# 2015–16 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Sepahan's 15th season in the Pro League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 62nd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup and the AFC Champions League. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

## Players

    Updated 4 June 2015.

### First-team 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 | Rahman Ahmadi |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Leandro Padovani |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Habib Gordani |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Moharram Navidkia (captain) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Milad Sarlak $^{U23}$ |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Hossein Papi |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Navidkia |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari |
| 10 | DF | IRN | Abdollah Karami |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Amin Jahan Alian |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Ali Karimi $^{U23}$ |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Vahid Najafi $^{U23}$ |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Ali Gholami $^{U23}$ |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Senijad Ibričić |
| 18 | MF | UZB | Fozil Musaev |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Vouria Ghafouri |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Farid Nejat $^{U21}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Armin Sohrabian $^{U21}$ |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Ali Ahmadi $^{U23}$ |
| 27 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Amini $^{U21}$ |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Luciano Pereira |
| 33 | DF | IRN | Saeed Ghaedifar |
| 35 | GK | IRN | Shahab Gordan |
| 37 | MF | IRN | Hossein Fazeli $^{U23}$ |
| 39 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Roshandel $^{U23}$ |
| 47 | DF | IRN | Hadi Aghili (vice-captain) |
| 66 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Ali Ahmadi |
| 68 | MF | IRN | Reza Asadi $^{U21}$ |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Hamed Bahiraei $^{U21}$ |
| 74 | FW | IRN | Amin Manouchehri |
| 77 | FW | IRN | Reza Mirzaei $^{U23}$ |
| 80 | MF | IRN | Ali Hazami $^{U23}$ |
| 88 | DF | IRN | Aref Gholami $^{U21}$ |
| 99 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Alimoradi $^{U21}$ |

#### Loan list

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | MF | IRN | Amir Hossein Karimi (at Gostaresh) |
| 26 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Sedghian (at Fajr Sepasi) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Shoja' Khalilzadeh (at Tractor Sazi) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Sharifi (at Tractor Sazi) |
| 40 | DF | IRN | Ali Hamoudi (at Tractor Sazi) |
For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16.

## Managerial staff
### Current managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Igor Štimac |
| Assistant coach | Ivo Šeparović |
| Assistant coach | Majid Basirat |
| Assistant coach | Qasem Zaghinejad |
| Goalkeepers coach | Zoran Varvodić |
| Fitness trainer | Alireza Rabbani |
| Analyzer | Manouchehr Rezaei |
| Doctor | Mohammad Rashadi |
| Doctor assistant | Asghar Majidikia |
| Physiotherapist | Ali Khorami |
| Massager | Hossein Afshardoost |
| Massager | Majid Fazlollahi |
| Massager | Hamed Bateni |
| Administrative manager | Reza Fatahi |
| Executive manager | Rasoul Khorvash |

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
| 2015–16 | Joma | Mobarakeh Steel Company |

## Matches
### Pro league

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Friendly Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position / round | Comments |
| Persian Gulf Pro League | 30 July 2015 | – | – | - |
| Hazfi Cup | 11 September 2015 | 24 November 2015 | Semi-Final | Failure of Zob Ahan F.C. on Penalty kick |
| AFC Champions League | – | – | - | - |

### Pro league
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Gostaresh | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 39 |
| 10 | Padideh | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 39 |
| 11 | Sepahan | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 38 |
| 12 | Foolad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 35 |
| 13 | Siah Jamegan | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 27 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ipl Stats

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

### Goal scorers

| Player | Goal |
| Mehdi Sharifi | 7 |
| Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | 5 |
| Ehsan Hajsafi | 3 |
| Hossein Papi | 2 |
| Hadi Aghily | 2 |
| Ali Karimi | 2 |
| Vouria Ghafouri | 2 |
| Luciano Pereira Mendes | 2 |
| Rasoul Navidkia | 2 |
| Fozil Musaev | 1 |
| Abdollah Karami | 1 |
| Amin Jahan Alian | 1 |
| Player | Goal |
| Mehdi Sharifi | 4 |
| Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | 4 |
| Ehsan Hajsafi | 3 |
| Hadi Aghily | 2 |
| Luciano Pereira Mendes | 2 |
| Ali Karimi | 1 |
| Abdollah Karami | 1 |
| Fozil Musaev | 1 |
| Rasoul Navidkia | 1 |
| Player | Goal |
| Mehdi Sharifi | 3 |
| Hossein Papi | 2 |
| Vouria Ghafouri | 2 |
| Amin Jahan Alian | 1 |
| Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | 1 |
| Ali Karimi | 1 |
| Rasoul Navidkia | 1 |
Last update: 4 February 2016 :

### Transfers

    Last updated on 02 February 2016

#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | BRA | Leandro Padovani Celin (from Naft Tehran F.C.) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Habib Gordani (from Tractor Sazi F.C.) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | MF | IRN | Amir Hossein Karimi (to Gostaresh Foulad F.C.) |
| 18 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand (to Padideh F.C.) |
| 14 | FW | ALB | Xhevahir Sukaj |
| 28 | MF | IRN | Ehsan Hajsafi (to FSV Frankfurt) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Senijad Ibričić (from Karşıyaka S.K.) |
| 80 | MF | IRN | Ali Hazzami (from Foolad F.C.) |
| 74 | FW | IRN | Amin Manouchehri (from Rah Ahan F.C.) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Sharifi ((Loan) to Tractor Sazi F.C.) |