2000–01 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the Persepolis's 10th season in the Azadegan League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also be competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship. Persepolis was captained by Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh.[1]

Persepolis

2000–01 season
Chairman	Amir Abedini
Manager	Ali Parvin
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Azadegan League	Runners-up
Hazfi Cup	Round of 16
Asian Club Championship	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: B. Rahbarifar (7 goals) All: A. Karimi (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	110,000 (against Esteghlal)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (captain) 2 DF  IRN Younes Bahonar 3 DF  IRN Hassan Khanmohammadi 4 DF  IRN Ali Ansarian 5 DF  IRN Afshin Peyrovani (vice captain) 6 MF  IRN Ebrahim Asadi 7 MF  IRN Hamid Estili 8 MF  IRN Ali Karimi 10 FW  IRN Edmond Bezik 11 MF  IRN Hamed Kavianpour 14 MF  IRN Reza Jabbari 15 MF  IRN Esmaeil Halali 16 DF  IRN Reza Shahroudi (3rd captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  IRN Hadi Mahdavikia 18 DF  IRN Mohammad Barzegar 19 FW  IRN Payan Rafat 20 DF  IRN Behrouz Rahbarifard 21 MF  IRN Ali Akbarian 22 GK  IRN Davoud Fanaei 23 FW  IRN Laith Nobari 24 MF  IRN Mehdi Tartar 26 FW  IRN Amirhossein Aslanian 30 GK  IRN Farshid Karimi — DF  IRN Hadi Aghily

Mid-season Transfers

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Source
9	CF	Behnam Seraj	29	Foolad		Transfer
23	RM	Alireza Emamifar	26	Fajr Sepasi		Transfer
	CB	Ebrahim Taghipour	23	Zob Ahan		Transfer

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ali Parvin
Assistant coach	Nasser Ebrahimi
Physical fitness trainer	Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach	Vahid Ghelich
Doctor	Dr. Farid Zarineh
Team Manager	Mahmoud Khordbin

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2000–01 Azadegan League	—	—	Runners-up	August 4, 2000	April 19, 2001
2000–01 Hazfi Cup	Round of 16	—	Round of 16	May 1, 2001	May 1, 2001
2000–01 Asian Club Championship	—	—	Third-place	September 7, 2000	May 26, 2001

Azadegan League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal (C)	22	15	5	2	52	21	+31	50	Qualification for the 2001–02 Asian Club Championship
2	Persepolis	22	13	7	2	36	16	+20	46
3	Saipa	22	8	9	5	29	27	+2	33
4	Zob Ahan	22	7	9	6	30	22	+8	30
5	Paykan	22	7	7	8	19	29	−10	28

Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

4 August 2000 1	Saipa	2 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	Momeni  44' Abolghasempour  50'		Kavianpour  55' Jabbari  77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

11 August 2000 2	Persepolis	2 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
	Jabbari  65' Halali  80'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

18 August 2000 3	Foolad	0 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
			Rahbarifar  30' (pen.)	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

12 September 2000 4	Persepolis	0 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

16 September 2000 5	Zob Ahan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
	Ostovari  50'		Rafat  2' 58'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

9 November 2000 6	Persepolis	2 – 1	Pas	Tehran
	Bezik  44' Khanmohammadi  80'		Shahbazian  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

3 December 2000 8	Persepolis	1 – 0	Tractor	Tehran
	Estili  45'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

8 December 2000 9	Esteghlal Rasht	1 – 4	Persepolis	Rasht
	Bani Ahmad  47'		Karimi  21' Rahbarifar  30' 35' (pen.) Estili  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 30,000

14 December 2000 10	Persepolis	1 – 0	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
	Rahbarifar  90' (pen.)			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

23 December 2000 11	Sepahan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Isfahan
				Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium

29 December 2000 7	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	Navazi  67' Hasheminasab  83' Boroumand  90'		Rahbarifar  58' (pen.) Karimi  88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 110,000

5 January 2001 12	Persepolis	2 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
	Khanmohammadi  34' Karimi  80'		Jamshidi  17' Soltani  87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

22 January 2001 14	Persepolis	2 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
	Aslanian  7' Kavianpour  20'		Mobali  35'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000

28 January 2001 15	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 1	Persepolis	Shiraz
	Faraz Fatemi  43' (pen.)		Rafat  18'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 25,000

2 February 2001 16	Persepolis	2 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	Peyrovani  35' Ansarian  90' (pen.)			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000

16 February 2001 13	Paykan	1 – 3	Persepolis	Tehran
	Salek Jabbari  73'		Jabbari  10' Bezik  20' Barzegar  23'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000

12 February 2001 17	Pas	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

23 February 2001 18	Persepolis	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Akbarpour  74'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000

28 February 2001 19	Tractor	0 – 3	Persepolis	Tabriz
			Karimi  5' Rafat  46' Asadi  79'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000

17 March 2001 20	Persepolis	4 – 1	Esteghlal Rasht	Tehran
	Nobari  6' Rahbarifar  32' 43' (pen.) Aslanian  78'		Bani Ahmad  85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

13 April 2001 21	Bargh Shiraz	0 – 2	Persepolis	Shiraz
			Karimi  67' Nobari  90+1'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 30,000

28 April 2001 22	Persepolis	0 – 2	Sepahan	Tabriz
			Mousavi  67' 86'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Hazfi Cup

[2]

Round of 16

1 May 2001 First leg	Persepolis	1 – 0	Shamoushak Noshahr	Tehran
10:00 DST +04:30	Halali  15'			Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

6 May 2001 Second leg	Shamoushak Noshahr	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Persepolis	Sari
	Entezari			Stadium: Shahid Motaghi Stadium Attendance: 20,000
Note: The match was half over due to the collapse of the stadium roof while it was 2-0 in favor of Shamoushak. Many spectators died and many were severely injured. Eventually the match declared 3-0 in favor of Shamoushak.

Asian Club Championship

First round

First leg	Al-Wakrah	2 – 4	Persepolis	Doha, Qatar
			Karimi Akbarian  79' Estili

Second leg	Persepolis	5 – 1 (9 – 3 agg.)	Al-Wakrah	Tehran, Iran
	Rafat  11' Emamifar  13' Rahbarifar Karimi Seraj		Alkawari  pen.'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Second round

First leg	Persepolis	2 – 0	Al Ain	Tehran, Iran
	Rafat			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Second leg	Al Ain	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 agg.)	Persepolis	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
			Peyrovani Khanmohammadi	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persepolis	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
FC Irtysh	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Al-Hilal	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

7 March 2001 1	Persepolis	0 – 0	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	Tehran, Iran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

9 March 2001 2	Persepolis	0 – 0	FC Irtysh	Tehran, Iran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

11 March 2001 3	Persepolis	3 – 1	Al-Hilal	Tehran, Iran
	Karimi  45' Ansarian  65' (pen.) Kavianpour  69'		Al-Thunayan  9'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinals

24 May 2001	Persepolis	1 – 2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon, South Korea
	Kavianpour  12'		Seo Jung-Won  78' Park Kun-Ha  90'

Third place match

26 May 2001	Persepolis	2 – 0	FC Irtysh	Suwon, South Korea
	Halali  17' Estili  34'

Scorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Hazfi Cup	Asian	Total
8	AM		Ali Karimi	5	0	4	9
20	CB		Behrouz Rahbarifar	7	0	1	8
19	CF		Payan Rafat	4	0	3	7
11	CM		Hamed Kavianpour	2	0	2	4
7	CM		Hamid Estili	2	0	2	4
23	RB		Hassan Khanmohammadi	2	0	1	3
14	AM		Reza Jabbari	3	0	0	3
15	CM		Esmaeil Halali	1	1	1	3
5	CB		Afshin Peyrovani	1	0	1	2
23	CF		Laith Nobari	2	0	0	2
26	CF		Amirhossein Aslanian	2	0	0	2
10	CF		Edmond Bezik	2	0	0	2
4	CB		Ali Ansarian	1	0	1	2
5 Players				2	0	3	5
Totals				36	1	19	56

References

1. http://pic-perspolis.blogfa.com/category/11
2. http://www.hazfi-cup.com/results/Hazfi_Cup_1379-80