The 2013–14 season was the Persepolis's 13th season in the Pro League, and their 31st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup but were eliminated by Foolad in Quarter-finals. Persepolis was captained by Mohammad Nouri.

Key events 20 May: Ali Daei was officially announced as the club's manager for the season. He joined the club with a three-year contract. 25 May: Former Saipa's winger, Milad Gharibi signed two-years contract as the season's first signing.Perspolisnews.com: Iran U22 Winger, joined reds until 2015 26 May: Daei introduces Javad Manafi, Behzad Gholampour, Reza Forouzani, Mohammadreza Molaei, Mohammad Daei and Karim Bagheri as his assistants. Also Mehrdad Kafshgari and Mohammad Abbaszadeh joined The Reds. Both of them signed three-years contracts.Perspolisnews.com: Abbaszadeh joins PersepolisPerspolisnews.com: Kafshgari joins Persepolis Abbaszadeh became 2012–13 Azadegan League top scorer with 18 goals in 23 match while Kafshgari spent previous season at Rah Ahan Sorinet. 27 May: Alireza Nourmohammadi extending for another one-years and Hadi Norouzi & Mohammad Nouri extending for another two-years.Perspolisnews.com: Nourmohammadi extends another two yearsPerspolisnews: Norouzi extends until 2015 29 May: After rumors around signing of Mehdi Rahmati and Rahman Ahmadi, Persepolis extends with Brazilian goalkeeper Nilson Corrêa for another year.Perspolisnews.com: Nilson extends until 2014 1 June: Farshad Ahmadzadeh was loaned to Tractor Sazi to spend conscription period till December 2014. 3 June: The Club officially announced that Reza Haghighi will part of team for 2013–14 season. That mean Persepolis rejected bids from Dynamo Kyiv and Brøndby IF for the player.Perspolisnews.com: Persepolis rejected bids around Haghighi Also Mehrdad Pouladi extends until 2014Perspolisnews.com: Pouladi extends for another year and Meysam Hosseini signed two-years contract.Perspolisnews: Meysam Hosseini joined The Reds 9 June: Payam Sadeghian & The Club finally reached to an agreement for two seasons. former Iran national under-17 football team captain will join The Reds as 28 June.Perspolisnews.com: Sadeghian Joined Persepolis 11 June: Former Tractor Sazi striker, Mehdi Seyed Salehi officially joined The Reds with a two-year contract. Omid Alishah also signed two-years contract. Both of them will join training camp as 13 June.fc-Perspolis.com: Alishah signed two-years contract/Seyed Salehi joined The Reds officially 3 July: Former Tractor Sazi defensive midfielder, Ghasem Dehnavi officially joined The Reds with a one-year contract. 4 July: Marko Šćepanović came to Iran on 1 July 2013 and also trained with the team for three days and participated in a friendly match with Persepolis shirt. Finally Marko Šćepanović officially joined The Reds with a one-year contract on 4 July.وب‌سایت رسمی باشگاه فرهنگی‌ورزشی پرسپولیس: سه‌پانوویچ با پرسپولیس به توافق رسید He scored 14 goals in 28 matches in Montenegrin First League 2012–13. He is a former Podgoricai player. 18 July: Alireza Haghighi returned to Persepolis on loan from Rubin Kazan and signed a contract for half a season with the club. 1 September: Sepahan's winger, Mohammad Reza Khalatbari signed two-years contract with a record fee. He was given the number 99 shirt.خلعتبری رسما پرسپولیسی شد 15 September: Afshin Esmaeilzadeh was loaned to Beira-Mar till 30 June 2014.کنعانی و اسماعیل زاده و کمندانی در پرتغال 18 November: Mohammadreza Khanzadeh was loaned to Zob Ahan till 10 May 2014. 18 November: Mohsen Mosalman joined to Persepolis on loan from Zob Ahan till 10 May 2014. 26 November: Younes Shakeri was loaned to Padideh till 31 March 2014. 27 November: Hadi Norouzi was loaned to Naft Tehran till 10 May 2014.

Squad

First team squad

No. Name Age Nationality Position (s) Since App Goals Assist Ends Previous club Transfer fee NotesGoalkeepers1 Reza Mohammadi 27 GK 2013 () 1 0 0 2015 Sepahan Free 21 Amir Abedzadeh 20 GK 2012 0 0 0 2015 L.A Blues €100,000 U-21 Players Originally from Youth Team40 Nilson Corrêa 38 GK 2012 64 0 0 2014 Guimarães Free Second nationality: Burkina Faso Defenders 4 Jalal Hosseini 31 CB / RB 2012 64 2 0 2014 Sepahan Free Vice-Captain 6 Mohsen Bengar 34 CB 2012 58 0 1 2014 Sepahan Free 12 Meysam Hosseini 26 LB / CB / DM 2013 26 0 0 2015 Naft Tehran Free 13 Hossein Mahini 27 RB / LB / RM 2012 62 2 7 2015 Zob Ahan Free 15 Hossein Kanaani 19 CB / RB 2012 () 1 0 0 2014 Youth Team U-21 Players 16 Mehrdad Pouladi 26 LB / CM / LM / DM 2012 () 37 1 1 2015 Mes Free 20 Alireza Nourmohammadi 32 CB / LB 2010 105 8 1 2014 Rah Ahan Sorinet Free 25 Farshad Ghasemi 20 RB / RM / RW 2013 1 0 0 2016 Youth Team U-21 PlayersMidfielders 2 Omid Alishah 21 LM / LW / RM / RW 2013 20 3 0 2015 Rah Ahan Sorinet Free U-23 Players 5 Ghasem Dehnavi 32 CM / DM / AM / RM 2013 23 1 0 2014 Tractor Sazi Free 7 Hamidreza Aliasgari 23 RM / RW / RB / LM / LW / LB 2007 117 8 8 2015 Youth Team U-23 Players 9 Reza Haghighi 24 DM / CM 2013 () 46 3 2 2015 Fajr Sepasi €250,000 14 Mohammad Nouri 30 AM / CM / DM 2010 144 33 17 2015 Saba Qom Free Captain 18 Mehrdad Kafshgari 26 DM / CM 2013 20 1 2 2016 Rah Ahan Sorinet Free 19 Milad Kamandani 19 AM / CM 2013 2 0 0 2016 Youth Team U-21 Players 77 Mohsen Mosalman 22 AM / CM / RM / LM / SS 2013 13 2 2 2014 Zob Ahan Free U-23 Playerson loan from Zob AhanForwards 11 Payam Sadeghian 21 SS / AM / LW / RW 2013 28 3 8 2015 Zob Ahan Free U-23 Players 23 Mehdi Seyed Salehi 32 CF / SS 2013 28 6 0 2015 Tractor Sazi Free 33 Mohammad Abbaszadeh 22 CF / SS / RW / LW 2013 15 6 0 2016 Nassaji €125,000 U-23 Players 64 Farzad Hatami 27 CF 2013 9 1 0 2014 Foolad Free 99 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 30 RW / LW / SS / AM 2013 24 6 5 2015 Ajman €610,000Players transferred during the season 3 Mohammadreza Khanzadeh 22 CB / RB / LB 2012 22 0 3 2015 On loan at Zob Ahan 8 Marko Šćepanović 31 CM / DM / AM 2013 1 0 0 Released 10 Gholamreza Rezaei 29 RW / LW / ST 2010 99 13 20 Transferred to Foolad 17 Younes Shakeri 24 CF 2013 7 1 0 2016 On loan at Padideh 22 Milad Gharibi 21 RM / RW / LM / LW 2013 3 1 1 2015 On loan at Zob Ahan 24 Hadi Norouzi 28 SS / RW / LW / ST 2008 151 31 18 2015 On loan at Naft Tehran 31 Afshin Esmaeilzadeh 21 AM / CM / RM 2012 1 0 0 2015 On loan at Beira-Mar 32 Farshad Ahmadzadeh 21 AM / LW / ST / SS 2012 2 0 0 2015 On loan at Tractor Sazi 88 Alireza Haghighi 25 GK 2013 95 0 0 Loan return to Rubin Kazan Karim Ansarifard 23 CF 2012 36 12 5 2015 On loan at Tractor Sazi

Iran Pro League squad Updated 3 December 2013.

U21 = Under 21 Player U23 = Under 23 Player

Loan list

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2013 & List of Iranian football transfers winter 2013–14. For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.

Transfers

In P Nat Name Age Moving from Ends Transferfee Type Transferwindow Quota Source 7 RW Hamidreza Aliasgari 23 Rah Ahan Sorinet 2015 N/A Loan return Summer 17 CF Younes Shakeri 23 Aboumoslem 2016 Free Transfer Summer PNNC 33 CF Mohammad Abbaszadeh 23 Nassaji 2016 €125,000 Transfer Summer PNNC 22 RW Milad Gharibi 21 Saipa 2015 Free Transfer Summer PNNC 18 DM Mehrdad Kafshgari 26 Rah Ahan Sorinet 2016 Free Transfer Summer PNNC 12 LB Meysam Hosseini 26 Naft Tehran 2015 Free Transfer Summer Perspolis F.C. 23 CF Mehdi Seyed Salehi 32 Tractor Sazi 2015 Free Transfer Summer Perspolis F.C. 2 LW Omid Alishah 21 Rah Ahan Sorinet 2015 Free Transfer Summer Perspolis F.C. 11 SS Payam Sadeghian 21 Zob Ahan 2015 Free Transfer Summer Perspolis F.C. 5 CM Ghasem Dehnavi 32 Tractor Sazi 2015 Free Transfer Summer PNNC 8 CM Marko Šćepanović 31 Mladost Podgorica 2014 Free Transfer Summer Perspolis F.C. 25 RB Farshad Ghasemi 20 Moghavemat Tehran U21 2016 Free Transfer Summer Football Tehran 19 AM Milad Kamandani 19 Moghavemat Tehran U21 2016 €15,000 Transfer Summer Football Tehran 88 GK Alireza Haghighi 25 Rubin Kazan 2014 Free Loan Summer Perspolis F.C. 99 RW Mohammadreza Khalatbari 29 Ajman 2015 €610,000 Transfer Summer Perspolis F.C. 15 CB Hossein Kanaani 19 Beira-Mar 2014 N/A Loan return Winter 77 AM Mohsen Mosalman 22 Zob Ahan 2014 Swap forMilad Gharibi Loan Winter Perspolis F.C. 64 CF Farzad Hatami 27 Foolad 2014 Free Transfer Winter Fars

Out P Nat Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transferwindow Source 2 RM Mehdi Mahdavikia 35 Retired Summer the-AFC 8 AM Ali Karimi 34 Tractor Sazi Free Transfer Summer ISNA 39 CM Adel Kolahkaj 28 Esteghlal Khuzestan Free Transfer Summer IRNA 18 DM Meysam Naghizadeh 26 Gostaresh Foolad Free Transfer Summer Goal 19 LB Saeid Ghadami 21 Damash Free Transfer Summer Damash S.C. 27 LW Rouhollah Seifollahi 23 Damash Free Transfer Summer Damash S.C. 32 LW Farshad Ahmadzadeh 21 Tractor Sazi Free Loan Summer Mehr 28 GK Masoud Dastani 21 Free agent Free Contract termination Summer 11 CF Mohammad Ghazi 28 Esteghlal Free Transfer Summer Fars 23 LB Amirhossein Feshangchi 26 Malavan Free Transfer Summer Fars 22 LM Mehrzad Madanchi 32 Fajr Sepasi Free Transfer Summer Mehr 17 RM Vlatko Grozdanoski 30 FK Vardar Free Transfer Summer 29 LM Marko Perović 29 OFK Beograd Free Transfer Summer 9 CF Karim Ansarifard 23 Tractor Sazi Free Loan Summer Fars 15 CB Roozbeh Cheshmi 20 Saba Qom Free Transfer Summer Saba Qom F.C. 31 AM Afshin Esmaeilzadeh 21 Beira-Mar Free Loan Winter PNNC 15 CB Hossein Kanaani 19 Beira-Mar Free Loan Winter PNNC 10 RW Gholamreza Rezaei 29 Foolad Free Transfer Winter Goal 3 CB Mohammadreza Khanzadeh 22 Zob Ahan Free Loan Winter Perspolis F.C. 22 RW Milad Gharibi 21 Zob Ahan Swap forMohsen Mosalman Loan Winter Perspolis F.C. 24 ST Hadi Norouzi 28 Naft Tehran undisclosed Loan Winter Fars 17 CF Younes Shakeri 23 Padideh undisclosed Loan Winter Fars 88 GK Alireza Haghighi 25 Rubin Kazan N/A Loan return Winter Perspolis F.C. 8 CM Marko Šćepanović 31 Free agent Free Contract termination Winter

Competition record

CompetitionRecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Total

Iran Pro League

Standings

Competitions

Overview

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Hazfi Cup

Friendly Matches

Pre-season

During season

Statistics

Appearances, goals and disciplinary record

Pro LeagueHazfi CupTotalPName1GKReza Mohammadi 2LMOmid Alishah14172 31231 16203 313CBMohammadreza Khanzadeh134 1 34 1 4CBJalal Hosseini27271 3 22 1 29291 4 5CMGhasem Dehnavi16181 4 22 1 18201 5 6CBMohsen Bengar2929 5 22 1 3131 6 7RMHamidreza Aliasgari917216 12 1019216 8CMMarko Šćepanović111 11 9DMReza Haghighi2526 16 221 1 2728117 10RWGholamreza Rezaei159 59 11SSPayam Sadeghian2326386 22 2528386 12LBMeysam Hosseini2324 44 22 2526 44 13RBHossein Mahini2425 12 22 1 2627 22 14AMMohammad Nouri1524 18 23 21 1727 39 15CBHossein Kanaani 16LBMehrdad Pouladi44 2 1 45 2 17CFYounes Shakeri1 5 121 1 171 1 18DMMehrdad Kafshgari13181211111 14191211119AMMilad Kamandani 2 2 20CBAlireza Nourmohammadi571 2 331 1 8102 3 21GKAmir Abedzadeh 22RWMilad Gharibi111 1211 2311 23CFMehdi Seyed Salehi23266 4 12 24286 4 24SSHadi Norouzi1310 111 4111 25RBFarshad Ghasemi 1 1 31AMAfshin Esmaeilzadeh1 33CFMohammad Abbaszadeh6135 121 7156 40GKNilson Corrêa3030-15 11 3131-15 64CFFarzad Hatami2191 1 191 1 77AMMohsen Mosalman21012211 11 11 1113222 88GKAlireza Haghighi1 22-1 22-1 99RWMohammadreza Khalatbari21921644 12 2023644 Totals 343195921 835800 423 246721

Updated as of 11 April 2014

1 Player left the club during the season. 2 Player joined the club during the season. 3 Includes four own goals (by Farzad Hatami against Foolad, by Amin Motevaselzadeh against Damash, by Majid Noormohammadi against Padideh & Mohammad Heidari against Fajr Sepasi). 4 Red card in a match against Sepahan (fixture X) was switched to yellow card by FFIRI disciplinarian committee.کارت قرمز میثم حسینی زرد شد

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