The 2020–21 season is the Persepolis's 20th season in the Pro League, and their 38th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup, Super Cup and AFC Champions League.
Squad
First team squad No. Name Age Nationality Position (s) Since App Goals Assist Ends Signed from Transfer fee NotesGoalkeepers 34 Amir Mohammad Yousefi 20 GK 2020 0 0 0 2023 Academy Free U-21 44 Božidar Radošević 31 GK 2016 41 0 0 2023 Debreceni Free 81 Hamed Lak 30 GK 2020 43 0 0 2022 Machine Sazi Free Defenders 3 Farshad Faraji 26 CB / RB 2021 11 0 0 2023 Padideh Free 4 Jalal Hosseini 38 CB / RB 2016 166 6 4 2022 Naft Tehran Free Captain 6 Hossein Kanaanizadegan 26 CB / RB / LB 2013 33 1 0 2021 Machine Sazi Free 17 Mehdi Shiri 29 RB / RM / RW / DM 2018 85 1 3 2021 Paykan Free 77 Saeid Aghaei 25 LB / LM / LW 2020 33 0 4 2022 Sepahan Free 51 Amir Mohammad Kharkesh 17 CB / LB 2020 0 0 0 2023 Academy Free U-21Midfielders 2 Omid Alishah 28 LM / RM / LW / RW / SS 2013 185 19 26 2021 Rah Ahan Free Vice Captain 8 Ahmad Nourollahi 27 DM / CM / RM / LM 2014 207 21 10 2022 Foolad Yazd Free 3rd Captain 10 Milad Sarlak 25 DM / CM 2020 43 2 1 2022 Padideh Free 11 Kamal Kamyabinia 31 DM / CM / RM / LM 2015 186 20 4 2022 Naft Tehran Free 14 Ehsan Pahlavan 27 LM / RM / AM / CM / SS 2020 42 1 2 2022 Zob Ahan Free 18 Mohammad Sharifi 20 CM / DM / AM 2020 8 0 0 2022 Saipa Free U-21 19 Vahid Amiri 32 LM / RM / LW / RW / SS / CF 2016 151 20 22 2021 Trabzonspor Free 21 Mehdi Torabi 26 LM / RM / LW / RW / AM 2018 77 22 13 2023 Al Arabi Free 23 Ali Shojaei 23 LM / LB / AM / SS 2020 19 0 1 2022 Nassaji Free 88 Siamak Nemati 26 RM / RB / LM / AM 2017 133 12 6 2023 Paykan Free Forwards 72 Issa Alekasir30 CF / SS 2020 26 10 0 2022 Sanat Naft Abadan Free 9 Mehdi Mehdikhani 23 CF / SS / RW / LW 2020 18 0 0 2022 Varaždin Free 16 Mehdi Abdi 22 CF / SS 2017 56 18 0 2025 Academy Free U-23 25 Alireza Khodaei 18 CF 2020 1 0 0 2023 Academy Free U-21 70 Shahriyar Moghanlou 26 CF 2021 21 8 1 2021 Santa Clara Free Players left the club during the season 20 Amir Roostaei 23 CF / LW / RW 2019 6 0 0 2024Loan to Paykan 5 Bashar Resan 24 AM / RM / LM / CM 2017 92 4 7 2020Transfer to Qatar SC 26 Saeid Hosseinpour 22 AM / CM / DM 2017 11 0 0 2022Loan to Machine Sazi 36 Arman Ramezani 28 CF / SS 2020 5 0 1 2022Released 33 Sina Mahdavi 21 LB 2020 0 0 0 2023Loan to Malavan 25 Aria Barzegar 18 CF / SS 2019 0 0 0 2022Loan to Fajr Sepasi 38 Ehsan Hosseini 22 CB / DM 2017 6 0 0 2023Loan to Padideh 15 Mohammad Ansari 29 LB / CB / DM 2015 108 3 3 2021Transfer to Mes Rafsanjan 99 Alireza Maleki 21 CF 2020 0 0 0 2022Transfer to Spad
New Contracts PNameAgeContract lengthContract endsSource5MFBashar Resan231 season202120FWAmir Roostaei232 season202416FWMehdi Abdi213 season202588DFSiamak Nemati262 season202311MFKamal Kamyabinia311 season2022
Transfers
In PNameAgeMoving fromEndsTransferfeeTypeTransferwindowQuotaSource 34 GK Amir Mohammad Yousefi 20 Academy Free Promoted Summer 77 LB Saeid Aghaei 25 Sepahan Free Transfer Summer 81 GK Hamed Lak 29 Machine Sazi Free Transfer Summer 72 CF Issa Alekasir 30 Sanat Naft Abadan Free Transfer Summer 14 MF Ehsan Pahlevan 27 Zob Ahan Free Transfer Summer 10 MF Milad Sarlak 25 Padideh Free Transfer Summer 23 LM Ali Shojaei 23 Nassaji Free Transfer Summer 36 CF Arman Ramezani 28 Saipa Free Transfer Summer 51 CB Amir Mohammad Kharkesh 18 Academy Free Promoted Summer 18 MF Mohammad Sharifi 20 Saipa Free Transfer Summer 9 RM Mehdi Mehdikhani 23 Varaždin $50,000 Transfer Summer 99 CF Alireza Maleki 22 Academy Free Promoted Winter(During First Half Season) 21 RM Mehdi Torabi 26 Al Arabi Free Transfer Winter 70 CF Shahriyar Moghanlou 26 Santa Clara €50,000 Loan Winter 3 CB Farshad Faraji 26 Padideh Transfer Winter 25 CF Alireza Khodaei 19 Academy Free Promoted Winter 80 RW Mohammad Omri 18 Academy Free Promoted Winter
Out PNameAgeMoving toTransfer feeTypeTransferwindowSource1 GKAlireza Beiranvand27 Antwerp €600,000TransferSummer32CF Anthony Stokes32 Livingston FreeTransferSummer9RMMehdi Torabi25 Al-Arabi TransferSummer22GKSasan Zamaneh21Demote To Youth TeamSummer99CF Christian Osaguona29 Al-ShortaFreeTransferSummer70CF Ali Alipour25 MaritimoFreeTransferSummer63GKAmirhossein Bayat22EsteghlalFreeTransferSummer80AMMohammad Hosseini21Nirooye ZaminiFreeLoanSummer18DMMohsen Rabiekhah32Aluminium ArakFreeTransferSummer3CBShojae Khalilzadeh31 Al-RayyanFreeTransferSummer 28LBMohammad Naderi24 KortrijkFreeLoan ReturnSummer20STAmir Roostaei23PaykanFreeLoanSummer5AM Bashar Resan23 Qatar SC $120,000TransferWinter(During First Half Season)26AMSaeid Hosseinpour22Machine SaziFreeLoanWinter36FWArman Ramezani28EsteghlalFreeTransferWinter33LBSina Mahdavi21MalavanFreeLoanWinter25STAria Barzegar18Fajr SepasiFreeLoanWinter38CBEhsan Hosseini22PadidehFreeLoanWinter15DFMohammad Ansari29Mes RafsanjanFreeTransferWinter 28 CF Alireza Maleki 22 Spad Free Transfer Winter(During Second Half Season)
Technical staff
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Persian Gulf Pro League
Results summary
Results by round
League table
Matches
Hazfi Cup
Matches
Super Cup
2020 AFC Champions League
2020 AFC Champions League
Group stage
Matches
Knockout stage
2021 AFC Champions League
Group stage Group E
Matches
Statistics
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! colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Scorers Rank P Name PGPL Hazfi Cup 2020 ACL 2021 ACL Super Cup Total116FWMehdi Abdi9231428MFAhmad Nourollahi10111372FWIssa Alekasir342110470FWShahriyar Moghanlou448521MFMehdi Torabi412764DFJalal Hosseini42672MFOmid Alishah22419MFVahid Amiri3111MFKamal Kamyabinia112103DFShojae Khalilzadeh2288MFSiamak Nemati210MFMilad Sarlak26DFHossein Kanaanizadegan11145MFBashar Resan1117DFMehdi Shiri114MFEhsan Pahlavan1Own goal11Total 47 7 11 14 79Last updated: 31 July 2021
Assists Rank P Name PGPL Hazfi Cup 2020 ACL 2021 ACL Super Cup Total12MFOmid Alishah613111221MFMehdi Torabi41510377DFSaeid Aghaei421*7488MFSiamak Nemati321658MFAhmad Nourollahi55614MFEhsan Pahlavan112419MFVahid Amiri4810MFMilad Sarlak21370FWShahriyar Moghanlou21105MFBashar Resan221136FWArman Ramezani1111MFKamal Kamyabinia117DFMehdi Shiri116FWMehdi Abdi123MFAli Shojaei1Total 35 6 9 10 1 61Last updated: 31 July 2021
* Aghaei provided 3 assists in 2020 ACL, 2 assists provided before the 3rd match of group stage in 2019–20 season for Sepahan.
Goalkeeping PGPLHazfi Cup 2020 ACL2021 ACL Super Cup TotalRankName181Hamed Lak2914171 0 18 4 55 5 11 0 1442325244Božidar Radošević1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 413334Amir Mohammad Yousefi Total301418 3 1 28 4 56 5 2 1 0 148 24 28Last updated: 31 July 2021
Man of the Match Rank P Name PGPL Hazfi Cup 2020 ACL 2021 ACL Super Cup Total12MFOmid Alishah415288MFSiamak Nemati31421MFMehdi Torabi419MFVahid Amiri3156DFHossein Kanaanizadegan21310MFMilad Sarlak2116FWMehdi Abdi2188MFAhmad Nourollahi224DFJalal Hosseini1111MFKamal Kamyabinia117FWIssa Alekasir11123DFShojae Khalilzadeh115MFBashar Resan181GKHamed Lak114MFEhsan Pahlavan170FWShahriyar Moghanlou1Total 26 2 7 3 1 39Last updated: 31 July 2021 * Based on Metrica statistics, Statistical and technical reference of Iranian football * In ACL based on Asian Football Confederation
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.
Club
Kit
|- style="vertical-align: top;" | First half season and 2020 ACL | Second half season and 2021 ACL
After the death of Mehrdad Minavand and Ali Ansarian
Sponsorship
Main sponsor: Tourism Bank Other sponsors: Irancell Bonmano coffee Official shirt manufacturer: Uhlsport
References
External links Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League Persepolis News