# 2013–14 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Sepahan's 13th season in the Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 60th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and the AFC Champions League. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

## Players

    Last updated on 14 July 2014
| Under-23 players | Under-21 players | Under-19 players |
* Out during the season (injured, transferred, or released)
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Appearance (s) | Goal (s) |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Rahman Ahmadi | GK | 2008 | (1980-07-30) 30 July 1980 (age 44) | Persepolis, Saipa | 85 | 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 | 20 | 0 |
| 36 | Mohammad Mahmoudvand | GK | 2013 | (1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 39) | Aboumoslem | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Shoja' Khalilzadeh | CB | 2013 | (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35) | Mes Kerman | 26 | 0 |
| 5 | Hadi Aghili | CB | 2004 | (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 43) | Saipa, Qatar SC | 205 | 19 |
| 6 | Mohammad Ali Ahmadi | CB | 2012 | (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 41) | Zob Ahan | 48 | 0 |
| 18 | Mohammad Hossein Moradmand | CB | 2012 | (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31) | (Youth system) | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | Ali Gholami | CB | 2013 | (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Armin Sohrabian | LB, LM | 2013 | (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 29) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ehsan Hajsafi | LB, LM | 2006 | (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34) | (Youth system), Tractor Sazi | 184 | 24 |
| 30 | Ahmad Eskandari | RB | 2013 | (1993-11-30) 30 November 1993 (age 30) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Saeed Ghaedifar | LB | 2013 | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mohammad Roshandel | RB, CB | 2013 | (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ali Hamoudi | RB, RWB | 2013 | (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) | Esteghlal | 28 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Moharram Navidkia (captain) | AM | 1998 | (1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 41) | (Youth system), VfL Bochum | 258 | 41 |
| 7 | Hossein Papi | RM, LM | 2004 | (1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 39) | (Youth system), Sepahan Novin | 146 | 1 |
| 12 | Ali Karimi | AM, CM | 2012 | (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30) | (Youth system) | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | Omid Ebrahimi | DM | 2010 | (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 37) | Sh. Bandar Abbas | 117 | 18 |
| 17 | Milad Sarlak | CM, AM | 2013 | (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Amin Jahan Alian | RM, AM | 2012 | (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 33) | (Youth system) | 33 | 4 |
| 32 | Hamid Reza Kazemi | CM | 2011 | (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 32) | (Youth system) | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Ervin Bulku | DM, RM | 2012 | (1981-03-03) 3 March 1981 (age 43) | AZAL Baku | 47 | 1 |
| 45 | Ehsan Pahlevan | LM, RM | 2013 | (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 31) | Zob Ahan | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Yaghoub Karimi | LM, RM | 2013 | (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 (age 33) | Naft Tehran | 17 | 1 |
| 99 | Amir Hossein Karimi | AM | 2013 | (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28) | (Youth system) | 6 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Mohammad Gholami | CF | 2012 | (1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 41) | Damash | 51 | 6 |
| 10 | Sergio van Dijk | CF | 2014 | (1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 42) | Persib Bandung | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | Xhevahir Sukaj | CF | 2012 | (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 37) | Gençlerbirliği | 49 | 13 |
| 20 | Mehdi Sharifi | CF | 2012 | (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32) | (Youth system) | 19 | 8 |
| 26 | Ali Choupani | CF | 2012 | (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31) | (Youth system) | 0 | 0 |
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Appearance (s) | Goal (s) |
| 8 | Mojtaba Jabbari | AM | 2013 | (1983-06-16) 16 June 1983 (age 41) | Esteghlal Tehran | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Arash Afshin | CF | 2013 | (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35) | Foolad | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | Mohsen Irannejad | LB, LWB | 2012 | (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 39) | Shahin Bushehr | 19 | 0 |
| 21 | Radomir Đalović | CF | 2012 | (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 41) | FC Amkar Perm | 39 | 6 |

## Transfers

    Last updated on 31 December 2013

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Yaghoub Karimi (from Naft Tehran) |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Rahman Ahmadi (from Saipa) |
| 40 | DF | IRN | Ali Hamoudi (from Esteghlal) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Hadi Aghili (from Qatar SC) |
| 19 | DF | IRN | Ali Gholami (from Sepahan youth) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Shoja' Khalilzadeh (from Mes Kerman) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Arash Afshin (from Foolad) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mojtaba Jabbari (from Esteghlal) |
| 33 | DF | IRN | Saeed Ghaedifar (from Sepahan youth) |
| 29 | DF | IRN | Ahmad Eskandari (from Sepahan youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Jamshidian (to Esteghlal) |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Jafarpour (to Saipa) |
| 17 | DF | IRN | Abolhassan Jafari (to Foolad) |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Akbar Imani (to Zob Ahan) |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Nasseri (On Loan at Gostaresh Foolad) |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Mohammad-Bagher Sadeghi (to Saipa) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Farshid Talebi (to Tractor Sazi) |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Milan Susak (to Al Wasl) |
| 33 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (to Ajman) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | MF | IRN | Amir Hossein Karimi (from Sepahan U21) |
| 45 | MF | IRN | Ehsan Pahlevan (On loan from Zob Ahan) |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Milad Sarlak (from Sepahan U21) |
| 24 | DF | IRN | Armin Sohrabian (from Sepahan U21) |
| 39 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Roshandel (from Sepahan U21) |
| 10 | FW | IDN | Sergio van Dijk (from Persib Bandung) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mojtaba Jabbari (to Al Ahli) |
| 11 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Irannejad (On loan at Zob Ahan) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Arash Afshin (to Foolad) |
| 21 | FW | MNE | Radomir Đalović (to Shenxin) |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Zlatko Kranjčar |
| Assistant coach | Mahmoud Karimi Ghasem Zaghinejad |
| Goalkeepers coach | Tonči Merdolias |
| Fitness trainer | Luka Radman |
| Translator | Reza Chalangar |
| Analyzer | Manouchehr Rezaei |
| Physiotherapist | Abbas Yousefzadeh |
| Doctor | Mohammad Rashadi |
| Executive manager | Mohammad Faramarzi |

## Statistics

    Last updated on 21 May 2014

### Players performance

| | | | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| N | P | Name | P | S | | A | M | P | S | A | M | P | S | | A | M | P | S | | A | M |
| 1 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | 27 | 27 | | 1 | 2430 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 3 | 3 | | | 270 | 31 | 31 | | 1 | 2790 |
| 3 | DF | Shoja' Khalilzadeh | 26 | 26 | | 1 | 2340 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 6 | 6 | | | 540 | 33 | 33 | | 1 | 2970 |
| 4 | MF | Moharram Navidkia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 307 | | | | | 4 | 3 | | 2 | 303 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 710 |
| 5 | DF | Hadi Aghili | 27 | 27 | 5 | | 2365 | 1 | 1 | | 64 | 6 | 6 | | | 540 | 34 | 34 | 5 | | 2969 |
| 6 | DF | Ali Ahmadi | 20 | 15 | | | 1413 | 1 | | | 26 | 3 | 3 | | | 225 | 24 | 18 | | | 1664 |
| 7 | MF | Hossein Papi | 30 | 30 | | 7 | 2593 | 1 | | | 45 | 6 | 6 | | 3 | 524 | 37 | 36 | | 10 | 3162 |
| 8 | MF | Mojtaba Jabari | 5 | 5 | | | 445 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | | | 445 |
| 9 | FW | Mohammad Gholami | 26 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1557 | 1 | | | 15 | | | | | | 27 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1572 |
| 10 | FW | Arash Afshin | 14 | 5 | 1 | | 530 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | | | | | | 15 | 6 | 1 | | 620 |
| 11 | DF | Mohsen Irannejad | 4 | 2 | | | 206 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | | | 206 |
| 12 | MF | Ali Karimi | 16 | 12 | 2 | | 981 | | | | | 4 | 2 | | | 194 | 20 | 14 | 2 | | 1175 |
| 14 | FW | Xhevahir Sukaj | 7 | 1 | | 1 | 200 | | | | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 407 |
| 15 | MF | Omid Ebrahimi | 28 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2509 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 6 | 6 | | | 540 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 3139 |
| 16 | FW | Sergio van Dijk | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 404 | | | | | 4 | 2 | 1 | | 154 | 11 | 8 | 2 | | 558 |
| 18 | DF | Hossein Moradmand | 7 | 2 | | | 267 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | | | 267 |
| 20 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1009 | | | | | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 540 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1549 |
| 21 | FW | Radomir Đalović | 13 | 11 | 2 | | 890 | 1 | 1 | | 75 | | | | | | 14 | 12 | 2 | | 965 |
| 23 | MF | Amin Jahan Alian | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 571 | 1 | 1 | | 45 | | | | | | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 616 |
| 28 | DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 29 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 2588 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 6 | 6 | | | 520 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 3198 |
| 35 | GK | Shahab Gordan | 3 | 3 | | | 270 | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | 270 | 6 | 6 | | | 540 |
| 38 | MF | Ervin Bulku | 26 | 25 | | 2 | 2136 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 442 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2668 |
| 40 | DF | Ali Hamoudi | 28 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2468 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 6 | 6 | | | 511 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3069 |
| 45 | MF | Ehsan Pahlevan | 1 | | | | 28 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 28 |
| 88 | MF | Yaghoub Karimi | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 883 | 1 | 1 | | 90 | 6 | 2 | | | 154 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1127 |
| 99 | MF | Amir Hossein Karimi | 6 | 2 | | | 181 | | | | | 1 | 0 | | | 6 | 7 | 2 | | | 187 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 407 | 330 | 35 | 31 | | 14 | 11 | | | 81 | 66 | 8 | 7 | | 502 | 407 | 43 | 38 | |
* Friendlies and Pre season matches are not considered in table data.

### Disciplinary record

| | | | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | 2014 ACL | Total | Total | Total |
| N | P | Name | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 3 | DF | Shoja' Khalilzadeh | 9 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Hadi Aghili | 5 | | | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 6 | DF | Ali Ahmadi | 5 | 1 | | | | 5 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Hossein Papi | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | Mohammad Gholami | 4 | | | | | 4 | | |
| 11 | DF | Mohsen Irannejad | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 15 | MF | Omid Ebrahimi | 8 | | | | 1 | 9 | | |
| 18 | DF | Hossein Moradmand | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| 20 | FW | Mehdi Sharifi | 3 | | 1 | | 1 | 4 | | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Radomir Đalović | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 23 | MF | Amin Jahan Alian | 4 | | | | | 4 | | |
| 28 | DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 35 | GK | Shahab Gordan | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 38 | MF | Ervin Bulku | 6 | 1 | | | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| 40 | DF | Ali Hamoudi | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 88 | MF | Yaghoub Karimi | 2 | | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 55 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 66 | 4 | 2 |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | Total | Total | Total |
| N | P | Name | P | Gc | Cs | P | Gc | Cs | P | Gc | Cs | P | Gc | Cs |
| 1 | GK | Rahman Ahmadi | 27 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 7 | | 31 | 24 | 15 |
| 35 | GK | Shahab Gordan | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 30 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | | 6 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 29 | 18 |

### Own goals

| N | P | Name | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | 2014 ACL | Total |
| 5 | DF | Hadi Aghili | 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 | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | 2014 ACL | Total | Total | Total |
| Team performance | H | A | Tot | H | A | Tot | H | A | Tot | H | A | Tot |
| Games played | 15 | 15 | 30 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| Games won | 8 | 6 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Games drawn | 5 | 7 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Games lost | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Biggest win | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | — | — | — | 4-0 | — | 4-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
| Biggest loss | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | — | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| Goals scored | 20 | 16 | 36 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 45 |
| Goals conceded | 7 | 13 | 20 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| Average Goals scored per game | 1.33 | 1.07 | 1.2 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 0.33 | 1.5 | 1.56 | 0.89 | 1.22 |
| Average Goals conceded per game | 0.47 | 0.87 | 0.67 | — | 1 | 1 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 0.61 | 0.95 | 0.78 |
| Points | 29 | 25 | 54 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 61 |
| Winning rate | 53% | 40% | 47% | — | 0% | 0% | 67% | 0% | 33% | 56% | 32% | 43% |

## Competitions

    Last updated on 13 July 2014

### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2013–14 Iran Pro League | — | — | 4th | 24 July 2013 | 11 April 2014 |
| 2013–14 Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | — | 1/16 Final | 29 October 2013 | 29 October 2013 |
| AFC Champions League | Group stage | — | Group stage | 25 February 2014 | 22 April 2014 |
Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Persepolis | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 55 | Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Naft Tehran | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 4 | Sepahan | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 54 | |
| 5 | Esteghlal | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 53 | |
| 6 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 45 | Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
* 1 2 3 Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.
* ↑ Tractor Sazi secured qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013–14 Hazfi Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 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 |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | |

### Friendly Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed