2000–01 Persepolis F.C. season

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)
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	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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 competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship. Persepolis was captained by Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh.^[1]

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	Iran IRN	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (captain)
2	DF	Iran IRN	Younes Bahonar
3	DF	Iran IRN	Hassan Khanmohammadi
4	DF	Iran IRN	Ali Ansarian
5	DF	Iran IRN	Afshin Peyrovani (vice captain)
6	MF	Iran IRN	Ebrahim Asadi
7	MF	Iran IRN	Hamid Estili
8	MF	Iran IRN	Ali Karimi
10	FW	Iran IRN	Edmond Bezik
11	MF	Iran IRN	Hamed Kavianpour
14	MF	Iran IRN	Reza Jabbari
15	MF	Iran IRN	Esmaeil Halali
16	DF	Iran IRN	Reza Shahroudi (3rd captain)


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

Mid-season Transfers

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type
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	Iran Ali Parvin
Assistant coach	Iran Nasser Ebrahimi
Physical fitness trainer	Iran Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach	Iran Vahid Ghelich
Doctor	Iran Dr. Farid Zarineh
Team Manager	Iran 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

4 August 2000 (2000-08-04) 1	Saipa	2 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	Momeni File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Abolghasempour File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'		Kavianpour File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Jabbari File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

11 August 2000 (2000-08-11) 2	Persepolis	2 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
	Jabbari File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Halali File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

18 August 2000 (2000-08-18) 3	Foolad	0 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
			Rahbarifar File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

12 September 2000 (2000-09-12) 4	Persepolis	0 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

16 September 2000 (2000-09-16) 5	Zob Ahan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Isfahan
	Ostovari File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'		Rafat File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Stadium: 22 Bahman

9 November 2000 (2000-11-09) 6	Persepolis	2 – 1	Pas	Tehran
	Bezik File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Khanmohammadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		Shahbazian File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

3 December 2000 (2000-12-03) 8	Persepolis	1 – 0	Tractor	Tehran
	Estili File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

8 December 2000 (2000-12-08) 9	Esteghlal Rasht	1 – 4	Persepolis	Rasht
	Bani Ahmad File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'		Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Rahbarifar File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' (pen.) Estili File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 30,000

14 December 2000 (2000-12-14) 10	Persepolis	1 – 0	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
	Rahbarifar File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

23 December 2000 (2000-12-23) 11	Sepahan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Isfahan
				Stadium: 22 Bahman

29 December 2000 (2000-12-29) 7	Esteghlal	2 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	Navazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Hasheminasab File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Boroumand Red card 90'		Rahbarifar File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' (pen.) Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 110,000

5 January 2001 (2001-01-05) 12	Persepolis	2 – 2	Saipa	Tehran
	Khanmohammadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		Jamshidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Soltani File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

22 January 2001 (2001-01-22) 14	Persepolis	2 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
	Aslanian File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Kavianpour File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'		Mobali File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000

28 January 2001 (2001-01-28) 15	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 1	Persepolis	Shiraz
	Fatemi File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.)		Rafat File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 25,000

2 February 2001 (2001-02-02) 16	Persepolis	2 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	Peyrovani File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Ansarian File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 25,000

16 February 2001 (2001-02-16) 13	Paykan	1 – 3	Persepolis	Tehran
	Salek Jabbari File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		Jabbari File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Bezik File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Barzegar File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000

12 February 2001 (2001-02-12) 17	Pas	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

23 February 2001 (2001-02-23) 18	Persepolis	0 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Akbarpour File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000

28 February 2001 (2001-02-28) 19	Tractor	0 – 3	Persepolis	Tabriz
			Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Rafat File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Asadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 20,000

17 March 2001 (2001-03-17) 20	Persepolis	4 – 1	Esteghlal Rasht	Tehran
	Nobari File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Rahbarifar File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.) Aslanian File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		Bani Ahmad File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000

13 April 2001 (2001-04-13) 21	Bargh Shiraz	0 – 2	Persepolis	Shiraz
			Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Nobari File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 30,000

28 April 2001 (2001-04-28) 22	Persepolis	0 – 2	Sepahan	Tabriz
			Mousavi File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 25,000

Hazfi Cup

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Round of 16

1 May 2001 (2001-05-01) First leg	Persepolis	1 – 0	Shamoushak Noshahr	Tehran
10:00 DST +04:30	Halali File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'			Stadium: Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

6 May 2001 (2001-05-06) Second leg	Shamoushak Noshahr	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Persepolis	Sari
	Entezari File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg			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 Qatar	2 – 4	Iran Persepolis	Doha, Qatar
			Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Akbarian File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Estili File:Soccerball shade.svg

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

Second round

First leg	Persepolis Iran	2 – 0	United Arab Emirates Al Ain	Tehran, Iran
	Rafat File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

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

Quarterfinals

West Asia

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

7 March 2001 (2001-03-07) 1	Persepolis Iran	0 – 0	Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah	Tehran, Iran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

9 March 2001 (2001-03-09) 2	Persepolis Iran	0 – 0	Kazakhstan FC Irtysh	Tehran, Iran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

11 March 2001 (2001-03-11) 3	Persepolis Iran	3 – 1	Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal	Tehran, Iran
	Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Ansarian File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' (pen.) Kavianpour File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		Al-Thunayan File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Al-Dosari Yellow card Yellow-red card 63' Pérez Yellow card Yellow-red card 78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Semifinals

24 May 2001 (2001-05-24)	Persepolis Iran	1 – 2	South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon, South Korea
	Kavianpour File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'		Seo Jung-Won File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Park Kun-Ha File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Third place match

26 May 2001 (2001-05-26)	Persepolis Iran	2 – 0	Kazakhstan FC Irtysh	Suwon, South Korea
	Halali File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Estili File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Scorers

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

References

[1] "عكساي دهه70پرسپوليس(هيچ جاي ديگه نديدين) | پرسپوليس 80-79 جام آزادگان".

[2] "جام حذفی فوتبال ایران - فصل 1379-80".

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