2003–04 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis

2003–04 season
Chairman	Akbar Ghamkhar
Manager	Vingo Begovic
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	5th
Hazfi Cup	1/8
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Daei (16 goals) All: Ali Daei (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 (16 October 2003 against Esteghlal)
Home colours Away colours
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the Persepolis's 3rd season in the Pro League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also be competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

First team squad

As of October 2003. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Saša Ilić 2 DF Mohammad Barzegar 3 DF Hassan Khanmohammadi 4 DF Yahya Golmohammadi 5 DF Afshin Peyrovani (captain) 6 MF Karim Bagheri 8 MF Hamed Kavianpour 9 FW Javad Kazemian 10 FW Ali Daei 11 MF Mehrdad Minavand 12 MF Aref Mohammadvand 13 FW Issa Traore 14 MF Reza Jabbari 15 DF Mojtaba Shiri

No. Position Player 17 FW Sohrab Entezari 18 FW Meghdad Ghobakhlou 19 DF Pejman Jamshidi 20 DF Younes Bahonar 21 MF Ebrahim Asadi 22 GK Mohammad Mohammadi 23 DF Alireza Emamifar 24 FW Ali Salmani 25 MF Hamid Estili 26 FW Mehrdad Oladi 30 GK Farshid Karimi DF Ali Nikkhou DF Sheys Rezaei FW Behnam Afsheh

Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Saša Ilić	33	Dynamo St. Petersburg	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
	LB	Ali Nikkhou	25	Aboumoslem	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
8	CM	Hamed Kavianpour	23	Al Wasl	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
23	LB	Alireza Emamifar	29	Charleroi	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
9	RW	Javad Kazemian	22	Saipa	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
13	RW	Issa Traore	23	Pyunik	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
10	CF	Ali Daei	33	Al Shabab	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
	CB	Sheys Rezaei	19	Saipa	–	Free Transfer	Summer
26	SS	Mehrdad Oladi	18	Persepolis Qaemshahr	–	Free Transfer	Summer
18	CF	Meghdad Ghobakhlou	21	Persepolis Academy	–	Promoted	Summer
	CF	Christopher Wreh	28	St. Mirren	–	Free Transfer	Summer
	RW	Behnam Afsheh	21	Persepolis Academy	–	Promoted	Winter

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Davoud Fanaei	27	Azarbayejan	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
20	CB	Behrouz Rahbarifar	32	Pas	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
18	CF	Behnam Abolghasempour	30	Pas	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
19	CF	Payan Rafat	33	Saba Battery	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
16	LB	Reza Shahroudi	31	Pasargad	–	Free Transfer	Summer	[1]
24	CF	Ali Lashgari		Released		Contract termination	Summer	[1]
8	CB	Ali Ansarian	26	Saipa	–	Free Transfer	Summer
9	DM	Mehdi Tartar	31	Aboumoslem	–	Free Transfer	Summer
26	RW	Hadi Mahdavikia	24	Released		Contract termination	Summer
11	SS	Amir Hossein Aslanian	25	Released		Contract termination	Winter
	CF	Christopher Wreh	28	Bishop's Stortford	–	Free (Contract termination)	Winter

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Vingo Begovic
Assistant coach	Fereydoun Moeini
Goalkeeping coach	Fakhroddin Begovićć
Doctor	Dr Farid Zarineh
Team Manager	Ebrahim Ashtiani

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran Pro League	7001260000000000000♠26	7001100000000000000♠10	7000900000000000000♠9	7000700000000000000♠7	7001420000000000000♠42	7001280000000000000♠28	+14	7001384600000000000♠38.46
Hazfi Cup	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7000700000000000000♠7	7000700000000000000♠7	+0	7001250000000000000♠25.00
Total	7001300000000000000♠30	7001110000000000000♠11	7000900000000000000♠9	7001100000000000000♠10	7001490000000000000♠49	7001350000000000000♠35	+14	7001366700000000000♠36.67

Iran Pro League

Standings

Competitions

Iran Pro League

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Round Date	Home	Score	Away	Location

1 29 August 2003 (2003-08-29)	Persepolis	8 – 2	Pegah	Tehran
	A. Salmani  15' A. Daei  38', 71' (pen.), 85', 90' A. Peyrovani  56' J. Kazemian  61', 78'		F. Kojoeian  18' P. Nouri  67' A. Ashourizad  68', 69'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000

2 8 September 2003 (2003-09-08)	Aboumoslem	0 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
			R. Jabbari  9' M. Barzegar S. Ilić	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

3 13 September 2003 (2003-09-13)	Persepolis	5 – 2	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	R. Jabbari  31' A. Daei  66', 69' J. Kazemian  82' K. Bagheri  90'		M. Madanchi  27' S. Shirmardi  87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000

4 18 September 2003 (2003-09-18)	Paykan	2 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	41' M. Tahmasebi  45'		K. Bagheri  62'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 45,000

5 30 September 2003 (2003-09-30)	Persepolis	3 – 3	Sepahan	Tehran
	R. Jabbari  23' A. Salmani  52' I. Traore  73' Y. Bahonar		A. Talebnasab  37' E. Bezik  40', 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

6 6 October 2003 (2003-10-06)	Esteghlal Ahvaz	1 – 1	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	D. Haghi  33'		J. Kazemian  70'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Masoud Moradi

7 16 October 2003 (2003-10-16)	Persepolis	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tehran
	I. Traore  70'		A. Samereh  9' M. Navazi  43' M. Fekri  56'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Manuel Costa

8 23 October 2003 (2003-10-23)	Pas	2 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	J. Nekounam  65' A. Aghaei  80' B. Rahbarifar  85' (pen.) B. Abolghasempour F. Rabikhah A. Janmaleki A. Borhani		A. Mohammadvand  65' A. Daei  90+2' (pen.) R. Jabbari S. Ilić	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000

9 7 November 2003 (2003-11-07)	Persepolis	4 – 0	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
	S. Entezari  17', 75' A. Daei  61', 67'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

10 23 November 2003 (2003-11-23)	Shamoushak	0 – 1	Persepolis	Noshahr
			A. Daei  67'

11 30 November 2003 (2003-11-30)	Persepolis	2 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
	S. Entezari  15' A. Daei  39'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

12 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07)	Zob Ahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
	E. Taghipour  29' J. Omidian M. Rajabzadeh			Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

13 11 December 2003 (2003-12-11)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
	A. Daei  67'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000

14 18 December 2003 (2003-12-18)	Pegah	0 – 0	Persepolis	Rasht
				Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium

15 25 December 2003 (2003-12-25)	Persepolis	0 – 0	Aboumoslem	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

16 6 January 2004 (2004-01-06)	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 1	Persepolis	Shiraz
	V. Moradi  46'		A. Salmani  18'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

17 12 January 2004 (2004-01-12)	Persepolis	0 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

18 16 January 2004 (2004-01-16)	Sepahan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Isfahan
	M. Karimi  46'		A. Peyrovani  54' P. Jamshidi  89'	Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ali Khosravi

19 22 January 2004 (2004-01-22)	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

20 2 February 2004 (2004-02-02)	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	D. Seyed Abbasi  3' A. Nikbakht		H. Kavianpour  19' Y. Bahonar P. Jamshidi H. Khanmohammadi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Mustafa Çulcu

21 26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)	Persepolis	3 – 4	Pas	Tehran
	H. Shakouri  45' (o.g.) I. Traore  82' A. Daei  84'		J. Nekounam  3', 67' A. Borhani  59' Kh. Azizi  87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

22 9 March 2004 (2004-03-09)	Bargh Shiraz	0 – 0	Persepolis	Shiraz
				Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

23 4 April 2004 (2004-04-04)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Shamoushak	Tehran
	A. Daei  27' (pen.), 87'		A. Shokati  29'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

24 9 April 2004 (2004-04-09)	Saipa	3 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	E. Sadeghi  21', 34'  83'		A. Daei  36'  83' K. Bagheri  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Jalal Moradi

25 23 April 2004 (2004-04-23)	Persepolis	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	K. Bagheri 22' H. Khanmohammadi  45+3' S. Entezari  62'		M. Rajabzadeh  16' (pen.) A. Petrosian  21' F. Bahadorani B. Tahmasebi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam

26 3 May 2004 (2004-05-03)	Foolad	1 – 0	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	A. Mousavi  65'			Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Hazfi Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Round Date	Home	Score	Away	Location

1/16 22 April 2004 (2004-04-22)	Persepolis	3 – 0	Payam	Tehran
	A. Daei  2' Y. Golmohammadi  15' A. Salmani  70'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

1/16	Payam	3 – 2	Persepolis	Mashhad
	R. Bigdeli H. Bargizar		J. Kazemian S. Entezari	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis 5–3 Payam on aggregate.

1/8 25 May 2004 (2004-05-25)	Persepolis	0 – 1	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
	M. Minavand  81'		M. Ahmadi  41'  81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rahim Rahimi Moghadam

1/8	Esteghlal Ahvaz	3 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	A. Khalife Asl M. Shiri		J. Kazemian M. Ghobakhlou	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Esteghlal Ahvaz 4–2 Persepolis on aggregate.

Scorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
10	CF		Ali Daei	16	1	17
9	RW		Javad Kazemian	4	2	6
17	CF		Sohrab Entezari	4	1	5
24	RW		Ali Salmani	3	1	4
6	DM		Karim Bagheri	3	0	3
13	CF		Issa Traore	3	0	3
14	AM		Reza Jabbari	3	0	3
5	CB		Afshin Peyrovani	2	0	2
3	RB		Hassan Khanmohammadi	1	0	1
4	CB		Yahya Golmohammadi	0	1	1
8	CM		Hamed Kavianpour	1	0	1
19	RB		Pejman Jamshidi	1	0	1
18	CF		Meghdad Ghobakhlou	0	1	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Totals				42	7	49

See also

• 2003–04 Iran Pro League
• 2003–04 Hazfi Cup

References

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• RSSSF

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