# 2004–05 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was the Persepolis's 4th season in the Pro League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Behrouz Rahbarifar.

## Squad

As of October 2004.
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 | IRN | Davoud Fanaei |
| 2 | DF | MKD | Ilče Pereski |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Hassan Khanmohammadi |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Yahya Golmohammadi (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Karim Bagheri (3rd captain) |
| 8 | DF | IRN | Ali Ansarian |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Javad Kazemian |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Hamed Kavianpour |
| 11 | DF | IRN | Pejman Jamshidi |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Aref Mohammadvand |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Sheys Rezaei |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Reza Jabbari |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Mamani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Ali Salmani |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Sohrab Entezari |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Sambo Choji |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Meghdad Ghobakhlou |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Behrouz Rahbarifar (captain) |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ebrahim Asadi |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Mohammadi |
| 23 | DF | IRN | Alireza Emamifar |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Salehpour |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Ardalan Ashtiani |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Meisam Rezapour |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Farshid Karimi |
| 33 | FW | IRN | Mehrdad Oladi |
| 88 | GK | MKD | Jane Nikolovski |

## Transfers
### In

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving from | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window |
| 20 | CB | Behrouz Rahbarifar | 33 | Pas | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 8 | CB | Ali Ansarian | 26 | Saipa | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 2 | CB | Ilče Pereski | 28 | Karaorman | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 18 | CF | Sambo Choji | 26 | Saarbrücken | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 5 | CB | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | 32 | Sepahan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 26 | LW | Meisam Rezapour | 22 | Azarbayejan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 24 | CF | Mehdi Salehpour | 30 | Azarbayejan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 1 | GK | Davoud Fanaei | 29 | Azarbayejan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 25 | RB | Ardalan Ashtiani | 22 | Persepolis Academy | – | Promoted | Summer |
| 15 | DM | Mohammad Reza Mamani | 22 | Persepolis Academy | – | Promoted | Summer |
| | GK | Jane Nikolovski | 32 | Napredok | – | Free Transfer | Winter |

### Out

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window |
| 20 | CB | Younes Bahonar | 27 | Tractor Sazi | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 25 | CM | Hamid Estili | 38 | Retired | Retired | Retired | Summer |
| 13 | CF | Issa Traoré | 25 | Pas | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 15 | CB | Mojtaba Shiri | 25 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 5 | CB | Afshin Peyrovani | 34 | Paykan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 10 | CF | Ali Daei | 34 | Saba Battery | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 11 | LW | Mehdi Tartar | 29 | Sepahan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| | LB | Ali Nikhou | 27 | Sepahan | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 2 | LB | Mohammad Barzegar | 28 | Sanat Naft | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| 1 | GK | Saša Ilić | 34 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | – | Free Transfer | Summer |
| | RW | Behnam Afsheh | 21 | Released | Released | Contract termination | Summer |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Rainer Zobel |
| Assistant coach | Hamid Estili |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vahid Ghelich |
| Physical fitness trainer | Parviz Komasi |
| Doctor | Dr Farid Zarineh |
| Technical manager | Ali Parvin |
| Team manager | Mahmoud Khordbin |

## Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Iran Pro League | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 053.33 |
| Hazfi Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 036.67 |

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 58 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 58 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 55 |
| 5 | Est. Ahvaz | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 44 |
| 6 | Pas | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 42 |

## Competitions
### Iran Pro League

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Scorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| 9 | RW | | Javad Kazemian | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | CF | | Sohrab Entezari | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | SS | | Mehrdad Oladi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | CB | | Ali Ansarian | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | AM | | Reza Jabbari | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DM | | Karim Bagheri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | DM | | Ebrahim Asadi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | LB | | Alireza Emamifar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | CB | | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | FW | | Mehdi Salehpour | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | ST | | Sambo Choji | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Pejman Jamshidi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | CB | | Sheys Rezaei | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | CB | | Yahya Golmohammadi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 1 | 44 |