# List of Persepolis F.C. statistics and records

Persepolis Football Club is an Iranian professional association football club based in Tehran. The club was formed in 1963 and played its first competitive match against Rah Ahan F.C. Persepolis currently plays in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis is the only club, never to have been relegated from the league. They have also been involved in Asian football, winning the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Persepolis and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club.
This page details Persepolis Football Club records.

## Statistics
### Statistics in IPL

* Seasons in IPL: 20 (all)
* Best position in IPL: First (2001-02), (2007-08), (2016-17), (2017-18), (2018-19), (2019-20), (2020-21), (2022-23)
* Worst position in IPL: 12 (2011-12)
* Most goals scored in a season: 56 (Azadegan League 1998-99),55 (IPL 2007-08)
* Most goals scored in a match: 8 against Pegah F.C. (IPL 2003-04)
* Most goals conceded in a match: 4 against Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. (IPL 2007-08), TractorSazi (2011-12)

### Statistics in AFC Champions League

* Most goals scored in a match: 6 against Al-Shabab (UAE)
* Most goals conceded in a match: 5 against Al-Gharafa (2009) (21 April 2009)

## Player records
### Appearances

* Most Appearances:341 Ali Parvin
* Most League Appearances: Afshin Peyrovani (209)
* Most Goalkeeper Appearances: Vahid Ghelich (185)
* Youngest first-team player : Mehdi Mahdavikia (17 years and 206 days old)
* Youngest first-team player in a league match : Mehdi Mahdavikia (17 years and 206 days old)
* Oldest first-team player : Ali Parvin (41 years and ? days old)
* Player who has won most league titles: Kamal Kamyabinia (6 titles), Afshin Peyrovani, Behrouz Rahbarifard, Esmaeil Halali, Jalal Hosseini and Božidar Radošević (5 Titles)

### Goalscorers

* All-time top scorer: Farshad Pious with 153 goals
* First Goalscorer : Nazem Ganjapour
* First Goalscorer in Tehran derby: Nazem Ganjapour
* Most Goalscorer in Tehran derby: 7 (Safar Iranpak)
* Most goals in a season : 26 (Ali Alipour, 2017–18)
* Most League goals in a season : 20 (Farshad Pious, 1994–95)
* Most goals in a single match at home : 4 goals (Ali Daei, 2003–04)
* Most goals in an AFC Champions League match : 3 Emon Zayed (Al-Shabab), Mehdi Taremi (Al Wahda )
* Fastest recorded goal : 00:07 Gholamreza Rezaei vs Fajr Sepasi (2012-13 Pro League)
* Latest recorded goal : 90+10:24 Vahid Amiri vs Machine Sazi (2019-20 Hazfi Cup)
* Youngest goalscorer : Mehdi Mahdavikia against Polyacryl Esfahan F.C. (17 years and 300 days old)

## Players statistics
### Most appearances

15 March 2025 :
| | Name | Nationality | Position | total |
| 1 | Omid Alishah | Iran | Midfielder | 283 |
| 2 | Ali parvin | Iran | Midfielder | 279 |
| 3 | Mohammad Panjali | Iran | Defender | 264 |
| 4 | Hossein Abdi | Iran | Midfielder | 261 |
| 4 | Jalal Hosseini | Iran | Defender | 261 |
| 6 | Afshin Peyrovani | Iran | Defender | 255 |
| 7 | Behrouz Rahbarifar | Iran | Defender | 249 |
| 8 | Vahid Amiri | Iran | Midfielder | 248 |
| 9 | Ali Alipour | Iran | Forward | 245 |
| 10 | Kamal Kamyabinia | Iran | Midfielder | 235 |

### Top goalscorers

15 March 2025 :
| | Name | Nationality | Position | Goals |
| 1 | Farshad Pious | Iran | Forward | 153 |
| 2 | Ali Parvin | Iran | Midfielder | 95 |
| 3 | Ali Alipour | Iran | Forward | 85 |
| 4 | Homayoun Behzadi | Iran | Forward | 83 |
| 5 | Safar Iranpak | Iran | Forward | 74 |
| 6 | Hossein Kalani | Iran | Forward | 71 |
| 7 | Naser Mohammadkhani | Iran | Forward | 59 |
| 8 | Mehdi Taremi | Iran | Forward | 55 |
| 9 | Karim Bagheri | Iran | Midfielder | 43 |
| 9 | Ali Daei | Iran | Forward | 43 |
Most goals scored in official competitions: 153– Farshad Pious 1985–1988 & 1989–1997.

### Most appearances Foreigners

15 March 2025 :
| | Name | Position | total |
| 1 | Bashar Resan | Midfielder | 104 |
| 2 | Giorgi Gvelesiani | Defender | 93 |
| 3 | Nilson Corrêa Júnior | Goalkeeper | 73 |
| 4 | Godwin Mensha | Forward | 63 |
| 5 | Tiago Fraga | Midfielder | 48 |
| 6 | Božidar Radošević | Goalkeeper | 43 |
| 7 | Michael Umaña | Defender | 42 |
| 7 | Vakhdat Khanonov | Defender | 42 |
| 9 | Jacques Elong Elong | Midfielder | 38 |
| 10 | Alan Whittle | Forward | 34 |
| 11 | Oston Urunov | Midfielder | 34 |
| 12 | Ivan Petrović | Midfielder | 33 |
| 13 | Shpejtim Arifi | Forward | 32 |
| 14 | Saša Ilić | Goalkeeper | 31 |
| 14 | Robert Caha | Defender | 31 |
| 14 | Ibrahima Touré | Forward | 31 |

### Top Foreigners goalscorers

15 March 2025 :
| | Name | Position | Goals |
| 1 | Giorgi Gvelesiani | Defender | 20 |
| 2 | Alan Whittle | Forward | 16 |
| 3 | Godwin Mensha | Forward | 14 |
| 4 | Ibrahima Touré | Forward | 13 |
| 5 | Éamon Zayed | Forward | 12 |
| 6 | Oston Urunov | Midfielder | 10 |
| 7 | Shpejtim Arifi | Forward | 9 |
| 8 | Jerry Bengtson | Forward | 7 |
| 9 | Jürgen Locadia | Forward | 6 |
| 9 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | Midfielder | 6 |
| 11 | Bashar Resan | Midfielder | 5 |
| 12 | Tiago Fraga | Midfielder | 4 |
| 13 | Issa Traoré | Midfielder | 3 |
| 13 | Zyad Chaabo | Forward | 3 |
| 13 | Mate Dragičević | Forward | 3 |
| 13 | Cheick Diabaté | Forward | 3 |
| 13 | Serdar Dursun | Forward | 3 |

### Persepolis top flight top goalscorer

This is the list of Persepolis top league goalscorers in a single season.
| | Name | Season | Goals |
| 1 | Hossein Kalani | 1970–71 | 7 |
| 2 | Hossein Kalani | 1971–72 | 11 |
| 2 | Safar Iranpak | 1971–72 | 11 |
| 3 | Farshad Pious | 1991–92 | 11 |
| 4 | Farshad Pious | 1994–95 | 20 |
| 5 | Ali Daei | 2003–04 | 16 |
| 6 | Mohsen Khalili | 2007–08 | 18 |
| 7 | Mehdi Taremi | 2015–16 | 16 |
| 8 | Mehdi Taremi | 2016–17 | 18 |
| 9 | Ali Alipour | 2017–18 | 19 |

## Transfers
### Record transfer fees

* Record transfer fee received:
The club's record sale came in July 2001, when they sold Ali Karimi to Al-Ahli Dubai for a fee of €2.5 million.
    € 2.500.000 from Al-Ahli Dubai for Ali Karimi, July 2001
    € 2.250.000 from Hamburger SV for Mehdi Mahdavikia 2001
    € 1.250.000 from Hamburger SV for Mehdi Mahdavikia, 1999
    € 1.150.000 from SK Sturm Graz for Mehrdad Minavand, 1998
    € 950.000$^†$ from Rubin Kazan for Alireza Haghighi, January 2012
    € 550.000$^‡$ from Charlton Athletic for Karim Bagheri, 2000
    € 500.000 from Al-Shaab for Mehrzad Madanchi, 2006
       $^†$ about $ 1.400.000
       $^‡$ about £ 400,000

## World Cup players

The following World Cup players, played at Persepolis at some point during their career. Highlighted players played for Persepolis while playing at the World Cup.