2012–13 Sepahan F.C. season

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Sepahan
2012–13 season
ChairmanAlireza Rahimi
ManagerCroatia Zlatko Kranjčar
StadiumFoolad Shahr Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi CupChampions
AFC Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (13)
All: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (16)
Xhevahir Sukaj (16)
Highest home attendance9,280 vs Al Ahli (AFC Champions League, 19 September 2012)
Lowest home attendance1,000 vs Gahar (Iran Pro League, 22 November 2012)
Average home league attendance3,643

The 2012–13 season was Sepahan's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 60th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

Player[edit]

First team squad[edit]

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Under-23 players Under-21 players Under-19 players
Out during the season (transferred, injured, or released)
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Appearance (s) Goal (s)
Goalkeepers
1 Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi Iran GK 2012 (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35) Zob Ahan 11 0
27 Mehdi Amini Iran GK 2012 (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28) (Youth system) 0 0
30 Mohammad Nasseri Iran GK 2011 (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 30) (Youth system) 0 0
35 Shahab Gordan Iran GK 2013 (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 39) Persepolis 17 0
36 Mohammad Mahmoudvand Iran GK 2013 (1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 39) Aboumoslem 0 0
Defenders
3 Farshid Talebi Iran CB 2012 (1981-08-24) 24 August 1981 (age 42) Zob Ahan 29 3
5 Mohammad Ali Ahmadi Iran CB 2012 (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 40) Zob Ahan 28 0
6 Milan Susak Australia CB, RB 2012 (1984-01-29) 29 January 1984 (age 40) China Tianjin Teda 11 0
11 Mohsen Irannejad Iran LB, LWB 2012 (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 38) Shahin Bushehr 15 0
17 Abolhassan Jafari Iran RB, RWB 2007 (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 33) (Youth system), Malavan 51 0
18 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand Iran CB 2012 (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 30) (Youth system) 2 0
28 Ehsan Hajsafi Iran LB, LWB 2006 (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34) (Youth system), Tractor Sazi 143 22
38 Ervin Bulku Albania RB, DM, RM 2012 (1981-03-03) 3 March 1981 (age 43) Azerbaijan AZAL Baku 21 1
Midfielders
4 Moharram Navidkia (captain) Iran AM 1998 (1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 41) (Youth system), Germany VfL Bochum 253 40
9 Mehdi Jafarpour Iran RM, RB 2005 (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 39) (Youth system), PAS Hamedan 119 8
10 Hossein Papi Iran LM, RM 2004 (1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 39) (Youth system), Sepahan Novin 116 1
12 Ali Karimi Iran CM 2012 (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30) (Youth system) 0 0
15 Omid Ebrahimi Iran DM 2010 (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 36) Sh. Bandar Abbas 82 14
20 Ahmad Jamshidian Iran AM, RM 2008 (1984-05-16) 16 May 1984 (age 39) Rah Ahan 115 20
23 Amin Jahan Alian Iran RM, AM 2012 (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 32) (Youth system) 18 3
24 Akbar Imani Iran CM 2010 (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32) (Youth system) 6 0
32 Hamid Reza Kazemi Iran CM, AM 2011 (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 31) (Youth system) 1 0
Forwards
8 Mohammad Gholami Iran CF 2012 (1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 41) Damash 25 0
14 Xhevahir Sukaj Albania CF 2012 (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36) Turkey Gençlerbirliği 42 13
21 Radomir Đalović Montenegro CF 2012 (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 41) Russia FC Amkar Perm 26 4
25 Mehdi Sharifi Iran CF 2012 (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 31) (Youth system) 0 0
26 Ali Choupani Iran CF 2012 (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 30) (Youth system) 0 0
33 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Iran CF, SS 2012 (1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 40) United Arab Emirates Al Wasl FC 32 13
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of birth (Age) Signed from Appearance(s) Goal(s)
22 Reza Mohamadi Iran GK 2011 (1985-06-14) 14 June 1985 (age 38) Iranjavan 8 0
2 Hassan Ashjari Iran LB, LWB 2011 (1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 (age 44) Steel Azin 38 1
6 Hadi Tamini Iran CB, SW 2011 (1981-08-23) 23 August 1981 (age 42) Malavan 27 2
7 Milad Zeneyedpour Iran LM, RM 2012 (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) Damash 6 0
40 Adel Kolahkaj Iran CM, LM 2012 (1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 (age 39) Mes Kerman 8 1

For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Sepahan Novin.

Iran Pro League squad[edit]

Updated 19 January 2013.

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 Iran IRN Mohammad-Bagher Sadeghi
3 DF Iran IRN Farshid Talebi
4 MF Iran IRN Moharram Navidkia (captain)
5 DF Iran IRN Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi
6 DF Australia AUS Milan Susak
8 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Gholami
9 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Jafarpour
10 MF Iran IRN Hossein Papi (3rd vice-captain)
11 DF Iran IRN Mohsen Irannejad
12 MF Iran IRN Ali Karimi
14 FW Albania ALB Xhevahir Sukaj
15 MF Iran IRN Omid Ebrahimi (2nd vice-captain)
17 DF Iran IRN Abolhassan Jafari
18 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Hossein Moradmand
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Iran IRN Ahmad Jamshidian (1st vice-captain)
21 FW Montenegro MNE Radomir Đalović
23 MF Iran IRN Amin Jahan Alian
24 MF Iran IRN Akbar Imani
25 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Sharifi
26 FW Iran IRN Ali Choopani
27 GK Iran IRN Mehdi Amini
28 DF Iran IRN Ehsan Hajsafi
30 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Nasseri
32 MF Iran IRN Hamid Reza Kazemi
33 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
35 GK Iran IRN Shahab Gordan
36 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Mahmoudvand
38 DF Albania ALB Ervin Bulku

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13.

Transfers[edit]

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

Summer[edit]

Winter[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
2012–13 Iran Pro League 3rd 20 July 2012 10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Winner 13 December 2012 5 May 2013
AFC Champions League Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 19 September 2012 2 October 2012
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage 27 February 2013 30 April 2013

Updated to match played 24 April 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 34 19 10 5 42 18 +24 67 Qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Tractor Sazi 34 18 11 5 55 32 +23 65
3 Sepahan 34 19 7 8 60 33 +27 64
4 Foolad 34 14 14 6 52 35 +17 56
5 Naft Tehran 34 14 13 7 42 29 +13 55
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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
34 19 7 8 60 33  +27 64 11 2 4 31 18  +13 8 5 4 29 15  +14

Last updated: 11 May 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round[edit]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWDWLLWDWWWDLWLWDLLWWWWDWLWWWWWDLD
Position6321372321115422124444442333222223
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2013. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
20 July 2012 1 Sepahan 1–0 Mes Kerman Fooladshahr
20:45 UTC+04:30 Tamini 47' Report Bates Yellow card
Enayati Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Shahin Haji Babaei
25 July 2012 2 Foolad 1–3 Sepahan Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+04:30 Sharifat 42'
Nouri Yellow card
Amirabadi Yellow card
Report Đalović 19'
Ebrahimi 38'
Sukaj 74'
Zeneyedpour Yellow card
Talebi Yellow card
Kolahkaj Yellow card
Jafari Yellow card
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
31 July 2012 3 Sepahan 2–2 Rah Ahan Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30 Đalović 33'
Karimi 81' (o.g.)
Tamini Yellow card
Talebi Yellow card
Ahmadi Yellow card
Jafari Yellow card
Report Shiri 11' 67'
Abbasfard Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hassan Zargar
18 August 2012 5 Sepahan 0–2 Saipa Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30 Talebi Red card Report Shahbazzadeh 28'
Gharibi 93'
Márcio Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Mohsen Torki
23 August 2012 6 Paykan 1–0 Sepahan Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30 Mobali 94' Report Ahmadi Yellow card
Kolahkaj Yellow card
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
29 August 2012 7 Sepahan 1–0 Fajr Sepasi Fooladshahr
19:00 UTC+04:30 Khalatbari Yellow card
Sukaj 85'
Report Joukar Yellow card
Shafiei Yellow card
Nazari Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
14 September 2012 8 Sanat Naft 1–1 Sepahan Abadan
19:45 UTC+04:30 Khaleghifar 21' Report Sukaj 58'
Sukaj Yellow card
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
23 September 2012 9 Sepahan 2–0 Persepolis Fooladshahr
18:30 UTC+03:30 Kolahkaj 51'
Sukaj 72'
Đalović Yellow card
Khalatbari Yellow card
Report Kazemian Yellow card
Norouzi Yellow card
Madanchi Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
27 September 2012 10 Malavan 0–2 Sepahan Bandar-e Anzali
17:25 UTC+03:30 Report Sukaj 45'
Đalović 67'
Sukaj Yellow card
Jafarpour Yellow card
EbrahimiYellow card
NavidkiaYellow card
Đalović Yellow card
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
1 October 2012 11 Sepahan v Gahar Fooladshahr
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
19 October 2012 12 Saba 1–1 Sepahan Qom
16:50 UTC+03:30 Soleiman Fallah 93'
Momeni Yellow card
Badrlou Yellow card
Report Ebrahimi 91'
Jahan Alian Yellow card
Talebi Yellow card
Jafarpour Yellow card
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
25 October 2012 13 Sepahan 1–4 Tractor Sazi Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30 Ebrahimi 55'
Jafari Yellow card
Ebrahimi Yellow card
Report Seyed-Salehi 15'
Seyed-Salehi 52'
Lopez 58' (pen.)
Ashjari 91' (o.g.)
Dehnavi Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
30 October 2012 14 Naft Tehran 3–4 Sepahan Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30 Shakouri 7' (pen.)
Ljubojević 15'
Ljubojević 58'
Shakouri Yellow card
Batista Yellow card Yellow-red card
Report Sukaj 37'
Ebrahimi 77' (pen.)
Khalatbari 80'
Ebrahimi 90'
Khalatbari Yellow card
Bulku Yellow card
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Alireza Faghani
18 November 2012 15 Sepahan 0–1 Esteghlal Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari Yellow card
Ahmadi Yellow card
Report Heidari 15'
Sadeghi Yellow card
Borhani Yellow card
Nekounam Red card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
22 November 2012 11 Sepahan 2–1 Gahar Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30 Talebi 37'
Khalatbari 89'
Talebi Yellow card
Bulku Yellow card
Jafari Yellow card
Moradmand Yellow card Yellow-red card
Report Torkashvand 34'
Shafiei Yellow card
Kardoost Yellow card
Ghasemi Red card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rahim Mehrpisheh
28 November 2012 16 Sepahan 3–0 Damash Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari 50', 83'
Navidkia 65'
Report Roudbarian Yellow card
Mokhtari Red card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammad Seyedali
3 December 2012 17 Aluminium 1–1 Sepahan Bandar Abbas
15:15 UTC+03:30 Pirzadeh 52'
Mohammadzadeh Yellow card
Abarghouei Yellow card
Dadashvand Yellow card
Khavarpoor Yellow card
Report Khalatbari 24'
Talebi Yellow card
Ahmadi Yellow card
Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
25 December 2012 18 Mes Kerman 1–0 Sepahan Kerman
15:00 UTC+03:30 Enayati 18'
Nazarzadeh Yellow card
Report Jafari Yellow card Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
30 December 2013 19 Sepahan 0–1 Foolad Fooladshahr
15:00 UTC+03:30 Dalovic Yellow card Report Pereira 71'
Sharifat Yellow card
Pereira Yellow card
Jamaati Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
4 January 2013 20 Rah Ahan v Sepahan Tehran
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
13 January 2013 21 Sepahan 4–3 Zob Ahan Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30 Sukaj 6'
Sukaj 14'
Ebrahimi 32' (pen.)
Navidkia 89' (pen.)
Jafari Red card
Report Rajabzadeh 29'
Rajabzadeh 55' (pen.)
Pahlevan 77'
Kasparov Red card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
18 January 2013 22 Saipa 0–3 Sepahan Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30 Narciso Yellow card Report Khalatbari 45'
Jahan Alian 59'
Hajsafi 76'
Hajsafi Yellow card
Stadium: Enghelab Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alborz Hajipour
24 January 2013 23 Sepahan 2–0 Paykan Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30 Navidkia 63'
Khalatbari 89'
Bulku Yellow card
Report Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
29 January 2013 24 Fajr Sepasi 0–0 Sepahan Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Afand Yellow card
Ghezalchi Yellow card
Ansari Yellow card
Hossaini Yellow card
Alimohamadi Yellow card
Report Khalatbari Yellow card Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
8 February 2013 25 Sepahan 3–0 Sanat Naft Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30 Jahan Alian 21'
Navidkia 43'
Navidkia 53'
Ebrahimi Yellow card
Report Moshkelpour Yellow card
Barzaei Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hassan Zargar
12 February 2013 20 Rah Ahan 0–1 Sepahan Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30 Kafshgari Yellow card
Shiri Yellow card
Karimi Yellow card
Report Sukaj 81'
Susak Yellow card
Ahmadi Yellow card
Bulku Yellow card
Irannejad Yellow card
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
17 February 2013 26 Persepolis 1–0 Sepahan Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30 Norouzi 92'
Naghizadeh Yellow card
Pouladi Yellow card
Report Talebi Yellow card
Sukaj Yellow card
Ebrahimi Yellow card
Gordan Yellow card
Susak Yellow card Yellow-red card
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
21 February 2013 27 Sepahan 3–1 Malavan Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30 Hajsafi 26'
Jamshidian 76'
Ebrahimi 83'
Report Heidari 89' Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
4 March 2013 28 Gahar 1–4 Sepahan Dorood
15:30 UTC+03:30 Nikkar 92'
Torkashvand Yellow card
Khorsandnia Yellow card
Report Sukaj 9'
Khalatbari 45'
Talebi 49'
Jamshidian 71'
Ebrahimi Yellow card
Stadium: Dorood Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Assadi
8 March 2013 29 Sepahan 2–0 Saba Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30 Jahan Alian 24'
Sukaj 73'
Ahmadi Yellow card
Report Kashi Yellow card
Eslami Yellow card
Rezaïan Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hossein Zargar
18 March 2013 30 Tractor Sazi 1–3 Sepahan Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30 Soares 86'
Nosrati Yellow card
Karimian Yellow card
Report Khalatbari 15'
Talebi 28'
Navidkia 53'
Susak Yellow card
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
6 April 2013 31 Sepahan 3–1 Naft Tehran Fooladshahr
17:30 UTC+03:30 Bulku 12'
Khalatbari 45'
Ebrahimi 89' (pen.)
Bulku Yellow card Yellow-red card
Report Manouchehri 53'
Hamdinejad Yellow card
Kamel Red card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
15 April 2013 32 Esteghlal 1–1 Sepahan Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Irannejad 93' (o.g.)
Sadeghi Yellow card
Mousavi Yellow card Yellow-red card
Report Navidkia 66'
Khalatbari Yellow card
Talebi Yellow card Yellow-red card
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
19 April 2013 33 Damash 2–1 Sepahan Rasht
17:30 UTC+03:30 Hajati 21'
Motevaselzadeh 40'
Kébé Yellow card
Mokhtari Yellow card Yellow-red card
Report Khalatbari 93'
Ebrahimi Yellow card
Hajsafi Yellow card
Bulku Yellow card
Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
10 May 2013 34 Sepahan 2–2 Aluminium Fooladshahr
18:00 UTC+03:30 Khalatbari 28', 55' (pen.)
Hajsafi Red card
Report Meydavoudi 18'
Shokouh Magham 41'
Roshangar Yellow card
Abarghouei Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Hazfi Cup[edit]

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
13 December 2012 1/16 Sepahan 2–1 Foolad Fooladshahr
16:15 UTC+03:30 Gholami 9'
Khalatbari 85'
Report Pereira 60'
Khaledi Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
20 December 2012 1/8 Mes Rafsanjan 0–1 (a.e.t.) Sepahan Rafsanjan
14:00 UTC+03:30 Kavianifar Yellow card
Abedi Yellow card
Mahmoudi Yellow card
Jafari Yellow card
Report Sukaj 109'
Ahmadi Yellow card
Sadeghi Yellow card
Stadium: Takhti Rafsanjan Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed-Ali
9 January 2013 1/4 Sepahan 2–0 Sanat Naft Fooladshahr
14:30 UTC+03:30 Bulku 27'
Talebi 61'
Report Ramezani Yellow card
Navidkia Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Alireza Faghani

AFC Champions League 2012[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
19 September 2012 1st Leg Sepahan 0–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+04:30 Navidkia Yellow card Report Al-Musa Yellow card
Bakshwin Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 9,280
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
2 October 2012 2nd Leg Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 4–1 Sepahan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+03:00 Simões 30' (pen.)
Al Hosni 35'
Al Hosni 45'
Jaizawi 70'
Jaizawi Yellow card
Al-Khames Yellow card
Report Talebi 37'
Ebrahimi Yellow card
Mohammadi Red card
Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 16,838
Referee: Peter Green

AFC Champions League 2013[edit]

Group stage[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
27 February 2013 Match day 1 Sepahan 3–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr Fooladshahr, Iran
19:30 UTC+03:30 Sukaj 22'
Sukaj 81'
Ebrahimi 87'
Report Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
13 March 2013 Match day 2 Al-Gharafa Qatar 3–1 Sepahan Doha, Qatar
18:15 UTC+03:00 Cisse 16'
Cisse 58'
Siddiq 92'
Burhan Yellow card
Quaye Yellow card
Nenê Yellow card
Al-Shammari Yellow card
Report Ahmadi 13'
Ahmadi Yellow card
Hajsafi Yellow card
Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Lee Min Hu
2 April 2013 Match day 3 Sepahan 2–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+03:30 Sukaj 3'
Talebi 86'
Talebi Yellow card
Khalatbari Yellow card
Papi Yellow card
Report Simões 23'
César 39'
Al Hosni 46'
Simões 65'
Simões Yellow card
Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 9,124
Referee: Vladisilav Tseytlin
23 April 2013 Match day 5 Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates 1–2 Sepahan Dubai, UAE
20:00 UTC+3 Muhammed 71'
Mascara Yellow card
Report Đalović 29'
Gholami 79'
Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Abdullah M. Al-hilali
30 April 2013 Match day 6 Sepahan 3–1 Qatar Al-Gharafa Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+3:30 Jahan Alian 11'
Gholami 48'
Khalatbari 55'
Report Siddiq 44' Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Friendly Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
26 June 2012 1 Sepahan 0–1 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku Bolu, Turkey
18:00 UTC+02:00 Report Flavinho 33'
28 June 2012 2 Sepahan 1–1 Russia Volga Bolu, Turkey
18:30 UTC+02:00 Sukaj 36' Report Sapogov 87 p.'
1 July 2012 3 Sepahan 0–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Kızılcahamam, Turkey
16:00 UTC+02:00 Report Coda 46'
Yanev 51'
Mendes 84'
12 July 2012 5 Sepahan 0–1 Naft Tehran Isfahan, Iran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Report Mahdavi 27' Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 2000
16 July 2012 6 Sepahan 2–4 Iran U-20 Isfahan, Iran
19:00 UTC+03:30 Irannejad 50'
Sharifi 56'
Report Azmoun 22', 44'
Fazeli 39'
Pahlevan 42'
Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 1500
26 August 2012 7 Sepahan 2–0 Sang Ahan Bafq Isfahan, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Sukaj 26'
Sharifi 80'
Report Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 500
10 September 2012 9 Sepahan 3–2 Sepahan U-23 Isfahan, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Papi 23'
Sukaj 55'
Đalović 76'
Report Maftoolkar 40', 82' Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 200
9 October 2012 10 Rah Ahan 1–1 Sepahan Tehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30 Razaghirad 12' Report Jahan Alian 38' Stadium: Ekbatan Stadium
Attendance: 500
9 November 2012 11 Sepahan 3–0 Sepahan U-23 Isfahan, Iran
16:00 UTC+03:30 Papi 25'
Jahan Alian 37'
Navidkia 71'
Report Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium
Attendance: 300
12 November 2012 12 Sepahan 2–4 Zob Ahan Isfahan, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30 Talebi 36'
Sharifi 71'
Report Farhadi 27', 76'
Barani 65'
Sadeghian 87'
Stadium: Bagh-e Ferdows Stadium
Attendance: 600

Statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 15 0 11+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+1 0 1+0+0 0
2 DF Iran IRN Hassan Ashjari 17 0 12+3+0 0 0+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
3 DF Iran IRN Farshid Talebi 40 6 27+2+0 3 4+0+0 1 2+0+0 1 4+1+0 1
4 MF Iran IRN Moharram Navidkia 39 8 16+12+1 8 0+5+0 0 1+1+0 0 1+0+2 0
5 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 40 1 23+2+3 0 4+0+1 0 2+0+0 0 5+0+0 1
6 DF Iran IRN Hadi Tamini 10 2 9+0+1 2 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
6 DF Australia AUS Milan Susak 18 0 8+2+1 0 3+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 4+0+0 0
7 MF Iran IRN Milad Zeneyedpour 6 0 0+4+2 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
8 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Gholami 35 4 3+5+17 0 1+2+1 2 0+0+1 0 2+0+3 2
9 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Jafarpour 18 0 5+4+5 0 1+0+0 0 1+1+0 0 0+1+0 0
10 MF Iran IRN Hossein Papi 33 0 11+6+5 0 3+1+1 0 0+0+0 0 3+0+3 0
11 DF Iran IRN Mohsen Irannejad 24 0 2+1+12 0 2+1+1 0 0+0+0 0 2+0+3 0
12 MF Iran IRN Ali Karimi 1 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+1 0
14 FW Albania ALB Xhevahir Sukaj 44 16 3+11+18 11 0+2+3 2 0+0+2 0 3+1+1 3
15 MF Iran IRN Omid Ebrahimi 44 9 30+2+0 8 4+0+0 0 1+1+0 0 5+1+0 1
17 DF Iran IRN Abolhassan Jafari 31 0 16+5+3 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 3+1+1 0
18 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Hossein Moradmand 2 0 1+0+1 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
20 MF Iran IRN Ahmad Jamshidian 29 3 2+5+14 3 0+1+2 0 0+0+2 0 0+3+0 0
21 FW Montenegro MNE Radomir Đalović 33 6 7+10+9 4 0+0+2 0 0+2+0 0 3+0+0 2
22 GK Iran IRN Reza Mohamadi 8 0 6+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
23 MF Iran IRN Amin Jahan Alian 27 4 3+12+3 3 0+2+2 0 0+0+0 0 2+2+1 1
24 MF Iran IRN Akbar Imani 2 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+1 0 0+0+0 0 0+1+0 0
25 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Sharifi 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
26 FW Iran IRN Ali Choupani 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
27 GK Iran IRN Mehdi Amini 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
28 DF Iran IRN Ehsan Hajsafi 24 2 15+1+0 2 1+1+1 0 0+0+0 0 2+2+1 0
30 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Nasseri 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
32 MF Iran IRN Hamid Reza Kazemi 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
33 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 45 16 22+10+0 13 5+0+0 2 1+1+0 0 3+2+1 1
35 GK Iran IRN Shahab Gordan 25 0 17+0+0 0 3+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 5+0+0 0
36 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Mahmoudvand 0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0 0+0+0 0
38 DF Albania ALB Ervin Bulku 31 2 19+1+1 1 5+0+0 1 2+0+0 0 1+2+0 0
40 MF Iran IRN Adel Kolahkaj 10 1 7+1+0 1 0+0+0 0 2+0+0 0 0+0+0 0

Apps: x+y+z, where x means full match (90-minute) appearance, y means match starting appearance and then exchanged, z means appearance as the exchange player in the middle of the match.

Goal scorers[edit]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos. Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
33 FW Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 13 2 0 1 16
14 FW Albania Xhevahir Sukaj 11 2 0 3 16
15 MF Iran Omid Ebrahimi 8 0 0 1 9
4 MF Iran Moharram Navidkia 8 0 0 0 8
21 FW Montenegro Radomir Đalović 4 0 0 2 6
3 DF Iran Farshid Talebi 3 1 1 1 6
23 MF Iran Amin Jahan Alian 3 0 0 1 4
8 FW Iran Mohammad Gholami 0 2 0 2 4
20 MF Iran Ahmad Jamshidian 3 0 0 0 3
6 DF Iran Hadi Tamini 2 0 0 0 2
28 DF Iran Ehsan Hajsafi 2 0 0 0 2
38 DF Albania Ervin Bulku 1 1 0 0 2
40 MF Iran Adel Kolahkaj 1 0 0 0 1
5 DF Iran Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 0 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 60 8 1 12 81

Friendlies and Pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
No. Pos. Name Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
33 FW Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
5 DF Iran Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
15 MF Iran Omid Ebrahimi 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
3 DF Iran Farshid Talebi 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 2
38 DF Albania Ervin Bulku 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
17 DF Iran Abolhassan Jafari 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1
21 FW Montenegro Radomir Đalović 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
40 MF Iran Adel Kolahkaj 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 FW Albania Xhevahir Sukaj 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 DF Australia Milan Susak 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
28 DF Iran Ehsan Hajsafi 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
6 DF Iran Hadi Tamini 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 MF Iran Mehdi Jafarpour 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 MF Iran Moharram Navidkia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 DF Iran Mohsen Irannejad 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 DF Iran Hassan Ashjari 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 MF Iran Milad Zeneyedpour 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 MF Iran Amin Jahan Alian 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 GK Iran Shahab Gordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 GK Iran Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 FW Iran Mohammad Gholami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Iran Hossein Papi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
18 DF Iran Hossein Moradmand 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 GK Iran Reza Mohamadi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 58 5 3 6 0 1 2 0 1 9 0 0 75 5 5

Goals conceded[edit]

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
No. Pos. Name Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Apps. G. cond. Clean Sheets
1 GK Iran Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 11 10 2 1 1 4 1 1 15 16 4
22 GK Iran Reza Mohamadi 6 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 8 4
35 GK Iran Shahab Gordan 17 15 3 3 0 0 5 12 25 30 8
TOTALS 34 33 5 4 2 4 6 13 47 54 16

Own goals[edit]

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos. Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
2 DF Iran Hassan Ashjari 1 0 0 0 1
11 DF Iran Mohsen Irannejad 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 2 0 0 0 2

Total minutes played[edit]

Last updated on 11 May 2013
No. Pos. Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup 2012 ACL 2013 ACL Total
15 MF Iran Omid Ebrahimi 2840 450 152 526 3968
33 FW Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 2691 540 119 479 3829
5 DF Iran Mohammad Ali Ahmadi 2284 512 180 450 3426
3 DF Iran Farshid Talebi 2470 326 180 401 3377
4 MF Iran Moharram Navidkia 2344 453 176 159 3132
38 DF Albania Ervin Bulku 1764 540 180 236 2720
17 DF Iran Abolhassan Jafari 1850 210 0 401 2461
10 MF Iran Hossein Papi 1533 460 0 354 2347
14 FW Albania Xhevahir Sukaj 1654 252 63 353 2322
35 GK Iran Shahab Gordan 1530 330 0 450 2310
21 FW Montenegro Radomir Đalović 1383 107 135 270 1905
28 DF Iran Ehsan Hajsafi 1351 223 0 297 1871
23 MF Iran Amin Jahan Alian 1060 142 0 312 1514
8 FW Iran Mohammad Gholami 1003 256 7 236 1502
2 DF Iran Hassan Ashjari 1305 0 180 0 1485
6 DF Australia Milan Susak 786 330 0 360 1476
1 GK Iran Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 990 210 64 90 1354
20 MF Iran Ahmad Jamshidian 944 104 67 183 1298
11 DF Iran Mohsen Irannejad 557 353 0 299 1209
9 MF Iran Mehdi Jafarpour 904 90 203 0 1197
40 MF Iran Adel Kolahkaj 700 0 180 0 880
6 DF Iran Hadi Tamini 829 0 0 0 829
22 GK Iran Reza Mohamadi 540 0 117 0 657
7 MF Iran Milad Zeneyedpour 247 0 0 0 247
18 DF Iran Hossein Moradmand 145 0 0 0 145
24 MF Iran Akbar Imani 0 1 0 45 46
12 MF Iran Ali Karimi 0 0 0 17 17
TOTALS 32763 5883 1935 5986 46573

Overall statistics[edit]

Last updated on 11 May 2013
Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 47 23 24 0
Games won 27 15 12 0
Games drawn 8 3 5 0
Games lost 12 5 7 0
Biggest win 4–0 3–0 4–0 0
Biggest loss 4-1 4-1 4-1 0
Biggest win (League) 4–0 3–0 4-0 0
Biggest win (Cup) 2-0 2-0 1-0 0
Biggest win (Asia) 3-0 3-0 2-1 0
Biggest loss (League) 4-1 4-1 1-0 0
Biggest loss (Cup) - - - -
Biggest loss (Asia) 4-1 4-2 4-1 0
Clean sheets 16 10 6 0
Goals scored 81 43 38 0
Goals conceded 54 24 30 0
Goal difference +27 +19 +8 0
Average GF per game 1.72 1.87 1.58 0
Average GA per game 1.15 1.04 1.25 0
Points 89 48 41 0
Winning rate 57% 65% 50% 0
Most appearances 45 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Most minutes played 3968 Omid Ebrahimi
Top scorer 16 Khalatbari / Sukaj
Top assister 21 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari

Club[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Position Staff
Head coach Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar
Assistant coach Iran Mahmoud Karimi
Fitness trainer Germany Benjamin Kugel
Goalkeepers coach Croatia Tonči Merdolias
Analyzer Iran Masoud Palizdar
Doctor Iran Mohammad Rashadi
Assistant doctor Iran Asghar Shirkosh
Football Academy Manager Iran Reza Fatahi
Reserves team head coach Iran Mohammad Yavari
Team manager Iran Rasoul Khorvash

Other personnel[edit]

President Iran Alireza Rahimi
Vice President Iran Mohammad Reza Saket

Updated to match played 30 August 2012
Source:[citation needed]

Grounds[edit]

Ground (capacity and dimensions) Fooladshahr Stadium (31,439 / 110x75m)
Training ground Jaroukan Stadium

See also[edit]

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