2022–23 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2022–23 season
Chairman	Reza Darvish
Manager	Yahya Golmohammadi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	Winners
Hazfi Cup	final
Top goalscorer	League: Mehdi Torabi (7); All: Giorgi Gvelesiani (10)
Biggest win	5-1 vs Nassaji; 4-0 vs Gol Gohar; 4-0 vs Nassaji
Biggest defeat	0-1 vs Tractor; 0-1 vs Foolad; 0-1 vs Havadar; 0-1 vs Sepahan
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the Persepolis's 22nd season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 40th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. In addition to the domestic league, Persepolis will also participate in this season's Hazfi Cup competitions.

Squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
1	Alireza Beiranvand	(1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 (age 32)	GK	2022	132	0	0	2025	Royal Antwerp	Free	5th Captain
22	Amirreza Rafiei	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	GK	2022	0	0	0	2025	Nassaji	Free	U-23
44	Mehrshad Asadi	(2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23)	GK	2022	0	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-23
99	Ahmad Gohari	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28)	GK	2022	5	0	0	2025	Sanat Naft	Free
Defenders
3	Farshad Faraji	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 30)	DF	2021	31	1	0	2023	Padideh	Free
5	Danial Esmaeilifar	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 31)	DF	2022	6	0	0	2024	Sepahan	Free
6	Ali Nemati	(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29)	DF	2021	24	4	2	2024	Padideh	Free
8	Morteza Pouraliganji	(1992-04-19) 19 April 1992 (age 32)	DF	2022	3	0	0	2024	Shenzhen	Free
15	Abolfazl Soleimani	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	DF	2022	0	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-23
30	Giorgi Gvelesiani	(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33)	DF	2022	6	0	0	2024	Sepahan	Free
38	Ali Joudaki	(2000-08-22) 22 August 2000 (age 24)	DF	2021	0	0	0	2024	Academy	Free	U-23
66	Vakhdat Khanonov	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 24)	DF	2021	7	0	0	2024	Istiklol	€150,000	U-23
Midfielders
2	Omid Alishah	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32)	MF	2013	192	17	38	2023	Rah Ahan	Free	Captain
7	Soroush Rafiei	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 34)	MF	2022	38	5	3	2024	Sepahan	Free
9	Mehdi Torabi	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 30)	MF	2018	97	23	30	2024	Al Arabi	Free
10	Milad Sarlak	(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29)	MF	2020	71	3	3	2023	Padideh	Free
11	Kamal Kamyabinia	(1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 35)	MF	2015	196	22	9	2024	Naft Tehran	Free	Vice Captain
17	Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 23)	MF	2022	2	0	0	2025	Naft MIS	Free	U-23
18	Sina Asadbeigi	(1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 27)	MF	2022	5	0	0	2025	Zob Ahan	Free
19	Vahid Amiri	(1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 36)	MF	2016	166	20	29	2024	Trabzonspor	Free	3rd Captain
21	Saeid Sadeghi	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30)	MF	2022	6	2	0	2023	Gol Gohar	Free
80	Mohammad Omri	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24)	MF	2021	9	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-23
88	Siamak Nemati	(1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 29)	MF	2017	141	15	0	2024	Paykan	Free	4th Captain
Forwards
16	Mehdi Abdi	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 26)	FW	2017	80	23	0	2025	Academy	Free	U-25
25	Cheick Diabaté	(1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 36)	FW	2022	0	0	0	2023	Al-Gharafa	Free
31	Alireza Khodadadi	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22)	FW	2022	0	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-23
32	Omid Fahimi	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 22)	FW	2022	0	0	0	2027	Academy	Free	U-23
72	Issa Alekasir	(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)	FW	2020	26	10	0	2024	Sanat Naft Abadan	Free
91	Leandro Pereira	(1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33)	FW	2023	0	0	0	2025	Gamba Osaka	Free
Players left the club during the season
4	Jurgen Locadia	(1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 31)	FW	2022	9	6	0	2023	VfL Bochum	Free
40	Hamed Pakdel	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 33)	FW	2022	19	5	0	2023	Aluminium Arak	Free
70	Sherzod Temirov	(1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26)	FW	2022	11	1	1	2023	Pakhtakor	€227,000	U-25

New Contracts

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Source
9	MF	Mehdi Torabi	27	2 season	2024	^[1]
10	MF	Milad Sarlak	27	1 season	2023	^[2]
88	DF	Siamak Nemati	28	2 season	2024	^[3]
99	GK	Ahmad Gohari	26	2 season	2025	^[4]
80	MF	Mohammad Omri	22	5 season	2027	^[5]

Transfers

In

Row	No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
1	1	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	29	Royal Antwerp	2025	Transfer	Summer		^[6]
2	8	DF	Morteza Pouraliganji	30	Shenzhen	2024	Transfer	Summer		^[7]
3	5	DF	Danial Esmaeilifar	29	Sepahan	2024	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[8]
4		DF	Alireza Khodaei	20	Saipa	2026	Loan Return	Summer
5	17	DF	Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	21	Naft MIS	2025	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[9]
6	7	MF	Soroush Rafiei	32	Sepahan	2024	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[10]
7	30	DF	Giorgi Gvelesiani	31	Sepahan	2024	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[11]
8	21	MF	Saeid Sadeghi	28	Gol Gohar	2023	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[12]
9	15	DF	Abolfazl Soleimani	21	Academy	2027	Promoted	Summer		^[13]
10	81	GK	Amirreza Rafiei	20	Nassaji	2025	Transfer	Summer		^[14]
11	22	GK	Mehrshad Asadi	20	Academy	2027	Promoted	Summer
12	18	MF	Sina Asadbeigi	25	Zob Ahan	2025	Transfer	Summer	PL	^[15]
13	31	FW	Alireza Khodadadi	19	Academy	2027	Transfer	Summer
14	32	FW	Omid Fahimi	19	Academy	2027	Transfer	Summer
15	4	FW	Jürgen Locadia	28	VfL Bochum	2023	Transfer	Summer		^[16]
16	25	FW	Cheick Diabaté	34	Al-Gharafa	2023	Transfer	Summer		^[17]
17	72	FW	Issa Alekasir	32	Free agent	2024	Transfer	Winter
18	91	FW	Leandro Pereira	31	Gamba Osaka	2024	Transfer	Winter
19	37	DF	Alireza Babaei	19	Academy	2026	Transfer	Winter

Out

Row	No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	81	GK	Hamed Lak	31	Mes Rafsanjan	Transfer	Summer	^[18]
2	77	MF	Saeid Aghaei	27	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	^[19]
3	27	DF	Ramin Rezaeian	32	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer	^[20]
4	23	MF	Ali Shojaei	25	Nassaji	Transfer	Summer	^[21]
5	21	FW	Mehdi Mehdikhani	24	Havadar	Transfer	Summer
6	18	MF	Mohammad Sharifi	22	Nassaji	Transfer	Summer	^[22]
7	14	MF	Ehsan Pahlavan	28	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	^[23]
8	4	DF	Jalal Hosseini	40	Retired			^[24]
9	32	DF	Ehsan Hosseini	23	Aluminium	Transfer	Summer	^[25]
10	37	DF	Amir Mohammad Kharkesh	19	Havadar	Transfer	Summer	^[26]
11	8	MF	Reza Asadi	26	Tractor	Transfer	Summer	^[27]
12	5	DF	Alireza Ebrahimi	32	Nassaji	Transfer	Summer	^[28]
13	55	DF	Manuchekhr Safarov	21	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Transfer	Summer	^[29]
14		MF	Mohammad Hosseini	22	Havadar	Transfer	Summer	^[30]
15	72	FW	Issa Alekasir	32		Transfer	Summer
16	34	GK	Amir Mohammad Yousefi	22	Fajr Sepasi	Loan	Summer	^[31]
17		DF	Alireza Khodaei	22	Naft MIS	Loan	Summer	^[32]
18	70	FW	Sherzod Temirov	23	Paykan	Transfer	Summer	^[33]
19	40	FW	Hamed Pakdel	31	Tractor	Transfer	Winter	^[34]
20	4	FW	Jürgen Locadia	29	Cangzhou Mighty Lions	Transfer	Winter

Technical staff

Persepolis Head coach in 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League

Position	Staff
Head coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
First-team coach	Osmar Loss^[35]
Assistant coaches	Karim Bagheri Jalal Hosseini^[36]
Goalkeeping coach	Welesley Neneca^[37]
Assistant Goalkeeping coach	Javad Bagheri^[38]
Fitness Coach	Jose Augusto Losada Benítez^[39]
Assistant Fitness Coach	Hassan Tashakorikia^[40]
Analyzers	Mehrdad Khanban Mohammad Asgari
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Physiotherapist	Ali Aazam
Team Manager	Afshin Peyrovani
Media Officer	Alireza Ashraf

Position	Staff
Under-23 team coach	Mahmoud Ansari
Youth team coach	Mehdi Ataloo
Under-17 coach	Farzad Ashoubi
Under-14 coach	Hassan Khanmohammadi

Pre-season and friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 July 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	3–1	Persepolis U23	Tehran
	Pakdel 24' Torabi 50' (pen.), 90'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

13 July 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	2–0	Paykan	Tehran
	Temirov 12' Pouraliganji 61'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

19 July 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	3–3	Nassaji	Tehran
	Abdi Temirov Alishah	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

25 July 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	1–1	Mes Kerman	Tehran
	Alishah	Report

31 July 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	4–2	Iran U23	Tehran
	Sadeghi 5', 61' Abdi 9' Temirov 63'	Report	Eslami 72', 76'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

6 August 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	2–1	Saipa	Tehran
	Torabi 60' Abdi 75'	Report	Mamashli 30'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

7 August 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	0–0	Kheybar Khorramabad	Tehran
		Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

Friendlies

14 August 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	1–0	Van Pars	Tehran
	Temirov 35'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

20 August 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	2–1	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Locadia 8' Omri 27'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

20 September 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	0–1	Foolad	Tehran
		Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

25 September 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	1–0	Gol Gohar	Tehran
	Omri 75'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

8 October 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	1–1	Havadar	Tehran
	Soleimani 75'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

14 October 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	0–0	Paykan	Tehran
		Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

21 October 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	3–1	Sardar Zarand	Tehran
	Alishah 75' A.M Amiri 61' Abdi 70'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

22 November 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	0–2	Mes Kerman	Tehran
		Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

3 December 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	2–2	Shams Azar	Tehran
	Nouri Khodadadi	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

4 December 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	2–1	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Alishah 20', 27'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

13 December 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	2–2	Sepahan	Tehran
	Nemati Pakdel	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

26 December 2022 Friendly	Persepolis	2–2	Chadormalu	Tehran
	Abdi Pakdel (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Iran National Football Camp

6 January 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	2–1	Gandom Kesht	Tehran
	Abdi Pakdel (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Iran National Football Camp

21 January 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	1–0	Shohada Aghasht	Tehran
	Makhtoom	Report		Stadium: Iran National Football Camp

14 February 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	6–1	Vista Turbine	Tehran
	Hanonov 12' Abdi 23', 70' Pereira 48', 55' Makhtoom 85'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

26 March 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	2–1	Paykan	Tehran
	Abdi 15' Sadeghi 23' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

08 April 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	3–0	Havadar	Tehran
	Nemati 30' Pereira 55' Mahmoudi 85'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

16 April 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	1–0	Saipa	Tehran
	Diabaté 55'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

25 April 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	4–1	Iran U17	Tehran
	Asadbeigi 3' Pereira 25' Pereira Diabaté	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

07 May 2023 Friendly	Persepolis	3–0	Shohada Razakan	Tehran
	Omri 10' Diabaté 72' Mahmoudi 80'	Report		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PGPL	13 August 2022	18 May 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	30	20	6	4	46	13	+33	066.67
Hazfi Cup	10 January 2023	31 May 2023	Round of 32	-	4	3	1	0	11	6	+5	075.00
Total					34	23	7	4	57	19	+38	067.65

Last updated: 25 May 2023
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

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
30	20	6	4	46	13	+33	66	9	3	3	21	4	+17	11	3	1	25	9	+16

Last updated: 18 May 2023.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	10	12	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1
Points	1	2	5	8	11	14	14	15	18	21	24	25	26	29	32	35	35	36	39	39	42	45	45	48	51	54	57	60	63	66

Source: "iranleague".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; U = Unfinished

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	20	6	4	46	13	+33	66	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Sepahan	30	19	8	3	49	17	+32	65	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Esteghlal^[a]	30	18	8	4	52	22	+30	62
4	Tractor	30	15	7	8	42	34	+8	52	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5	Mes Rafsanjan	30	11	14	5	30	15	+15	47

Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table, Iplstats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off at neutral venue.^[41]
Notes:

^ Esteghlal did not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. They were therefore unable to participate in AFC competitions.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

13 August 2022 (2022-08-13) 1	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Sadeghi 27' Mohammadi 34' 53' Ghasemi 59' Bagherpasand 65'	Report	Gvelesiani 75' Rafiei 86' Sadeghi 88'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar Man of the Match: Habib Far Abbasi (Zob Ahan)

19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) 2	Persepolis	0 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
20:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Nemati 16' Torabi 46'	Report	Abshak 21' Aghasi 46' Koushki 90+7'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Payam Heidari Man of the Match: Mehdi Shiri (Foolad)

26 August 2022 (2022-08-26) 3	Aluminium Arak	0 – 1	Persepolis	Arak
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)		Report	Sarlak 42' Beiranvand 63'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi Man of the Match: Milad Sarlak (Persepolis)

31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) 4	Persepolis	2 – 0	Sanat Naft	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Locadia 27' Tohidast 80' (o.g.) Omri 89'	Report	Tohidast 45' Saki 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Amir Saman Soltani Man of the Match: Jürgen Locadia (Persepolis)

5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) 5	Havadar	1 – 3	Persepolis	Tehran
19:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Rouzitalab 20' Pourmohammad 90'	Report	Locadia 13' Nemati 30' Sadeghi 36', 63' Torabi 47' Rafiei 68' Gvelesiani 78'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Saeid Sadeghi (Persepolis)

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) 6	Naft MIS	1 – 2	Persepolis	Masjed Soleyman
20:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Shenani 15' Bagheri 45' 53' Kaabi 90+4'	Report	Rafiei 15' Locadia 54(p.)', 69' Pouraliganji 65' Omri 86' Pakdel 93'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Reza Mahdavi Man of the Match: Jürgen Locadia (Persepolis)

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) 7	Persepolis	0 – 1	Tractor	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Nemati 2' Beiranvand 66' Torabi	Report	Razzaghpour 57' Mohammadi 66' Abbaszadeh 75' Alves 80' Akhbari 84'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar

7 October 2022 (2022-10-07) 8	Sepahan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Isfahan
20:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Report	Omri 68'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi

13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) 9	Persepolis	1 – 0	Mes Rafsanjan	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Locadia 19(p.)' Amiri 29'	Report	Bagheri 16' Lak 27' Bahia 79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Koupal Nazemi

20 October 2022 (2022-10-20) 10	Malavan	0 – 1	Persepolis	Anzali
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Jahani 32' Sadeghi 84'	Report	Amiri 29' Locadia 79' Beiranvand 29'	Stadium: Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Safaei

27 October 2022 (2022-10-27) 11	Persepolis	1 – 0	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Diabaté 73' S. Nemati 89'	Report	Tahami 35' Khodaei Asl 62'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abbas Raki Man of the Match: Soroush Rafiei (Persepolis)

Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) 12	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
17:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Mehri 18' Cheshmi 30' Motahari 50' Rezavand 65'	Report	Gvelesiani 16', 89'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mohammed Hossein Zahedi Fard Man of the Match: Giorgi Gvelesiani (Persepolis)

25 December 2022 (2022-12-25) 13	Persepolis	0 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Gvelesiani 33'	Report	Taraji 82' Majd 90' Azadeh 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Morteza Mansourian Man of the Match: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis)

31 December 2022 (2022-12-31) 14	Gol Gohar	0 – 2	Persepolis	Sirjan
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shekari 14' Mosleh 36' Ghaseminejad 60' Alizadeh 67'	Report	Omri 49' Asadbeigi 26' 79'	Stadium: Gol Gohar Sport Complex Referee: Amir Saman Soltani Man of the Match: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis)

5 January 2023 (2023-01-05) 15	Persepolis	5 – 1	Nassaji	Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Gvelesiani 7' (p.) Omri 21' 33' Sarlak 32' Esmaeilifar 51' 54' Torabi 60' 61' Hanonov 88'	Report	Kalantari 10' 34' Mousavi 58' Shiri 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ali Safaei Man of the Match: Danial Esmaeilifar (Persepolis)

16 January 2023 (2023-01-16) 16	Persepolis	1 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Pouraliganji 26' Hanonov 60' Alishah 69' Rafiei 88'	Report	Far Abbasi 66'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Vahid Kazemi Man of the Match: Omid Alishah (Persepolis)

27 January 2023 (2023-01-27) 17	Foolad	1 – 0	Persepolis	Ahvaz
17:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Torres 22' Hazbavi 63' Ghobeishavi 84'	Report	Amiri 66' Kamyabinia 81'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard Man of the Match: Roberto Torres (Foolad)

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01) 18	Persepolis	0 – 0	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
15:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Sarlak 35' Beiranvand 43'	Report	Zapata 31' Mousavi 53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Morteza Mansourian Man of the Match: Hossein Pour Hamidi (Aluminium Arak)

8 February 2023 (2023-02-08) 19	Sanat Naft	1 – 2	Persepolis	Abadan
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yousefi 8' 67' Vakia 16' Nassari 23' Mamizadeh 45+1' Ferydoon 63' Piriz 83'	Report	Diabaté 19' 47'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Payam Heidari Man of the Match: Cheick Diabaté (Persepolis)

13 February 2023 (2023-02-13) 20	Persepolis	0 – 1	Havadar	Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Asadbeigi 35' Rafiei 90+1'	Report	Shojaei 71' Mohammadi 86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hassan Akrami Man of the Match: Mohammad Javad Mohammadi (Havadar)

27 February 2023 (2023-02-27) 21	Persepolis	3 – 0	Naft MIS	Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Asadbeigi 21' Torabi 45+5' Hanonov 46' Abdi 89' Kamyabinia 90+1'	Report	Miri Zabihi 45+1' Abdollahi 83' Barzegar 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Koupal Nazemi Man of the Match: Vahid Amiri (Persepolis)

5 March 2023 (2023-03-05) 22	Tractor	2 – 3	Persepolis	Tabriz
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Hosseini 65' Abbaszadeh 67' 84(p.)'	Report	Omri 18' Torabi 31' Alishah 75' Hanonov 90+5'	Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Vahid Kazemi Man of the Match: Mohammad Abbaszadeh (Tractor)

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 23	Persepolis	0 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Pereira 39' 45+2'	Report	Rezaeian 50' Rigi 70' Daneshgar 90+1' Karimi 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Payam Heidari Man of the Match: Mohammad Karimi (Sepahan)

31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) 24	Mes Rafsanjan	0 – 1	Persepolis	Rafsanjan
21:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Abdi 6' Sarlak 28' Gvelesiani 30(p.)' Rafiei 79'	Report	Soleimanzadeh 25' Lak 27' Rezaei 28'	Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi Man of the Match: Giorgi Gvelesiani (Persepolis)

6 April 2023 (2023-04-06) 25	Persepolis	3 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Torabi 36' Sadeghi 40' Asadbeigi 65' Pereira 82' Esmaeilifar 90+3'	Report	Khoshkafa 28' Naeijpour 55'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis)

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14) 26	Mes Kerman	1 – 3	Persepolis	Kerman
19:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Pouraliganji 63' (o.g)		Sadeghi 22' Pouraliganji 64' Gvelesiani 26(p.)' 85(p.)'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Koupal Nazemi Man of the Match: Saeid Sadeghi (Persepolis)

23 April 2023 (2023-04-23) 27	Persepolis	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
16:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Sarlak 29' Alekasir 50' 50'		Gholami 19' Mohebi 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Payam Heidari Man of the Match: Ali Nemati (Persepolis)

6 May 2023 (2023-05-06) 28	Paykan	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Bagheri 83' Hosseini 85'		Torabi 80(p.)' Pereira 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis)

12 May 2023 (2023-05-12) 29	Persepolis	4 – 0	Gol Gohar	Tehran
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Torabi 23' 33' 49' Sadeghi 45' Pereira 90+3'		Ashouri 13' Khodabandelou 33'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedi Fard Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis)

18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) 30	Nassaji	0 – 4	Persepolis	Qaem Shahr
18:00 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Abdi 1' 15' Shojaei 9' Zamehran 81' 82'	Report	Nemati 2' Sadeghi 28' Rafiei 5' 75' Sarlak 78' Gvelesiani 87'	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Milad Sarlak (Persepolis)

Score overview

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Aggregate score
Aluminium	0–0	0–1	1–0
Esteghlal	1–0	2–2	3–2
Foolad	0–0	1–0	0–1
Gol Gohar	4–0	0–2	6–0
Havadar	0–1	1–3	3–2
Malavan	3–0	0–1	4–0
Mes Rafsanjan	1–0	0–1	2–0
Naft MIS	3–0	1–2	5–1
Nassaji	5–1	0–4	9–1
Paykan	0–0	0–1	1–0
Mes Kerman	1–0	1–3	4–1
Sanat Naft	2–0	1–2	4–1
Sepahan	0–1	0–0	0–1
Tractor	0–1	2–3	3–3
Zob Ahan	1–0	0–0	1–0

Hazfi Cup

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) Round of 32	Persepolis	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Van Pars	Tehran
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Gvelesiani 60' (pen.) Pouraliganji 77' Sarlak	Report	Kiani 10' (pen.) Safarzadeh 66'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Sa'ad Vafapisheh Man of the Match: Ahmad Mehrabi (Van Pars)
	Penalties
	Torabi Pouraliganji Faraji Omri		Kiani Azadmanesh Shouryabi

22 February 2023 (2023-02-22) Round of 16	Sepahan	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Isfahan
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Yazdani 11' 99' Daneshgar 21' Esmaeilifar 41' (o.g.) Rigi 55' Ahmadzadeh 74' Noorafkan 78' Rezaeian 95'	Report	Gvelesiani 12' (pen.) 100' (pen.) Alekasir 58' Asadbeigi 65' Beiranvand 75' Sarlak 75' Nemati 94'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Giorgi Gvelesiani (Persepolis)

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30) Quarter Final	Persepolis	2 – 1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
17:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Torabi 31' (pen.) 58' Alekasir 45+1' 56' Esmaeilifar 64' Rafiei 75' Pouraliganji 85'		Shekari 52' Zahedi 55' Barzay 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Vahid Kazemi Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis)

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) Semi-Final	Havadar	1 – 3	Perspolis	Tehran
18:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Gvelesiani 4' (pen.) Amiri 9' Alekasir 72'		Entezari 10' Shojaei Moradi 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Safaei Man of the Match: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis)

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31) Final	Esteghlal	v	Persepolis	Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Statistics

Goal scorers

Player left the club during the season.

Place	Position	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	DF	30	Giorgi Gvelesiani	6	4	10
2	MF	9	Mehdi Torabi	7	1	8
3	FW	4	Jürgen Locadia	6	0	6
3	MF	21	Saeid Sadeghi	6	0	6
4	FW	72	Issa Alekasir	1	3	4
4	MF	80	Mohammad Omri	4	0	4
5	FW	25	Cheick Diabaté	3	0	3
6	DF	5	Danial Esmaeilifar	2	0	2
	MF	10	Milad Sarlak	2	0	2
	MF	18	Sina Asadbeigi	2	0	2
7	MF	2	Omid Alishah	1	0	1
	DF	6	Ali Nemati	1	0	1
	MF	7	Soroush Rafiei	1	0	1
	FW	16	Mehdi Abdi	1	0	1
	DF	66	Vahdat Hanonov	1	0	1
	FW	91	Leandro Pereira	1	0	1
	DF	8	Morteza Pouraliganji	0	1	1
	MF	19	Vahid Amiri	0	1	1
	MF	88	Siamak Nemati	0	1	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				46	11	57
Last updated: 25 May 2023

Assists

Place	Position	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	MF	9	Mehdi Torabi	8	1	9
2	DF	5	Danial Esmaeilifar	6	0	6
3	MF	19	Vahid Amiri	2	1	3
4	DF	6	Ali Nemati	2	0	2
	MF	7	Soroush Rafiei	2	0	2
	MF	21	Saeid Sadeghi	2	0	2
	FW	72	Issa Alekasir	2	0	2
	DF	8	Morteza Pouraliganji	1	1	2
5	MF	2	Omid Alishah	1	0	1
	MF	10	Milad Sarlak	1	0	1
	FW	16	Mehdi Abdi	1	0	1
	MF	80	Mohammad Omri	1	0	1
Total				29	3	32
Last updated: 18 May 2023

Goalkeeping

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			Total
Rank	No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
1	1		Alireza Beiranvand	29	12	18	3	3	1	32	15	19
2	99		Ahmad Gohari	3	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	2
3	22		Amirreza Rafiei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	44		Mehrshad Asadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				32	13	20	4	5	1	36	18	21
Last updated: 18 May 2023

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		PGPL		Hazfi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkepeer
1	GK		Alireza Beiranvand	32	0	29	0	3	0
99	DF		Ahmad Gohari	4	0	3	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF		Farshad Faraji	20	0	18	0	2	0
5	DF		Danial Esmaeilifar	33	2	30	2	3	0
6	DF		Ali Nemati	27	1	25	1	2	0
8	DF		Morteza Pouraliganji	28	1	25	0	3	1
30	DF		Giorgi Gvelesiani	31	9	29	6	2	3
37	DF		Alireza Babaei	1	0	1	0	0	0
66	DF		Vakhdat Khanonov	13	1	10	1	3	0
Midfielders
2	MF		Omid Alishah	23	1	21	1	2	0
7	MF		Soroush Rafiei	28	1	25	1	3	0
9	MF		Mehdi Torabi	32	8	29	7	3	1
10	MF		Milad Sarlak	29	2	26	2	3	0
11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	21	0	20	0	1	0
17	MF		Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	MF		Sina Asadbeigi	29	2	26	2	3	0
19	MF		Vahid Amiri	27	0	24	0	3	0
21	MF		Saeid Sadeghi	25	6	24	6	1	0
80	MF		Mohammad Omri	29	4	26	4	3	0
88	DF		Siamak Nemati	15	1	13	0	2	1
Forwards
4	FW		Jürgen Locadia	9	6	9	6	0	0
16	FW		Mehdi Abdi	17	1	16	1	1	0
25	FW		Cheick Diabaté	9	3	9	3	0	0
40	FW		Hamed Pakdel	8	0	8	0	0	0
72	FW		Issa Alekasir	14	3	12	1	2	2
91	FW		Leandro Pereira	11	1	9	1	2	0
Last updated: 18 May 2023

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.

Player left the club during the season.

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			Total
No	P	N	Name
1	GK		Alireza Beiranvand	3	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1
2	MF		Omid Alishah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Farshad Faraji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	FW		Jürgen Locadia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Danial Esmaeilifar	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Ali Nemati	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	MF		Soroush Rafiei	7	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
8	DF		Morteza Pouraliganji	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
9	MF		Mehdi Torabi	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
10	MF		Milad Sarlak	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF		Abolfazl Soleimani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Mehdi Abdi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	DF		Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Sina Asadbeigi	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
19	MF		Vahid Amiri	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	MF		Saeid Sadeghi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	GK		Amirreza Rafiei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Cheick Diabaté	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Giorgi Gvelesiani	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
38	FW		Ali Joudaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		Hamed Pakdel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44	GK		Mehrshad Asadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF		Vahdat Hanonov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
72	DF		Issa Alekasir	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
80	MF		Mohammad Omri	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
88	DF		Siamak Nemati	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
91	FW		Leandro Pereira	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
99	GK		Ahmad Gohari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				51	2	1	8	0	0	59	2	1

Last updated: 18 May 2023.
Source: Competitive matches

The best of week

Man of the Match

Player left the club during the season.

Place	Position	Number	Name	weeks	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	MF	9	Mehdi Torabi	25,28,29	3	1	4
2	DF	30	Giorgi Gvelesiani	12,24	2	1	3
3	FW	4	Jürgen Locadia	4,6	2	0	2
	GK	1	Alireza Beiranvand	13,14	2	0	2
	MF	21	Saeid Sadeghi	5,26	2	0	2
	MF	10	Milad Sarlak	3,30	2	0	2
4	MF	7	Soroush Rafiei	11	1	0	1
	DF	5	Danial Esmaeilifar	15	1	0	1
	MF	2	Omid Alishah	16	1	0	1
	FW	25	Cheick Diabaté	19	1	0	1
	MF	19	Vahid Amiri	21	1	0	1
	DF	6	Ali Nemati	27	1	0	1
Total					19	2	21
Last updated: 18 May 2023

Player of the Week

Weeks	Player of the Week		References
Weeks	Player	Point	References
Week 5	Saeid Sadeghi	8.94	^[42]
Week 6	Jürgen Locadia	8.75	^[43]
Week 12	Giorgi Gvelesiani	8.57
Week 15	Danial Esmaeilifar	9.08
Week 25	Mehdi Torabi	8.85
Week 29	Mehdi Torabi	9.53

Team of the Week

Weeks	Team of the Week		References
Weeks	Team	Point	References
Week 5	Persepolis	7.6	^[44]

Last updated: 13 september 2022.
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Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport

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Sponsorship

References

External links

[table_note_EST0.9027899205232-41] Esteghlal did not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. They were therefore unable to participate in AFC competitions.

[1] "فوری-ترابی-۲-سال-دیگر-با-لباس-پرسپولیسعکس".

[2] "سرلک-رسماً-قراردادش-با-پرسپولیس-را-تمد".

[3] "سیامک-سومین-تمدیدی-پرسپولیس-شد-عکس".

[4] "فوری-گلر-پرسپولیس-یکساله-تمدید-کرد".

[5] "محمد عمری قرارداد خود با پرسپولیس را تمدید کرد".

[6] "فوری-علیرضا-بیرانوند-به-پرسپولیس-پیوست".

[7] "رونمایی-از-اولین-خرید-پرسپولیس-پورعلی-گنجی".

[8] "رسمی-دانیال-اسماعیلی-فر-به-پرسپولیس-پیوست".

[9] "پنجمین خرید پرسپولیس از خوزستان آمد (عکس)".

[10] "این ستاره‌ هم پرسپولیسی شد! (عکس)".

[11] "انتقال گولسیانی به پرسپولیس رسمی شد (عکس)".

[12] "خرید جدید پرسپولیس رسمی شد: سعید صادقی!".

[13] "لیست-22-نفره-اولین-تمرین-فصل-پرسپولیس-گزارش!".

[14] "دروازهبان-نساجی-به-پرسپولیس-ملحق-شد/".

[15] "خرید-جدید-پرسپولیس-از-ذوب-آهن-آمد-عکس".

[16] "اعلام-مدت-قرارداد-مهاجم-خارجی-پرسپولیس".

[17] "رسمی-شیخ-دیاباته-پرسپوليسی-شد".

[18] "فوری-حامد-لک-خیلی-زود-با-پرسپولیس-فسخ-کرد".

[19] "رسمی-سعید-آقایی-به-فولاد-پیوستد".

[20] "رضاییان-به-سپاهان-پیوست-عکس".

[21] "علی-شجاعی-یک-ساله-به-نساجی-پیوست".

[22] "رسمی-دومین-خرید-نساجی-هم-از-پرسپولیس-آمد".

[23] "رسمی-احسان-پهلوان-به-فولاد-پیوست".

[24] "سیدجلال-خداحافظی-خشکبیجاری".

[25] "مدافع-پرسپولیس-اولین-خرید-لیگ-برتری-آلومینیوم".

[26] "خرید-جدید-هوادار-از-پرسپولیس-آمد".

[27] "راکتور-شماره-هشت-پرسپولیس-را-شکار-کرد-عکس".

[28] رسمی؛ جایگزین کنعانی به نساجی پیوست

[29] مدافع-پرسپولیس-در-لوکوموتیو-ازبکستان-عکس

[30] "هافبک-پرسپوليس-به-هوادار-تهران-پیوست".

[31] "دروازه-بان-سوم-پرسپولیس-جدا-شد/".

[32] "مدافع-راست-پرسپولیس-به-نفت-مسجدسلیمان-پیوست".

[33] "رسمی-شرزود-تمیروف-خرید-جدید-پیکان".

[34] "حامد-پاکدل-به-تراکتور-تبریز-پیوست".

[35] "اختصاصی-اوسمار-لاس-از-کورینتیانس-تا-پرسپولیس".

[36] "رسمی-آغاز-دوران-مربیگری-سیدجلال-حسینی".

[37] "مربی-دروازه-بانان-پرسپولیس-از-برزیل-آمد".

[38] "مربی جدید در کادر فنی پرسپولیس + عکس".

[39] "مربی-بدنساز-اسپانیایی-به-پرسپولیس-پیوست".

[40] "بدنساز-سابق-بسکتبالیست-ها-در-کادرفنی-پرسپولیس".

[42] "اعلام نحوه تعیین قهرمان،صعود و سقوط کنندگان". iranleague.

[43] "بهترین بازیکن هفته پنجم با نمرات متریکا". metrica.ir.

[44] "بهترین بازیکن هفته ششم با نمرات متریکا". metrica.ir.

[45] "بهترین تیم هفته پنجم با نمرات متریکا". metrica.ir.

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