During the 2008–09 season, Persepolis competed in the Persian Gulf Cup, Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League.
Squad
Iran Pro League
Persian Gulf Cup
Matches
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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 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, Karim Bagheri Karim Bagheri, Maziar Zare - dispossessed Shahin Hajbabaei 2nd 3 2008-Aug-17 Malavan 2-2 Persepolis Takhti/Anzali Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Alireza Mohammad - 7,000 Mohsen Ghahremani 3rd 4 2008-Aug-24 Persepolis 2-2 Zob Ahan Azadi /Tehran Ibrahima Touré, Karim Bagheri Mojtaba Shiri, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht - 40,000 Saeed Bakhshizadeh 3rd 5 2008-Aug-29 Foolad 3-2 Persepolis Takhti/Ahvaz Paulo Roberto do Carmo, Hadi Norouzi - - 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, Karim Bagheri Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Mehdi Vaezi - 40,000 Yadolah Jahanbazi 5th 8 2008-Sep-25 Persepolis 2-0 Damash Gilan Azadi /Tehran Karim Bagheri, Ibrahima Touré - - 95,000 Saeed Mozafari Zadeh 3rd 9 2008-Oct-3 Persepolis 1-1 Esteghlal Azadi /Tehran Ali Karimi Alireza Mohammad, Maziar Zare, Ivan Petrovic - 95,000 Saed Kamil 5th 10 2008-Oct-8 Aboomoslem 4-3 Persepolis Samen/Mashhad Ali Karimi Ali Karimi, Maziar Zare - 40,000 Khodadad Afsharian 6th 11 2008-Oct-18 Persepolis 3-1 Bargh Azadi /Tehran Ali Karimi, Karim Bagheri, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Mojtaba Shiri, Ali Karimi - 60,000 Yadolah Jahanbazi 5th 12 2008-Oct-26 Persepolis 3-2 Sepahan Azadi /Tehran Karim Bagheri, Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 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 Karim Bagheri, Ivan Petrovic - 40,000 Rahim Rahimi Moghadam 4th 15 2008-Nov-22 Paykan 2-2 Persepolis Rajaee /Qazvin Ibrahima Touré Pejman Nouri - 7,000 Hedayat Mombeini 6th 16 2008-Nov-26 Persepolis 1-0 Esteghlal Ahvaz Azadi /Tehran Nabiollah Bagheriha Ibrahima Touré - 30,000 Saeed Mozafari Zadeh 5th 17 2008-Dec-04 Rah Ahan 1-2 Persepolis Azadi /Tehran Ibrahima Touré, Sepehr Heidari - - 40,000 Khodadad Afsharian 4th 18 2008-Dec-09 Persepolis 1-1 Saipa Azadi /Tehran Ibrahima Touré 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, Hossein Badamaki 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/Fooladshahr Ibrahima Touré - - 15,000 Hedayat Mombeini 4th 22 2009-Jan-16 Persepolis 1-0 Foolad Azadi /Tehran Maziar Zare 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 Ali Karimi, Maziar Zare - 15,000 Rahim Rahimi Moghadam 4th 24 2009-Jan-31 Persepolis 1-0 Payam Mashhad Azadi/ Tehran Ivan Petrovic 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, Karim Bagheri Ibrahima Touré - 15,000 Hedayat Mombini 3rd 26 2009-Feb-13 Esteghlal 1-1 Persepolis Azadi/ Tehran Maziar Zare 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 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 Karim Bagheri, Ibrahima Touré - 25,000 Alborz Hajipour 3rd 29 2009-Feb-27 Sepahan 0-0 Persepolis Foolad Shahr/Fooladshahr - 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 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, Maziar Zare - - 15,000 Khodadad Afsharian 5th 33 2009-Apr-16 Esteghlal Ahvaz 2-1 Persepolis Takhti/Ahvaz Ibrahima Touré 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, Hadi Norouzi Ivan Petrovic - 1,000 Navid Mozafari 5th
Results by round
Results summary
GP WD L PtsGF GAGDIn Azadi Studium201253413018+12In Other Stadiums14356142023-3
League standings
Top scorers
Goal scorers
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
Assists
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 Zare801 Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht701 Karim Bagheri700 Ali Karimi700 Ibrahima Toure610 Pejman Nouri600 Ivan Petrović600 Rahman Rezaei410 Alireza Mohammad200 Mojtaba Shiri200 Sepehr Heidari200 Alireza Haghighi200 Bahador Abdi100 Hamidreza Ali Asgari100 Mehdi Vaezi100 Hossein Badamaki100 Paulo Roberto do Carmo100
Matches played 28 Pejman Noori
26 Sepehr Heidari
Hazfi Cup 2008-09
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 Niknafs100 Mohammad Mansouri100 Ali Karimi100 Maziar Zare100 Farhad Kheirkhah100 Ibrahima Touré100
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
Persepolis schedule ACL 2009
Group stage
Round of 16
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 Nikbakht300 Hadi Norouzi200 Maziar Zare200 Sepehr Heidari100 Ali Karimi100 Bahador Abdi100 Pejman Nouri100 Farhad Kheirkhah100 Nabiollah Bagheriha100 Ivan Petrović100 Ibrahima Touré100
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
24 December 2008 Persepolis 4-2 Sazan Rah Qom Ivan Petrović Hadi Norouzi Farhad Kheirkhah Ibrahima Touré
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 Persepolis 1-0 Sepasi Hamidreza Ali Asgari
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 to July 31 replacing the Spain camp. 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. The camp included swimming, bodybuilding, players recreation and two friendly matches.
29 July 2008 Persepolis 4-0 Wind Dubai Ibrahima Touré Farhad Kheirkhah Ibrahima Touré Ibrahima Touré Sepehr Heidari
30 July 2008 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
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Club managers Position Name NatHead 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 {| class=wikitable ! 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 Directors || Majid Farrokhzadi
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 <br/ > 2. Ali Karimi <br/ > 3. Pejman Nouri
Squad changes during 2008/09 season
In
No.PositionPlayerAgeFeeMoving from League Transfer WindowRef16 MF Mohammad Mansouri24180 Million Toman Aboomoslem Iran Pro League 4 DF Alireza Mohammad 26150 Million TomanRah Ahan Iran Pro League 14 DF Mojtaba Shiri 28200 Million TomanEsteghlal Ahvaz Iran Pro League 17 FW Ibrahima Touré22360 Million TomanPaykan Iran Pro League 21 MF Ivan Petrović 28280 Million TomanAboomoslem Iran Pro League 23 GK Misagh Memarzadeh 25180 Million TomanSaipa Iran Pro League 15 MF Mohammad Alavi 26200 Million TomanPas Hamedan Iran Pro League 32 DF Franck Atsou 29?Aboomoslem Iran Pro League 11 MF Maziar Zare 23300 Million Toman Malavan Iran Pro League 24 FW Hadi Norouzi 23100 Million TomanDamash Azadegan League 19 FW Paulo Roberto do Carmo 23350,000 USD ($) Centro Esportivo Nova Esperança Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 8 MF Ali Karimi 29310,000 USD ($) Qatar SC Qatari League 33 DF Rahman Rezaei 33200 Million Toman Livorno Serie A
Out No.PositionPlayerAgeMoving to League Transfer Window30 GK Farshid Karimi 32Pegah Iran Pro League12 DF Hossein Kaebi 22 Saipa Iran Pro League27 MF Abbas Aghaei 30 SaipaIran Pro League 22 GK Hassan Roudbarian30Paykan Iran Pro League11 FW Faraz Fatemi 30 Mes Iran Pro League17 MF Farzad Ashoubi 28 Mes Iran Pro League4 MF Mohammadreza Mamani 26 Pas H.Iran Pro League 13 DF Sheys Rezaei 24 Saba Iran Pro League16 MF Jorge Aranda 23Free agent-24 FW Mate Dragičević 28DAC Dunajská StredaSlovak First League14 FW Ehsan Khorsandi 23 AboumoslemIran Pro League20 DF Mohammad Nosrati 26 Al-Nasr UAE League25 MF Jacques Elong Elong 23 Sepahan Iran Pro League19 FW Paulo Roberto do Carmo* 23 Kowsar F.C.Azadegan League * He was fired from the club
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