2012–13 Sepahan F.C. season

Sepahan

2012–13 season
Chairman	Alireza Rahimi
Manager	Zlatko Kranjčar
Stadium	Foolad Shahr Stadium
Iran Pro League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Champions
AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (13) All: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (16) Xhevahir Sukaj (16)
Highest home attendance	9,280 vs Al Ahli (AFC Champions League, 19 September 2012)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Gahar (Iran Pro League, 22 November 2012)
Average home league attendance	3,643
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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[]

First team squad[]

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		GK	2012	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 32)	Zob Ahan	11	0
27	Mehdi Amini		GK	2012	(1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 25)	(Youth system)	0	0
30	Mohammad Nasseri		GK	2011	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 28)	(Youth system)	0	0
35	Shahab Gordan		GK	2013	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 37)	Persepolis	17	0
36	Mohammad Mahmoudvand		GK	2013	(1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 36)	Aboumoslem	0	0
Defenders
3	Farshid Talebi		CB	2012	(1981-08-24) 24 August 1981 (age 40)	Zob Ahan	29	3
5	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi		CB	2012	(1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 38)	Zob Ahan	28	0
6	Milan Susak		CB, RB	2012	(1984-01-29) 29 January 1984 (age 37)	Tianjin Teda	11	0
11	Mohsen Irannejad		LB, LWB	2012	(1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 36)	Shahin Bushehr	15	0
17	Abolhassan Jafari		RB, RWB	2007	(1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 31)	(Youth system), Malavan	51	0
18	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand		CB	2012	(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 28)	(Youth system)	2	0
28	Ehsan Hajsafi		LB, LWB	2006	(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 31)	(Youth system), Tractor Sazi	143	22
38	Ervin Bulku		RB, DM, RM	2012	(1981-03-03) 3 March 1981 (age 40)	AZAL Baku	21	1
Midfielders
4	Moharram Navidkia (captain)		AM	1998	(1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 38)	(Youth system), VfL Bochum	253	40
9	Mehdi Jafarpour		RM, RB	2005	(1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 37)	(Youth system), PAS Hamedan	119	8
10	Hossein Papi		LM, RM	2004	(1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 36)	(Youth system), Sepahan Novin	116	1
12	Ali Karimi		CM	2012	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 27)	(Youth system)	0	0
15	Omid Ebrahimi		DM	2010	(1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 34)	Sh. Bandar Abbas	82	14
20	Ahmad Jamshidian		AM, RM	2008	(1984-05-16) 16 May 1984 (age 37)	Rah Ahan	115	20
23	Amin Jahan Alian		RM, AM	2012	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 30)	(Youth system)	18	3
24	Akbar Imani		CM	2010	(1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 29)	(Youth system)	6	0
32	Hamid Reza Kazemi		CM, AM	2011	(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 29)	(Youth system)	1	0
Forwards
8	Mohammad Gholami		CF	2012	(1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 38)	Damash	25	0
14	Xhevahir Sukaj		CF	2012	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 33)	Gençlerbirliği	42	13
21	Radomir Đalović		CF	2012	(1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 38)	FC Amkar Perm	26	4
25	Mehdi Sharifi		CF	2012	(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 29)	(Youth system)	0	0
26	Ali Choupani		CF	2012	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 28)	(Youth system)	0	0
33	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari		CF, SS	2012	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 38)	Al Wasl FC	32	13

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Appearance(s)	Goal(s)
22	Reza Mohamadi		GK	2011	(1985-06-14) 14 June 1985 (age 36)	Iranjavan	8	0
2	Hassan Ashjari		LB, LWB	2011	(1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 (age 42)	Steel Azin	38	1
6	Hadi Tamini		CB, SW	2011	(1981-08-23) 23 August 1981 (age 40)	Malavan	27	2
7	Milad Zeneyedpour		LM, RM	2012	(1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 35)	Damash	6	0
40	Adel Kolahkaj		CM, LM	2012	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 (age 36)	Mes Kerman	8	1

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

Iran Pro League squad[]

As of 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  IRN Mohammad-Bagher Sadeghi 3 DF  IRN Farshid Talebi 4 MF  IRN Moharram Navidkia (captain) 5 DF  IRN Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi 6 DF  AUS Milan Susak 8 FW  IRN Mohammad Gholami 9 MF  IRN Mehdi Jafarpour 10 MF  IRN Hossein Papi (3rd vice-captain) 11 DF  IRN Mohsen Irannejad 12 MF  IRN Ali Karimi 14 FW  ALB Xhevahir Sukaj 15 MF  IRN Omid Ebrahimi (2nd vice-captain) 17 DF  IRN Abolhassan Jafari 18 DF  IRN Mohammad Hossein Moradmand

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  IRN Ahmad Jamshidian (1st vice-captain) 21 FW  MNE Radomir Đalović 23 MF  IRN Amin Jahan Alian 24 MF  IRN Akbar Imani 25 FW  IRN Mehdi Sharifi 26 FW  IRN 27 GK  IRN Mehdi Amini 28 DF  IRN Ehsan Hajsafi 30 GK  IRN Mohammad Nasseri 32 MF  IRN Hamid Reza Kazemi 33 FW  IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 35 GK  IRN Shahab Gordan 36 GK  IRN Mohammad Mahmoudvand 38 DF  ALB Ervin Bulku

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

Transfers[]

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

Summer[]

Winter[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

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[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal (C)	34	19	10	5	42	18	+24	67	2014 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
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

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

Results by round[]

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Hazfi Cup[]

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

AFC Champions League 2012[]

Quarter-finals[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

AFC Champions League 2013[]

Group Stage[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

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		Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	15	0	11+0+0	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+1	0	1+0+0	0
2	DF		Hassan Ashjari	17	0	12+3+0	0	0+0+0	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
3	DF		Farshid Talebi	40	6	27+2+0	3	4+0+0	1	2+0+0	1	4+1+0	1
4	MF		Moharram Navidkia	39	8	16+12+1	8	0+5+0	0	1+1+0	0	1+0+2	0
5	DF		Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	40	1	23+2+3	0	4+0+1	0	2+0+0	0	5+0+0	1
6	DF		Hadi Tamini	10	2	9+0+1	2	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
6	DF		Milan Susak	18	0	8+2+1	0	3+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	4+0+0	0
7	MF		Milad Zeneyedpour	6	0	0+4+2	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
8	FW		Mohammad Gholami	35	4	3+5+17	0	1+2+1	2	0+0+1	0	2+0+3	2
9	MF		Mehdi Jafarpour	18	0	5+4+5	0	1+0+0	0	1+1+0	0	0+1+0	0
10	MF		Hossein Papi	33	0	11+6+5	0	3+1+1	0	0+0+0	0	3+0+3	0
11	DF		Mohsen Irannejad	24	0	2+1+12	0	2+1+1	0	0+0+0	0	2+0+3	0
12	MF		Ali Karimi	1	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+1	0
14	FW		Xhevahir Sukaj	44	16	3+11+18	11	0+2+3	2	0+0+2	0	3+1+1	3
15	MF		Omid Ebrahimi	44	9	30+2+0	8	4+0+0	0	1+1+0	0	5+1+0	1
17	DF		Abolhassan Jafari	31	0	16+5+3	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	3+1+1	0
18	DF		Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	2	0	1+0+1	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
20	MF		Ahmad Jamshidian	29	3	2+5+14	3	0+1+2	0	0+0+2	0	0+3+0	0
21	FW		Radomir Đalović	33	6	7+10+9	4	0+0+2	0	0+2+0	0	3+0+0	2
22	GK		Reza Mohamadi	8	0	6+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
23	MF		Amin Jahan Alian	27	4	3+12+3	3	0+2+2	0	0+0+0	0	2+2+1	1
24	MF		Akbar Imani	2	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+1	0	0+0+0	0	0+1+0	0
25	FW		Mehdi Sharifi	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
26	FW		Ali Choupani	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
27	GK		Mehdi Amini	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
28	DF		Ehsan Hajsafi	24	2	15+1+0	2	1+1+1	0	0+0+0	0	2+2+1	0
30	GK		Mohammad Nasseri	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
32	MF		Hamid Reza Kazemi	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
33	FW		Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	45	16	22+10+0	13	5+0+0	2	1+1+0	0	3+2+1	1
35	GK		Shahab Gordan	25	0	17+0+0	0	3+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	5+0+0	0
36	GK		Mohammad Mahmoudvand	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
38	DF		Ervin Bulku	31	2	19+1+1	1	5+0+0	1	2+0+0	0	1+2+0	0
40	MF		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[]

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	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	13	2	0	1	16
14	FW	Xhevahir Sukaj	11	2	0	3	16
15	MF	Omid Ebrahimi	8	0	0	1	9
4	MF	Moharram Navidkia	8	0	0	0	8
21	FW	Radomir Đalović	4	0	0	2	6
3	DF	Farshid Talebi	3	1	1	1	6
23	MF	Amin Jahan Alian	3	0	0	1	4
8	FW	Mohammad Gholami	0	2	0	2	4
20	MF	Ahmad Jamshidian	3	0	0	0	3
6	DF	Hadi Tamini	2	0	0	0	2
28	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	2	0	0	0	2
38	DF	Ervin Bulku	1	1	0	0	2
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj	1	0	0	0	1
5	DF	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[]

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
33	FW	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0
5	DF	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
15	MF	Omid Ebrahimi	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	DF	Farshid Talebi	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	2
38	DF	Ervin Bulku	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
17	DF	Abolhassan Jafari	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1
21	FW	Radomir Đalović	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	FW	Xhevahir Sukaj	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	DF	Milan Susak	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
28	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
6	DF	Hadi Tamini	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	MF	Mehdi Jafarpour	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF	Moharram Navidkia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	DF	Mohsen Irannejad	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF	Hassan Ashjari	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF	Milad Zeneyedpour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Amin Jahan Alian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
35	GK	Shahab Gordan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	GK	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	FW	Mohammad Gholami	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF	Hossein Papi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF	Hossein Moradmand	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK	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[]

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	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	11	10	2	1	1	4	1	1	15	16	4
22	GK	Reza Mohamadi	6	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	8	4
35	GK	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[]

Last updated on 11 May 2013

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

Total minutes played[]

Last updated on 11 May 2013

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

Overall statistics[]

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[]

Coaching staff[]

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

Other personnel[]

President	Alireza Rahimi
Vice President	Mohammad Reza Saket

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

Grounds[]

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

See also[]

• 2012 AFC Champions League
• 2013 AFC Champions League
• 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2012–13 Hazfi Cup

References[]

External links[]

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League