List of Persepolis F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Persepolis Football Club in Iranian and Asian football, from 1963 to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Iranian league that season.

Key[]

Key to league competitions:

Seasons[]

Season	League									Hazfi Cup	Asia		Other		League's Top scorer		Manager	Fans
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos		Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Name	Goals
1968–69	ACCQ	4	3	1	0	6	1	7	1st	NH	Champion Club Tournament	GS	Tehran Hazfi Cup	RU			Parviz Dehdari
1969–70	TFL	15	5	2	8	19	24	12	11th		DNE	—
1970–71	Loc TFL	4 14	2 10	0 4	2 0	10 25	6 3	4 24	4th 2nd		DNE	—			Hossein Kalani	7	Hossein Fekri
1971–72	Loc	14	13	0	1	45	6	26	1st		NH	—			Hossein Kalani Safar Iranpak	11	Alan Rogers
1972–73	TFL	15	5	4	6	12	15	14	9th
1973–74	TJC	22	15	7	0	46	4	37	1st						Hossein Kalani Safar Iranpak	8
1974–75	TJC	22	12	7	3	32	13	31	2nd
1975–76	TJC	30	16	12	2	36	12	42	1st	R16					Safar Iranpak	10	Behzadi / Vatankhah
1976–77	TJC	30	10	17	3	25	18	37	2nd	R16
1977–78	TJC	30	14	10	6	45	27	38	2nd	NH					Alan Whittle	9	Mansour Amirasefi
1978–79	TJC	Not completed due to Iranian Revolution													Ali Parvin	5	Mehrab Shahrokhi
1979–80	Espandi Cup								1st
1980–81	TFL	Not held due to start of Iran–Iraq War
1981–82	TFL	13	5	7	1	19	14	17	2nd				Tehran Hazfi Cup	RU	Abbas Kargar	5	Shahrokhi / Parvin
1982–83	TFL	17	13	4	0	39	5	30	1st				Tehran Hazfi Cup	W	Ali Parvin	15	Ali Parvin
1983–84	TFL	17	12	2	3	33	14	26	2nd						Nasser Mohammadkhani	13
1984–85	TFL	Not finished													Ali Parvin	9
1985–86	TFL	9	4	2	3	11	11	10	5th						—
1986–87	TFL	8	6	2	0	16	4	14	1st	R16					Farshad Pious	7
1987–88	TFL	17	13	2	2	31	8	28	1st	W			Tehran Hazfi Cup	W	Farshad Pious	13
1988–89	TFL	15	11	4	0	28	7	37	1st	SF	Asian Club Championship	QGR			Farshad Pious	13
1989–90	QL TFL	20 15	11 12	9 2	0 1	34 28	10 6	31 26	2nd 1st	NH	DNE	—
1990–91	TFL	17	13	4	0	34	8	30	1st	SF	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	W			Farshad Pious	16
1991–92	Div 1 TFL	22 15	13 11	5 2	4 2	30 27	12 9	31 24	3rd 2nd	W	DNE	—			Farshad Pious Farshad Pious	11 16
1992–93	Div 1	14	6	6	2	25	8	18	2nd	NH	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	RU			Hassan Shirmohammadi	8
1993–94	Div 1	26	10	11	5	40	25	31	2nd	QF	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	QF					Khordbin / Panjali
1994–95	Div 1	22	14	5	3	53	17	33	4th	R16	DNE	—			Farshad Pious	20	/ Derakhshan
1995–96	Div 1	30	15	12	3	33	18	57	1st	withdre.	DNE	—					Gede / Poklepović
1996–97	Div 1	30	17	8	5	52	24	59	1st	withdre. b. SF	Asian Club Championship	3rd					Poklepović / Derakhshan
1997–98	Div 1	withdrew due to international commitments								NH	Asian Club Championship	4th					Derakhshan / Matković
1998–99	Div 1	30	19	8	3	56	21	65	1st	W	DNE	—			Edmond Bezik	11	Ali Parvin
1999–2000	Div 1	26	15	9	2	45	23	54	1st	withdre. b. R16	Asian Club Championship	3rd			Behnam Seraj	11
2000–01	Div 1	22	13	7	2	36	16	46	2nd	R16	Asian Club Championship	3rd			Behrouz Rahbarifar	7
2001–02	IPL	26	13	10	3	36	23	49	1st	QF	DNE	—			Sohrab Entezari	9
2002–03	IPL	26	11	11	4	30	21	44	3rd	R16	2002–03 ACL	GS			Ali Ansarian Payan Rafat	5
2003–04	IPL	26	10	9	7	42	28	39	5th	R16	DNE	—			Ali Daei	16	Vinko Begović
2004–05	IPL	30	16	7	7	43	27	55	4th	R16	DNE	—			Javad Kazemian	9	Rainer Zobel
2005–06	IPL	30	9	11	10	39	40	32[1]	13th	RU	DNE	—			Javad Kazemian	11	Parvin / Haan	30,330
2006–07	IPL	30	14	11	5	49	33	53	3rd	SF	DNE	—			Mehrzad Madanchi	10	Mustafa Denizli	40,350
2007–08	IPL	34	18	11	5	55	34	59[2]	1st	R16	DNE	—			Mohsen Khalili	18	Afshin Ghotbi	60,380
2008–09	IPL	34	15	10	9	50	41	55	5th	QF	2009 ACL	R16			Ibrahima Touré	11	Ghotbi / Peyrovani / Vingada	47,952
2009–10	IPL	34	13	14	7	46	40	53	4th	W	DNE	—			Karim Bagheri	10	Kranjčar / Daei	47,826
2010–11	IPL	34	17	7	10	50	36	58	4th	W	2011 ACL	GS			Mohammad Nouri	9	Ali Daei	30,769
2011–12	IPL	34	10	12	12	50	54	42	12th	QF	2012 ACL	R16			Ali Karimi	11	Estili / Denizli	50,600
2012–13	IPL	34	12	14	8	41	31	50	7th	RU	DNE	—			Karim Ansarifard	8	Manuel José / Golmohammadi	67,980
2013–14	IPL	30	16	8	6	34	15	55[3]	2nd	QF	DNE	—			Khalatbari Seyed-Salehi	6	Ali Daei	69,110
2014–15	IPL	30	9	9	12	31	35	36	8th	SF	2015 ACL	R16			Mehdi Taremi	7	Daei / Derakhshan / Ivanković	15,768
2015–16	IPL	30	16	9	5	50	34	57	2nd	QF	DNE	—			Mehdi Taremi	16	Branko Ivanković	71,071[4]
2016–17	IPL	30	20	6	4	46	14	66	1st	R64	2017 ACL	R16↓			Mehdi Taremi	18		48,567
2017–18	IPL	30	19	7	4	48	15	64	1st	QF	2017 ACL 2018 ACL	SF R16↓	Iranian Super Cup	W	Ali Alipour	19		39,786
2018–19	IPL	30	16	13	1	36	14	61	1st	W	2018 ACL 2019 ACL	RU GS	Iranian Super Cup	W	Ali Alipour	14		40,300
2019–20	IPL	30	21	4	5	46	17	67	1st	SF	2020 ACL	↓	Iranian Super Cup	W	Ali Alipour	12	Calderón / Golmohammadi	27,556
2020–21	IPL	30	19	10	1	47	14	67	1st	QF	2020 ACL 2021 ACL	RU R16↓	Iranian Super Cup	W	Ahmad Nourollahi	10	Yahya Golmohammadi	NC
2021–22	IPL	16	10	5	1	22	10	35	2nd	QF	2021 ACL 2022 ACL	QF Disqualify	Iranian Super Cup	RU	Mehdi Abdi	5
Total National League		1006	509	326	171	%W:50.59		1702
Grand Total		1216	645	374	197	%W:53.04		1959

Squads[]

This is selection of the most famous squads of Persepolis Football club from 1963 to the most recent completed season.^[5]

Famous Squads[]

This section needs expansion. You can help by . (June 2008)

Memorable matches[]

• Persepolis F.C. vs Jam Abadan
  1967

Persepolis was a weak team and played in 2nd Division at that time. Although it was a friendly match, but it was the birth of a new pole in Iranian football. 4 of Shahin players played for Persepolis at that match : Ebrahim Ashtiani, Nazem Ganjapour, Kazem Rahimi (as Captain) and . After it rest of Shahin players joined Persepolis.

• Persepolis F.C. 0-1 Paykan F.C.
  December 22, 1970

Paykan used Persepolis’ previous season players except of Aziz Asli and Mahmoud Khordbin and Persepolis played with a young line-up because of contract between Abdo and Khayami. Ali Parvin scored Paykan's victorious goal!

• Persepolis F.C. 6-0 Esteghlal
  September 7, 1973

Persepolis’ the best ever result in Tehran derby. Being beaten by 6 goals of their old Rivals and enemies was so shameful for Esteghlal. Homayoun Behzadi hattricked, Iraj Soleimani Scored twice and another goal scored by Hossein Kalani.

• Persepolis F.C. 5-0 Homa F.C.
  July 8, 1988

Homa was a respected team and was beaten by 5 goals. Behrouz Soltani Goalkeeper of Persepolis played as a striker and scored a goal!

• Persepolis F.C. 0 (4)-0 (2) Esteghlal
  February, 1989

This is one of few times the two clubs have met each other in the Hazfi Cup. The match finished scoreless in regulation time, and extra-time was eventless. Persepolis beat Esteghlal 4–2 in penalty shootouts to advance to the next stage in the Hazfi Cup.

• Persepolis F.C. 0-3 Esteghlal
  January 11, 1995

In the 38th derby Persepolis was leading in the match by a score of 2-0 until the last 10 minutes of the match. Esteghlal scored 2 goals in quick succession, including one which was a penalty. This angered the Persepolis fans and players who felt the referee was biased towards Esteghlal. Persepolis fans stormed the field, and many fights broke out on the pitch between fans and players. After this match it was decided that Iranian referees will no longer be used for the derby.

• Persepolis F.C. 2-2 Esteghlal
  December 29, 2000

One of the most exciting and heated matches in derby history. The game was extremely sensitive as Mehdi Hasheminasab had left Persepolis in the off-season for Esteghlal. Behrouz Rahbarifar opened up the scoring in minute 56, while Mohammad Navazi tied the game up at the 67th minute. Many thought the game would be over when Hasheminasab scored a late goal at minute 86, but Ali Karimi saved Persepolis scoring a spectacular goal at minute 89 to please the red fans. During the game Esteghlal's goalkeeper Parviz Broumand and Persepolis striker Payan Rafat were constantly insulting each other. This eventually led to Broumand punching Rafat in the face and giving him a black eye. A massive fight broke out between the players. After the match hooligans went on a rampage. They completely destroyed 250 city buses and damaged many shops. Three players from each side were arrested along with 60 fans for their behavior.

• Persepolis F.C. 1-0 Fajr Sepasi
  May 28, 2002

Persepolis' win against Fajr Sepasi on the last day of the 2001–02 league with Ebrahim Asadi's header just after he substituted gave them the title of first ever IPL champions.

• Persepolis F.C. 1-2 Bayern Munich^[6]
  January 2, 2006

It was the retirement match for Ahmadreza Abedzadeh. Ali Karimi was one of Bayern players and played against his former club. Ali Ansarian scored for Persepolis .

• Persepolis F.C. 2-1 Sepahan
  May 17, 2008

Persepolis won Sepahan in front of over 100’000 fans and became 2007–08 IPL champion. Mohsen Khalili lead Persepolis, After a while Ehsan Hajsafi tied game and it meant Sepahan is the champion. In 90+6th min when everyone was chill, in a chancy position, Captain Karim Bagheri Sent a Pass and Sepehr Heidari's Header lead Persepolis and gave them championship.

• Persepolis 3-2 Esteghlal
  February 2, 2012

After losing four times in a row, Persepolis and its fans were desperate for a win over their blue rivals. Head coach Mustafa Denizli had returned to the reds for the second half of the season and had previously experienced victory over Esteghlal back in 2006. Persepolis found themselves 2-0 down yet again and had Mehrdad Oladi very harshly sent off for what was seen as just a foul. Mazloumi and blues fans were beginning celebrations of yet another victory over their rivals as Persepolis fans began to leave the stadium when suddenly newly signed forward Eamon Zayed bagged a goal back for the reds in the 82nd minute. Persepolis were lifted by this goal and Zayed immediately connected with Mehdi Mahdavikia's excellent cross a minute later and levelled the score to 2–2 with a fine header. The last five minutes of the game was very open with Persepolis looking more lively and in the 92nd minute of the match, Hossein Badamaki's cross found Zayed yet again and the Libyan striker turned his defender and finished brilliantly to round off a historic hat-trick and great win for Persepolis and its fans.

• Persepolis 4-2 Esteghlal
  April 15, 2016

This derby was highly anticipated and vital for both teams as they were competing for the top spot in the Iran Pro League table. Persepolis came into this match with an excellent form and were regarded as favourites to win; however, Esteghlal was in 2nd place above their archrival on goal difference. In a highly entertaining and end-to-end game, the red-clad Persepolis netted twice in each half to beat the blue-shirted Esteghlal 4–2 in their 82nd derby in Tehran on a rainy Friday and be the new Iran Pro League table-topper in the 26th week. The league's top scorer Mehdi Taremi (2), Ramin Rezaeian, Mohsen Mosalman scored for the reds; Jaber Ansari, Omid Ebrahimi (penalty) scored for the blues. After Red's captain Hadi Norouzi had died earlier in the season due to a heart attack in his sleep, Persepolis players and fans labelled the scoreline in reference to Norouzi's shirt number of 24.

See also[]

Persepolis F.C.
Persepolis F.C. Honours
Takht Jamshid Cup
17th of Shahrivar league
Azadegan League
Iran Pro League
AFC Champions League
Asian Cup Winners' Cup

References[]