2021–22 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2021–22 season
Chairman	Majid Sadri (until January 13, 2022) ; Reza Darvish (from January 13, 2022)
Manager	Yahya Golmohammadi
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Quarter finals
Iranian Super Cup	Runners-up
2021 AFC Champions League	Quarter finals
2022 AFC Champions League	Disqualified
Top goalscorer	League: Mehdi Abdi (7); All: Mehdi Abdi (9)
Biggest win	4–0 vs Vista Toorbin
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs Al-Hilal
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the Persepolis's 21st season in the Pro League, and their 39th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup, Super Cup and AFC Champions League.

Squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Position (s)	Since	App	Goals	Assist	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
34	Amir Mohammad Yousefi	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24)	GK	2020	0	0	0	2023	Academy	Free	U-21
81	Hamed Lak	(1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 (age 33)	GK	2020	43	0	0	2022	Machine Sazi	Free
99	Ahmad Gohari	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28)	GK	2022	0	0	0	2023	Sanat Naft	Free
Defenders
3	Farshad Faraji	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 30)	DF	2021	11	0	0	2023	Padideh	Free
4	Jalal Hosseini	(1982-02-03) 3 February 1982 (age 42)	DF	2016	166	6	4	2022	Naft Tehran	Free	Captain
5	Alireza Ebrahimi	(1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 (age 34)	DF	2021	0	0	0	2023	Gol Gohar	Free
6	Ali Nemati	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28)	DF	2021	0	0	0	2024	Padideh	Free
27	Ramin Rezaeian	(1990-03-21) 21 March 1990 (age 34)	DF	2022	40	9	7	2022	Al-Duhail	€190,000
32	Ali Joudaki	(2000-08-22) 22 August 2000 (age 24)	DF	2021	0	0	0	2023	Academy	Free
55	Manuchehr Safarov	(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 (age 23)	DF	2021	0	0	0	2024	Istiklol	€175,000
66	Vahdat Hanonov	(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 24)	DF	2021	0	0	0	2024	Istiklol	€150,000
77	Saeid Aghaei	(1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 29)	DF	2020	33	0	4	2022	Sepahan	Free
88	Siamak Nemati	(1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 30)	DF	2017	133	12	6	2023	Paykan	Free
	Amir Mohammad Kharkesh	(2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 21)	DF	2020	0	0	0	2023	Academy	Free	U-21
Midfielders
2	Omid Alishah	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32)	MF	2013	185	19	26	2023	Rah Ahan	Free	Vice Captain
8	Reza Asadi	(1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 28)	MF	2021	1	0	1	2022	St. Pölten	Free
9	Mehdi Torabi	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 30)	MF	2018	77	22	13	2023	Al Arabi	Free
10	Milad Sarlak	(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29)	MF	2020	43	2	1	2022	Padideh	Free
11	Kamal Kamyabinia	(1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 35)	MF	2015	186	20	4	2024	Naft Tehran	Free
14	Ehsan Pahlavan	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 31)	MF	2020	42	1	2	2022	Zob Ahan	Free
18	Mohammad Sharifi	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24)	MF	2020	8	0	0	2022	Saipa	Free	U-21
19	Vahid Amiri	(1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 36)	MF	2016	151	20	22	2024	Trabzonspor	Free
23	Ali Shojaei	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27)	MF	2020	19	0	1	2022	Nassaji	Free
80	Mohammad Omri	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22)	MF	2020	1	0	0	2023	Academy	Free	U-21
Forwards
16	Mehdi Abdi	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25)	FW	2017	56	18	0	2025	Academy	Free	U-23
30	Mehdi Mehdikhani	(1997-07-26) 26 July 1997 (age 27)	FW	2020	18	0	0	2022	Varaždin	Free
40	Hamed Pakdel	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 33)	FW	2021	1	0	0	2023	Aluminium Arak	Free
70	Sherzod Temirov	(1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26)	FW	2022	0	0	0	2023	Pakhtakor	Free	U-23
72	Issa Alekasir	(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)	FW	2020	26	10	0	2022	Sanat Naft Abadan	Free
Players away on loan
25	Alireza Khodaei	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22)	FW	2020	1	0	0	2023	Academy	Free	U-21
Players left the club during the season
20	Reza Dehghani	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)	MF	2021	0	0	0	2023	Transfer to Tractor
44	Božidar Radošević	(1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35)	GK	2016	41	0	0	2023	Release
17	Mehdi Shiri	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 33)	DF	2018	85	1	3	2023	Transfer to Foolad

New Contracts

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Source
19	MF	Vahid Amiri	33	3 season	2024	^[1]
17	DF	Mehdi Shiri	30	2 season	2023	^[2]
2	MF	Omid Alishah	29	2 season	2023	^[3]
11	MF	Kamal Kamyabinia	32	3 season	2024	^[4]

Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Quota	Source
20	FW	Amir Roustaei	24	Paykan			Loan Return	Summer		^[5]
26	AM	Saeid Hosseinpour	22	Machine Sazi			Loan Return	Summer		^[5]
25	AM	Aria Barzegar	19	Fajr Sepasi			Loan Return	Summer		^[5]
5	CB	Alireza Ebrahimi	31	Gol Gohar	2023		Transfer	Summer	PL	^[6]
20	LW	Reza Dehghani	23	Sepahan	2023		Transfer	Summer	PL	^[7]
6	DF	Ali Nemati	25	Padideh	2024		Transfer	Summer	PL	^[8]
8	MF	Reza Asadi	25	St. Pölten	2022		Transfer	Summer		^[9]
40	MF	Hamed Pakdel	29	Aluminium Arak	2023		Transfer	Summer	PL	^[10]
32	LB	Ali Joudaki	21	Academy			Promoted	Summer		^[11]
66	DF	Vahdat Hanonov	21	Istiklol	2024	€150,000	Transfer	Summer		^[12]
55	DF	Manuchehr Safarov	20	Istiklol	2024	€175,000	Transfer	Summer		^[12]
99	GK	Ahmad Gohari	26	Sanat Naft	2023		Transfer	Winter		^[13]
27	DF	Ramin Rezaeian	31	Al-Duhail	2022	€190,000	Transfer	Winter
70	FW	Sherzod Temirov	23	Pakhtakor	2023	€277,000	Transfer	Winter

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
6	CB	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	27	Al Ahli	Transfer	Summer	^[14]
70	FW	Shahriyar Moghanlou	26	Santa Clara	Loan Return	Summer
8	CM	Ahmad Nourollahi	28	Shabab Al Ahli	Transfer	Summer	^[15]
26	CM	Saeid Hosseinpour	22	Kavala	Release	Summer	^[16]
20	FW	Amir Roostaei	23	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Transfer	Summer
	FW	Aria Barzegar	18	Fajr Sepasi	Loan	Summer
25	FW	Alireza Khodaei	19	Saipa	Loan	Summer
20	MF	Reza Dehghani	23	Tractor	Transfer	Summer
44	GK	Božidar Radošević	32		Release	Winter
17	DF	Mehdi Shiri	31	Foolad	Transfer	Winter

Technical staff

Persepolis Head coach in 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League

Position	Staff
Head coach	Yahya Golmohammadi
Assistant coach	Hamid Motahari
First-team coach	Karim Bagheri
Goalkeeping coach	Davoud Fanaei
Physical fitness trainer	Dr. Mazaher Rahimpour
Analyzer	Mohammad Asgari
Doctor	Dr. Alireza Haghighat
Physiotherapist	Ali Aazam
Team Manager	Afshin Peyrovani
Media Officer	Alireza Ashraf

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 September 2021 Friendly	Persepolis	1–2	Gol Gohar	Tehran
18:35 DST +04:30	Shakeri Hosseini	Report	Abdi 61'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

25 September 2021 Friendly	Persepolis	1–1	Paykan	Tehran
	Pakdel 46'		salehi 80'	Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

1 October 2021 Friendly	Persepolis	3–0	Shahrdari Astara	Tehran
16:30 DST +04:30	Asadi , Alishah			Stadium: Shahid Kazemi Stadium

8 October 2021 Friendly	Persepolis	3–1	Sepahan	Tehran
16:30 DST +04:30	Alekasir J. Hosseini 48' Pakdel		M.R. Hosseini	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PGPL	22 October 2021	2 June 2022	Matchday 1	Runner-up	30	18	9	3	44	21	+23	060.00
Hazfi Cup	20 December 2021	10 April 2022	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	066.67
Super Cup	7 February 2022		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
2021 ACL	14 September 2021	16 October 2021	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	050.00
2022 ACL	-	-	Disqualified	Disqualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					36	21	9	6	54	28	+26	058.33

Last updated: 2 June 2022
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
30	18	9	3	44	21	+23	63	11	3	1	24	10	+14	7	6	2	20	11	+9

Last updated: 2 June 2022.
Source: Ipl Stats

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	2	3	6	6	7	4	4	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2022. Source: "iranleague". Archived from the original on 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; U = Unfinished

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal^[a] (C)	30	19	11	0	39	10	+29	68
2	Persepolis^[b]	30	18	9	3	44	21	+23	63	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Sepahan^[c]	30	16	8	6	43	21	+22	56	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
4	Gol Gohar	30	13	12	5	37	28	+9	51
5	Foolad	30	13	10	7	30	22	+8	49

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2022. Source: Soccerway, IPL Table
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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played). ^[17]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Esteghlal could not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate. According to FFIRI special rules for ACL slots, the next best-ranked team of 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League will replace Esteghlal in ACL.
^ Persepolis qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League.
^ Sepahan qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by being the runner-up in 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Unfinished

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22) 1	Foolad	1–3	Persepolis	Ahvaz
18:00 IRST +03:30	Hardani 71' Pereira 77' (p)	Report	Asadi 61' Pakdel 72' Alekasir 84'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian Man of the Match: Reza Asadi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27) 2	Persepolis	2–1	Nassaji	Tehran
18:00 IRST +03:30	Abdi 42', 63' Alekasir 79' Torabi 85'	Report	Kalantari 17' Shojaei 68'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi Man of the Match: Mehdi Abdi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

1 November 2021 (2021-11-01) 3	Aluminium Arak	1–0	Persepolis	Arak
16:00 IRST +03:30	Ahmadi 20' Naghizadeh 65' Pour Hamidi 90+4'	Report	Hosseini 16' S. Nemati 62'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Referee: Abdolnabi Pourkhalaf Man of the Match: Alireza Naghizadeh (Aluminium Arak)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) 4	Persepolis	1–1	Gol Gohar	Tehran
18:00 IRST +03:30	Alekasir 53' Faraji 87'	Report	Sohrabian 28', 45+2' Pourali 55' Shekari 58'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Armin Sohrabian (Gol Gohar)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) 5	Mes Rafsanjan	1–1	Persepolis	Sarcheshmeh
16:00 IRST +03:30	Kaabi 67'	Report	Torabi 71' (p) Sarlak 83'	Stadium: Shahid Zeinali Stadium Referee: Hassan Akrami Man of the Match: Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

24 November 2021 (2021-11-24) 6	Persepolis	1–0	Sanat Naft	Tehran
18:00 IRST +03:30	Torabi 30' Sarlak 72'		Gohari 38' Reykani 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ali Asghar Momeni Man of the Match: Milad Sarlak (Persepolis)

29 November 2021 (2021-11-29) 7	Persepolis	1–0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tehran
18:30 IRST +03:30	Abdi 50'	Report	Amiri 68' Eydi 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Koupal Nazemi Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 8	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	Tehran
16:15 IRST +03:30	Yamga 68' Rezavand 77' Moradmand 90+3'	Report	Kamyabinia 24' Torabi 63' Alishah 72' Aghaei 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar Man of the Match: Hamed Lak (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) 9	Persepolis	2–2	Havadar	Tehran
18:00 IRST +03:30	Faraji 41' S. Nemati 90+1'	Report	Hosseini 39' Mohammadi 54' 55' Bashagerdi 69' Kordestani 83' Abbasian 90+4'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ali Safaei Man of the Match: Omid Alishah (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

15 December 2021 (2021-12-15) 10	Paykan	1–3	Persepolis	Tehran
16:00 IRST +03:30	Azadeh 21' Koushki 82' (p)		Abdi 18' Aghaei 24' Alekasir 64' Alishah 79' Lak 80' Shojaei 90+4'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Referee: Reza Mahdavi Man of the Match: Vahid Amiri (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

24 December 2021 (2021-12-24) 11	Persepolis	2–0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:00 IRST +03:30	Sharifi 38' Jafari 60' (o.g.) Hosseini 66' Torabi 88' (p)	Report	Khodadadi 75' Ghoreishi 86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mahdi Seyed Ali Man of the Match: Omid Alishah (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

29 December 2021 (2021-12-29) 12	Sepahan	0–1	Persepolis	Arak
16:00 IRST +03:30	Ahmadzadeh 19' Rafiei 41' Gvelesiani 45'	Report	Kamyabinia 33' A. Nemati 42' Sarlak 45' S. Nemati 79' Shojaei 90+2'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Referee: Vahid Kazemi Man of the Match: Kamal Kamyabinia (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

3 January 2022 (2022-01-03) 13	Persepolis	2–1	Tractor	Tehran
17:00 IRST +03:30	Shojaei 8' Alekasir 10' S. Nemati 55' Torabi 66' Lak 80' Faraji 87'	Report	Babaei 24' Hosseini 40' Najafi 58' Ghaderi 64'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Payam Heidari Man of the Match: Siamak Nemati (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) 14	Padideh	1–1	Persepolis	Mashhad
15:00 IRST +03:30	Jafari 33' Amiri 45' (o.g.) Bayrami 57' Jalali Rad 86' Zaer Kazemi 88' 90+1' Hosseini 90+4'	Report	Zaer Kazemi 31' (o.g.) Aghaei 90'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard Man of the Match: Mojtaba Bijan (Padideh)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

13 January 2022 (2022-01-13) 15	Persepolis	1–0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
17:30 IRST +03:30	Torabi 69' Abdi 89' Pahlavan 90+4'	Report	Zarei 32'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Morteza Mansourian Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

22 January 2022 (2022-01-22) 16	Persepolis	1–0	Foolad	Tehran
18:00 IRST +03:30	Abdi 49' Safarov 55' Sarlak 88'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Hassan Akrami Man of the Match: Mehdi Abdi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 17	Nassaji	1–3	Persepolis	Mashhad
17:00 IRST +03:30	Eslami 16' Kalantari 28' 78' Shojaei 48' Eslami 90+7'		Kamyabinia 2' Amiri 7' Pahlavan 50' Amiri 89' Pakdel 90+1' Hanonov 90+8'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Referee: Reza Mahdavi Man of the Match: Vahid Amiri (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) 18	Persepolis	2–0	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
19:30 IRST +03:30	Pakdel 76' Amiri 87' Asadi 90+4'	Report	Fakhreddini 45'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Payam Heidari Man of the Match: Hamed Pakdel (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 19	Gol Gohar	1–1	Persepolis	Sirjan
17:00 IRST +03:30	Ashouri 14' Sohrabian 22' Kiros 33' Barzay 49' Khanzadeh 89'	Report	Pakdel 13' Kamyabinia 30' Asadi 71'	Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian Man of the Match: Kiros Stanlley (Gol Gohar)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) 20	Persepolis	3–1	Mes Rafsanjan	Tehran
19:00 IRST +03:30	Abdi 19', 74' Kamyabinia 34' Aghaei 37'	Report	Aliyari 23' Tavakoli 77' Kaabi 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi Man of the Match: Mehdi Abdi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

6 March 2022 (2022-03-06) 21	Sanat Naft	2–0	Persepolis	Abadan
19:30 IRST +03:30	Ghobeishavi 7' Beyt Saeed 21' Ghobeishavi 60' Motlaghzadeh 69' Hamedifar 75'	Report	Pahlavan 80'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard Man of the Match: Hassan Beyt Saeed (Sanat Naft)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

11 March 2022 (2022-03-11) 22	Naft Masjed Soleyman	1–2	Persepolis	Masjed Soleyman
18:00 IRST +03:30	Hasheminezhad 38' Miri 77' Eidi 87'	Report	Asadi 10', 20' Asadi 26'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Referee: Ali Safaei Man of the Match: Reza Asadi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

17 March 2022 (2022-03-17) 23	Persepolis	1–1	Esteghlal	Tehran
19:00 IRST +03:30	Temirov 15' Faraji 21' A. Nemati 40' Aghaei 66' Rezaeian 68'	Report	Gestede 81' Niknafs 87' Hosseini 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mahdi Seyed Ali Man of the Match: Ali Nemati (Persepolis)

4 April 2022 (2022-04-04) 24	Havadar	0–0	Persepolis	Tehran
20:45 IRST +03:30	Sattari 58' Hosseini 83'	Report	Rezaeian 37' Asadi 61' Torabi 73' Alishah 79' Temirov 83'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: NC Referee: Hamid Haj Malek Man of the Match: Moslem Haghshenas (Havadar)

4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 25	Persepolis	2–0	Paykan	Tehran
20:45 IRST +03:30	Pakdel 16' Alishah 32' A. Nemati 49' A. Nemati 50' Lak 85'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Reza Adel Man of the Match: Hamed Pakdel (Persepolis)

9 May 2022 (2022-05-09) 26	Zob Ahan	1–1	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
18:30 IRST +03:30	Bagherpasand 2' Bagherpasand 45+2'	Report	A. Nemati 12' Temirov 57' Temirov 57' Amiri 86'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Payam Heidari Man of the Match: Habib Far Abbasi (Zob Ahan)

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14) 27	Persepolis	1–2	Sepahan	Sirjan
21:50 IRST +03:30	Kamyabinia 68' A. Nemati 83'	Report	Alimohammadi 15' Nejadmehdi 36' Shahbazzadeh 48' Esmaeilifar 82'	Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium Attendance: NA Referee: Bijan Heydari Man of the Match: Mohammad Nejadmehdi (Sepahan)

19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) 28	Tractor	0–3	Persepolis	Tabriz
19:00 IRST +03:30				Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Reza Mahdavi
Note: Football Federation declared the match 3-0 in favor of Persepolis because of Tractor fans violence.

29 May 2022 (2022-05-29) 29	Persepolis	2–1	Padideh	Tehran
20:00 IRST +03:30	A. Nemati 23' Lak 50' Torabi 56' S. Nemati 59' S. Nemati 62'	Report	Behzadi 19' Rezazadeh 54'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Yasser Hamrang Man of the Match: Siamak Nemati (Persepolis)

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) 30	Fajr Sepasi	0–1	Persepolis	Tehran
20:00 IRST +03:30	Zendehrouh 51' Mansouri 80'	Report	Alishah 23' Hosseini 90+3'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: NA Referee: Rouhollah Sharifi Man of the Match: Omid Alishah (Persepolis)

Hazfi Cup

20 December 2021 (2021-12-20) Round of 32	Persepolis	4–0	Vista Toorbin	Tehran
17:30 IRST +03:30	Ebrahimi 30' Sharifi 64' S. Nemati 65' Alekasir 80' Shojaei 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Rouhollah Sharifi Man of the Match: Issa Alekasir (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

17 January 2022 (2022-01-17) Round of 16	Zob Ahan	0–3	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
15:30 IRST +03:30	Pourali 29' Khaleghifar 44' Soltani Mehr 64'	Report	Amiri 35' Abdi 62', 76' Torabi 70' Hosseini 73'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar Man of the Match: Mehdi Abdi (Persepolis)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

10 April 2022 (2022-04-10) Quarter Finals	Persepolis	2–3	Aluminium Arak	Tehran
20:30	Pahlavan 9' Torabi 45+3' (p) Gohari 70' Rezaeian 72' Asadi 72' Sarlak 90+2' Pakdel 90+6'	Report	Ghaed Rahmati 5' Azadi 20', 65' Majidi 45' Alinejad 52' Azadi 71' Mohammadzadeh 72'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi Man of the Match: Mohammad Alinejad (Aluminium Arak)

Super Cup

7 February 2022 (2022-02-07) Final	Foolad	1–0	Persepolis	Sirjan
17:15 IRST +03:30	Coulibaly 18' Ansari 33' Abshak 40' Shahabbasi 50' Bou Hamdan 66' 81' Moradian 87' Najjarian 90+1'	Report	Asadi 35' Shiri 43' 63'	Stadium: Shahid Soleimani Stadium Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian Man of the Match: Moussa Coulibaly (Foolad)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the match was played behind closed doors.

AFC Champions League

2021

knockout stage

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) Round of 16	Istiklol	0–1	Persepolis	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:30 UTC+4:30	Safarov 80'	Report	Faraji 19' Sarlak 79' Torabi 90'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Man of the Match: Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis)

16 October 2021 (2021-10-16) Quarter-final	Persepolis	0–3	Al-Hilal	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:30 UTC+3:30	Asadi 19' Aghaei 48' Faraji 57' Sharifi 80'	Report	Al-Dawsari 27' Gomis 50', 70' Marega 61' Al-Bulaihi 72'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 14,877 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) Man of the Match: Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal)
Note: Match played at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, instead of Persepolis' regular Azadi Stadium in Tehran.

2022

The AFC announced that Esteghlal and Persepolis had not satisfied the mandatory criteria of the AFC Club Licensing Regulations, and their licences were withdrawn by the AFC's independent Entry Control Body, and thus were declared ineligible to participate in the 2022 AFC Champions League.^[18]

Statistics

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	Super Cup	2021 ACL	Total
1	FW	16	Mehdi Abdi	7	2	0	0	9
2	FW	72	Issa Alekasir	4	1	0	0	5
	MF	9	Mehdi Torabi	3	1	0	1	5
	FW	40	Hamed Pakdel	5	0	0	0	5
5	MF	8	Reza Asadi	4	0	0	0	4
	MF	88	Siamak Nemati	3	1	0	0	4
	DF	6	Ali Nemati	4	0	0	0	4
8	MF	11	Kamal Kamyabinia	3	0	0	0	3
9	MF	23	Ali Shojaei	1	1	0	0	2
9	MF	19	Vahid Amiri	1	1	0	0	2
11	MF	10	Milad Sarlak	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	3	Farshad Faraji	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Mohammad Sharifi	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	14	Ehsan Pahlavan	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	70	Sherzod Temirov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	2	Omid Alishah	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				2	0	0	0	2
Other				3	0	0	0	3
Total				44	9	0	1	54
Last updated: 2 June 2022

Assists

Player left the club during the season.

Place	Position	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	Super Cup	2021 ACL	Total
1	MF	9	Mehdi Torabi	11	0	0	0	11
2	MF	2	Omid Alishah	4	1	0	0	5
2	DF	27	Ramin Rezaeian	5	0	0	0	5
4	MF	14	Ehsan Pahlavan	2	2	0	0	4
5	MF	8	Reza Asadi	2	0	0	1	3
5	MF	19	Vahid Amiri	3	0	0	0	3
7	FW	72	Issa Alekasir	0	2	0	0	2
	MF	10	Milad Sarlak	1	1	0	0	2
	FW	16	Mehdi Abdi	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	23	Ali Shojaei	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	88	Siamak Nemati	1	1	0	0	2
12	DF	17	Mehdi Shiri	1	0	0	0	1
12	DF	4	Jalal Hosseini	1	0	0	0	1
Total				35	7	0	1	43
Last updated: 2 June 2022

Goalkeeping

Player left the club during the season.

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			2021 ACL			Super Cup			Total
Rank	No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
1	81		Hamed Lak	22	16	9	2	0	2	2	3	1	1	1	0	27	20	12
2	99		Ahmad Gohari	5	3	2	1	3	0							6	6	2
3	44		Božidar Radošević	2	2	0										2	2	0
4	34		Amir Mohammad Yousefi
Total				29	21	11	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	0	35	28	14
Last updated: 2 June 2022

Man of the Match

Place	Position	Number	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	Super Cup	2021 ACL	Total
1	FW	16	Mehdi Abdi	3	1	0	0	4
2	MF	9	Mehdi Torabi	2	0	0	1	3
2	MF	2	Omid Alishah	3	0	0	0	3
4	MF	19	Vahid Amiri	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	8	Reza Asadi	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	40	Hamed Pakdel	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	88	Siamak Nemati	2	0	0	0	2
8	DF	4	Jalal Hosseini	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	10	Milad Sarlak	1	0	0	0	1
	GK	81	Hamed Lak	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	72	Issa Alekasir	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	11	Kamal Kamyabinia	1	0	0	0	1
Total				20	2	0	1	23
Last updated: 2 June 2022

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.

Player left the club during the season.

				PGPL			Hazfi Cup			2021 ACL			Super Cup			Total
No	P	N	Name
2	MF		Omid Alishah	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
3	DF		Farshad Faraji	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	DF		Jalal Hosseini	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	DF		Alireza Ebrahimi	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Ali Nemati	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF		Reza Asadi	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
9	MF		Mehdi Torabi	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
10	MF		Milad Sarlak	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	MF		Kamal Kamyabinia	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	MF		Ehsan Pahlavan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	FW		Mehdi Abdi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	DF		Mehdi Shiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Mohammad Sharifi	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	MF		Vahid Amiri	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	MF		Ali Shojaei	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	DF		Ramin Rezaeian	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
55	DF		Manuchehr Safarov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
40	FW		Hamed Pakdel	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
66	DF		Vahdat Hanonov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
70	FW		Sherzod Temirov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
72	FW		Issa Alekasir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
77	DF		Saeid Aghaei	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
81	GK		Hamed Lak	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
88	MF		Siamak Nemati	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
99	GK		Ahmad Gohari	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				51	0	1	8	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	66	1	1

Last updated: 2 June 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Club

Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport

First half season and 2021 ACL

Home Kit

Away Kit

Third Kit

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sponsorship

References

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External links

[table_note_EST0.26192841923885-17] Esteghlal could not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate. According to FFIRI special rules for ACL slots, the next best-ranked team of 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League will replace Esteghlal in ACL.

[table_note_PRS0.26192841923885-18] Persepolis qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League.

[table_note_SEP0.26192841923885-19] Sepahan qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by being the runner-up in 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League.

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