# 2023–24 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2023–24 season is the Persepolis's 23nd season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 41st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. In addition to the domestic league, Persepolis will also participate in this season's Hazfi Cup competitions.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Position (s) | Since | App | Goals | Assist | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | Alireza Beiranvand | (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32) | GK | 2022 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Royal Antwerp | Free | 3rd Captain |
| 22 | Amir Reza Rafiei | (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22) | GK | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Nassaji | Free | U-23 |
| 44 | Mehrshad Asadi | (2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23) | GK | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2027 | Academy | Free | U-23 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 3 | Farshad Faraji | (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 30) | DF | 2021 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2023 | Padideh | Free | |
| 4 | Ali Nemati | (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 30) | DF | 2021 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 2024 | Padideh | Free | |
| 6 | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30) | DF | 2023 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 2025 | Al Ahli | Free | |
| 11 | Danial Esmaeilifar | (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 31) | DF | 2022 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 2024 | Sepahan | Free | |
| 30 | Giorgi Gvelesiani | (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33) | DF | 2022 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2024 | Sepahan | Free | |
| 33 | Abdelkarim Hassan | (1993-08-28) 28 August 1993 (age 31) | DF | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Al-Jahra | Free | |
| 37 | Alireza Babaei | (2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 21) | DF | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2026 | Academy | Free | U-21 |
| 66 | Vakhdat Khanonov | (2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 24) | DF | 2021 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Istiklol | €150,000 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 2 | Omid Alishah | (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33) | MF | 2013 | 215 | 18 | 41 | 2025 | Rah Ahan | Free | Captain |
| 5 | Masoud Rigi | (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 33) | MF | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Sepahan | Free | |
| 7 | Soroush Rafiei | (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 34) | MF | 2022 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 2024 | Sepahan | Free | |
| 9 | Mehdi Torabi | (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 30) | MF | 2018 | 127 | 30 | 38 | 2024 | Al Arabi | Free | |
| 17 | Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi | (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 24) | MF | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Naft MIS | Free | U-23 |
| 19 | Vahid Amiri | (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 36) | MF | 2016 | 193 | 20 | 31 | 2024 | Trabzonspor | Free | 2nd Captain |
| 21 | Saeid Sadeghi | (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30) | MF | 2022 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2025 | Gol Gohar | Free | |
| 27 | Mohammad Khodabandelou | (1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 25) | MF | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Mes Rafsanjan | €160,000 | |
| 35 | Alireza Enayatzadeh | (2004-04-05) 5 April 2004 (age 20) | MF | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2028 | Academy | Free | U-21 |
| 48 | Mohammad Milad Sourgi | (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 23) | MF | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2028 | Academy | Free | U-23 |
| 70 | Oston Urunov | (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 24) | MF | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | Navbahor | Free | |
| 88 | Sina Asadbeigi | (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 27) | MF | 2022 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2025 | Zob Ahan | Free | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 18 | Abolfazl Babaei | (2003-10-22) 22 October 2003 (age 21) | FW | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2026 | Fajr Sepasi | Free | U-21 |
| 29 | Alireza Khodadadi | (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22) | FW | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2027 | Academy | Free | U-21 |
| 32 | Omid Fahmi | (2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 (age 22) | FW | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2026 | Academy | Free | U-21 |
| 72 | Issa Alekasir | (1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 29) | FW | 2024 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 2025 | Sepahan | Free | |
Last updated: 24 January 2024. Source:

## New Contracts

| No | P | Name | Age | Contract length | Contract ends |
| 2 | MF | Omid Alishah | 31 | 2 season | 2025 |
| 30 | DF | Giorgi Gvelesiani | 32 | 1 season | 2024 |
| 1 | GK | Alireza Beiranvand | 31 | 2 season | 2025 |
| 21 | MF | Saeid Sadeghi | 29 | 2 season | 2025 |
| 10 | MF | Milad Sarlak | 28 | 1 season | 2024 |

## Transfers
### In

| Row | No | P | Name | Age | Moving from | Ends | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window | Quota |
| 1 | 17 | DF | Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi | 22 | Naft MIS | 2025 | | Loan Return | Summer | |
| 2 | 20 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 27 | Zorya | 2024 | | Loan | Summer | |
| 3 | 5 | MF | Masoud Rigi | 32 | Sepahan | 2025 | | Transfer | Summer | PL |
| 4 | 6 | DF | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 29 | Al Ahli | 2025 | | Transfer | Summer | |
| 5 | 80 | MF | Yasin Salmani | 21 | Sepahan | 2025 | | Transfer | Summer | PL |
| 6 | 14 | FW | Nabil Bahoui | 32 | Qatar SC | 2024 | | Transfer | Summer | |
| 7 | 33 | DF | Abdelkarim Hassan | 30 | Al-Jahra | 2025 | | Transfer | Winter | |
| 8 | 72 | FW | Issa Alekasir | 33 | Sepahan | 2025 | | Transfer | Winter | |
| 9 | 70 | MF | Oston Urunov | 23 | Navbahor | 2025 | | Transfer | Winter | |
| 10 | 27 | MF | Mohammad Khodabandelou | 24 | Mes Rafsanjan | 2025 | €160,000 | Transfer | Winter | |
| Transfer From Youth |||||||||||||
| 11 | 35 | FW | Alireza Enayatzadeh | 19 | Academy | 2028 | | Transfer | Summer | - |
| 12 | 34 | MF | Mohammad Sourgi | 21 | Academy | 2028 | | Transfer | Summer | - |
| 13 | 32 | FW | Omid Fahimi | 20 | Academy | 2028 | | Transfer | Summer | - |
| 14 | 40 | FW | Mobin Ranjbari | 20 | Oghab Tehran | 2026 | | Transfer | Winter | - |
| 15 | 28 | MF | Nima Marouf Beigi | 21 | Oghab Tehran | 2026 | | Transfer | Winter | - |
| 16 | 18 | FW | Abolfazl Babaei | 20 | Fajr Sepasi | 2026 | | Transfer | Winter | - |
| 17 | | DF | Samir Hoboobati | 18 | Academy | 2026 | | Transfer | Winter | - |

### Out

| Row | No | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 1 | 25 | FW | Cheick Diabaté | 35 | | Transfer | Summer |
| 2 | 88 | MF | Siamak Nemati | 28 | Tractor | Transfer | Summer |
| 3 | 38 | DF | Ali Joudaki | 22 | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer |
| 4 | 15 | DF | Abolfazl Soleimani | 22 | Aluminium Arak | Loan | Summer |
| 5 | 11 | MF | Kamal Kamyabinia | 34 | Zob Ahan | Transfer | Summer |
| 6 | 91 | FW | Leandro Pereira | 31 | Tochigi | Transfer | Summer |
| 7 | 99 | GK | Ahmad Gohari | 27 | Aluminium Arak | Loan | Summer |
| 8 | 72 | FW | Issa Alekasir | 33 | Sepahan | Transfer | Summer |
| 9 | 16 | FW | Mehdi Abdi | 24 | Tractor | Loan | Summer |
| 10 | 77 | MF | Mohammad Omri | 23 | Malavan | Loan | Winter |
| 11 | 10 | MF | Milad Sarlak | 28 | Malavan | Loan | Winter |
| 12 | 20 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 28 | Zorya | Transfer | Winter |
| 13 | 14 | FW | Nabil Bahoui | 32 | | Transfer | Winter |
| due to injury |||||||||||
| 14 | 8 | DF | Morteza Pouraliganji | 31 | | | Winter |
| 15 | 80 | MF | Yasin Salmani | 21 | | | Winter |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Osmar Loss |
| First-team coach | Rafael Toledo |
| Assistant coaches | Jalal Hosseini |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jorcey Anísio |
| Fitness Coach | Jose Augusto Losada Benítez |
| Assistant Fitness Coach | Saman Eskandari |
| Analyzers | Mehrdad Khanban Mohammad Asgari |
| Doctor | Dr. Alireza Haghighat |
| Physiotherapist | Ali Aazam |
| Team Manager | Afshin Peyrovani |
| Media Officer | Alireza Ashraf |
| Position | Staff |
| Under-23 team coach | Mahmoud Ansari |
| Youth team coach | Mehdi Ataloo |
| Under-17 coach | Farzad Ashoubi |
| Under-14 coach | Hassan Khanmohammadi |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Friendlies
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| PGPL | 9 August 2023 | 1 June 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 066.67 |
| Hazfi Cup | 4 March 2024 | 26 April 2024 | Round of 32 | Round of 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | - | - | Final | Winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| ACL | 19 September 2023 | 11 December 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 060.53 |
Last updated: 1 June 2024 Source: Competitions

### Persian Gulf Pro League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 June 2024. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 68 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 68 | Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite League stage |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 67 | Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite League stage |
| 3 | Sepahan | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 57 | Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs |
| 4 | Tractor | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 54 | Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 5 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 42 | |
* ↑ Qualified as the 2023–24 Hazfi Cup winners.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### Score overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Aggregate score |
| Aluminium | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Esteghlal | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 4–3 | 2–2 | 6–5 |
| Foolad | 4–2 | 0–2 | 6–2 |
| Gol Gohar | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Havadar | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Malavan | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Nassaji | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Paykan | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 |
| Sanat Naft | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 |
| Sepahan | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Shams Azar | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 |
| Tractor | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Zob Ahan | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2023–24 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NSR | PRS | DUH | IST |
| 1 | Al Nassr | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al-Duhail | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Istiklol | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | PGPL | Hazfi Cup | ACL | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 72 | Issa Alekasir | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | | 20 | Shahab Zahedi | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | | 70 | Oston Urunov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | | 6 | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | | 30 | Giorgi Gvelesiani | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 9 | Mehdi Torabi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | 21 | Saeid Sadeghi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Danial Esmaeilifar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 2 | Omid Alishah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 4 | Ali Nemati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 8 | Morteza Pouraliganji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 88 | Sina Asadbeigi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 80 | Yasin Salmani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 77 | Mohammad Omri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 14 | Nabil Bahoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 5 | Masoud Rigi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 7 | 5 | 57 |
| Last updated: 1 June 2024 |||||||||

### Assists

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | PGPL | Hazfi Cup | ACL | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 9 | Mehdi Torabi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | DF | | 11 | Danial Esmaeilifar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | | 2 | Omid Alishah | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 7 | Soroush Rafiei | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | 19 | Vahid Amiri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 5 | Masoud Rigi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | | 20 | Shahab Zahedi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 88 | Sina Asadbeigi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 6 | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | 33 | Abdelkarim Hassan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 70 | Oston Urunov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 48 | Mohammad Milad Sourgi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | | 72 | Issa Alekasir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 5 | 3 | 39 |
| Last updated: 1 June 2024 |||||||||

### Goalkeeping

| | | | | PGPL | PGPL | PGPL | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | ACL | ACL | ACL | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No | N | Name | M | GA | CS | M | GA | CS | M | GA | CS | M | GA | CS |
| 1 | 1 | | Alireza Beiranvand | 26 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 17 |
| 2 | 22 | | Amir Reza Rafiei | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 27 | 21 |
| Last updated: 1 June 2024 ||||||||||||||||

## Injury records
### Injuries During The Season

| Number | Position | Name | Injuri | From | Until | Days |
| 29 | FW | Alireza Khodadadi | Cruciate Ligament Injury | Aug 4 , 2023 | Nov 4 ,2023 | 92 |
| 35 | MF | Alireza Enayatzadeh | Cruciate Ligament Rupture | Aug 14 , 2023 | Feb 14 ,2024 | 184 |
| 1 | GK | Alireza Beiranvand | Leg Injury | Sep 7 , 2023 | Sep 18 ,2023 | 11 |
| 14 | FW | Nabil Bahoui | Cold | Sep 15 , 2023 | Sep 30 ,2023 | 15 |
| 9 | MF | Mehdi Torabi | Foot Injury | Sep 19 , 2023 | Oct 3 ,2023 | 14 |
| 19 | MF | Vahid Amiri | Leg Injury | Sep 19 , 2023 | Oct 10 ,2023 | 21 |
| Last updated: 22 September 2023 ||||||||

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Merooj
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### Sponsorship

sponsors: Irancell