# 2017–18 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Sepahan's 17th season in the Pro League, and their 24nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 64th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Hossein Papi.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Lee Oliveira |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Hassan Jafari |
| 3 | FW | IRN | Sasan Ansari |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Ezzatollah Pourghaz |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Milad Sarlak$^{U23}$ |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Saeid Aghaei $^{U25}$ |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Navidkia |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Shahin Saghebi |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mehrdad Mohammadi |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Marwan Hussein |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Ali Karimi |
| 13 | FW | IRN | Reza Dehghani $^{U21}$ |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Masoud Hassanzadeh |
| 15 | FW | IRN | Saber Didehvar$^{U23}$ |
| 16 | MF | ALB | Edon Hasani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi |
| 18 | MF | IRN | Amin Jahan Alian |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati |
| 27 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Amini $^{U23}$ |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Jairo Rodrigues |
| 34 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Rahimi |
| 35 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Sedghian $^{U23}$ |
| 36 | GK | IRN | Ali Keykhosravi $^{U21}$ |
| 37 | MF | IRN | Hossein Fazeli |
| 47 | MF | IRN | Hossein Papi (Captain) |
| 50 | MF | BRA | Rafael Crivellaro |
| 55 | DF | IRN | Aref Gholami $^{U21}$ |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Hamed Bahiraei $^{U21}$ |
| 77 | DF | IRN | Reza Mirzaei $^{U21}$ |
* [U21 = Under 21 year player | U23 = Under 23 year player| U25 = Under 25 year player]
For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2017.

### Current managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Zlatko Kranjčar (en of 20 january 2018) Mansour Ebrahimzadeh |
| First team coach | Karim Ghanbari |
| Assistant coaches | Mahmoud Karimi |
| Goalkeepers coach | Tonci Mrduljas |
| Fitness trainer | Rafael Fogageiro |
| Doctor | Mohammad Rashadi |
| Doctor assistant | Asghar Majidikia |
| Physiotherapist | Hamid Sedighi |
| Masseurs | Ali Mousavi |
| 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 |
| 12 | Est. Khuzestan | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 31 | |
| 13 | Sepidrood | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 30 | |
| 14 | Sepahan | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 29 | |
| 15 | Naft Tehran (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 24 | Relegation to the 2018–19 Azadegan League |
| 16 | Meshki Pooshan (R) | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 15 | Relegation to the 2018–19 Azadegan League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 August 2018. 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 | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 |