2025–26 Persepolis F.C. season

Persepolis
2025–26 season
Chairman	Reza Darvish (until 18 October 2025) ; Peyman Haddadi ; (interim, from 18 October)
Manager	Vahid Hashemian (until 26 October 2025); Osmar Loss (from 28 October 2025);
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League
Hazfi Cup	-
Home colours	Away colours

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

Supplier: Merooj
Sponsors: Asan Pardakht , Daria Hamrah

Home

Away

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Goalkeeper 4

Squad

No.	Name	Age	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	8	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	12	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	129	12	5	2027	Al Ahli	Free
8	Morteza Pouraliganji	33	DF	2022	58	1	1	2027	Shenzhen	Free
76	Soheil Sahraei	22	DF	2023	6	0	0	2028	Academy	Free	U-23
84	Alireza Homaeifard	19	DF	2024	0	0	0	2028	Academy	Free	U-21
93	Serge Aurier	33	DF	2025	0	0	0	2026	Galatasaray	Free
Midfielders
2	Omid Alishah	33	MF	2013	259	20	50	2026	Rah Ahan	Free	Captain
7	Soroush Rafiei	35	MF	2022	131	8	17	2026	Sepahan	Free
10	Milad Sarlak	30	MF	2020	133	6	5	2027	Shahr Khodro	Free
11	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	33	MF	2024	156	14	15	2026	Sepahan	Free
14	Alireza Enayatzadeh	21	MF	2023	7	1	0	2028	Academy	Free	U-21
21	Mohammad Omri	25	MF	2021	53	5	0	2029	Academy	Free
45	Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi	21	MF	2025	0	0	0	2029	Havadar	€320,000	U-23
70	Oston Urunov	25	MF	2024	38	11	1	2027	Navbahor	Free
77	Mohammad Khodabandelou	26	MF	2024	40	1	2	2028	Mes Rafsanjan	€160,000
80	Yasin Salmani	23	MF	2023	18	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	235	80	35	2026	Gil Vicente	Free
17	Mojtaba Fakhrian	22	FW	2025	0	0	0	2028	Shams Azar	€215,000	U-23
18	Abolfazl Babaei	22	FW	2023	12	0	1	2026	Fajr Sepasi	Free	U-21
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

Last updated: 23 July 2025.
Source:

New Contracts

Transfers

In

Row	No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
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	€215,000	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

Out

Row	No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
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	Be'sat Kermanshah	free	Transfer	Summer
12	90	DF	Erfan Shirvani	22		free	Transfer	Summer
13	67	MF	Hossein Hajizadeh	22		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		free	Transfer	Summer
17	91	FW	Serdar Dursun	33	Kocaelispor	free	Transfer	Summer
18	19	MF	Vahid Amiri	37	Foolad	free	Transfer	Summer

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'

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

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
PGPL	14	6	7	1	15	7	+8	042.86
Hazfi Cup	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total	15	6	8	1	16	8	+8	040.00

Last updated: 18 December 2025
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
14	6	7	1	15	7	+8	25	3	5	0	9	3	+6	3	2	1	6	4	+2

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	7	6	4	5	5	7	10	7	9	3	2	3	2	2
Points	1	4	5	6	7	8	8	11	12	15	18	19	22	25

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: "iranleague".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan	13	8	3	2	16	6	+10	27	Qualification for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Persepolis	14	6	7	1	15	7	+8	25	Qualification for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs
3	Chadormalou	14	6	6	2	18	15	+3	24	Qualification for the 2026 CAFA Silk Way Cup Group stage
4	Esteghlal	13	5	7	1	18	11	+7	22
5	Tractor	13	5	6	2	18	8	+10	21

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. 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	v	Persepolis	Rafsanjan
16:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Shohadaye Mes Rafsanjan Stadium

18 January 2026 (2026-01-18) 16	Fajr Sepasi	v	Persepolis	Shiraz
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Pars Stadium

23 January 2026 (2026-01-23) 17	Persepolis	v	Sepahan	Tehran
16:45 IRST (UTC+03:30)				Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium

18	Foolad	v	Persepolis	Ahvaz
				Stadium: Foolad Arena

19	Persepolis	v	Chadormalou	Tehran
				Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium

20	Malavan	v	Persepolis	Bandar-e Anzali
				Stadium: Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium

21	Gol Gohar	v	Persepolis	Sirjan
				Stadium: Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium (Sirjan)

22	Persepolis	v	Kheybar	Tehran
				Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium

23	Zob Ahan	v	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

24	Persepolis	v	Tractor	Tehran
				Stadium: Shohada-ye Shahr-e Qods Stadium

25	Esteghlal Khuzestan	v	Persepolis	Ahvaz
				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		0–0	0–0
Esteghlal	0–0		0–0
Esteghlal Khuzestan	3–0		3–0
Fajr Sepasi	1–1		1–1
Foolad	1–1		1–1
Gol Gohar	1–1		1–1
Kheybar		1–2	1–2
Malavan	0–0		0–0
Mes Rafsanjan
Paykan		1–0	1–0
Sepahan		1–0	1–0
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
	Hosseinzadeh Esmaeilifar Zaerkazemayn Hamrobekov Karimazar Sedlar Faraji Khalilzadeh Shiri Beiranvand Hosseinzadeh		Kanaanizadegan Bakić Kazemian Pouraliganji Alipour Ahmadzadeh Omri Shekari Mohammadi Niazmand Kanaanizadegan

Statistics

Goal scorers

Player left the club during the season.

Place	Number	Position	Name	PGPL	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Ali Alipour	5		5
2	7	MF	Soroush Rafiei	2		2
2	70	MF	Oston Urunov	2		2
2	6	DF	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	1	1	2
3	2	MF	Omid Alishah	1		1
3	21	MF	Mohammad Omri	1		1
3	23	FW	Thievy Bifouma	1		1
3	69	FW	Mohammad Amin Kazemian	1		1
3	88	MF	Marko Bakić	1		1

Assists

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

Hatricks

Place	Player	vs	score	date	Competition

Last updated: 19 March 2025

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Player	PGPL	CL	Hazfi Cup	Total	CL Total
1	1	Payam Niazmand	13	8	1	14	8
2	22	Amir Reza Rafiei	1	0	0	1	0
3	68	Mohammad Gandomi	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			14	8	1	15	8

References

External links

[1] "پرسپولیس خوشتیپ‌ترین عضو امسال را استخدام کرد".

[2] انتصاب دکتر فرید زرینه به سرپرست کمیته پزشکی باشگاه پرسپولیس

[3] "اعلام نحوه تعیین قهرمان،صعود و سقوط کنندگان". iranleague.ir.

[4] "اصلاح آئین‌نامه مسابقات لیگ برتر فوتبال/ بازی رو در رو ملاک تعیین تیم قهرمان". ISNA.

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