Persepolis-Sepahan rivalry
Other namesIran El Clasico
LocationIran Tehran, Iran
Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran
TeamsPersepolis Football Club
Sepahan Sport Club
First meetingSepahan 1–2 Persepolis
(11 February 1972)
Latest meetingSepahan 1 –0 Persepolis
(12 November 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total81 matches
Most winsPersepolis (27)
Most player appearancesMoharram Navidkia (23)
Top scorerEdmond Bezik (7)
Largest victoryPersepolis 6–0 Sepahan
1971–72 Local League
(19 March, 1972 (1972-03-19))
Sepahan (left) and Persepolis playing in 2015.

The rivalry between Persepolis and Sepahan is a footballing rivalry played between Iranian clubs Persepolis and Sepahan.

History

2006 Hazfi Cup Final

This rivalry started in 2006 when Sepahan and Persepolis contested the Hafzi Cup championship, Iranian football's second-most prestigious competition. After both teams battled to a 1–1 tie in the first leg in Tehran, the two sides returned to Esfahan's Nagshe Jahan Stadium for the pivotal second leg, when a champion would be crowned. The first half was uneventful. But in the second half, things would get explosive. Ebrahim Asadi gave the reds the lead at the 56-minute mark. With that, a Persepolis championship seemed to be a foregone conclusion. But just nine minutes later, Hamid Shafiee, who also scored the equalizer in the first leg, tied the game with a goal in the 64th minute. Neither team would do anything special in extra time, so the game went to penalty kicks.

In the fateful shootout, Sepahan got off to a bad start as Jalal Akbari missed his shot and Karim Bagheri gave Persepolis the lead. But Sheis Rezaei and Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht missed their shots, and Sepahan would go on to win 4–2 in the shootout.

2007 Hazfi Cup Semifinal

As expected, the two sides would meet again in next year's Hazfi Cup semifinal. This time the spoils would be decided in one game, and with Persepolis playing in front of 100,000 supporters in Azadi Stadium, they looked like a good bet for revenge. The reds got off to a good start by scoring midway through the second half on a penalty kick by Farzad Ashoubi. Persepolis would also have some chances to extend their lead. All was set for a Persepolis celebration when with just two minutes left, Sepahan earned a penalty of their own. Hadi Aghili converted with ease, silencing the crowd and sending the game into extra time.

In the extra sessions, nothing much happened from the home side and most Spectators hoped the game to go to penalty kicks again. But the Sepahan players never gave up and could not let the chance decide for the winner. Out of nowhere, Mahmoud Karimi, who had barely played all season for Sepahan, and was ignored by the government controlled media of Iran, emerged as an unlikely hero by scoring three goals in the span of just nine minutes to sink Persepolis 4–1. Sepahan would go on to win their second straight Hazfi Cup by beating Saba Battery 4–0 on aggregate, and Persepolis fans have found this harsh defeat heartbreaking and tough to forget.

2008 IPL Championship

Persepolis' fans after the match of Persepolis-Sepahan in the 2007–08 season

Throughout the 2007–2008 Iran Pro League season, Persepolis, under new head coach Afshin Ghotbi, was dominating the league. However, their one obstacle was still Sepahan, as they would be the only contender to bother Persepolis. In the middle of the season, Persepolis and Sepahan met at Esfahan's Fouladshahr Stadium. Sepahan won that game 2–1, handing Persepolis their first loss of the season. However, Sepahan would lose five points (reduced to three on an appeal) due to fan violence. But Persepolis also lost six points due to inability to pay former players. All things considered, Sepahan had a two-point lead over Persepolis at the top going into the last week of the season.

As fate would have it, the two teams would meet on the last day of the season in front 100,000 raucous fans in Azadi Stadium. Sepahan needed only a point to be crowned champs, while nothing less than a victory would do for the red giants. Persepolis got off to a dream start with a goal in the 18th minute from the league's top goalscorer, Mohsen Khalili. Khalili would also go on to hit the post and Persepolis was also denied a penalty kick on a controversial non-call by referee Saeed Mozafarri. Those misses would prove to be costly as 18-year-old sensation Ehsan Hajisafi would tie the game on a breakaway in the 30th minute. At halftime, it remained 1–1, and Sepahan was just 45 minutes away from breaking the reds' hearts once more.

Throughout the second half, it was all one-way traffic as Ghotbi's men put four strikers upfront against Sepahan's defense, which still stood strong for almost the entire second half and did not allow Persepolis to get the imperative goal they needed. After 90 minutes plus five minutes of stoppage time, the score was still the same, and Sepahan was getting ready to celebrate. But this time, luck would shift Persepolis' way. A Khalili free kick bounced at the feet of Karim Bagheri. Bagheri's experience would take over from there, as he sent a high cross to Sepehr Heidari who headed the ball in the back of the net in the 96th minute, giving Persepolis the championship, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Heidari's goal earned him a spot in Persepolis lore and proved to be a historic and memorable moment in team history.

2009 Hazfi Cup Round of 16

The two teams would meet at the Azadi Stadium again, this time in the Round of 16 of the Hazfi Cup. This time, however, both teams had been through a very lackluster season as they both changed coaches twice during the regular season. Sepahan and Persepolis finished 4th and 5th respectively in the IPL, which meant a very underachieving season for both teams.

Persepolis would take an early lead on a 12th minute cracker by Maziar Zare. Since then, the game became more lively as both teams created numerous chances. Zare also missed a golden opportunity to double his goal tally and Persepolis' lead after missing a penalty kick. In second half stoppage time, Sepahan captain Moharram Navidkia also squandered a tailor-made opportunity by firing over the bar from just a few yards out. Persepolis would go on to the quarterfinals, where they went down 2–1 to Pas Hamedan.

The aftermath of this game was very ironic in the sense that Sepahan, despite crashing out of the Hazfi Cup, would still qualify for the AFC Champions League because neighbors Zob Ahan, who finished second (among the top three) in the IPL, won the Hazfi Cup, which gave 4th placed Sepahan qualification to the AFC Champions League. Persepolis, however, had nothing to show for their efforts after having a more expensive squad than last season, when they won the IPL.

2013 Hazfi Cup Final

The 2013 Hazfi Cup Final was the clubs' second meeting in the final where Sepahan won 4–2 over Persepolis in the penalties in 2006. The match was also the last match of Persepolis captain Mehdi Mahdavikia, a former Iran national football team and Hamburg SV midfielder. After failed to agree on a venue between Ahvaz, Mashhad and Tabriz, final venue was decided with draw which Azadi Stadium was announced as the venue for the 2013 final. The two teams finished 1–1 in regular time and 2–2 after extra-time. The game went to penalties and Sepahan defeated Persepolis 4–2 in the penalty shootout.[1]

All results

No. Date Home team Score Away team Home goal scorers Away goal scorers Venue Competition Comments
11972–Feb-11Sepahan1–2PersepolisAli Mohamad Hajrasoli 9'Hossein Kalani 42' – Mahmoud Khordbin 67'IsfahanLocal League 2nd
21972–Mar-19Persepolis6–0SepahanHomayoun Behzadi 11', 55' – Asghar Adibi 3' – Ali Parvin 57' – Mahmoud Khordbin 64' – Reza Vatankhah 83'TehranLocal League 2nd
31974–75Sepahan0–1PersepolisAli ParvinIsfahanTakht Jamshid Cup 2nd
41974–75Persepolis3–0SepahanMohammad Dastjerdi (2) – Safar IranpakTehranTakht Jamshid Cup 2nd
51975–76Persepolis1–0SepahanEsmaeil Haj RahimipourTehranTakht Jamshid Cup 3rd
61975–76Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanTakht Jamshid Cup 3rd
71976–77Persepolis2–2SepahanEsmaeil Haj Rahimipour – Ali Parvin? – ?TehranTakht Jamshid Cup 4th
81976–77Sepahan1–1Persepolis?Jahangir FatahiIsfahanTakht Jamshid Cup 4th
91977–78Persepolis3–0SepahanMahmoud Khordbin – Safar Iranpak – Ali ParvinTehranTakht Jamshid Cup 5th
101977–78Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanTakht Jamshid Cup 5th
111989–90Sepahan1–1PersepolisHossein TalakeshMorteza Kermani MoghaddamIsfahanQods League
121989–90Persepolis3–0SepahanReza Abedian – Rahim Yousefi – Karim BaviTehranQods League
131991–92Persepolis3–0SepahanNasser Mohammadkhani (2) – Mojtaba MoharramiTehranAzadegan Cup 1st
141991–92Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanAzadegan Cup 1st
151993–94Persepolis3–0SepahanJamshid Shahmohammadi – Farshad Pious – Javad ManafiTehranAzadegan Cup 3rd
161994-Jan-28Sepahan1–0PersepolisHamid Motahari 80'IsfahanAzadegan Cup 3rd
171995–96Persepolis1–1SepahanHassan Shirmohammad?TehranAzadegan Cup 5th
181995–96Sepahan1–1PersepolisKarim GhanbariBehrouz RahbarifarIsfahanAzadegan League 5th
191996–97Persepolis2–2SepahanBehrouz Rahbarifar – Edmond BezikLevon Stepanyan – Hamid MemarianTehranAzadegan League 6th
201996–97Sepahan1–0PersepolisLevon StepanyanIsfahanAzadegan League 6th
211998–Oct-9Sepahan1–0PersepolisLevon StepanyanIsfahanAzadegan League 8th
221999–Feb-22Persepolis3–1SepahanEdmond Bezik (2) – Hamid EstiliDavoud DehghaniTehranAzadegan League 8th
231999-MayPersepolis2–2SepahanAlireza Emamifar – Esmaeil HalaliAbdollah Veisi – Majid Basirat (p.)TehranHazfi CupQuarter-Final[2]
241999-JuneSepahan0–1PersepolisEdmond BezikIsfahanHazfi CupQuarter-Final[3]
251999–Nov-20Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanAzadegan League 9th
262000–Apr-28Persepolis1–0SepahanBehnam Seraj 31'TehranAzadegan League 9th
272000–Dec-23Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanAzadegan League 10th
282001–Apr-19Persepolis0–2SepahanSeyyed Amin Mousavi 67', 86'TabrizAzadegan League 10th
292001–Nov-23Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanIPL 1st
302002–Mar-17Persepolis3–2SepahanBehrouz Rahbarifar 23'(p.) – Amirhossein Aslanian 86' – Behnam Abolghasempour 90+3'Levon Stepanian 46' – Afshin Hajipour 64'TehranIPL 1st
312003–Jan-02Sepahan2–1PersepolisEdmond Bezik – Moharram NavidkiaAli AnsarianIsfahanIPL 2nd
322003–May-19Persepolis1–1SepahanAli AnsarianNasser FarshbafTehranIPL 2nd
332003–Sep-30Persepolis3–3SepahanReza Jabbari 23' – Ali Salmani 52' – Issa Traoré 73'Asghar Talebnasab 37' - Edmond Bezik 40', 48'TehranIPL 3rd
342004–Jan-16Sepahan1–2PersepolisMahmoud Karimi 46'Afshin Peyrovani 54' – Pejman Jamshidi 89'IsfahanIPL 3rd
352004–Oct-29Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanIPL 4th
362005–May-15Persepolis1–2SepahanJavad Kazemian 35'Rasoul Khatibi 28', 68'TehranIPL 4th
372005–Dec-23Persepolis2–3SepahanJavad Kazemian 35' – Pejman Nouri 56'Rasoul Khatibi 30', 68' – Hadi Jafari 52'TehranIPL 5th
382006–Apr-21Sepahan2–0PersepolisRasoul Khatibi 69' – Jaba Mujiri 85'IsfahanIPL 5th
392006–Sep-13Persepolis1–1SepahanAlireza Vahedi Nikbakht 48'Hamid Shafiei 73'TehranHazfi CupFinal
402006-Sep-22Sepahan1–1
(2–4) Pen.
PersepolisHamid Shafiei 64'Ebrahim Asadi 55'IsfahanHazfi CupFinal
412006–Oct-22Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanIPL 6th
422007-Feb-9Persepolis2–1SepahanAbolfazl Hajizadeh 18' – Mehrzad Madanchi 89'Moharram Navidkia 78'TehranIPL 6th
432007–May-29Persepolis1–4
(a.e.t)
SepahanFarzad Ashoobi 64'(p.)Hadi Aghili 86'(p.) – Mahmoud Karimi 108', 111', 117'TehranHazfi CupSemi-Final
442007–Dec-31Sepahan2–1PersepolisMohammad Nosrati 36'(o.g.) – Emad Ridha 41'Abbas Aghaei 80'IsfahanIPL 7th
452008–May-17Persepolis2–1SepahanMohsen Khalili 16' – Sepehr Heydari 90+6'Ehsan Hajsafi 29'TehranIPL 7th
462008–Oct-26Persepolis3–2SepahanKarim Bagheri 12' – Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 45' 64'Emad Ridha 28', 34'TehranIPL 8th
472009–Feb-27Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanIPL 8th
482009–Apr-30Persepolis1–0SepahanMaziar Zare 12'TehranHazfi CupRound of 16
492009-Nov-28Sepahan2–1PersepolisIbrahima Toure 27' – Hadi Aghili 90'(p.)Sepehr Heydari 65'IsfahanIPL 9th
502010–May-18Persepolis1–1SepahanHadi Norouzi 47'Mehdi Karimian 77'TehranIPL 9th
512010–Sep-29Persepolis1–4SepahanTiago Fraga 31'Ibrahima Touré 41' – Hadi Aghili 66'(p.) – Khosro Heydari 73' – Reza Enayati 86'TehranIPL 10th
522011–May-15Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanIPL 10th
532011–May-29Persepolis0–0
(4–2) Pen.
SepahanTehranHazfi CupQuarter-Final
542011–Nov 19Persepolis0–0SepahanTehranIPL 11th
552012–Apr-12Sepahan1–1PersepolisXhevahir Sukaj 81'Mohammad Nouri 86'IsfahanIPL 11th
562012–Sep-23Sepahan2–0PersepolisAdel Kolahkaj 51' – Xhevahir Sukaj 72'IsfahanIPL 12th
572013–Feb-26Persepolis1–0SepahanHadi Norouzi 90+2'TehranIPL 12th
582013-May-05Persepolis2–2
(2–4) Pen.
SepahanKarim Ansarifard 24' – Mohammad Nouri 99'Xhevahir Sukaj 59' – Mohammad Gholami 106'TehranHazfi CupFinal
592013-Sep-20Sepahan2–0PersepolisHadi Aghili 6'(p.) – Amin Jahan Alian 90+4'IsfahanIPL 13th
602014-Jan-31Persepolis1–0SepahanMohammad Abbaszadeh 12' – Hamidreza Aliasgari 18'TehranIPL 13th
612014-Oct-3Sepahan1–0PersepolisMehdi Sharifi 90+4'IsfahanIPL 14th
622015-Apr-16Persepolis1–2SepahanHadi Norouzi 44'Mehdi Sharifi 85' – Luciano Pereira 90+2'TehranIPL 14th
632015-Aug-13Sepahan4–2PersepolisEhsan Hajsafi 8' – Michael Umaña 39'(o.g.) – Hadi Aghili 56'(p.) – Mohammadreza Khalatbari 82'Mehdi Taremi 12' – Omid Alishah 32'IsfahanIPL 15th
642016-Feb-02Persepolis2–2SepahanAli Alipour 50' – Kamal Kamyabinia 75'Fozil Musaev 10' – Luciano Pereira 65'TehranIPL 15th
652016-Sep-21Sepahan1–3PersepolisEhsan Hajsafi 23'Omid Alishah 15' – Mehdi Taremi 61', 74'IsfahanIPL 16th
662017-Feb-18Persepolis2–1SepahanMehdi Taremi 57' – Ramin Rezaeian 88'(p.)Taleb Reykani 80'(p.)TehranIPL 16th
672017-Sep-21Sepahan2–2PersepolisMarwan Hussein 61' – Jalaleddin Alimohammadi 87'Mehdi Taremi 39'(p.) – Ali Alipour 74'IsfahanIPL 17th
682018-Feb-3Persepolis2–0SepahanAli Alipour 10' – Shoja' Khalilzadeh 68'TehranIPL 17th
692018-Dec-09Sepahan1–1PersepolisEzzatollah Pourghaz 74'Ali Alipour 89'(p.)IsfahanIPL 18th
702019-Apr-26Persepolis0–0SepahanTehranIPL 18th
712019-May-29Sepahan0–1
(a.e.t)
PersepolisSiavash Yazdani 120+1'(o.g.)IsfahanHazfi CupSemi-Final
722019-Sep-26Persepolis0–2SepahanKiros Stanlley 81' – Mohammad Mohebi 85'TehranIPL 19th
732020-Feb-23Sepahan0–3
(awarded)
PersepolisIsfahanIPL 19th[4]
742021-Jan-05Persepolis0–0SepahanTehranIPL 20th
752021-May-09Sepahan1–1PersepolisMohammad Mohebi 87'Issa Alekasir 55'IsfahanIPL 20th
762021-Dec-29Sepahan0–1PersepolisKamal Kamyabinia 33'ArakIPL 21st
772022-May-14Persepolis1–2SepahanAli Nemati 83'Mohamad Nejad Mehdi 36' – Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 48'SirjanIPL 21st
782022-Oct-07Sepahan0–0PersepolisIsfahanIPL 22nd
792023-Feb-22Sepahan2–4
(a.e.t)
PersepolisDanial Esmaeilifar 41' (o.g.) – Farshad Ahmadzadeh 74'Giorgi Gvelesiani 12' (p.) , 100' (p.) – Issa Alekasir 57' – Siamak Nemati 94'IsfahanHazfi CupRound of 16
802023-Mar-11Persepolis0–1SepahanMohamad Karimi 90+4'TehranIPL 22nd
812023-Nov-12Sepahan1–0PersepolisReza Asadi 70'IsfahanIPL 23nd

Summary of results

Apps Persepolis wins Draws Sepahan wins
League (before IPL) 2611114
IPL 44121715
Hazfi Cup 10451
Total Official Matches 81273321
Position Teams Matches Wins Draws Loses Goals
For
Goals
Against
Goal
Difference
1
Persepolis
81
27
33
21
97
81
+16
2 Sepahan 81213327 8197–16

Trophies

Team Domestic International Grand Total
Iranian League Hazfi Cup Super Cup Domestic Total AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners' Cup International Total
Persepolis15752701128
Sepahan54090009

Goal scorers

  • Players in Italic are still active in football playing.
  • Players in bold are still active for Persepolis or Sepahan.
Edmond Bezik, top goalscorer of rivalries
Rasoul Khatibi and Hadi Aghili who are Sepahan's highest scorers of rivalries.
Mehdi Taremi, Persepolis' highest scorer of rivalries
Nat. Player Club(s) League Cup Total
Iran Edmond Bezik Persepolis
Sepahan
3
3
1
0
7
Iran Rasoul Khatibi Sepahan 5 0 5
Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis 5 0 5
Iran Hadi Aghily Sepahan 4 1 5
Iran Ali Parvin Persepolis 4 0 4
Iran Ali Alipour Persepolis 4 0 4
Iran Mahmoud Karimi Sepahan 1 3 4
Iran Mahmoud Khordbin Persepolis 3 0 3
Iran Behrouz Rahbarifar Persepolis 3 0 3
Iran Levon Stepanyan Sepahan 3 0 3
Iraq Emad Mohammed Sepahan 3 0 3
Iran Hadi Norouzi Persepolis 3 0 3
Iran Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan 3 0 3
Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Persepolis 2 1 3
Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Sepahan 2 1 3
Iran Homayoun Behzadi Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Mohammad Dastjerdi Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Safar Iranpak Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Nasser Mohammadkhani Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Amin Mousavi Sepahan 2 0 2
Iran Ali Ansarian Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Javad Kazemian Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan 2 0 2
Iran Sepehr Heydari Persepolis 2 0 2
Senegal Ibrahima Toure Sepahan 2 0 2
Iran Mehdi Sharifi Sepahan 2 0 2
Brazil Luciano Pereira Sepahan 2 0 2
Iran Omid Alishah Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Mohammad Mohebi Sepahan 2 0 2
Iran Kamal Kamyabinia Persepolis 2 0 2
Iran Mohammad Nouri Persepolis 1 1 2
Iran Issa Alekasir Persepolis 1 1 2
Iran Hamid Shafiei Sepahan 0 2 2
Georgia (country) Giorgi Gvelesiani Persepolis 0 2 2
Iran Hossein Kalani Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Hamid Nadimian Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Asghar Adibi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Reza Vatankhah Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Jahangir Fattahi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Morteza Kermani Moghaddam Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Hossein Talakesh Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Reza Abedian Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Rahim Yousefi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Karim Bavi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Mojtaba Moharrami Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Jamshid Shahmohammadi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Farshad Pious Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Javad Manafi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Hamid Motahari Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Hassan Shirmohammadi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Karim Ghanbari Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Hamid Memarian Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Hamid Estili Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Davoud Dehghani Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Behnam Seraj Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Afshin Hajipour Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Amirhossein Aslanian Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Behnam Abolghasempour Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Nasser Farshbaf Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Reza Jabbari Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Asghar Talebnasab Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Ali Salmani Persepolis 1 0 1
Mali Issa Traoré Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Afshin Peyrovani Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Pejman Jamshidi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Hadi Jafari Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Pejman Nouri Persepolis 1 0 1
Georgia (country) Jaba Mujiri Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Abolfazl Hajizadeh Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Mehrzad Madanchi Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Abbas Aghaei Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Mohsen Khalili Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Mehdi Karimian Sepahan 1 0 1
Brazil Tiago Fraga Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Khosro Heydari Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Reza Enayati Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Adel Kolahkaj Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Amin Jahan Alian Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Mohammad Abbaszadeh Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Hamidreza Aliasgari Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan 1 0 1
Uzbekistan Fozil Musaev Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Taleb Reykani Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Ramin Rezaeian Persepolis 1 0 1
Iraq Marwan Hussein Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Jalaleddin Alimohammadi Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Shoja' Khalilzadeh Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Ezzatollah Pourghaz Sepahan 1 0 1
Brazil Kiros Stanlley Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Mohammad Nejadmehdi Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Ali Nemati Persepolis 1 0 1
Iran Mohammad Karimi Sepahan 1 0 1
Iran Alireza Emamifar Persepolis 0 1 1
Iran Esmaeil Halali Persepolis 0 1 1
Iran Abdollah Veisi Sepahan 0 1 1
Iran Majid Basirat Sepahan 0 1 1
Iran Ebrahim Asadi Persepolis 0 1 1
Iran Farzad Ashoobi Persepolis 0 1 1
Iran Maziar Zare Persepolis 0 1 1
Iran Karim Ansarifard Persepolis 0 1 1
Iran Mohammad Gholami Sepahan 0 1 1
Iran Farshad Ahmadzadeh Sepahan 0 1 1
Iran Siamak Nemati Persepolis 0 1 1

League = "Iranian League" ; Cup = "Hazfi Cup"

Hat-tricks

Mahmoud Karimi, the only hat-tricker of rivalry

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence
Player No. of
goals
Time of goals Representing Final
score
Opponent Tournament
1.Iran Mahmoud Karimi Sibaki3108', 111', 117'Sepahan4–1Persepolis2006–07 Hazfi Cup

Most successful coaches

  • Coaches in bold are still active for Persepolis or Sepahan.
Rank Head coach Club Matches Win Draw Lost Winning rate
1 Iran Ali Parvin Persepolis 17 6 7 4 35%
2 England Alan Rogers Persepolis 4 4 0 0 100%
3 Croatia Branko Ivanković Persepolis 10 4 4 2 40%
Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Persepolis 10 4 4 2 40%
5 Iran Hossein Faraki Sepahan 3 3 0 0 100%
6 Iran Amir Ghalenoei Sepahan 10 3 5 2 30%
7 Brazil Edson Tavares Sepahan 2 2 0 0 100%
8 IranUnited States Afshin Ghotbi Persepolis 3 2 0 1 66%
9 Croatia Luka Bonačić Sepahan 6 2 3 1 33%

Notable matches

Persepolis Sepahan match in 1997

Persepolis won Sepahan in front of over 110’000 fans and became 2007–08 IPL champion. Mohsen Khalili scored a spectacular volley from 20 yards to give Persepolis the lead, But Ehsan Hajysafi equalised a few minutes later. With ninety minutes over, the injury time was nearly finished but Khalili again shot a deflected free-kick, Finding Karim Bagheri in the box. Bagheri turned and crossed the ball for Sepehr Heidari, who scored the second goal with a header to win the match for his team.

See also

References

  1. "Sepahan wins Iran's Hazfi Cup in penalty shootout". payvand.com. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  2. سپاهان صفر- پرسپولیس 1( یک چهارم نهایی جام حذفی 77-78)
  3. سپاهان صفر- پرسپولیس 1( یک چهارم نهایی جام حذفی 77-78)
  4. "Disciplinary Committee declared verdict of Sepahan vs. Persepolis match/Persepolis' win and Sepahan's heavy punishment". tasnimnews.com. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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