2018–19 Sepahan F.C. season

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.

Sepahan
2018–19 season
ChairmanMasoud Tabesh
ManagerIran Amir Ghalenoei
StadiumNaghsh-e Jahan Stadium
18th Pro LeagueTBD
32nd Hazfi CupTBD

Kit information

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Supplier: Start
Sponsor: Mobarakeh Steel Company

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Players

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Updated 20 December 2017.[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 Payam Niazmand
2 DF   IRN Hassan Jafari
5 DF   IRN Ezzatollah Pourghaz
6 MF   IRN Mehdi Kiani (Vice Captain)
7 DF   IRN Saeid Aghaei U25
8 MF   IRN Rasoul Navidkia (Captain)
9 FW   IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh
10 FW   IRN Mehrdad Mohammadi
11 MF   IRN Bakhtiar Rahmani
12 MF   IRN Reza Dehghani U21
14 MF   IRN Milad Sarlak U25
17 MF   IRN Jalaleddin Alimohammadi
18 FW   IRN Mohammad Ebrahimi
20 DF   IRN Mohammad Iranpourian
21 MF   IRN Mohammad Karimi U23
22 GK   IRN Amir Hossein Nikpour U21
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW   IRN Ali Khosravi U23
25 FW   IRN Ali Ghorbani
30 MF   IRN Mohsen Mosalman
33 DF   IRN Mohammad Moslemipour U23
36 GK   IRN Ali Keykhosravi U21
37 MF   IRN Mohammadreza Ekhlasi U23
38 MF   IRN Yasin Salmani U21
39 MF   IRN Sepehr Shahin U21
44 DF   IRN Khaled Shafiei
50 GK   IRN Shahab Adeli U23
66 DF   IRN Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh
70 MF   IRN Hamed Bahiraei U25
77 MF   HUN Vladimir Koman
78 DF   IRN Mehdi Rahimi U21
88 FW   BRA Kiros Stanlley
99 DF   IRN 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 winter 2018–19.

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
GK   IRN Mehdi Amini U23 (at Paykan until June 2019)
DF   IRN Davoud Rajabi U23 (at Gol Reyhan Alborz until June 2019)
MF   IRN Mohammad Papi U21 (at Naft Masjed Soleyman until June 2019)
FW   IRN Reza Mirzaei U23 (at Foolad until June 2019)
FW   IRN Iman Zakizadeh U23 (at Gol Reyhan Alborz until June 2019)

Transfers

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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.
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

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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

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Pro league

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 16 13 1 36 14 +22 61 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Sepahan 30 15 13 2 46 20 +26 58
3 Esteghlal 30 16 9 5 40 13 +27 57 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs
4 Padideh 30 16 8 6 32 16 +16 56
5 Tractor Sazi 30 14 10 6 42 25 +17 52
Source: IPL Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[3]
(C) Champions

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
17 9 8 0 31 12  +19 35 5 4 0 16 6  +10 4 4 0 15 6  +9

Last updated: 10 FEB 2019.
Source: [1]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWDWDDWWWWWDDWDDW
Position102322232222221121
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2018. Source: flashscores.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  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
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
19 October 2018 9 Sepahan 3 – 2 Nassaji Mazandaran Isfahan
16:45 UTC+03:30 Kiros  15'
Pourghaz  20'
Karimi  63' Aghaei
Ansari  72' Papi
Koman  78' Yazdani
Shahbazzadeh  83'
Kiros  90+6' (pen.)
Report Ashouri  10'
Mamashli  38'
Jafari  49'
Ashouri  58'
Shojaei  81'
Faraji  90+2'
Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan
Referee: Koupal Nazemi
Assistant referee: Arman Asaadi، Mohammad Zoraghi
Fourth official:Ali Mirghafari
26 October 2018 10 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
16:45 UTC+03:30 Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1994)Karimi  17' Neumayr
Bagheri  36'
Ghaedi  46' Esmaeili
Tabrizi  67' Alhaji Gero
Report Mehrdad  25'
Mehrdad  45' Sasan
Karimi  45' Yazdani
Kiani  71'
Pourghaz  77'
Kiros  81'
Koman  90' Bakhtiar
Stadium: Azadi
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
Assistant referee:Sajad Touri، Yaghoub Sokhandan
Fourth official:Reza Mahdavi
9 November 2018 11 Sepahan 3 – 0 Saipa Isfahan
16:30 UTC+03:30 Kiros  14'
Shafiei  17'
Sasan  45'
Bakhtiar  68' Karimi
Kiros  78'
Bahiraei  80'
Sasan  85' Jalal
Koman  90' Rahimi
Report Aliyari  62' Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Assistant referee: Ali Mirzabeigi، Hassan Yousefi
Fourth official::Amir ArabAraghi
9 December 2018 12 Sepahan 1 – 1 Persepolis Isfahan
16:10 UTC+03:30 Yazdani  37'
Bahiraei  46' Shafiei
Mehrdad  54' Sasan
Pourghaz  74'
Koman  82' Bakhtiar
Kiros  71'   90'
Report Alishah  84' Asadi
Alipour  89' (pen.)
Kamyabinia  90'
Asadi  90+4' Rabiekhah
Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Assistant referee: Reza Sokhandan، MohammadReza Mansouri
Fourth official:Reza Adel
23 November 2018 13 Machine Sazi 1 – 1 Sepahan Tabriz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Khorram Hosseini  36'
Aziz Maeboodi  39'   45'
Report Aghaei  15'
Kiros  39'
Aghaei  46' Mehrdad
Bakhtiar  53' Iranpourian
Jafari  77' Jalal
Yazdani  84'
Koman  87'
Shafiei  93'
Stadium: Bonyan Diesel
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Yaser Hamrang
Assistant referee: Ali Dodangeh، Ali Akbar Azimpour
Fourth official:Mehdi Marjanzadeh
30 November 2018 14 Sepahan 1 – 0 Padideh Isfahan
15:15 UTC+03:30 Mehrdad  27'
Mehrdad  27'
Karimi  46' Bahiraei
Sasan  60'
Sasan  64' Jalal
Koman  81' Bakhtiar
Iranpourian  90+4'
Report Moradmand  59' Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan
Attendance: 45,000[4]
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
Assistant referee: Mehdi Alvandi، Mohammad Reza Modir Rousta
Fourth official:Reza Adel
15 December 2018 15 Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 – 1 Sepahan Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+03:30 Kalantari  33'
Meysam Shahmakvand  33'
Meysam Karimi  36' (pen.)
Meysam Karimi  77'
Delfi  86'
Sasan  27'
Aghaei  47' Shafiei
Sasan  64'
Jafari  67' Iranpourian
Koman  81' Dehghani
Pourghaz  90'
Stadium: Ghadir
Attendance: 700
Referee: Saeid Rahimi Moghadam
Assistant referee: Arman Asaadi، Hadi Tousi
Fourth official:Rouhollah Sharifi

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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As of 30 August 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League Hazfi Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRN Payam Niazmand 6 0 6 0 0 0
2 DF   IRN Hassan Jafari 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 FW   IRN Sasan Ansari 6 2 6 2 0 0
5 DF   IRN Ezzatollah Pourghaz 6 2 6 2 0 0
6 MF   IRN Mehdi Kiani 6 0 6 0 0 0
7 DF   IRN Saeid Aghaei 6 0 6 0 0 0
8 MF   IRN Rasoul Navidkia 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 6 3 6 3 0 0
10 FW   IRN Mehrdad Mohammadi 6 2 6 2 0 0
11 MF   IRN Bakhtiar Rahmani 4 0 4 0 0 0
12 MF   IRN Reza Dehghani 2 0 2 0 0 0
14 MF   IRN Milad Sarlak 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF   IRN Davoud Rajabi 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   IRN Jalaleddin Alimohammadi 1 0 1 0 0 0
20 DF   IRN Mohammad Iranpourian 6 1 6 1 0 0
21 MF   IRN Mohammad Karimi 5 0 5 0 0 0
23 FW   IRN Ali Khosravi 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK   IRN Ali Keykhosravi 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW   IRN Iman Zakizadeh 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF   IRN Khaled Shafiei 2 0 2 0 0 0
47 MF   IRN Hossein Papi 3 0 3 0 0 0
50 GK   IRN Shahab Adeli 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 MF   IRN Hamed Bahiraei 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF   HUN Vladimir Koman 1 0 1 0 0 0
78 DF   IRN Mehdi Rahimi 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 FW   BRA Kiros Stanlley 6 1 6 1 0 0
99 DF   IRN Siavash Yazdani 6 0 6 0 0 0

Goals

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As of 24 August 2018
Rank Player Position Pro League Hazfi Cup Other1 Total
1   Sajjad Shahbazzadeh FW 3 0 3 6
2   Sasan Ansari FW 2 0 0 2
3   Mehrdad Mohammadi FW 2 0 4 6
4   Ezzatollah Pourghaz DF 2 0 0 2
5   Kiros Stanlley FW 0 0 2 2
6   Jalaleddin Alimohammadi MF 0 0 2 2
7   Mohammad Iranpourian DF 1 0 0 1
8   Hassan Jafari DF 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Total 10 0 12 22

1 Exhibition game.

Clean sheets

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As of 26 May 2018
Rank Name Pro League Hazfi Cup Other1 Total
1   Payam Niazmand 2 0 5 7
2   Shahab Adeli 0 0 0 0
2   Ali Keykhosravi 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 7 9

1 Exhibition game.

References

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  1. ^ "Sepahan 2013–14 squad". Archived from the original on 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  2. ^ Sepahan 2013–14 squad Archived 10 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. ^ "محاصره 45 هزار نفری پدیده لیگ (عکس)".
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