2002–03 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis 2002–03 football season

Persepolis

2002–03 season

Chairman

Akbar Ghamkhar

Manager

Stadium

3rd

1/8

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League: A. Ansarian
Payan Rafat (5 goals)
All: Payan Rafat (6 goals)

Highest home attendance

60,000 (10 January 2003 against Esteghlal)

Lowest home attendance

5,000 (6 April 2003 against Aboumoslem)

Average home league attendance

17,077

Home colours

Away colours

← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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 competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Squad

As of October 2002. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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
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
16	DF	IRN	Reza Shahroudi (Vice captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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
25	MF	IRN	Hamid Estili
26	MF	IRN	Hadi Mahdavikia
27	MF	IRN	Mehrdad Minavand
28	DF	IRN	Yahya Golmohammadi
30	GK	IRN	Farshid Karimi

Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
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
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
Competition	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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	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.
(C) Champions

Competitions

Iran Pro League

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Bargh Shiraz v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Paykan

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

Saipa v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

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

Aboumoslem v Persepolis

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

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Fajr Sepasi

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

Pas v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Sanat Naft

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

Sepahan v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Esteghlal

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

Malavan v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Foolad

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

Persepolis v Bargh Shiraz

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

Paykan v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Aboumoslem

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

Persepolis v Saipa

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

Persepolis v Esteghlal Ahvaz

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

Fajr Sepasi v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Pas

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

Sanat Naft v Persepolis

12 May 2003 (2003-05-12) 22	Sanat Naft	0 – 0	Persepolis	Abadan
		Stats		Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Sepahan

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

Esteghlal v Persepolis

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

Persepolis v Malavan

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

Foolad v Persepolis

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

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Machine Sazi v Persepolis

1/16	Machine Sazi	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
			P. Rafat	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Machine Sazi

1/16	Persepolis	1 – 0	Machine Sazi	Tehran
	A. Peyrovani			Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Machine Sazi 0–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

Persepolis v Malavan

1/8	Persepolis	2 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
	R. Jabari B. Rahbarifar			Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Malavan v Persepolis

1/8	Malavan	2 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Persepolis	Anzali
	M. Hamrang M. Gholamin			Stadium: Takhti Stadium
	Penalties
	M. Gholamin A. Jamshidian

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

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Al Talaba

Persepolis

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

Pakhtakor

Persepolis

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

Persepolis

Nisa Asgabat

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	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

References

"مبلغ قرارداد پرسپولیسی ها در یک دهه پیش".
"PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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Domestic leagues	Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division
Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup
Asian competitions	AFC Champions League 2002–03

Club seasons
Iran Pro League	Aboomoslem Bargh Shiraz Est. Ahvaz Esteghlal Fajr Sepasi Foolad Malavan PAS Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Zob Ahan

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