2012–13 Fajr Sepasi F.C. season

The 2012–13 season are the Fajr Sepasi's 11th season in the Pro League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football and 25th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Damash. Fajr Sepasi was captained by Reza Haghighi until December 2012 and Mohammad Mehdi Nazari from then.

Fajr Sepasi

2012–13 season
Chairman	Gheyb Parvar
Manager	Mahmoud Yavari
Stadium	Hafezieh Stadium
Iran Pro League	11th
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Jaber Ansari (8) All: Jaber Ansari (8)
Highest home attendance	20,000 Esteghlal F.C.-Fajr Sepasi F.C.
Lowest home attendance	3,000 Peykan F.C.-Fajr Sepasi F.C.
Average home league attendance	6,000
Home colours Away colours
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Player

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Vahid Sheikhveisi 2 DF  IRN Omid Khalili 3 DF  IRN Khaled Shafiei 4 MF  IRN Alireza Jalili 5 DF  IRN Saeed Ghezelagchi 6 MF  IRN Hadi Imani 8 FW  IRN Ali Molaei 10 FW  IRN Mehdi Nazari 11 MF  IRN Mohammad Afand 12 FW  IRN Babak Latifi 13 MF  IRN Hamid Jokar 14 MF  IRN Masoud Rigi 16 MF  IRN Ali Reza Latifi 17 MF  IRN Jalaleddin Ali Mohammadi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  IRN Amin Shojaeian 20 MF  IRN Farshid Esmaeili 21 FW  IRN Mohammad Reza Hosseini 22 DF  IRN Hossein Karimi 23 GK  IRN Mohammad Saleh Khalil Azad 24 MF  IRN Jaber Ansari 27 MF  IRN Hadi Daghagheleh 28 MF  IRN Abdolreza Zarei 30 GK  IRN Mohammad Khazaei 32 MF  IRN Mohammad Reza Jalali 33 MF  IRN Mojtaba Tarshiz 40 MF  IRN Hossein Khosravi — FW  NED Sendley Sidney Bito

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13.

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRN Farshid Esmaeili (from Iran U-20)[1] — MF  IRN Hadi Daghagheleh (from Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.)[1] — DF  BRA Diego Benedito Galvão Máximo (from Iranjavan)[1] — MF  IRN Mohammad Reza Jalali (from Gahar Zagros)[1] — MF  IRN Jalaleddin Alimohammadi (from Gostaresh Foolad)[1] — DF  IRN Mojtaba Tarshiz (from Mes Sarcheshmeh)[1] — GK  IRN Mohammad Khazaei (from Mes Sarcheshmeh)[1] — FW  IRN Abbas Mohammad Rezaei (from Saipa)[1] — DF  IRN Jaber Ansari (from Saipa)[1] — FW  IRN Ali Molaei (from Saba Qom)[1] — FW  IRN Babak Latifi (from Shahin)[1] — MF  IRN Ali Reza Latifi (to Saipa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  IRN Mehdi Rajabzadeh (to Zob Ahan)[2] 8 MF  IRN Mehrdad Karimian (released, to Mes Kerman F.C.)[1] 1 GK  IRN Sirous Sangchouli (released)[1] 22 FW  IRN Younes Shakeri (to Aboomoslem)[1] 20 DF  IRN Ayoub Kalantari (released)[1] 23 MF  IRN Javad Zayghami (released)[1] 27 MF  IRN Vahid Nemati (released)[1] 7 MF  IRN Mohammed Reza Pourmohammad (released)[1] 17 DF  IRN Abbas Kazemian (released)[1]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  IRN Mohammad Ansari (from Esteghlal[3]) — FW  IRN Moslem Firouz Abadi (from Mes Sarcheshmeh) — FW  IRN Hossein Fazeli (from Sepahan U23) — MF  IRN Hossein Kazemi (from Mes Kerman) — DF  IRN Mohammad Faramarzi (from Saipa U23) — FW  NED Sendley Sidney Bito (from Arsenal Kyiv)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 9 MF  IRN Reza Haghighi (to Persepolis) 7 MF  IRN Abbas Mohammad Rezaei (On loan to Esteghlal[4]) 25 DF  BRA Diego Máximo (to Paykan) 12 FW  IRN Babak Latifi (to Saipa) 32 MF  IRN Mohammad Reza Jalali (Released) 40 MF  IRN Hossein Khosravi (Released) 27 MF  IRN Hadi Daghagheleh (Released) 8 FW  IRN Ali Molaei (Released) 16 MF  IRN Ali Reza Latifi (Released)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2012–13 Iran Pro League	—	8th		20 July 2012
2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Quarter-Final	14 December 2012	9 January 2013

Updated to match played 1 January 2013
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Saipa	34	11	12	11	37	33	+4	45
11	Damash	34	11	10	13	36	47	−11	43
12	Fajr Sepasi	34	10	12	12	42	38	+4	42
13	Malavan	34	9	13	12	34	39	−5	40
14	Zob Ahan (O)	34	9	11	14	36	40	−4	38	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2013. Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	8	9	7	28	19	+9	33	6	5	1	16	5	+11	2	4	6	12	14	−2

Last updated: 13 January 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

Matches summary

Pro League matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

IPL season 2012–13

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	scorers
19 July 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Zob Ahan F.C.	3–0	10' Mehdi Nazari, 32' Babak Latifi, 90+2' Hamid Reza Jokar
24 July 2012	Tehran, Iran	Perspolis F.C.	3–2	52' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei, 76' (pen.) Reza Haghighi, 90+1' Mehdi Nazari
31 July 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Sanat NafSanat Naft Abadan F.C.	2–0	77' Mohammad Reza Hosseini, 82' Mehdi Nazari
6 August 2012	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran	Malavan F.C.	0–1
17 August 2012	Qom, Iran	Saba Qom F.C.	1–1	65' Mohammad Reza Hosseini
24 August 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Gahar Zagros F.C.	0–0
29 August 2012	Isfahan, Iran	Sepahan F.C.	0–1
15 September 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Damash Gilan F.C.	6–1	12' Jaber Ansari, 19' Jaber Ansari, 28' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei, 45' Mehdi Nazari, 58' Mohammad Reza Hosseini, 76' Jaber Ansari
21 September 2012	Tehran, Iran	Esteghlal F.C.	0–0
26 September 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Tractor Sazi F.C.	1–0	60' Babak Latifi
1 October 2012	Bandar Abbas, Iran	Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.	3–3	23' Mojtaba Tarshiz, 51' Hossein Khosravi, 75' Mojtaba Tarshiz
18 October 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Naft Tehran F.C.	0-0
24 October 2012	Ahvaz, Iran.	Foolad F.C.	2–1	80' Mojtaba Tarshiz
31 October 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Saipa F.C.	1–0	91' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei
17 November 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Mes Kerman F.C.	0–1
3 December 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Paykan F.C.	0-0
27 November 2012	Tehran, Iran	Rah Ahan F.C.	0–1
25 December 2012	Isfahan, Iran	Zob Ahan F.C.	0–1
30 December 2012	Shiraz, Iran	Perspolis F.C.	0–2
4 January 2013	Abadan, Iran	Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.	1–1	52' Jaber Ansari
13 January 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Malavan F.C.	2–1	13' Jaber Ansari, 88' Tarshiz
17 January 2013	Qom, Iran	Saba Qom F.C.	1–1	30' Jaber Ansari
24 January 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Gahar Zagros F.C.	3–0	4' Moslem Firoozabadi, 34' Tarshiz, 83'(pen) Saeed Ghezelagchi
29 January 2013	Isfahan, Iran	Sepahan F.C.	0–0
9 February 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Damash Gilan F.C.	0–1
15 February 2013	Tehran, Iran	Esteghlal F.C.	0–5
21 February 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Tractor Sazi F.C.	1–3
2 March 2013	Bandar Abbas, Iran	Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.	6–0	45+2' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari, 55' Farshid Esmaili, 65' Jaber Ansari, 81' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari, 83' Farshid Esmaili, 90+3' Jaber Ansari
7 March 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Naft Tehran F.C.
15 March 2013	Ahvaz, Iran	Foolad F.C.
28 March 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Saipa F.C.
13 April 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Mes Kerman F.C.
5 May 2013	Tehran, Iran	Paykan F.C.
5 May 2013	Shiraz, Iran	Rah Ahan F.C.

Hazfi Cup matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32

Round	Venue	Opponent	Result	scorers
Round of 32	Shiraz, Iran	Sang Ahan Bafq	3–0	(W/O)
Round of 16	Shiraz, Iran	Saipa Shomal	4 PK 3	11' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari
Quarter Finals	Shiraz, Iran	Damash Gilan	4 PK 5

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Updated on 31 January 2013

Ran	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	24	MF		Jaber Ansari	8	0	8
2	10	FW		Mehdi Nazari	6	1	7
3	33	MF		Mojtaba Tarshiz	5	0	5
4	21	FW		Mohammad Reza Hosseini	3	0	3
5	12	FW		Babak Latifi	2	0	2
TOTALS					24	1	25

Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mahmoud Yavari
Assistant coach	Dariush Sabouri

See also

• 2012–13 Iran Pro League
• 2012–13 Hazfi Cup