2001–02 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2001–02 season
ChairmanAli Mirzaei
ManagerAli Parvin
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Iran Pro League1st (champions)
Hazfi CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Sohrab Entezari (9 goals)
All: Sohrab Entezari (10 goals)
Highest home attendance(9 May 2002 against Esteghlal)

The 2001–02 season was Persepolis's first season in the Pro League and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

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 Davoud Fanaei
2 DF  IRN Mohammad Barzegar
3 DF  IRN Hassan Khanmohammadi
4 DF  IRN Younes Bahonar
5 DF  IRN Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
7 MF  IRN Hamid Estili
8 DF  IRN Ali Ansarian
9 MF  IRN Mehdi Tartar
10 MF  IRN Hamed Kavianpour
11 FW  IRN Amirhossein Aslanian
12 DF  IRN Reza Shahroudi (Vice captain)
14 MF  IRN Reza Jabbari
15 MF  IRN Esmaeil Halali
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  IRN Sohrab Entezari
17 MF  IRN Pejman Jamshidi
18 FW  IRN Behnam Abolghasempour
20 DF  IRN Behrouz Rahbarifard (3rd captain)
21 MF  IRN Ebrahim Asadi
22 GK  IRN Mohammadreza Jounakizadeh
23 FW  IRN Laith Nobari
24 FW  IRN Ali Lashgari
28 FW  IRN Ehsan Khorsandi
30 GK  IRN Farshid Karimi
33 GK  IRN Mohammad Mohammadi
77 MF  IRN Javad Razzaghi

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Ali Parvin
Assistant coach Nasser Ebrahimi
Physical fitness trainer Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach Vahid Ghelich
Doctor Dr. Farid Zarineh
Team Manager Mahmoud Khordbin

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
2001–02 Iran Pro League Winners November 4, 2001 May 28, 2002
2001–02 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Quarterfinals April 9, 2002

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 26 13 10 3 36 23 +13 49 Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Esteghlal 26 13 9 4 38 21 +17 48 Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification
3 Foolad 26 12 9 5 32 23 +9 45
4 Pas 26 10 13 3 39 24 +15 43
5 Aboumoslem 26 11 7 8 40 31 +9 40
Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[1]
(C) Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

4 November 2001 (2001-11-04) 1 Persepolis 1 – 1 Foolad Tehran
Jabbari 86' Seraj 20' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 November 2001 (2001-11-19) 2 Tractor Sazi 0 – 1 Persepolis Tabriz
Jabbari 85' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
23 November 2001 (2001-11-23) 3 Sepahan 0 – 0 Persepolis Isfahan
Stadium: 22 Bahman
27 November 2001 (2001-11-27) 4 Persepolis 3 – 2 Aboomoslem Tehran
Entezari
Nobari
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
10 December 2001 (2001-12-10) 5 Paykan 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
Modir Roosta 32' (pen.) Abolghasempour 35'
Aslanian 83'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
17 December 2001 (2001-12-17) 6 Persepolis 2 – 1 Malavan Tehran
Entezari 25' 60' Gholami 90' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
27 December 2001 (2001-12-27) 7 Bargh Shiraz 0 – 0 Persepolis Shiraz
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
3 January 2002 (2002-01-03) 8 Persepolis 1 – 3 PAS Tehran
Halali 2' Khatibi 7' 33'
Nekounam 27'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
18 January 2002 (2002-01-18) 9 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
Navazi 38' (pen.) Jabbari 25'
Ansarian  ?'  87'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
25 January 2002 (2002-01-25) 10 Persepolis 3 – 0 Zob Ahan Tehran
Kavianpour 3'
Taghipour 41' (o.g.)
Nobari 88'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
31 January 2002 (2002-01-31) 11 Esteghlal Rasht 1 – 3 Persepolis Rasht
Feyzi Moghaddam 35' Rahbarifar 17'
Jabbari 23' 32'
Stadium: Azodi Stadium
15 February 2002 (2002-02-15) 12 Persepolis 1 – 1 Saipa Tehran
Ansarian 73' (pen.) Momeni 68' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
21 February 2002 (2002-02-21) 13 Fajr Sepasi 1 – 0 Persepolis Shiraz
Tahmasebi 2' Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
8 March 2002 (2002-03-08) 14 Foolad 1 – 2 Persepolis Ahvaz
Shirmardi 75' Entezari 47' 90' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
12 March 2002 (2002-03-12) 15 Persepolis 2 – 1 Tractor Sazi Tehran
Halali 10'
Entezari 85'
Aliyari 70' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
17 March 2002 (2002-03-17) 16 Persepolis 3 – 2 Sepahan Tehran
Rahbarifar 23' (pen.)
Aslanian 86'
Abolghasempour 90+3'
Stepanyan 46'
Hajipour 64'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
16 April 2002 (2002-04-16) 17 Aboomoslem 1 – 1 Persepolis Mashhad
Feyz Karimlou 13' Peyrovani 45' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
21 April 2002 (2002-04-21) 18 Persepolis 1 – 0 Paykan Tehran
Rahbarifar 64' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
26 April 2002 (2002-04-26) 19 Malavan 1 – 1 Persepolis Anzali
Nouri 71' Khanmohammadi 31' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
30 April 2002 (2002-04-30) 20 Persepolis 0 – 1 Bargh Shiraz Tehran
Sasani 46' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
4 May 2002 (2002-05-04) 21 PAS 0 – 0 Persepolis Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 May 2002 (2002-05-09) 22 Persepolis 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht  86' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
14 May 2002 (2002-05-14) 23 Zob Ahan 1 – 1 Persepolis Fooladshahr
Azizzadeh 31' Entezari 12' Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium
19 May 2002 (2002-05-19) 24 Persepolis 2 – 1 Esteghlal Rasht Tehran
Barzegar 51'
Entezari 73'
Bayat 86' (pen.) Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 May 2002 (2002-05-23) 25 Saipa 2 – 4 Persepolis Tehran
Kazemian 40'
Soltani 50'
Ansarian 30' (pen.) 75'
Aslanian 32' 83'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
28 May 2002 (2002-05-28) 26 Persepolis 1 – 0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Asadi 62' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

3 December 2001 (2001-12-03) Persepolis 3 – 2 Bargh Tehran Tehran
Peyrovani 17'
Entezari 80'
Aslanian 90+5'
Mohtashami 22'
Salmani 33'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16

10 January 2002 (2002-01-10) First leg Persepolis 1 – 1 Aboomoslem Tehran
Ansarian 89' (pen.) Mikaeili 8' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) Second leg Aboomoslem 2 – 2
(3 – 3a agg.)
Persepolis Mashhad
Rajabi 17'
Badamaki 50'
Jabbari 53'
Ansarian 90'
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Note: Persepolis advanced to next round by away goals rule.

Quarterfinals

8 April 2002 (2002-04-08) Paykan 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Persepolis Tehran
Salehpour 95' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: Paykan won the game by golden goal rule.

Scorers

No. Pos Nat Name League Hazfi Cup Total
16 CF Sohrab Entezari 9 1 10
14 AM Reza Jabbari 5 1 6
11 CF Amirhossein Aslanian 4 1 5
8 CB Ali Ansarian 3 2 5
20 CB Behrouz Rahbarifar 3 0 3
23 CF Laith Nobari 2 0 2
18 CF Behnam Abolghasempour 2 0 2
15 CM Esmaeil Halali 2 0 2
5 CB Afshin Peyrovani 1 1 2
10 CM Hamed Kavianpour 1 0 1
3 RB Hassan Khanmohammadi 1 0 1
2 LB Mohammad Barzegar 1 0 1
21 CM Ebrahim Asadi 1 0 1
Other 1 0 1
Totals 36 6 42

References

  1. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.