1998–99 Persepolis F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the Persepolis's 8th season in the Azadegan League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Hossein Abdi.[1]

Persepolis
1998–99 season
ChairmanAmir Abedini
ManagerAli Parvin
StadiumAzadi Stadium
Azadegan LeagueChampions
Hazfi CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: E. Bezik (11 goals)
All: E. Bezik (14 goals)
Highest home attendance100,000 (11 July 1999 against Esteghlal)

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 Iran IRN Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (vice captain)
2 Iran IRN Yahya Golmohammadi
3 DF Iran IRN Naeem Saadavi
4 DF Iran IRN Behrouz Rahbarifard
5 Iran IRN Afshin Peyrovani
6 DF Iran IRN Mehdi Hasheminasab
7 MF Iran IRN Hamid Estili
9 FW Iran IRN Behnam Seraj
10 FW Iran IRN Edmond Bezik
11 MF Iran IRN Hamed Kavianpour
12 MF Iran IRN Hossein Abdi (captain)
14 DF Iran IRN Nader Mohammadkhani (3rd captain)
15 MF Iran IRN Esmaeil Halali
18 DF Iran IRN Ali Ansarian
19 MF Iran IRN Shahram Baratpouri
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Iran IRN Ali Baghmisheh
21 DF Iran IRN Reza Torabian
22 GK Iran IRN Davoud Fanaei
23 MF Iran IRN Alireza Emamifar
24 DF Iran IRN Ali Mafinejad
25 MF Iran IRN Hamid Motahari
26 MF Iran IRN Ali Karimi
FW Iran IRN Payan Rafat
DF Iran IRN Mohsen Ranjbaran
MF Iran IRN Hadi Mahdavikia
DF Iran IRN Jahanbakhsh Jafari
GK Iran IRN Mojtaba Rezaei
FW Iran IRN Kourosh Barmak

Mid-season Transfers

In

No P Name Age Moving from Transfer
fee
Type Source
CF Payan Rafat 28 Malavan Transfer
CF Kourosh Barmak Tractor Sazi Transfer

Out

No P Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Source
16 LB Reza Shahroudi 26 China Dalian Shide Loan
17 RW Mehdi Mahdavikia 21 Germany VfL Bochum Loan

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Iran Ali Parvin
Assistant coach Iran Nasser Ebrahimi
Physical fitness trainer Iran Parviz Komasi
Goalkeeping coach Iran Vahid Ghelich
Doctor Iran Dr. Farid Zarineh
Team Manager Iran Mahmoud Khordbin

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
1998–99 Azadegan League Winners September 13, 1998May 22, 1999
1998–99 Hazfi Cup Round of 32 Winners April 9, 2002

Azadegan League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 30 19 8 3 56 21 +35 65 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
2 Esteghlal 30 14 11 5 50 28 +22 53 Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3 Sepahan 30 13 14 3 39 19 +20 53
4 Saipa 30 13 10 7 43 33 +10 49
5 PAS 30 9 15 6 30 25 +5 42
Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

[2]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

13 September 1998 (1998-09-13) 1 Persepolis 3 – 0 Polyacryl Tehran
M. Mahdavikia
Abedzadeh pen.'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
21 September 1998 (1998-09-21) 2 Chooka 3 – 1 Persepolis Talesh
Daneshvar
Feyzi Moghaddam
Amin
Emamifar Stadium: Pouria Vali Stadium
27 September 1998 (1998-09-27) 3 Persepolis 0 – 0 Fajr Sepasi Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) 4 Persepolis 1 – 0 Saipa Tehran
Karimi Stadium: Azadi Stadium
9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) 5 Sepahan 1 – 0 Persepolis Isfahan
Stepanyan Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
16 October 1998 (1998-10-16) 6 Persepolis 1 – 0 Foolad Tehran
Seraj Stadium: Azadi Stadium
22 October 1998 (1998-10-22) 7 Sanat Naft 1 – 4 Persepolis Abadan
Hootizadeh Mohammadkhani
Seraj
Emamifar
H. Mahdavikia
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
8 November 1998 (1998-11-08) 9 Persepolis 1 – 0 Malavan Tehran
Mohammadkhani Stadium: Azadi Stadium
13 November 1998 (1998-11-13) 10 Esteghlal 0 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
Mousavi Red card Hasheminasab 45+1'
Estili Red card
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) 8 Pas 0 – 4 Persepolis Tehran
Seraj
Shahroudi
Baghmisheh
Emamifar
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
11 January 1999 (1999-01-11) 11 Tractor 2 – 4 Persepolis Tabriz
Barmak pen.' pen.' Halali pen.'
Hasheminasab
Karimi
Estili
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
18 January 1999 (1999-01-18) 12 Persepolis 2 – 0 Zob Ahan Tehran
Karimi
Hasheminasab
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
23 January 1999 (1999-01-23) 16 Polyacryl 0 – 2 Persepolis Isfahan
Estili
Bezik
29 January 1999 (1999-01-29) 17 Persepolis 4 – 0 Chooka Tehran
Baratpouri
Bezik
Abdi
Emamifar
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
5 February 1999 (1999-02-05) 18 Fajr Sepasi 2 – 3 Persepolis Shiraz
Seyed-Abbasi
Rezaei pen.'
Estili
Bezik
Halali
Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
21 February 1999 (1999-02-21) 20 Persepolis 3 – 1 Sepahan Tehran
Bezik
Estili
Dehghani Stadium: Azadi Stadium
27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 21 Foolad 0 – 3 Persepolis Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The disciplinary committee had banned Foolad from home matches because of their fans' behaviour, and Foolad had to go to opponent ground for their home matches. Foolad decided not to play this match and the match declared 3–0 in favor of Persepolis.
2 March 1999 (1999-03-02) 13 Bank Melli 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
Bezik
Emamifar
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
12 March 1999 (1999-03-12) 23 Persepolis 1 – 2 Pas Tehran
Bezik 75' Hashemian 1'
Khatibi 55'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
19 March 1999 (1999-03-19) 24 Malavan 1 – 1 Persepolis Bandar-e Anzali
Parnianfar 60' Bezik 55' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
4 April 1999 (1999-04-04) 14 Shahrdari Tabriz 0 – 0 Persepolis Tabriz
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
9 April 1999 (1999-04-09) 25 Persepolis 1 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Hasheminasab 3' Malekian 43' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 15 Persepolis 1 – 0 Aboomoslem Tehran
Hasheminasab Stadium: Takhti Stadium
18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) 26 Persepolis 0 – 0 Tractor Tehran
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
23 April 1999 (1999-04-23) 27 Zob Ahan 1 – 1 Persepolis Fuladshahr
Sahebi 9' Baghmisheh 61' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
29 April 1999 (1999-04-29) 28 Persepolis 1 – 1 Bank Melli Tehran
Bezik Najafi pen.' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
2 May 1999 (1999-05-02) 19 Saipa 1 – 1 Persepolis Tehran
Shokrekhoda Ansarian Stadium: Azadi Stadium
7 May 1999 (1999-05-07) 29 Persepolis 4 – 1 Shahrdari Tabriz Tehran
Hasheminasab
Seraj
Emamifar
Bezik
Sangforoush Stadium: Azadi Stadium
22 May 1999 (1999-05-22) 30 Aboomoslem 1 – 2 Persepolis Tehran
Golcheshmeh 89' Baghmisheh
Bezik
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Note: The disciplinary committee had banned Aboomoslem from this home match because of their fans' behaviour and the match was held in Tehran.

Hazfi Cup

[3]

Round of 32

First legBehpak Behshahr0 – 2 Persepolis Behshahr
Rahbarifar
Seraj
Second leg Persepolis 4 – 1
(6 – 1 agg.)
Behpak BehshahrTehran
Rahbarifar
Seraj
Bezik
pen.' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16

30 March 1999 (1999-03-30) First leg Polyacryl 0 – 2 Persepolis Isfahan
Rahbarifar 3'
Estili 37'
Second leg Persepolis 1 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)
Polyacryl Tehran
Seraj 35' Youzbashi 2' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Second leg Persepolis 3 – 0
(5 – 0 agg.)
Esteghlal Ahvaz Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: The match was not played because Esteghlal Ahvaz refused to do it.Football Federation declared the match 3–0 in favor of Persepolis.

Final

11 July 1999 (1999-07-11) Final Persepolis 2 – 1 Esteghlal Tehran
Hasheminasab 12' (pen.)
Peyrovani 86'
Bakhtiarizadeh 50' Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Scorers

No. Pos Nat Name League Hazfi Cup Total
10 CF Iran Edmond Bezik 11 3 14
23 RM Iran Alireza Emamifar 7 1 8
9 CF Iran Behnam Seraj 4 4 8
6 CB Iran Mehdi Hasheminasab 6 1 7
7 CM Iran Hamid Estili 4 1 5
4 CB Iran Behrouz Rahbarifar 1 3 4
26 AM Iran Ali Karimi 3 0 3
20 CF Iran Ali Baghmisheh 3 0 3
15 CM Iran Esmaeil Halali 2 1 3
5 CB Iran Afshin Peyrovani 2 1 3
17 RW Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia 2 0 2
14 CB Iran Nader Mohammadkhani 2 0 2
7 Players 6 1 7
Others 3 3 6
Totals 56 19 75

Goalkeeping

PGPL Hazfi Cup Total
No N Name M GA CS M GA CS M GA CS
1IranAhmad Reza Abedzadeh 191210 191210
22IranDavoud Fanaei 983 854 17137
IranMojtaba Rezaei 110 110
Total 292113 854 372617
Last updated: 22 August 2020

References

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