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, have finished 3rd place three times and 4th place once. In 1990–91 Persepolis won the Cup Winners Cup. The first international game of the Persepolis Football Club played on July 5, 1347 in Tehran, was against South Korean Army team in Tehran.This game was the second game in Persepolis after Perviz Dehdari joined The club.

Overall

Persepolis was the first Iranian Team Participated in the Asian Champion League. Persepolis with 3 victories against Shahrbanai, Oghab and Pas, and a draw with Taj qualifies to the 1969 Asian Cup. Persepolis was eliminated by two wins, a draw and a defeat at the group stage and failed to reach the next two rounds.

AFC did not hold any club Competition 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 was followed by Winning Hazfi Cup, when Persepolis was eliminated by Mohammed Bangladesh, whose coach was Nasser Hejazi.

After the opening of the Cup Winners Cup, Persepolis qualifies to 3 season. In the first round of the competition, they won the title and in the second round Persepolis reached Final.

In the 1990s (before the solar decade of the 1370s) and the early years of the third millennium, Persepolis participated in four times and went on to the semi-finals every four times.4

• Correct as of 17 October 2017

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

Team	Country	Matches	Wins	Wins %	Draws	Draws %	Loses	Loses %	For	Against	For & Against Ratio
Al-Ain		2	1	50%	1	50%	0	0%	4	2	2
Al-Ansar		3	2	75%	1	25%	0	0%	4	0	Inf.
Al-Arabi		2	0	0%	1	50%	1	50%	2	3	0.66
Al-Gharafa		4	2	50%	1	25%	1	25%	8	6	1.33
Al-Hilal		14	4	28.57%	6	42.85%	4	28.57%	11	17	0.64
Al-Ahli		2	1	50%	1	50%	0	0%	5	3	1.66
Al-Ittihad		6	2	33.33%	1	16.66%	3	50%	6	9	0.66
Al-Nassr		3	1	33.33%	0	0%	2	66.66%	3	6	0.5
Al-Rayyan		3	1	33.33%	1	33.33%	1	33.33%	3	4	0.75
Al-Salmiya		2	1	50%	0	0%	1	50%	2	2	1
Al-Shabab		2	1	50%	1	50%	0	0%	1	0	Inf.
Al-Shabab		2	2	100%	0	0%	0	0%	9	2	4.5
Al-Shorta		1	0	0%	1	100%	0	0%	0	0	-
Al-Talaba		1	1	100%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0	Inf.
Al-Wahda		4	2	50%	1	25%	1	25%	7	6	1.16
Al-Wakra		2	2	100%	0	0%	0	0%	9	3	3
Al-Zawraa		4	3	75%	1	25%	0	0%	8	2	4
Bani Yas		2	1	50%	1	50%	0	0%	3	2	1.5
Bunyodkor		5	2	40%	1	20%	2	40%	4	5	0.8
Daewoo Royals		0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0	0
Dalian Wanda		1	0	0%	0	0%	1	100%	0	2	0
Fanja		2	1	50%	1	50%	0	0%	2	0	Inf.
Irtysh		3	2	75%	1	25%	0	0%	3	0	Inf.
Júbilo Iwata		1	0	0%	0	0%	1	100%	0	2	0
Kopetdag Asgabat		2	1	50%	1	50%	0	0%	1	0	Inf.
Kowloon Motor Bus		1	1	100%	0	0%	0	0%	4	0	Inf.
Lekhwiya		4	2	50%	1	25%	1	25%	4	3	1.33
Maccabi		1	0	0%	1	100%	0	0%	0	0	-
Mohammedan		1	0	0%	0	0%	1	100%	1	2	0.5
Muharraq		2	1	50%	1	50%	0	0%	1	0	Inf.
Navbahor Namangan		1	0	0%	1	100%	0	0%	1	1	1
Nisa Asgabat		1	1	100%	0	0%	0	0%	4	1	4
Nissan		2	0	0%	1	50%	1	50%	1	2	0.5
Pakhtakor Tashkent		1	0	0%	0	0%	1	100%	0	1	0
Perak FA		1	1	100%	0	0%	0	0%	4	2	2
Pohang Steelers		1	0	0%	0	0%	1	100%	1	3	0.33
Punjab Medical College FC		2	2	100%	0	0%	0	0%	13	2	6.5
Saunders SC		1	1	100%	0	0%	0	0%	5	0	Inf.
Sharjah		1	1	100%	0	0%	0	0%	3	1	3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings		2	1	50%	0	0%	1	50%	2	2	1
Toyo Kogyo		1	0	0%	0	0%	1	100%	0	1	0
Yelimay Semipalatinsk		2	1	50%	0	0%	1	50%	5	3	1.66
Total		98	45	45.91%	27	27.55%	26	26.53%	147	102	1.44

Record by country of opposition

• Correct as of 17 October 2017

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
Iraq	6	4	2	0	66.66
Israel	1	0	1	0	0
Japan	4	0	1	3	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	15	7	4	4	46.66
Saudi Arabia	27	9	9	9	33.33
South Korea	3	1	0	2	33.33
Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0	100
Turkmenistan	3	2	1	0	66.66
United Arab Emirates	11	7	3	1	63.63
Uzbekistan	7	2	2	3	28.57
Totals	98	45	27	26	45.91%

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

Year by year performance

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

Season	Competition	Round	Against	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA
1969	Asian Championship	Group Stage	-	4	2	1	1	8	3
1970 1971 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88	Did Not Qualified For AFC Competitions
1988–89	Asian Championship	Qualifying Round	Mohammedan	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 Qualified For AFC Competitions
1992–93	Cup Winners Cup	Final	Nissan	8	3	3	2	9	5
1993–94	Cup Winners Cup	Quarter Final	Al-Arabi	4	1	1	2	4	5
1994–95 1995–96	Did Not Qualified For AFC Competitions
1996–97	Asian Championship	Third Place	Al-Zawraa	9	5	1	3	17	12
1997–98	Asian Championship	Fourth Place	Al-Hilal	7	3	2	2	6	7
1998–99	Did Not Qualified For AFC Competitions
1999–2000	Asian Championship	Third Place	Bluewings	7	3	3	1	5	2
2000–01	Asian Championship	Third Place	Irtysh	9	5	3	1	19	8
2001–02	Did Not Qualified For AFC Competitions
2002–03	Champions League	Group Stage	-	3	2	0	1	5	2
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008	Did Not Qualified For AFC Competitions
2009	Champions League	Round of 16	Bunyodkor	5	2	1	2	5	7
2010	Did Not Qualified 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 2014	Did Not Qualified For AFC Competitions
2015	Champions League	Round of 16	Al-Hilal	8	5	0	3	8	10
2016	Did Not Qualified For AFC Competitions
2017	Champions League	Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	12	4	6	2	17	17
2018	Champions League	in progress
2019	Champions League	Qualified

As of 17 October 2017

Records

Asian Cup Winners Cup

Winners: 1

• • Asian Cup Winners Cup 1990–91

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Persepolis FC	1–0	Muharraq	0–0	1–0

Runners-Up: 1

• • Asian Cup Winners Cup 1992–93

(Jan 17 & Apr 16, 1993)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nissan	2–1	Persepolis FC	1–1	1–0

Top goalscorers in Asia

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

• Last Update: 17 October 2018

Most Goals in Asia

Rank	Player	Goals	Position
1	Farshad Pious	11	Forward
2	Ali Karimi	10	Midfielder
3	Mehdi Taremi	8	Forward
4	Godwin Mensha	7	Forward
5	Ali Alipour	6	Forward
6	Éamon Zayed	5	Forward
7	Mojtaba Moharrami	4	Defender
	Mehdi Mahdavikia		Midfielder
	Gholam Vafakhah		Midfielder
	Khodadad Azizi		Forward

• Bold names denote a player still playing for club.

Hat-tricks

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

See also

• Iranian clubs in the AFC Champions League
• AFC Champions League
• Asian Cup Winners Cup