2012–13 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Persepolis's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 30th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis saw a change in managerial role in the beginning of the season when Mustafa Denizli announced via an open letter to the fans that he couldn't cooperate with Perspolis anymore due to his personal problems^[1] and was replaced with former Al Ahly boss Manuel José.^[2] Persepolis is captained by Mehdi Mahdavikia.

Persepolis

2012–13 season
Chairman	Mohammad Rouyanian
Manager	Manuel José (until 10 December 2012) Yahya Golmohammadi (from 10 December 2012)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	7th
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Karim Ansarifard (8) All: Karim Ansarifard (12)
Highest home attendance	100,000 v Esteghlal (29 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance	0 (spectator ban) v Fajr Sepasi (23 July 2012) v Aluminium Hormozgan (27 September 2012)
Average home league attendance	20,099
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Key events

• 29 May: The Club introduces 10 of 2012–13 Seasons players, it means that they release professional players Asmir Avdukić, Misagh Memarzadeh, Hossein Hooshyar, Alireza Mohammad, Mojtaba Shiri, Mohammad Nosrati, Maziar Zare, Hossein Badamaki, Sheys Rezaei, Saman Aghazamani, Javad Kazemian, Ebrahim Shakouri, Vahid Hashemian, Mamadou Tall & Mehrdad Oladi.^[3] After few days Kazemian & Aghazamani had been returned to first team.^[4][5]
• 30 May: Mohammad Ghazi joins The Club. This left footed striker signed two-years contract until the end of 2013–14 season.^[6]
• 2 June:Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh & Afshin Esmaeilzadeh joins The Club as u-21 players. Both of them had been played for National youth teams.^[7]
• 4 June: Mehrdad Pouladi signed a two-years contract after Team Melli's camp.^[8]
• 5 June: After releasing all of their goalkeepers, the club signed Shahab Gordan for a season as a free deal .^[9]
• 7 June: Hossein Mahini, Jalal Hosseini & Mohsen Bengar joins The Club. Mahini signed two-year contract while Hosseini & Bengar signing one-year contracts.^[10]
• 22 June: Mustafa Denizli leave the reds. the Turkish coach terminate his contract because of personal problems.^[11]
• 26 June: Karim Ansarifard, the top scorer of previous season joins The Club with three-years contract. Successor of The Legend, Ali Daei, will wear #9 jersey.^[12]
• 30 June: Brazilian midfielder Roberto Sousa joins The Club after success in medical tests. Maritimo & Celta de Vigo previous Defensive midfielder signed two-years contract.^[13]
• 3 July: Former Al Ahly coach Manuel José replaced Mustafa Denizli.^[14]
• 4 July: Ali Karimi & Mehdi Mahdavikia extends their contract for another year. Mahdavikia announces that it will his last season of playing football.^[15]
• 12 July: Eamon Zayed extend his contract for another year.^[13]
• 19 July: Persepolis started the league with a 1–0 win at Sanat Naft with a goal from Javad Kazemian.
• 13 September: 45 days after injury, Roberto Sousa & The Club reached agreement to terminate the contract.^[16]
• 31 October: Persepolis defeated Paykan 6–0 with a hat-trick from Karim Ansarifard, revive the famous 6–0 win against the rival Eteghlal in 1973 derby.
• 3 December: Persepolis finished the first half of the league in 12th place, same with last season's final rank.
• 7 December: Manuel José was sacked as the manager of the club and was replaced by his assistant Yahya Golmohammadi, a former player and captain of the team.
• 19 December: Golmohammadi celebrated his first game as the manager of the Persepolis with a 6–0 win against Malavan in the first match of the season's Hazfi Cup campaign.
• 30 December: Gholamreza Rezaei scored the fastest goal in the history of Iran Pro League and also the fastest in 2012 in a 2–0 win over Fajr Sepasi.
• 14 March: Mehdi Mahdavikia announced his retirement before the match against Mes Kerman. Former Team Melli's captain also announce that if Persepolis reach the Hazfi Cups final, this match will be his farewell match.

Squad

First team squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Nationality	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Previous club	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Reza Mohammadi	(1985-06-14) 14 June 1985 (age 37)		GK	2013 (W)	1	0	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
21	Amir Abedzadeh	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 29)		GK	2012	0	0	0	2015	L.A Blues	€100,000	U-21 Players
28	Masoud Dastani	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 30)		GK	2010	0	0	0	2013	Youth Team		U-21 Players
40	Nilson Corrêa	(1975-12-26) 26 December 1975 (age 47)		GK	2012	33	0	0	2013	Guimarães	Free	Second nationality: Burkina Faso
Defenders
4	Jalal Hosseini	(1982-02-03) 3 February 1982 (age 41)		CB / RB	2012	36	1	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
6	Mohsen Bengar	(1979-07-06) 6 July 1979 (age 43)		CB	2012	27	0	1	2013	Sepahan	Free
13	Hossein Mahini	(1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 36)		RB / LB / RM	2012	35	2	5	2014	Zob Ahan	Free
15	Roozbeh Cheshmi	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 29)		CB / LB /DM	2013 (W)	0	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
16	Mehrdad Pouladi	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 36)		LB / LM / CM	2012 (W)	32	1	1	2014	Mes	Free
19	Saeid Ghadami	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 30)		LB / LM	2011	0	0	0	2014	Foolad	Free	U-21 Players
20	Alireza Noormohammadi	(1981-07-03) 3 July 1981 (age 41)		CB / LB	2010	95	6	1	2013	Rah Ahan	Free
30	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 31)		RB / CB / LB	2012	18	0	2	2015	Rah Ahan	Free	U-23 Players
35	Hossein Kanaani	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 28)		CB / RB	2012 (W)	1	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
Midfielders
2	Mehdi Mahdavikia	(1977-07-24) 24 July 1977 (age 45)		RM / RB / DM	2012 (W)	102	27	7	2013	Damash	€80,000	Captain
8	Ali Karimi	(1978-11-08) 8 November 1978 (age 44)		AM / SS / RM	2011	140	38	16	2013	Schalke 04	Free	Vice Captain
14	Mohammad Nouri	(1983-01-09) 9 January 1983 (age 40)		AM / CM	2010	117	32	15	2013	Saba Qom	Free
17	Vlatko Grozdanoski	(1983-01-30) 30 January 1983 (age 40)		CM / RM / AM	2013 (W)	12	2	1	2013	Liaoning Whowin	Free
18	Meysam Naghizadeh	(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 36)		DM	2012	23	2	0	2015	Machine Sazi	Free
22	Mehrzad Madanchi	(1983-01-10) 10 January 1983 (age 40)		LM / LW	2012	70	20	0	2015	Al-Shaab	Free
23	Amir Hossein Feshangchi	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 36)		LM / LB / LW	2010	97	10	7	2015	Saba Qom	Free	Originally from Youth Team
29	Marko Perović	(1984-01-11) 11 January 1984 (age 39)		LM / LW	2013 (W)	16	2	0	2013	Red Star	Free
31	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh	(1992-04-21) 21 April 1992 (age 30)		AM / RM	2012	1	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
33	Reza Haghighi	(1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 34)		DM / CM	2013 (W)	19	2	1	2015	Fajr Sepasi	€200,000
39	Adel Kolahkaj	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 (age 38)		DM / CM	2013 (W)	40	1	0	2013	Sepahan	Free
Forwards
9	Karim Ansarifard	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 32)		CF	2012	36	12	5	2015	Saipa	Free	U-23 Players
10	Gholamreza Rezaei	(1984-08-06) 6 August 1984 (age 38)		RW / LW / ST	2010	90	13	20	2014	Foolad	Free
11	Mohammad Ghazi	(1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 38)		CF / LW / SS	2012	24	3	1	2014	Zob Ahan	Free
24	Hadi Norouzi	(1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 (age 37)		SS / RW / LW / ST	2008	151	30	18	2014	Damash	Free	Originally from Youth Team 3rd Captain
27	Rouhollah Seifollahi	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 32)		LW / ST	2011 (W)	7	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-23 Players
32	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 30)		SS / LW / ST / AM	2012	2	0	0	2015	Youth Team		U-21 Players
Players transferred during the season
1	Shahab Gordan	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 38)		GK	2012	5	0	0	Transferred to Sepahan
5	Saman Aghazamani	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990 (age 33)		DM / RB	2009	61	0	0	Transferred to Rah Ahan
7	Hamidreza Aliasgari	(1990-05-25) 25 May 1990 (age 32)		RW / RM / RB / LW / LM / LB	2007	98	6	7	On loan to Rah Ahan
12	Éamon Zayed	(1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 39)		CF	2011 (W)	21	12	1	Transferred to Aluminium Hormozgan
15	Roberto Sousa	(1985-01-18) 18 January 1985 (age 38)		DM / CM	2012	3	0	0	Contract Terminated
17	Javad Kazemian	(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 41)		RW / LW / ST	2011	156	37	9	Transferred to Tractor Sazi

Apps and goals updated as of 10 May 2013
For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.
Source: ,

Iran Pro League squad

Updated 17 July 2012.^[17]

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 Reza Mohammadi 2 MF   IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia (Captain) 4 DF   IRN Jalal Hosseini 6 DF   IRN Mohsen Bengar 8 MF   IRN Ali Karimi (Vice-Captain) 9 FW   IRN Karim Ansarifard 10 FW   IRN Gholamreza Rezaei 11 FW   IRN Mohammad Ghazi 13 DF   IRN Hossein Mahini 14 MF   IRN Mohammad Nouri (4th Captain) 15 DF   IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi 16 MF   IRN Mehrdad Pouladi 17 MF   MKD Vlatko Grozdanoski 18 MF   IRN Meysam Naghizadeh 19 MF   IRN Saeid Ghadami 20 DF   IRN Alireza Noormohammadi

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   IRN Amir Abedzadeh 22 MF   IRN Mehrzad Madanchi 23 MF   IRN Amir Hossein Feshangchi 24 FW   IRN Hadi Norouzi (3rd Captain) 27 FW   IRN Rouhollah Seifollahi 28 GK   IRN Masoud Dastani 29 MF   SRB Marko Perović 30 DF   IRN Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh 31 MF   IRN Afshin Esmaeilzadeh 32 MF   IRN Farshad Ahmadzadeh 33 MF   IRN Reza Haghighi 35 DF   IRN Hossein Kanaani 39 MF   IRN Adel Kolahkaj 40 GK   BRA Nilson Corrêa

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF   IRN Hamidreza Aliasgari (at Rah Ahan until 10 May 2013)

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2012

In: 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 Shahab Gordan (from Zob Ahan)^[18] 16 DF   IRN Mehrdad Pouladi (from Mes Kerman)^[19] 4 DF   IRN Jalal Hosseini (from Sepahan)^[20] 6 DF   IRN Mohsen Bengar (from Sepahan)^[21] 11 FW   IRN Mohammad Ghazi (from Zob Ahan)^[22] 13 DF   IRN Hossein Mahini (from Zob Ahan)^[23] 30 DF   IRN Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (from Rah Ahan)^[24] 31 MF   IRN Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (from Damash Gilan)^[25] 9 FW   IRN Karim Ansarifard (from Saipa)^[26] 15 MF   BRA Roberto Sousa (from   C.S. Marítimo)^[27] 21 GK   IRN Amir Abedzadeh (from   Los Angeles Blues)^[28] 22 MF   IRN Mehrzad Madanchi (from   Al-Shaab)^[29] 40 GK   BRA Nilson Corrêa (from   Guimarães)^[30] 32 MF   IRN Farshad Ahmadzadeh (from Parseh Tehran)^[31] 18 MF   IRN Meysam Naghizadeh (from Machine Sazi)^[32] 52 MF   KOR Kwon Jun (from   PSM Makassar)^[33]

Out: 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   BIH Asmir Avdukić (loan return to   Borac Banja Luka) 22 GK   IRN Misagh Memarzadeh (Released) 38 GK   IRN Hossein Hooshyar (to Aboomoslem) 2 DF   IRN Alireza Mohammad (to Gahar) 4 DF   IRN Mojtaba Shiri (to Pas Hamedan) 6 DF   IRN Mohammad Nosrati (to Tractor Sazi) 13 DF   IRN Sheys Rezaei (to Shahrdari Tabriz) 18 DF   IRN Ebrahim Shakouri (to Saipa) 30 DF   BFA Mamadou Tall (Released) 9 MF   IRN Maziar Zare (to Malavan) 11 MF   IRN Hossein Badamaki (to Malavan) 40 MF   IRN Mohammad Mehdi Elhaei (to Sanat Naft) 21 FW   IRN Vahid Hashemian (Retired) 33 FW   IRN Mehrdad Oladi (to Malavan)

Winter

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 33 MF   IRN Reza Haghighi (from Fajr Sepasi)^[34] 39 MF   IRN Adel Kolahkaj (from Sepahan)^[35] 29 MF   SRB Marko Perović (from   Red Star Belgrade) 1 GK   IRN Reza Mohammadi (from Sepahan) 17 MF   MKD Vlatko Grozdanoski (from   Liaoning) 15 DF   IRN Roozbeh Cheshmi (from Moghavemat Tehran)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   BRA Roberto Sousa (to   C.S. Marítimo)^[36] 12 FW   EIR Éamon Zayed (to Aluminium Hormozgan) 52 MF   KOR Kwon Jun (to  Persepam) 5 MF   IRN Saman Aghazamani (to Rah Ahan) 17 FW   IRN Javad Kazemian (to Tractor Sazi)^[37] 7 MF   IRN Hamidreza Aliasgari (On Loan at Rah Ahan) 1 GK   IRN Shahab Gordan (to Sepahan)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	7th	19 July 2012	10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Runners-up	17 December 2012	5 May 2013

Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Naft Tehran	34	14	13	7	42	29	+13	55
6	Mes Kerman	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

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50	9	5	3	28	15	+13	3	9	5	13	16	−3

Last updated: 10 May 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L
Position	3	8	10	12	16	15	16	14	15	13	13	11	14	11	10	11	12	13	10	12	9	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Sanat Naft v Persepolis

19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) 1	Sanat Naft	0 – 1	Persepolis	Abadan
20:45 UTC+04:30	M. Elhaei   43' S. Koohnavard   53' S. Hallafi   70'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Ghazi   32' J. Kazemian   89'   90' A. Karimi   90+4'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Fajr Sepasi

23 July 2012 (2012-07-23) 2	Persepolis	2 – 3	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	A. Feshangchi   15' M. Ghazi   90+3' J. Hosseini	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Mohammad Rezaei   53' R. Haghighi   76' (p)   88' M. Nazari   89'   90+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh

Gahar v Persepolis

30 July 2012 (2012-07-30) 3	Gahar	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	M. Zarei   82' H. Rekabi   89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	K. Ansarifard   15' A. Karimi   42' M. Pouladi   74'   78'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi
Note: Gahar hosted Persepolis at Azadi stadium because of problems in their home stadium.^[38]

Persepolis v Saba Qom

5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) 4	Persepolis	0 – 2	Saba Qom	Tehran
22:30 UTC+04:30	M. Bengar   52' J. Hosseini   90+1'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	S. Bayat   72' H. Lak   74' M. Soleiman Fallah   75'   76' A. Sadeghi   89' (p)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 67,678 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Damash v Persepolis

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 5	Damash	1 – 0	Persepolis	Rasht
19:10 UTC+04:30	A. Nazifkar   11' R. Boroush   19'   46' H. Ebrahimi   68' M. Farahani   84'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Rezaei   28'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Persepolis v Esteghlal

24 August 2012 (2012-08-24) 6	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	M. Pouladi   17' A. Feshangchi   90+5'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	S. Akbarpour   24' H. Omranzadeh   37'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Foolad v Persepolis

29 August 2012 (2012-08-29) 7	Foolad	1 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
19:00 UTC+04:30	A. Kalantari   89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Ghazi   74' E. Zayed   86'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Naft Tehran

16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 8	Persepolis	0 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
19:45 UTC+04:30		Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Alenemeh   58' V. Hamdinejad   67' I. Mousavi   73'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Sepahan v Persepolis

23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 9	Sepahan	2 – 0	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
18:30 UTC+04:30	R. Đalović   14' M. Khalatbari   15' A. Kolahkaj   52' X. Sukaj   73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Kazemian   7' M. Madanchi   35' H. Norouzi   42'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Persepolis v Aluminium

27 September 2012 (2012-09-27) 10	Persepolis	1 – 0	Aluminium	Tehran
18:30 UTC+04:30	M. Mahdavikia   29' M. Bengar   63'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Nasehi   43'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Saipa v Persepolis

2 October 2012 (2012-10-02) 11	Saipa	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
18:15 UTC+03:30	M. Ayubi   5' R. Ahmadi   69' M. Gholamnejad	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri   21' M. Pouladi   A. Noormohammadi   82' K. Ansarifard   88'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Rah Ahan

22 October 2012 (2012-10-22) 12	Persepolis	2 – 0	Rah Ahan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi   2' J. Hosseini   16' H. Mahini   45' M. Pouladi   64'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Mes Kerman v Persepolis

26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) 13	Mes Kerman	2 – 1	Persepolis	Kerman
15:00 UTC+03:30	Mostafa. Shojaei   16', 61'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Mahdavikia   45'	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Persepolis v Paykan

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 14	Persepolis	6 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
17:45 UTC+03:30	K. Ansarifard   36', 48', 57' A. Noormohammadi   42'   M. Nouri   63' M. Ghazi   86'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	N. Ahmadi   27'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

19 November 2012 (2012-11-19) 15	Persepolis	3 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	Mahdavikia   45+1' Mahdavikia   45+2' Nouri   74' Ansarifard   90+6'   57' Hosseini   73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Sadeghian   5'   36' Noormohammadi   18' Abdollahpour   24' Gh. Haddadifar   47' Homami   52' Salsali   85' Božović   90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Malavan v Persepolis

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 16	Malavan	2 – 2	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
15:15 UTC+03:30	M. Zare   5'   61' H. Badamaki   24' S. Yousefzadeh   34' A. Ahi   62'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Norouzi   50'   90' A. Feshangchi   54' M. Khanzadeh   56' H. Mahini   75' Gh. Rezaei   88' M. Bengar   90' K. Ansarifard   90+3'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Persepolis v Tractor Sazi

3 December 2012 (2012-12-03) 17	Persepolis	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	M. Mahdavikia   28' S. Aghazamani   59'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Asadi   50' M. Nosrati   67' M. Seyed-Salehi   77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Persepolis v Sanat Naft

25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) 18	Persepolis	2 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	A. Karimi   4' M. Nouri   10' M. Pouladi   18'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Khaleghifar   21'   54' H. Kaabi   59' R. Arab   85'   90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Fajr Sepasi v Persepolis

30 December 2012 (2012-12-30) 19	Fajr Sepasi	0 – 2	Persepolis	Shiraz
14:00 UTC+03:30	H. Karimi   71'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Gh. Rezaei   1' K. Ansarifard   26'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Gahar

4 January 2013 (2013-01-04) 20	Persepolis	Postponed	Gahar	Tehran
--:--				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mohsen Torki
Note: Postponed due to air pollution in Tehran .^[39]

Saba Qom v Persepolis

13 January 2013 (2013-01-13) 21	Saba Qom	0 – 0	Persepolis	Qom
15:00 UTC+03:30	F. Karimi   62'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri   85'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Persepolis v Damash

18 January 2013 (2013-01-18) 22	Persepolis	1 – 0	Damash	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	H. Mahini   40' (p)	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Mokhtari   31' M. Mahdavi   50' M. Abshak   81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Esteghlal v Persepolis

25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) 23	Esteghlal	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30		Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi   45+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Foolad

30 January 2013 (2013-01-30) 24	Persepolis	0 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
16:50 UTC+03:30	M. Pouladi   11' M. Bengar   57'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 25	Naft Tehran	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
15:00 UTC+03:30	M. Seifi   1' M. Mehrazma   78' V. Hamdinejad   84' B. Kamel   88'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G.   18' K. Ansarifard   82' R. Haghighi   86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was expelled in the 83rd minute for protesting.

Persepolis v Gahar

13 February 2013 (2013-02-13) 20	Persepolis	3 – 2	Gahar	Tehran
17:10 UTC+03:30	Gh. Rezaei   17'   63' M. Bengar   56' H. Norouzi   69'   90+5' M. Perović   89' M. Ghazi   90' H. Mahini   M. Nouri   90+4'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Pouromrani   47'   80' M. Khamisi   55' M. Shafiei   90+2' A. Ghasemi   90+4' R. Kardoust	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh
Note: Yahya Golmohammadi was suspended for this match. Mojtaba Hosseini managed Persepolis in his place. Reza Kardoust was sent off after the finish whistle.

Persepolis v Sepahan

17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 26	Persepolis	1 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	M. Naghizadeh   22' M. Pouladi   90' H. Norouzi   90+2'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	F. Talebi   3' M. Susak   18'   66' Xh. Sukaj   47' O. Ebrahimi   57' Sh. Gordan   67'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Aluminium v Persepolis

22 February 2013 (2013-02-22) 27	Aluminium	0 – 0	Persepolis	Bandar-Abbas
14:30 UTC+03:30		Sumaary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G.   41' A. Noormohammadi   58' H. Norouzi   73'	Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was expelled in the 59th minute for protesting. Mojtaba Hosseini Persepolis first team coach also expelled in 89th minute for protesting.

Persepolis v Saipa

28 February 2013 (2013-02-28) 28	Persepolis	4 – 1	Saipa	Tehran
17:20 UTC+03:30	M. Naghizadeh   7' Gh. Rezaei   12' R. Haghighi   45+1' (p)   85' M. Perović   49' M. Nouri   90+3'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Shahalidoost   51'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
Note: Persepolis head coach Yahya Golmohammadi was originally suspended for this match but was pardoned by FFIRI Disciplinarian Committee.

Rah Ahan v Persepolis

10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 29	Rah Ahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
17:30 UTC+03:30	A. Azimi   58'   85' H. Noormohammadi   69' B. Yavarzadeh   90+1'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Persepolis v Mes Kerman

15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 30	Persepolis	2 – 2	Mes Kerman	Tehran
17:35 UTC+03:30	M. Perović   10' H. Mahini   13' R. Haghighi   25' M. Naghizadeh   46'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	H. Kazemi   14' R. Enayati   17' A. Hassanzadeh   90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Paykan v Persepolis

31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 31	Paykan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30	H. Divsalar   34' K. Vahdani   51'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	A. Feshangchi   51' K. Ansarifard   73' M. Nouri   77' M. Ghazi   79'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

12 April 2013 (2013-04-12) 32	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Borjlou   17' H. Shafaat   39' M. Rajabzadeh   71'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Vlatko G.   20' M. Naghizadeh   45+1' M. Bengar   70'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Persepolis v Malavan

29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) 33	Persepolis	1 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
19:15 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard   56' A. Feshangchi   A. Kolahkaj   R. Haghighi	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Shirzad   P. Nouri	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Tractor Sazi v Persepolis

10 May 2013 (2013-05-10) 34	Tractor Sazi	3 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
18:00 UTC+04:30	M. Seyed-Salehi   33' M. Karimian   53' Geílson S.   90' J. Kazemian   35' M. Ebrahimi   89'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi   36'   70' M. Khanzadeh   58' F. Ahmadzadeh   71' J. Hosseini   75'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Hazfi Cup

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Matches

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Home v Away

Date Round

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Score

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Persepolis v Malavan

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) Round of 32	Persepolis	6 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
16:15 UTC+03:30	H. Norouzi   2', 51' K. Ansarifard   16'   19', 76', 80' A. Karimi   37' A. Feshangchi   47' Gh. Rezaei   83'	Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	B. Pourgholami   17' P. Nouri   85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

8 January 2013 (2013-01-08) Round of 16	Naft Tehran	1 – 4	Persepolis	Tehran
16:00 UTC+03:30	A. Manouchehri   14' H. Fallahzadeh   73'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Nouri   26', 57'   H. Mahini   75' (p) H. Norouzi   85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

5 March 2013 (2013-03-05) Quarter-Final	Zob Ahan	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30	M. Bayatinia   81' P. Sadeghian   110'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	R. Haghighi   47' H. Norouzi   53' M. Nouri   102' M. Ghazi   107'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Damash v Persepolis

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) Semi-Final	Damash	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Persepolis	Rasht
17:00 UTC+04:30	M. Abshak   45+1' M. Mokhtari   56' Motevaselzadeh   70'	Summary Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	J. Hosseini   77' Nouri   83'	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozafarizadeh
	Penalties
	Rahimi   Abshak   Chavoshi   Ebrahimi		Norouzi   Mahini   Hosseini   Karimi   Ansarifard

Persepolis v Sepahan

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) Final	Persepolis	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Sepahan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+04:30	K. Ansarifard   25' R. Haghighi   29' M. Nouri   40'   98' H. Mahini   During the penalties'	Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	M. Khalatbari   45+1' Xh. Sukaj   59' O. Ebrahimi   100' M. Gholami   106'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 97,452 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Norouzi   Mahini   Haghighi   Naghizadeh		Bulku   Khalatbari   Ebrahimi   Hajsafi

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