2007–08 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis

2007–08 season
Chairman	Habib Kashani
Manager	Afshin Ghotbi
Iran Pro League	Champions
Hazfi Cup	Fifth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mohsen Khalili (18) All: Mohsen Khalili (18)
Highest home attendance	110,000 v Sepahan (17 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance	0 v Sanat Naft (22 January 2008, spectator ban)
Average home league attendance	60,000
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This is a list of Persepolis F.C.'s results at the 2007/2008 Season. The club is competing in the Iran Pro League and Hazfi Cup.

Squad

Iran Pro League

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	Mehdi Vaezi
2	DF	IRN	Masoud Zarei
3	DF	IRN	Sepehr Heidari
4	MF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Mamani
5	DF	IRN	Nabiollah Bagheriha
6	MF	IRN	Karim Bagheri (captain)
8	MF	IRN	Hossein Badamaki
9	FW	IRN	Mohsen Khalili
10	MF	IRN	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
11	FW	IRN	Faraz Fatemi
12	FW	IRN	Hossein Kaebi
13	DF	IRN	Sheys Rezaei (3rd-captain)
14	FW	IRN	Ehsan Khorsandi
16	MF	PAR	Jorge Gaona

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	IRN	Farzad Ashoubi
18	MF	IRN	Pejman Nouri
19	MF	IRN	Bahador Abdi
20	DF	IRN	Mohammad Nosrati
21	DF	IRN	Ziaeddin Niknafs
22	GK	IRN	Hassan Roudbarian
24	FW	CRO	Mate Dragičević
25	MF	CMR	Jacques Elong Elong
26	MF	IRN	Hamidreza Aliasgari
27	MF	IRN	Abbas Aghaei
28	FW	IRN	Farhad Kheirkhah
29	MF	IRN	Mehran Farziat
30	GK	IRN	Farshid Karimi (Vice-captain)
33	GK	IRN	Alireza Haghighi

Iran Pro League 2007/08

Persepolis schedule IPL 2007/08

Last updated May 13, 2008

Game No.	Date	Home	Score	Away	Goal Scorers	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Fans	Ref	Rank in Table
1	2007-Aug-16	Sanat Naft	2-3	Persepolis	Farzad Ashoobi (10), Mohsen Khalili (45+1), Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (82)	Sepehr Heidari, Mohammad Nosrati, Bahador Abdi	-	25,000	Afsharian	2nd
2	2007-Aug-24	Persepolis	2-0	Pegah	Abbas Aghaei (18), Ehsan Khorsandi (22)	Ehsan Khorsandi	-	50,000	Hedayat Mombini	1st
3	2007-Aug-29	Aboomoslem	0-3	Persepolis	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (3)[p], Mohsen Khalili (54) (90+3)	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Mohammad Reza Mamani, Sheys Rezaei	-	40,000	Masoud Moradi	1st
4	2007-Sep-07	Persepolis	2-1	Peykan	Mohsen Khalili (41),Sepehr Heidari (52)	Sepehr Heidari, Pejman Nouri	-	65,000	Faghani	1st
5	2007-Sep-16	Rahahan	0-0	Persepolis	-	-	-	85,000	Jahanbazi	1st
6	2007-Sep-21	Persepolis	3-3	Fajr	Mohsen Khalili (14)(23),Abbas Aghaei (44)	-	-	60,000	Mohsen Ghahremani	1st
7	2007-Sep-27	Pas	1-2	Persepolis	Abbas Aghaei (30),Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (40)	Masoud Zarei, Sheys Rezaei	Sheys Rezaei	10,000	Rafiei	1st
8	2007-Oct-05	Persepolis	2-1	Zob Ahan	Sepehr Heidari (22),Karim Bagheri (59)	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	-	50,000	Afsharian	1st
9	2007-Oct-14	Esteghlal	1-1	Persepolis	Mohsen Khalili (84)	Karim Bagheri, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Sepehr Heidari	-	90,000	Eduardo Iturralde González	1st
10	2007-Oct-19	Persepolis	3-2	Esteghlal Ahv	Karim Bagheri (15),Hossein Badamaki (41)(90+3)	Faraz Fatemi	Mohammad Nosrati	70,000	Moradi	1st
11	2007-Oct-25	Malavan	1-1	Persepolis	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (28)	Hossein Badamaki	-	25,000	Mozzafari Zadeh	1st
12	2007-Nov-2	Persepolis	1-0	Mes	Faraz Fatemi (72)	Bahador Abdi, Karim Bagheri	-	70,000	Rahimi Moghadam	1st
13	2007-Nov-11	ShirinFaraz	0-0	Persepolis	-	Sepehr Heidari, Ehsan Khorsandi	-	8,000	Afsharian	1st
14	2007-Nov-16	Persepolis	1-0	Saipa	Mohsen Khalili (90+5)	Hossein Badamaki	-	70,000	Masoud Moradi	1st
15	2007-Nov-29	Bargh	0-1	Persepolis	Mohsen Khalili (78)	Elong Elong, Farzad Ashoobi	-	25,000	Faghani	1st
16	2007-Dec-7	Persepolis	2-2	Saba	Abbas Aghaei (61),Farzad Ashoobi (66)	Shays Rezai, Karim Bagheri	-	30,000	Mozzafari Zadeh	1st
17	2007-Dec-31	Sepahan	2-1	Persepolis	Abbas Aghaei (80)	Hossein Badamaki	-	25,000	Afsharian	1st
18	2008-Jan-22	Persepolis	1-0	Sanat Naft	Abbas Aghaei(20)	Mohammad Reza Mamani	-	dispossessed	Rahimi Moghadam	1st
19	2008-Jan-27	Pegah	1-0	Persepolis	-	Mohamad Reza Mamani, Nabiollah Bagheriha	Mohammad Nosrati	10,000	Faghani	1st
20	2008-Feb-10	Persepolis	3-3	Aboomoslem	Abbas Aghaei(54), Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht(59)[P], Mate Dragičević(88)	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Hassan Roudbarian	-	25,000	Hedayat Mombini	1st
21	2008-Feb-15	Peykan	1-2	Persepolis	Mate Dragičević(17),Mohsen Khalili (78)	Karim Bagheri, Mohammad Nosrati	-	20,000	Haj Babaei	1st
22	2008-Feb-20	Persepolis	1-2	Rahahan	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht(64)	-	-	20,000	Afsharian	3rd
23	2008-Mar-2	Fajr	0-2	Persepolis	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht(38), Hossein Badamaki(49)	Pejman Nouri, Hossein Kaebi, Hossein Badamaki, Sheys Rezaei	-	15,000	[Mohsen Ghahremani	1st
24	2008-Mar-9	Persepolis	1-1	Pas	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht(79)	Hossein Badamaki, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Hassan Roudbarian, Karim Bagheri, Ehsan Khorsandi	-	50,000	Faghani	1st
25	2008-Mar-29	Zob Ahan	2-0	Persepolis	-	-	-	20,000	Mohsen Torky	2nd
26	2008-Apr-4	Persepolis	1-1	Esteghlal	Mohsen Khalili (27)	Karim Bagheri, Hossein Kaebi	Karim Bagheri	80,000	Bernardino González Vázquez	2nd
27	2008-Apr-11	Esteghlal Ahv	4-1	Persepolis	Farzad Ashoobi(90+2)	Pejman Nouri, Sheys Rezaei, Sepehr Heidari	Hossein Kaebi	25,000	Mohsen Ghahremani	3rd
28	2008-Apr-18	Persepolis	2-0	Malavan	Mohsen Khalili(64), Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht(76) pen	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Mohammad Nosrati	-	45,000	Mozzafari Zadeh	3rd
29	2008-Apr-24	Mes	0-0	Persepolis	-	Karim Bagheri, Hossein Kaebi	Hossein kaebi (76)	15,000	Masoud Moradi	3rd
30	2008-Apr-30	Persepolis	5-0	Shirin Faraz	Mohsen Khalili (20), Mohammad Nosrati (27), Mohsen Khalili (46), Mate Dragičević (59), Farhad Kheirkhah (70)	-	-	30,000	Rahimi Moghadam	2nd
31	2008-May-3	Saipa	0-1	Persepolis	Misagh Memarzadeh (78)(OG)	Mohammad Nosrati, Pejman Nouri, Farzad Ashoobi	-	60,000	Mohsen Torky	2nd
32	2008-May-11	Persepolis	1-1	Bargh	Mohsen Khalili (43)	Faraz Fatemi	-	70,000	Hedayat Mombini	2nd
33	2008-May-14	Saba	1-4	Persepolis	Karim Bagheri (21), Mohsen Khalili (62)(69), Pejman Nouri (73)	-	-	90,000	Afsharian	2nd
34	2008-May-17	Persepolis	2-1	Sepahan	Mohsen Khalili (18), Sepehr Heidari (90+6)	Hossein Kaebi, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	Masoud Zarei (90+6)	110,000	Mozzafari Zadeh	1st

Results by round

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2008. Source: "Ipl". August 2011.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	10	6	1	33	18	+15	8	5	4	22	16	+6

	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
In Azadi Studium	22	13	8	1	47	41	21	+20
In Other Studiums	12	5	3	4	18	14	13	+1

Last updated: 15 May 2008.
Source: "Ipl". August 2011.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	59	Qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League
2	Sepahan	34	17	10	7	53	38	+15	58
3	Saba	34	13	13	8	41	37	+4	52
4	Aboumoslem	34	14	8	12	37	37	0	50
5	Pas Hamedan	34	11	16	7	36	28	+8	49

Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Persepolis goalscorers in IPL 2007/08

Last updated May 17, 2008

Scorer	Goals
Mohsen Khalili	18
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	9
Abbas Aghaei	7
Hossein Badamaki	3
Farzad Ashoobi	3
Mate Dragičević	3
Karim Bagheri	3
Sepehr Heidari	3
Ehsan Khorsandi	1
Faraz Fatemi	1
Farhad Kheirkhah	1
Mohamad Nosrati	1
Pejman Noori	1
Own Goals	1
Total goals scored	55

•   Top scorer of competition (shared with Hadi Asghari)

Hazfi Cup 2007-08

Main article: Hazfi Cup 2007-08

Third Round

22 November 2007

• Sanat Naft 2-3 Persepolis

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Fourth Round (1/16 Final - Last 32)

17 December 2007

• Persepolis 4-1 Petroshimi Tabriz

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Fifth Round (1/8 Final - Last 16)

24 December 2007

• Pas Hamedan 3-0 Persepolis

Scorer	Goals
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	3
Abbas Aghaei	1
Faraz Fatemi	1
Karim Bagheri	1
Hossein Badamaki	1
Total goals scored	7

Club

Kit

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Home Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport
Sponsor(s): City Credit Cooperative(CCC)

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Club managers

Position	Name	Nat
Head coach	Afshin Ghotbi
First team coach	Hamid Estili
Fitness coach	Alireza Marzban
Goalkeeping coach	Saeid Azizian
Team doctor	Farid Zarineh

Club officials

Position	Name
President	Habib Kashani
Vice President	Mahmoud Khordbin
General Secretary	Gholam Reaza Ahmadi
Media Officer	Abbas AliPour
Financial Officer	Ali Akbar Ashouri
Juridical Officer	Mostafa ShokriPour
Cultural Officer	Hojat'ol eslam Seyyed Mohammad Kohnegi
Chairman & Spokesman of board of Directors	Hassan Bayadi
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (90,000 / 100 x 60 m)

Captains

1. Karim Bagheri
2. Sheys Rezaei
3. Pejman Nouri

Squad changes during 2007/08 season

In

No.	Position	Player	Age	Moving from	Transfer Window
3	DF	Sepehr Heidari	27	Zob Ahan	Summer
5	DF	Nabiollah Bagheriha	28	Teraktor Sazi	Summer
9	FW	Mohsen Khalili	27	Saipa	Summer
19	MF	Bahador Abdi	25	Sorkhpooshan Delvar Afzar	Summer
20	DF	Mohammad Nosrati	26	Pas	Summer
22	GK	Hassan Roudbarian	29	Pas	Summer
26	MF	Hamidreza Ali Asgari	17	Fajr Sepah	Summer
27	MF	Abbas Aghaei	30	Pas	Summer
28	FW	Farhad Kheirkhah	-	Sorkhpooshan Delvar Afzar	Summer
29	DF	Ziaeddin Niknafs	-	Youth system	Summer
	FW	Kamyar Ghanbari	-	Pas (Youth system)	Summer
16	MF	Jorge Aranda	22	Cerro Porteño	Winter
24	FW	Mate Dragičević	28	Perth Glory	Winter
12	FW	Hossein Kaebi	22	Leicester City	Winter

Out

No.	Position	Player	Age	Moving to	Transfer Window
3	DF	Abolfazl Hajizadeh	22	Saba Battery - Free Transfer	Summer
4	DF	Tarek Jabban	32	Al-Jaish - Free Transfer	Summer
5	DF	Robert Caha	31	Shahin Bushehr	Summer
7	MF	Mohammad Parvin	19	Steel Azin - Free Transfer	Summer
9	DF	Hossein Kaebi	22	Leicester City - Undisclosed Fee	Summer
11	FW	Mehrzad Madanchi	23	Al-Shaab	Summer
19	FW	Louay Salah Hassan	25	Arbil - Free Transfer	Summer
20	MF	Davoud Seyed Abbasi	30	Steel Azin - Free Transfer	Summer
21	MF	Ebrahim Assadi	28	Steel Azin - Free Transfer	Summer
23	FW	Zyad Chaabo	29	Al-Jaish - End of Loan	Summer
24	FW	Dariush Rezaeian	-	Nasaji Mazandaran - Free Transfer	Summer
26	MF	Nima Ghavidel	23	Nasaji Mazandaran - Free Transfer	Summer

References

• Persepolis FC official website
• Persian League
• "Iran Pro League Stats: 2007-2008 Season Appearances". IPLStats.com. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
• "Iran Pro League Stats: 2007-2008 Season Scorers". IPLStats.com. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
• Hazfi Cup 2007–08