2017–18 Sepahan F.C. season

Sepahan

2017–18 season
Chairman	Mohsen Taheri
Manager	Zlatko Kranjčar Karim Ghanbari (Temporary) Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
Stadium	Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
17e Pro League	14
31e Hazfi Cup	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2017–18 season was Sepahan's 17th season in the Pro League, and their 24nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 64th 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Lee Oliveira
2	DF	IRN	Hassan Jafari
3	FW	IRN	Sasan Ansari
5	DF	IRN	Ezzatollah Pourghaz
6	MF	IRN	Milad SarlakU23
7	DF	IRN	Saeid Aghaei U25
8	MF	IRN	Rasoul Navidkia
9	FW	IRN	Shahin Saghebi
10	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Mohammadi
11	MF	IRQ	Marwan Hussein
12	MF	IRN	Ali Karimi
13	FW	IRN	Reza Dehghani U21
14	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh
15	FW	IRN	Saber DidehvarU23
16	MF	ALB	Edon Hasani

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	IRN	Jalaleddin Alimohammadi
18	MF	IRN	Amin Jahan Alian
21	MF	IRN	Mahmoud Ghaed Rahmati
27	GK	IRN	Mehdi Amini U23
33	MF	BRA	Jairo Rodrigues
34	MF	IRN	Mehdi Rahimi
35	GK	IRN	Mehdi Sedghian U23
36	GK	IRN	Ali Keykhosravi U21
37	MF	IRN	Hossein Fazeli
47	MF	IRN	Hossein Papi (Captain)
50	MF	BRA	Rafael Crivellaro
55	DF	IRN	Aref Gholami U21
70	MF	IRN	Hamed Bahiraei U21
77	DF	IRN	Reza Mirzaei U21

• [U21 = Under 21 year player | U23 = Under 23 year player| U25 = Under 25 year player]

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2017.

Current managerial staff

Position	Name
Manager	Zlatko Kranjčar (en of 20 january 2018) Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
First team coach	Karim Ghanbari
Assistant coaches	Mahmoud Karimi
Goalkeepers coach	Tonci Mrduljas
Fitness trainer	Rafael Fogageiro
Doctor	Mohammad Rashadi
Doctor assistant	Asghar Majidikia
Physiotherapist	Hamid Sedighi
Masseurs	Ali Mousavi
Administrative manager	Reza Fatahi
Executive manager	Reza Fatahi

Matches

Pro league

Main article: 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Est. Khuzestan	30	7	10	13	25	42	−17	31
13	Sepidrood	30	8	6	16	24	39	−15	30
14	Sepahan	30	6	11	13	31	34	−3	29
15	Naft Tehran (R)	30	5	9	16	23	41	−18	24	Relegation to the 2018–19 Azadegan League
16	Meshki Pooshan (R)	30	2	9	19	17	48	−31	15

Updated to match(es) played on April 13, 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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	6	11	13	31	34	−3	29	4	7	4	17	11	+6	2	4	9	14	23	−9

Last updated: 11 August 2018.
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L
Position	11	13	14	10	10	13	12	14	10	12	13	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2018. Source: flashscores.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

External links

• (in English) Club Official Website
• (in English) The Club page in Soccerway.com
• (in English) The Club page in Persianleague.com