# 2022–23 Sepahan S.C. season

The 2022–23 season is Sepahan's 69th season in existence, and their 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Iran football. It is also the club's 22nd consecutive season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club will compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League and Hazfi Cup.

## First-team squad

    Last updated: 27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | POR | Manuel Fernandes |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Masoud Rigi |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Yasin Salmani $^{U21}$ |
| 9 | DF | IRN | Ramin Rezaeian (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Farshad Ahmadzadeh |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Ygor Catatau |
| 12 | GK | IRN | Ali Keykhosravi $^{U25}$ |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Aria Yousefi $^{U21}$ |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi (captain) |
| 18 | DF | IRN | Milad Zakipour |
| 19 | DF | IRN | Omid Noorafkan |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Isa Moradi |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Karimi |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Sadegh Salehi $^{U21}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | FW | IRN | Reza Bakhtiarizadeh $^{U21}$ |
| 41 | FW | BDI | Elvis Kamsoba |
| 44 | GK | IRN | Nima Mirzazad |
| 58 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Daneshgar |
| 66 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Ghorbani $^{U23}$ |
| 70 | FW | IRN | Shahriyar Moghanlou |
| 76 | GK | IRN | Payam Niazmand (on loan from Portimonense) |
| 80 | MF | IRN | Arshia Sarshogh $^{U21}$ |
| 81 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Alinejad |
| 86 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad $^{U21}$ |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Reza Mousavi $^{U21}$ |
| 91 | DF | BRA | Nilson Júnior |
| 99 | DF | IRN | Siavash Yazdani |
* U21 = Under 21 year player. U23 = Under 23 year player. U25 = Under 25 year player. INJ = Out of main squad due to injury.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 45 | GK | IRN | Nima Mirzazad (Loan return from Sanat Naft) |
| 18 | DF | IRN | Milad Zakipour (from Gol Gohar Sirjan) |
| 58 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Daneshgar (from Esteghlal) |
| 60 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Alinejad (from Aluminium Arak) |
| 9 | DF | IRN | Ramin Rezaeian (from Persepolis) |
| 20 | FW | BDI | Elvis Kamsoba (from Sydney) |
| 15 | MF | POR | Manuel Fernandes (from Apollon Smyrnis) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Renato Silviera (from Vila Nova) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Nilson Júnior (from Sampaio Corrêa) |
| 86 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad $^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U19) |
| 80 | MF | IRN | Arshia Sarshogh $^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U19) |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Reza Mousavi $^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U19) |
| 26 | FW | IRN | Reza Bakhtiarizadeh $^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U19) |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Isa Moradi (from Khooshe Talaei Saveh) |
| 16 | GK | IRN | Payam Niazmand (On loan from Portimonense) |
| 66 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Ghorbani $^{U23}$ (from Nassaji) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | DF | IRN | Danial Esmaeilifar (to Persepolis) |
| 30 | DF | GEO | Giorgi Gvelesiani (to Persepolis) |
| 73 | MF | IRN | Soroush Rafiei (to Persepolis) |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (to Esteghlal) |
| 77 | MF | IRN | Reza Mirzaei (to Esteghlal) |
| 1 | GK | AUT | Christopher Knett (to Foolad) |
| 16 | DF | IRN | Davoud Rajabi (to Fajr Sepasi) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Ezzatollah Pourghaz (to Havadar) |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Milad Jahani (to Malavan) |
| 25 | DF | IRN | Amir Saman Ranjbar $^{U23}$ (to Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Hojjat Sedghi (Unattached) |
| 38 | FW | IRN | Alireza Sadeghi $^{U25}$ (Loan return from Aluminium Arak - Unattached) |
| 66 | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh (Unattached) |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Amir Mohammad Mohkamkar $^{U21}$ (Unattached) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Ygor Catatau (from Sampaio Corrêa) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Sadegh Salehi $^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U19) |
| 99 | DF | IRN | Siavash Yazdani (from Esteghlal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (to Paykan) |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Nejadmehdi (to Foolad) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Renato Silveira (to Novorizontino) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Hosseini (On loan to Gol Gohar) |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Hassan Shoushtari (to Saipa) |
| 66 | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh (to Nassaji) |

## 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 % |
| Persian Gulf Pro League | 12 August 2022 (2022-08-12) | 18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 063.33 |
| Hazfi Cup | 11 January 2023 (2023-01-11) | 22 February 2023 (2023-02-22) | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 062.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### 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 | 13 | +33 | 66 | Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 65 | Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 62 | |
| 4 | Tractor | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 47 | |
* ↑ Esteghlal did not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. They were therefore unable to participate in AFC competitions.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed