# 2002–03 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the Persepolis's 2nd season in the Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

## Squad

As of October 2002.
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 | Davoud Fanaei |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Barzegar |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Hassan Khanmohammadi |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Younes Bahonar |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Afshin Peyrovani (captain) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Karim Bagheri |
| 8 | DF | IRN | Ali Ansarian |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Tartar |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Pejman Jamshidi |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Amirhossein Aslanian |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Aref Mohammadvand |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Shiri |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Reza Jabbari |
| 16 | DF | IRN | Reza Shahroudi (Vice captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Sohrab Entezari |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Behnam Abolghasempour |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Payan Rafat |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Behrouz Rahbarifard (3rd captain) |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ebrahim Asadi |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Mohammadi |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Ali Salmani |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Ali Lashgari |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Hamid Estili |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Hadi Mahdavikia |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Mehrdad Minavand |
| 28 | DF | IRN | Yahya Golmohammadi |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Farshid Karimi |

## Transfers
### In

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving from | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window |
| 6 | DM | Karim Bagheri | 31 | Al Sadd | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 12 | DM | Aref Mohammadvand | 32 | Zob Ahan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 13 | CB | Mojtaba Shiri | 22 | Bargh Shiraz | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 15 | LW | Mehrdad Minavand | 26 | Al Shabab | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 19 | CF | Payan Rafat | 32 | Hatta | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 23 | RW | Ali Salmani | 23 | Bargh Tehran | $28,000 | Transfer | Summer |
| 26 | RW | Hadi Mahdavikia | 21 | Hamburger SV II | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 28 | CB | Yahya Golmohammadi | 31 | Foolad | $70,000 | Transfer | Summer |

### Out

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window |
| 10 | CM | Hamed Kavianpour | 24 | Al Wasl | undisclosed | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 | GK | Mohammadreza Jounakizadeh | | Esteghlal Ahvaz | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 15 | DM | Esmaeil Halali | 29 | Sanat Naft | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 23 | CF | Laith Nobari | 25 | Released | Released | Contract expiration | Summer |
| | CM | Javad Razzaghi | 20 | Dunajská Streda | – | Free Transfer | Summer |

## Technical staff

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

## Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Iran Pro League | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 042.31 |
| Hazfi Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 075.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 048.48 |

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sepahan (C) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 52 | Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Pas | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 45 | |
| 3 | Persepolis | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 44 | |
| 4 | Fajr | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 42 | |
| 5 | Paykan | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 37 | |

## Competitions
### Iran Pro League

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
Machine Sazi 0–2 Persepolis on aggregate.
Malavan 2–2 Persepolis on aggregate. Malavan won the game on penalties (3–0)

### AFC Champions League

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Scorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | ACL | Total |
| 19 | CF | | Payan Rafat | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | CB | | Ali Ansarian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | CB | | Yahya Golmohammadi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | AM | | Reza Jabbari | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | CF | | Sohrab Entezari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | DM | | Aref Mohammadvand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | RB | | Hassan Khanmohammadi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | CB | | Afshin Peyrovani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | CF | | Amirhossein Aslanian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | CB | | Behrouz Rahbarifar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 Players | 6 Players | 6 Players | 6 Players | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 30 | 4 | 5 | 39 |