Persepolis F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry

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Persepolis-Sepahan rivalry
Perspolis VS Sepahan Kits.png
Other namesIran El Clasico
LocationIran Tehran, Iran
Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Arak Iran
TeamsPersepolis Football Club
Sepahan Sport Club
First meeting1–2
Sepahan – Persepolis
(11 February , 1972)
Latest meeting0–1
Sepahan – Persepolis
(29 December, 2021)
Statistics
Meetings total77 matches
Most winsPersepolis (27)
Most player appearancesMoharram Navidkia (23)
Top scorerEdmond Bezik (7)
Largest victoryPersepolis 6–0 Sepahan
1971–72 Local League
(19 March, 1972 (1972-03-19))
Sepahan (left) and Persepolis playing in 2015.

The rivalry between Persepolis and Sepahan is a footballing rivalry played between Iranian clubs Persepolis and Sepahan.

History[]

2006 Hazfi Cup Final[]

This rivalry started in 2006 when Sepahan and Persepolis contested the Hafzi Cup championship, Iranian football's second-most prestigious competition. After both teams battled to a 1–1 tie in the first leg in Tehran, the two sides returned to Esfahan's Nagshe Jahan Stadium for the pivotal second leg, when a champion would be crowned. The first half was uneventful. But in the second half, things would get explosive. Ebrahim Asadi gave the reds the lead at the 56-minute mark. With that, a Persepolis championship seemed to be a foregone conclusion. But just nine minutes later, Hamid Shafiee, who also scored the equalizer in the first leg, tied the game with a goal in the 64th minute. Neither team would do anything special in extra time, so the game went to penalty kicks.

In the fateful shootout, Sepahan got off to a bad start as Jalal Akbari missed his shot and Karim Bagheri gave Persepolis the lead. But Sheis Rezaei and Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht missed their shots, and Sepahan would go on to win 4–2 in the shootout.

2007 Hazfi Cup Semifinal[]

As expected, the two sides would meet again in next year's Hazfi Cup semifinal. This time the spoils would be decided in one game, and with Persepolis playing in front of 100,000 supporters in Azadi Stadium, they looked like a good bet for revenge. The reds got off to a good start by scoring midway through the second half on a penalty kick by Farzad Ashoubi. Persepolis would also have some chances to extend their lead. All was set for a Persepolis celebration when with just two minutes left, Sepahan earned a penalty of their own. Hadi Aghili converted with ease, silencing the crowd and sending the game into extra time.

In the extra sessions, nothing much happened from the home side and most Spectators hoped the game to go to penalty kicks again. But the Sepahan players never gave up and could not let the chance decide for the winner. Out of nowhere, Mahmoud Karimi, who had barely played all season for Sepahan, and was ignored by the government controlled media of Iran, emerged as an unlikely hero by scoring three goals in the span of just nine minutes to sink Persepolis 4–1. Sepahan would go on to win their second straight Hazfi Cup by beating Saba Battery 4–0 on aggregate, and Persepolis fans have found this harsh defeat heartbreaking and tough to forget.

2008 IPL Championship[]

Persepolis' fans after the match of Persepolis-Sepahan in the 2007–08 season

Throughout the 2007–2008 Iran Pro League season, Persepolis, under new head coach Afshin Ghotbi, was dominating the league. However, their one obstacle was still Sepahan, as they would be the only contender to bother Persepolis. In the middle of the season, Persepolis and Sepahan met at Esfahan's Fouladshahr Stadium. Sepahan won that game 2–1, handing Persepolis their first loss of the season. However, Sepahan would lose five points (reduced to three on an appeal) due to fan violence. But Persepolis also lost six points due to inability to pay former players. All things considered, Sepahan had a two-point lead over Persepolis at the top going into the last week of the season.

As fate would have it, the two teams would meet on the last day of the season in front 100,000 raucous fans in Azadi Stadium. Sepahan needed only a point to be crowned champs, while nothing less than a victory would do for the red giants. Persepolis got off to a dream start with a goal in the 18th minute from the league's top goalscorer, Mohsen Khalili. Khalili would also go on to hit the post and Persepolis was also denied a penalty kick on a controversial non-call by referee Saeed Mozafarri. Those misses would prove to be costly as 18-year-old sensation Ehsan Hajisafi would tie the game on a breakaway in the 30th minute. At halftime it remained 1–1, and Sepahan was just 45 minutes away from breaking the reds' hearts once more.

Throughout the second half, it was all one-way traffic as Ghotbi's men put four strikers upfront against Sepahan's defense, which still stood strong for almost the entire second half and did not allow Persepolis to get the imperative goal they needed. After 90 minutes plus five minutes of stoppage time, the score was still the same, and Sepahan was getting ready to celebrate. But this time, luck would shift Persepolis' way. A Khalili free kick bounced at the feet of Karim Bagheri. Bagheri's experience would take over from there, as he sent a high cross to Sepehr Heidari who headed the ball in the back of the net in the 96th minute, giving Persepolis the championship, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Heidari's goal earned him a spot in Persepolis lore and proved to be a historic and memorable moment in team history.

2009 Hazfi Cup Round of 16[]

The two teams would meet at the Azadi Stadium again, this time in the Round of 16 of the Hazfi Cup. This time, however, both teams had been through a very lackluster season as they both changed coaches twice during the regular season. Sepahan and Persepolis finished 4th and 5th respectively in the IPL, which meant a very underachieving season for both teams.

Persepolis would take an early lead on a 12th minute cracker by Maziar Zare. Since then, the game became more lively as both teams created numerous chances. Zare also missed a golden opportunity to double his goal tally and Persepolis' lead after missing a penalty kick. In second half stoppage time, Sepahan captain Moharram Navidkia also squandered a tailor-made opportunity by firing over the bar from just a few yards out. Persepolis would go on to the quarterfinals, where they went down 2–1 to Pas Hamedan.

The aftermath of this game was very ironic in the sense that Sepahan, despite crashing out of the Hazfi Cup, would still qualify for the AFC Champions League because neighbors Zob Ahan, who finished second (among the top three) in the IPL, won the Hazfi Cup, which gave 4th placed Sepahan qualification to the AFC Champions League. Persepolis, however, had nothing to show for their efforts after having a more expensive squad than last season, when they won the IPL.

2013 Hazfi Cup Final[]

The 2013 Hazfi Cup Final was the clubs' second meeting in the final where Sepahan won 4–2 over Persepolis in the penalties in 2006. The match was also the last match of Persepolis captain Mehdi Mahdavikia, a former Iran national football team and Hamburg SV midfielder. After failed to agree on a venue between Ahvaz, Mashhad and Tabriz, final venue was decided with draw which Azadi Stadium was announced as the venue for the 2013 final. The two teams finished 1-1 in regular time and 2-2 after extra-time. The game went to penalties and Sepahan defeated Persepolis 4-2 in the penalty shootout.[1]

All results[]

No. Date Persepolis vs Sepahan Persepolis' goal Sepahan's goal Venue Competition Comments
1 1972–Feb-11 2–1 Hossein Kalani – Mahmoud Khordbin Hamid Nadimian Isfahan Local League 2nd
2 1972–Mar-19 6–0 Homayoun Behzadi 11', 55' – Asghar Adibi 3' – Ali Parvin 57' – Mahmoud Khordbin 64' – Reza Vatankhah 83' Tehran Local League 2nd
3 1974–75 1–0 Ali Parvin Isfahan Takht Jamshid Cup 2nd
4 1974–75 3–0 Mohammad Dastjerdi (2) – Safar Iranpak Tehran Takht Jamshid Cup 2nd
5 1975–76 1–0 Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour Tehran Takht Jamshid Cup 3rd
6 1975–76 0–0 Isfahan Takht Jamshid Cup 3rd
7 1976–77 2–2 Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour – Ali Parvin ? – ? Tehran Takht Jamshid Cup 4th
8 1976–77 1–1 Jahangir Fatahi ? Isfahan Takht Jamshid Cup 4th
9 1977–78 3–0 Mahmoud Khordbin – Safar Iranpak – Ali Parvin Tehran Takht Jamshid Cup 5th
10 1977–78 0–0 Isfahan Takht Jamshid Cup 5th
11 1989–90 1–1 Morteza Kermani Moghaddam Hossein Talakesh Isfahan Qods League
12 1989–90 3–0 Reza Abedian – Rahim Yousefi – Karim Bavi Tehran Qods League
13 1991–92 3–0 Nasser Mohammadkhani (2) – Mojtaba Moharrami Tehran Azadegan Cup 1st
14 1991–92 0–0 Isfahan Azadegan Cup 1st
15 1993–94 3–0 Jamshid Shahmohammadi – Farshad Pious – Javad Manafi Tehran Azadegan Cup 3rd
16 1994-Jan-28 0–1 Hamid Motahari 80' Isfahan Azadegan Cup 3rd
17 1995–96 1–1 Hassan Shirmohammad ? Tehran Azadegan Cup 5th
18 1995–96 1–1 Behrouz Rahbarifar Karim Ghanbari Isfahan Azadegan League 5th
19 1996–97 2–2 Behrouz Rahbarifar – Edmond Bezik Levon Stepanyan – Hamid Memarian Tehran Azadegan League 6th
20 1996–97 0–1 Levon Stepanyan Isfahan Azadegan League 6th
21 1998–Oct-9 0–1 Levon Stepanyan Isfahan Azadegan League 8th
22 1999–Feb-22 3–1 Edmond Bezik (2) – Hamid Estili Davoud Dehghani Tehran Azadegan League 8th
23 1999-May 2–2 Alireza Emamifar – Esmaeil Halali Abdollah Veisi – Majid Basirat (p.) Tehran Hazfi Cup Quarter-Final[2]
24 1999-June 1–0 Edmond Bezik Isfahan Hazfi Cup Quarter-Final[3]
25 1999–Nov-20 0–0 Isfahan Azadegan League 9th
26 2000–Apr-28 1–0 Behnam Seraj 31' - Tehran Azadegan League 9th
27 2000–Dec-23 0–0 Isfahan Azadegan League 10th
28 2001–Apr-19 0–2 Seyyed Amin Mousavi 67', 86' Tabriz Azadegan League 10th
29 2001–Nov-23 0–0 - - Isfahan IPL 1st
30 2002–Mar-17 3–2 Behrouz Rahbarifar 23'(p.) – Amirhossein Aslanian 86' – Behnam Abolghasempour 90+3' Levon Stepanian 46' – Afshin Hajipour 64' Tehran IPL 1st
31 2003–Jan-02 1–2 Ali Ansarian Edmond Bezik – Moharram Navidkia Isfahan IPL 2nd
32 2003–May-19 1–1 Ali Ansarian Nasser Farshbaf Tehran IPL 2nd
33 2003–Sep-30 3–3 Reza Jabbari 23' – Ali Salmani 52' – Issa Traoré 73' Asghar Talebnasab 37' - Edmond Bezik 40', 48' Tehran IPL 3rd
34 2004–Jan-16 2–1 Afshin Peyrovani 54' – Pejman Jamshidi 89' Mahmoud Karimi 46' Isfahan IPL 3rd
35 2004–Oct-29 0–0 Isfahan IPL 4th
36 2005–May-15 1–2 Javad Kazemian 35' Rasoul Khatibi 28', 68' Tehran IPL 4th
37 2005–Dec-23 2–3 Javad Kazemian 35' – Pejman Nouri 56' Rasoul Khatibi 30', 68' – Hadi Jafari 52' Tehran IPL 5th
38 2006–Apr-21 0–2 Rasoul Khatibi 69' – Jaba Mujiri 85' Isfahan IPL 5th
39 2006–Sep-13 1–1 Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 48' Hamid Shafiei 73' Tehran Hazfi Cup Final
40 2006-Sep-22 1–1
(2–4) Pen.
Ebrahim Asadi 55' Hamid Shafiei 64' Isfahan Hazfi Cup Final
41 2006–Oct-22 0–0 Isfahan IPL 6th
42 2007-Feb-9 2–1 Abolfazl Hajizadeh 18' – Mehrzad Madanchi 89' Moharram Navidkia 78' Tehran IPL 6th
43 2007–May-29 1–4
(a.e.t)
Farzad Ashoobi 64'(p.) Hadi Aghili 86'(p.) – Mahmoud Karimi 108', 111', 117' Tehran Hazfi Cup Semi-Final
44 2007–Dec-31 1–2 Abbas Aghaei 80' Mohammad Nosrati 36'(o.g.) – Emad Ridha 41' Isfahan IPL 7th
45 2008–May-17 2–1 Mohsen Khalili 16' – Sepehr Heydari 90+6' Ehsan Hajsafi 29' Tehran IPL 7th
46 2008–Oct-26 3–2 Karim Bagheri 12' – Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 45' 64' Emad Ridha 28', 34' Tehran IPL 8th
47 2009–Feb-27 0–0 Isfahan IPL 8th
48 2009–Apr-30 1–0 Maziar Zare 12' Tehran Hazfi Cup 1/8
49 2009-Nov-28 1–2 Sepehr Heydari 65' Ibrahima Toure 27' – Hadi Aghili 90'(p.) Isfahan IPL 9th
50 2010–May-18 1–1 Hadi Norouzi 47' Mehdi Karimian 77' Tehran IPL 9th
51 2010–Sep-29 1–4 Tiago Fraga 31' Ibrahima Touré 41' – Hadi Aghili 66'(p.) – Khosro Heydari 73' – Reza Enayati 86' Tehran IPL 10th
52 2011–May-15 0–0 Isfahan IPL 10th
53 2011–May-29 0–0
(4–2) Pen.
Tehran Hazfi Cup 1/4
54 2011–Nov 19 0–0 Tehran IPL 11th
55 2012–Apr-12 1–1 Mohammad Nouri 86' Xhevahir Sukaj 81' Isfahan IPL 11th
56 2012–Sep-23 0–2 Adel Kolahkaj 51' – Xhevahir Sukaj 72' Isfahan IPL 12th
57 2013–Feb-26 1–0 Hadi Norouzi 90+2' Tehran IPL 12th
58 2013-May-05 2–2
(2–4) Pen.
Karim Ansarifard 24' – Mohammad Nouri 99' Xhevahir Sukaj 59' – Mohammad Gholami 106' Tehran Hazfi Cup Final
59 2013-Sep-20 0–2 Hadi Aghili 6'(p.) – Amin Jahan Alian 90+4' Isfahan IPL 13th
60 2014-Jan-31 2–0 Mohammad Abbaszadeh 12' – Hamidreza Aliasgari 18' Tehran IPL 13th
61 2014-Oct-3 0–1 Mehdi Sharifi 90+4' Isfahan IPL 14th
62 2015-Apr-16 1–2 Hadi Norouzi 44' Mehdi Sharifi 85' – Luciano Pereira 90+2' Tehran IPL 14th
63 2015-Aug-13 2–4 Mehdi Taremi 12' – Omid Alishah 32' Ehsan Hajsafi 8' – Michael Umaña 39'(o.g.) – Hadi Aghili 56'(p.) – Mohammadreza Khalatbari 82' Isfahan IPL 15th
64 2016-Feb-02 2–2 Ali Alipour 50' – Kamal Kamyabinia 75' Fozil Musaev 10' – Luciano Pereira 65' Tehran IPL 15th
65 2016-Sep-21 3–1 Omid Alishah 15' – Mehdi Taremi 61', 74' Ehsan Hajsafi 23' Isfahan IPL 16th
66 2017-Feb-18 2–1 Mehdi Taremi 57' – Ramin Rezaeian 88'(p.) Taleb Reykani 80'(p.) Tehran IPL 16th
67 2017-Sep-21 2–2 Mehdi Taremi 39'(p.) – Ali Alipour 74' Marwan Hussein 61' – Jalaleddin Alimohammadi 87– Isfahan IPL 17th
68 2018-Feb-3 2–0 Ali Alipour 10' – Shoja' Khalilzadeh 68' Tehran IPL 17th
69 2018-Dec-09 1–1 Ali Alipour 89'(p.) Ezzatollah Pourghaz 74' Isfahan IPL 18th
70 2019-Apr-26 0–0 Tehran IPL 18th
71 2019-May-29 1–0
(a.e.t)
Siavash Yazdani 120+1'(o.g.) Isfahan Hazfi Cup Semi-Final
72 2019-Sep-26 0–2 Kiros Stanlley 81' – Mohammad Mohebi 85' Tehran IPL 19th
73 2020-Feb-23 3–0
(awarded)
Isfahan IPL 19th [4]
74 2021-Jan-05 0–0 Tehran IPL 20th
75 2021-May-09 1–1 Issa Alekasir 55' Mohammad Mohebi 87' Isfahan IPL 20th
76 2021-Oct-08 3–1 Issa Alekasir, Jalal Hosseini, Hamed Pakdel Mohammad Reza Hosseini Tehran Freindly
77 2021-Dec-29 1–0 Kamal Kamyabinia 33' Arak IPL 21th

Summary of results[]

Apps Persepolis wins Draws Sepahan wins
League (before IPL) 26 11 11 4
IPL 41 12 16 13
Hazfi Cup 9 3 5 1
Total Official Matches 76 26 32 18
Freindlies 1 1 0 0
Grand Total 77 27 32 18
Position Teams Matches Wins Draws Loses Goals
For
Goals
Against
Goal
Difference
1
Persepolis
77
27
32
18
95
77
+18
2 Sepahan 77 18 32 27 77 95 –18

Trophies[]

Team Domestic International Grand Total
Iranian League Hazfi Cup Super Cup Domestic Total AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners' Cup International Total
Persepolis 14 6 4 24 0 1 1 25
Sepahan 5 4 0 9 0 0 0 9

Goal scorers[]

  • Players in Italic are still active in football playing.
  • Players in bold are still active for Persepolis or Sepahan.
Edmond Bezik, top goalscorer of rivalries
Rasoul Khatibi and Hadi Aghili who are Sepahan's highest scorers of rivalries.
Mehdi Taremi, Persepolis' highest scorer of rivalries
Nat. Player Club(s) League Cup Other Total
Iran Edmond Bezik Persepolis
Sepahan
3
3
1
0
0 7
Iran Rasoul Khatibi Sepahan 5 0 0 5
Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis 5 0 0 5
Iran Hadi Aghily Sepahan 4 1 0 5
Iran Ali Parvin Persepolis 4 0 0 4
Iran Ali Alipour Persepolis 4 0 0 4
Iran Mahmoud Karimi Sepahan 1 3 0 4
Iran Mahmoud Khordbin Persepolis 3 0 0 3
Iran Behrouz Rahbarifar Persepolis 3 0 0 3
Iran Levon Stepanyan Sepahan 3 0 0 3
Iraq Emad Mohammed Sepahan 3 0 0 3
Iran Hadi Norouzi Persepolis 3 0 0 3
Iran Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan 3 0 0 3
Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Persepolis 2 1 0 3
Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Sepahan 2 1 0 3
Iran Homayoun Behzadi Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Mohammad Dastjerdi Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Safar Iranpak Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Nasser Mohammadkhani Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Amin Mousavi Sepahan 2 0 0 2
Iran Ali Ansarian Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Javad Kazemian Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan 2 0 0 2
Iran Sepehr Heydari Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Senegal Ibrahima Toure Sepahan 2 0 0 2
Iran Mehdi Sharifi Sepahan 2 0 0 2
Brazil Luciano Pereira Sepahan 2 0 0 2
Iran Omid Alishah Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Mohammad Mohebi Sepahan 2 0 0 2
Iran Kamal Kamyabinia Persepolis 2 0 0 2
Iran Mohammad Nouri Persepolis 1 1 0 2
Iran Hamid Shafiei Sepahan 0 2 0 2
Iran Issa Alekasir Persepolis 1 0 1 2
Iran Hossein Kalani Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Hamid Nadimian Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Asghar Adibi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Reza Vatankhah Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Jahangir Fattahi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Morteza Kermani Moghaddam Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Hossein Talakesh Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Reza Abedian Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Rahim Yousefi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Karim Bavi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Mojtaba Moharrami Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Jamshid Shahmohammadi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Farshad Pious Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Javad Manafi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Hassan Shirmohammadi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Karim Ghanbari Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Hamid Memarian Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Hamid Estili Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Davoud Dehghani Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Behnam Seraj Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Afshin Hajipour Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Amirhossein Aslanian Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Behnam Abolghasempour Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Nasser Farshbaf Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Reza Jabbari Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Asghar Talebnasab Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Ali Salmani Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Mali Issa Traoré Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Afshin Peyrovani Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Pejman Jamshidi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Hadi Jafari Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Pejman Nouri Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Georgia (country) Jaba Mujiri Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Abolfazl Hajizadeh Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Mehrzad Madanchi Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Abbas Aghaei Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Mohsen Khalili Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Mehdi Karimian Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Brazil Tiago Fraga Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Khosro Heydari Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Reza Enayati Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Adel Kolahkaj Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Amin Jahan Alian Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Mohammad Abbaszadeh Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Hamidreza Aliasgari Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Uzbekistan Fozil Musaev Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Taleb Reykani Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Ramin Rezaeian Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iraq Marwan Hussein Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Jalaleddin Alimohammadi Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Shoja' Khalilzadeh Persepolis 1 0 0 1
Iran Ezzatollah Pourghaz Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Brazil Kiros Stanlley Sepahan 1 0 0 1
Iran Alireza Emamifar Persepolis 0 1 0 1
Iran Esmaeil Halali Persepolis 0 1 0 1
Iran Abdollah Veisi Sepahan 0 1 0 1
Iran Majid Basirat Sepahan 0 1 0 1
Iran Ebrahim Asadi Persepolis 0 1 0 1
Iran Farzad Ashoobi Persepolis 0 1 0 1
Iran Maziar Zare Persepolis 0 1 0 1
Iran Karim Ansarifard Persepolis 0 1 0 1
Iran Mohammad Gholami Sepahan 0 1 0 1
Iran Mohammad Reza Hosseini Sepahan 0 0 1 1
Iran Jalal Hosseini Persepolis 0 0 1 1
Iran Hamed Pakdel Persepolis 0 0 1 1

League = "Iranian League" ; Cup = "Hazfi Cup"

Hat-tricks[]

Mahmoud Karimi, the only hat-tricker of rivalry

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence
Player No. of
goals
Time of goals Representing Final
score
Opponent Tournament
1. Iran Mahmoud Karimi Sibaki 3 108', 111', 117' Sepahan 4–1 Persepolis 2006–07 Hazfi Cup

Most successful coaches[]

  • Coaches in bold are still active for Persepolis or Sepahan.
Rank Head coach Club Matches Win Draw Lost Winning rate
1 Iran Ali Parvin Persepolis 17 6 7 4 35%
2 England Alan Rogers Persepolis 4 4 0 0 100%
3 Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Persepolis 7 4 3 0 57%
4 Croatia Branko Ivanković Persepolis 10 4 4 2 40%
5 Iran Hossein Faraki Sepahan 3 3 0 0 100%
6 Iran Amir Ghalenoei Sepahan 10 3 5 2 30%
7 Brazil Edson Tavares Sepahan 2 2 0 0 100%
8 IranUnited States Afshin Ghotbi Persepolis 3 2 0 1 66%
9 Croatia Luka Bonačić Sepahan 6 2 3 1 33%

Notable matches[]

Persepolis Sepahan match in 1997

Persepolis won Sepahan in front of over 110’000 fans and became 2007–08 IPL champion. Mohsen Khalili scored a spectacular volley from 20 yards to give Persepolis the lead, But Ehsan Hajysafi equalised a few minutes later. With ninety minutes over, the injury time was nearly finished but Khalili again shot a deflected free-kick, Finding Karim Bagheri in the box. Bagheri turned and crossed the ball for Sepehr Heidari, who scored the second goal with a header to win the match for his team.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sepahan wins Iran's Hazfi Cup in penalty shootout". payvand.com. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  2. ^ سپاهان صفر- پرسپولیس 1( یک چهارم نهایی جام حذفی 77-78)
  3. ^ سپاهان صفر- پرسپولیس 1( یک چهارم نهایی جام حذفی 77-78)
  4. ^ "Disciplinary Committee declared verdict of Sepahan vs. Persepolis match/Persepolis' win and Sepahan's heavy punishment". tasnimnews.com. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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