List of Persepolis F.C. managers

Persepolis F.C. is a professional football club based in Tehran, Iran, which plays in the Iran Pro League. The first full-time manager of Persepolis was Parviz Dehdari in 1968. Osmar Loss is the current head coach of the Persepolis since 27 January 2024.

List of managers

Ali Parvin won 15 trophies and is the longest-serving manager of Persepolis.

Branko Ivanković, the most successful foreign manager in terms of trophies.

From December 1963 to now, Persepolis F.C. has had thirty-one head coaches. fifteen of them were Iranian (one Iranian-American) and sixteen were from foreign countries. Seven persons served as caretaker head coach: Rajab Faramarzi in 1964-1968, Parviz Ghelichkhani in 1977, Masoud Moeini in 1988, Mahmoud Khordbin in 1993, Mohsen Ashouri in 1997 and 2011, Tomislav Ivić in 1998 and Hossein Abdi in 2015. ^[1]

The most successful Persepolis F.C. manager in terms of trophies won is Ali Parvin, who won three league titles (one Iran Pro League, two Azadegan League), three Hazfi Cup trophy, six Tehran Provincial League, two Tehran Hazfi Cup and one Asian Cup Winners' Cup trophy and in total 15 trophies in his 17-year reign as manager. Branko Ivanković is the most successful foreign head coach while Manuel José de Jesus is the worst foreign head coach.

#	Name	Nat	Period			Honours	Note
			from	until	days
—	Rajab Faramarzi ⚱		1967	5 April 1968	1 year, 95 days
1	Parviz Dehdari [B] ⚱		5 April 1968	22 August 1969	1 year, 47 days	Asian Club Championship Qualification: 1969 Winner Tehran Hazfi Cup: 1969 Runner-up first full-time manager of club (called as a Comportment schema)
2	Rajab Faramarzi ⚱		22 December 1969	5 March 1970	195 days
3	Hossein Fekri ⚱		17 July 1970	25 November 1971	1 year, 222 days	Tehran Province League: 1971 Runner-up
4	Alan Rogers ⚱		25 November 1971	18 December 1974	3 years, 23 days	Iran local league: 71–72 Winner Takht Jamshid Cup: 73–74 Winner – 74–75 Runner-up	First foreign manager (non Iranian)
5	Homayoun Behzadi [A] ⚱		6 March 1975	9 May 1975	64 days
6	Buyuk Vatankhah [A]		16 May 1975	17 March 1976	306 days	Takht Jamshid Cup: 75–76 Winner	First Iranian Manager Winning Iran League
7	Ivan Kuonoev ⚱		25 March 1976	3 March 1977	343 days	Takht Jamshid Cup: 76–77 Runner-up
8	Mansour Amirasefi ⚱		11 March 1977	13 May 1977	33 days	Takht Jamshid Cup: 77–78 Runner-up
9	Mehrab Shahrokhi [A] ⚱		30 June 1977	7 February 1982	4 years, 222 days	Shahid Espandi Cup: 1979 Winner Tehran Hazfi Cup: 1981 Runner-up
10	Ali Parvin [A] [C]		12 February 1982	5 November 1993	11 years, 266 days	Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1991 Winner – 1993 Runner-up Azadegan League: 92–93 Runner-up Hazfi Cup: 1988 Winner – 1992 Winner Tehran Province League: 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Winners – 1982, 1984, 1992 Runners-up Tehran Hazfi Cup: 1983, 1988 Winners
—	Mahmoud Khordbin [A]		5 November 1993	16 November 1993	11 days		interim head coach
11	Mohammad Panjali [A]		26 November 1993	10 February 1994	76 days	Azadegan League: 93–94 Runner-up
12	Vladislav Brajović ⚱		10 June 1994	30 June 1994	20 days
13	Hamid Derakhshan [A]		8 July 1994	20 January 1995	196 days
14	Hans-Jürgen Gede		19 May 1995	15 July 1995	68 days
15	Stanko Poklepović ⚱		29 September 1995	4 May 1997	1 year, 217 days	Azadegan League: 95–96, 96–97 Winners
—	Mohsen Ashouri [A]		4 May 1997	22 June 1997	49 days		interim head coach
(13)	Hamid Derakhshan [A]		22 June 1997	25 December 1997	182 days
—	Tomislav Ivić ⚱		29 December 1997	3 January 1998	5 days		interim head coach
16	Ivica Matković		3 January 1998	27 September 1998	328 days
(10)	Ali Parvin [A]		27 September 1998	22 June 2003	4 years, 268 days	Azadegan League: 98–99, 99–00 Winners – 00–01 Runner-up Iran Pro League: 01–02 Winner Hazfi Cup: 99 Winner	first post-Iranian Revolution manager and most successful manager in terms of trophies, The club's longest-serving manager (totaling 18 years) and nicknamed Sultan
17	Vinko Begović		29 August 2003	1 August 2004	338 days
18	Rainer Zobel		14 September 2004	20 June 2005	279 days
(10)	Ali Parvin [A]		26 June 2005	12 February 2006	231 days
19	Arie Haan		16 February 2006	7 May 2006	80 days
20	Mustafa Denizli		9 September 2006	1 June 2007	326 days	Hazfi Cup: 2006 Runner-up	Nicknamed Afandi (means Lord in Turkish)
21	Afshin Ghotbi		16 August 2007	18 November 2008	1 year, 94 days	Iran Pro League: 07–08 Winner	Nicknamed Emperor
22	Afshin Peyrovani [A]		18 November 2008	6 February 2009	80 days
23	Nelo Vingada		7 February 2009	28 May 2009	110 days
24	Zlatko Kranjčar ⚱		21 July 2009	28 December 2009	160 days
25	Ali Daei [A]		28 December 2009	22 June 2011	1 year, 176 days	Hazfi Cup: 2010, 2011 Winner	nicknamed Shahriar
26	Hamid Estili [A]		22 June 2011	9 December 2011	170 days
—	Mohsen Ashouri [A]		10 December 2011	23 December 2011	13 days		interim head coach
(20)	Mustafa Denizli		23 December 2011	23 June 2012	182 days		Nicknamed Afandi (means Lord in Turkish)
27	Manuel José		3 July 2012	10 December 2012	160 days
28	Yahya Golmohammadi [A]		10 December 2012	20 May 2013	161 days	Hazfi Cup: 2013 Runner-up
(25)	Ali Daei [A]		20 May 2013	10 September 2014	1 year, 113 days	Persian Gulf Pro League: 2013–14 Runner-up	nicknamed Shahriar
(13)	Hamid Derakhshan [A]		10 September 2014	5 April 2015	207 days
29	Branko Ivanković		6 April 2015	16 June 2019	4 years, 71 days	Persian Gulf Pro League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Winner, 2015–16 Runner-up Hazfi Cup: 2018–19 Winner Iranian Super Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019 Winner AFC Champions League: 2017 Semifinals, 2018 Runner-up	Nicknamed Professor The most successful foreign manager in terms of trophies
30	Gabriel Calderón		1 July 2019	12 January 2020	195 days		First non-European foreign manager
(28)	Yahya Golmohammadi [A]		13 January 2020	1 January 2024	3 years, 353 days	Persian Gulf Pro League: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23 Winners, 2021–22 Runner-up Hazfi Cup: 2022–23 Winner Super Cup: 2020, 2023 Winner AFC Champions League: 2020 Runners up
31	Osmar Loss		27 January 2024	12 June 2024	137 days	Persian Gulf Pro League: 2023–24 Winners
32	Juan Carlos Garrido		06 July 2024	22 December 2024	169 days
—	Karim Bagheri [A]		23 December 2024	23 January 2025	31 days		interim head coach
33	İsmail Kartal		24 January 2025	now	1 day

A. ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Formerly played for the club

B. Club's first full-time manager

C. Most honours won and longest-serving manager in club history

^⚱ Died

Statistics

Last updated on 22 February 2025 Only official matches included (Iranian Football League, Hazfi Cup, Iranian Super Cup, AFC Champions League or Asian Cup Winners' Cup matches). Name Nat GP W D L GF GA W% Ali Parvin 467 291 128 48 834 30 62.3 Yahya Golmohammadi 179 107 51 21 281 119 59.8 Branko Ivanković 175 98 49 28 249 126 56.0 Ali Daei 104 54 25 25 143 95 51.9 Alan Rogers 96 56 11 29 175 63 58.3 Mehrab Shahrokhi 90 54 8 28 174 71 60.0 Hamid Derakhshan 62 25 17 20 129 90 44.2 Mustafa Denizli 56 22 21 13 129 68 39.2 Stanko Poklepović 54 31 8 15 82 38 57.4 Afshin Ghotbi 51 26 15 10 88 61 50.9 Hossein Fekri 45 25 9 11 104 39 55.5 Rainer Zobel 31 16 7 8 43 28 51.6 Ivan Kuonoev 30 11 4 15 33 27 36.6 Vinko Begović 28 10 9 9 44 32 35.7 Buyuk Vatankhah 27 12 2 13 25 10 44.4 Parviz Dehdari 25 15 4 6 50 20 60.0 Hans-Jürgen Gede 22 6 10 6 21 20 27.2 Zlatko Kranjčar 21 8 9 4 31 24 38.0 Juan Carlos Garrido 20 9 5 6 23 16 45.0 Gabriel Calderón 19 14 1 4 24 7 73.7 Hamid Estili 18 7 5 6 23 23 38.8 Osmar Loss 17 13 3 1 33 12 76.5 Nelo Vingada 17 8 4 5 19 19 47.0 Manuel José 17 5 6 6 20 17 29.4 Homayoun Behzadi 15 7 4 4 23 14 46.6 Ivica Matković 13 7 2 4 21 16 53.8 Mohammad Panjali 13 5 6 2 18 11 38.4 Rajab Faramarzi 13 4 1 8 16 20 30.7 Afshin Peyrovani 12 7 3 2 20 14 57.3 Arie Haan 12 4 5 3 19 17 33.3 Mansour Amirasefi 9 3 2 4 9 10 33.3 Mahmoud Khordbin 7 4 1 2 11 4 57.1 İsmail Kartal 6 1 3 2 6 9 16.67 Karim Bagheri 5 3 1 1 9 2 60.0 Vladislav Brajevic 5 3 1 1 8 3 60.0 Mohammad Mayeli Kohan 5 1 2 2 7 6 20.0 Nasser Mohammadkhani 4 1 2 1 3 3 25.0 Mohsen Ashouri 3 1 2 0 5 4 35.0 Parviz Ghelichkhani 3 1 1 1 2 1 33.3 Masoud Moeini 2 1 1 0 6 2 50.0 Reza Vatankhah 1 1 0 0 6 3 100 Valiollah Salehnia 1 1 0 0 1 0 100 Gholamreza Fathabadi 1 1 0 0 1 0 100 Hossein Abdi 1 1 0 0 1 0 100 Andrej Panadić 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Nasser Ebrahimi 1 0 0 1 0 3 0

Managers since 2000

Managers since 1964

Longest-serving managers

Manager	Nationality	Time as manager
Ali Parvin	Iran	17 years, 30 days
Mehrab Shahrokhi	Iran	4 years, 222 days
Yahya Golmohammadi	Iran	4 years, 149 days
Branko Ivanković	Croatia	4 years, 71 days
Alan Rogers	England	3 years, 23 days

Notable managers

Name	Period	Trophies
		Domestic				International
		League	Cup	Super Cup	Other	ACWC	ACL
Ali Parvin	1982–93 1998–03 2005–06	3	3	0	8 [a]	1	0
Branko Ivanković	2015–19	3	1	3	0	0	0
Yahya Golmohammadi	2012–13 2020–2024	3	1	2	0	0	0
Alan Rogers	1971–76	2	0	0	0	0	0
Stanko Poklepović	1995–97	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ali Daei	2009–11 2013–14	0	2	0	0	0	0
Buyuk Vatankhah	1976	1	0	0	0	0	0
Afshin Ghotbi	2007–08	1	0	0	0	0	0
Osmar Loss	2024	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mehrab Shahrokhi	1977–82	0	0	0	2 [b]	0	0

1. 6 Tehran Province league Cup and 2 Tehran Hazfi Cup
2. 1 Espandi Cup and 1 Tehran Hazfi Cup

By nationality

Country	Managers
Iran	15
Croatia	6
Portugal	2
Germany	2
Turkey	2
Argentina	1
Brazil	1
England	1
Netherlands	1
Soviet Union	1
Spain	1

See also

Persepolis F.C.

References

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