2002–03 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the Persepolis's 2nd season in the Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also be competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Persepolis
2002–03 season
ChairmanAkbar Ghamkhar
ManagerAli Parvin
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi Cup1/8
ACLGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: A. Ansarian
Payan Rafat (5 goals)
All: Payan Rafat (6 goals)
Highest home attendance60,000 (10 January 2003 against Esteghlal)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (6 April 2003 against Aboumoslem)
Average home league attendance17,077

Squad

As of October 2002.[1] 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 Davoud Fanaei
2 DF  IRN Mohammad Barzegar
3 DF  IRN Hassan Khanmohammadi
4 DF  IRN Younes Bahonar
5 DF  IRN Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
6 MF  IRN Karim Bagheri
7 MF  IRN Hamid Estili
8 DF  IRN Ali Ansarian
9 MF  IRN Mehdi Tartar
10 MF  IRN Pejman Jamshidi
11 FW  IRN Amirhossein Aslanian
12 MF  IRN Aref Mohammadvand
13 DF  IRN Mojtaba Shiri
14 MF  IRN Reza Jabbari
15 MF  IRN Mehrdad Minavand
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  IRN Reza Shahroudi (Vice captain)
17 FW  IRN Sohrab Entezari
18 FW  IRN Behnam Abolghasempour
19 FW  IRN Payan Rafat
20 DF  IRN Behrouz Rahbarifard (3rd captain)
21 MF  IRN Ebrahim Asadi
22 GK  IRN Mohammad Mohammadi
23 FW  IRN Ali Salmani
24 FW  IRN Ali Lashgari
26 MF  IRN Hadi Mahdavikia
28 DF  IRN Yahya Golmohammadi
30 GK  IRN Farshid Karimi

Transfers

In
No P Name Age Moving from Transfer
fee		 Type Transfer
window		 Source
6 DM Karim Bagheri 31 Al Sadd – Free Transfer Summer
12 DM Aref Mohammadvand 32 Zob Ahan – Free Transfer Summer
13 CB Mojtaba Shiri 22 Bargh Shiraz – Free Transfer Summer
15 LW Mehrdad Minavand 26 Al Shabab – Free Transfer Summer
19 CF Payan Rafat 32 Hatta – Free Transfer Summer
23 RW Ali Salmani 23 Bargh Tehran $28,000 Transfer Summer
26 RW Hadi Mahdavikia 21 Hamburger SV II – Free Transfer Summer
28 CB Yahya Golmohammadi 31 Foolad $70,000 Transfer Summer

Out
No P Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window		 Source
10 CM Hamed Kavianpour 24 Al Wasl undisclosed Transfer Summer
22 GK Mohammadreza Jounakizadeh Esteghlal Ahvaz – Free Transfer Summer
15 DM Esmaeil Halali 29 Sanat Naft – Free Transfer Summer
23 CF Laith Nobari 25 Released Contract expiration Summer
CM Javad Razzaghi 20 Dunajská Streda – Free Transfer Summer

Technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Ali Parvin
Assistant coach Nasser Ebrahimi
First Team coach Hans-Dieter Schmidt
Physical fitness trainer Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach Vahid Ghelich
Doctor Dr Farid Zarineh
Team Manager Mahmoud Khordbin

Competition record
Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 26 11 11 4 30 21 +9 042.31
Hazfi Cup 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 075.00
AFC Champions League 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 066.67
Total 33 16 11 6 39 25 +14 048.48

Iran Pro League
Main article: 2002–03 Iran Pro League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan 26 16 4 6 47 27 +20 52 Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
2 Pas 26 13 6 7 37 23 +14 45
3 Persepolis 26 11 11 4 30 21 +9 44
4 Fajr 26 11 9 6 28 21 +7 42
5 Paykan 26 10 7 9 27 24 +3 37
Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]

Competitions

Iran Pro League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
18 October 2002 (2002-10-18) 1 Bargh Shiraz 1 – 2 Persepolis Shiraz
A. Baghmisheh  26'
S. Zare  45'
A. Abbasfard  54'
M. Shiri  60'		 Stats R. Jabbari  43', 78'
K. Bagheri  70'
S. Entezari  80'		 Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) 2 Persepolis 1 – 0 Paykan Tehran
A. Mohammadvand  35'
A. Aslanian  90'		 Stats H. Memar  74' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
1 November 2002 (2002-11-01) 3 Saipa 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
J. Kazemian  47' Stats S. Entezari  49' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
5 November 2002 (2002-11-05) 4 Persepolis 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
A. Ansarian  65' Stats M. Hosseini  34'
A. Vaziri  90'  90'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
21 November 2002 (2002-11-21) 5 Aboumoslem 0 – 1 Persepolis Mashhad
S. Beigi  75' Stats K. Bagheri  37'
R. Jabbari  65'
S. Entezari  76'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
6 December 2002 (2002-12-06) 6 Esteghlal Ahvaz 0 – 0 Persepolis Ahvaz
M. Sadatzadeh  69' Stats Y. Golmohammadi  35'
A. Mohammadvand  54'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
13 December 2002 (2002-12-13) 7 Persepolis 2 – 0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
B. Rahbarifar  35'
P. Rafat  35'
R. Jabbari  74'
Y. Golmohammadi  79'		 Stats B. Shafiei  20' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
19 December 2002 (2002-12-19) 8 Pas 0 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
J. Nekounam  45'
H. Sarabadani  62'
R. Rezaei Kamal  70'		 Stats E. Asadi  14'
P. Rafat  19'
Y. Golmohammadi  25'
S. Entezari  37'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
27 December 2002 (2002-12-27) 9 Persepolis 1 – 0 Sanat Naft Tehran
P. Rafat  12'
R. Shahroudi  35'
P. Jamshidi  54'
E. Asadi  84'		 Stats Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
2 January 2003 (2003-01-02) 10 Sepahan 2 – 1 Persepolis Isfahan
E. Bezik  23'
S. Bayat  49'
A. Talebnasab  49'
M. Navidkia  85'		 Stats A. Peyrovani  26'
H. Khanmohmmadi  37'
A. Ansarian  60'		 Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
10 January 2003 (2003-01-10) 11 Persepolis 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tabriz
H. Estili  55'
A. Mohammadvand  62'
A. Ansarian  70' (pen)
P. Rafat  86'
E. Asadi  90'		 Stats A. Samereh  1'
M. Pashazadeh  19'
A. Akbapour  38'
M. Hasheminasab  49'
A. Nikbakht  82'		 Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
17 January 2003 (2003-01-17) 12 Malavan 1 – 1 Persepolis Anzali
A. Ashourizad  42'
M. Gholamin  69'  79'		 Stats Y. Golmohammadi  41'
A. Mohammadvand  79'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
23 January 2003 (2003-01-23) 13 Persepolis 3 – 3 Foolad Tehran
A. Ansarian  21'  75'
B. Rahbarifar  35'
Y. Golmohammadi  37'
P. Rafat  53'		 Stats B. Seraj  4', 27'
H. Kaabi  11'  14'
A. Mehdipour  39'
S. Mousavi  65'
O. Ambrose  78'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
14 February 2003 (2003-02-14) 14 Persepolis 0 – 0 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Y. Bahonar  45' Stats M. Agha Mohammadi  56' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
23 February 2003 (2003-02-23) 15 Paykan 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
A. Modir Roosta  5'
D. Haghdoost  15'
S. Tajdar  38'
M. Vaezi  86'		 Stats S. Entezari  14'
P. Rafat  54'
A. Salmani  60'
M. Tartar  69'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
6 April 2003 (2003-04-06) 18 Persepolis 1 – 0 Aboumoslem Tehran
S. Entezari  14'
R. Jabbari  32'		 Stats E. Yousefi  36' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) 16 Persepolis 2 – 1 Saipa Tehran
A. Ansarian  3' (pen)
M. Barzegar  57'
S. Entezari  75'		 Stats H. Jafari  15'
M. Ayoubi  36'
B. Gholampour  59'
M. Momeni  83'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
15 April 2003 (2003-04-15) 19 Persepolis 2 – 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
A. Peyrovani  8'  16'
A. Ansarian  39'
E. Asadi  52'
M. Barzegar  75'		 Stats A. Khalifeh Asl  15'
M. Ahmadi  78'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
24 April 2003 (2003-04-24) 20 Fajr Sepasi 0 – 0 Persepolis Shiraz
B. Shafiei  35' Stats R. Jabbari  62' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
7 May 2003 (2003-05-07) 21 Persepolis 0 – 0 Pas Tehran
A. Ansarian  27'
P. Jamshidi  54'		 Stats H. Sarabadani  12'
M. Nosrati  36'
A. Borhani  68'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
12 May 2003 (2003-05-12) 22 Sanat Naft 0 – 0 Persepolis Abadan
Stats Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
16 May 2003 (2003-05-16) 17 Zob Ahan 3 – 2 Persepolis Fooladshahr
E. Taghipour  15'
F. Bahadorani  35'
R. Sahebi  42', 80'  79'
A. Vaziri  62'
M. Salehinejad  75'		 Stats S. Entezari  31'
R. Jabbari  70'		 Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
21 May 2003 (2003-05-21) 23 Persepolis 1 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
B. Rahbarifar  65'
A. Ansarian  82'		 Stats S. Karami  16'
H. Farzaneh  48'
N. Farshbaf  62'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
13 June 2003 (2003-06-13) 24 Esteghlal 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
A. Akbapour  36'  63'
F. Majidi  44'
M. Fekri  75'
A. Mansourian  80'
A. Samereh  89'		 Stats Y. Golmohammadi  11'  15'
B. Abolghasempour  50'
A. Peyrovani  62'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Vladimir Hrinak
17 June 2003 (2003-06-17) 25 Persepolis 2 – 3 Malavan Tehran
H. Estili  31'
A. Peyrovani  39'
F. Karimi  45'
A. Ansarian  65'
P. Rafat  68'		 Stats P. Nouri  4', 62'
E. Sadeghi  23'
J. Shirzad  24'
M. Gholamalizad  43'
A. Ashourizad  61'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
22 June 2003 (2003-06-22) 26 Foolad 0 – 2 Persepolis Ahvaz
J. Kameli-Mofrad  12'
A. Mehdipour  24'
H. Kaabi  84'
A. Badavi  88'		 Stats P. Rafat  15'
Y. Golmohammadi  28'
P. Jamshidi  69'
A. Mohammadvand  77', 90+4'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: N/A

Hazfi Cup
Main article: 2002–03 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
1/16 Machine Sazi 0 – 1 Persepolis Tabriz
P. Rafat Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1/16 Persepolis 1 – 0 Machine Sazi Tehran
A. Peyrovani Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Machine Sazi 0–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

1/8 Persepolis 2 – 0 Malavan Tehran
R. Jabari
B. Rahbarifar 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium
1/8 Malavan 2 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 Persepolis Anzali
M. Hamrang
M. Gholamin 		Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Penalties

Malavan 2–2 Persepolis on aggregate. Malavan won the game on penalties (3–0)

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round Home Score Away Location
9 March 2003 (2003-03-09) 1 Al Talaba 0 – 1 Persepolis Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Yahya Golmohammadi  62' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
11 March 2003 (2003-03-11) 2 Pakhtakor 1 – 0 Persepolis Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Anvarjon Soliev  22' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
13 March 2003 (2003-03-13) 3 Persepolis 4 – 1 Nisa Asgabat Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Khanmohammadi  14', 76'
Yahya Golmohammadi  47'
Amirhossein Aslanian  90'		 Amanmyrat Meredov  89' (pen) Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fareed Al Marzouqi

Scorers
No. Pos Nat Name Pro League Hazfi Cup ACL Total
19 CF Payan Rafat 5 1 0 6
8 CB Ali Ansarian 5 0 0 5
28 CB Yahya Golmohammadi 3 0 2 5
14 AM Reza Jabbari 3 1 0 4
17 CF Sohrab Entezari 4 0 0 4
12 DM Aref Mohammadvand 3 0 0 3
3 RB Hassan Khanmohammadi 0 0 2 2
5 CB Afshin Peyrovani 1 1 0 2
11 CF Amirhossein Aslanian 1 0 1 2
20 CB Behrouz Rahbarifar 0 1 0 1
6 Players 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 4 5 39

See also

References
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