# 2000–01 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the Persepolis's 10th season in the Azadegan League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship. Persepolis was captained by Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh.

## 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 | Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (captain) |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Younes Bahonar |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Hassan Khanmohammadi |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Ali Ansarian |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Afshin Peyrovani (vice captain) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Ebrahim Asadi |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Hamid Estili |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Ali Karimi |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Edmond Bezik |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Hamed Kavianpour |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Reza Jabbari |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Esmaeil Halali |
| 16 | DF | IRN | Reza Shahroudi (3rd captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Hadi Mahdavikia |
| 18 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Barzegar |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Payan Rafat |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Behrouz Rahbarifard |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ali Akbarian |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Davoud Fanaei |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Laith Nobari |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Tartar |
| 26 | FW | IRN | Amirhossein Aslanian |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Farshid Karimi |
| — | DF | IRN | Hadi Aghily |

## Mid-season Transfers
### Out

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Type |
| 9 | CF | Behnam Seraj | 29 | Foolad | Transfer |
| 23 | RM | Alireza Emamifar | 26 | Fajr Sepasi | Transfer |
| | CB | Ebrahim Taghipour | 23 | Zob Ahan | Transfer |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Ali Parvin |
| Assistant coach | Nasser Ebrahimi |
| Physical fitness trainer | Parviz Komasi |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vahid Ghelich |
| Doctor | Dr. Farid Zarineh |
| Team Manager | Mahmoud Khordbin |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2000–01 Azadegan League | — | — | Runners-up | August 4, 2000 | April 19, 2001 |
| 2000–01 Hazfi Cup | Round of 16 | — | Round of 16 | May 1, 2001 | May 1, 2001 |
| 2000–01 Asian Club Championship | — | — | Third-place | September 7, 2000 | May 26, 2001 |

### Azadegan League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Esteghlal (C) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 50 | Qualification for the 2001–02 Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Persepolis | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 46 | |
| 3 | Saipa | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 33 | |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 30 | |
| 5 | Paykan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 28 | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Round of 16

### Asian Club Championship
#### Quarterfinals
##### West Asia

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Persepolis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| FC Irtysh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Al-Hilal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |

#### Third place match
## Scorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | Hazfi Cup | Asian | Total |
| 8 | AM | | Ali Karimi | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 20 | CB | | Behrouz Rahbarifar | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | CF | | Payan Rafat | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | CM | | Hamed Kavianpour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | CM | | Hamid Estili | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | RB | | Hassan Khanmohammadi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | AM | | Reza Jabbari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | CM | | Esmaeil Halali | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CB | | Afshin Peyrovani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | CF | | Laith Nobari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | CF | | Amirhossein Aslanian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | CF | | Edmond Bezik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | CB | | Ali Ansarian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 Players | 5 Players | 5 Players | 5 Players | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 1 | 19 | 56 |