2008–09 Sepahan F.C. season

Sepahan

2008–09 season
Chairman	Mohammad Reza Saket
Manager	Farhad Kazemi (From week 20) Hossein Charkhabi (from week 14 to week 19) Engin Firat (first 13 weeks)
Iran Pro League	4th
AFC Champions League	First Round
Hazfi Cup	1/8 Final
Top goalscorer	League: Emad Ridha (14) All: Emad Ridha (16)
← 2007-08 2009-10 →

This is a list of Sepahan F.C.'s results at the Persian Gulf Cup 2008-09, Hazfi Cup 2008-09 and 2009 ACL. The club is competing in the Iran Pro League, Hazfi Cup and Asian Champions League.

Iran Pro League 2008/09

Sepahan squad IPL statistics

Last updated sep 14 2008

No.	Position	Player	Apps	Apps Start	Goals	Assists	YCs	RCs
1	GK	Abbas Mohammadi	2	2
2	DF	Amir Saadati			-			-
3	DF	Hamid Azizzadeh	1	0	-	-		-
4	MF	Moharram Navidkia (c)						-
5	DF	Hadi Aghily	4	4				-
6	DF	Jalal Akbari	4	4	-		1	-
7	MF	Emad Mohammed	4	4	2		2	-
8	DF	Mohsen Bengar	4	3			1
9	MF	Mehdi Jafarpour	3	2	1			-
10	MF	Farshad Bahadorani	2	1				1
11	FW	Hadi Asghari	1	0			-	-
12	MF	Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail	4	3			1	-
13	FW	Mahmoud Karimi					-	-
14	DF	Hamed Kiani			-			-
15	MF	Hossein Papi	4	0				-
16	FW	Bahman Tahmasebi	2	0	-			-
17	MF	Hadi Jafari						-
18	DF	Mehdi Karimian	1	0	-			-
20	FW	Ahmad Jamshidian	4	3	-	2		-
21	DF	Armando Sá	4	4	-		1	-
22	GK	Rahman Ahmadi				-		-
23	DF	Reza Talabeh			-	-	-	-
24	DF	Mohammad Reza Zare	2	0	-			-
25	MF	Ebrahim Lovinian			-			-
26	MF	Jalaladin Ali Mohammadi			-	-		-
27	MF	Abolhassan Jafari			-	-	-	-
28	MF	Ehsan Hajsafi	4	2			3	-
29	MF	Behzad Soltani	-	-	-	-	-	-
TBA	MF	Ali Molaei			-			-
32	FW	Miad Abazari			-			-
33	MF	Rasoul Khatibi			-			-
40	MF	Jacques Elong Elong			-			-

IPL Sepahan Schedule

Last updated Apr 26 2009

#	Date	Home	Score	Away	Goal	Yellow card	Red card	Fans	Ref	Rank
1	2008-Aug-5	PAS	0-0	Sepahan	-	Ehsan Hajsafi	Farshad Bahadorani	4000	Mohsen Ghahremani	11
2	2008-Nov-3	Sepahan	3-2	Payam	Emad Mohamad Redha (12),Hadi Asghari (30),Bahman Tahmasebi (82)	Ahmad Jamshidian	-	6000	Alborz Hajipour	5
3	2008-Aug-17	Esteghlal	1-1	Sepahan	Mehdi Jafarpour (24)	Mohsen Bengar, Ehsan Hajsafi, Emad Mohamad Redha	-	30000	Mohsen Torky	5
4	2008-Aug-24	Sepahan	2-0	Saba QOM	Emad Mohamad Redha (44) (60)	Jalal Akbari, Emad Mohamad Redha, Armando Miguel Sá	-	4000	Yadolah Jahanbazi	6
5	2008-Oct-18	Saipa	1-1	Sepahan	Hadi Asghari (40)	-	-	1000	Mohsen Ghahremani	7
6	2008-Sep-12	Sepahan	0-0	Malavan	-	Abdolvahab Aoleihl, Ehsan Hajsafi	-	4000	Mahmoud Rafei	8
7	2008-Sep-18	Zob Ahan	2-1	Sepahan	Ehsan Hajsafi (33)	Mohsen Bengar, Farshad Bahadorani, Armando Miguel Sá, Ahmad Jamshidian	-	12000	Hedayat Mombeini	12
8	2008-Sep-25	Sepahan	2-0	Foolad	Ehsan Hajsafi (9), Hadi Asghari (51)	Abdolvahab Abolhail	-	5000	Mohsen Torky	8
9	2008-Oct-2	Rah Ahan	0-1	Sepahan	Hadi Asghari (20)	Ahmad Jamshidian, Mehdi Jafarpour, Armando Miguel Sá	-	1000	Hossein Asadi	6
10	2008-Oct-7	Bargh	1-1	Sepahan	Ehsan Hajsafi (23)	Rahman Ahmadi, Abdolvahab Abolhail, Farshad Bahadorani, Bahman Tahmasebi, Hamid Aziz Zade	-	15000	Saeed Mozafari Zadeh	4
11	2008-Oct-22	Sepahan	2-4	Paykan	Ahmad Jamshidian (22) (70)	Rahman Ahmadi	Farshad Bahadorani	2000	Khodadad Afsharian	10
12	2008-Oct-26	Persepolis	3-2	Sepahan	Emad Ridha (28) (34)	Hadi Aghili, Mehdi Jafarpour	Hadi Aghili	60000	Mohsen Torky	10
13	2008-Sep-31	Sepahan	1-0	Mes	Emad Mohamad Redha (65)	-	-	2000	Saeed Bakhshizadeh	8
14	2008-Nov-7	Sepahan	1-1	Damash	Emad Mohamad Redha (85)pen	-	-	7000	Ghasem Vahedi	7
15	2008-Nov-21	Esteghlal Ahvaz	1-3	Sepahan	Ali Ansarian (11) o.g, Emad Mohamad Redha (24), Ehsan Hajsafi (90+4)	Armando Miguel Sá, Jalal Akbari, Ahmad Jamshidian	-	3000	Alireza Faghani	4
16	2008-Nov-29	Sepahan	2-1	Aboomoslem	Ahmad Jamshdian (37), Emad Mohamad Redha (67)	Jalal Akbari, Ahmad Jamshidian	-	5000	Toraj Haghverdi	4
17	2008-Dec-4	Moghavemat	1-0	Sepahan	-	Amir Hoshang Saadati	-	3000	Yadolah Jahanbazi	6
18	2008-Dec-8	Sepahan	2-2	PAS	Bahman Tahmasebi(27), Hamed Kiani (90+3)	Armando Miguel Sá, Mohsen Bengar	Mohsen Bengar	5000	Hedayat Mombini	6
19	2008-Dec-12	Sepahan	2-2	Payam	Emad Mohamad Redha (78) (80)	Mehdi Karimian, Abdolvahab Abolhail	-	2000	Rahim Mehrpishe	6
20	2008-Dec-30	Sepahan	2-1	Esteghlal	Moharram Navidkia(10), Ali Alizade (25) o.g.	Armando Miguel Sá, Mehdi Jafarpour, Emad Mohamad Redha, Ehsan Hajsafi	Mehdi Jafarpour	18000	Rahim Rahimi Moghadam	5
21	2009-Jan-03	Saba QOM	1-1	Sepahan	Bahman Tahmasebi (20)	-	-	5000	Mohsen Ghahremani	6
22	2009-Jan-16	Sepahan	2-0	Saipa	Moharam Navidkia (24), Moharam Navidkia (65) pen	Hadi Aghili, Jalal Akbari	-	5000	Alborz Hajipour	3
23	2009-Jan-22	Malavan	1-1	Sepahan	Mehdi Jafarpour (72)	Mohsen Bengar, Mehdi Jafarpour, Hossain Papi, Hamed Kiani	-	4000	Shahin Hajbabaei	3
24	2009-Jan-31	Sepahan	1-2	Zob Ahan	Armando Miguel Sá (36)	Hadi Aghili, Ehsan Hajsafi	-	10000	Yadolah Jahanbazi	5
25	2009-Feb-04	Foolad	2-2	Sepahan	Mehdi Jafarpour (5),Jalal Akbari(35)	Mohsen Bengar, Hadi Asghari, Jacques Elong Elong	-	2000	Ghasem Vahedi	5
26	2009-Feb-13	Sepahan	2-1	Rah Ahan	Moharam Navidkia (17), Emad Mohamad Redha (61) pen	Rasoul Khatibi, Jalal Akbari	-	3000	Saeed Bakhshizadeh	4
27	2009-Feb-17	Sepahan	1-0	Bargh	Emad Mohamad Redha (73)	Mohsen Bengar, Mehdi Jafarpour	-	4000	Mahmoud Rafei	4
28	2009-Feb-22	Paykan	0-1	Sepahan	Ehsan Hajsafi (68)	Abbas Mohammadi, Jacques Elong Elong, Emad Mohamad Redha	-	2000	Masoud Moradi	4
29	2009-Feb-27	Sepahan	0-0	Persepolis	-	Mohsen Bengar, Emad Mohamad Redha, Abdolvahab Abolhail	-	20000	Khodadad Afsharian	4
30	2009-Mar-04	Mes	2-1	Sepahan	Farshad Bahadorani (28)	Armando Miguel Sá	-	10000	Hedayat Mombeini	5
31	2009-Apr-03	Damash	1-1	Sepahan	Mehdi Jafarpour (1)	Ehsan Hajsafi, Mehdi Jafarpour, Rasoul Khatibi, Armando Miguel Sá	-	3000	Yadolah Jahanbazi	5
32	2009-Apr-12	Sepahan	2-1	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ehsan Hajsafi (16), Ahmad Jamshidian (34)	-	Rasoul Khatibi	4,000	Mahmoud Rafei	4
33	2009-Apr-16	Aboomoslem	1-2	Sepahan	Hadi Aghili (65), Emad Mohamad Redha (85) pen	Jacques Elong Elong	-	4,000	Khodadad Afsharian	4
34	2009-Apr-26	Sepahan	0-0	Moghavemat	-	Farshad Bahadorani	-	2,000	Saeed Bakhshizadeh	4

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D
Position	11	5	5	6	7	8	12	8	6	4	10	10	8	7	4	4	6	6	6	5	6	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4

Last updated: 26 Apr 2009.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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
34	14	14	6	46	34	+12	56	10	6	2	25	14	+11	4	8	4	21	20	+1

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Sanat Mes	34	17	10	7	54	36	+18	61	2010 AFC Champions League Group stage
4	Sepahan	34	14	14	6	46	34	+12	56
5	Persepolis	34	15	10	9	50	41	+9	55

Updated to games played on 26 April 2009.
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/tableoverall.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scorers in IPL 2008/09

Goalscorers

14

• Emad Mohammed

6

• Ehsan Hajsafi

4

• Hadi Asghari
• Moharram Navidkia
• Mehdi Jafarpour
• Ahmad Jamshidian

3

• Bahman Tahmasebi

1

• Jalal Akbari
• Hamed Kiani
• Farshad Bahadorani
• Hadi Aghily
• Armando Sá

Cards

Player
Mohsen Bengar	7	1	0
Mehdi Jafarpour	5	1	0
Armando Sá	6	0	0
Jalal Akbari	5	0	0
Ehsan Hajsafi	5	0	0
Ahmad Jamshidian	5	0	0
Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail	5	0	0
Emad Mohammed	5	0	0
Hadi Aghily	3	1	0
Farshad Bahadorani	2	0	2
Rasoul Khatibi	1	0	1
Rahman Ahmadi	2	0	0
Jacques Elong Elong	2	0	0
Hamid Azizzadeh	1	0	0
Mehdi Karimian	1	0	0
Hamed Kiani	1	0	0
Hossein Papi	1	0	0
Amir Saadati	1	0	0
Bahman Tahmasebi	1	0	0
Hadi Asghari	1	0	0
Abbas Mohammadi	1	0	0

Matches played

25

• Jalal Akbari

Hazfi Cup 2008-09

Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Goal	Yellow card	Red card	Fans	Ref
1/16	2008-Nov-24	Sepahan	7-1	Mogavemat Mazandaran	Foolad Shahr /Esfahan	Jalal Ali Mohamammadi  14'  64' Ahmad Jamshidian  65'  67'  90+1' Ehsan Hajsafi  84'  90+3'	Farshad Bahadorani	-	1,000	Esmaeel Ameri
1/8	2009-Apr-30	Persepolis	1-0	Sepahan	Azadi /Tehran	-	Mohsen Bengar	-	70,000	Mohsen Torky

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
Sepahan	7
Mogavemat Mazandaran	1			Sepahan	0
Sanaye talaee	1			Persepolis	1
Persepolis	3							Persepolis
Payam Mashhad	3							Pas Hamedan
Shodaye Kelar Aabad	0			Payam Mashhad	0
Shahrdari Yasuj	0			Pas Hamedan	4
Pas Hamedan	3

Scorers in Hazfi Cup 2008/09

Last updated Nov 24 2008

Goalscorers

3

• Ahmad Jamshidian

2

• Jalal Ali Mohamammadi
• Ehsan Hajsafi

Cards

Player
Farshad Bahadorani	1	0	0
Mohsen Bengar	1	0	0

Scorers in 2008-09 season

Last updated Apr 16 2009

Goalscorers

14

• Emad Mohammed

Asian Champions League 2009

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ettifaq	6	4	0	2	15	8	+7	12	AFC Champions League 2009 Round of 16
2	Bunyodkor	6	2	2	2	5	9	−4	8
3	Sepahan	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	7
4	Al Shabab	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7

Updated to games played on 19 May 2009.
Source: AFC Champions League Official Page
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Home \ Away^[1]	ETT	SHA	BUN	SEP
Ettifaq		4–1	4–0	2–1
Al Shabab	1–4		2–0	2–1
Bunyodkor	2–1	0–0		2–2
Sepahan	3–0	2–0	0–1

Source: AFC Champions League Official Page
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Sepahan schedule ACL 2009

Sepahan v Al-Shabab Al-Arabi

2009-03-11 15:30

Sepahan	2 – 0	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Jafarpour  2' Sá  90+3'	Report

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Esfahan Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

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Al-Ettifaq v Sepahan

2009-03-18 20:00

Al-Ettifaq	2 – 1	Sepahan
Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani  64' Hamad Muhanna  86'	Report	Khatibi  45+2'

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin

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Bunyodkor v Sepahan

2009-04-08 18:00

Bunyodkor	2 – 2	Sepahan
Salomov  25' Ashurmatov  74'	Report	Aghili  45+2' Emad Mohammed  61'

JAR Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Minoru Tojo

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Sepahan v Bunyodkor

2009-04-21 16:00

Sepahan	0 – 1	Bunyodkor
	Report	Kapadze  19'

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Esfahan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sun Baojie

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Al-Shabab Al-Arabi v Sepahan

2009-05-05 20:30

Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2 – 1	Sepahan
Mguni  1' Saad Mubarak  51'	Report	Emad Mohammed  70'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 720 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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Sepahan v Al-Ettifaq

19 May 2009 17:00 (UTC+4:30)

Sepahan	3 – 0	Al-Ettifaq
Papi  2' Asghari  52' Azizzadeh  81'	Report

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Esfahan Attendance: 400 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Scorers in ACLeague 2009

Goalscorers

2

• Emad Mohammed

1

• Hadi Aghily
• Mehdi Jafarpour
• Rasoul Khatibi
• Hossein Papi
• Hadi Asghari
• Hamid Azizzadeh
• Armando Sá

Cards

Player
Mohsen Bengar	1	0	1
Ahmad Jamshidian	2	0	0
Hadi Aghili	2	0	0
Mehdi Jafarpour	2	0	0
Emad Mohammed	2	0	0
Jalal Akbari	1	0	0
Rahman Ahmadi	1	0	0
Rasoul Khatibi	1	0	0
Ebrahim Lovinian	0	1	0
Ehsan Hajsafi	1	0	0
Jacques Elong Elong	1	0	0
Armando Sá	1	0	0

Squad Changes During 2008/09 Season

In

No.	Position	Player	Age	Moving from	League	Transfer Window
20	FW	Ahmad Jamshidian	24	Rah Ahan	Iran Pro League
32	FW	Miad Abazeri		Sepahan Novin	Azadegan League
24	DF	Mohammad Reza Zare		Sepahan Novin	Azadegan League
18	DF	Mehdi Karimian		Sepahan Novin	Azadegan League
14	DF	Hamed Kiani		Niroye Zamini	Azadegan League
11	FW	Hadi Asghari	27	Rah Ahan	Iran Pro League
2	DF	Amir Saadati	26	Damash Iranian	Azadegan League
16	FW	Bahman Tahmasbi	28	Moghavemat	Iran Pro League
22	GK	Rahman Ahmadi	28	Saipa	Iran Pro League
TBA	MF	Ali Molaei	24	Mes	Iran Pro League
21	DF	Armando Sá	32	Foolad	Azadegan League
9	MF	Mehdi Jafarpour		Pas	Iran Pro League
40	MF	Jacques Elong Elong	23	Persepolis	Iran Pro League
33	FW	Rasoul Khatibi	30	Emirates	UAE League

Out

No.	Position	Player	Age	Moving to	League	Transfer Window
18	MF	Mohsen Hamidi	22	Pas	Iran Pro League
9	MF	Jaba Mujiri	28	FC Sioni Bolnisi	Umaglesi Liga
35	MF	Haitham Kadhim	25	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Iran Pro League
24	GK	Masoud Homami	25	Moghavemat	Iran Pro League
10	MF	Hojatolah Zadmahmoud	25	Foolad	Iran Pro League
11	MF	Hossein Kazemi	28	Esteghlal	Iran Pro League
22	GK	Mohammad Savari	23	Esteghlal Ahnvaz	Iran Pro League
21	MF	Saeid Bayat	32	Aboomoslem	Iran Pro League
16	DF	Mohammad Ealivand	23	-	-
15	GK	Amirhossein Sadeghzadeh	18	-	-
23	FW	Seyed Mehdi Seyed Salehi	28	Paykan	Iran Pro League
19	MF	Amir Radi	25	-	-

References

"Iran Pro League Stats: 2008-2009 Season Appearances". IPLStats.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23. "Iran Pro League Stats: 2008-2009 Season Scorers". IPLStats.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.