2011–12 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2011–12 season are the Sepahan Football Club's 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football which they won their 4th title in this season. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup but were eliminated by Foolad in Round of 32 and are also competing in AFC Champions League, and 59th year in existence as a football club.

Sepahan F.C.

2011–12 season
Chairman	Alireza Rahimi
Manager	Zlatko Kranjčar
Stadium	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
IPL	1st
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32
AFC Champions league	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Emad (9) All: Correa (12)
Highest home attendance	31,439 v Zob Ahan (9 December 2011), 31,439 v Mes Sarcheshmeh (11 May 2012)
Lowest home attendance	1,309 v Fajr Sepasi (29 January 2012)
Average home league attendance	10,457
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Player

First team squad

As of 23 July 2011.

	Out for Injuries		Released – Retired

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Appearance (s)	Goal (s)
Goalkeepers
1	Rahman Ahmadi		GK	2011	July 30, 1980	Persepolis	31	0
22	Reza Mohamadi		GK	2011	June 14, 1985	Iranjavan	2	0
27	Hadi Rishesfahani		GK	2009	February 19, 1992	(Youth system)	0	0
30	Mohammad Nasseri		GK	2011	May 16, 1993	(Youth system)	0	0
Defenders
2	Hassan Ashjari		CB	2011	August 1, 1979	Steel Azin	23	1
6	Jalal Hosseini		CB	2009	February 3, 1982	Saipa	94	4
8	Mohsen Bengar		CB	2004	July 6, 1979	Shemushack Noshahr	205	12
16	Hashem Beikzadeh		LB, LM	2010	January 22, 1984	Esteghlal	50	1
17	Abolhassan Jafari		DF	2007	July 21, 1990	(Youth system)	27	0
21	Mehdi Nasiri		DF	2010	November 11, 1987	(Youth system)	14	0
33	Hadi Tamini		DF	2011	August 23, 1981	Malavan	17	0
Midfielders
3	Mohammad Hassan Rajabzadeh		MF	2010	May 23, 1984	Aboumoslem	5	0
4	Moharram Navidkia (captain)		CM, AM	2006	November 1, 1982	(Youth system) VfL Bochum	213	32
9	Mehdi Jafarpour		MF	2005	August 20, 1984	PAS Hamedan	105	8
10	Hossein Papi		MF	2004	February 27, 1985	(Youth system)	87	1
11	Mehdi Karimian		MF	2009	August 28, 1980	Bargh Shiraz	75	6
15	Omid Ebrahimi		MF	2010	September 16, 1987	Sh. Bandar Abbas	50	5
18	Reza Nasehi		MF	2010	September 16, 1987	Aboumoslem	17	0
20	Ahmad Jamshidian		MF, AM	2008	May 16, 1984	Rah Ahan	94	17
24	Akbar Imani		MF	2010	March 21, 1992	(Youth system)	6	0
25	Iman Kiani		MF	2011	January 1, 1990	(Youth system)	1	0
26	Saeed Lotfi		MF	2011	July 16, 1992	(Youth system)	0	0
32	Hamid Reza Kazemi		MF	2011	May 6, 1992	(Youth system)	1	0
37	Januário		CM, AM	2010	September 3, 1979	Esteghlal	51	6
Forwards
7	Emad Mohammed Ridha		ST	2011	July 24, 1982	Zamalek SC	22	9
14	Farzad Hatami		ST	2009	January 3, 1986	Saba Qom	23	3
14	Xhevahir Sukaj		ST	2012	October 5, 1987	Gençlerbirliği	10	2
19	Bruno Correa		ST	2012	March 22, 1986	FC Banants	14	7
23	Mehdi Seyed-Salehi		ST	2011	July 27, 1981	Esteghlal	30	8
29	Milorad Janjuš		ST	2010	July 12, 1982	Spartak Zlatibor Voda	36	11
31	Sardar Azmoun		ST	2011	January 1, 1995	(Youth system)	0	0

Iran Pro League squad

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 Rahman Ahmadi 2 DF  IRN Hassan Ashjari 4 MF  IRN Moharram Navidkia (captain) 6 DF  IRN Jalal Hosseini 7 FW  IRQ Emad Mohammed Ridha 8 DF  IRN Mohsen Bengar (1st vice-captain) 9 MF  IRN Mehdi Jafarpour 10 MF  IRN Hossein Papi 11 MF  IRN Mehdi Karimian 14 FW  ALB Xhevahir Sukaj 15 MF  IRN Omid Ebrahimi 16 DF  IRN Hashem Beikzadeh 17 DF  IRN Abolhassan Jafari 18 MF  IRN Reza Nasehi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BRA Bruno Correa 20 MF  IRN Ahmad Jamshidian (2nd vice-captain) 21 DF  IRN Mehdi Nasiri 22 GK  IRN Reza Mohamadi 23 FW  IRN Mehdi Seyed Salehi (3rd vice-captain) 24 MF  IRN Akbar Imani 25 MF  IRN Iman Kiani 26 DF  IRN Saeed Lotfi 27 GK  IRN Hadi Rishesfahani 30 GK  IRN Mohammad Nasseri 31 MF  IRN Sardar Azmoun 32 MF  IRN Hamid Reza Kazemi 33 DF  IRN Hadi Tamini 37 MF  BRA Fábio Januário

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 28 MF  IRN Ehsan Hajsafi (at Tractor Sazi)

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 MF  IRN Javad Maheri (at Foolad Natanz)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2011–12.

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2011–12

• Updated on 31 August 2012

Summer 2011

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 7 FW  IRQ Emad Mohammed (from Shahin)[1] 33 DF  IRN Hadi Tamini (from Malavan) 23 FW  IRN Mehdi Seyed-Salehi (from Esteghlal) 17 DF  IRN Abolhassan Jafari (from Malavan) 14 FW  IRN Farzad Hatami (from Saba Qom, Loan Return) 2 DF  IRN Hassan Ashjari (from Steel Azin)[2] 1 GK  IRN Rahman Ahmadi (from Persepolis)[3] 22 GK  IRN Reza Mohamadi (from Iranjavan)[4]

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 21 FW  IRN Reza Enayati (to Saba Qom) 10 FW  SEN Ibrahima Touré (to Ajman Club)[5] 28 MF  IRN Ehsan Hajysafi (to Tractor Sazi)[6] 5 DF  IRN Hadi Aghili (to Al-Arabi)[7] 1 GK  IRN Mehdi Rahmati (to Esteghlal)[8] 12 GK  IRN Mohammad Savari (Released)[9] 2 MF  IRN Khosro Heydari (to Esteghlal) 23 FW  IRN Javad Kazemian (to Persepolis)

Winter 2011–12

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 19 FW  BRA Bruno Correa (from Banants)[10] 14 FW  ALB Xhevahir Sukaj (from Gençlerbirliği)

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 14 FW  IRN Farzad Hatami (to Tractor Sazi)[11] 3 MF  IRN Mohammad Hassan Rajabzadeh (to Malavan) 29 FW  SRB Milorad Janjuš (to Shahrdari Tabriz)

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup	—	—	Winner	3 August 2011	11 May 2012
2011 AFC Champions League	Quarter-finals	—	Quarter-finals	14 September 2011	28 September 2011
AFC Champions League	Group stage	—		7 March 2012
2011–12 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 32	25 October 2011	25 October 2011

Updated to match played 31 August 2012
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	19	10	5	54	27	+27	67	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Tractor Sazi	34	19	9	6	57	32	+25	66
3	Esteghlal	34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66
4	Saba Qom	34	12	14	8	40	38	+2	50	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
5	Naft Tehran	34	13	10	11	36	38	−2	49

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Esteghlal secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 Hazfi Cup

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	19	10	5	54	27	+27	67	11	4	2	29	13	+16	8	6	3	25	14	+11

Last updated: 31 August 2012.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D
Position	9	11	7	4	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	2	3	5	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2012. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

August 3, 2011 1	Sepahan	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Fooladshahr
22:30 UTC+04:30	Januário  63' Jamshidian	: Report	Borhani  84' Borhani Sharifat	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

August 8, 2011 2	Saba Qom	0 – 0	Sepahan	Qom
22:00 UTC+04:30	Sadeghi Badrlou	: Report	Ahmadi Januário	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

August 12, 2011 3	Sepahan	2 – 1	Sanat Naft	Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30	Mohammed  37' Januário  45'	Report	Sy  55' Aleksanyan	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 27,480 Referee: Yadollah Jahan Bazi

August 17, 2011 4	Sh. Tabriz	0 – 2	Sepahan	Tabriz
22:00 UTC+04:30	Goudarzi	Report	Ebrahimi  56',  65' Hosseini Bengar Rajabzadeh	Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 18,310 Referee: Gholamreza Jabari

August 17, 2011 5	Sepahan	0 – 1	Naft Tehran	Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30	Bengar Rajabzadeh	Report	Mousavi  65' Kouroshi Ahmadi Magholi Hakhamanesh	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 40,230 Referee: Mohsen Torki

September 8, 2011 6	Fajr Sepasi	3 – 2	Sepahan	Shiraz
20:00 UTC+04:30	Rajabzadeh  45' Nazari  81' Karimian  91' Nazari	Report	Ebrahimi  19' Jamshidian  53' Seyed Salehi Bengar Ashjari Beikzadeh	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 10,561 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaee

September 18, 2011 7	Sepahan	3 – 0	Damash Gilan	Isfahan
18:30 UTC+04:30	Rahimi	Report	Emad  56' Emad  69' Jamshidian  87' Ebrahimi Ashjari	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

October 2, 2011 8	Saipa	0 – 4	Sepahan	Karaj
19:00 UTC+04:30		Report	Emad  27' Ashjari  49' Karimian  58' Janjus  86' Hosseini	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bakhshi Zadeh

October 9, 2011 9	Mes Kerman	3 – 0	Sepahan	Kerman
20:00 UTC+04:30		Report		Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

October 14, 2011 10	Sepahan	2 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
16:00 UTC+04:30	Emad  6' Alenemeh (o.g.) 15'	Report	Paixão  90'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hedayatollah Mombeini

October 22, 2011 11	Rah Ahan	1 – 1	Sepahan	Rey
20:00 UTC+04:30	Hashemi  17' Tahmoorsi	Report	Januario  15' Jamshidian Jafarpour Beikzadeh Hosseini	Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

October 30, 2011 12	Sepahan	3 – 2	Malavan	Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+04:30	Seyed Salehi  19' Mehdi Karimian  77' Emad  91'	[12]	Jarahkar  8' Heidari  15'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh

November 19, 2011 13	Persepolis	0 – 0	Sepahan	Tehrān
12:50 UTC+04:30	Rezaei Zare Noroozi  78'	[13]	Bengar Ebrahimi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

November 23, 2011 14	Sepahan	2 – 0	Foolad Khuzestan	Fooladshahr
16:15 UTC+04:30	Jafari Emad Mohammed  68' Janjuš  79'	[14]		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

December 3, 2011 15	Shahin Bushehr	1 – 1	Sepahan	Bushehr
16:15 UTC+04:30	Bayat Azizmohammadi  66'	[15]	Jamshidian Janjuš  40'	Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

December 9, 2011 16	Sepahan	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+04:30	Januário  53'	Summary	Ghazi Najafabadi  39'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Alreza Faghani

December 16, 2011 17	Mes Sarcheshmeh	0 – 2	Sepahan	Kerman
16:00 UTC+04:30		Summary	Salehi  35' Ebrahimi  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh

January 6, 2012 18	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Sepahan	Teheran
18:30	Shirzadeh  32'	Summary	Salehi  53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

January 11, 2012 19	Sepahan	1 – 2	Saba Qom	Fooladshahr
18:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

January 15, 2012 20	Sanat Naft	0 – 4	Sepahan	Abadan
18:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

January 20, 2012 21	Sepahan	1 – 0	Shahrdari Tabriz	Fooladshahr
18:30 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

January 25, 2012 22	Naft Tehran	0 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
16:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

January 29, 2012 23	Sepahan	1 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Fooladshahr
18:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

February 3, 2012 24	Damash Gilan	0 – 1	Sepahan	Rasht
17:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Dr. Azoodi Stadium

February 8, 2012 25	Sepahan	4 – 0	Mes Kerman	Fooladshahr
19:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

February 2012 26	Sepahan	2 – 1	Saipa	Fooladshahr
18:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

January 29, 2012 27	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Sepahan	Tabriz
18:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium

March 17, 2012 28	Sepahan	3 – 2	Rah Ahan	Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30	Bruno César Correa  54', 69', 88' Seyed Salehi Bengar	report	Kazemi  56' Razaghirad  90+4' Abdi Mojtaba Shiri	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

April 7, 2012 29	Malavan	3 – 4	Sepahan	Bandar Anzali
17:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

April 12, 2012 30	Sepahan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
19:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

April 22, 2012 31	Foolad	1 – 2	Sepahan	Ahvaz
17:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

April 26, 2012 32	Sepahan	2 – 0	Shahin Bushehr	Fooladshahr
14:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

May 6, 2012 33	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Sepahan	Fooladshahr
20:30 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

May 11, 2012 34	Sepahan	0 – 0	Mes Sarcheshmeh	Fooladshahr
20:00 UTC+04:30		: Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

AFC Champions League 2011

Quarter-finals

September 14, 2011 1st Leg	Sepahan	1 – 0 0 – 3 (Awarded)	Al-Sadd	Fooladshahr
19:30 UTC+03:30	Ebrahimi  12' Imani	Report	Koni Belhadj Ibrahim	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 15,578 Referee: Benjamin Wiliams

September 28, 2011 2nd Leg	Al-Sadd	1 – 2	Sepahan	Doha
18:20 UTC+03:00	Mamadou Niang  85'	Report	Emad  6' Ashjari  25'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 6,026 Referee: Abdul Rahman Abdulkhalegh

AFC Champions League 2012

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEP	AHL	NAS	LEK
1	Sepahan	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	1–0	2–1
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10			1–1	—	3–1	3–0
3	Al-Nasr	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6[lower-alpha 1]			0–3	1–2	—	2–1
4	Lekhwiya	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6[lower-alpha 1]			1–0	1–0	1–2	—

Source: WorldFootball.net
Notes:

1. Al-Nasr and Lekhwiya are ranked by their head-to-head record (Al-Nasr: 6 pts; Lekhwiya: 0 pts).

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 7, 2012 G1	Sepahan	1 – 0	Al-Nasr	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
18:30 UTC+04:30	Correa  84'	Report		Attendance: 6,550 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

March 21, 2012 G2	Al-Ahli	1 – 1	Sepahan	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
20:30 UTC+03:00	Simões	Report	Correa  35'	Attendance: 14,247 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

April 3, 2012 G3	Sepahan	2 – 1	Lekhwiya	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
20:00 UTC+04:30	Hosseini  10' Correa  89'	Report	Afif  55'	Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

April 18, 2012 G4	Lekhwiya	1 – 0	Sepahan	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:00 UTC+03:00	Koné  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

May 1, 2012 G5	Al-Nasr SC	0 – 3	Sepahan	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
20:00 UTC+04:00		Report	Correa  44' Sukaj  69' Salehi  77' Ebrahimi	Attendance: 2,264 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

May 15, 2012 G6	Sepahan	2 – 1	Al-Ahli	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
20:30 UTC+04:30

Knockout Stage

May 22, 2012 Round of 16	Sepahan	2 – 0	Esteghlal	Isfahan
20:30 UTC+04:30	Correa  8' Bengar  34'	Report		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,351 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32

October 25, 2011 Second Round	Foolad	1 – 0	Sepahan	Ahvaz
18:00 UTC+04:30	Afshin  61' Rafee	Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Friendly Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

July 12, 2011 1	Sepahan	9 – 0	Sepahan Novin	Fooladshahr
17:00 UTC+03:00		Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 7,000

September 1, 2011 2	Sepahan	6 – 1	Sepahan Novin	Fooladshahr
19:00 UTC+03:00		Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 9,000

January 15, 2012 3	Sepahan	2 – 0	Kayserispor	Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup		2011 ACL		2012 ACL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Rahman Ahmadi	41	0	32+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	7+0	0
2	DF		Hassan Ashjari	29	2	13+10	1	1+0	0	1+0	1	4+0	0
3	MF		Mohammad Hassan Rajabzadeh	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF		Moharram Navidkia	39	2	13+16	2	0+1	0	0+2	0	5+2	0
6	DF		Jalal Hosseini	40	2	27+3	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	1
7	FW		Emad Mohammed Ridha	28	10	9+15	9	1+0	0	1+1	1	0+1	0
8	DF		Mohsen Bengar	38	3	28+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	2
9	MF		Mehdi Jafarpour	27	1	2+19	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+4	0
10	MF		Hossein Papi	12	0	0+9	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
11	MF		Mehdi Karimian	37	4	13+14	4	1+0	0	0+2	0	3+4	0
14	FW		Farzad Hatami	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Xhevahir Sukaj	16	4	2+8	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+5	2
15	MF		Omid Ebrahimi	42	7	32+0	6	1+0	0	2+0	1	7+0	0
16	DF		Hashem Beikzadeh	32	0	19+7	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	3+0	0
17	DF		Abolhassan Jafari	32	0	21+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+1	0
18	MF		Reza Nasehi	14	0	0+13	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Bruno Correa	21	12	10+4	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+4	5
20	MF		Ahmad Jamshidian	28	2	8+14	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+5	0
21	DF		Mehdi Nasiri	8	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK		Reza Mohamadi	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Mehdi Seyed Salehi	40	9	15+15	8	0+1	0	2+0	0	1+6	1
24	MF		Akbar Imani	7	0	1+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Iman Kiani	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF		Saeed Lotfi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	GK		Hadi Rishesfahani	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW		Milorad Janjuš	15	3	1+12	3	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
30	GK		Mohammad Nasseri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF		Sardar Azmoun	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF		Hamid Reza Kazemi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Hadi Tamini	20	0	12+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
37	MF		Fábio Januário	37	5	8+21	5	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+5	0

Apps: x+y, where x means full match (90-minute) appearance and y means appearance as an exchange (In or Out) player.

Goal scorers

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

Last updated on 31 August 2012

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Iran Pro League	Hazfi Cup	2011 ACL	2012 ACL	Total
19	FW		Bruno César	7	0	0	5	12
7	FW		Emad Mohammed Ridha	9	0	1	0	10
23	FW		Mehdi Seyed Salehi	8	0	0	1	9
15	MF		Omid Ebrahimi	6	0	1	0	7
37	MF		Januário	5	0	0	0	5
11	MF		Mehdi Karimian	4	0	0	0	4
14	FW		Xhevahir Sukaj	2	0	0	2	4
8	DF		Mohsen Bengar	1	0	0	2	3
29	FW		Milorad Janjuš	3	0	0	0	3
2	DF		Hassan Ashjari	1	0	1	0	2
4	MF		Moharram Navidkia	2	0	0	0	2
6	DF		Jalal Hosseini	1	0	0	1	2
20	MF		Ahmad Jamshidian	2	0	0	0	2
9	MF		Mehdi Jafarpour	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goal				2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS				54	0	3	11	68

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

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 31 August 2012

				Iran Pro League			Hazfi Cup			2011 ACL			2012 ACL			Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	GK		Rahman Ahmadi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
2	DF		Hassan Ashjari	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0
3	MF		Mohammad H. Rajabzadeh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF		Moharram Navidkia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Jalal Hosseini	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	DF		Mohsen Bengar	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
9	MF		Mehdi Jafarpour	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
11	MF		Mehdi Karimian	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	FW		Xhevahir Sukaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF		Omid Ebrahimi	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
16	DF		Hashem Beikzadeh	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
17	DF		Abolhassan Jafari	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
18	MF		Reza Nasehi	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
19	FW		Bruno Correa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	MF		Ahmad Jamshidian	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
21	DF		Mehdi Nasiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	FW		Mehdi Seyed Salehi	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
24	MF		Akbar Imani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Milorad Janjuš	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
37	MF		Januário	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
TOTALS				59	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	9	0	0	73	3	2

Goals conceded

• Updated on 31 August 2012

				Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup		2011 ACL		2012 ACL		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Clean Sheets
1	GK		Rahman Ahmadi	32	24	1	1	1	0	7	4	41	29	18
22	GK		Reza Mohamadi	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	1
TOTALS				34	27	1	1	2	1	7	4	44	33	19

Own goals

• Updated on 31 August 2012

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Iran Pro League	Hazfi Cup	2011 ACL	2012 ACL	Total
2	DF		Hassan Ashjari	1	0	0	0	1
24	MF		Akbar Imani	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				2	0	0	0	2

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Zlatko Kranjčar
Assistant Coach	Mahmoud Karimi
Assistant Coach	Alireza Marzban
Goalkeeper Coach	Tonči Merdolias
Match Analyst	Masoud Palizdar
Fitness Coach	Benjamin Kugel
Football Academy Manager	Reza Fatahi
Doctor	Mohammad Rashadi
Assistant Doctor	Asghar Shirkosh
Team manager	Rasoul Khorvash

Other information

Chairman	Alireza Rahimi
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium (75,000 / )

Updated to match played 31 August 2012
Source:

See also

• 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2011–12 Hazfi Cup
• 2011 AFC Champions League
• 2012 AFC Champions League

References

1. Google Translate
2. باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان - حسن اشجاری در فولاد مبارکه سپاهان Archived 2013-01-23 at Archive.today
3. Perspolis News Agency - مرجع خبری پرسپولیس | رحمان احمدی به سپاهان پيوست Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
4. محمدي به سپاهان پيوست
5. Google Translate
6. Google Translate
7. "وصول هادي عقيلي إلى الدوحة". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
8. IRNA.ir: عاون اجرايي باشگاه استقلال: رحمتي قرارداد بست سيد جلال حسيني هم به زودي امضا مي كند
9. خبرآنلاین - پس از هوار ملا محمد/ذوب‌آهن دومین خارجی استقلال را هم جذب کرد Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
10. Irna: تیم فوتبال سپاهان با یك بازیكن برزیلی به توافق رسید
11. Goal: فرزاد حاتمی به تراکتورسازی پیوست
12. سپاهان 3 - ملوان 2 / زرد طلایی از شکست پیروزی ساخت / وداع شکوهمند قنبری ! - Goal.com
13. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/11/19/iran/premier-league/perspolis/sepahan/1172252/Summary
14. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/11/23/iran/premier-league/sepahan/foolad-khuzestan-football-club/1172261/Summary
15. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/12/03/iran/premier-league/shahin-pars-jonoubi-bushehr/sepahan/1172269/Summary

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League