2012–13 Fajr Sepasi F.C. season

Fajr Sepasi

2012–13 season
Chairman	Gheyb Parvar
Manager	Mahmoud Yavari
Stadium	Hafezieh Stadium
Iran Pro League	11th
Hazfi Cup	Quarter Final
Top goalscorer	League: Jaber Ansari (8) All: Jaber Ansari (8)
Highest home attendance	20,000 Esteghlal F.C.-Fajr Sepasi F.C.
Lowest home attendance	3,000 Peykan F.C.-Fajr Sepasi F.C.
Average home league attendance	6,000
Home colours Away colours
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The 2012–13 season are the Fajr Sepasi's 11th season in the Pro League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football and 25th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Damash. Fajr Sepasi was captained by Reza Haghighi until December 2012 and Mohammad Mehdi Nazari from then.

Player

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Vahid Sheikhveisi 2 DF Omid Khalili 3 DF Khaled Shafiei 4 MF Alireza Jalili 5 DF Saeed Ghezelagchi 6 MF Hadi Imani 8 FW Ali Molaei 10 FW Mehdi Nazari 11 MF Mohammad Afand 12 FW Babak Latifi 13 MF Hamid Jokar 14 MF Masoud Rigi 16 MF Ali Reza Latifi 17 MF Jalaleddin Ali Mohammadi

No. Position Player 19 FW Amin Shojaeian 20 MF Farshid Esmaeili 21 FW Mohammad Reza Hosseini 22 DF Hossein Karimi 23 GK Mohammad Saleh Khalil Azad 24 MF Jaber Ansari 27 MF Hadi Daghagheleh 28 MF Abdolreza Zarei 30 GK Mohammad Khazaei 32 MF Mohammad Reza Jalali 33 MF Mojtaba Tarshiz 40 MF Hossein Khosravi FW Sendley Sidney Bito

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13.

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player MF Farshid Esmaeili (from Iran U-20)[1] MF Hadi Daghagheleh (from Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.)[1] DF Diego Benedito Galvão Máximo (from Iranjavan)[1] MF Mohammad Reza Jalali (from Gahar Zagros)[1] MF Jalaleddin Alimohammadi (from Gostaresh Foolad)[1] DF Mojtaba Tarshiz (from Mes Sarcheshmeh)[1] GK Mohammad Khazaei (from Mes Sarcheshmeh)[1] FW Abbas Mohammad Rezaei (from Saipa)[1] DF Jaber Ansari (from Saipa)[1] FW Ali Molaei (from Saba Qom)[1] FW Babak Latifi (from Shahin)[1] MF Ali Reza Latifi (to Saipa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 30 MF Mehdi Rajabzadeh (to Zob Ahan)[2] 8 MF Mehrdad Karimian (released, to Mes Kerman F.C.)[1] 1 GK Sirous Sangchouli (released)[1] 22 FW Younes Shakeri (to Aboomoslem)[1] 20 DF Ayoub Kalantari (released)[1] 23 MF Javad Zayghami (released)[1] 27 MF Vahid Nemati (released)[1] 7 MF Mohammed Reza Pourmohammad (released)[1] 17 DF Abbas Kazemian (released)[1]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Mohammad Ansari (from Esteghlal[3]) FW Moslem Firouz Abadi (from Mes Sarcheshmeh) FW Hossein Fazeli (from Sepahan U23) MF Hossein Kazemi (from Mes Kerman) DF Mohammad Faramarzi (from Saipa U23) FW Sendley Sidney Bito (from Arsenal Kyiv)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 9 MF Reza Haghighi (to Persepolis) 7 MF Abbas Mohammad Rezaei (On loan to Esteghlal[4]) 25 DF Diego Máximo (to Paykan) 12 FW Babak Latifi (to Saipa) 32 MF Mohammad Reza Jalali (Released) 40 MF Hossein Khosravi (Released) 27 MF Hadi Daghagheleh (Released) 8 FW Ali Molaei (Released) 16 MF Ali Reza Latifi (Released)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2012–13 Iran Pro League	—	8th		20 July 2012
2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Quarter-Final	14 December 2012	9 January 2013

Last updated: 1 January 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal (C)	34	19	10	5	42	18	+24	67	2014 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1
2	Tractor Sazi	34	18	11	5	55	32	+23	65
3	Sepahan	34	19	7	8	60	33	+27	64
4	Foolad	34	14	14	6	52	35	+17	56
5	Naft Tehran	34	14	13	7	42	29	+13	55
6	Sanat Mes	34	13	14	7	33	22	+11	53
7	Persepolis	34	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50
8	Rah Ahan	34	12	10	12	32	35	−3	46
9	Saba Qom	34	10	15	9	37	33	+4	45
10	Saipa	34	11	12	11	37	33	+4	45
11	Damash	34	11	10	13	36	43	−7	43
12	Fajr Sepasi	34	10	12	12	42	38	+4	42
13	Malavan	34	9	13	12	34	39	−5	40
14	Zob Ahan	34	9	11	14	36	40	−4	38	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Aluminium (R)	34	7	14	13	26	40	−14	35	Relegation to 2013–14 Azadegan League
16	Sanat Naft (R)	34	4	13	17	31	60	−29	25
17	Paykan (R)	34	6	7	21	26	66	−40	25
18	Gahar (R)	34	3	10	21	24	59	−35	19

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Sepahan secured qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012–13 Hazfi Cup
(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.

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
24	8	9	7	28	19	+9	33	6	5	1	16	5	+11	2	4	6	12	14	−2

Last updated: 13 January 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Matches summary

Pro League matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

IPL season 2012–13

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	scorers
19 July 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Zob Ahan F.C.	3–0	10' Mehdi Nazari, 32' Babak Latifi, 90+2' Hamid Reza Jokar
24 July 2012	Tehran, Iran	Perspolis F.C.	3–2	52' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei, 76' (pen.) Reza Haghighi, 90+1' Mehdi Nazari
31 July 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Sanat Naft F.C.	2–0	77' Mohammad Reza Hosseini, 82' Mehdi Nazari
6 August 2012	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran	Malavan F.C.	0–1
17 August 2012	Qom, Iran	Saba Qom F.C.	1–1	65' Mohammad Reza Hosseini
24 August 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Gahar Zagros F.C.	0–0
29 August 2012	Isfahan, Iran	Sepahan F.C.	0–1
15 September 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Damash Gilan F.C.	6–1	12' Jaber Ansari, 19' Jaber Ansari, 28' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei, 45' Mehdi Nazari, 58' Mohammad Reza Hosseini, 76' Jaber Ansari
21 September 2012	Tehran, Iran	Esteghlal F.C.	0–0
26 September 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Tractor Sazi F.C.	1–0	60' Babak Latifi
1 October 2012	Bandar Abbas, Iran	Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.	3–3	23' Mojtaba Tarshiz, 51' Hossein Khosravi, 75' Mojtaba Tarshiz
18 October 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Naft Tehran F.C.	0-0
24 October 2012	Ahvaz, Iran.	Foolad F.C.	2-1	80' Mojtaba Tarshiz
31 October 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Saipa F.C.	1-0	91' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei
17 November 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Mes Kerman F.C.	0–1
3 December 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Paykan F.C.	0-0
27 November 2012	Tehran, Iran	Rah Ahan F.C.	0-1
25 December 2012	Isfahan, Iran	Zob Ahan F.C.	0–1
30 December 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Perspolis F.C.	0–2
4 January 2013	Abadan, Iran	Sanat Naft F.C.	1–1	52' Jaber Ansari
13 January 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Malavan F.C.	2–1	13' Jaber Ansari, 88' Tarshiz
17 January 2013	Qom, Iran	Saba Qom F.C.	1–1	30' Jaber Ansari
24 January 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Gahar Zagros F.C.	3–0	4' Moslem Firoozabadi, 34' Tarshiz, 83'(pen) Saeed Ghezelagchi
29 January 2013	Isfahan, Iran	Sepahan F.C.	0–0
9 February 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Damash Gilan F.C.	0–1
15 February 2013	Tehran, Iran	Esteghlal F.C.	0–5
21 February 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Tractor Sazi F.C.	1–3
2 March 2013	Bandar Abbas, Iran	Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.	6–0	45+2' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari, 55' Farshid Esmaili, 65' Jaber Ansari, 81' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari, 83' Farshid Esmaili, 90+3' Jaber Ansari
7 March 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Naft Tehran F.C.
15 March 2013	Ahvaz, Iran	Foolad F.C.
28 March 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Saipa F.C.
13 April 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Mes Kerman F.C.
5 May 2013	Tehran, Iran	Paykan F.C.
5 May 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Rah Ahan F.C.

Hazfi Cup matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Round of 32

Round	Venue	Opponent	Result	scorers
Round of 32	Shiraz, Iran	Sang Ahan Bafq	3–0	(W/O)
Round of 16	Shiraz, Iran	Saipa Shomal	4 PK 3	11' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari
Quarter Finals	Shiraz, Iran	Damash Gilan	4 PK 5

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Updated on 31 January 2013

Ran	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	24	MF		Jaber Ansari	8	0	8
2	10	FW		Mehdi Nazari	6	1	7
3	33	MF		Mojtaba Tarshiz	5	0	5
4	21	FW		Mohammad Reza Hosseini	3	0	3
5	12	FW		Babak Latifi	2	0	2
TOTALS					24	1	25

Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mahmoud Yavari
Assistant coach	Dariush Sabouri

See also

• 2012–13 Iran Pro League
• 2012–13 Hazfi Cup

References

1. "Google Translate". Translate.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
2. ورزش3: مهدي رجب زاده به ذوب آهن بازگشت
3. http://www.varzesh3.com/news.do?itemid=995167&title=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA
4. http://www.varzesh3.com/news.do?itemid=995151&title=%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%AF

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League