2008–09 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis

2008-09 season
Chairman	Dariush Mostafavi (until Jan 2009) Abbas Ansarifard
Manager	Afshin Ghotbi (first 14 weeks) Afshin Peyrovani (till week 25) Nelo Vingada
Iran Pro League	5th
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Hazfi Cup	Quarter Final
Top goalscorer	League: Ibrahima Touré (11) All: Ibrahima Touré (13)
Highest home attendance	95.225 v Bunyodkor (27 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1.000 v Rah Ahan (26 Apr 2009)
Average home league attendance	47.952
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007-08 2009-10 →

This is a list of Persepolis F.C.'s results at the IPL 2008-09, 2009 ACL and 2008-09 Hazfi Cup . The club is competing in the Iran Pro League, Hazfi Cup and Asian Champions League.

Iran Pro League 2008/09

Persepolis squad IPL statistics

Last updated Aug 11, 2008

No.	Position	Player	Apps	Apps Start	Goals	Assists	Hg	Ag	Pen
1	GK	Mehdi Vaezi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	DF	Masoud Zarei	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
3	DF	Sepehr Heidari	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
4	DF	Alireza Mohammad	3	3	-	1	-	-	-
5	DF	Nabiollah Bagheriha	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
6	MF	Karim Bagheri	3	3	2	1	1	1	-
7	MF	Hossein Badamaki	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
8	MF	Ali Karimi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	FW	Mohsen Khalili	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	MF	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	3	3	3	1	-	1	-
11	MF	Maziar Zare	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
12	FW	Ziaeddin Niknafs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	GK	Alireza Haghighi	2	1	-2	-	-	-	-
14	DF	Mojtaba Shiri	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
15	MF	Mohammad Alavi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	MF	Mohammad Mansouri	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
17	FW	Ibrahima Touré	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
18	MF	Pejman Nouri	3	3	1	-	-	1	-
19	FW	Paulo Roberto do Carmo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	FW	Bahador Abdi	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	MF	Ivan Petrović	2	2	-	2	-	-	-
22	DF	Kamiar Ghanbari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	GK	Misagh Memarzadeh	2	2	-1	-	-	-	-
24	FW	Hadi Norouzi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
26	MF	Hamidreza Ali Asgari	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
28	FW	Farhad Kheirkhah	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
29	FW	Mehran Farziat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	GK	Mohsen Elyasi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	DF	Franck Atsou	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	DF	Rahman Rezaei	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	MF	Amirhossein Ipakchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Persepolis schedule IPL 2008/09

Win

Draw

Lose

Last updated Apr 26 2009

#	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Goal	Yellow card	Red card	Fans	Ref	Rank in Table
1	2008-Aug-4	Saipa	0-1	Persepolis	Azadi /Tehran	Pejman Nouri 42'	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Pejman Nouri, Ivan Petrović	-	50,000	Hedayat Mombini	3rd
2	2008-Aug-9	Persepolis	3-1	Pas Hamedan	Azadi /Tehran	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 35', Karim Bagheri 74,90'	Karim Bagheri, Maziar Zare	-	dispossessed	Shahin Hajbabaei	2nd
3	2008-Aug-17	Malavan	2-2	Persepolis	Takhti/Anzali	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 57,64'	Alireza Mohammad	-	7,000	Mohsen Ghahremani	3rd
4	2008-Aug-24	Persepolis	2-2	Zob Ahan	Azadi /Tehran	Ibrahima Touré 29', Karim Bagheri 37'	Mojtaba Shiri, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	-	40,000	Saeed Bakhshizadeh	3rd
5	2008-Aug-29	Foolad	3-2	Persepolis	Takhti/Ahvaz	Paulo Roberto do Carmo 31', Hadi Norouzi 86'	-	-	30,000	Ahmad Salehi	6th
6	2008-Sep-11	Persepolis	0-1	Mes Kerman	Azadi /Tehran	-	Mojtaba Shiri	-	70,000	Masoud Moradi	5th
7	2008-Sep-16	Payam Mashhad	1-2	Persepolis	Samen/Mashhad	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 12', Karim Bagheri 55'	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Mehdi Vaezi	-	40,000	Yadolah Jahanbazi	5th
8	2008-Sep-25	Persepolis	2-0	Damash Gilan	Azadi /Tehran	Karim Bagheri 35', Ibrahima Touré 79'	-	-	95,000	Saeed Mozafari Zadeh	3rd
9	2008-Oct-3	Persepolis	1-1	Esteghlal	Azadi /Tehran	Ali Karimi 88'	Alireza Mohammad, Maziar Zare, Ivan Petrovic	-	95,000	Saed Kamil	5th
10	2008-Oct-8	Aboomoslem	4-3	Persepolis	Samen/Mashhad	Ali Karimi 40،49,87'	Ali Karimi, Maziar Zare	-	40,000	Khodadad Afsharian	6th
11	2008-Oct-18	Persepolis	3-1	Bargh	Azadi /Tehran	Ali Karimi 24', Karim Bagheri 39', Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 77(P)'	Mojtaba Shiri, Ali Karimi	-	60,000	Yadolah Jahanbazi	5th
12	2008-Oct-26	Persepolis	3-2	Sepahan	Azadi /Tehran	Karim Bagheri 12',Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 45,64'	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Maziar Zare, Sepehr Heydari	-	60,000	Mohsen Torky	4th
13	2008-Oct-30	Moghavemat	1-0	Persepolis	Hafeziye/Shiraz	-	-	-	20,000	Mahmoud Rafei	4th
14	2008-Nov-6	Persepolis	2-2	Saba QOM	Azadi /Tehran	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 19,65'	Karim Bagheri, Ivan Petrovic	-	40,000	Rahim Rahimi Moghadam	4th
15	2008-Nov-22	Paykan	2-2	Persepolis	Rajaee /Qazvin	Ibrahima Touré 3,51'	Pejman Nouri	-	7,000	Hedayat Mombeini	6th
16	2008-Nov-26	Persepolis	1-0	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Azadi /Tehran	Nabiollah Bagheriha 83'	Ibrahima Touré	-	30,000	Saeed Mozafari Zadeh	5th
17	2008-Dec-04	Rah Ahan	1-2	Persepolis	Azadi /Tehran	Ibrahima Touré 35', Sepehr Heidari 71'	-	-	40,000	Khodadad Afsharian	4th
18	2008-Dec-09	Persepolis	1-1	Saipa	Azadi /Tehran	Ibrahima Touré 25'	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Maziar Zare, Karim Bagheri	-	60,000	Rahim Rahimi Moghadam	4th
19	2008-Dec-13	Pas Hamedan	0-3	Persepolis	Ghods /Hamedan	Ibrahima Touré 64,81', Hossein Badamaki 69'	Ali Karimi, Pejman Nouri, Maziar Zare	-	8,000	Yadolah Jahanbazi	3rd
20	2008-Dec-29	Persepolis	0-2	Malavan	Azadi /Tehran	-	-	-	20,000	Alireza Faghani	3rd
21	2009-Jan-3	Zob Ahan	3-1	Persepolis	Foolad Shahr /Esfahan	Ibrahima Touré 68(P)'	-	-	15,000	Hedayat Mombeini	4th
22	2009-Jan-16	Persepolis	1-0	Foolad	Azadi /Tehran	Maziar Zare 28(P)'	Ibrahima Touré, Karim Bagheri, Pejman Nouri	Ibrahima Touré (42)	20,000	Mahmoud Rafei	4th
23	2009-Jan-22	Mes Kerman	1-1	Persepolis	Shahid Bahonar /Kerman	Pejman Nouri 28'	Ali Karimi, Maziar Zare	-	15,000	Rahim Rahimi Moghadam	4th
24	2009-Jan-31	Persepolis	1-0	Payam Mashhad	Azadi/ Tehran	Ivan Petrovic 90+1(P)'	Ali Karimi, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Ibrahima Touré	Rahman Rezaei (90),Alireza vahedi Nikbakht (90+3)	30,000	Alireza Faghani	3rd
25	2009-Feb-04	Damash Gilan	1-2	Persepolis	Sardar Jangal/ Rasht	Ibrahima Touré 8', Karim Bagheri 62'	Ibrahima Touré	-	15,000	Hedayat Mombini	3rd
26	2009-Feb-13	Esteghlal	1-1	Persepolis	Azadi/ Tehran	Maziar Zare 90+4(P)'	Alireza Haghighi, Rahman Rezaei, Ivan Petrović, Alireza vahedi Nikbakht, Maziar Zare	-	90,000	Mohsen Torky	3rd
27	2009-Feb-17	Persepolis	1-0	Aboomoslem	Azadi/ Tehran	Karim Bagheri 48'	Ivan Petrović, Rahman Rezaei, Alireza Haghighi, Hossein Badamaki	-	20,000	Saeed Mozafari Zadeh	3rd
28	2009-Feb-21	Bargh	1-1	Persepolis	Hafeziye/Shiraz	Maziar Zare 27(P)'	Karim Bagheri, Ibrahima Touré	-	25,000	Alborz Hajipour	3rd
29	2009-Feb-27	Sepahan	0-0	Persepolis	Foolad Shahr /Esfahan	-	Ibrahima Touré, Karim Bagheri, Rahman Rezaei, Hamidreza Ali Asgari	-	25,000	Khodadad Afsharian	3rd
30	2009-Mar-03	Persepolis	1-2	Moghavemat	Azadi/ Tehran	Pejman Nouri 39'	Hamidreza Ali Asgari	-	10,000	Mohsen Ghahremani	4th
31	2009-Apr-03	Saba QOM	2-0	Persepolis	Yadegar Emam/ Qom	-	Karim Bagheri	-	10,000	Mohsen Torky	6th
32	2009-Apr-12	Persepolis	2-1	Paykan	Azadi/ Tehran	Mohsen Khalili 44', Maziar Zare 55(P)'	-	-	15,000	Khodadad Afsharian	5th
33	2009-Apr-16	Esteghlal Ahvaz	2-1	Persepolis	Takhti/Ahvaz	Ibrahima Touré 53'	Bahador Abdi, Ali Karimi	Maziar Zare(86)	10,000	Yadollah Jahanbazi	5th
34	2009-Apr-26	Persepolis	2-0	Rah Ahan	Azadi/Tehran	Mohammad Mansouri 55', Hadi Norouzi 74'	Ivan Petrovic	-	1,000	Navid Mozafari	5th

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W
Position	3	2	3	3	6	5	5	3	5	6	5	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	5	5	5

Last updated: 26 Apr 2009.
Source: "Ipl". Retrieved 9 March 2009.
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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	15	10	9	50	41	+9	55	10	4	3	26	16	+10	5	6	6	24	25	−1

	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
In Azadi Studium	20	12	5	3	41	30	18	+12
In Other Stadiums	14	3	5	6	14	20	23	-3

Source: "Ipl". Retrieved 9 March 2009.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Sepahan	34	14	14	6	46	34	+12	56
5	Persepolis	34	15	10	9	50	41	+9	55
6	Saba Qom	34	11	18	5	45	34	+11	51

Updated to games played on 26 April 2009.
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/tableoverall.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scorers in IPL 2008/09

Goalscorers

11

• Ibrahima Touré

9

• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
• Karim Bagheri

5

• Ali Karimi

4

• Maziar Zare

3

• Pejman Nouri

2

• Hadi Norouzi

1

• Mohsen Khalili
• Hossein Badamaki
• Mohammad Mansouri
• Sepehr Heidari
• Nabiollah Bagheriha
• Paulo Roberto do Carmo
• Ivan Petrović

Goalassistants

9

• Ivan Petrović

6

• Ali Karimi

5

• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht

4

• Karim Bagheri

1

• Mohammad Mansouri
• Pejman Nouri
• Alireza Mohammad
• Mojtaba Shiri
• Sepehr Heidari
• Hamidreza Ali Asgari
• Ibrahima Touré
• Paulo Roberto do Carmo

Cards

Player
Maziar Zare	8	0	1
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	7	0	1
Karim Bagheri	7	0	0
Ali Karimi	7	0	0
Ibrahima Toure	6	1	0
Pejman Nouri	6	0	0
Ivan Petrović	6	0	0
Rahman Rezaei	4	1	0
Alireza Mohammad	2	0	0
Mojtaba Shiri	2	0	0
Sepehr Heidari	2	0	0
Alireza Haghighi	2	0	0
Bahador Abdi	1	0	0
Hamidreza Ali Asgari	1	0	0
Mehdi Vaezi	1	0	0
Hossein Badamaki	1	0	0
Paulo Roberto do Carmo	1	0	0

Matches played

28

• Pejman Noori

26

• Sepehr Heidari

Hazfi Cup 2008-09

Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Goal	Yellow card	Red card	Fans	Ref
1/16	2008-Nov-30	Sanaye Talaei Semnan	1-3	Persepolis	Takhti /Semnan	Hadi Norouzi  3' Ibrahima Touré  64' Hamidreza Aliasgari  93'	Ziaeddin Niknafs	-	3,000	Hossein Asadi
1/8	2009-Apr-30	Persepolis	1-0	Sepahan	Azadi /Tehran	Maziar Zare  12'	Ibrahima Touré, Maziar Zare, Farhad Kheirkhah, Ali Karimi	-	70,000	Mohsen Torky
1/4	2009-May-10	Pas Hamedan	2-1	Persepolis	Ghods /Hamedan	Bahador Abdi  80'	Mohammad Mansouri	-	8,000	Alireza Faghani

Scorers in Hazfi Cup 2008/09

Last updated Dec 9 2008

Goalscorers

1

• Hadi Norouzi
• Hamidreza Ali Asgari
• Maziar Zare
• Bahador Abdi
• Ibrahima Touré

Goalassistants

1

• Ziaeddin Niknafs
• Mojtaba Shiri
• Ibrahima Touré

Cards

Player
Ziaeddin Niknafs	1	0	0
Mohammad Mansouri	1	0	0
Ali Karimi	1	0	0
Maziar Zare	1	0	0
Farhad Kheirkhah	1	0	0
Ibrahima Touré	1	0	0

Scorers in 2008-09 season

Last updated Apr 16 2008

Goalscorers

12

• Ibrahima Touré

9

• Karim Bagheri
• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht

Goalassistants

9

• Ivan Petrović

Asian Champions League 2009

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1	7	AFC Champions League 2009 Round of 16
2	Al Shabab	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
3	Al-Gharafa	4	1	0	3	7	7	0	3
4	Al Sharjah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on 20 May 2009.
Source: AFC Champions League Official Page
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Sharjah withdrew from the competition with two games remaining. All results were declared null and void

Home \ Away^[1]	GHA	ASH	PRS	SHR
Al-Gharafa		1–3	5–1
Al Shabab	1–0		0–0	5–0
Persepolis	3–1	1–0		3–1
Al Sharjah	0–2	1–3

Source: AFC Champions League Official Page
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Persepolis schedule ACL 2009

Group stage

Persepolis v Sharjah FC

2009-03-10 15:00

Persepolis	3 – 1	Sharjah FC
A. Karimi  27' A. Vahedi Nikbakht  30' H. Norouzi  34'	(Report)	A. Darweesh  54'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 55,121 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko

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Al-Shabab v Persepolis

2009-03-17 21:00

Al-Shabab	0 – 0	Persepolis
	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Choi Myung-Yong

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Persepolis v Al-Gharafa

2009-04-08 16:00

Persepolis	3 – 1	Al-Gharafa
Zare  36' (pen.) Touré  45' Nikbakht  48'	Report	Fernandão  69'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 53,204 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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Al-Gharafa v Persepolis

2009-04-21 20:00

Al-Gharafa	5 – 1	Persepolis
Fernandão  69' Araújo  43'  45+2'  81' Nashat Akram  69'	Report	Karimi  76'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

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Sharjah v Persepolis

2009-05-06 19:30

Sharjah	Cancelled	Persepolis

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

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Persepolis v Al-Shabab

20 May 2009 17:00

Persepolis	1 – 0	Al-Shabab
Khalili  46'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 31,321 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Round of 16

Persepolis v Bunyodkor

27 May 2009 17:00

Persepolis	0 – 1	Bunyodkor
	Report	Rivaldo  41' (pen.)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 95,225 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

Scorers in ACLeague 2009

Goalscorers

2

• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
• Ali Karimi

1

• Hadi Norouzi
• Maziar Zare
• Mohsen Khalili
• Ibrahima Touré

Goalassistants

1

• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
• Mojtaba Shiri
• Alireza Mohammad
• Ibrahima Touré
• Ivan Petrović

Cards

Player
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	3	0	0
Hadi Norouzi	2	0	0
Maziar Zare	2	0	0
Sepehr Heidari	1	0	0
Ali Karimi	1	0	0
Bahador Abdi	1	0	0
Pejman Nouri	1	0	0
Farhad Kheirkhah	1	0	0
Nabiollah Bagheriha	1	0	0
Ivan Petrović	1	0	0
Ibrahima Touré	1	0	0

Friendlies

• 4 September 2008

Persepolis 4-0 Naft Tehran
Pejman Nouri

• 9 November 2008

Persepolis 6-0 Armin Tehran

• 16 November 2008

Persepolis 1-0 Steel Azin
Hamidreza Ali Asgari  64'

• 24 December 2008

Persepolis 4-2 Sazan Rah Qom
Ivan Petrović  13'
Hadi Norouzi  46'
Farhad Kheirkhah  49'
Ibrahima Touré  80'

• 11 January 2009

Persepolis 8-0 Faraz Shemiran
Ibrahima Touré
Ibrahima Touré
Ibrahima Touré
Ibrahima Touré
Hadi Norouzi
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
Hamidreza Ali Asgari
Rahman Rezaei

Pre-season

Friendlies in Karegaran Stadium

• Persepolis 2-1 Armin Tehran

Farhad Kheirkhah
Hadi Norouzi

• Persepolis 1-1 Payam

Pejman Nouri  4'

• Persepolis 1-0 Sepasi

Hamidreza Ali Asgari  18'

UAE Camp (Dubai Iranian club)

In the middle of July the club programmed a camp in Spain, but it cancelled. after Ghotbi joined team, the club programmed a camp in Dubai from July 27^[1] to July 31 replacing the Spain camp.^[2] After Persepolis was censured by Iran football medias because of this programming, censurers believed that Dubai hot temperature on July is not suitable for training, but Persepolis officials answered that the camp was so profitable for team.^[3][4] The camp included swimming,^[5] bodybuilding,^[6] players recreation and two friendly matches.

• 29 July 2008^[7]

Persepolis 4-0 Wind Dubai
Ibrahima Touré  28'
Farhad Kheirkhah  31'
Ibrahima Touré  51'
Ibrahima Touré  60'
Sepehr Heidari

• 30 July 2008^[8]
  

Persepolis 11-0 Fly Emirates
Farhad Kheirkhah
Farhad Kheirkhah
Farhad Kheirkhah
Farhad Kheirkhah
Hossein Badamaki
Hossein Badamaki
Pejman Nouri
Hadi Norouzi
Franck Atsou
Masoud Zarei
Masoud Zarei

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport
Sponsor(s): Marrybrown

Home Kit

Away Kit

AFC Kit

Source: "Persepolis FC' current kit". Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.

Club managers

Position	Name	Nat
Head coach	Nelo Vingada
First team coach	Arnaldo Carvalho
First team coach	Naim Sadavi
Fitness coach	Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach	Ahmadreza Abedzadeh
Director	Mahmoud Khordbin
Team doctor	Dr. Farid Zarineh

Club officials

Position	Name
President	Abbas Ansarifard
Director	Mahmoud Khordbin
Academy President	Fereydoun Moeini
Media Officer & International Committee President	Morteza Hosseinzadeh Zarabi
Financial Officer	Ali Akbar Ashouri
Juridical Officer	Mostafa Shokripour
Cultural Officer	Hojat'ol eslam Seyyed Mohammad Kohnegi
Chairman & Spokesman of board of Dircectors	Majid Farrokhzadi
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Azadi Stadium (90,000 / 100 x 60 m)

Technical Committee members
Homayoun Behzadi
Hamid Jasemian
Hossein Kalani
Majid Farrokhzadi
Afshin Peyrovani
Fereydoun Moeini

Disciplinarian Committee members
Ali Mohadesi

Board of Directions
Abbas Ansarifard
Mohammad Hossein Nejadfallah
Majid Farrokhzadi
Mohammad Akhoundi
Hossein Hedayati

Munition Team
Ghasem Abdolsamadi
Asghar Norouzali
Davoud Kashani

Captains

1. Karim Bagheri
2. Ali Karimi
3. Pejman Nouri

Squad Changes During 2008/09 Season

In

No.	Position	Player	Age	Fee	Moving from	League	Transfer Window	Ref
16	MF	Mohammad Mansouri	24	180 Million Toman	Aboomoslem	Iran Pro League		[9]
4	DF	Alireza Mohammad	26	150 Million Toman	Rah Ahan	Iran Pro League		[10]
14	DF	Mojtaba Shiri	28	200 Million Toman	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Iran Pro League
17	FW	Ibrahima Touré	22	360 Million Toman	Paykan	Iran Pro League		[11]
21	MF	Ivan Petrović	28	280 Million Toman	Aboomoslem	Iran Pro League		[12]
23	GK	Misagh Memarzadeh	25	180 Million Toman	Saipa	Iran Pro League		[13]
15	MF	Mohammad Alavi	26	200 Million Toman	Pas Hamedan	Iran Pro League		[14]
32	DF	Franck Atsou	29	?	Aboomoslem	Iran Pro League		[15]
11	MF	Maziar Zare	23	300 Million Toman	Malavan	Iran Pro League		[16]
24	FW	Hadi Norouzi	23	100 Million Toman	Damash	Azadegan League
19	FW	Paulo Roberto do Carmo	23	350,000 USD ($)	Centro Esportivo Nova Esperança	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
8	MF	Ali Karimi	29	310,000 USD ($)	Qatar SC	Qatari League		[17][18]
33	DF	Rahman Rezaei	33	200 Million Toman	Livorno	Serie A

Out

No.	Position	Player	Age	Moving to	League	Transfer Window
30	GK	Farshid Karimi	32	Pegah	Iran Pro League
12	DF	Hossein Kaebi	22	Saipa	Iran Pro League
27	MF	Abbas Aghaei	30	Saipa	Iran Pro League
22	GK	Hassan Roudbarian [19]	30	Paykan	Iran Pro League
11	FW	Faraz Fatemi	30	Mes	Iran Pro League
17	MF	Farzad Ashoubi	28	Mes	Iran Pro League
4	MF	Mohammadreza Mamani	26	Pas H.	Iran Pro League
13	DF	Sheys Rezaei	24	Saba	Iran Pro League
16	MF	Jorge Aranda	23	Free Agent	-
24	FW	Mate Dragičević	28	DAC Dunajská Streda	Slovak First League
14	FW	Ehsan Khorsandi	23	Aboumoslem	Iran Pro League
20	DF	Mohammad Nosrati	26	Al-Nasr	UAE League
25	MF	Jacques Elong Elong	23	Sepahan	Iran Pro League
19	FW	Paulo Roberto do Carmo^*	23	Kowsar F.C.	Azadegan League

^* He was fired from the club

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