# 2016–17 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Sepahan's 16th season in the Pro League, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 63rd 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 |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Shoja' Khalilzadeh |
| 5 | DF | MLI | Moussa Coulibaly |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Milad Sarlak$^{U23}$ |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Hossein Papi (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Rasoul Navidkia |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Farid Karimi |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Taleb Reykani |
| 12 | FW | IRN | Reza Dehghani $^{U21}$ |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Masoud Hassanzadeh |
| 15 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Alimoradi |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi |
| 18 | MF | IRN | Naser Ghalavand |
| 19 | MF | IRN | Saber Didehvar |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Masoud Kazemini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Farid Nejat |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Mehrdad Mohammadi |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Ali Ahmadi |
| 27 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Amini$^{U23}$ |
| 28 | DF | IRN | Ehsan Hajisafi (Captain) |
| 33 | DF | IRN | Armin Sohrabian |
| 37 | MF | IRN | Hossein Fazeli |
| 39 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Roshandel |
| 47 | DF | IRN | Hadi Aghili |
| 55 | DF | IRN | Aref Gholami $^{U21}$ |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Hamed Bahiraei $^{U21}$ |
| 77 | DF | IRN | Reza Mirzaei $^{U21}$ |
| 80 | MF | UZB | Server Djeparov |
| 88 | DF | IRN | Jalal Abdi |
* [U21 = Under 21 year player | U23 = Under 23 year player| U25 = Under 25 year player]

### Current managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Abdollah Veisi (end of 17 march 2017) Zlatko Kranjčar |
| First team coach | Karim Ghanbari |
| Assistant coach | 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

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 26 July 2016 | 04 may 2017 | Results | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 040.00 |
| Hazfi Cup | 29 September 2016 | 30 December 2016 | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 045.71 |
Last updated: 31 August 2018 (2018-08-31). Source: Competitions

### Pro league
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Paykan | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 44 | |
| 7 | Est. Khuzestan | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 41 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 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 | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |