2025–26 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2025–26 season
ChairmanReza Darvish (until 18 October 2025)
Peyman Haddadi
(from 18 October)
ManagerVahid Hashemian (until 26 October 2025)
Osmar Loss (from 28 October 2025)
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League
Hazfi CupRound of 32

The 2025–26 season is the Persepolis's 25nd season in the Persian Gulf Pro League, and their 43st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. In addition to the domestic league, Persepolis will also participate in this season's Hazfi Cup competitions.

Kits

Home
Away
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3
Goalkeeper 4

Squad

No. Name Age Nationality Position (s) Since App Goals Assist Ends Signed from Transfer fee Notes
1 Payam Niazmand 30 GK 2025 0 0 0 2027 Sepahan Free
22 Amir Reza Rafiei 23 GK 2022 10 0 0 2026 Nassaji Free U-23
68 Mohammad Gandomi 20 GK 2025 0 0 0 2028 Academy Free U-23
Defenders
3 Yaghoub Barage 19 DF 2024 13 1 0 2028 Academy Free U-19
4 Milad Mohammadi 32 DF 2024 35 0 4 2026 Adana Demirspor Free
5 Hossein Abarghouei 29 DF 2025 0 0 0 2028 Kheybar Khorramabad €290,000
6 Hossein Kanaanizadegan 31 DF 2023 136 12 5 2027 Al Ahli Free
8 Morteza Pouraliganji 33 DF 2022 65 2 1 2027 Shenzhen Free
20 Farzin Moamelegari 22 DF 2026 0 0 0 2028 Shams Azar €240,000 U-23
33 Dániel Gera 30 DF 2026 0 0 0 2027 Diósgyőri Free
74 Alireza Homaeifard 19 DF 2024 0 0 0 2028 Academy Free U-21
76 Soheil Sahraei 22 DF 2023 6 0 0 2028 Academy Free U-23
Midfielders
2 Omid Alishah 34 MF 2013 282 25 50 2026 Rah Ahan Free Captain
7 Soroush Rafiei 35 MF 2022 141 8 17 2026 Sepahan Free
10 Milad Sarlak 30 MF 2020 143 6 5 2027 Shahr Khodro Free
14 Alireza Enayatzadeh 21 MF 2023 7 1 0 2028 Academy Free U-21
21 Mohammad Omri 26 MF 2021 53 5 0 2029 Academy Free
34 Amir Hossein Mahmoudi 19 MF 2025 2 1 0 2029 Academy Free U-21
45 Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi 21 MF 2025 0 0 0 2029 Havadar €320,000 U-23
70 Oston Urunov 25 MF 2024 40 12 1 2027 Navbahor Free
77 Mohammad Khodabandelou 26 MF 2024 44 1 2 2028 Mes Rafsanjan €160,000
80 Yasin Salmani 24 MF 2023 19 1 0 2027 Sepahan Free
81 Reza Shekari 27 MF 2025 0 0 0 2027 Sepahan Free
88 Marko Bakić 32 MF 2025 0 0 0 2026 OFI Free
Forwards
9 Ali Alipour 30 FW 2024 252 87 35 2026 Gil Vicente Free
18 Abolfazl Babaei 22 FW 2023 13 0 1 2026 Fajr Sepasi Free U-21
19 Igor Sergeev 32 FW 2026 0 0 0 2028 Pakhtakor Free
23 Thievy Bifouma 33 FW 2025 0 0 0 2027 Esteghlal Khuzestan Free
69 Mohammad Amin Kazemian 29 FW 2025 0 0 0 2028 Aluminium Arak €438,000
Players left the club during the season
11 Farshad Ahmadzadeh 33 MF 2024 146 16 15 2026 Sepahan Free
17 Mojtaba Fakhrian 22 FW 2025 0 0 0 2028 Shams Azar Free U-23
93 Serge Aurier 33 DF 2025 0 0 0 2026

Last updated: 26 January 2026.
Source:

New Contracts

Transfers

In

Row No P Nat. Name Age Moving from Ends Transfer
fee 		Type Transfer
window 		Quota Source's
1 21 MF Mohammad Omri 21 Malavan 2029 free Loan Return Summer
2 MF Mohammad Badpa 21 Chadormalou 2027 free Loan Return Summer
3 23 FW Thievy Bifouma 33 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2027 free Transfer Summer
4 17 FW Mojtaba Fakhrian 22 Shams Azar 2028 free Transfer Summer
5 69 FW Mohammad Amin Kazemian 29 Aluminium Arak 2028 €438,000 Transfer Summer
6 81 MF Reza Shekari 27 Sepahan 2027 free Transfer Summer
7 1 GK Payam Niazmand 30 Sepahan 2027 free Transfer Summer
8 45 MF Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi 21 Havadar 2029 €320,000 Transfer Summer
9 88 MF Marko Bakić 31 OFI 2026 free Transfer Summer
10 5 DF Hossein Abarghouei 29 Kheybar Khorramabad 2028 €290,000 Transfer Summer
11 93 DF Serge Aurier 32 Unattached 2026 free Transfer Summer
12 34 MF Amir Hossein Mahmoudi 19 Academy 2029 free Transfer Summer
13 29 FW Mohammad Hossein Momeni 19 Academy 2029 free Transfer Summer
Winter In
14 19 FW Igor Sergeev 32 Pakhtakor 2027 free Transfer Winter
15 33 DF Dániel Gera 30 Diósgyőri 2027 €200,000 Transfer Winter
16 20 DF Farzin Moamelegari 22 Shams Azar 2028 €240,000 Transfer Winter

Out

Row No P Nat. Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window 		Source
1 21 MF Saeid Sadeghi 31 Foolad free Transfer Summer
2 72 FW Issa Alekasir 35 Malavan free Transfer Summer
3 5 MF Masoud Rigi 34 Fajr Sepasi free Transfer Summer
4 20 DF Ayoub El Amloud 31 Al-Khaldiya free Transfer Summer
5 3 DF Farshad Faraji 31 Tractor free Transfer Summer
6 30 DF Giorgi Gvelesiani 34 Sepahan free Transfer Summer
7 15 MF Samir Hoboobati 19 Aluminium Arak free Transfer Summer
8 44 GK Mehrshad Asadi 23 Pars Jonoubi free Transfer Summer
9 29 FW Alireza Khodadadi 22 Paykan free Transfer Summer
10 MF Mohammad Badpa 21 Shams Azar free Transfer Summer
11 33 DF Erfan Mollapour 22 Shahin Tehran free Transfer Summer
12 90 DF Erfan Shirvani 22 Bargh Shiraz free Transfer Summer
13 67 MF Hossein Hajizadeh 22 Be'sat Kermanshah free Transfer Summer
14 1 GK Alexis Guendouz 29 MC Alger €400,000 Transfer Summer
15 34 MF Benyamin Alipour 18 Gol Gohar free Transfer Summer
16 27 MF Saeid Mehri 27 Tractor free Transfer Summer
17 91 FW Serdar Dursun 33 Kocaelispor free Transfer Summer
18 19 MF Vahid Amiri 37 Foolad free Transfer Summer
Winter Out
19 93 DF Serge Aurier 33 free Transfer Winter
20 11 MF Farshad Ahmadzadeh 33 Foolad free Transfer Winter
21 17 FW Mojtaba Fakhrian 22 Malavan free Loan Winter

Technical staff

Osmar Loss staff

Position Staff
Head coach Osmar Loss
Team Coach Rafael Toledo
First-team coach Karim Bagheri
Assistant coaches Amir Hossein Peiravani
Goalkeeping coach Emilio Álvarez
Assistant Goalkeeping coach Javad Bagheri
Fitness and Athletic Coach Jose Augusto Losada Benítez
Assistant Fitness Coach Saman Eskandari[1]
Analyzers Farzad Habibollahi
Doctor DR Alireza Ghalyayi
Head of the medical committee DR Farid Zarineh[2]
Physiotherapist Ali Aazam Moadi
Team Manager Afshin Peyrovani
Media Officer Mehdi Roozkhosh
Position Staff
Under-23 team coach Mahmoud Ansari
Youth team coach Mehdi Ataloo
Under-17 coach Farzad Ashoubi
Under-14 coach Hassan Khanmohammadi

Pre-season and friendlies

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2025 Friendly Persepolis 2–1 Alanyaspor Erzurum
17:30 Alipour 27'
Bifouma 47'		 Yalçın 38' Stadium: Erzurum Camp
23 July 2025 Friendly Persepolis 0–0 Trabzonspor Erzurum
17:30 Stadium: Erzurum Camp
28 July 2025 Friendly Persepolis 0–2 Iğdır Erzurum
17:30 Stadium: Erzurum Camp
5 August 2025 Friendly Persepolis 2–1 Aluminium Arak Tehran
18:00 Bifouma 40'
Salmani 113'		 Kahrizi 53' Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium
11 August 2025 Friendly Persepolis 1–0 Ario Eslamshahr Eslamshahr
17:00 Alipour 49' Stadium: Shohada-ye Eslamshahr
19 August 2025 Friendly Persepolis 0–0 Navad Urmia Tehran
17:30 Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium
6 September 2025 Friendly Persepolis 0–0 Mes Rafsanjan Tehran
17:30 Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium
11 October 2025 Friendly Persepolis 2–0 Oghab Tehran
17:30 Kazemian
Alishah 		Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium
15 November 2025 Friendly Persepolis 3–1 Gol Gohar Tehran
16:00 Alishah
Kazemian 		Asadi Stadium: the earth Number 3 Azadi Stadium
22 November 2025 Friendly Persepolis 2–1 Palayesh Naft Bandar Abbas Tehran
16:00 Urunov
Alipour 		Ranjbari Stadium: the earth Number 3 Azadi Stadium
19 December 2025 Friendly Persepolis 4–0 Oghab Tehran
14:00 Pouraliganji
Sadeghi
Mahmoudi
Enayatzadeh 		Stadium: the earth Number 3 Azadi Stadium
27 December 2025 Friendly Persepolis 2–1 Ario Eslamshahr Tehran
14:00 Mahmoudi
Ahmadzadeh 		Stadium: the earth Number 3 Azadi Stadium
6 January 2026 Friendly Persepolis 7–0 Al-Moshireb Doha
18:00 Alipour
Pouraliganji
Kazemian
Babaei
Mahmoudi 		Stadium: Aspire Academy

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
PGPL 22 9 7 6 23 19 +4 040.91
Hazfi Cup 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Total 23 9 8 6 24 20 +4 039.13

Last updated: 20 February 2026
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

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
22 9 7 6 23 19  +4 34 5 5 1 13 6  +7 4 2 5 10 13  −3

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWDDDDLWDWWDWWWLWLWLLL
Position76455710793232222122455
Points1456788111215181922252828313134343434
Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2026. Source: "iranleague".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Main article: 2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Gol Gohar 23 10 6 7 24 24 0 36
5 Chadormalou 22 9 8 5 27 19 +8 35
6 Persepolis 22 9 7 6 23 19 +4 34
7 Foolad 22 7 10 5 21 16 +5 31
8 Fajr Sepasi 23 8 6 9 25 27 −2 30
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2026. Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[3][4]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

18 August 2025 (2025-08-18) 1 Persepolis 1–1 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Rafiei  32'
Bakić  73'
Alipour 90+4'		 Shahabi 13'
Mousavi  70'
Motlaghzadeh  90+9'		 Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Referee: Vahid Kazemi
25 August 2025 (2025-08-25) 2 Sepahan 0–1 Persepolis Esfahan
19:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Askari  26'
Hajsafi  33' Daneshgar  90+12'		 Alipour 44',  84'
Bakić  45+5'
Niazmand  66'		 Referee: Payam Heydari
13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 3 Persepolis 1–1 Foolad Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Alipour 43' Soleimani 48'
Lak  81'		 Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Referee: Koopal Nazemi
19 September 2025 (2025-09-19) 4 Chadormalou 0–0 Persepolis Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Mardden  90' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi
25 September 2025 (2025-09-25) 5 Persepolis 0–0 Malavan Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Bifouma  40' Touranian  18'
Alinejad  84'
Eiri  86'		 Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi
3 October 2025 (2025-10-03) 6 Persepolis 1–1 Gol Gohar Tehran
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Ahmadzadeh  3'
Alipour 77' (pen.),  90+3'		 Tikdari 57'
Alizadeh  81'
Nemati  90+7'		 Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Referee: Koopal Nazemi
18 October 2025 (2025-10-18) 7 Kheybar 2–1 Persepolis Khorramabad
18:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Masoumi 28',  82'
Taherkhani  63'
Yousefi  82'
Moradi 90+6'
Goudarzi  90+13'		 Barage  27'
Alipour  40'
Abarghouei  45+1'
Pouraliganji  72'
Alishah 90'
Kanaani  90+3'
Urunov  90+11'		 Stadium: Takhti Khorramabad
Referee: Payam Heydari
24 October 2025 (2025-10-24) 8 Persepolis 2–0 Zob Ahan Tehran
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Omri 38'
Alipour 82'		 Alimohammadi  11'
Mokhtari  62'		 Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Referee: Bijan Heydari
30 October 2025 (2025-10-30) 9 Tractor 1–1 Persepolis Tabriz
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Khalilzadeh  54'
Hamrobekov  86'
Hosseinzadeh 89'		 Ahmadzadeh  43'
Pouraliganji  65'  79'
Bakić 90+7'		 Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium
Referee: Vahid Kazemi
7 November 2025 (2025-11-07) 10 Persepolis 3–0 Esteghlal Khuzestan Tehran
16:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Rafiei 16',  56'
Kanaani 78' (pen.)
Kazemian 90+2'		 Sadeghi  72'
Mehdizadeh  81'
Fallahian  82'
 Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Referee: Morteza Mansourian
28 November 2025 (2025-11-28) 11 Shams Azar 1–2 Persepolis Qazvin
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Mohebi 22'
Sourgi  28'		 Rafiei 10'
Sarlak  70'
Urunov 74'		 Stadium: Sardar Azadegan Stadium
Referee: Ahmad Mohammadi
5 December 2025 (2025-12-05) 12 Persepolis 0–0 Esteghlal Arak
15:30 IRST (UTC+03:30) Rafiei  59' Hardani  90+1' Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vahid Kazemi
9 December 2025 (2025-12-09) 13 Paykan 0–1 Persepolis Tehran
17:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) Tavakoli  64' Bifouma  13'
Urunov 45+3',  64'
Mohammadi  58'		 Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi
14 December 2025 (2025-12-14) 14 Persepolis 1–0 Aluminium Arak Tehran
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) Bifouma 3',  73'
Shekari  88'		 Goudarzi  60'
Kahrizi  62'		 Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Referee: Hassan Akrami
26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) 15 Mes Rafsanjan 0–1 Persepolis Rafsanjan
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) Ramezani  39'
Arab  57'
Sedghi  60'  70'		 Rafiei 24'
Barage  47'		 Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard
18 January 2026 (2026-01-18) 16 Fajr Sepasi 2–1 Persepolis Shiraz
14:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Shahabi 8'
Jafarikia  31'
Ajhir  45+2'
Sharifi 65'
Rezaei  90+1'		 Shekari 21' Stadium: Pars Stadium
Referee: Bijan Heydari
23 January 2026 (2026-01-23) 17 Persepolis 2–1 Sepahan Tehran
14:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Sarlak  40'
Urunov 53'
Bakić  57'
Sergeev 72'
 90+5'
Rafiei  81'
Niazmand  90+12'		 Yousefi  42'
Haji Eydi  81'
Alves 90+13' (pen.)		 Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard
28 January 2026 (2026-01-28) 18 Foolad 3–1 Persepolis Ahvaz
15:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Mahroughi 21'
Ansari  40'
Sarabadani  88'
Ahmadzadeh 90+1'
Mazraeh 90+4'		 Gera  54'
Pouraliganji  76'
Alipour 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Foolad Arena
Referee: Payam Heydari
3 February 2026 (2026-02-03) 19 Persepolis 1–0 Chadormalou Tehran
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Mahmoudi 82'
Mohammadi  90+8'
Gera  90+11'		 Dehghan  33'
Khosravi  53'
Mashhadi  57'
Mohammadfar  67'
Portocarrero  85'		 Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Referee: Vahid Kazemi
8 February 2026 (2026-02-08) 20 Malavan 1–0 Persepolis Bandar-e Anzali
16:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Mohammadi 11' (pen.) Mahmoudi  67' Stadium: Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium
Referee: Koopal Nazemi
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 21 Gol Gohar 3–1 Persepolis Sirjan
17:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Pourali 19'
Ashouri  23'
Latififar 37', 52'
Tomašević  45+3'
Yazdani  45+9'		 Sergeev 45+9'
Gera  73'		 Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium (Sirjan)
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard
20 February 2026 (2026-02-20) 22 Persepolis 1–2 Kheybar Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Bakić  64'
Gera  69'
Sergeev 89'		 Hosseini 12'
Yousefi  32'
Sefidchogaei  38'
Pour Hamidi  39'
Khanzadi  65'
Babaei 72' (pen.)		 Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Referee: Bijan Heydari
28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) 23 Zob Ahan v Persepolis Fuladshahr
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
6 March 2026 (2026-03-06) 24 Persepolis v Tractor Tehran
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
15 March 2026 (2026-03-15) 25 Esteghlal Khuzestan v Persepolis Ahvaz
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30) Stadium: ?
26 Persepolis v Shams Azar Tehran
Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
27 Esteghlal v Persepolis Tehran
Stadium: ?
28 Persepolis v Paykan Tehran
Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium
29 Aluminium Arak v Persepolis Arak
Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium
30 Persepolis v Mes Rafsanjan Tehran
Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Aggregate score
Aluminium 1–0 1–0
Chadormalou 1–0 0–0 1–0
Esteghlal 0–0 0–0
Esteghlal Khuzestan 3–0 3–0
Fajr Sepasi 1–1 1–2 2–3
Foolad 1–1 1–3 2–4
Gol Gohar 1–1 1–3 2–4
Kheybar 1–2 1–2 2–4
Malavan 0–0 0–1 0–1
Mes Rafsanjan 1–0 1–0
Paykan 1–0 1–0
Sepahan 2–1 1–0 3–1
Shams Azar 2–1 2–1
Tractor 1–1 1–1
Zob Ahan 2–0 2–0

Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

18 December 2025 (2025-12-18) Round of 32 Tractor 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)		 Persepolis Tabriz
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30) Naderi  27'  104'
Torabi 56'
Beiranvand  90+4'
Hosseinzadeh  90+5'		 Urunov  25'
Kanaanizadegan 90+6'  90+6'
Bakić  108'
Omri  120'		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Tabriz
Referee: Bijan Heydari
Penalties

Statistics

Goal scorers

  Player left the club during the season.
Place Number Nation Position Name PGPL Hazfi Cup Total
1 9 FW Ali Alipour 6 6
2 7 MF Soroush Rafiei 3 3
2 70 MF Oston Urunov 3 3
2 19 FW Igor Sergeev 3 3
3 6 DF Hossein Kanaanizadegan 1 1 2
4 2 MF Omid Alishah 1 1
4 21 MF Mohammad Omri 1 1
4 23 FW Thievy Bifouma 1 1
4 34 MF Amir Hossein Mahmoudi 1 1
4 69 FW Mohammad Amin Kazemian 1 1
4 81 MF Reza Shekari 1 1
4 88 MF Marko Bakić 1 1

Assists

Place Number Nation Position Name PGPL Hazfi Cup Total
1 9 FW Ali Alipour 6 1 7
2 4 DF Milad Mohammadi 3 3
3 23 FW Thievy Bifouma 2 2
3 70 MF Oston Urunov 2 2
4 2 MF Omid Alishah 1 1
4 8 DF Morteza Pouraliganji 1 1
4 77 MF Mohammad Khodabandelou 1 1

Hatricks

Place Player vs score date Competition
Last updated: 19 March 2025

Clean sheets

Rank No. Nat. Player PGPL CL Hazfi Cup CL Total CL Total
1 1 Payam Niazmand 21 10 1 0 22 10
2 22 Amir Reza Rafiei 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 68 Mohammad Gandomi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 10 1 0 23 10

References

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