# 2016–17 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Persepolis's 16th season in the Pro League, and their 34th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League.

## Squad
### First team squad

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Position (s) | Since | App | Goals | Assist | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | Alireza Beiranvand | 1992-9-21 (age 32) | GK | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Naft Tehran | Free | |
| 12 | Abolfazl Darvishvand | 1995-11-18 (age 28) | GK | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Rah Ahan | Free | U-21 |
| 44 | Božidar Radošević | 1989-6-4 (age 35) | GK | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Debreceni | Free | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 4 | Jalal Hosseini | 1982-7-3 (age 42) | CB / RB | 2016 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 2017 | Naft Tehran | Free | |
| 5 | Hamed Aghaei | 1997-9-27 (age 27) | CB / DM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Shahrdari Ardabil | Free | U-19 |
| 13 | Hossein Mahini | 1986-9-16 (age 38) | RB / LB / CB | 2012 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 2020 | Malavan | Free | |
| 15 | Mohammad Ansari | 1991-9-23 (age 33) | LB / CB / DM | 2015 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | Shahrdar Tabriz | Free | |
| 17 | Sadegh Moharrami | 1996-5-1 (age 28) | RM / RW / RB | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Malavan | Free | U-21 |
| 18 | Mohsen Rabiekhah | 1993-1-3 (age 36) | DM / CB / LB | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Sanat Naft | Free | |
| 23 | Mohammad Aram Tab | 1985-3-7 (age 39) | LB / CB | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Saba Qom | Free | |
| 27 | Ramin Rezaeian | 1990-3-21 (age 34) | RB / RM / RW | 2015 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2017 | Rah Ahan | Free | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 7 | Soroush Rafiei | 1990-5-24 (age 34) | AM / LW / RW | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Foolad | Free | |
| 10 | Farshad Ahmadzadeh | 1992-9-23 (age 32) | AM / LW / RW / SS | 2012 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2018 | Parseh | Free | Academy graduated |
| 11 | Kamal Kamyabinia | 1989-1-18 (age 35) | CM / AM / RM / LM | 2015 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2017 | Naft Tehran | Free | |
| 25 | Ehsan Alvanzadeh | 1995-01-18 (age 29) | LW / AM / SS | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | Free | U-23 |
| 37 | Hamidreza Taherkhani | 1999-3-25 (age 25) | LW / RW / SS | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Rah Ahan | Free | U-19 Academy graduated |
| 66 | Shahab Karami | 1991-4-16 (age 33) | CM / AM | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2019 | Malavan F.C. | Free | |
| 77 | Mohsen Mosalman | 1991-1-27 (age 33) | AM / LW / RW / CM | 2015 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 2018 | Zob Ahan | Rls.2.7 billion | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 9 | Mehdi Taremi | 1992-7-18 (age 32) | CF / AM / SS | 2014 | 51 | 23 | 7 | 2018 | Iranjavan | Free | |
| 19 | Vahid Amiri | 1988-4-2 (age 36) | CF / RW / LW / AM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Naft Tehran | Free | |
| 28 | Reza Karamolachaab | 1997-01-12 (age 27) | CF / SS | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Mafra | Free | U-21 |
| 70 | Ali Alipour | 1995-10-11 (age 28) | CF / RW / LW | 2015 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2020 | Rah Ahan | Free | U-21 |
| 88 | Saman Nariman Jahan | 1991-10-28 (age 32) | RW / LW/ CF | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Machine Sazi | Free | |
| Players left the club during the season |||||||||||||
| 17 | Sasan Ansari | 1991-11-4 (age 33) | RW / LW / SS | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Transferred to Foolad F.C. | Transferred to Foolad F.C. | Transferred to Foolad F.C. |
| 6 | Antony Golec | 1990-5-29 (age 34) | CB / LB | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Transferred to FC Bucheon | Transferred to FC Bucheon | Transferred to FC Bucheon |
| 8 | Ahmad Nourollahi | 1993-2-2 (age 31) | DM / CM | 2014 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2017 | On loan at Tractor (Conscription Period) | On loan at Tractor (Conscription Period) | On loan at Tractor (Conscription Period) |
| 2 | Omid Alishah | 1992-1-10 (age 32) | LW / RW / LM / RM | 2013 | 68 | 12 | 13 | 2017 | On loan at Tractor (Conscription Period) | On loan at Tractor (Conscription Period) | On loan at Tractor (Conscription Period) |
| 29 | Mohammad Rahmati | 1994-12-28 (age 29) | CM / DM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | On loan at Machine Sazi | On loan at Machine Sazi | On loan at Machine Sazi |
| 14 | Shahab Zahedi | 1995-8-18 (age 29) | LW / RW / CF | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | On loan at Machine Sazi | On loan at Machine Sazi | On loan at Machine Sazi |
| 55 | Aref Mohammadalipour | 2000-10-1 (age 24) | CB / DM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Demote to Youth Team | Demote to Youth Team | Demote to Youth Team |
| 22 | Oleksiy Polyanskiy | 1986-8-12 (age 38) | CB / CM | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Released | Released | Released |
| 80 | Volodymyr Pryyomov | 1986-1-2 (age 38) | CF / SS | 2016 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | Transferred to FC Oleksandriya | Transferred to FC Oleksandriya | Transferred to FC Oleksandriya |
Apps and goals updated as of 31 December 2015
For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr. Source: fc-perspolis.com, FFIRI.IR

#### Loan list

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | IRN | Omid Alishah (at Tractor till 5 January 2019) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Nourollahi (at Tractor till 5 January 2019) |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Shahab Zahedi (at Mashin Sazi till 16 May 2017) |
| 29 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Rahmati (at Mashin Sazi till 16 May 2017) |
For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2016 & List of Iranian football transfers winter 2016–17. For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.

## New Contracts

| No | P | Name | Age | Contract length | Contract ends | Date |
| 70 | FW | Ali Alipour | 20 | 4 season | 2020 | 16 May 2016 |
| 14 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 20 | 5 season | 2021 | 26 May 2016 |
| 2 | MF | Omid Alishah | 24 | 1 season | 2017 | 14 June 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Mehdi Taremi | 24 | 2 season | 2018 | 16 July 2016 |
| 13 | DF | Hossein Mahini | 29 | 3 season | 2020 | 18 July 2016 |
| 8 | MF | Ahmad Nourollahi | 23 | 2 season | 2019 | 23 July 2016 |
| 27 | DF | Ramin Rezaeian | 26 | 2 season | 2019 | 5 September 2016 |

## Transfers
### In

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving from | Ends | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window | Quota |
| 13 | RB | Hossein Mahini | 29 | Malavan | 2017 | — | Loan return | Summer | |
| | CB | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 22 | Malavan | 2017 | — | Loan return | Summer | |
| | FW | Ali Fatemi | 23 | Rahahan | 2017 | — | Loan return | Summer | |
| 1 | GK | Alireza Beiranvand | 23 | Naft Tehran | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | PL |
| 17 | MF | Sasan Ansari | 25 | Foolad | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | PL |
| 25 | FW | Ehsan Alvanzadeh | 21 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 2019 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 4 | CB | Jalal Hosseini | 34 | Naft Tehran | 2017 | — | Transfer | Summer | PL |
| 19 | FW | Vahid Amiri | 28 | Naft Tehran | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | PL |
| 12 | GK | Abolfazl Darvishvand | 20 | Rah Ahan | 2021 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 18 | MF | Mohsen Rabiekhah | 28 | Sanat Naft | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 6 | CB | Antony Golec | 26 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 5 | CB | Hamed Aghaei | 18 | Shahrdari Ardabil | 2019 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 23 | LB | Mohammad Aram Tab | 31 | Saba Qom | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | PL |
| 17 | MF | Sadegh Moharrami | 20 | Malavan | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 80 | FW | Volodymyr Pryyomov | 30 | Metalist Kharkiv | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 22 | DF | Oleksiy Polyanskyi | 30 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 44 | GK | Božidar Radošević | 27 | Debreceni | 2018 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 37 | FW | Hamidreza Taherkhani | 17 | Rahahan | 2019 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 28 | FW | Reza Karamolachaab | 19 | Mafra | 2021 | — | Transfer | Summer | |
| 55 | CB | Aref Mohammadalipour | 15 | Free Agent | 2021 | — | Transfer | Winter(during first half season) | |
| 88 | LW | Saman Nariman Jahan | 25 | Machine Sazi | 2019 | — | Transfer | Winter | PL |
| 7 | AM | Soroush Rafiei | 26 | Foolad | 2017 | — | Transfer | Winter | PL |
| 66 | CM | Shahab Karami | 25 | Malavan | 2019 | — | Transfer | Winter(during second half season) | |

### Out

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window |
| 4 | CB | Michael Umaña | 33 | Municipal Liberia | Free | | Summer |
| 30 | GK | Ali Mohsenzadeh | 23 | Rahahan | Free | | Summer |
| 40 | RB | Babak Hatami | 29 | Gostaresh Foolad | Free | | Summer |
| 18 | CM | Mehrdad Kafshgari | 29 | Padideh | Free | | Summer |
| 12 | GK | Morteza Ghadimipour | 21 | Mashhad | Free | | Summer |
| 14 | FW | Jerry Bengtson | 29 | Zobahan | Free | | Summer |
| 6 | CB | Mohsen Bengar | 36 | Tractor | Free | | Summer |
| 20 | CB | Alireza Nourmohammadi | 34 | Mashhad | Free | | Summer |
| 78 | FW | Ali Fatemi | 23 | Saba Qom | Free | | Summer |
| | CB | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | 22 | Esteghlal | Transfer | Rls.4 billion | Summer |
| 19 | MF | Milad Kamandani | 21 | Padideh | Free | | Summer |
| 44 | CB | Amir Abbas Ayenechi | 22 | Free Agent | Free | | Summer |
| 3 | LB | Vahid Heydarieh | 23 | Free Agent | Free | | Summer |
| 16 | FW | Reza Khaleghifar | 32 | Gostaresh Foolad | Free | | Summer |
| 1 | GK | Sosha Makani | 29 | Mjøndalen IF | Free | | Summer |
| 23 | CB | Luka Marić | 29 | FC Dinamo București | Free | | Summer |
| 55 | GK | Alexander Lobanov | 30 | Pakhtakor | Free | | Summer |
| 17 | FW | Sasan Ansari | 25 | Foolad | Transfer | Rls.2 billion | Summer |
| 6 | CB | Antony Golec | 26 | FC Bucheon | Free | | Winter(during first half season) |
| 8 | CM | Ahmad Nourollahi | 23 | Tractor | undisclosed | Loan(Conscription Period) | Winter |
| 2 | FW | Omid Alishah | 24 | Tractor | undisclosed | Loan(Conscription Period) | Winter |
| 14 | FW | Shahab Zahedi | 21 | Machine Sazi | undisclosed | Loan | Winter |
| 29 | MF | Mohammad Rahmati | 22 | Machine Sazi | undisclosed | Loan | Winter |
| 55 | CB | Aref Mohammadalipour | 15 | Demote To Youth Team | Demote To Youth Team | Demote To Youth Team | Winter(during second half season) |
| 22 | CB | Oleksiy Polyanskiy | 30 | Released | Released | Released | Winter(during second half season) |
| 80 | FW | Volodymyr Pryyomov | 30 | FC Oleksandriya | Free | Transfer | Winter(during second half season) |

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Branko Ivanković |
| Assistant coach | Sreten Ćuk |
| First-team coach | Karim Bagheri |
| Goalkeeping coach | Igor Panadić |
| Physical fitness trainer | Marko Stilinovic |
| Analyzer | Farzad Habibollahi |
| Doctor | Dr. Alireza Haghighat |
| Physiotherapist | Meysam Alipour |
| Team Manager | Mahmoud Khordbin |
| Media Officer | Pendar Khomarlou |

## 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 | 27 July 2016 | 4 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 066.67 |
| Hazfi Cup | 30 September 2016 | 30 September 2016 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 21 February 2017 | 30 May 2017 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 058.97 |
Last updated: 30 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Persian Gulf Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 66 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 56 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 46 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs |
| 5 | Sepahan | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | PER | RAY | WAH |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 7 | | 3–4 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Wahda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 4 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | — |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Friendly Matches
#### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### During season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Joma
| Home Kit | Away Kit | 2017 ACL Kit | ACL Away Kit |
Source: "Persepolis FC' current kit".