# 2014–15 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Sepahan's 14th season in the Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 61st year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

## Players

    Last updated on 22 November 2014
| Under-23 players | Under-21 players |
* Out during the season (injured/ transferred)
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Appearance | Goal |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Rahman Ahmadi | GK | 2008 | (1980-07-30) 30 July 1980 (age 44) | Persepolis, Saipa | 93 | 0 |
| 26 | Mehdi Sedghian | GK | 2014 | (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Mehdi Amini | GK | 2012 | (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Shahab Gordan | GK | 2013 | (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 40) | Persepolis | 28 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 5 | Hadi Aghili | CB | 2004 | (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 44) | Saipa, Qatar SC | 219 | 19 |
| 6 | Mohammad Ali Ahmadi | CB | 2012 | (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 41) | Zob Ahan | 57 | 0 |
| 10 | Abdollah Karami | CB | 2014 | (1983-02-27) 27 February 1983 (age 41) | Foolad | 15 | 2 |
| 18 | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand | CB | 2012 | (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31) | (Youth system) | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | Ali Gholami | CB | 2013 | (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Vouria Ghafouri | RB | 2014 | (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 37) | Naft Tehran | 14 | 2 |
| 24 | Armin Sohrabian | LB | 2013 | (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 29) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Mohsen Aghaei | CB | 2014 | (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 30) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Saeed Ghaedifar | LB | 2013 | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | (Youth system) | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Mohammad Roshandel | RB | 2013 | (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Moharram Navidkia (captain) | AM | 1998 | (1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 42) | (Youth system), Bochum | 263 | 41 |
| 7 | Hossein Papi | LM | 2004 | (1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 39) | (Youth system), Sepahan Novin | 160 | 1 |
| 8 | Rasoul Navidkia | AM | 2014 | (1983-12-21) 21 December 1983 (age 41) | (Youth system), Naft Tehran | 26 | 1 |
| 9 | Mohammadreza Khalatbari | AM | 2014 | (1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 41) | Al Wasl, Persepolis | 46 | 17 |
| 11 | Amin Jahan Alian | RM | 2012 | (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 33) | (Youth system) | 33 | 4 |
| 12 | Ali Karimi | DM | 2012 | (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 31) | (Youth system) | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | Márcio Passos | DM | 2015 | (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 39) | América de Natal | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Milad Sarlak | DM | 2013 | (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ehsan Hajsafi | LM | 2006 | (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34) | (Youth system), Tractor Sazi | 196 | 25 |
| 88 | Fozil Musaev | DM | 2015 | (1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 36) | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Amir Hossein Karimi | RM | 2013 | (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 29) | (Youth system) | 15 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 14 | Xhevahir Sukaj | CF | 2012 | (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 37) | Gençlerbirliği | 60 | 15 |
| 16 | Erfan Maftoolkar | CF | 2014 | (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994 (age 31) | (Youth system) | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Mehdi Sharifi | CF | 2012 | (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32) | (Youth system) | 30 | 13 |
| 29 | Luciano Pereira | CF | 2014 | (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983 (age 41) | Foolad | 15 | 4 |
| 37 | Hossein Fazeli | CF | 2014 | (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 31) | (Youth system), Fajr Sepasi | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Mehdi Alimoradi | CF | 2014 | (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 28) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Appearance | Goal |
| 3 | Shoja' Khalilzadeh | | CB | 2013 | (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35) | Mes Kerman | 35 | 0 |
| 40 | Ali Hamoudi | | RB | 2013 | (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) | Esteghlal | 32 | 1 |

## Transfers

    Last updated on 12 July 2014

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Navidkia (from Naft Tehran) |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mohammadreza Khalatbari (from Persepolis) |
| 10 | DF | IRN | Abdollah Karami (from Foolad) |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Erfan Maftoolkar (from Sepahan U21) |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Vouria Ghafouri (from Naft Tehran) |
| 25 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Aghaei (from Sepahan U21) |
| 26 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Sedghian (from Sepahan U21) |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Luciano Pereira (from Foolad) |
| 37 | FW | IRN | Hossein Fazeli (from Fajr Sepasi) |
| 53 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Alimoradi (from Sepahan U21) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Gholami (to Rah Ahan) |
| 11 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Irannejad (to Rah Ahan, previously on loan at ZobAhan) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Omid Ebrahimi (to Esteghlal) |
| 16 | FW | IDN | Sergio van Dijk (to Suphanburi) |
| 26 | FW | IRN | Ali Choupani (On Loan at Padideh) |
| 30 | DF | IRN | Ahmad Eskandari (to Padideh) |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Nasseri (to Gostaresh, previously on loan) |
| 32 | MF | IRN | Hamid Reza Kazemi (to Saba Qom) |
| 36 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Mahmoudvand (Released) |
| 38 | MF | ALB | Ervin Bulku (to Tirana) |
| 45 | MF | IRN | Ehsan Pahlavan (Loan Return to Zob Ahan) |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Yaghoub Karimi (on loan at Esteghlal) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Márcio Passos (from América de Natal) |
| 88 | MF | UZB | Fozil Musaev (from Lokomotiv Tashkent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 40 | DF | IRN | Ali Hamoudi (to Tractor Sazi – Conscription) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Shoja' Khalilzadeh (to Tractor Sazi – Conscription) |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Hossein Faraki |
| Assistant coach | Majid Basirat |
| Assistant coach | Ahmad Khodadad |
| Assistant coach | Ghasem Zaghinejad |
| Goalkeepers coach | Ahmad Sajjadi |
| Fitness trainer | Ali Saleh-Nia |
| 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 |

## Statistics

    Last updated on 30 July 2014

### Players performance

| | | | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| N | P | Name | P | S | M | A | P | S | M | A | | P | S | M | A |
| 1 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Shoja' Khalilzadeh | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 4 | MF | Moharram Navidkia | | | | | 1 | 1 | 68 | | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Hadi Aghili | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 6 | DF | Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Hossein Papi | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Rasoul Navidkia | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | MF | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 10 | DF | Abdollah Karami | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Amin Jahan Alian | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | MF | Ali Karimi | | | | | 1 | 0 | 52 | | | | | | |
| 14 | FW | Xhevahir Sukaj | | | | | 1 | 0 | 30 | | | | | | |
| 16 | FW | Erfan Maftoolkar | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Milad Sarlak | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | DF | Hossein Moradmand | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | | | | | 1 | 1 | 90 | | | | | | |
| 21 | MF | Vouria Ghafouri | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 28 | MF | Ehsan Hajsafi | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 29 | FW | Luciano Pereira | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 33 | DF | Saeed Ghaedifar | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | GK | Shahab Gordan | | | | | 1 | 1 | 120 | | | | | | |
| 37 | FW | Hossein Fazeli | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | DF | Ali Hamoudi | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 99 | MF | Amir Hossein Karimi | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | | | | | 13 | 11 | 1320 | 0 | 0 | | | | |

### Disciplinary record

| | | | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| N | P | Name | | | | | | | |
| 1 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | | | | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Shoja' Khalilzadeh | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4 | MF | Moharram Navidkia | | | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Hadi Aghili | 5 | | | | 5 | | |
| 6 | DF | Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 7 | MF | Hossein Papi | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 8 | MF | Rasoul Navidkia | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | MF | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | 3 | | | 1 | 4 | | |
| 10 | DF | Abdollah Karami | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 11 | MF | Amin Jahan Alian | | | | | | | |
| 12 | MF | Ali Karimi | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 14 | FW | Xhevahir Sukaj | | | | | | | |
| 16 | FW | Erfan Maftoolkar | | | | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Milad Sarlak | | | | | | | |
| 18 | DF | Hossein Moradmand | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 20 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 21 | MF | Vouria Ghafouri | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 28 | MF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 29 | FW | Luciano Pereira | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 33 | DF | Saeed Ghaedifar | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 35 | GK | Shahab Gordan | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 37 | FW | Hossein Fazeli | | | | | | | |
| 40 | DF | Ali Hamoudi | | | | | | | |
| 99 | MF | Amir Hossein Karimi | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2 |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| N | P | Name | P | Gc | Cs | P | Gc | Cs | P | Gc | Cs |
| 1 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | 8 | 10 | 2 | | | | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 35 | GK | Shahab Gordan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 5 |

### Own goals

| N | P | Name | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| 3 | DF | Shoja' Khalilzadeh | 1 | | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 1 | | 1 |

### Overall statistics

| Team performance | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Team performance | H | A | Tot | H | A | Tot | H | A | Tot |
| Games played | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Games won | 5 | 2 | 7 | | − | − | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Games drawn | 3 | 3 | 6 | | − | − | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Games lost | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | − | 3 | 3 |
| Biggest win | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | | − | − | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Biggest loss | − | 3-0 | 3-0 | | 1-0 | 1-0 | − | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| Goals scored | 13 | 7 | 20 | | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Goals conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Average Goals scored per game | 1,63 | 1 | 1,33 | | − | − | 1,63 | 0,87 | 1,25 |
| Average Goals conceded per game | 0,75 | 1,14 | 0,93 | | 1 | 1 | 0,75 | 1,12 | 0.94 |
| Points | 18 | 9 | 27 | | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| Winning rate | 62% | 28% | 47% | | 0% | 0% | 62% | 25% | 44% |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Iran Pro League | — | Winners | 1 August 2014 | 15 May 2015 |
| Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 18 October 2014 | 18 October 2014 |
Updated to match played 15 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sepahan (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 58 | Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Naft Tehran | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 58 | Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 52 | Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 5 | Foolad | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 52 | |
* ↑ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2015. 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Friendly Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed