# 2018–19 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Sepahan's 18th season in the Pro League, and their 25nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 65nd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Hossein Papi.

## Kit information

Supplier: Start Sponsor: Mobarakeh Steel Company
| Home | Away | Third | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 |

## Players

    Updated 20 December 2017.

### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Payam Niazmand |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Hassan Jafari |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Ezzatollah Pourghaz |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Kiani (Vice Captain) |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Saeid Aghaei $^{U25}$ |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Navidkia (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mehrdad Mohammadi |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Bakhtiar Rahmani |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Reza Dehghani $^{U21}$ |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Milad Sarlak $^{U25}$ |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ebrahimi |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Iranpourian |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Karimi $^{U23}$ |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Amir Hossein Nikpour $^{U21}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Ali Khosravi $^{U23}$ |
| 25 | FW | IRN | Ali Ghorbani |
| 30 | MF | IRN | Mohsen Mosalman |
| 33 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Moslemipour $^{U23}$ |
| 36 | GK | IRN | Ali Keykhosravi $^{U21}$ |
| 37 | MF | IRN | Mohammadreza Ekhlasi $^{U23}$ |
| 38 | MF | IRN | Yasin Salmani $^{U21}$ |
| 39 | MF | IRN | Sepehr Shahin $^{U21}$ |
| 44 | DF | IRN | Khaled Shafiei |
| 50 | GK | IRN | Shahab Adeli $^{U23}$ |
| 66 | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Hamed Bahiraei $^{U25}$ |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Vladimir Koman |
| 78 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Rahimi $^{U21}$ |
| 88 | FW | BRA | Kiros Stanlley |
| 99 | DF | IRN | Siavash Yazdani |
* [U21 = Under 21 year player | U23 = Under 23 year player| U25 = Under 25 year player]
For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2018–19.

#### Loan list

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | IRN | Mehdi Amini $^{U23}$ (at Paykan until June 2019) |
| — | DF | IRN | Davoud Rajabi $^{U23}$ (at Gol Reyhan Alborz until June 2019) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mohammad Papi $^{U21}$ (at Naft Masjed Soleyman until June 2019) |
| — | FW | IRN | Reza Mirzaei $^{U23}$ (at Foolad until June 2019) |
| — | FW | IRN | Iman Zakizadeh $^{U23}$ (at Gol Reyhan Alborz until June 2019) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Age | From | Type | Window | Ends |
| 1 | Gk | Payam Niazmand | 22 | Paykan F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2020 |
| 20 | DF | Mohammad Iranpourian | 32 | Tractor Sazi F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2020 |
| 88 | FW | Kiros Stanlley Soares Ferraz | 29 | Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
| 50 | Gk | Shahab Adeli | 21 | Naft Tehran F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2021 |
| 9 | FW | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 28 | Qatar SC | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
| 44 | DF | Khaled Shafiei | 30 | Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2020 |
| 6 | MF | Mehdi Kiani | 31 | Tractor Sazi F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
| 21 | MF | Mohammad Karimi | 22 | F.C. Khooneh be Khooneh | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2021 |
| 16 | DF | Davoud Rajabi | 22 | Sepahan S.C. U21 | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2021 |
| 23 | FW | Ali Khosravi | 20 | Sepahan S.C. U21 | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2022 |
| 11 | MF | Bakhtiar Rahmani | 26 | Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2020 |
| 77 | MF | Vladimir Koman | 29 | Adanaspor | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2020 |
    Updated 26 August 2018.

### OUT

| No. | Pos | Player | Age | To | Type | Window | Ends |
| 14 | FW | Masoud Hassanzadeh | 27 | Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. | Transfer | Summer | |
| 20 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | 25 | Persepolis F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2020 |
| 21 | MF | Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati | 26 | Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C. | Transfer | Summer | |
| 77 | FW | Reza Mirzaei | 22 | Foolad F.C. | Loan | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
| 27 | Gk | Mehdi Amini | 22 | Paykan F.C. | Loan | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
| 14 | MF | Ali Karimi | 24 | Esteghlal F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
| 16 | MF | Edon Hasani | 24 | KF Tirana | Transfer | Summer | 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Marwan Hussein | 27 | Al-Zawra'a SC | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2020 |
| 15 | FW | Saber Didehvar | 22 | Naft va Gaz Gachsaran F.C. | Transfer | Summer | |
| 55 | DF | Aref Gholami | 21 | Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. | Transfer | Summer | |
| 66 | DF | Mohammad Ali Ahmadi | 35 | Retired | | Summer | |
| 35 | Gk | Mehdi Sedghian | 22 | Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
| 91 | Gk | Ibrahim Alma | 26 | Al-Wahda | Transfer | Summer | 30.06.2019 |
    Updated 26 August 2018.

### Current managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Amir Ghalenoei |
| First team coach | Miguel Teixeira |
| Assistant coaches | Ghasem Zaghinejad Saeed Alhoei Jalal Omidian |
| Goalkeepers coach | Rui Tavares |
| Fitness trainer | Bayaz Pourmami |
| Doctor | Mohammad Rashadi |
| Doctor assistant | Asghar Majidikia |
| Physiotherapist | Ali Khorami |
| Masseurs | Hossein Afshardoost Majid Fazlollahi Hamed Bateni |
| Administrative manager | Reza Fatahi |
| Executive manager | Reza Fatahi |

## Matches
### Pro league
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 57 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs |
| 4 | Padideh | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 52 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 FEB 2019. Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 30 August 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Payam Niazmand | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Hassan Jafari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | IRN | Sasan Ansari | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Ezzatollah Pourghaz | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Kiani | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Saeid Aghaei | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Navidkia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mehrdad Mohammadi | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Bakhtiar Rahmani | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Reza Dehghani | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Milad Sarlak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Davoud Rajabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Iranpourian | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Karimi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Ali Khosravi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | IRN | Ali Keykhosravi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | IRN | Iman Zakizadeh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | IRN | Khaled Shafiei | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | IRN | Hossein Papi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | IRN | Shahab Adeli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Hamed Bahiraei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Vladimir Koman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | DF | IRN | Mehdi Rahimi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | BRA | Kiros Stanlley | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | IRN | Siavash Yazdani | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goals

    As of 24 August 2018
| Rank | Player | Position | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Other$^1$ | Total |
| 1 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Sasan Ansari | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Mehrdad Mohammadi | FW | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Ezzatollah Pourghaz | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Kiros Stanlley | FW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Mohammad Iranpourian | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hassan Jafari | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
$^1$ Exhibition game.

### Clean sheets

    As of 26 May 2018
| Rank | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Other$^1$ | Total |
| 1 | Payam Niazmand | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Shahab Adeli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ali Keykhosravi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
$^1$ Exhibition game.