2016–17 Sepahan F.C. season

Sepahan
2016–17 season
ChairmanMohsen Taheri
ManagerCroatia Zlatko Kranjčar
Iran Abdollah Veisi
StadiumFoolad Shahr Stadium
Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
16th Persian Gulf5st
30th Hazfi CupSemi-Final
Top goalscorerEhsan Hajsafi
Highest home attendance40,000
Sepahan-Esteghlal
(Pro League, 25 DEC 2016)
Lowest home attendance900
Sepahan-Siah Jamegan
(Pro League, 21 OCT 2016)
Average home league attendance8,000

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Lee Oliveira
3 DF Iran IRN Shoja' Khalilzadeh
5 DF Mali MLI Moussa Coulibaly
6 MF Iran IRN Milad SarlakU23
7 DF Iran IRN Hossein Papi (Captain)
8 MF Iran IRN Rasoul Navidkia
9 MF Iran IRN Farid Karimi
10 FW Iran IRN Taleb Reykani
12 FW Iran IRN Reza Dehghani U21
14 FW Iran IRN Masoud Hassanzadeh
15 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Alimoradi
17 MF Iran IRN Jalaleddin Alimohammadi
18 MF Iran IRN Naser Ghalavand
19 MF Iran IRN Saber Didehvar
20 FW Iran IRN Masoud Kazemini
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Iran IRN Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati
22 GK Iran IRN Farid Nejat
23 MF Iran IRN Mehrdad Mohammadi
26 DF Iran IRN Ali Ahmadi
27 GK Iran IRN Mehdi AminiU23
28 DF Iran IRN Ehsan Hajisafi (Captain)
33 DF Iran IRN Armin Sohrabian
37 MF Iran IRN Hossein Fazeli
39 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Roshandel
47 DF Iran IRN Hadi Aghili
55 DF Iran IRN Aref Gholami U21
70 MF Iran IRN Hamed Bahiraei U21
77 DF Iran IRN Reza Mirzaei U21
80 MF Uzbekistan UZB Server Djeparov
88 DF Iran IRN Jalal Abdi
  • [U21 = Under 21 year player | U23 = Under 23 year player| U25 = Under 25 year player]

Current managerial staff

Position Name
Manager Iran Abdollah Veisi (end of 17 march 2017)
Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar
First team coach Iran Karim Ghanbari
Assistant coach Iran Mahmoud Karimi
Goalkeepers coach Croatia Tonci Mrduljas
Fitness trainer Brazil Rafael Fogageiro
Doctor Iran Mohammad Rashadi
Doctor assistant Iran Asghar Majidikia
Physiotherapist Iran Hamid Sedighi
Masseurs Iran Ali Mousavi
Administrative manager Iran Reza Fatahi
Executive manager Iran Reza Fatahi

Matches

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
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 35 16 9 10 47 36 +11 045.71

Last updated: 31 August 2018 (2018-08-31).
Source: Competitions

Pro league

Main article: 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

League table

Pos Team
 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
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[1]

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
30 14 9 7 41 31  +10 51 8 4 3 23 16  +7 6 5 4 18 15  +3

Last updated: 31 August 2018.
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLWWLDWLLWDDLWWDDWDDLLLWDWDWWWL
Position156246349667108887455691087555545
Source: flashscores.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

  1. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2016.