranian football league champions
11 titles	Persepolis 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18
8 titles	Esteghlal 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
5 titles	Pas Tehran 1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04 Sepahan 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
3 titles	Saipa 1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07
2 titles	Foolad 2004–05, 2013–14
1 title	Esteghlal Khuzestan 2015–16