# 2008–09 Sepahan F.C. season

This is a list of Sepahan F.C.'s results at the Persian Gulf Cup 2008-09, Hazfi Cup 2008-09 and 2009 ACL. The club is competing in the Iran Pro League, Hazfi Cup and Asian Champions League.

## Persian Gulf Cup
### Statistics

Last updated sep 14 2008
| No. | Position | Player | Apps | Apps Start | Goals | Assists | YCs | RCs |
| 1 | GK | Abbas Mohammadi | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Amir Saadati | | | - | | | - |
| 3 | DF | Hamid Azizzadeh | 1 | 0 | - | - | | - |
| 4 | MF | Moharram Navidkia (c) | | | | | | - |
| 5 | DF | Hadi Aghily | 4 | 4 | | | | - |
| 6 | DF | Jalal Akbari | 4 | 4 | - | | 1 | - |
| 7 | MF | Emad Mohammed | 4 | 4 | 2 | | 2 | - |
| 8 | DF | Mohsen Bengar | 4 | 3 | | | 1 | |
| 9 | MF | Mehdi Jafarpour | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | - |
| 10 | MF | Farshad Bahadorani | 2 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Hadi Asghari | 1 | 0 | | | - | - |
| 12 | MF | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail | 4 | 3 | | | 1 | - |
| 13 | FW | Mahmoud Karimi | | | | | - | - |
| 14 | DF | Hamed Kiani | | | - | | | - |
| 15 | MF | Hossein Papi | 4 | 0 | | | | - |
| 16 | FW | Bahman Tahmasebi | 2 | 0 | - | | | - |
| 17 | MF | Hadi Jafari | | | | | | - |
| 18 | DF | Mehdi Karimian | 1 | 0 | - | | | - |
| 20 | FW | Ahmad Jamshidian | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | | - |
| 21 | DF | Armando Sá | 4 | 4 | - | | 1 | - |
| 22 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | | | | - | | - |
| 23 | DF | Reza Talabeh | | | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | DF | Mohammad Reza Zare | 2 | 0 | - | | | - |
| 25 | MF | Ebrahim Lovinian | | | - | | | - |
| 26 | MF | Jalaladin Ali Mohammadi | | | - | - | | - |
| 27 | MF | Abolhassan Jafari | | | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | MF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 4 | 2 | | | 3 | - |
| 29 | MF | Behzad Soltani | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TBA | MF | Ali Molaei | | | - | | | - |
| 32 | FW | Miad Abazari | | | - | | | - |
| 33 | MF | Rasoul Khatibi | | | - | | | - |
| 40 | MF | Jacques Elong Elong | | | - | | | - |

### Matches

Last updated Apr 26 2009
| # | Date | Home | Score | Away | Goal | Yellow card | Red card | Fans | Ref | Rank |
| 1 | 2008-Aug-5 | PAS | 0-0 | Sepahan | - | Ehsan Hajsafi | Farshad Bahadorani | 4000 | Mohsen Ghahremani | 11 |
| 2 | 2008-Nov-3 | Sepahan | 3-2 | Payam | Emad Mohamad Redha (12), Hadi Asghari (30), Bahman Tahmasebi (82) | Ahmad Jamshidian | - | 6000 | Alborz Hajipour | 5 |
| 3 | 2008-Aug-17 | Esteghlal | 1-1 | Sepahan | Mehdi Jafarpour (24) | Mohsen Bengar, Ehsan Hajsafi, Emad Mohamad Redha | - | 30000 | Mohsen Torky | 5 |
| 4 | 2008-Aug-24 | Sepahan | 2-0 | Saba QOM | Emad Mohamad Redha (44) (60) | Jalal Akbari, Emad Mohamad Redha, Armando Miguel Sá | - | 4000 | Yadolah Jahanbazi | 6 |
| 5 | 2008-Oct-18 | Saipa | 1-1 | Sepahan | Hadi Asghari (40) | - | - | 1000 | Mohsen Ghahremani | 7 |
| 6 | 2008-Sep-12 | Sepahan | 0-0 | Malavan | - | Abdolvahab Aoleihl, Ehsan Hajsafi | - | 4000 | Mahmoud Rafei | 8 |
| 7 | 2008-Sep-18 | Zob Ahan | 2-1 | Sepahan | Ehsan Hajsafi (33) | Mohsen Bengar, Farshad Bahadorani, Armando Miguel Sá, Ahmad Jamshidian | - | 12000 | Hedayat Mombeini | 12 |
| 8 | 2008-Sep-25 | Sepahan | 2-0 | Foolad | Ehsan Hajsafi (9), Hadi Asghari (51) | Abdolvahab Abolhail | - | 5000 | Mohsen Torky | 8 |
| 9 | 2008-Oct-2 | Rah Ahan | 0-1 | Sepahan | Hadi Asghari (20) | Ahmad Jamshidian, Mehdi Jafarpour, Armando Miguel Sá | - | 1000 | Hossein Asadi | 6 |
| 10 | 2008-Oct-7 | Bargh | 1-1 | Sepahan | Ehsan Hajsafi (23) | Rahman Ahmadi, Abdolvahab Abolhail, Farshad Bahadorani, Bahman Tahmasebi, Hamid Aziz Zade | - | 15000 | Saeed Mozafari Zadeh | 4 |
| 11 | 2008-Oct-22 | Sepahan | 2-4 | Paykan | Ahmad Jamshidian (22) (70) | Rahman Ahmadi | Farshad Bahadorani | 2000 | Khodadad Afsharian | 10 |
| 12 | 2008-Oct-26 | Persepolis | 3-2 | Sepahan | Emad Ridha (28) (34) | Hadi Aghili, Mehdi Jafarpour | Hadi Aghili | 60000 | Mohsen Torky | 10 |
| 13 | 2008-Sep-31 | Sepahan | 1-0 | Mes | Emad Mohamad Redha (65) | - | - | 2000 | Saeed Bakhshizadeh | 8 |
| 14 | 2008-Nov-7 | Sepahan | 1-1 | Damash | Emad Mohamad Redha (85)pen | - | - | 7000 | Ghasem Vahedi | 7 |
| 15 | 2008-Nov-21 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | 1-3 | Sepahan | Ali Ansarian (11) o.g, Emad Mohamad Redha (24), Ehsan Hajsafi (90+4) | Armando Miguel Sá, Jalal Akbari, Ahmad Jamshidian | - | 3000 | Alireza Faghani | 4 |
| 16 | 2008-Nov-29 | Sepahan | 2-1 | Aboomoslem | Ahmad Jamshdian (37), Emad Mohamad Redha (67) | Jalal Akbari, Ahmad Jamshidian | - | 5000 | Toraj Haghverdi | 4 |
| 17 | 2008-Dec-4 | Moghavemat | 1-0 | Sepahan | - | Amir Hoshang Saadati | - | 3000 | Yadolah Jahanbazi | 6 |
| 18 | 2008-Dec-8 | Sepahan | 2-2 | PAS | Bahman Tahmasebi(27), Hamed Kiani (90+3) | Armando Miguel Sá, Mohsen Bengar | Mohsen Bengar | 5000 | Hedayat Mombini | 6 |
| 19 | 2008-Dec-12 | Sepahan | 2-2 | Payam | Emad Mohamad Redha (78) (80) | Mehdi Karimian, Abdolvahab Abolhail | - | 2000 | Rahim Mehrpishe | 6 |
| 20 | 2008-Dec-30 | Sepahan | 2-1 | Esteghlal | Moharram Navidkia(10), Ali Alizade (25) o.g. | Armando Miguel Sá, Mehdi Jafarpour, Emad Mohamad Redha, Ehsan Hajsafi | Mehdi Jafarpour | 18000 | Rahim Rahimi Moghadam | 5 |
| 21 | 2009-Jan-03 | Saba QOM | 1-1 | Sepahan | Bahman Tahmasebi (20) | - | - | 5000 | Mohsen Ghahremani | 6 |
| 22 | 2009-Jan-16 | Sepahan | 2-0 | Saipa | Moharam Navidkia (24), Moharam Navidkia (65) pen | Hadi Aghili, Jalal Akbari | - | 5000 | Alborz Hajipour | 3 |
| 23 | 2009-Jan-22 | Malavan | 1-1 | Sepahan | Mehdi Jafarpour (72) | Mohsen Bengar, Mehdi Jafarpour, Hossain Papi, Hamed Kiani | - | 4000 | Shahin Hajbabaei | 3 |
| 24 | 2009-Jan-31 | Sepahan | 1-2 | Zob Ahan | Armando Miguel Sá (36) | Hadi Aghili, Ehsan Hajsafi | - | 10000 | Yadolah Jahanbazi | 5 |
| 25 | 2009-Feb-04 | Foolad | 2-2 | Sepahan | Mehdi Jafarpour (5), Jalal Akbari(35) | Mohsen Bengar, Hadi Asghari, Jacques Elong Elong | - | 2000 | Ghasem Vahedi | 5 |
| 26 | 2009-Feb-13 | Sepahan | 2-1 | Rah Ahan | Moharam Navidkia (17), Emad Mohamad Redha (61) pen | Rasoul Khatibi, Jalal Akbari | - | 3000 | Saeed Bakhshizadeh | 4 |
| 27 | 2009-Feb-17 | Sepahan | 1-0 | Bargh | Emad Mohamad Redha (73) | Mohsen Bengar, Mehdi Jafarpour | - | 4000 | Mahmoud Rafei | 4 |
| 28 | 2009-Feb-22 | Paykan | 0-1 | Sepahan | Ehsan Hajsafi (68) | Abbas Mohammadi, Jacques Elong Elong, Emad Mohamad Redha | - | 2000 | Masoud Moradi | 4 |
| 29 | 2009-Feb-27 | Sepahan | 0-0 | Persepolis | - | Mohsen Bengar, Emad Mohamad Redha, Abdolvahab Abolhail | - | 20000 | Khodadad Afsharian | 4 |
| 30 | 2009-Mar-04 | Mes | 2-1 | Sepahan | Farshad Bahadorani (28) | Armando Miguel Sá | - | 10000 | Hedayat Mombeini | 5 |
| 31 | 2009-Apr-03 | Damash | 1-1 | Sepahan | Mehdi Jafarpour (1) | Ehsan Hajsafi, Mehdi Jafarpour, Rasoul Khatibi, Armando Miguel Sá | - | 3000 | Yadolah Jahanbazi | 5 |
| 32 | 2009-Apr-12 | Sepahan | 2-1 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | Ehsan Hajsafi (16), Ahmad Jamshidian (34) | - | Rasoul Khatibi | 4,000 | Mahmoud Rafei | 4 |
| 33 | 2009-Apr-16 | Aboomoslem | 1-2 | Sepahan | Hadi Aghili (65), Emad Mohamad Redha (85) pen | Jacques Elong Elong | - | 4,000 | Khodadad Afsharian | 4 |
| 34 | 2009-Apr-26 | Sepahan | 0-0 | Moghavemat | - | Farshad Bahadorani | - | 2,000 | Saeed Bakhshizadeh | 4 |

### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Zob Ahan | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 66 | Qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League |
| 3 | Mes | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 61 | Qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League |
| 4 | Sepahan | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 56 | Qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League |
| 5 | Persepolis | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 55 | |
| 6 | Saba | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 53 | |

### Top scorers
#### Goal scorers
##### 14

* Emad Mohammed

##### 6

* Ehsan Hajsafi

##### 4

* Hadi Asghari
* Moharram Navidkia
* Mehdi Jafarpour
* Ahmad Jamshidian

##### 3

* Bahman Tahmasebi

##### 1

* Jalal Akbari
* Hamed Kiani
* Farshad Bahadorani
* Hadi Aghily
* Armando Sá

#### Cards

| Player | | | |
| Mohsen Bengar | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Mehdi Jafarpour | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Armando Sá | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalal Akbari | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ehsan Hajsafi | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmad Jamshidian | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Emad Mohammed | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Hadi Aghily | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Farshad Bahadorani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rasoul Khatibi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rahman Ahmadi | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Elong Elong | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamid Azizzadeh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehdi Karimian | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamed Kiani | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hossein Papi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amir Saadati | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahman Tahmasebi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hadi Asghari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Abbas Mohammadi | 1 | 0 | 0 |

#### Matches played
##### 25

* Jalal Akbari

## Hazfi Cup 2008-09
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Sepahan | 7 | | | |
| Mogavemat Mazandaran | 1 | Sepahan | 0 | |
| Sanaye talaee | 1 | Persepolis | 1 | |
| Persepolis | 3 | | | Persepolis |
| Payam Mashhad | 3 | | | Pas Hamedan |
| Shodaye Kelar Aabad | 0 | Payam Mashhad | 0 | |
| Shahrdari Yasuj | 0 | Pas Hamedan | 4 | |
| Pas Hamedan | 3 | | | |

### Scorers in Hazfi Cup 2008/09

Last updated Nov 24 2008

#### Goalscorers
##### 3

* Ahmad Jamshidian

##### 2

* Jalal Ali Mohamammadi
* Ehsan Hajsafi

#### Cards

| Player | | | |
| Farshad Bahadorani | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohsen Bengar | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Scorers in 2008-09 season

Last updated Apr 16 2009

### Goalscorers
#### 14

* Emad Mohammed

## Asian Champions League 2009
### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ETT | BUN | SEP | SHB |
| 1 | Al-Ettifaq | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Bunyodkor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — |

### Scorers in ACLeague 2009
#### Goalscorers
##### 2

* Emad Mohammed

##### 1

* Hadi Aghily
* Mehdi Jafarpour
* Rasoul Khatibi
* Hossein Papi
* Hadi Asghari
* Hamid Azizzadeh
* Armando Sá

#### Cards

| Player | | | |
| Mohsen Bengar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ahmad Jamshidian | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hadi Aghili | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehdi Jafarpour | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emad Mohammed | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalal Akbari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahman Ahmadi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasoul Khatibi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebrahim Lovinian | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ehsan Hajsafi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Elong Elong | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Armando Sá | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Squad changes during 2008/09 season
### In

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Moving from | League |
| 20 | FW | Ahmad Jamshidian | 24 | Rah Ahan | Iran Pro League |
| 32 | FW | Miad Abazeri | | Sepahan Novin | Azadegan League |
| 24 | DF | Mohammad Reza Zare | | Sepahan Novin | Azadegan League |
| 18 | DF | Mehdi Karimian | | Sepahan Novin | Azadegan League |
| 14 | DF | Hamed Kiani | | Niroye Zamini | Azadegan League |
| 11 | FW | Hadi Asghari | 27 | Rah Ahan | Iran Pro League |
| 2 | DF | Amir Saadati | 26 | Damash Iranian | Azadegan League |
| 16 | FW | Bahman Tahmasbi | 28 | Moghavemat | Iran Pro League |
| 22 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | 28 | Saipa | Iran Pro League |
| TBA | MF | Ali Molaei | 24 | Mes | Iran Pro League |
| 21 | DF | Armando Sá | 32 | Foolad | Azadegan League |
| 9 | MF | Mehdi Jafarpour | | Pas | Iran Pro League |
| 40 | MF | Jacques Elong Elong | 23 | Persepolis | Iran Pro League |
| 33 | FW | Rasoul Khatibi | 30 | Emirates | UAE League |

### Out

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Moving to | League |
| 18 | MF | Mohsen Hamidi | 22 | Pas | Iran Pro League |
| 9 | MF | Jaba Mujiri | 28 | FC Sioni Bolnisi | Umaglesi Liga |
| 35 | MF | Haitham Kadhim | 25 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | Iran Pro League |
| 24 | GK | Masoud Homami | 25 | Moghavemat | Iran Pro League |
| 10 | MF | Hojatolah Zadmahmoud | 25 | Foolad | Iran Pro League |
| 11 | MF | Hossein Kazemi | 28 | Esteghlal | Iran Pro League |
| 22 | GK | Mohammad Savari | 23 | Esteghlal Ahnvaz | Iran Pro League |
| 21 | MF | Saeid Bayat | 32 | Aboomoslem | Iran Pro League |
| 16 | DF | Mohammad Ealivand | 23 | - | - |
| 15 | GK | Amirhossein Sadeghzadeh | 18 | - | - |
| 23 | FW | Seyed Mehdi Seyed Salehi | 28 | Paykan | Iran Pro League |
| 19 | MF | Amir Radi | 25 | - | - |