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.
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 | ||
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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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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10 | Ali Parvin [A] [C] | 12 February 1982 | 5 November 1993 | 11 years, 266 days |
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— | 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 |
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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 |
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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 | |||
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 | Present | 57 days | |||
Only official matches included (Iranian Football League, Hazfi Cup, Iranian Super Cup, AFC Champions League or Asian Cup Winners' Cup matches).
| Managers since 2000 | Managers since 1964 |
Manager | Nationality | Time as manager |
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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 |
Name | Period | Trophies | |||||||||
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Domestic | International | ||||||||||
League | Cup | Super Cup | Other | ACWC | ACL | ||||||
Ali Parvin | 1982–93 1998–03 2005–06 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 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 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | ||||
Country | Managers |
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Iran | 15 |
Croatia | 6 |
Portugal | 2 |
Germany | 2 |
Argentina | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
England | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Soviet Union | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
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