2001–02 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Persepolis's first season in the Pro League and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis was captained by Afshin Peyrovani.

Persepolis

2001–02 season
Chairman	Ali Mirzaei
Manager	Ali Parvin
Stadium	Azadi Stadium
Iran Pro League	1st (champions)
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sohrab Entezari (9 goals) All: Sohrab Entezari (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	(9 May 2002 against Esteghlal)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Davoud Fanaei
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Barzegar
3	DF	IRN	Hassan Khanmohammadi
4	DF	IRN	Younes Bahonar
5	DF	IRN	Afshin Peyrovani (captain)
7	MF	IRN	Hamid Estili
8	DF	IRN	Ali Ansarian
9	MF	IRN	Mehdi Tartar
10	MF	IRN	Hamed Kavianpour
11	FW	IRN	Amirhossein Aslanian
12	DF	IRN	Reza Shahroudi (Vice captain)
14	MF	IRN	Reza Jabbari
15	MF	IRN	Esmaeil Halali

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	IRN	Sohrab Entezari
17	MF	IRN	Pejman Jamshidi
18	FW	IRN	Behnam Abolghasempour
20	DF	IRN	Behrouz Rahbarifard (3rd captain)
21	MF	IRN	Ebrahim Asadi
22	GK	IRN	Mohammadreza Jounakizadeh
23	FW	IRN	Laith Nobari
24	FW	IRN	Ali Lashgari
28	FW	IRN	Ehsan Khorsandi
30	GK	IRN	Farshid Karimi
33	GK	IRN	Mohammad Mohammadi
77	MF	IRN	Javad Razzaghi

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
2001–02 Iran Pro League	—	—	Winners	November 4, 2001	May 28, 2002
2001–02 Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Quarterfinals		April 9, 2002

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2001–02 Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	26	13	10	3	36	23	+13	49	Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	26	13	9	4	38	21	+17	48	Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification
3	Foolad	26	12	9	5	32	23	+9	45
4	Pas	26	10	13	3	39	24	+15	43
5	Aboumoslem	26	11	7	8	40	31	+9	40

Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Persepolis v Foolad

4 November 2001 (2001-11-04) 1	Persepolis	1 – 1	Foolad	Tehran
	Jabbari 86'		Seraj 20'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Tractor Sazi v Persepolis

19 November 2001 (2001-11-19) 2	Tractor Sazi	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
			Jabbari 85'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Sepahan v Persepolis

23 November 2001 (2001-11-23) 3	Sepahan	0 – 0	Persepolis	Isfahan
				Stadium: 22 Bahman

Persepolis v Aboomoslem

27 November 2001 (2001-11-27) 4	Persepolis	3 – 2	Aboomoslem	Tehran
	Entezari Nobari			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Paykan v Persepolis

10 December 2001 (2001-12-10) 5	Paykan	1 – 2	Persepolis	Tehran
	Modir Roosta 32' (pen.)		Abolghasempour 35' Aslanian 83'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Malavan

17 December 2001 (2001-12-17) 6	Persepolis	2 – 1	Malavan	Tehran
	Entezari 25' 60'		Gholami 90'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Bargh Shiraz v Persepolis

27 December 2001 (2001-12-27) 7	Bargh Shiraz	0 – 0	Persepolis	Shiraz
				Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

Persepolis v PAS

3 January 2002 (2002-01-03) 8	Persepolis	1 – 3	PAS	Tehran
	Halali 2'		Khatibi 7' 33' Nekounam 27'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal v Persepolis

18 January 2002 (2002-01-18) 9	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Persepolis	Tehran
	Navazi 38' (pen.)		Jabbari 25' Ansarian  ?'  87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Zob Ahan

25 January 2002 (2002-01-25) 10	Persepolis	3 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
	Kavianpour 3' Taghipour 41' (o.g.) Nobari 88'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Esteghlal Rasht v Persepolis

31 January 2002 (2002-01-31) 11	Esteghlal Rasht	1 – 3	Persepolis	Rasht
	Feyzi Moghaddam 35'		Rahbarifar 17' Jabbari 23' 32'	Stadium: Azodi Stadium

Persepolis v Saipa

15 February 2002 (2002-02-15) 12	Persepolis	1 – 1	Saipa	Tehran
	Ansarian 73' (pen.)		Momeni 68'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Fajr Sepasi v Persepolis

21 February 2002 (2002-02-21) 13	Fajr Sepasi	1 – 0	Persepolis	Shiraz
	Tahmasebi 2'			Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium

Foolad v Persepolis

8 March 2002 (2002-03-08) 14	Foolad	1 – 2	Persepolis	Ahvaz
	Shirmardi 75'		Entezari 47' 90'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Tractor Sazi

12 March 2002 (2002-03-12) 15	Persepolis	2 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
	Halali 10' Entezari 85'		Aliyari 70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Sepahan

17 March 2002 (2002-03-17) 16	Persepolis	3 – 2	Sepahan	Tehran
	Rahbarifar 23' (pen.) Aslanian 86' Abolghasempour 90+3'		Stepanyan 46' Hajipour 64'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Aboomoslem v Persepolis

16 April 2002 (2002-04-16) 17	Aboomoslem	1 – 1	Persepolis	Mashhad
	Feyz Karimlou 13'		Peyrovani 45'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Paykan

21 April 2002 (2002-04-21) 18	Persepolis	1 – 0	Paykan	Tehran
	Rahbarifar 64'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Malavan v Persepolis

26 April 2002 (2002-04-26) 19	Malavan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Anzali
	Nouri 71'		Khanmohammadi 31'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium

Persepolis v Bargh Shiraz

30 April 2002 (2002-04-30) 20	Persepolis	0 – 1	Bargh Shiraz	Tehran
			Sasani 46'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

PAS v Persepolis

4 May 2002 (2002-05-04) 21	PAS	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tehran
				Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Esteghlal

9 May 2002 (2002-05-09) 22	Persepolis	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tehran
			Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht  86'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

14 May 2002 (2002-05-14) 23	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Persepolis	Fooladshahr
	Azizzadeh 31'		Entezari 12'	Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium

Persepolis v Esteghlal Rasht

19 May 2002 (2002-05-19) 24	Persepolis	2 – 1	Esteghlal Rasht	Tehran
	Barzegar 51' Entezari 73'		Bayat 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Saipa v Persepolis

23 May 2002 (2002-05-23) 25	Saipa	2 – 4	Persepolis	Tehran
	Kazemian 40' Soltani 50'		Ansarian 30' (pen.) 75' Aslanian 32' 83'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Persepolis v Fajr Sepasi

28 May 2002 (2002-05-28) 26	Persepolis	1 – 0	Fajr Sepasi	Tehran
	Asadi 62'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Hazfi Cup

Round of 32

Persepolis v Bargh Tehran

3 December 2001 (2001-12-03)	Persepolis	3 – 2	Bargh Tehran	Tehran
	Peyrovani 17' Entezari 80' Aslanian 90+5'		Mohtashami 22' Salmani 33'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Round of 16

Persepolis v Aboomoslem

10 January 2002 (2002-01-10) First leg	Persepolis	1 – 1	Aboomoslem	Tehran
	Ansarian 89' (pen.)		Mikaeili 8'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Aboomoslem v Persepolis

9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) Second leg	Aboomoslem	2 – 2 (3 – 3a agg.)	Persepolis	Mashhad
	Rajabi 17' Badamaki 50'		Jabbari 53' Ansarian 90'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Note: Persepolis advanced to next round by away goals rule.

Quarterfinals

Paykan v Persepolis

8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)	Paykan	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Tehran
	Salehpour 95'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Note: Paykan won the game by golden goal rule.

Scorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Hazfi Cup	Total
16	CF		Sohrab Entezari	9	1	10
14	AM		Reza Jabbari	5	1	6
11	CF		Amirhossein Aslanian	4	1	5
8	CB		Ali Ansarian	3	2	5
20	CB		Behrouz Rahbarifar	3	0	3
23	CF		Laith Nobari	2	0	2
18	CF		Behnam Abolghasempour	2	0	2
15	CM		Esmaeil Halali	2	0	2
5	CB		Afshin Peyrovani	1	1	2
10	CM		Hamed Kavianpour	1	0	1
3	RB		Hassan Khanmohammadi	1	0	1
2	LB		Mohammad Barzegar	1	0	1
21	CM		Ebrahim Asadi	1	0	1
Other				1	0	1
Totals				36	6	42