2003–04 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2003–04 season
Chairman	Akbar Ghamkhar
Manager	Vingo Begovic
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	5th
Hazfi Cup	1/8
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Daei (16 goals); All: Ali Daei (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 (16 October 2003 against Esteghlal)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the Persepolis's 3rd season in the Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Squad

As of October 2003. 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	MKD	Saša Ilić
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Barzegar
3	DF	IRN	Hassan Khanmohammadi
4	DF	IRN	Yahya Golmohammadi
5	DF	IRN	Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
6	MF	IRN	Karim Bagheri
8	MF	IRN	Hamed Kavianpour
9	FW	IRN	Javad Kazemian
10	FW	IRN	Ali Daei (vice captain)
11	MF	IRN	Mehrdad Minavand
12	MF	IRN	Aref Mohammadvand
13	FW	MLI	Issa Traore
14	MF	IRN	Reza Jabbari
15	DF	IRN	Mojtaba Shiri
17	FW	IRN	Sohrab Entezari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	IRN	Meghdad Ghobakhlou
19	DF	IRN	Pejman Jamshidi
20	DF	IRN	Younes Bahonar
21	MF	IRN	Ebrahim Asadi
22	GK	IRN	Mohammad Mohammadi
23	DF	IRN	Alireza Emamifar
24	FW	IRN	Ali Salmani
25	MF	IRN	Hamid Estili (3rd captain)
26	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Oladi
30	GK	IRN	Farshid Karimi
39	DF	IRN	Ali Nikkhou
63	DF	IRN	Sheys Rezaei
76	FW	IRN	Behnam Afsheh

Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Saša Ilić	33	Dynamo St. Petersburg	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
	LB	Ali Nikkhou	25	Aboumoslem	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
8	CM	Hamed Kavianpour	23	Al Wasl	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
23	LB	Alireza Emamifar	29	Charleroi	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
9	RW	Javad Kazemian	22	Saipa	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
13	RW	Issa Traore	23	Pyunik	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
10	CF	Ali Daei	33	Al Shabab	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
	CB	Sheys Rezaei	19	Saipa	–	Free Transfer	Summer
26	SS	Mehrdad Oladi	18	Persepolis Qaemshahr	–	Free Transfer	Summer
18	CF	Meghdad Ghobakhlou	21	Persepolis Academy	–	Promoted	Summer
	CF	Christopher Wreh	28	St Mirren	–	Free Transfer	Summer
	RW	Behnam Afsheh	21	Persepolis Academy	–	Promoted	Winter

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Davoud Fanaei	27	Azarbayejan	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
20	CB	Behrouz Rahbarifar	32	Pas	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
18	CF	Behnam Abolghasempour	30	Pas	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
19	CF	Payan Rafat	33	Saba Battery	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
16	LB	Reza Shahroudi	31	Pasargad	–	Free Transfer	Summer	^[1]
24	CF	Ali Lashgari		Released		Contract termination	Summer	^[1]
8	CB	Ali Ansarian	26	Saipa	–	Free Transfer	Summer
9	DM	Mehdi Tartar	31	Aboumoslem	–	Free Transfer	Summer
26	RW	Hadi Mahdavikia	24	Released		Contract termination	Summer
11	SS	Amir Hossein Aslanian	25	Released		Contract termination	Winter
	CF	Christopher Wreh	28	Bishop's Stortford	–	Free (Contract termination)	Winter

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Vingo Begovic
Assistant coach	Fereydoun Moeini
Goalkeeping coach	Fakhroddin Begovićć
Doctor	Dr Farid Zarineh
Team Manager	Ebrahim Ashtiani

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran Pro League	26	10	9	7	42	28	+14	038.46
Hazfi Cup	4	1	0	3	7	7	+0	025.00
Total	30	11	9	10	49	35	+14	036.67

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Foolad	26	13	8	5	37	22	+15	47
4	Zob Ahan	26	11	7	8	32	25	+7	40
5	Persepolis	26	10	9	7	42	28	+14	39
6	Sepahan	26	11	6	9	47	36	+11	39	Qualification for the 2005 AFC Champions League
7	Paykan	26	8	8	10	24	26	−2	32

Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[2]

Competitions

Iran Pro League

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

29 August 2003 (2003-08-29) 1	Persepolis	8 – 2	Pegah	Tehran
	A. Salmani 15' A. Daei 38', 71' (pen.), 85', 90' A. Peyrovani 56' J. Kazemian 61', 78'		F. Kojoeian 18' P. Nouri 67' A. Ashourizad 68' 69'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000

8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 2	Aboumoslem	0 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
			R. Jabbari 9' M. Barzegar S. Ilić	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 3	Persepolis	5 – 2	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	R. Jabbari 31' A. Daei 66', 69' J. Kazemian 82' K. Bagheri 90'		M. Madanchi 27' S. Shirmardi 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000

18 September 2003 (2003-09-18) 4	Paykan	2 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	41' M. Tahmasebi 45'		K. Bagheri 62'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 45,000

30 September 2003 (2003-09-30) 5	Persepolis	3 – 3	Sepahan	Tehran
	R. Jabbari 23' A. Salmani 52' I. Traore 73' Y. Bahonar		A. Talebnasab 37' E. Bezik 40' (pen.), 48'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

6 October 2003 (2003-10-06) 6	Esteghlal Ahvaz	1 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	D. Haghi 33'		J. Kazemian 70'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Masoud Moradi

16 October 2003 (2003-10-16) 7	Persepolis	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
	I. Traore 70'		A. Samereh 9' M. Navazi 43' M. Fekri 56'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Manuel Costa

23 October 2003 (2003-10-23) 8	Pas	2 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	J. Nekounam 65' A. Aghaei 80' B. Rahbarifar 85' (pen.) B. Abolghasempour F. Rabikhah A. Janmaleki A. Borhani		A. Mohammadvand 65' A. Daei 90+2' (pen.) R. Jabbari S. Ilić	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000

7 November 2003 (2003-11-07) 9	Persepolis	4 – 0	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
	S. Entezari 17', 75' A. Daei 61', 67'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

23 November 2003 (2003-11-23) 10	Shamoushak	0 – 1	Persepolis	Noshahr
			A. Daei 67'

30 November 2003 (2003-11-30) 11	Persepolis	2 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
	S. Entezari 15' A. Daei 39'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) 12	Zob Ahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
	E. Taghipour 29' J. Omidian M. Rajabzadeh			Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

11 December 2003 (2003-12-11) 13	Persepolis	1 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
	A. Daei 67'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000

18 December 2003 (2003-12-18) 14	Pegah	0 – 0	Persepolis	Rasht
				Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium

26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 15	Persepolis	0 – 0	Aboumoslem	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

6 January 2004 (2004-01-06) 16	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 1	Persepolis	Shiraz
	V. Moradi 46'		A. Salmani 18'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

12 January 2004 (2004-01-12) 17	Persepolis	0 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

16 January 2004 (2004-01-16) 18	Sepahan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Isfahan
	M. Karimi 46'		A. Peyrovani 54' P. Jamshidi 89'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ali Khosravi

22 January 2004 (2004-01-22) 19	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

2 February 2004 (2004-02-02) 20	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	D. Seyed Abbasi 3' A. Nikbakht		H. Kavianpour 19' Y. Bahonar P. Jamshidi H. Khanmohammadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mustafa Çulcu

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26) 21	Persepolis	3 – 4	Pas	Tehran
	H. Shakouri 45' (o.g.) I. Traore 82' A. Daei 84'		J. Nekounam 3', 67' A. Borhani 59' Kh. Azizi 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) 22	Bargh Shiraz	0 – 0	Persepolis	Shiraz
				Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

4 April 2004 (2004-04-04) 23	Persepolis	2 – 1	Shamoushak	Tehran
	A. Daei 27' (pen.), 87'		A. Shokati 29'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

9 April 2004 (2004-04-09) 24	Saipa	3 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	E. Sadeghi 21', 34' 83'		A. Daei 36' 83' K. Bagheri 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Jalal Moradi

23 April 2004 (2004-04-23) 25	Persepolis	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	K. Bagheri 22' H. Khanmohammadi 45+3' S. Entezari 62'		M. Rajabzadeh 16' (pen.) A. Petrosian 21' F. Bahadorani B. Tahmasebi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam

3 May 2004 (2004-05-03) 26	Foolad	1 – 0	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	A. Mousavi 65'			Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

18 April 2004 (2004-04-18) 1/16	Persepolis	3 – 0	Payam	Tehran
	A. Daei 2' Y. Golmohammadi 15' A. Salmani 70'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

12 May 2004 (2004-05-12) 1/16	Payam	3 – 2	Persepolis	Mashhad
	R. Bigdeli H. Bargizar		J. Kazemian S. Entezari	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis 5–3 Payam on aggregate.

25 May 2004 (2004-05-25) 1/8	Persepolis	0 – 1	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
	M. Minavand 81'		M. Ahmadi 41' 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam

1/8	Esteghlal Ahvaz	3 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	A. Khalife Asl M. Shiri		J. Kazemian M. Ghobakhlou	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Esteghlal Ahvaz 4–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

Scorers

No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
10	CF	Ali Daei	16	1	17
9	RW	Javad Kazemian	4	2	6
17	CF	Sohrab Entezari	4	1	5
24	RW	Ali Salmani	3	1	4
6	DM	Karim Bagheri	3	0	3
13	CF	Issa Traore	3	0	3
14	AM	Reza Jabbari	3	0	3
5	CB	Afshin Peyrovani	2	0	2
3	RB	Hassan Khanmohammadi	1	0	1
4	CB	Yahya Golmohammadi	0	1	1
8	CM	Hamed Kavianpour	1	0	1
19	RB	Pejman Jamshidi	1	0	1
18	CF	Meghdad Ghobakhlou	0	1	1
Own goals			1	0	1
Totals			42	7	49

Top scorer of competition

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "آخرین نقل و انتقالات فوتبال ایران". Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

External links

[transfer-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "آخرین نقل و انتقالات فوتبال ایران". Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[2] "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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2003–04 Persepolis F.C. season

Contents

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Technical staff

Competition record

Iran Pro League

Standings

Competitions

Iran Pro League

Hazfi Cup

Scorers

See also

References

External links