2014–15 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2014–15 season
Chairman	Alireza Rahimi (until September 10, 2014) ; Behrouz Montaghami (from September 10, 2014 to November 25, 2014) ; Hamid Reza Siasi (from November 25, 2014 to April 23, 2015) ; Mohammad Hossein Nejadfallah as Vice president in the absence of Chairman (from April 23, 2015 until end of the season)
Manager	Ali Daei (until September 10, 2014) ; Hamid Derakhshan (from September 10, 2014 to April 5, 2015); Branko Ivanković (from April 5, 2015 until end of the season)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	8th
Hazfi Cup	Semi-Final
ACL	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mehdi Taremi (7 goals); All: Mohammad Nouri (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	League: 70,000 v Esteghlal (15 May 2015) ; All: 100,000 v Al Nassr (8 April 2015); 100,000 v Bunyodkor (6 May 2015) ; 100,000 v Al-Hilal (19 May 2015)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 v Kargar Boneh Gaz (16 October 2014)
Average home league attendance	League: 15,768 All: 29,355
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season are the Persepolis's 14th season in the Pro League, and their 32nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Persepolis is captained by Mohammad Nouri.

Key events[edit]

22 May: The Club signed two-years contracts with two strikers. Mehdi Daghagheleh who scored 11 times in 2013–14 Iran Pro League signed from Malavan & Mehdi Taremi top scorer of 2013–14 Azadegan League with 12 goals from Iranjavan.^[1] Both of them joined club with free transfer fee.
24 May: Mohsen Bengar signed contract extension.^[1]
1 June: Jalal Hosseini, Hossein Mahini, Mehrdad Pouladi & Reza Haghighi chosen by Carlos Queiroz to taking part in 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[2]
8 June: The Club signed two-years contract with Goalkeeper. Sosha Makani who clean sheets 13 times in 2013–14 Iran Pro League signed from Foolad.^[3] joined club with free transfer fee.
10 June: The Club signed one-years contract with Forward. Reza Norouzi who scored 11 times in 2013–14 Iran Pro League signed from Naft Tehran.^[4] joined club with free transfer fee.
13 June: The Club signed three-years contract with Midfielder. Ahmad Nourollahi who scored 3 times in 2013–14 Azadegan League signed from Foolad Yazd.^[5] Nourollahi is the vice-captain in Iran U–23 after Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
3 July: Nilson Corrêa signed contract extension another one-years.^[6]
9 July: The Club signed three-years contract with 4 new talents. Nader Safarzaei, Navid Sabouri, Ali Astani, Ali Fatemi joined The Club after success in technical test.^[7]
17 August: The Club signed two-years contract with Defender. Michael Umaña playing for Costa Rica at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup joined club with free transfer fee.
10 September: Alireza Rahimi, Ali Daei & his staff sacked by club board of directions.^[8] Former Persepolis captain and coach, Hamid Derakhshan, assigned as new head coach while club deputy chairman, Behrouz Montaghami named as new chairman.^[8] Hossein Abdi, Alireza Emamifar and Nader Bagheri^[9] also assigned as club technical staff.
17 September: FFIRI disciplinary committee sentenced about Mehrdad Pouladi's contract with Persepolis for 2014–15 season. According to this sentence, contracted canceled after 2013–14 season ends (in May 2014), So Mehrdad Pouladi named as Free agent and free to choose his club.^[10]

Squad[edit]

First team squad[edit]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Sosha Makani	1986-11-18 (age 37)	GK	2014	32	–36	0	2016	Foolad	Free
41	Morteza Ghadimipour	1994-8-27 (age 29)	GK	2014	0	0	0	2017	Parseh	Free	U-21 Academy player
44	Masoud Homami	1983-5-1 (age 41)	GK	2015	1	–2	0	2016	Paykan	undisclosed
Defenders
3	Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	1991-5-11 (age 32)	CB / RB / LB	2012	39	0	4	2015	Rah Ahan	Free
4	Michael Umaña	1982-7-16 (age 41)	CB / RB / DM	2014	34	0	0	2016	Saprissa	Free
5	Mehdi Jafarpour	1984-9-20 (age 40)	RB / RM / RW	2014	6	0	1	2016	Shahrdari Tabriz	Free
6	Mohsen Bengar	1979-7-6 (age 44)	CB	2012	90	4	2	2016	Sepahan	Free
20	Alireza Nourmohammadi	1981-7-3 (age 42)	CB / LB	2010	139	8	2	2015	Rah Ahan	Free	2nd Vice captain
29	Navid Sabouri	1996-4-9 (age 28)	LB / LW	2014	0	0	0	2017	Rah Ahan	Free	U-21 Academy player
30	Mobin Mir Doraghi	1993-4-19 (age 31)	LB / LM / LW	2015	0	0	0	2016	Saipa	Free	U-23 Originally from Academy
99	Babak Hatami	1986-8-15 (age 37)	RB / RM / LB / CB	2015	17	0	0	2016	Saipa	R2 B
Midfielders
14	Mohammad Nouri	1983-1-9 (age 41)	AM / CM / DM	2010	180	41	18	2015	Saba Qom	Free	Captain
15	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	1992-4-21 (age 32)	CM / AM / DM	2012	7	0	0	2015	Damash	Free	U-23 Academy graduated
18	Mehrdad Kafshgari	1987-5-2 (age 36)	DM / CM	2013	48	1	2	2016	Rah Ahan	Free
19	Milad Kamandani	1994-7-7 (age 29)	AM / CM / RM	2013	6	0	0	2016	Moghavemat Tehran	R600 M	U-21 Academy player
21	Ali Astani	1997-3-30 (age 27)	AM / CM	2014	0	0	0	2017	Shahrdari Ardabil	Free	U-21 Academy player
26	Hamidreza Aliasgari	1990-5-25 (age 33)	RM / RW / RB / LM / LW / LB	2007	140	8	9	2015	Fajr Sepah Tehran	Free	Academy graduated
28	Ahmad Nourollahi	1993-2-2 (age 31)	DM / CM	2014	31	1	1	2017	Foolad Yazd	Free	U-23
34	Mohammad Rahmati	1994-12-28 (age 29)	CM / DM	2015	0	0	0	2016	Academy	Free	U-21 Academy player
66	Fernando Gabriel	1988-5-11 (age 35)	CM / AM	2015	13	0	2	2016	Khazar Lankaran	Free
Forwards
2	Omid Alishah	1992-1-10 (age 32)	LW / RW / LM / RM	2013	57	8	5	2015	Rah Ahan	Free	U-23
8	Mehdi Daghagheleh	1990-1-30 (age 34)	SS / LW / RW / CF	2014	8	0	0	2016	Malavan	Free
10	Reza Norouzi	1982-9-21 (age 41)	CF	2014	4	1	0	2015	Naft Tehran	Free
11	Payam Sadeghian	1992-2-29 (age 32)	SS / AM / LW / RW	2013	41	5	8	2015	Zob Ahan	Free	U-23
16	Reza Khaleghifar	1983-9-21 (age 40)	CF / SS / RW / LW / AM	2014	14	0	1	2015	Rah Ahan	Free
17	Mehdi Taremi	1992-7-18 (age 31)	CF / LW / RW	2014	38	8	7	2016	Iranjavan	Free	U-23
22	Tadeu	1986-4-1 (age 38)	CF	2015	5	1	0	2016	Náutico	Free
23	Shahab Zahedi	1995-8-18 (age 28)	LW / RW / CF	2014	5	0	0	2015	Paykan	Free	U-21 Academy player
24	Hadi Norouzi	1985-7-19 (age 38)	SS / RW / LW / ST	2008	194	34	26	2015	Parseh	R1.5 B	Vice captain Originally from Academy
33	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	1990-5-9 (age 33)	CF / LW	2013	34	12	0	2016	Nassaji	R4 B
35	Amir Mohammad Madani	1994-12-13 (age 29)	CF	2015	0	0	0	2017	Esteghlal Jonoub Tehran	Free	U-21 Academy player
77	Ali Alipour	1995-10-11 (age 28)	CF / RW / LW	2015	19	2	0	2017	Rah Ahan	Free	U-21
Players left the club during the season
9	Reza Haghighi	1989-1-31 (age 35)	DM / CM	2013 (W)	61	3	2	Transferred to Padideh
12	Meysam Hosseini	1987-7-7 (age 36)	LB / CB / DM	2013	43	0	0	Released
13	Hossein Mahini	1986-9-16 (age 37)	RB / LB / RM	2012	68	2	8	2017	On loan at Malavan (Conscription Period)
25	Farshad Ghasemi	1993-3-11 (age 31)	RB / RM / RW	2013	2	0	0	Transferred to Saipa
27	Ali Fatemi	1993-11-2 (age 30)	RW / LW / CF	2014	2	0	0	Released
35	Hossein Kanaani	1994-3-23 (age 30)	CB / RB	2012	1	0	0	2017	On loan at Malavan (Conscription Period)
40	Nilson Corrêa	1975-12-26 (age 48)	GK	2012	73	–47	0	Released
	Nader Safarzaei	1995-1-18 (age 29)	GK	2014	0	0	0	Released

Apps and goals updated as of 26 May 2015

For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.

Source: fc-perspolis.com, FFIRI.IR

Loan list[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	IRN	Hossein Mahini (at Malavan till 9 November 2016)
35	DF	IRN	Hossein Kanaani ^U23 (at Malavan till 9 November 2016)^[11]
—	MF	IRN	Farshad Ahmadzadeh ^U23 (at Tractor Sazi till 15 Maytab 2015)
—	MF	IRN	Milad Gharibi ^U23 (at Padideh till 15 May 2015)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2014 & List of Iranian football transfers winter 2014–15.
For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.

New Contracts[edit]

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Date	Source
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	34	2 years	2016	24 May 2014	^[1]
40	GK	Nilson	38	1 year	2015	3 July 2014	^[6]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
3	CB	Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	23	Zob Ahan	2015	N/A	Loan return	Summer		^[12]
17	CF	Younes Shakeri	24	Padideh	2016	N/A	Loan return	Summer		^[12]
22	RW	Milad Gharibi	22	Zob Ahan	2015	N/A	Loan return	Summer		^[12]
24	SS	Hadi Norouzi	28	Naft Tehran	2015	N/A	Loan return	Summer		^[13]
15	AM	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	22	Beira-Mar	2015	N/A	Loan return	Summer
8	RW	Mehdi Daghagheleh	24	Malavan	2016	—	Free Transfer	Summer	PL	^[1]
17	CF	Mehdi Taremi	21	Iranjavan	2016	Free	Transfer	Summer		^[1]
1	GK	Sosha Makani	27	Foolad	2016	—	Free Transfer	Summer	PL	^[3]
10	CF	Reza Norouzi	31	Naft Tehran	2015	—	Free Transfer	Summer	PL	^[4]
28	DM	Ahmad Nourollahi	21	Foolad Yazd	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer		^[5]
23	GK	Nader Safarzaei	19	Rah Ahan	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer		^[7]
29	LB	Navid Sabouri	18	Rah Ahan U19	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer		^[7]
21	CM	Ali Astani	17	Shahrdari Ardabil	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer		^[7]
27	LW	Ali Fatemi	20	Rah Ahan U21	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer		^[7]
4	CB	Michael Umaña	32	Saprissa	2016	—	Free Transfer	Summer	FA	^[14]
23	LW	Shahab Zahedi	19	Persepolis U21	2015	Free	promoted	Winter (during first half season)
5	RB	Mehdi Jafarpour	30	Shahrdari Tabriz	2015	Free	Free Transfer	Winter(during first half season)	FA	^[15]
16	SS	Reza Khaleghifar	32	Rah Ahan	2015	Free	Free Transfer	Winter		^[16]
41	GK	Morteza Ghadimipour	20	Persepolis U21	2017	Free	promoted	Winter
22	CF	Tadeu	28	Náutico	2016	—	Free Transfer	Winter
44	GK	Masoud Homami	31	Paykan	2016	undisclosed	Transfer	Winter
99	RB	Babak Hatami	28	Saipa	2016	R2 B	Transfer	Winter
30	LB	Mobin Mir Doraghi	21	Saipa	2016	Free	Transfer	Winter
77	CF	Ali Alipour	19	Rah Ahan	2017	Free	Transfer	Winter
66	AM	Gabriel	26	Khazar Lankaran	2016	Free	Free	Winter		^[17]
34	CM	Mohammad Rahmati	20	Persepolis U21	2016	Free	promoted	Winter
35	CF	Amir Mohammad Madani	20	Persepolis U21	2016	Free	promoted	Winter

Out[edit]

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
77	AM	Mohsen Mosalman	23	Zob Ahan	N/A	Loan return	Summer	^[18]
17	CF	Younes Shakeri	24	Padideh	undisclosed	Transfer	Summer	^[19]
22	RW	Milad Gharibi	22	Padideh	undisclosed	Loan	Summer	^[20]
5	DM	Ghasem Dehnavi	33	Zob Ahan	—	Free Transfer	Summer	^[21]
15	CB	Hossein Kanaani	20	Malavan	—	Loan	Summer	^[22]^[11]
21	GK	Amir Abedzadeh	21	Rah Ahan	Free (Mutual contest)	Transfer	Summer	^[23]
23	CF	Mehdi Seyed Salehi	32	Saipa	Free (Mutual contest)	Transfer	Summer	^[24]
1	GK	Reza Mohammadi	28	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Free (Mutual contest)	Transfer	Summer	^[25]
64	CF	Farzad Hatami	28	Mes Kerman	–	Free Transfer	Summer
99	RW	Mohammadreza Khalatbari	30	Sepahan	Free (Mutual contest)	Transfer	Summer	^[26]
4	CB	Jalal Hosseini	32	Al Ahli	—	Free Transfer	Summer
16	LB	Mehrdad Pooladi	27	Al-Shahania	—	Free Transfer	Summer	^[27]
23	GK	Nader Safarzaei	19	Released			Winter
13	RB	Hossein Mahini	28	Malavan	undisclosed	Loan (Conscription Period)	Winter
9	DM	Reza Haghighi	25	Padideh	Free (Mutual contest)	Transfer	Winter	^[28]
25	RB	Farshad Ghasemi	21	Saipa	Free (Mutual contest)	Transfer	Winter	^[29]
12	LB	Meysam Hosseini	30	Released			Winter
27	RW	Ali Fatemi	21	Released			Winter
40	GK	Nilson	39	Released			Winter

Technical staff[edit]

Ivanković's staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Branko Ivanković
Assistant coach	Andrej Panadić
Assistant coach	Karim Bagheri
Physical fitness trainer	Tihomir Sadibasic
Goalkeeping coach	Igor Panadić
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Spokesman	Hossein Ghodousi
Media Officer	Pendar Khomarlou ^ACL Hossein Khabiri ^PGPL
Team Manager	Mahmoud Khordbin

Derakhshan's staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Hamid Derakhshan
Assistant coach	Hossein Abdi
First Team coach	Alireza Emamifar
Physical fitness trainer	Masoud Momeni
Goalkeeping coach	Nader Bagheri
Doctor	Mahyar Mortazavi ^{Until January}
Spokesman	Hossein Ghodousi
Media Officer	Mojtaba Janali ^{Until January} Pendar Khomarlou ^ACL Hossein Khabiri ^PGPL
Team Manager	Mahmoud Khordbin

Daei's staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ali Daei
Assistant coach	Afshin Peyrovani
First Team coach	Reza Forouzani
First Team coach	Mohammad Daei
Physical fitness trainer	Mohammad Reza Molaei
Goalkeeping coach	Behzad Gholampour
Analyst	Javad Manafi
Doctor	Dr Alireza Haghighat
Physiotherapists	Meysam Alipour
Psychologist	Mehdi Khanban
Media Officer	Reza Abbasi
Team Manager	Mohammad Panjali

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	1 August 2014	15 May 2015	Matchday 1	8th Place	30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	030.00
Hazfi Cup	16 October 2014	5 December 2014	Round of 16	Semi Final	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	025.00
2015 ACL	24 February 2015	26 May 2015	Group stage	Round of 16	8	5	0	3	8	10	−2	062.50
Total					42	15	11	16	45	49	−4	035.71

Last updated: 26 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Esteghlal	30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	47
7	Saipa	30	11	8	11	36	34	+2	41
8	Persepolis	30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	36
9	Saba Qom	30	8	10	12	25	34	−9	34
10	Padideh	30	6	15	9	23	25	−2	33

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	36	4	6	5	15	17	−2	5	3	7	16	18	−2

Last updated: 15 May 2015.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W
Position	5	13	8	11	12	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

1 August 2014 (2014-08-01) 1	Persepolis	1 – 1	Naft Tehran	Tehran
19:40 DST+03:30	P. Sadeghian 11' M. Bengar 74' M. Kafshgari 84' 90+3'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Rezaei 27' S. Kouroshi 51' M. Hajmohammadi 60' 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

7 August 2014 (2014-08-07) 2	Foolad	2 – 0	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:30 DST+03:30	S. Rafiei 45' E. Sharifat 52' A. Vali 88'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Khanzadeh 21' H. Aliasgari 35' R. Haghighi 47' A. Nourollahi 50' A. Nourmohammadi 75' P. Sadeghian 85' M. Bengar 86'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

15 August 2014 (2014-08-15) 3	Persepolis	1 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:20 DST+03:30	M. Kafshgari 41' A. Nourmohammadi 58' M. Taromi 71'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Dehnavi 4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

20 August 2014 (2014-08-20) 4	Malavan	2 – 1	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
18:00 DST+03:30	M. Oladi 5' S. Yousefzadeh 38' M. Yousefi 43' H. Kanaani 90+3'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Norouzi 18' (pen.) R. Haghighi 46' Nilson 50'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

25 August 2014 (2014-08-25) 5	Persepolis	1 – 1	Padideh	Tehran
19:10 DST+03:30	A. Nourmohammadi 14' M. Abbaszadeh 76' (pen.)	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nejad Mehdi 5' M. Gharibi 38' I. Prahić 40' V. Asgari 74'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

30 August 2014 (2014-08-30) 6	Saba Qom	0 – 2	Persepolis	Qom
19:00 DST+03:30	A. Achille 90'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	O. Alishah 5' 85' M. Nouri 37' M. Taromi 60' 62'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,610 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

5 September 2014 7	Persepolis	1 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
18:50 DST+03:30	M. Bengar 39' H. Mahini 73'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Kh. Shafiei 12' M. Kiani 66' S. Makani 68' (o.g.) M. Dalir 73' Edinho 85' S. Nariman Jahan 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

12 September 2014 8	Persepolis	1 – 1	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tehran
19:45 DST+03:30	M. Bengar 28' H. Norouzi 57' H. Aliasgari 81'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	K. Cheraghi 3' H. Mahmoudi 36' M. Soleiman Fallah 59' S. Salarzadeh 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

18 September 2014 9	Rah Ahan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
18:30 DST+03:30	S. Koohnavard 29' M. Shiri 85'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Abbaszadeh 18' M. Nouri 27' H. Mahini 60'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

25 September 2014 10	Persepolis	2 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tehran
18:30 DST+03:30	M. Abbaszadeh 31', 45+1' (pen.)	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Momeni 13' A. Khanifar M. Heidari 73' S. Coulibaly 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 13,246 Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari
Note: Abdolhadi Khanifar booked after half time whistle.

3 October 2014 11	Sepahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
18:30 DST+03:30	L. Pereira 24' M. Sharifi 90+4' 90+5'	Summary Stats Live TV: Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Nourmohammadi 17' R. Haghighi 64'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Alireza Faghani

21 October 2014 12	Persepolis	0 – 1	Saipa	Tehran
16:50 DST+03:30	M. Khanzadeh 28' A. Esmaeilzadeh 68'	Summary Stats Live TV: None	M. Ayoubi 33' E. Sadeghi 58' M. Meydavoudi 60' M. Akhbari 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

30 October 2014 13	Paykan	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
15:15 DST+03:30	A. Feshangchi 52' Ali Hosseini 61'	Summary Stats Live TV: None	H. Norouzi 37' M. Nouri 75' 42' M. Bengar 84'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,330 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

6 November 2014 14	Persepolis	2 – 2	Gostaresh	Tehran
16:30 DST+03:30	M. Bengar 7' M. Umaña 24' 87' M. Taromi 29'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Batista 37' (pen.) M. Jahani 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali
Note: Persepolis first team coach Hossein Abdi expelled on 84'.

23 November 2014 15	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
18:05 DST+03:30	S. Shahbazzaadeh 44' A. Teymourian 63' M. Fakhreddini 78'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Bengar 54' M. Nouri 74' 74' O. Alishah 82' 78' 82' Nilson C. 90' M. Taromi 90+6'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

1 December 2014 16	Naft Tehran	2 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
16:15 DST+03:30	Gh. Rezaei 43' M. Hajmohammadi 44' K. Kamyabinia 67' A. Motahari 90+2'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Umaña 24' M. Khanzadeh 45' M. Abbaszadeh 78'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

11 December 2014 17	Persepolis	1 – 2	Foolad	Tehran
14:15 DST+03:30	M. Bengar 16' M. Nouri 42' 90+3'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Bengar 1' (o.g.) L. Mesarić 22' 90+3' E. Sharifat 28' O. Khaledi 34' A. Nong 71'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

30 January 2015 18	Zob Ahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
14:30 DST+03:30	M. Taromi 49' M. Nouri 57'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Hamam 33' M. Hassanzadeh 82' K. Rezaei 83'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

6 February 2015 19	Persepolis	0 – 1	Malavan	Tehran
17:05 DST+03:30	O. Alishah 23' H. Aliasgari 52'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	P. Nouri 18' M. Abshak 73' M. Zare 80' I. Sadeghi 86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

13 February 2015 20	Padideh	0 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
15:00 DST+03:30		Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Bengar 42' M. Nouri 44' O. Alishah 76' S. Makani 86'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

19 February 2015 21	Persepolis	0 – 0	Saba Qom	Tehran
17:15 DST+03:30	A. Nourmohammadi 21'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Badamaki 26' S. Mehdipour 53' M. Heidari 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

8 March 2015 22	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tabriz
16:30 DST+03:30	Sh. Saghebi 62' F. Abedini 84' Edinho 90+5'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Umaña 32' F. Gabriel 34' M. Nouri 84' M. Bengar 88' P. Sadeghian 89'	Stadium: Sahand Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi Man of the Match: 30,178

12 March 2015 23	Naft Masjed Soleyman	2 – 2	Persepolis	Masjed Soleyman
14:30 DST+03:30	K. Amraei 44' R. Melziddinov 57' J. Abdi 83' K. Cheraghi 89' R. Karmolachaab 90+4' 90+1'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Khanzadeh 6' O. Alishah 24' A. Alipour 37' 38'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

3 April 2015 24	Persepolis	2 – 2	Rah Ahan	Tehran
16:45 DST+03:30	B. Hatami 37' M. Taromi 77' A. Alipour 90' M. Nouri 90+2'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	E. Karimi 16' R. Rezaeian 38' I. Nenezić 68' A. Manouchehri 78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

12 April 2015 25	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:00 DST+03:30	M. Coulibaly 42' M. Mahdavi 84'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Taromi 47' O. Alishah 59' H. Aliasgari 74' P. Sadeghian 80'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
Note: Andrej Panadić coached Persepolis temporary.

16 April 2015 26	Persepolis	1 – 2	Sepahan	Tehran
19:00 DST+03:30	H. Norouzi 44' M. Taromi 53' A. Alipour 90+5'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	E. Hajisafi 59' V. Ghafouri 78' M. Sharifi 84' X. Sukaj 85' L. Pereira 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
Note: Hadi Norouzi sent off after the finish whistle. Xhevahir Sukaj booked on bench. Mehdi Taromi's yellow card forgiven in May 2015.

27 April 2015 27	Saipa	2 – 2	Persepolis	Karaj
17:30 DST+03:30	H. Nassari 45' S. Moshkelpour 59' H. Shiri 66' (pen.) M. Ayoubi 71' M. Torabi 82' M. Ramezani 90+2'	[ Summary] Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Nourollahi 30' M. Taromi 39' B. Hatami 56' M. Kafshgari 90+2' A. Nourmohammadi 90+3' S. Makani 90+4'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

1 May 2015 28	Persepolis	1 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	M. Taromi 55' A. Nourmohammadi 90+2'	[ Summary] Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Samuel 8' Dodó 38'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

11 May 2015 29	Gostaresh	2 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
18:00 DST+03:30	J. Ansari 13', 50' M. Asadi 21'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Jafarpour 36' Tadeu 89' (pen)	Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

15 May 2015 30	Persepolis	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30	M. Taromi 62' A. Alipour 65' B. Hatami 84' H. Aliasgari 89'	Stats Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Omranzadeh 33' A. Sadeghi 65' B. Barzay 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

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16 October 2014 Round of 32	Persepolis	3 – 0	Kagar Boneh Gaz	Tehran
16:50 DST+03:30	M. Abbaszadeh 15' 50' M. Nouri 40' P. Sadeghian 77' (pen.) O. Alishah 85'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Ansarifard 41' M. Soleymani 49'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

26 October 2014 Round of 16	Persepolis	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 1 p)	Rah Ahan	Tehran
16:50 DST+03:30	P. Sadeghian 5' M. Nouri 49' H. Norouzi 107' M. Bengar 117'	Summary Stats Live TV: None	M. Mohammadi 38'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour
	Penalties
	M. Umaña S. Makani M. Kafshgari M. Taromi		R. Rezaeian B. Abdi A. Alipour

27 November 2014 Quarter Final	Gol Gohar	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 3 p)	Persepolis	Sirjan
13:30 DST+03:30	M. Golzari 35' M. Jomezadeh 100' (pen.)	Summary Stats	H. Aliasgari 99' M. Bengar 105+1' 105+2' M. Taromi 126'	Stadium: Emam Ali Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
	Penalties
	H. Mozaffari H. Hatami M. Amiri M. Jomehzadeh S. Bahrekazemi		M. Kafshgari S. Makani M. Hosseini M. Taromi M. Nouri

5 December 2014 Semi Final	Persepolis	1 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
15:15 DST+03:30	M. Nouri 61' M. Umaña 63' 72'	Summary Stats	Gh. Dehnavi 31' M. Tabrizi 69' C. Santos 90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEK	PER	NSR	BYD
1	Lekhwiya	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	1–1	1–0
2	Persepolis	6	4	0	2	7	7	0	12	Advance to knockout stage	3–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Al-Nassr	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8		1–3	3–0	—	1–1
4	Bunyodkor	6	0	1	5	2	7	−5	1		0–1	0–1	0–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 1	Persepolis	3 – 0	Lekhwiya	Tehran, Iran
18:30 DST+03:30	M. Bengar 60' H. Norouzi 66' M. Nouri 83' (pen.)	Stats Summary	M. Tresor 75' Luiz J. 84'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,350 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera Man of the Match: Hadi Norouzi

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) 2	Bunyodkor	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16:30 DST+03:30	A. Komilov 31'	Stats Summary	M. Nouri 20' (pen.) 45+2' M. Bengar 58'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 21,285 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin Man of the Match: Sosha Makani

17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 3	Al Nassr	3 – 0	Persepolis	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:00 DST+03:30	A. Mierzejewski 32' M. Al-Sahlawi 76' F. Estoyanoff 86' 90+4' H. Al-Raheb 90+5'	Stats Summary	A. Nourmohammadi 38' M. Bengar 69' M. Taromi 79' M. Nouri 88'	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 20,315 Referee: Ryuji Sato Man of the Match: Adrian Mierzejewski

8 April 2015 (2015-04-08) 4	Persepolis	1 – 0	Al Nassr	Tehran, Iran
18:00 DST+03:30	M. Khanzadeh 45+3' M. Taromi 62' (pen.) P. Sadeghian 69' O. Alishah 69' S. Makani 90+5'	Stats Summary	O. Othman 5' M. Husain 60' A. Al-Jebreen 90+6'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Ma Ning Man of the Match: Mehdi Taromi
Note: Hossein Abdi coached Persepolis temporary. Payam Sadeghian booked on bench.

22 April 2015 (2015-04-22) 5	Lekhwiya	3 – 0	Persepolis	Doha, Qatar
21:00 DST+03:30	M. Abdullah 41' Y. Msakni 69' Nam Tae-Hee 83' A. Afif 90+3'	Stats	M. Kafshgari 31' M. Umaña 45'	Stadium: Lekhwiya Sports Stadium Attendance: 4,877 Referee: Benjamin Williams Man of the Match: Nam Tae-Hee

6 May 2015 (2015-05-06) 6	Persepolis	2 – 1	Bunyodkor	Tehran, Iran
20:35 DST+03:30	M. Nouri 49' O. Jurabaev 73' (o.g.)	Stats	A. Filiposyan 34' S. Rashidov 61' T. Ayupov 66' Ch. Zouagi 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto Man of the Match: Mohammad Nouri

Knock-out stage[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

19 May 2015 (2015-05-19) First leg	Persepolis	1 – 0	Al Hilal	Tehran, Iran
19:30 UTC+4:30	O. Alishah 65' S. Makani 81' Digão 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	S. Al-Faraj 34' N. Al-Abed 70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed Man of the Match: Mehdi Taromi

26 May 2015 (2015-05-26) Second leg	Al Hilal	3 – 0	Persepolis	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
22:35 UTC+4:30	Y. Al-Salem 29' M. Al-Shalhoub 57' (pen.) A. Al-Dawsari 90+1'	Stats	H. Norouzi 60' M. Taromi 70' A. ALipour 90'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 23,590 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko Man of the Match: Yousef Al-Salem

Friendly Matches[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

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18 June 2014 (2014-06-18)	Ardabil AU	0 – 3	Persepolis	Ardabil
18:10 DST+03:30			38' O. Alishah 43' M. Daghagheleh 55'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 1,000

21 June 2014 (2014-06-21)	Sedaghat Astara	1 – 2	Persepolis	Astara
17:00 DST+03:30	H. Mousavi 71'		M. Taromi 23' M. Bengar 36' M. Daghagheleh 57' M. Nouri 74'	Stadium: Vahdat Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sekhavat Soleymannejad

24 June 2014 (2014-06-24)	Motahed Ardabil	0 – 1	Persepolis	Ardabil
18:00 DST+03:30			O. Alishah 85'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 2,000

1 July 2014 (2014-07-01)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Padideh	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	S. Yazdani 21' A. Fatemi 28'		Y. Shakeri 32'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: N/A

6 July 2014 (2014-07-06)	Persepolis	0 – 0	Gostaresh Foulad	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30				Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: N/A

14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)	Persepolis	3 – 0	Gloria Buzău	Istanbul
11:00 DST+02:00	R. Norouzi 19', 40' M. Abbaszadeh 88'			Stadium: The Green Park Fitness Center

17 July 2014 (2014-07-17)	Persepolis	3 – 2	Sumgayit	Istanbul
11:00 DST+02:00	M. Abbaszadeh 49', 83' M. Taromi 72'		T. Mikayilov 19' M. Kurbanov 85' (pen.)	Stadium: The Green Park Fitness Center

18 July 2014 (2014-07-18)	Persepolis	4 – 1	Dinamo Batumi	Istanbul
11:00 DST+02:00	R. Norouzi (pen.) 80' M. Abbaszadeh 75'			Stadium: The Green Park Fitness Center

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2 August 2014 (2014-08-02)	Persepolis	8 – 1	Tehran Mobadel	Tehran
11:00 DST+03:30	M. Nouri A. Esmaeilzadeh M. Kamandani M. Taromi			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 30

8 August 2014 (2014-08-08)	Persepolis	4 – 1	Paykan	Tehran
18:00 DST+03:30	H. Norouzi A. Astani M. Taromi		J. Asgari	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 10

16 August 2014 (2014-08-16)	Persepolis	1 – 2	Khooneh Be Khooneh	Tehran
10:30 DST+03:30	M. Hosseini 53'		M. Najafi 58', 72'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium

14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)	Persepolis	3 – 1	Bunyodkor	Dubai
	R. Khaleghifar 35', 72' M. Bengar 64' A. Nourmohammadi 75'		90+2'	Attendance: 50

17 January 2015 (2015-01-17)	Ras AlKhaima	0 – 5	Persepolis	Ras al-Khaimah
			M. Abbaszadeh 30' P. Sadeghian 35' Tadeu 51', 69' M. Taromi 60'	Stadium: Ras al-Khaima Stadium Attendance: 120

21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)	Persepolis	2 – 0	Shahrdari Tabriz	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30	P. Sadeghian 43' (pen.) Tadeu 74' (pen.)			Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Attendance: 150

14 February 2015 (2015-02-14)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Razkan Karaj	Tehran
15:30 DST+03:30	M. Abbaszadeh 35', 87'		65'	Stadium: Derafshifar Stadium Referee: Majid Karami

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

				Pro League					Hazfi Cup					ACL					Total
No	P	N	Name	S	P	M		A	S	P	M		A	S	P	M		A	S	P	M		A
1	GK		Sosha Makani	20	20	1918	-22		4	4	446	-4		8	8	769	-10		32	32	3133	-36
2	LM		Omid Alishah	23	26	2160	4	3	3	3	351	1	1	8	8	751			34	37	3262	5	4
3	CB		Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	13	16	1221			3	3	309		1	3	3	256			19	22	1786		1
4	CB		Michael Umaña	24	24	2302			3	3	268			8	8	751			35	35	3321
5	RB		Mehdi Jafarpour	4	4	297		1	1	2	92								5	5	389		1
6	CB		Mohsen Bengar	22	23	2077	2	1	3	3	351	1		3	4	288	1		28	30	2716	4	1
8	RW		Mehdi Daghagheleh	2	6	162				2	20								2	8	182
9	DM		Reza Haghighi	11	14	1007			2	2	165								13	16	1173
10	CF		Reza Norouzi	4	4	354	1												4	4	354	1
11	SS		Payam Sadeghian	5	10	591	1		1	2	149	1			2	30			6	14	770	2
12	LB		Meysam Hosseini	9	14	1037			3	3	351								12	17	1388
13	RB		Hossein Mahini	7	7	678		1											7	7	678		1
14	AM		Mohammad Nouri	21	25	2098	5	1	4	4	446	2		7	7	669	3		32	36	3213	10	1
15	AM		Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	1	6	184													1	6	184
16	SS		Reza Khaleghifar	7	10	705		1	1	1	95			1	3	114			9	14	914		1
17	CF		Mehdi Taromi	20	25	1930	7	5	3	4	323		1	8	8	699	1	1	31	37	2952	8	7
18	DM		Mehrdad Kafshgari	18	22	1570			2	3	280			4	5	394			24	30	2244
19	AM		Milad Kamandani	1	3	98									1	17			1	4	115
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	21	22	1994		1	3	4	375			8	8	769			32	34	3138		1
21	CM		Ali Astani
22	CF		Tadeu	3	5	249													3	5	249
23	LW		Shahab Zahedi		3	85				2	18									5	103
24	SS		Hadi Norouzi	18	20	1626	2	6	4	4	403		2	7	8	699	1		29	32	2728	3	8
25	RB		Farshad Ghasemi							1	3									1	3
26	RM		Hamidreza Aliasgari	14	18	1457		1	1	2	157			5	6	519			20	26	2038		1
27	LW		Ali Fatemi		2	18														2	18
28	DM		Ahmad Nourollahi	17	20	1593	1	1	2	2	229			8	8	732			26	30	2554	1	1
29	LB		Navid Sabouri
30	LB		Mobin Mir Doraghi
33	CF		Mohammad Abbaszadeh	11	18	1168	5		1	1	52'	1							12	19	1221	6
34	CM		Mohammad Rahmati
35	CF		Amir Mohammad Madani
40	GK		Nilson Corrêa	9	9	870	-11												8	8	870	-11
41	GK		Morteza Ghadimipour
44	GK		Masoud Homami	1	1	95	-2												1	1	95	-2
66	AM		Gabriel	9	9	727		1						4	4	353		1	13	13	1080		2
77	CF		Ali Alipour	3	11	403	2							1	8	171			4	19	574	2
99	RB		Babak Hatami	11	11	1012								5	6	478			15	17	1490
	GK		Nader Safarzaei
Totals							31	23				6	5				6	2				42	30
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Disciplinary record[edit]

Bookings & sendings-off[edit]

				Pro League			Hazfi Cup			ACL			Total
No	P	N	Name
1	GK		Sosha Makani	2						2			4
2	LM		Omid Alishah	3	1					2			5	1
3	CB		Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	4						1			5
4	CB		Michael Umaña	3				1		1			4	1
5	RB		Mehdi Jafarpour	1									1
6	CB		Mohsen Bengar	8			2			2			12
8	RW		Mehdi Daghagheleh
9	DM		Reza Haghighi	3									3
10	CF		Reza Norouzi
11	SS		Payam Sadeghian	2		1				1			3		1
12	LB		Meysam Hosseini
13	RB		Hossein Mahini	2									2
14	MF		Mohammad Nouri	7			1			2			10
15	AM		Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	1									1
16	SS		Reza Khaleghifar
17	CF		Mehdi Taromi	4			1			1	1		6	1
18	DM		Mehrdad Kafshgari	2	1					1			3	1
19	AM		Milad Kamandani
20	CB		Alireza Nourmohammadi	7						1			8
21	CM		Ali Astani
22	CF		Tadeu
23	LW		Shahab Zahedi
24	SS		Hadi Norouzi	1	1		1			1			3	1
25	RB		Farshad Ghasemi
26	RM		Hamidreza Aliasgari	5			1						6
27	LW		Ali Fatemi
28	DM		Ahmad Nourollahi	1									1
29	LB		Navid Sabouri
30	LB		Mobin Mir Doraghi
33	CF		Mohammad Abbaszadeh
34	CM		Mohammad Rahmati
35	CF		Amir Mohammad Madani
40	GK		Nilson Corrêa	2									2
41	GK		Morteza Ghadimipour
44	GK		Masoud Homami
66	AM		Gabriel	1									1
77	CF		Ali Alipour	3						1			4
99	RB		Babak Hatami	3									3
	GK		Nader Safarzaei
Totals				64	3	1	6	1	0	16	1	0	86	5	1
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Suspensions[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	No. of matches served	Reason	Competition	Date served	Opponent(s)	Ref.
13	RB	Hossein Mahini¹	6	Conscription problems	All competitions	1 August 2014	Naft Tehran
						7 August 2014	Foolad
						25 September 2014	Esteghlal Khuzestan
						3 October 2014	Sepahan
						16 October 2014	Kargar Boneh Gaz
						21 October 2014	Saipa
18	DM	Mehrdad Kafshgari	1	Double yellow card in match against Naft Tehran	League	7 August 2014	Foolad
11	AM	Payam Sadeghian	1	Straight red card in match against Foolad	League	15 August 2014	Zob Ahan
			11 (2 Month since August 7)²	Unsporting behavior	All competitions	20 August 2014	Malavan	^[30]
						25 August 2014	Padideh
						30 August 2014	Saba Qom
						5 September 2014	Tractor Sazi
						10 September 2014	Naft Masjed Soleyman
						17 September 2014	Rah Ahan
						24 September 2014	Esteghlal Khuzestan
						2 October 2014	Sepahan
20	CB	Alireza Nourmohammadi	1	3rd yellow card	League	30 August 2014	Saba Qom
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	1	3rd yellow card	League	18 September 2014	Rah Ahan
9	DM	Reza Haghighi	1	3rd yellow card	League	21 October 2014	Saipa
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	1	5th yellow card	League	1 December 2014	Naft Tehran
2	LW	Omid Alishah	1	Double yellow card in a match against Esteghlal	League	1 December 2014	Naft Tehran
14	AM	Mohammad Nouri	1	3rd yellow card	League	1 December 2014	Naft Tehran
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	1	2nd yellow card	Cup	5 December 2014	Zob Ahan
2	RW	Omid Alishah	2	Unsporting behavior	Cup	5 December 2014	Zob Ahan
2	RW	Omid Alishah	2	Unsporting behavior	League	11 December 2014	Foolad
3	CB	Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	1	3rd yellow card	League	11 December 2014	Foolad
4	CB	Michael Umaña³	1	Double yellow card in a match against Zob Ahan	League	11 December 2014	Foolad
14	AM	Mohammad Nouri	1	5th yellow card	League	30 January 2015	Malavan
17	CF	Mehdi Taromi	1	3rd yellow card	League	30 January 2015	Malavan
26	RM	Hamidreza Aliasgari	1	3rd yellow card	League	6 February 2015	Padideh
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	1	7th yellow card	League	13 February 2015	Saba Qom
20	CB	Alireza Nourmohammadi	1	5th yellow card	League	19 February 2015	Tractor Sazi
4	CB	Michael Umaña	1	3rd yellow card	League	8 March 2015	Naft Masjed Soleyman
14	AM	Mohammad Nouri	1	7th yellow card	League	8 March 2015	Naft Masjed Soleyman
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	1	2nd yellow card	CL	17 March 2015	Al-Nassr
14	AM	Mohammad Nouri	1	2nd yellow card	CL	17 March 2015	Al-Nassr
99	RB	Babak Hatami	1	5th yellow card	League	3 April 2015	Esteghlal Khuzestan
2	LW	Omid Alishah	1	3rd yellow card	League	12 April 2015	Sepahan
24	SS	Hadi Norouzi	1	Double yellow card in a match against Sepahan	League	16 April 2015	Saipa
77	CF	Ali Alipour	1	3rd yellow card	League	16 April 2015	Saipa
3	CB	Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	6 (9 months, since April 28)	Unsporting behavior	League	1 May 2015	Paykan
					CL	6 May 2015	Bunyodkor
					League	11 May 2015	Gostaresh Foulad
					League	15 May 2015	Esteghlal
					CL	19 May 2015	Al Hilal
					CL	26 May 2015	Al Hilal
20	CB	Alireza Nourmohammadi	1	7th yellow card	League	11 May 2015	Gostaresh Foulad
Last updated: 6 May 2015

¹ Hossein Mahini signed contract with Malavan late in October, his suspension counted until his official move to Malavan.
² FFIRI disciplinary committee suspend him for 3 months^[31] but FFIRI appeals committee reduce one month of his suspension.
³ After Persepolis elimination in Hazfi Cup Michael Umaña's suspension (due sent off in match against Zob Ahan) applied in League.

Injuries During The Season[edit]

Players in bold are still out from their injuries.

No.	Pos	Name	Date	Injury	Estimated Return Date	Match(es) lost	Source
8	RW	Mehdi Daghagheleh	5 July 2014	Quadriceps rupture	August 2014	From fixture 1 to 14 ( L )
26	RM	Hamidreza Aliasgari	12 August 2014	Hamstring elongation	August 2014	From fixture 3 to 6 ( L ) From fixture 7 to 14 ( L )	^[32]
24	SS	Hadi Norouzi	14 August 2014	Groin elongation	August 2014	From fixture 3 to 8( L )	^[33]
23	GK	Nader Safarzaei ^R	15 August 2014	ACL rupture	March 2015	From fixture 3 ( L )	^[34]
18	DM	Mehrdad Kafshgari	20 August 2014	Knee strains	August 2014	Fixture 4 ^DM ( L )	^[35]
18	DM	Mehrdad Kafshgari	30 August 2014	Hamstring elongation	September 2014	From fixture 6 ^DM to 7 ( L )	^[36]
10	CF	Reza Norouzi	20 August 2014	ACL rupture	March 2015	From fixture 5 ( L ) All Hazfi Cup matches From round 1 to 4 ( CL )	^[37]
29	LB	Navid Sabouri	24 August 2014	Quadriceps rupture	September 2014	From fixture 6 to 10( L )	^[34]
33	CF	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	4 November 2014	Hamstring elongation	December 2014	Fixture 14 ( L ) Quarter final ( C )	^[38]
11	AM	Payam Sadeghian	21 November 2014	Groin elongation	February 2015	From fixture 15 to 20 ( L ) Quarter and semi final ( C )	^[39]
9	DM	Reza Haghighi	23 November 2014	Inferior gemellus muscle rupture	December 2014	From fixture 15 ^DMto 17( L ) Quarter and semi final ( C )	^[40]
17	CF	Mehdi Taromi	5 December 2014	Hamstring elongation	December 2014	Fixture 17 ( L ) semi final ^DM ( C )
40	GK	Nilson	7 December 2014	Metacarpus	December 2014	Fixture 17 ( L )
18	DM	Mehrdad Kafshgari	9 December 2014	Abdomen elongation	December 2014	Fixture 17 ( L )
20	CB	Alireza Nourmohammadi	25 January 2015	Abdomen elongation	February 2015	From fixture 18 to 19( L )
3	CB	Mohammadreza Khanzadeh	6 February 2015	Right foot strains	February 2015	From fixture 19 to 21 ^DM( L ) Round 1 ( CL )
33	CF	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	26 February 2015	Flu	March 2015	Round 2 ( CL )
26	RM	Hamidreza Aliasgari	28 February 2015	Wrist strains	March 2015	Round 2 ( CL )
17	CF	Mehdi Taromi	3 March 2015	Hamstring elongation	March 2015	Round 2 ^DM( CL ) Fixture 22 ( L )
24	SS	Hadi Norouzi	5 March 2015	MCL elongation	March 2015	Fixture 22 ( L )
66	AM	Fernando Gabriel	12 March 2015	Frontal fracture	April 2015	From fixture 22^DM to 24 ( L ) From round 3 ( CL )
99	RB	Babak Hatami	14 March 2015		March 2015	Round 3 ( CL )
24	RW	Hadi Norouzi	28 March 2015		April 2015	Fixture 24 ( L )
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	3 March 2015		April 2015	From fixture 25 ^DM to 29 ( L ) from Round 4 to 6, Round of 16 (A) ( CL )
18	DM	Mehrdad Kafshgari	14 May 2015		May 2015	Fixture 30 ( L ) Round of 16 (H & A) ( CL )
66	AM	Fernando Gabriel	10 May 2015		May 2015	Fixture 30 ( L ) Round of 16 (H & A) ( CL )
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Notes

^DM Substituted during match.
^R Player released by The Club during his injury time.

Captaincy[edit]

No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	ACL	Total	Notes
20	CB	Alireza Nourmohammadi	5	0	0	5	3rd captain
14	AM	Mohammad Nouri	21	4	7	32	Captain
24	SS	Hadi Norouzi	3	0	1	4	Vice Captain
6	CB	Mohsen Bengar	1	0	0	1
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Overall statistics[edit]

	Pro League		Hazfi Cup		ACL		Total
	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Total
Games played	15	15	3	1	4	4	22	20	42
Games won	4	5	1	0	4	1	9	6	15
Games drawn	6	3	1	1	0	0	7	4	11
Games lost	5	7	1	0	0	6	6	10	16
Goals scored	15	16	5	1	7	1	27	18	45
Goals conceded	17	18	3	1	1	9	21	28	49
Goal difference	-2	-2	+2	0	+5	-8	+6	-10	-4
Clean sheets	4	3	1	0	3	1	8	4	12
Goal by Substitute	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	3	5
Biggest Win	1–0 (against Zob Ahan)	2–0 (against Saba)	3–0 (against Kargar Boneh Gaz)	—	3–0 (against Lekhwiya)	1–0 (against Bunyodkor)	3–0 (against Kargar Boneh Gaz) (against Lekhwiya)	2–0 (against Saba)	3–0 (against Kargar Boneh Gaz) (against Lekhwiya)
Biggest Loss	3–1 (against Tractor Sazi)	2–0 (against Foolad)	2–1 (against Zob Ahan)	—	—	3–0 (against Al-Nassr, Lekhwiya & Al-Hilal)	3–1 (against Tractor Sazi)	2–0 (against Foolad)	3–0 (against Al-Nassr, Lekhwiya & Al-Hilal)
Players used	30	30	21	14	17	17	31	30	32
Average Goals for per game	1	1.07	1.67	1	1.75	0.25	1.23	0.90	1.07
Average Goals against per game	1.13	1.20	1	1	0.25	2.5	0.95	1.4	1.17
Winning Rate	26.67%	33.33%	33.33%	0	100%	25%	40.91%	30%	35.71%
Most appearances	Mehdi Taromi (14)	Omid Alishah (13)	6 Players (3)	14 Players (1)	9 Players (4)	9 Players (4)	Mehdi Taromi (21)	Omid Alishah (18)	Omid Alishah Mehdi Taromi (37)
Most minutes played	Michael Umaña (1150')	Michael Umaña (1152')	3 Players (312')	8 Players (134')	3 Players (386')	5 Players (383')	Michael Umaña (1715')	Omid Alishah (1612')	Michael Umaña (3321')
Top scorer	Mehdi Taromi (4)	Omid Alishah (4)	Mohammad Nouri (2)	Mohsen Bengar (1)	Mohammad Nouri (2)	Mohammad Nouri (1)	Mohammad Nouri (6)	Mohammad Nouri Omid Alishah (4)	Mohammad Nouri (10)
Top assister	Hadi Norouzi (4)	Mehdi Taromi (4)	Hadi Norouzi (2)	Omid Alishah (1)	Mehdi Taromi Gabriel (1)	—	Hadi Norouzi (6)	Mehdi Taromi (4)	Hadi Norouzi (8)
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Club[edit]

Kit[edit]

Supplier: Macron

Home Kit

Away Kit

Source: "Persepolis FC' current kit". Archived from the original on 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2014-04-17.

Sponsorship[edit]

Main sponsor: Behnam Pishro Kish
Official sponsor: Iran Zamin Bank Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
Official shirt manufacturer: Macron ^[41]

Official sponsor: EJS International Investment Co.
Official water: Damavand Mineral Water Co.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fc-Perspolis: Bengar, Daghagheleh & Taromi registered their contracts
^ FIFA: Iran final squad Archived 2014-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Fc-Perspolis: Makani joined Persepolis Archived June 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Fc-Perspolis: Norouzi joined Persepolis". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
^ ^a ^b Fc-Perspolis: Nourollahi joined Persepolis Archived 2014-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Fc-Perspolis: Nilson signed contract extinsion". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fars: 4 New talents joined Perspolis
^ ^a ^b FC-Perspolis: Daei and Rahimi sacked by club board of direction / Montaghami and Derakhshan assigned as new chairman and manager
^ Farsnews: Nader Bagheri replaced Behzad Gholampour in Persepolis
^ "FFIRI: Disciplinary committee sentence about Mehrdad Pouladi". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
^ ^a ^b FC Malavan: former Persepolis defender loaned Malavan
^ ^a ^b ^c Fars: Khanzadeh, Shakeri & Gharibi returned to Perspolis
^ "Fc-Perspolis: Hadi Norouzi returned to Persepolis training camp". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
^ "Michael Umaña joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
^ Fars: Jafarpour joined Persepolis
^ "Khaleghifar joined Perspolis". Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
^ "قرارداد پرسپولیس با گابریل برای یک فصل و نیم منعقد شد - باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس". Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
^ Zob Ahan Club: Mosalman returned to Zob Ahan
^ Isna: Shakeri joined Padideh
^ "Padideh FC: Gharibi joined Padideh". Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
^ Zob Ahan Club: Ghasem Dehnavi signed one-year contract with Zob Ahan
^ "FC Malavan: former Persepolis defender joined Malavan". Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
^ "Rah Ahan FC: Ahmad & Amir Abedzadeh joined Rah Ahan". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
^ "Siapa FC: Seyed Salehi joined Saipa". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
^ Naft MIS FC: Soleiman Fallah & Mohammadi joined Naft MIS
^ "Sepahan FC: Khalatbari joined Sepahan with a two-years contract". Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ Alkass: Mehrdad Pouladi joined Qatari side, Shahania
^ "Padideh FC: Haghighi joined Padideh until end of season". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
^ "FC Persepolis: Farshad Ghasemi released from Persepolis". Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
^ FFIRI: Appeals Committee sentence about Persepolis Vs Foolad
^ FFIRI: Disciplinary Committee sentence about Persepolis Vs Foolad
^ FC Perspolis: Aliasgari should rest for 2 weeks due his Hamstring elongation, Dr Haghighat says
^ FC Perspolis: Norouzi should stay away from training due groin elongation
^ ^a ^b FC Perspolis: Dr. Haghighat: Safarzaei should rest until March / Sabouri will return after 3 weeks
^ FC Perspolis: Kafshgari would return to training camp after knee strains
^ FC Perspolis: Kafshgari injured from Hamstring muscle
^ FC Perspolis: Reza Norouzi's Anterior cruciate ligament ruptured in match against Malavan
^ "FC Perspolis: Abbaszadeh missed Hazfi cup match because of hamstring injury". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
^ "FC Perspolis: Sadeghian missed derby due groin injury". Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
^ "FC Perspolis: Haghighi should rest for next 1 month due his gemellus muscles rupture". Archived from the original on 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
^ "MACRON & FC PERSEPOLIS | Macron". www.macron.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.

External links[edit]

[FCP1-1] Fc-Perspolis: Bengar, Daghagheleh & Taromi registered their contracts

[2] FIFA: Iran final squad Archived 2014-06-01 at the Wayback Machine

[FCP3-3] Fc-Perspolis: Makani joined Persepolis Archived June 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[FCP4-4] "Fc-Perspolis: Norouzi joined Persepolis". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2014-06-10.

[FCP5-5] Fc-Perspolis: Nourollahi joined Persepolis Archived 2014-06-26 at the Wayback Machine

[FCP2-6] "Fc-Perspolis: Nilson signed contract extinsion". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.

[FARS1-7] Fars: 4 New talents joined Perspolis

[SACK-8] FC-Perspolis: Daei and Rahimi sacked by club board of direction / Montaghami and Derakhshan assigned as new chairman and manager

[9] Farsnews: Nader Bagheri replaced Behzad Gholampour in Persepolis

[10] "FFIRI: Disciplinary committee sentence about Mehrdad Pouladi". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2014-09-17.

[varzesh3.com-11] FC Malavan: former Persepolis defender loaned Malavan

[Fars2-12] Fars: Khanzadeh, Shakeri & Gharibi returned to Perspolis

[13] "Fc-Perspolis: Hadi Norouzi returned to Persepolis training camp". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

[14] "Michael Umaña joins Persepolis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

[15] Fars: Jafarpour joined Persepolis

[16] "Khaleghifar joined Perspolis". Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-12-01.

[17] "قرارداد پرسپولیس با گابریل برای یک فصل و نیم منعقد شد - باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس". Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2015-02-02.

[18] Zob Ahan Club: Mosalman returned to Zob Ahan

[19] Isna: Shakeri joined Padideh

[20] "Padideh FC: Gharibi joined Padideh". Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

[21] Zob Ahan Club: Ghasem Dehnavi signed one-year contract with Zob Ahan

[22] "FC Malavan: former Persepolis defender joined Malavan". Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

[23] "Rah Ahan FC: Ahmad & Amir Abedzadeh joined Rah Ahan". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

[24] "Siapa FC: Seyed Salehi joined Saipa". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

[25] Naft MIS FC: Soleiman Fallah & Mohammadi joined Naft MIS

[26] "Sepahan FC: Khalatbari joined Sepahan with a two-years contract". Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[27] Alkass: Mehrdad Pouladi joined Qatari side, Shahania

[28] "Padideh FC: Haghighi joined Padideh until end of season". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-27.

[29] "FC Persepolis: Farshad Ghasemi released from Persepolis". Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-28.

[30] FFIRI: Appeals Committee sentence about Persepolis Vs Foolad

[31] FFIRI: Disciplinary Committee sentence about Persepolis Vs Foolad

[32] FC Perspolis: Aliasgari should rest for 2 weeks due his Hamstring elongation, Dr Haghighat says

[33] FC Perspolis: Norouzi should stay away from training due groin elongation

[Safarzaei-34] FC Perspolis: Dr. Haghighat: Safarzaei should rest until March / Sabouri will return after 3 weeks

[35] FC Perspolis: Kafshgari would return to training camp after knee strains

[36] FC Perspolis: Kafshgari injured from Hamstring muscle

[37] FC Perspolis: Reza Norouzi's Anterior cruciate ligament ruptured in match against Malavan

[38] "FC Perspolis: Abbaszadeh missed Hazfi cup match because of hamstring injury". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-25.

[39] "FC Perspolis: Sadeghian missed derby due groin injury". Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2014-11-25.

[40] "FC Perspolis: Haghighi should rest for next 1 month due his gemellus muscles rupture". Archived from the original on 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2014-11-25.

[41] "MACRON & FC PERSEPOLIS | Macron". www.macron.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.

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Key events[edit]

Squad[edit]

First team squad[edit]

Loan list[edit]

New Contracts[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

Ivanković's staff[edit]

Derakhshan's staff[edit]

Daei's staff[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Persian Gulf Pro League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

Hazfi Cup[edit]

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Knock-out stage[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

Friendly Matches[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

During season[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

Bookings & sendings-off[edit]

Suspensions[edit]

Injuries During The Season[edit]

Captaincy[edit]

Overall statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Kit[edit]

Sponsorship[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]