1998–99 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis

1998–99 season
Chairman	Amir Abedini
Manager	Ivica Matković (until Oct. 9, 1998) Ali Parvin (from Oct. 10, 1998)
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Azadegan League	Champions
Hazfi Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: E. Bezik (11 goals) All: E. Bezik (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 (11 July 1999 against Esteghlal)
Home colours Away colours

The 1998–99 season was the Persepolis's 8th season in the Azadegan League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Hossein Abdi.

Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (vice captain)
2		IRN	Yahya Golmohammadi
3	DF	IRN	Naeem Saadavi
4	DF	IRN	Behrouz Rahbarifard
5		IRN	Afshin Peyrovani
6	DF	IRN	Mehdi Hasheminasab
7	MF	IRN	Hamid Estili
9	FW	IRN	Behnam Seraj
10	FW	IRN	Edmond Bezik
11	MF	IRN	Hamed Kavianpour
12	MF	IRN	Hossein Abdi (captain)
14	DF	IRN	Nader Mohammadkhani (3rd captain)
15	MF	IRN	Esmaeil Halali
18	DF	IRN	Ali Ansarian
19	MF	IRN	Shahram Baratpouri

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	IRN	Ali Baghmisheh
21	DF	IRN	Reza Torabian
22	GK	IRN	Davoud Fanaei
23	MF	IRN	Alireza Emamifar
24	DF	IRN	Ali Mafinejad
25	MF	IRN	Hamid Motahari
26	MF	IRN	Ali Karimi
—	FW	IRN	Payan Rafat
—	DF	IRN	Mohsen Ranjbaran
—	MF	IRN	Hadi Mahdavikia
—	DF	IRN	Jahanbakhsh Jafari
—	GK	IRN	Mojtaba Rezaei
—	FW	IRN	Kourosh Barmak

Mid-season Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer fee	Type	Source
	CF	Payan Rafat	28	Malavan	–	Transfer
	CF	Kourosh Barmak		Tractor Sazi	–	Transfer

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Source
16	LB	Reza Shahroudi	26	Dalian Shide		Loan
17	RW	Mehdi Mahdavikia	21	VfL Bochum		Loan

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
1998–99 Azadegan League	—	—	Winners	September 13, 1998	May 22, 1999
1998–99 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Winners		April 9, 2002

Azadegan League

Main article: 1998–99 Azadegan League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	19	8	3	56	21	+35	65	Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
2	Esteghlal	30	14	11	5	50	28	+22	53	Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3	Sepahan	30	13	14	3	39	19	+20	53
4	Saipa	30	13	10	7	43	33	+10	49
5	PAS	30	9	15	6	30	25	+5	42

Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Persepolis v Polyacryl

13 September 1998 (1998-09-13) 1	Persepolis	3 – 0	Polyacryl	Tehran
	M. Mahdavikia Abedzadeh pen.'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Chooka v Persepolis

21 September 1998 (1998-09-21) 2	Chooka	3 – 1	Persepolis	Talesh
	Daneshvar Feyzi Moghaddam Amin		Emamifar	Stadium: Pouria Vali Stadium

Persepolis v Fajr Sepasi

27 September 1998 (1998-09-27) 3	Persepolis	0 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Saipa

2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) 4	Persepolis	1 – 0	Saipa	Tehran
	Karimi			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Sepahan v Persepolis

9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) 5	Sepahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Isfahan
	Stepanyan			Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium

Persepolis v Foolad

16 October 1998 (1998-10-16) 6	Persepolis	1 – 0	Foolad	Tehran
	Seraj			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Sanat Naft v Persepolis

22 October 1998 (1998-10-22) 7	Sanat Naft	1 – 4	Persepolis	Abadan
	Hootizadeh		Mohammadkhani Seraj Emamifar H. Mahdavikia	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Malavan

8 November 1998 (1998-11-08) 9	Persepolis	1 – 0	Malavan	Tehran
	Mohammadkhani			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Persepolis

13 November 1998 (1998-11-13) 10	Esteghlal	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	Mousavi		Hasheminasab 45+1' Estili	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Pas v Persepolis

1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) 8	Pas	0 – 4	Persepolis	Tehran
			Seraj Shahroudi Baghmisheh Emamifar	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Tractor v Persepolis

11 January 1999 (1999-01-11) 11	Tractor	2 – 4	Persepolis	Tabriz
	Barmak pen.' pen.'		Halali pen.' Hasheminasab Karimi Estili	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

18 January 1999 (1999-01-18) 12	Persepolis	2 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	Karimi Hasheminasab			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Polyacryl v Persepolis

23 January 1999 (1999-01-23) 16	Polyacryl	0 – 2	Persepolis	Isfahan
			Estili Bezik

Persepolis v Chooka

29 January 1999 (1999-01-29) 17	Persepolis	4 – 0	Chooka	Tehran
	Baratpouri Bezik Abdi Emamifar			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Fajr Sepasi v Persepolis

5 February 1999 (1999-02-05) 18	Fajr Sepasi	2 – 3	Persepolis	Shiraz
	Seyed-Abbasi Rezaei pen.'		Estili Bezik Halali	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

Persepolis v Sepahan

21 February 1999 (1999-02-21) 20	Persepolis	3 – 1	Sepahan	Tehran
	Bezik Estili		Dehghani	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Foolad v Persepolis

27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 21	Foolad	0 – 3	Persepolis	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The disciplinary committee had banned Foolad from home matches because of their fans' behaviour, and Foolad had to go to opponent ground for their home matches. Foolad decided not to play this match and the match declared 3–0 in favor of Persepolis.

Bank Melli v Persepolis

2 March 1999 (1999-03-02) 13	Bank Melli	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
			Bezik Emamifar	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Sanat Naft

8 March 1999 (1999-03-08) 22	Persepolis	4 – 1	Sanat Naft	Tehran
	Peyrovani Rahbarifar Emamifar		Khaziravi	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Pas

12 March 1999 (1999-03-12) 23	Persepolis	1 – 2	Pas	Tehran
	Bezik 75'		Hashemian 1' Khatibi 55'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Malavan v Persepolis

19 March 1999 (1999-03-19) 24	Malavan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
	Parnianfar 60'		Bezik 55'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Shahrdari Tabriz v Persepolis

4 April 1999 (1999-04-04) 14	Shahrdari Tabriz	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tabriz
				Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Esteghlal

9 April 1999 (1999-04-09) 25	Persepolis	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
	Hasheminasab 3'		Malekian 43'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Aboomoslem

13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 15	Persepolis	1 – 0	Aboomoslem	Tehran
	Hasheminasab			Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Tractor

18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) 26	Persepolis	0 – 0	Tractor	Tehran
				Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

23 April 1999 (1999-04-23) 27	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
	Sahebi 9'		Baghmisheh 61'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Persepolis v Bank Melli

29 April 1999 (1999-04-29) 28	Persepolis	1 – 1	Bank Melli	Tehran
	Bezik		Najafi pen.'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Saipa v Persepolis

2 May 1999 (1999-05-02) 19	Saipa	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	Shokrekhoda		Ansarian	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Shahrdari Tabriz

7 May 1999 (1999-05-07) 29	Persepolis	4 – 1	Shahrdari Tabriz	Tehran
	Hasheminasab Seraj Emamifar Bezik		Sangforoush	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Aboomoslem v Persepolis

22 May 1999 (1999-05-22) 30	Aboomoslem	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	Golcheshmeh 89'		Baghmisheh Bezik	Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Note: The disciplinary committee had banned Aboomoslem from this home match because of their fans' behaviour and the match was held in Tehran.

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

Behpak Behshahr v Persepolis

Persepolis v Behpak Behshahr

Second leg	Persepolis	4 – 1 (6 – 1 agg.)	Behpak Behshahr	Tehran
	Rahbarifar Seraj Bezik		pen.'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16

Polyacryl v Persepolis

30 March 1999 (1999-03-30) First leg	Polyacryl	0 – 2	Persepolis	Isfahan
			Rahbarifar 3' Estili 37'

Persepolis v Polyacryl

Second leg	Persepolis	1 – 1 (3 – 1 agg.)	Polyacryl	Tehran
	Seraj 35'		Youzbashi 2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals

Persepolis v Sepahan

Sepahan v Persepolis

Semifinals

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Persepolis

First leg	Esteghlal Ahvaz	0 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
			Barmak Bezik	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Esteghlal Ahvaz

Second leg	Persepolis	3 – 0 (5 – 0 agg.)	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The match was not played because Esteghlal Ahvaz refused to do it.Football Federation declared the match 3–0 in favor of Persepolis.

Final

Persepolis v Esteghlal

11 July 1999 (1999-07-11) Final	Persepolis	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Tehran
	Hasheminasab 12' (pen.) Peyrovani 86'		Bakhtiarizadeh 50'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Scorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Hazfi Cup	Total
10	CF		Edmond Bezik	11	3	14
23	RM		Alireza Emamifar	7	1	8
9	CF		Behnam Seraj	4	4	8
6	CB		Mehdi Hasheminasab	6	1	7
7	CM		Hamid Estili	4	1	5
4	CB		Behrouz Rahbarifar	1	3	4
26	AM		Ali Karimi	3	0	3
20	CF		Ali Baghmisheh	3	0	3
15	CM		Esmaeil Halali	2	1	3
5	CB		Afshin Peyrovani	2	1	3
17	RW		Mehdi Mahdavikia	2	0	2
14	CB		Nader Mohammadkhani	2	0	2
7 Players				6	1	7
Others				3	3	6
Totals				56	19	75

Goalkeeping

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			Total
No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
1		Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh	19	12	10				19	12	10
22		Davoud Fanaei	9	8	3	8	5	4	17	13	7
		Mojtaba Rezaei	1	1	0				1	1	0
Total			29	21	13	8	5	4	37	26	17
Last updated: 22 August 2020