2012–13 Sepahan F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Sepahan's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 60th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League. Sepahan was captained by Moharram Navidkia.

Sepahan

2012–13 season
Chairman	Alireza Rahimi
Manager	Zlatko Kranjčar
Stadium	Foolad Shahr Stadium
Iran Pro League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Champions
AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (13) All: Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (16) Xhevahir Sukaj (16)
Highest home attendance	9,280 vs Al Ahli (AFC Champions League, 19 September 2012)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Gahar (Iran Pro League, 22 November 2012)
Average home league attendance	3,643
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Player

First team squad

Last updated on 11 May 2013

Under-23 players

Under-21 players

Under-19 players

Out during the season (transferred, injured, or released)

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Appearance(s)	Goal(s)
Goalkeepers
1	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi		GK	2012	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 36)	Zob Ahan	11	0
27	Mehdi Amini		GK	2012	(1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 29)	(Youth system)	0	0
30	Mohammad Nasseri		GK	2011	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 32)	(Youth system)	0	0
35	Shahab Gordan		GK	2013	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 41)	Persepolis	17	0
36	Mohammad Mahmoudvand		GK	2013	(1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 40)	Aboumoslem	0	0
Defenders
3	Farshid Talebi		CB	2012	(1981-08-24) 24 August 1981 (age 43)	Zob Ahan	29	3
5	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi		CB	2012	(1983-06-24) 24 June 1983 (age 42)	Zob Ahan	28	0
6	Milan Susak		CB, RB	2012	(1984-01-29) 29 January 1984 (age 41)	Tianjin Teda	11	0
11	Mohsen Irannejad		LB, LWB	2012	(1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 40)	Shahin Bushehr	15	0
17	Abolhassan Jafari		RB, RWB	2007	(1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 35)	(Youth system), Malavan	51	0
18	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand		CB	2012	(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 32)	(Youth system)	2	0
28	Ehsan Hajsafi		LB, LWB	2006	(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 35)	(Youth system), Tractor Sazi	143	22
38	Ervin Bulku		RB, DM, RM	2012	(1981-03-03) 3 March 1981 (age 44)	AZAL Baku	21	1
Midfielders
4	Moharram Navidkia (captain)		AM	1998	(1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 42)	(Youth system), VfL Bochum	253	40
9	Mehdi Jafarpour		RM, RB	2005	(1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 40)	(Youth system), PAS Hamedan	119	8
10	Hossein Papi		LM, RM	2004	(1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 40)	(Youth system), Sepahan Novin	116	1
12	Ali Karimi		CM	2012	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 31)	(Youth system)	0	0
15	Omid Ebrahimi		DM	2010	(1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 37)	Sh. Bandar Abbas	82	14
20	Ahmad Jamshidian		AM, RM	2008	(1984-05-16) 16 May 1984 (age 41)	Rah Ahan	115	20
23	Amin Jahan Alian		RM, AM	2012	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 34)	(Youth system)	18	3
24	Akbar Imani		CM	2010	(1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 33)	(Youth system)	6	0
32	Hamid Reza Kazemi		CM, AM	2011	(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 33)	(Youth system)	1	0
Forwards
8	Mohammad Gholami		CF	2012	(1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 42)	Damash	25	0
14	Xhevahir Sukaj		CF	2012	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 37)	Gençlerbirliği	42	13
21	Radomir Đalović		CF	2012	(1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 42)	FC Amkar Perm	26	4
25	Mehdi Sharifi		CF	2012	(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32)	(Youth system)	0	0
26	Ali Choupani		CF	2012	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 32)	(Youth system)	0	0
33	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari		CF, SS	2012	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 41)	Al Wasl FC	32	13

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Appearance(s)	Goal(s)
22	Reza Mohamadi		GK	2011	(1985-06-14) 14 June 1985 (age 40)	Iranjavan	8	0
2	Hassan Ashjari		LB, LWB	2011	(1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 (age 46)	Steel Azin	38	1
6	Hadi Tamini		CB, SW	2011	(1981-08-23) 23 August 1981 (age 43)	Malavan	27	2
7	Milad Zeneyedpour		LM, RM	2012	(1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 39)	Damash	6	0
40	Adel Kolahkaj		CM, LM	2012	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 (age 40)	Mes Kerman	8	1

For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Sepahan Novin.

Iran Pro League squad

Updated 19 January 2013.

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 Mohammad-Bagher Sadeghi 3 DF  IRN Farshid Talebi 4 MF  IRN Moharram Navidkia (captain) 5 DF  IRN Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi 6 DF  AUS Milan Susak 8 FW  IRN Mohammad Gholami 9 MF  IRN Mehdi Jafarpour 10 MF  IRN Hossein Papi (3rd vice-captain) 11 DF  IRN Mohsen Irannejad 12 MF  IRN Ali Karimi 14 FW  ALB Xhevahir Sukaj 15 MF  IRN Omid Ebrahimi (2nd vice-captain) 17 DF  IRN Abolhassan Jafari 18 DF  IRN Mohammad Hossein Moradmand

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  IRN Ahmad Jamshidian (1st vice-captain) 21 FW  MNE Radomir Đalović 23 MF  IRN Amin Jahan Alian 24 MF  IRN Akbar Imani 25 FW  IRN Mehdi Sharifi 26 FW  IRN Ali Choopani 27 GK  IRN Mehdi Amini 28 DF  IRN Ehsan Hajsafi 30 GK  IRN Mohammad Nasseri 32 MF  IRN Hamid Reza Kazemi 33 FW  IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 35 GK  IRN Shahab Gordan 36 GK  IRN Mohammad Mahmoudvand 38 DF  ALB Ervin Bulku

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 1 GK  IRN Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi (from Zob Ahan)[1] 3 DF  IRN Farshid Talebi (from Zob Ahan)[2] 5 DF  IRN Mohammad Ali Ahmadi (from Zob Ahan)[3] 7 MF  IRN Milad Zeneyedpour (from Damash Gilan)[4] 8 FW  IRN Mohammad Gholami (from Damash Gilan)[5] 11 DF  IRN Mohsen Irannejad (from Shahin Bushehr)[6] 12 MF  IRN Ali Karimi (from Sepahan Youth) 18 DF  IRN Mohammad Hossein Moradmand (from Sepahan Youth) 21 FW  MNE Radomir Đalović (from Amkar Perm)[7] 23 MF  IRN Amin Jahan Alian (from Sepahan Youth) 25 FW  IRN Mehdi Sharifi (from Sepahan Youth) 26 FW  IRN Ali Choupani (from Sepahan Youth) 27 GK  IRN Mehdi Amini (from Sepahan Youth) 33 FW  IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (from Al Wasl FC)[8] 38 DF  ALB Ervin Bulku (from AZAL Baku)[9] 40 MF  IRN Adel Kolahkaj (from Mes Kerman)[10]

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 1 GK  IRN Rahman Ahmadi (to Saipa)[11] 6 DF  IRN Jalal Hosseini (to Persepolis)[12] 7 FW  IRQ Emad Mohammed Ridha (to) 8 DF  IRN Mohsen Bengar (to Persepolis)[13] 11 MF  IRN Mehdi Karimian (to Tractor Sazi)[14] 16 DF  IRN Hashem Beikzadeh (to Esteghlal)[15] 18 MF  IRN Reza Nasehi (to Aluminium Hormozgan)[16] 19 FW  BRA Bruno Correa (to Al Nasr)[17] 21 DF  IRN Mehdi Nasiri (to Shahin Bushehr)[18] 23 FW  IRN Mehdi Seyed-Salehi (to Tractor Sazi)[19] 25 DF  IRN Iman Kiani (Released) 26 DF  IRN Saeed Lotfi (Released) 27 GK  IRN Hadi Rishesfahani (to Esteghlal)[20] 31 FW  IRN Sardar Azmoun (to Rubin Kazan)[21] 37 MF  BRA Fabio Januario (to Esteghlal)[22]

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 6 DF  AUS Milan Susak (from Tianjin Teda)[23] 28 DF  IRN Ehsan Hajsafi (loan return from Tractor Sazi)[24] 35 GK  IRN Shahab Gordan (from Persepolis)[25] 36 GK  IRN Mohammad Mahmoudvand (from Free Agent)[26]

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 2 DF  IRN Hassan Ashjari (to Esteghlal)[27] 6 DF  IRN Hadi Tamini (to Malavan)[28] 7 MF  IRN Milad Zeneyedpour (to Paykan)[29] 22 GK  IRN Reza Mohammadi (to Persepolis)[30] 40 MF  IRN Adel Kolahkaj (to Persepolis)[31]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2012–13 Iran Pro League	—	—	3rd	20 July 2012	10 May 2013
2012–13 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Winner	13 December 2012	5 May 2013
AFC Champions League	Quarter-finals	—	Quarter-finals	19 September 2012	2 October 2012
AFC Champions League	Group stage	—	Group stage	27 February 2013	30 April 2013

Updated to match played 24 April 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
1	Esteghlal (C)	34	19	10	5	42	18	+24	67	Qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Tractor Sazi	34	18	11	5	55	32	+23	65
3	Sepahan	34	19	7	8	64	33	+31	64
4	Foolad	34	14	14	6	52	35	+17	56
5	Naft Tehran	34	14	13	7	42	29	+13	55

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.
(C) Champions

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
34	19	7	8	60	33	+27	64	11	2	4	31	18	+13	8	5	4	29	15	+14

Last updated: 11 May 2013.
Source: Ipl Stats

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	6	3	2	1	3	7	2	3	2	1	1	1	5	4	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2013. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Sepahan v Mes Kerman

20 July 2012 1	Sepahan	1–0	Mes Kerman	Fooladshahr
20:45 UTC+04:30	Tamini 47'	Report	Bates Enayati	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Shahin Haji Babaei

Foolad v Sepahan

25 July 2012 2	Foolad	1–3	Sepahan	Ahvaz
22:00 UTC+04:30	Sharifat 42' Nouri Amirabadi	Report	Đalović 19' Ebrahimi 38' Sukaj 74' Zeneyedpour Talebi Kolahkaj Jafari	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Sepahan v Rah Ahan

31 July 2012 3	Sepahan	2–2	Rah Ahan	Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30	Đalović 33' Karimi 81' (o.g.) Tamini Talebi Ahmadi Jafari	Report	Shiri 11' 67' Abbasfard	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hassan Zargar

Zob Ahan v Sepahan

6 August 2012 4	Zob Ahan	0–4	Sepahan	Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30	Sadeghian Salsali Mosalman Ashouri	Report	Tamini 17' Đalović 48' Navidkia 51' Jamshidian 89' Khalatbari Ashjari Tamini Kolahkaj Ahmadi	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Saeed Bakhshizadeh

Sepahan v Saipa

18 August 2012 5	Sepahan	0–2	Saipa	Fooladshahr
22:00 UTC+04:30	Talebi	Report	Shahbazzadeh 28' Gharibi 93' Márcio	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Paykan v Sepahan

23 August 2012 6	Paykan	1–0	Sepahan	Tehran
19:00 UTC+04:30	Mobali 94'	Report	Ahmadi Kolahkaj	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Sepahan v Fajr Sepasi

29 August 2012 7	Sepahan	1–0	Fajr Sepasi	Fooladshahr
19:00 UTC+04:30	Khalatbari Sukaj 85'	Report	Joukar Shafiei Nazari	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Sanat Naft v Sepahan

14 September 2012 8	Sanat Naft	1–1	Sepahan	Abadan
19:45 UTC+04:30	Khaleghifar 21'	Report	Sukaj 58' Sukaj	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Sepahan v Persepolis

23 September 2012 9	Sepahan	2–0	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
18:30 UTC+03:30	Kolahkaj 51' Sukaj 72' Đalović Khalatbari	Report	Kazemian Norouzi Madanchi	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh

Malavan v Sepahan

27 September 2012 10	Malavan	0–2	Sepahan	Bandar-e Anzali
17:25 UTC+03:30		Report	Sukaj 45' Đalović 67' Sukaj Jafarpour Ebrahimi Navidkia Đalović	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Sepahan v Gahar

1 October 2012 11	Sepahan	v	Gahar	Fooladshahr
				Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

Saba v Sepahan

19 October 2012 12	Saba	1–1	Sepahan	Qom
16:50 UTC+03:30	Soleiman Fallah 93' Momeni Badrlou	Report	Ebrahimi 91' Jahan Alian Talebi Jafarpour	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Sepahan v Tractor Sazi

25 October 2012 13	Sepahan	1–4	Tractor Sazi	Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30	Ebrahimi 55' Jafari Ebrahimi	Report	Seyed-Salehi 15' Seyed-Salehi 52' Lopez 58' (pen.) Ashjari 91' (o.g.) Dehnavi	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Naft Tehran v Sepahan

30 October 2012 14	Naft Tehran	3–4	Sepahan	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	Shakouri 7' (pen.) Ljubojević 15' Ljubojević 58' Shakouri Batista	Report	Sukaj 37' Ebrahimi 77' (pen.) Khalatbari 80' Ebrahimi 90' Khalatbari Bulku	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Sepahan v Esteghlal

18 November 2012 15	Sepahan	0–1	Esteghlal	Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30	Khalatbari Ahmadi	Report	Heidari 15' Sadeghi Borhani Nekounam	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh

Sepahan v Gahar

22 November 2012 11	Sepahan	2–1	Gahar	Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30	Talebi 37' Khalatbari 89' Talebi Bulku Jafari Moradmand	Report	Torkashvand 34' Shafiei Kardoost Ghasemi	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rahim Mehrpisheh

Sepahan v Damash

28 November 2012 16	Sepahan	3–0	Damash	Fooladshahr
15:15 UTC+03:30	Khalatbari 50', 83' Navidkia 65'	Report	Roudbarian Mokhtari	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohammad Seyedali

Aluminium v Sepahan

3 December 2012 17	Aluminium	1–1	Sepahan	Bandar Abbas
15:15 UTC+03:30	Pirzadeh 52' Mohammadzadeh Abarghouei Dadashvand Khavarpoor	Report	Khalatbari 24' Talebi Ahmadi	Stadium: Khalij Fars Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Mes Kerman v Sepahan

25 December 2012 18	Mes Kerman	1–0	Sepahan	Kerman
15:00 UTC+03:30	Enayati 18' Nazarzadeh	Report	Jafari	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Sepahan v Foolad

30 December 2013 19	Sepahan	0–1	Foolad	Fooladshahr
15:00 UTC+03:30	Dalovic	Report	Pereira 71' Sharifat Pereira Jamaati	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Torki

Rah Ahan v Sepahan

4 January 2013 20	Rah Ahan	v	Sepahan	Tehran
				Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium

Sepahan v Zob Ahan

13 January 2013 21	Sepahan	4–3	Zob Ahan	Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30	Sukaj 6' Sukaj 14' Ebrahimi 32' (pen.) Navidkia 89' (pen.) Jafari	Report	Rajabzadeh 29' Rajabzadeh 55' (pen.) Pahlevan 77' Kasparov	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Saipa v Sepahan

18 January 2013 22	Saipa	0–3	Sepahan	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	Narciso	Report	Khalatbari 45' Jahan Alian 59' Hajsafi 76' Hajsafi	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Sepahan v Paykan

24 January 2013 23	Sepahan	2–0	Paykan	Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30	Navidkia 63' Khalatbari 89' Bulku	Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Fajr Sepasi v Sepahan

29 January 2013 24	Fajr Sepasi	0–0	Sepahan	Shiraz
15:00 UTC+03:30	Afand Ghezalchi Ansari Hossaini Alimohamadi	Report	Khalatbari	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Sepahan v Sanat Naft

8 February 2013 25	Sepahan	3–0	Sanat Naft	Fooladshahr
15:30 UTC+03:30	Jahan Alian 21' Navidkia 43' Navidkia 53' Ebrahimi	Report	Moshkelpour Barzaei	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hassan Zargar

Rah Ahan v Sepahan

12 February 2013 20	Rah Ahan	0–1	Sepahan	Tehran
15:30 UTC+03:30	Kafshgari Shiri Karimi	Report	Sukaj 81' Susak Ahmadi Bulku Irannejad	Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh

Persepolis v Sepahan

17 February 2013 26	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30	Norouzi 92' Naghizadeh Pouladi	Report	Talebi Sukaj Ebrahimi Gordan Susak	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Sepahan v Malavan

21 February 2013 27	Sepahan	3–1	Malavan	Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30	Hajsafi 26' Jamshidian 76' Ebrahimi 83'	Report	Heidari 89'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Gahar v Sepahan

4 March 2013 28	Gahar	1–4	Sepahan	Dorood
15:30 UTC+03:30	Nikkar 92' Torkashvand Khorsandnia	Report	Sukaj 9' Khalatbari 45' Talebi 49' Jamshidian 71' Ebrahimi	Stadium: Dorood Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Assadi

Sepahan v Saba

8 March 2013 29	Sepahan	2–0	Saba	Fooladshahr
16:00 UTC+03:30	Jahan Alian 24' Sukaj 73' Ahmadi	Report	Kashi Eslami Rezaïan	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Tractor Sazi v Sepahan

18 March 2013 30	Tractor Sazi	1–3	Sepahan	Tabriz
15:30 UTC+03:30	Soares 86' Nosrati Karimian	Report	Khalatbari 15' Talebi 28' Navidkia 53' Susak	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Sepahan v Naft Tehran

6 April 2013 31	Sepahan	3–1	Naft Tehran	Fooladshahr
17:30 UTC+03:30	Bulku 12' Khalatbari 45' Ebrahimi 89' (pen.) Bulku	Report	Manouchehri 53' Hamdinejad Kamel	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Esteghlal v Sepahan

15 April 2013 32	Esteghlal	1–1	Sepahan	Tehran
19:00 UTC+03:30	Irannejad 93' (o.g.) Sadeghi Mousavi	Report	Navidkia 66' Khalatbari Talebi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh

Damash v Sepahan

19 April 2013 33	Damash	2–1	Sepahan	Rasht
17:30 UTC+03:30	Hajati 21' Motevaselzadeh 40' Kébé Mokhtari	Report	Khalatbari 93' Ebrahimi Hajsafi Bulku	Stadium: Shahid Dr. Azodi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Touraj Haghverdi

Sepahan v Aluminium

10 May 2013 34	Sepahan	2–2	Aluminium	Fooladshahr
18:00 UTC+03:30	Khalatbari 28', 55' (pen.) Hajsafi	Report	Meydavoudi 18' Shokouh Magham 41' Roshangar Abarghouei	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 6000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Sepahan v Foolad

13 December 2012 1/16	Sepahan	2–1	Foolad	Fooladshahr
16:15 UTC+03:30	Gholami 9' Khalatbari 85'	Report	Pereira 60' Khaledi	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Mes Rafsanjan v Sepahan

20 December 2012 1/8	Mes Rafsanjan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Sepahan	Rafsanjan
14:00 UTC+03:30	Kavianifar Abedi Mahmoudi Jafari	Report	Sukaj 109' Ahmadi Sadeghi	Stadium: Takhti Rafsanjan Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Seyed Mehdi Seyed-Ali

Sepahan v Sanat Naft

9 January 2013 1/4	Sepahan	2–0	Sanat Naft	Fooladshahr
14:30 UTC+03:30	Bulku 27' Talebi 61'	Report	Ramezani Navidkia	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal v Sepahan

30 March 2013 1/2	Esteghlal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sepahan	Tehran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Hatami 64' Borhani Majidi Nekounam Heidari	Report	Khalatbari 42' Bulku Talebi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Jabbari Samuel Mohammad-Rezaei Sadeghi Nekounam Rahmati Hatami		Bulku Ebrahimi Khalatbari Hajsafi Jamshidian Irannejad Susak

Persepolis v Sepahan

5 May 2013 Final	Persepolis	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Sepahan	Tehran
18:00 UTC+03:30	Ansarifard 24' Nouri 99' Haghighi Nouri Mahini	Report	Sukaj 59' Gholami 106' Khalatbari Ebrahimi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 97,452 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Norouzi Mahini Haghighi Naghizadeh		Bulku Khalatbari Ebrahimi Hajsafi

AFC Champions League 2012

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League

Quarter-finals

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Sepahan v Al-Ahli

19 September 2012 1st Leg	Sepahan	0–0	Al-Ahli	Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+04:30	Navidkia	Report	Al-Musa Bakshwin	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 9,280 Referee: Liu Kwok Man

Al-Ahli v Sepahan

2 October 2012 2nd Leg	Al-Ahli	4–1	Sepahan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+03:00	Simões 30' (pen.) Al Hosni 35' Al Hosni 45' Jaizawi 70' Jaizawi Al-Khames	Report	Talebi 37' Ebrahimi Mohammadi	Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Attendance: 16,838 Referee: Peter Green

AFC Champions League 2013

Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League

Group stage

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Sepahan v Al-Nasr

27 February 2013 Match day 1	Sepahan	3–0	Al-Nasr	Fooladshahr, Iran
19:30 UTC+03:30	Sukaj 22' Sukaj 81' Ebrahimi 87'	Report		Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Al-Gharafa v Sepahan

13 March 2013 Match day 2	Al-Gharafa	3–1	Sepahan	Doha, Qatar
18:15 UTC+03:00	Cisse 16' Cisse 58' Siddiq 92' Burhan Quaye Nenê Al-Shammari	Report	Ahmadi 13' Ahmadi Hajsafi	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Attendance: 5,685 Referee: Lee Min Hu

Sepahan v Al-Ahli

2 April 2013 Match day 3	Sepahan	2–4	Al-Ahli	Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+03:30	Sukaj 3' Talebi 86' Talebi Khalatbari Papi	Report	Simões 23' César 39' Al Hosni 46' Simões 65' Simões	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 9,124 Referee: Vladisilav Tseytlin

Al-Ahli v Sepahan

10 April 2013 Match day 4	Al-Ahli	4–1	Sepahan	Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Al-Bassas 44' Al-Bassas 62' César 68' (pen.) Al-Khames 90+1' Palomino César	Report	Đalović 82' Gholami Susak Irannejad Jafari	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 11,158 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Al-Nasr v Sepahan

23 April 2013 Match day 5	Al-Nasr	1–2	Sepahan	Dubai, UAE
20:00 UTC+3	Muhammed 71' Mascara	Report	Đalović 29' Gholami 79'	Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Abdullah M. Al-hilali

Sepahan v Al-Gharafa

30 April 2013 Match day 6	Sepahan	3–1	Al-Gharafa	Fooladshahr, Iran
20:30 UTC+3:30	Jahan Alian 11' Gholami 48' Khalatbari 55'	Report	Siddiq 44'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Friendly Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Sepahan v Neftchi Baku

26 June 2012 1	Sepahan	0–1	Neftchi Baku	Bolu, Turkey
18:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Flavinho 33'

Sepahan v Volga

28 June 2012 2	Sepahan	1–1	Volga	Bolu, Turkey
18:30 UTC+02:00	Sukaj 36'	Report	Sapogov 87 p.'

Sepahan v CSKA Sofia

1 July 2012 3	Sepahan	0–3	CSKA Sofia	Kızılcahamam, Turkey
16:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Coda 46' Yanev 51' Mendes 84'

Sepahan v Viitorul Constanța

4 July 2012 4	Sepahan	0–0	Viitorul Constanța	Kızılcahamam, Turkey
19:00 UTC+02:00		Report

Sepahan v Naft Tehran

12 July 2012 5	Sepahan	0–1	Naft Tehran	Isfahan, Iran
19:00 UTC+03:30		Report	Mahdavi 27'	Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium Attendance: 2000

Sepahan v Iran U-20

16 July 2012 6	Sepahan	2–4	Iran U-20	Isfahan, Iran
19:00 UTC+03:30	Irannejad 50' Sharifi 56'	Report	Azmoun 22', 44' Fazeli 39' Pahlevan 42'	Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium Attendance: 1500

Sepahan v Sang Ahan Bafq

26 August 2012 7	Sepahan	2–0	Sang Ahan Bafq	Isfahan, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Sukaj 26' Sharifi 80'	Report		Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium Attendance: 500

Sepahan v Al Jahra

5 September 2012 8	Sepahan	2–1	Al Jahra	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+03:00	Sukaj 34' Ebrahimi 65'	Report	Ghemlas 80'	Stadium: Za'abeel Stadium

Sepahan v Sepahan U-23

10 September 2012 9	Sepahan	3–2	Sepahan U-23	Isfahan, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Papi 23' Sukaj 55' Đalović 76'	Report	Maftoolkar 40', 82'	Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium Attendance: 200

Rah Ahan v Sepahan

9 October 2012 10	Rah Ahan	1–1	Sepahan	Tehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+03:30	Razaghirad 12'	Report	Jahan Alian 38'	Stadium: Ekbatan Stadium Attendance: 500

Sepahan v Sepahan U-23

9 November 2012 11	Sepahan	3–0	Sepahan U-23	Isfahan, Iran
16:00 UTC+03:30	Papi 25' Jahan Alian 37' Navidkia 71'	Report		Stadium: Jaroukan Stadium Attendance: 300

Sepahan v Zob Ahan

12 November 2012 12	Sepahan	2–4	Zob Ahan	Isfahan, Iran
15:00 UTC+03:30	Talebi 36' Sharifi 71'	Report	Farhadi 27', 76' Barani 65' Sadeghian 87'	Stadium: Bagh-e Ferdows Stadium Attendance: 600

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 11 May 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup		2012 ACL		2013 ACL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRN	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	15	0	11+0+0	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+1	0	1+0+0	0
2	DF	IRN	Hassan Ashjari	17	0	12+3+0	0	0+0+0	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
3	DF	IRN	Farshid Talebi	40	6	27+2+0	3	4+0+0	1	2+0+0	1	4+1+0	1
4	MF	IRN	Moharram Navidkia	39	8	16+12+1	8	0+5+0	0	1+1+0	0	1+0+2	0
5	DF	IRN	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	40	1	23+2+3	0	4+0+1	0	2+0+0	0	5+0+0	1
6	DF	IRN	Hadi Tamini	10	2	9+0+1	2	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
6	DF	AUS	Milan Susak	18	0	8+2+1	0	3+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	4+0+0	0
7	MF	IRN	Milad Zeneyedpour	6	0	0+4+2	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
8	FW	IRN	Mohammad Gholami	35	4	3+5+17	0	1+2+1	2	0+0+1	0	2+0+3	2
9	MF	IRN	Mehdi Jafarpour	18	0	5+4+5	0	1+0+0	0	1+1+0	0	0+1+0	0
10	MF	IRN	Hossein Papi	33	0	11+6+5	0	3+1+1	0	0+0+0	0	3+0+3	0
11	DF	IRN	Mohsen Irannejad	24	0	2+1+12	0	2+1+1	0	0+0+0	0	2+0+3	0
12	MF	IRN	Ali Karimi	1	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+1	0
14	FW	ALB	Xhevahir Sukaj	44	16	3+11+18	11	0+2+3	2	0+0+2	0	3+1+1	3
15	MF	IRN	Omid Ebrahimi	44	9	30+2+0	8	4+0+0	0	1+1+0	0	5+1+0	1
17	DF	IRN	Abolhassan Jafari	31	0	16+5+3	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	3+1+1	0
18	DF	IRN	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	2	0	1+0+1	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
20	MF	IRN	Ahmad Jamshidian	29	3	2+5+14	3	0+1+2	0	0+0+2	0	0+3+0	0
21	FW	MNE	Radomir Đalović	33	6	7+10+9	4	0+0+2	0	0+2+0	0	3+0+0	2
22	GK	IRN	Reza Mohamadi	8	0	6+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
23	MF	IRN	Amin Jahan Alian	27	4	3+12+3	3	0+2+2	0	0+0+0	0	2+2+1	1
24	MF	IRN	Akbar Imani	2	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+1	0	0+0+0	0	0+1+0	0
25	FW	IRN	Mehdi Sharifi	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
26	FW	IRN	Ali Choupani	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
27	GK	IRN	Mehdi Amini	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
28	DF	IRN	Ehsan Hajsafi	24	2	15+1+0	2	1+1+1	0	0+0+0	0	2+2+1	0
30	GK	IRN	Mohammad Nasseri	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
32	MF	IRN	Hamid Reza Kazemi	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
33	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	45	16	22+10+0	13	5+0+0	2	1+1+0	0	3+2+1	1
35	GK	IRN	Shahab Gordan	25	0	17+0+0	0	3+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	5+0+0	0
36	GK	IRN	Mohammad Mahmoudvand	0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0	0+0+0	0
38	DF	ALB	Ervin Bulku	31	2	19+1+1	1	5+0+0	1	2+0+0	0	1+2+0	0
40	MF	IRN	Adel Kolahkaj	10	1	7+1+0	1	0+0+0	0	2+0+0	0	0+0+0	0

Apps: x+y+z, where x means full match (90-minute) appearance, y means match starting appearance and then exchanged, z means appearance as the exchange player in the middle of the match.

Goal scorers

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

Last updated on 11 May 2013

No.	Pos.	Name	Iran Pro League	Hazfi Cup	2012 ACL	2013 ACL	Total
33	FW	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	13	2	0	1	16
14	FW	Xhevahir Sukaj	11	2	0	3	16
15	MF	Omid Ebrahimi	8	0	0	1	9
4	MF	Moharram Navidkia	8	0	0	0	8
21	FW	Radomir Đalović	4	0	0	2	6
3	DF	Farshid Talebi	3	1	1	1	6
23	MF	Amin Jahan Alian	3	0	0	1	4
8	FW	Mohammad Gholami	0	2	0	2	4
20	MF	Ahmad Jamshidian	3	0	0	0	3
6	DF	Hadi Tamini	2	0	0	0	2
28	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	2	0	0	0	2
38	DF	Ervin Bulku	1	1	0	0	2
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj	1	0	0	0	1
5	DF	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	0	0	0	1	1
Own goal			1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS			60	8	1	12	81

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

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 11 May 2013

			Iran Pro League			Hazfi Cup			2012 ACL			2013 ACL			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
33	FW	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0
5	DF	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
15	MF	Omid Ebrahimi	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	DF	Farshid Talebi	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	2
38	DF	Ervin Bulku	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
17	DF	Abolhassan Jafari	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1
21	FW	Radomir Đalović	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	FW	Xhevahir Sukaj	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	DF	Milan Susak	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
28	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
6	DF	Hadi Tamini	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	MF	Mehdi Jafarpour	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF	Moharram Navidkia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	DF	Mohsen Irannejad	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF	Hassan Ashjari	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF	Milad Zeneyedpour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Amin Jahan Alian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
35	GK	Shahab Gordan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	GK	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	FW	Mohammad Gholami	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF	Hossein Papi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF	Hossein Moradmand	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK	Reza Mohamadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTALS			58	5	3	6	0	1	2	0	1	9	0	0	75	5	5

Goals conceded

Last updated on 11 May 2013

			Iran Pro League		Hazfi Cup		2012 ACL		2013 ACL		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Apps.	G. cond.	Clean Sheets
1	GK	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	11	10	2	1	1	4	1	1	15	16	4
22	GK	Reza Mohamadi	6	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	8	4
35	GK	Shahab Gordan	17	15	3	3	0	0	5	12	25	30	8
TOTALS			34	33	5	4	2	4	6	13	47	54	16

Own goals

Last updated on 11 May 2013

No.	Pos.	Name	Iran Pro League	Hazfi Cup	2012 ACL	2013 ACL	Total
2	DF	Hassan Ashjari	1	0	0	0	1
11	DF	Mohsen Irannejad	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS			2	0	0	0	2

Total minutes played

Last updated on 11 May 2013

No.	Pos.	Name	Iran Pro League	Hazfi Cup	2012 ACL	2013 ACL	Total
15	MF	Omid Ebrahimi	2840	450	152	526	3968
33	FW	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	2691	540	119	479	3829
5	DF	Mohammad Ali Ahmadi	2284	512	180	450	3426
3	DF	Farshid Talebi	2470	326	180	401	3377
4	MF	Moharram Navidkia	2344	453	176	159	3132
38	DF	Ervin Bulku	1764	540	180	236	2720
17	DF	Abolhassan Jafari	1850	210	0	401	2461
10	MF	Hossein Papi	1533	460	0	354	2347
14	FW	Xhevahir Sukaj	1654	252	63	353	2322
35	GK	Shahab Gordan	1530	330	0	450	2310
21	FW	Radomir Đalović	1383	107	135	270	1905
28	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	1351	223	0	297	1871
23	MF	Amin Jahan Alian	1060	142	0	312	1514
8	FW	Mohammad Gholami	1003	256	7	236	1502
2	DF	Hassan Ashjari	1305	0	180	0	1485
6	DF	Milan Susak	786	330	0	360	1476
1	GK	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	990	210	64	90	1354
20	MF	Ahmad Jamshidian	944	104	67	183	1298
11	DF	Mohsen Irannejad	557	353	0	299	1209
9	MF	Mehdi Jafarpour	904	90	203	0	1197
40	MF	Adel Kolahkaj	700	0	180	0	880
6	DF	Hadi Tamini	829	0	0	0	829
22	GK	Reza Mohamadi	540	0	117	0	657
7	MF	Milad Zeneyedpour	247	0	0	0	247
18	DF	Hossein Moradmand	145	0	0	0	145
24	MF	Akbar Imani	0	1	0	45	46
12	MF	Ali Karimi	0	0	0	17	17
TOTALS			32763	5883	1935	5986	46573

Overall statistics

Last updated on 11 May 2013

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	47	23	24	0
Games won	27	15	12	0
Games drawn	8	3	5	0
Games lost	12	5	7	0
Biggest win	4–0	3–0	4–0	0
Biggest loss	4-1	4-1	4-1	0
Biggest win (League)	4–0	3–0	4-0	0
Biggest win (Cup)	2-0	2-0	1-0	0
Biggest win (Asia)	3-0	3-0	2-1	0
Biggest loss (League)	4-1	4-1	1-0	0
Biggest loss (Cup)	-	-	-	-
Biggest loss (Asia)	4-1	4-2	4-1	0
Clean sheets	16	10	6	0
Goals scored	81	43	38	0
Goals conceded	54	24	30	0
Goal difference	+27	+19	+8	0
Average GF per game	1.72	1.87	1.58	0
Average GA per game	1.15	1.04	1.25	0
Points	89	48	41	0
Winning rate	57%	65%	50%	0
Most appearances	45	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Most minutes played	3968	Omid Ebrahimi
Top scorer	16	Khalatbari / Sukaj
Top assister	21	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Zlatko Kranjčar
Assistant coach	Mahmoud Karimi
Fitness trainer	Benjamin Kugel
Goalkeepers coach	Tonči Merdolias
Analyzer	Masoud Palizdar
Doctor	Mohammad Rashadi
Assistant doctor	Asghar Shirkosh
Football Academy Manager	Reza Fatahi
Reserves team head coach	Mohammad Yavari
Team manager	Rasoul Khorvash

Other personnel

President	Alireza Rahimi
Vice President	Mohammad Reza Saket

Updated to match played 30 August 2012
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Fooladshahr Stadium (31,439 / 110x75m)
Training ground	Jaroukan Stadium

See also

• 2012 AFC Champions League
• 2013 AFC Champions League
• 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2012–13 Hazfi Cup