# 1998–99 Persepolis F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the Persepolis's 8th season in the Azadegan League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Hossein Abdi.

## 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 (vice captain) |
| 2 | | IRN | Yahya Golmohammadi |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Naeem Saadavi |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Behrouz Rahbarifard |
| 5 | | IRN | Afshin Peyrovani |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Hasheminasab |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Hamid Estili |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Behnam Seraj |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Edmond Bezik |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Hamed Kavianpour |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Hossein Abdi (captain) |
| 14 | DF | IRN | Nader Mohammadkhani (3rd captain) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Esmaeil Halali |
| 18 | DF | IRN | Ali Ansarian |
| 19 | MF | IRN | Shahram Baratpouri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Ali Baghmisheh |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Reza Torabian |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Davoud Fanaei |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Alireza Emamifar |
| 24 | DF | IRN | Ali Mafinejad |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Hamid Motahari |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Ali Karimi |
| — | FW | IRN | Payan Rafat |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohsen Ranjbaran |
| — | MF | IRN | Hadi Mahdavikia |
| — | DF | IRN | Jahanbakhsh Jafari |
| — | GK | IRN | Mojtaba Rezaei |
| — | FW | IRN | Kourosh Barmak |

## Mid-season Transfers
### In

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving from | Transfer fee | Type | Source |
| | CF | Payan Rafat | 28 | Malavan | – | Transfer | |
| | CF | Kourosh Barmak | | Tractor Sazi | – | Transfer | |

### Out

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Transfer fee | Type | Source |
| 16 | LB | Reza Shahroudi | 26 | Dalian Shide | | Loan | |
| 17 | RW | Mehdi Mahdavikia | 21 | VfL Bochum | | Loan | |

## 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 |
| 1998–99 Azadegan League | — | — | Winners | September 13, 1998 | May 22, 1999 |
| 1998–99 Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | — | Winners | | April 9, 2002 |

### Azadegan League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 65 | Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 53 | Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Sepahan | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 53 | |
| 4 | Saipa | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 49 | |
| 5 | PAS | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 42 | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

## Scorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| 10 | CF | | Edmond Bezik | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 23 | RM | | Alireza Emamifar | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | CF | | Behnam Seraj | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | CB | | Mehdi Hasheminasab | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | CM | | Hamid Estili | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | CB | | Behrouz Rahbarifar | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | AM | | Ali Karimi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | CF | | Ali Baghmisheh | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | CM | | Esmaeil Halali | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CB | | Afshin Peyrovani | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | RW | | Mehdi Mahdavikia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | CB | | Nader Mohammadkhani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 Players | 7 Players | 7 Players | 7 Players | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Others | Others | Others | Others | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 19 | 75 |

### Goalkeeping

| | | | | PGPL | PGPL | PGPL | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total |
| No | N | Name | M | GA | CS | M | GA | CS | M | GA | CS |
| 1 | | Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh | 19 | 12 | 10 | | | | 19 | 12 | 10 |
| 22 | | Davoud Fanaei | 9 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 |
| | | Mojtaba Rezaei | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 29 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 17 |
| Last updated: 22 August 2020 |||||||||||||