2002–03 Persepolis F.C. season

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Persepolis
2002–03 season
ChairmanAkbar Ghamkhar
ManagerAli Parvin
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi Cup1/8
ACLGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: A. Ansarian
Payan Rafat (5 goals)
All: Payan Rafat (6 goals)
Highest home attendance60,000 (10 January 2003 against Esteghlal)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (6 April 2003 against Aboumoslem)
Average home league attendance17,077

The 2002–03 season was the Persepolis's 2nd season in the Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also be competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Squad[]

As of October 2002.[1] 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 Davoud Fanaei
2 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Barzegar
3 DF Iran IRN Hassan Khanmohammadi
4 DF Iran IRN Younes Bahonar
5 DF Iran IRN Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
6 MF Iran IRN Karim Bagheri
8 DF Iran IRN Ali Ansarian
9 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Tartar
10 MF Iran IRN Pejman Jamshidi
11 FW Iran IRN Amirhossein Aslanian
12 MF Iran IRN Aref Mohammadvand
13 DF Iran IRN Mojtaba Shiri
14 MF Iran IRN Reza Jabbari
16 DF Iran IRN Reza Shahroudi (Vice captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Iran IRN Sohrab Entezari
18 FW Iran IRN Behnam Abolghasempour
19 FW Iran IRN Payan Rafat
20 DF Iran IRN Behrouz Rahbarifard (3rd captain)
21 MF Iran IRN Ebrahim Asadi
22 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Mohammadi
23 FW Iran IRN Ali Salmani
24 FW Iran IRN Ali Lashgari
25 MF Iran IRN Hamid Estili
26 MF Iran IRN Hadi Mahdavikia
27 MF Iran IRN Mehrdad Minavand
28 DF Iran IRN Yahya Golmohammadi
30 GK Iran IRN Farshid Karimi

Transfers[]

In[]

No P Name Age Moving from Transfer
fee 		Type Transfer
window 		Source
6 DM Karim Bagheri 31 Qatar Al Sadd – Free Transfer Summer
12 DM Aref Mohammadvand 32 Zob Ahan – Free Transfer Summer
13 CB Mojtaba Shiri 22 Bargh Shiraz – Free Transfer Summer
15 LW Mehrdad Minavand 26 United Arab Emirates Al Shabab – Free Transfer Summer
19 CF Payan Rafat 32 United Arab Emirates Hatta – Free Transfer Summer
23 RW Ali Salmani 23 Bargh Tehran $28,000 Transfer Summer
26 RW Hadi Mahdavikia 21 Germany Hamburger SV II – Free Transfer Summer
28 CB Yahya Golmohammadi 31 Foolad $70,000 Transfer Summer

Out[]

No P Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window 		Source
10 CM Hamed Kavianpour 24 United Arab Emirates Al Wasl undisclosed Transfer Summer
22 GK Mohammadreza Jounakizadeh Esteghlal Ahvaz – Free Transfer Summer
15 DM Esmaeil Halali 29 Sanat Naft – Free Transfer Summer
23 CF Laith Nobari 25 Released Contract expiration Summer
CM Javad Razzaghi 20 Slovakia Dunajská Streda – Free Transfer Summer

Technical staff[]

Position Staff
Head coach Iran Ali Parvin
Assistant coach Iran Nasser Ebrahimi
First Team coach Germany Hans-Dieter Schmidt
Physical fitness trainer Iran Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach Iran Vahid Ghelich
Doctor Iran Dr Farid Zarineh
Team Manager Iran Mahmoud Khordbin

Competition record[]

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 26 11 11 4 30 21 +9 042.31
Hazfi Cup 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 075.00
AFC Champions League 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 066.67
Total 33 16 11 6 39 25 +14 048.48

Iran Pro League[]

Main article: 2002–03 Iran Pro League

Standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 26 16 4 6 47 27 +20 52 Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
2 Pas 26 13 6 7 37 23 +14 45
3 Persepolis 26 11 11 4 30 21 +9 44
4 Fajr 26 11 9 6 28 21 +7 42
5 Paykan 26 10 7 9 27 24 +3 37
Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]
(C) Champion

Competitions[]

Iran Pro League[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
18 October 2002 (2002-10-18) 1 Bargh Shiraz 1 – 2 Persepolis Shiraz
A. Baghmisheh 26'
S. Zare Yellow card 45'
A. Abbasfard Red card 54'
M. Shiri Yellow card 60'		 Stats R. Jabbari 43', 78'
K. Bagheri Yellow card 70'
S. Entezari Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) 2 Persepolis 1 – 0 Paykan Tehran
A. Mohammadvand Yellow card 35'
A. Aslanian 90'		 Stats H. Memar Yellow card 74' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
1 November 2002 (2002-11-01) 3 Saipa 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
J. Kazemian 47' Stats S. Entezari 49' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
5 November 2002 (2002-11-05) 4 Persepolis 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
A. Ansarian Yellow card 65' Stats M. Hosseini Yellow card 34'
A. Vaziri 90' Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
21 November 2002 (2002-11-21) 5 Aboumoslem 0 – 1 Persepolis Mashhad
S. Beigi 75' Stats K. Bagheri Yellow card 37'
R. Jabbari Yellow card 65'
S. Entezari 76'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
6 December 2002 (2002-12-06) 6 Esteghlal Ahvaz 0 – 0 Persepolis Ahvaz
Yellow card 69' Stats Y. Golmohammadi Yellow card 35'
A. Mohammadvand Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
13 December 2002 (2002-12-13) 7 Persepolis 2 – 0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
B. Rahbarifar Yellow card 35'
P. Rafat 35'
R. Jabbari Yellow card 74'
Y. Golmohammadi 79'		 Stats Yellow card 20' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
19 December 2002 (2002-12-19) 8 Pas 0 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
J. Nekounam Yellow card 45'
Red card 62'
Yellow card 70'		 Stats E. Asadi Yellow card 14'
P. Rafat 19'
Y. Golmohammadi Yellow card 25'
S. Entezari Yellow card 37'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
27 December 2002 (2002-12-27) 9 Persepolis 1 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
P. Rafat 12'
R. Shahroudi Yellow card 35'
P. Jamshidi Yellow card 54'
E. Asadi Yellow card 84'		 Stats Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
2 January 2003 (2003-01-02) 10 Sepahan 2 – 1 Persepolis Isfahan
E. Bezik 23'
S. Bayat Yellow card 49'
A. Talebnasab Yellow card 49'
M. Navidkia 85'		 Stats A. Peyrovani Yellow card 26'
H. Khanmohmmadi Yellow card 37'
A. Ansarian 60'		 Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
10 January 2003 (2003-01-10) 11 Persepolis 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tabriz
H. Estili Yellow card 55'
A. Mohammadvand Yellow card 62'
A. Ansarian 70' (pen)
P. Rafat Yellow card 86'
E. Asadi Yellow card 90'		 Stats A. Samereh 1'
M. Pashazadeh Yellow card 19'
A. Akbapour Yellow card 38'
M. Hasheminasab Yellow card 49'
A. Nikbakht Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Italy Roberto Rosetti
17 January 2003 (2003-01-17) 12 Malavan 1 – 1 Persepolis Anzali
A. Ashourizad Yellow card 42'
M. Gholamin 69' Yellow card 79'		 Stats Y. Golmohammadi Yellow card 41'
A. Mohammadvand 79'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
23 January 2003 (2003-01-23) 13 Persepolis 3 – 3 Foolad Tehran
A. Ansarian 21' Yellow card 75'
B. Rahbarifar Yellow card 35'
Y. Golmohammadi 37'
P. Rafat 53'		 Stats B. Seraj 4', 27'
H. Kaabi 11' Yellow card 14'
Yellow card 39'
Yellow card 65'
Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
14 February 2003 (2003-02-14) 14 Persepolis 0 – 0 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Y. Bahonar Yellow card 45' Stats Yellow card 56' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
23 February 2003 (2003-02-23) 15 Paykan 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
A. Modir Roosta 5'
D. Haghdoost Yellow card 15'
Yellow card 38'
M. Vaezi Yellow card 86'		 Stats S. Entezari Yellow card 14'
P. Rafat Yellow card 54'
A. Salmani 60'
M. Tartar Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
6 April 2003 (2003-04-06) 18 Persepolis 1 – 0 Aboumoslem Tehran
S. Entezari 14'
R. Jabbari Yellow card 32'		 Stats E. Yousefi Yellow card 36' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) 16 Persepolis 2 – 1 Saipa Tehran
A. Ansarian 3' (pen)
M. Barzegar 57'
S. Entezari Yellow card 75'		 Stats H. Jafari Yellow card 15'
M. Ayoubi Yellow card 36'
B. Gholampour Yellow card 59'
M. Momeni 83'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
15 April 2003 (2003-04-15) 19 Persepolis 2 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
A. Peyrovani 8' Yellow card 16'
A. Ansarian Yellow card 39'
E. Asadi 52'
M. Barzegar Yellow card 75'		 Stats 15'
Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
24 April 2003 (2003-04-24) 20 Fajr Sepasi 0 – 0 Persepolis Shiraz
Yellow card 35' Stats R. Jabbari Yellow card 62' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
7 May 2003 (2003-05-07) 21 Persepolis 0 – 0 Pas Tehran
A. Ansarian Red card 27'
P. Jamshidi Yellow card 54'		 Stats Yellow card 12'
M. Nosrati Yellow card 36'
A. Borhani Red card 68'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
12 May 2003 (2003-05-12) 22 Sanat Naft 0 – 0 Persepolis Abadan
Stats Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
16 May 2003 (2003-05-16) 17 Zob Ahan 3 – 2 Persepolis Fooladshahr
E. Taghipour Yellow card 15'
F. Bahadorani Yellow card 35'
R. Sahebi 42', 80' Yellow card 79'
A. Vaziri 62'
M. Salehinejad Yellow card 75'		 Stats S. Entezari 31'
R. Jabbari 70'		 Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
21 May 2003 (2003-05-21) 23 Persepolis 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
B. Rahbarifar Yellow card 65'
A. Ansarian 82'		 Stats Yellow card 16'
Yellow card 48'
62'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
13 June 2003 (2003-06-13) 24 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
A. Akbapour Yellow card 36' 63'
F. Majidi Red card 44'
M. Fekri Yellow card 75'
A. Mansourian Yellow card 80'
A. Samereh Red card 89'		 Stats Y. Golmohammadi 11' Yellow card 15'
B. Abolghasempour 50'
A. Peyrovani Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Slovakia Vladimir Hrinak
17 June 2003 (2003-06-17) 25 Persepolis 2 – 3 Malavan Tehran
H. Estili 31'
A. Peyrovani Yellow card 39'
F. Karimi Yellow card 45'
A. Ansarian Yellow card 65'
P. Rafat 68'		 Stats P. Nouri 4', 62'
E. Sadeghi Yellow card 23'
J. Shirzad 24'
M. Gholamalizad Yellow card 43'
A. Ashourizad Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
22 June 2003 (2003-06-22) 26 Foolad 0 – 2 Persepolis Ahvaz
J. Kameli-Mofrad Yellow card 12'
Red card 24'
H. Kaabi Red card 84'
A. Badavi Red card 88'		 Stats P. Rafat Yellow card 15'
Y. Golmohammadi Yellow card 28'
P. Jamshidi Yellow card 69'
A. Mohammadvand 77', 90+4'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: N/A

Hazfi Cup[]

Main article: 2002–03 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
1/16 Machine Sazi 0 – 1 Persepolis Tabriz
P. Rafat Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1/16 Persepolis 1 – 0 Machine Sazi Tehran
A. Peyrovani Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Machine Sazi 0–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

1/8 Persepolis 2 – 0 Malavan Tehran
R. Jabari
B. Rahbarifar 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1/8 Malavan 2 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 Persepolis Anzali
M. Hamrang
M. Gholamin 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Penalties
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Malavan 2–2 Persepolis on aggregate. Malavan won the game on penalties (3–0)

AFC Champions League[]

Main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
9 March 2003 (2003-03-09) 1 Al Talaba Iraq 0 – 1 Iran Persepolis Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Yahya Golmohammadi 62' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Japan Masayoshi Okada
11 March 2003 (2003-03-11) 2 Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 1 – 0 Iran Persepolis Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Anvarjon Soliev 22' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Japan Masayoshi Okada
13 March 2003 (2003-03-13) 3 Persepolis Iran 4 – 1 Turkmenistan Nisa Asgabat Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Khanmohammadi 14', 76'
Yahya Golmohammadi 47'
Amirhossein Aslanian 90'		 89' (pen) Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates

Scorers[]

No. Pos Nat Name Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
19 CF Iran Payan Rafat 5 1 0 6
8 CB Iran Ali Ansarian 5 0 0 5
28 CB Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 3 0 2 5
14 AM Iran Reza Jabbari 3 1 0 4
17 CF Iran Sohrab Entezari 4 0 0 4
12 DM Iran Aref Mohammadvand 3 0 0 3
3 RB Iran Hassan Khanmohammadi 0 0 2 2
5 CB Iran Afshin Peyrovani 1 1 0 2
11 CF Iran Amirhossein Aslanian 1 0 1 2
20 CB Iran Behrouz Rahbarifar 0 1 0 1
6 Players 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 4 5 39

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "مبلغ قرارداد پرسپولیسی ها در یک دهه پیش".
  2. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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