1999 �2000 PERSEPOLIS F.C. SEASON

Persepolis
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Amir Abedini
Manager	Ali Parvin
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Azadegan League	Champions
Hazfi Cup	Withdrew
Asian Club Championship	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: B. Seraj (11 goals); All: M. Hasheminasab (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 (against Esteghlal)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was the Persepolis's 9th season in the Azadegan League, and their 17th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship. Persepolis was captained by Hossein Abdi.^[1]

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)
4	DF	IRN	Ali Ansarian
5	DF	IRN	Afshin Peyrovani
6	DF	IRN	Behrouz Rahbarifard
7	MF	IRN	Hamid Estili
8	DF	IRN	Mehdi Hasheminasab
9	FW	IRN	Behnam Seraj
10	FW	IRN	Edmond Bezik
11	MF	IRN	Hamed Kavianpour
12	MF	IRN	Hossein Abdi ( captain)
13	MF	IRN	Ebrahim Asadi
14	DF	IRN	Nader Mohammadkhani ( 3rd captain)
15	MF	IRN	Esmaeil Halali


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IRN	Reza Shahroudi
17	MF	IRN	Hadi Mahdavikia
18	DF	IRN	Mohammad Barzegar
19	FW	IRN	Payan Rafat
20	FW	IRN	Ali Baghmisheh
21	FW	IRN	Kourosh Barmak
22	GK	IRN	Davoud Fanaei
22	GK	IRN	Mojtaba Rezaei
23	MF	IRN	Alireza Emamifar
24	MF	IRN	Mehdi Tartar
26	MF	IRN	Ali Karimi

Mid-season Transfers

In

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer fee	Type	Source
16	LB	Reza Shahroudi	27	Dalian Shide	–	Loan Return

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
1999–2000 Azadegan League	—	—	Winners	August 18, 1999	May 25, 2000
1999–2000 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Withdrew	December 7, 2000	December 13, 2000
1999–2000 Asian Club Championship	—	—	Third-place		April 22, 2000

Azadegan League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	26	15	9	2	45	23	+22	54	Qualification for the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship
2	Esteghlal	26	12	11	3	32	16	+16	47	Qualification for the 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3	Fajr Sepasi	26	11	11	4	37	18	+19	44
4	Sepahan	26	11	9	6	28	19	+9	42
5	Zob Ahan	26	11	6	9	35	29	+6	39

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

18 August 1999 (1999-08-18) 1	Persepolis	3 – 1	Bahman	Tehran
	Bezik Hasheminasab pen.' Kavianpour			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

22 August 1999 (1999-08-22) 2	Irsotter Noshahr	1 – 5	Persepolis	Noshahr
	Tahmasebi		Mahdavikia Hasheminasab Rafat Seraj

26 August 1999 (1999-08-26) 3	Persepolis	2 – 1	Sanat Naft	Tehran
	Seraj			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

12 September 1999 (1999-09-12) 4	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Fuladshahr
			Rafat	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

24 September 1999 (1999-09-24) 5	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
	Mohammadkhani 47' Halali 30'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

28 September 1999 (1999-09-28) 6	Persepolis	3 – 1	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Emamifar Hasheminasab			Stadium: Takhti Stadium

2 October 1999 (1999-10-02) 7	Aboomoslem	1 – 2	Persepolis	Mashhad
	Hootizadeh		Bezik Emamifar	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

7 October 1999 (1999-10-07) 8	Tractor	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
	Peyrovani o.g.' (62)		Baghmisheh 88'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

15 October 1999 (1999-10-15) 9	Persepolis	2 – 1	Saipa	Tehran
	Estili 14' Emamifar 28'		pen.' (75)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

28 October 1999 (1999-10-28) 10	Persepolis	3 – 0	Chooka	Tehran
	Rafat 65' 71' Estili 83'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

14 November 1999 (1999-11-14) 11	Foolad	1 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	Zahedi 19' pen.'		Hasheminasab 69' Seraj 75'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

20 November 1999 12

Sepahan

0 – 0

Persepolis

Isfahan

25 November 1999 (1999-11-25) 13	Persepolis	3 – 1	Pas	Tehran
	Rafat 78' Estili 87' Hasheminasab 90+1'		Heydari 15' Nekounam	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

25 January 2000 (2000-01-25) 14	Bahman	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	Mikaeili 84'		Hasheminasab 63'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

23 February 2000 (2000-02-23) 15	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 1	Persepolis	Shiraz
	13'		Seraj 89'	Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

27 February 2000 (2000-02-27) 16	Esteghlal	0 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
			Hasheminasab 8' Rafat 81'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

4 March 2000 (2000-03-04) 17	Persepolis	1 – 1	Aboomoslem	Tehran
	Hasheminasab 89' ( pen.)		Ebrahimi 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

9 March 2000 (2000-03-09) 18	Persepolis	5 – 2	Tractor	Tehran
	Bezik 37' 48' Karimi 65' Seraj 78' Hasheminasab 82' ( pen.)		Tavakoli 15' Rostami 45+1'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

13 March 2000 (2000-03-13) 19	Saipa	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

28 April 2000 (2000-04-28) 20	Persepolis	1 – 0	Sepahan	Tehran
	Seraj 31'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

2 May 2000 (2000-05-02) 21	Persepolis	2 – 0	Irsotter Noshahr	Tehran
	Seraj 33' 40'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

7 May 2000 (2000-05-07) 22	Chooka	1 – 2	Persepolis	Talesh
	65' ( pen.)		Hasheminasab 42' ( pen.) Halali 75'	Stadium: Pouria Vali Stadium

12 May 2000 (2000-05-12) 23	Pas	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	Khatibi		Seraj 47'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

16 May 2000 (2000-05-16) 24	Sanat Naft	3 – 0	Persepolis	Abadan
	Mohannad Mahdi 33' 80' Sharifinasab 75'			Stadium: Takhti Stadium

21 May 2000 (2000-05-21) 25	Persepolis	2 – 2	Foolad	Tehran
	Karimi 18' 77' ( pen.)		Jenabi 44' Saadavi 53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

25 May 2000 (2000-05-25) 26	Persepolis	0 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tehran
			65' 75'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup

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Round of 32

7 December 1999 (1999-12-07) First leg	Adonis Mashhad	0 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
			Baghmisheh pen.' (58)	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

13 December 1999 (1999-12-13) Second leg	Persepolis	3 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Adonis Mashhad	Tehran
	Rahbarifar pen' (28) Baghmisheh 55' Barmak 84'		Enayati 17'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis withdrew after this round.

Asian Club Championship

Second round

First leg	Persepolis	3 – 0	Al Ansar	Tehran, Iran
	Hasheminasab Bezik Baghmisheh			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Second leg

Al Ansar

0 – 0
(0 – 3 agg.)

Persepolis

Beirut, Lebanon

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Hilal	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Persepolis	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Al-Shorta	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
FC Irtysh	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

7 February 2000 (2000-02-07) 1	Persepolis	0 – 0	Al-Shorta	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
				Stadium: Fahd International Stadium

9 February 2000 (2000-02-09) 2	Persepolis	1 – 0	FC Irtysh	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Hasheminasab 78'			Stadium: Fahd International Stadium

11 February 2000 (2000-02-11) 3	Al-Hilal	0 – 0	Persepolis	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
				Stadium: Fahd International Stadium

Semifinals

20 April 2000 (2000-04-20)	Júbilo Iwata	2 – 0	Persepolis	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Takahara 67' Nakayama 90'			Stadium: Fahd International Stadium

Third place match

22 April 2000 (2000-04-22)	Persepolis	1 – 0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Karimi 75'			Stadium: Fahd International Stadium

Scorers

No.	Pos	Name	League	Hazfi Cup	Asian	Total
8	CB	Mehdi Hasheminasab	10	0	2	12
9	CF	Behnam Seraj	11	0	0	11
19	CF	Payan Rafat	6	0	0	6
10	CF	Edmond Bezik	4	0	1	5
26	AM	Ali Karimi	3	0	1	4
23	RM	Alireza Emamifar	4	0	0	4
20	CF	Ali Baghmisheh	1	2	1	4
7	CM	Hamid Estili	3	0	0	3
5 Players			3	2	0	5
Totals			45	4	5	54

Goalkeeping

			League			Hazfi			Asian			Total
No	N	Name	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS	M	GA	CS
22		Davoud Fanaei	16	15	5	1	0	1	4	0	4	21	15	10
1		Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh	9	7	3				3	2	2	12	9	5
		Mehdi Mosatafazadeh				1	0	1				1	0	1
		Mojtaba Rezaei	1	1	0							1	1	0
Total			26	23	8	2	0	2	7	2	6	35	25	16
Last updated: 31 August 2020

References

[1] "عكساي دهه70پرسپوليس(هيچ جاي ديگه نديدين) | پرسپوليس 79-78 جام آزادگان".

[2] "عكساي دهه70پرسپوليس(هيچ جاي ديگه نديدين) | پرسپوليس 79-78 جام حذفي".

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Squad

Mid-season Transfers

In

Technical staff