List of Persepolis F.C. seasons

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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.

Persepolis in the beginning of the 1970s
The Persepolis's positions

Key[edit]

Key to league competitions:

Seasons[edit]

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 Asian Champion Club Tournament GS Tehran Hazfi Cup RU Parviz Dehdari
1969–70 TFL 15 5 2 8 19 24 12 11th DNE — — — Rajab Faramarzi
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 Ivan Kuonoev
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 Tehran Hazfi Cup RU
1981–82 TFL 13 5 7 1 19 14 17 2nd Tehran Hazfi Cup W Abbas Kargar 5 Shahrokhi / Parvin
1982–83 TFL 17 13 4 0 39 5 30 1st — — 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 —
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 Brajović / Derakhshan
1995–96 Div 1 30 15 12 3 33 18 57 1st WD DNE — Gede / Poklepović
1996–97 Div 1 30 17 8 5 52 24 59 1st WD 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 WD 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 Champions League 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 30 18 9 3 44 21 63 2nd QF 2021 ACL
2022 ACL
QF
Disqualify 		Iranian Super Cup RU Mehdi Abdi 7 11,000
2022–23 IPL 30 20 6 4 46 13 66 1st W ↑ ↑ — — Mehdi Torabi 7 23,111
2023–24 IPL 24 15 7 2 33 13 52 2nd R16 Champions League GS Iranian Super Cup W Shahab Zahedi 6 Golmohammadi / Osmar Loss
Total National League 1036 529 332 175 %W:51.06 1768
Grand Total 1246 665 380 201 %W:53.37 2025

Squads[edit]

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

Famous Squads[edit]

Persepolis Squad 1971–72 (4-3-3)
Manager: England Alan Rogers
Persepolis Squad 1977–78 (4-1-3-2)
Manager: Iran Mansour Amirasefi
Persepolis Squad 1986–87 (4-4-2)
Manager: Iran Ali Parvin
Persepolis Squad 1998–99 (3-5-2)
Manager: Iran Ali Parvin
Persepolis Squad 2003–04 (3-5-2)
Manager: Croatia Vinko Begović
Persepolis Squad 2007–08 (4-2-3-1)
Manager: Iran United States Afshin Ghotbi
Persepolis Squad 2016–17 (4-1-3-2)
Manager: Croatia Branko Ivanković
Persepolis Squad 2020–21 (4-2-2-2)
Manager: Iran Yahya Golmohammadi

Memorable matches[edit]

  • 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 Bahman Norouzi. After it rest of Shahin players joined Persepolis.

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.

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' 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.

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.

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.

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "پرسپولیس رکوردار کسر امتیاز در لیگ/ دو قهرمانی؟".
  2. ^ "6 امتیاز از پرسپولیس کسر شد".
  3. ^ "نمناک".
  4. ^ "پرسپولیس پرتماشاگرترین تیم لیگ برتر".
  5. ^ Goal Sports Newspaper, #720,Retrieved on 2008-07-26
  6. ^ Tehran football fans rise to greet Reds
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