Persepolis F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry

Persepolis-Sepahan rivalry

Other names	Iran El Clasico
Location	Tehran, Iran Isfahan, Iran
Teams	Persepolis Football Club Sepahan Sport Club
First meeting	Sepahan 1–2 Persepolis (11 February 1972)
Latest meeting	Sepahan 1 –0 Persepolis (12 November 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total	81 matches
Most wins	Persepolis (27)
Most player appearances	Moharram Navidkia (23)
Top scorer	Edmond Bezik (7)
Largest victory	Persepolis 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
1	1972–Feb-11	Sepahan	1–2	Persepolis	Ali Mohamad Hajrasoli 9'	Hossein Kalani 42' – Mahmoud Khordbin 67'	Isfahan	Local League 2nd
2	1972–Mar-19	Persepolis	6–0	Sepahan	Asghar Adibi 3' – Homayoun Behzadi 11', 55' – Ali Parvin 57' – Mahmoud Khordbin 64' – Reza Vatankhah 83'	–	Tehran	Local League 2nd
3	1974–75	Sepahan	0–1	Persepolis	–	Ali Parvin	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 2nd
4	1974–75	Persepolis	3–0	Sepahan	Mohammad Dastjerdi (2) – Safar Iranpak	–	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 2nd
5	1975–76	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour	–	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 3rd
6	1975–76	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 3rd
7	1976–77	Persepolis	2–2	Sepahan	Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour – Ali Parvin	? – ?	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 4th
8	1976–77	Sepahan	1–1	Persepolis	?	Jahangir Fatahi	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 4th
9	1977–78	Persepolis	3–0	Sepahan	Mahmoud Khordbin – Safar Iranpak – Ali Parvin	–	Tehran	Takht Jamshid Cup 5th
10	1977–78	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	Takht Jamshid Cup 5th
11	1989–90	Sepahan	1–1	Persepolis	Hossein Talakesh	Morteza Kermani Moghaddam	Isfahan	Qods League
12	1989–90	Persepolis	3–0	Sepahan	Reza Abedian – Rahim Yousefi – Karim Bavi	–	Tehran	Qods League
13	1991–92	Persepolis	3–0	Sepahan	Nasser Mohammadkhani (2) – Mojtaba Moharrami	–	Tehran	Azadegan Cup 1st
14	1991–92	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	Azadegan Cup 1st
15	1993–94	Persepolis	3–0	Sepahan	Jamshid Shahmohammadi – Farshad Pious – Javad Manafi	–	Tehran	Azadegan Cup 3rd
16	1994-Jan-28	Sepahan	1–0	Persepolis	Hamid Motahari 80'	–	Isfahan	Azadegan Cup 3rd
17	1995–96	Persepolis	1–1	Sepahan	Hassan Shirmohammad	?	Tehran	Azadegan Cup 5th
18	1995–96	Sepahan	1–1	Persepolis	Karim Ghanbari	Behrouz Rahbarifar	Isfahan	Azadegan League 5th
19	1996–97	Persepolis	2–2	Sepahan	Behrouz Rahbarifar – Edmond Bezik	Levon Stepanyan – Hamid Memarian	Tehran	Azadegan League 6th
20	1996–97	Sepahan	1–0	Persepolis	Levon Stepanyan	–	Isfahan	Azadegan League 6th
21	1998–Oct-9	Sepahan	1–0	Persepolis	Levon Stepanyan	–	Isfahan	Azadegan League 8th
22	1999–Feb-22	Persepolis	3–1	Sepahan	Edmond Bezik (2) – Hamid Estili	Davoud Dehghani	Tehran	Azadegan League 8th
23	1999-May	Persepolis	2–2	Sepahan	Alireza Emamifar – Esmaeil Halali	Abdollah Veisi – Majid Basirat (p.)	Tehran	Hazfi Cup	Quarter-Final [2]
24	1999-June	Sepahan	0–1	Persepolis	–	Edmond Bezik	Isfahan	Hazfi Cup	Quarter-Final [3]
25	1999–Nov-20	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	Azadegan League 9th
26	2000–Apr-28	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Behnam Seraj 31'	–	Tehran	Azadegan League 9th
27	2000–Dec-23	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	Azadegan League 10th
28	2001–Apr-19	Persepolis	0–2	Sepahan	–	Seyyed Amin Mousavi 67', 86'	Tabriz	Azadegan League 10th
29	2001–Nov-23	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	IPL 1st
30	2002–Mar-17	Persepolis	3–2	Sepahan	Behrouz Rahbarifar 23'(p.) – Amirhossein Aslanian 86' – Behnam Abolghasempour 90+3'	Levon Stepanian 46' – Afshin Hajipour 64'	Tehran	IPL 1st
31	2003–Jan-02	Sepahan	2–1	Persepolis	Edmond Bezik – Moharram Navidkia	Ali Ansarian	Isfahan	IPL 2nd
32	2003–May-19	Persepolis	1–1	Sepahan	Ali Ansarian	Nasser Farshbaf	Tehran	IPL 2nd
33	2003–Sep-30	Persepolis	3–3	Sepahan	Reza Jabbari 23' – Ali Salmani 52' – Issa Traoré 73'	Asghar Talebnasab 37' - Edmond Bezik 40', 48'	Tehran	IPL 3rd
34	2004–Jan-16	Sepahan	1–2	Persepolis	Mahmoud Karimi 46'	Afshin Peyrovani 54' – Pejman Jamshidi 89'	Isfahan	IPL 3rd
35	2004–Oct-29	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	IPL 4th
36	2005–May-15	Persepolis	1–2	Sepahan	Javad Kazemian 35'	Rasoul Khatibi 28', 68'	Tehran	IPL 4th
37	2005–Dec-23	Persepolis	2–3	Sepahan	Javad Kazemian 35' – Pejman Nouri 56'	Rasoul Khatibi 30', 68' – Hadi Jafari 52'	Tehran	IPL 5th
38	2006–Apr-21	Sepahan	2–0	Persepolis	Rasoul Khatibi 69' – Jaba Mujiri 85'	–	Isfahan	IPL 5th
39	2006–Sep-13	Persepolis	1–1	Sepahan	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 48'	Hamid Shafiei 73'	Tehran	Hazfi Cup	Final
40	2006-Sep-22	Sepahan	1–1 (2–4) Pen.	Persepolis	Hamid Shafiei 64'	Ebrahim Asadi 55'	Isfahan	Hazfi Cup	Final
41	2006–Oct-22	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	IPL 6th
42	2007-Feb-9	Persepolis	2–1	Sepahan	Abolfazl Hajizadeh 18' – Mehrzad Madanchi 89'	Moharram Navidkia 78'	Tehran	IPL 6th
43	2007–May-29	Persepolis	1–4 (a.e.t)	Sepahan	Farzad Ashoobi 64'(p.)	Hadi Aghili 86'(p.) – Mahmoud Karimi 108', 111', 117'	Tehran	Hazfi Cup	Semi-Final
44	2007–Dec-31	Sepahan	2–1	Persepolis	Mohammad Nosrati 36'(o.g.) – Emad Ridha 41'	Abbas Aghaei 80'	Isfahan	IPL 7th
45	2008–May-17	Persepolis	2–1	Sepahan	Mohsen Khalili 16' – Sepehr Heydari 90+6'	Ehsan Hajsafi 29'	Tehran	IPL 7th
46	2008–Oct-26	Persepolis	3–2	Sepahan	Karim Bagheri 12' – Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 45' 64'	Emad Ridha 28', 34'	Tehran	IPL 8th
47	2009–Feb-27	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	IPL 8th
48	2009–Apr-30	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Maziar Zare 12'	–	Tehran	Hazfi Cup	Round of 16
49	2009-Nov-28	Sepahan	2–1	Persepolis	Ibrahima Toure 27' – Hadi Aghili 90'(p.)	Sepehr Heydari 65'	Isfahan	IPL 9th
50	2010–May-18	Persepolis	1–1	Sepahan	Hadi Norouzi 47'	Mehdi Karimian 77'	Tehran	IPL 9th
51	2010–Sep-29	Persepolis	1–4	Sepahan	Tiago Fraga 31'	Ibrahima Touré 41' – Hadi Aghili 66'(p.) – Khosro Heydari 73' – Reza Enayati 86'	Tehran	IPL 10th
52	2011–May-15	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	IPL 10th
53	2011–May-29	Persepolis	0–0 (4–2) Pen.	Sepahan	–	–	Tehran	Hazfi Cup	Quarter-Final
54	2011–Nov 19	Persepolis	0–0	Sepahan	–	–	Tehran	IPL 11th
55	2012–Apr-12	Sepahan	1–1	Persepolis	Xhevahir Sukaj 81'	Mohammad Nouri 86'	Isfahan	IPL 11th
56	2012–Sep-23	Sepahan	2–0	Persepolis	Adel Kolahkaj 51' – Xhevahir Sukaj 72'	–	Isfahan	IPL 12th
57	2013–Feb-26	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Hadi Norouzi 90+2'	–	Tehran	IPL 12th
58	2013-May-05	Persepolis	2–2 (2–4) Pen.	Sepahan	Karim Ansarifard 24' – Mohammad Nouri 99'	Xhevahir Sukaj 59' – Mohammad Gholami 106'	Tehran	Hazfi Cup	Final
59	2013-Sep-20	Sepahan	2–0	Persepolis	Hadi Aghili 6'(p.) – Amin Jahan Alian 90+4'	–	Isfahan	IPL 13th
60	2014-Jan-31	Persepolis	1–0	Sepahan	Mohammad Abbaszadeh 12' – Hamidreza Aliasgari 18'	–	Tehran	IPL 13th
61	2014-Oct-3	Sepahan	1–0	Persepolis	Mehdi Sharifi 90+4'	–	Isfahan	IPL 14th
62	2015-Apr-16	Persepolis	1–2	Sepahan	Hadi Norouzi 44'	Mehdi Sharifi 85' – Luciano Pereira 90+2'	Tehran	IPL 14th
63	2015-Aug-13	Sepahan	4–2	Persepolis	Ehsan Hajsafi 8' – Michael Umaña 39'(o.g.) – Hadi Aghili 56'(p.) – Mohammadreza Khalatbari 82'	Mehdi Taremi 12' – Omid Alishah 32'	Isfahan	IPL 15th
64	2016-Feb-02	Persepolis	2–2	Sepahan	Ali Alipour 50' – Kamal Kamyabinia 75'	Fozil Musaev 10' – Luciano Pereira 65'	Tehran	IPL 15th
65	2016-Sep-21	Sepahan	1–3	Persepolis	Ehsan Hajsafi 23'	Omid Alishah 15' – Mehdi Taremi 61', 74'	Isfahan	IPL 16th
66	2017-Feb-18	Persepolis	2–1	Sepahan	Mehdi Taremi 57' – Ramin Rezaeian 88'(p.)	Taleb Reykani 80'(p.)	Tehran	IPL 16th
67	2017-Sep-21	Sepahan	2–2	Persepolis	Marwan Hussein 61' – Jalaleddin Alimohammadi 87'	Mehdi Taremi 39'(p.) – Ali Alipour 74'	Isfahan	IPL 17th
68	2018-Feb-3	Persepolis	2–0	Sepahan	Ali Alipour 10' – Shoja' Khalilzadeh 68'	–	Tehran	IPL 17th
69	2018-Dec-09	Sepahan	1–1	Persepolis	Ezzatollah Pourghaz 74'	Ali Alipour 89'(p.)	Isfahan	IPL 18th
70	2019-Apr-26	Persepolis	0–0	Sepahan	–	–	Tehran	IPL 18th
71	2019-May-29	Sepahan	0–1 (a.e.t)	Persepolis	–	Siavash Yazdani 120+1'(o.g.)	Isfahan	Hazfi Cup	Semi-Final
72	2019-Sep-26	Persepolis	0–2	Sepahan	–	Kiros Stanlley 81' – Mohammad Mohebi 85'	Tehran	IPL 19th
73	2020-Feb-23	Sepahan	0–3 (awarded)	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	IPL 19th	[4]
74	2021-Jan-05	Persepolis	0–0	Sepahan	–	–	Tehran	IPL 20th
75	2021-May-09	Sepahan	1–1	Persepolis	Mohammad Mohebi 87'	Issa Alekasir 55'	Isfahan	IPL 20th
76	2021-Dec-29	Sepahan	0–1	Persepolis	–	Kamal Kamyabinia 33'	Arak	IPL 21st
77	2022-May-14	Persepolis	1–2	Sepahan	Ali Nemati 83'	Mohamad Nejad Mehdi 36' – Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 48'	Sirjan	IPL 21st
78	2022-Oct-07	Sepahan	0–0	Persepolis	–	–	Isfahan	IPL 22nd
79	2023-Feb-22	Sepahan	2–4 (a.e.t)	Persepolis	Danial Esmaeilifar 41' (o.g.) – Farshad Ahmadzadeh 74'	Giorgi Gvelesiani 12' (p.) , 100' (p.) – Issa Alekasir 57' – Siamak Nemati 94'	Isfahan	Hazfi Cup	Round of 16
80	2023-Mar-11	Persepolis	0–1	Sepahan	–	Mohamad Karimi 90+4'	Tehran	IPL 22nd
81	2023-Nov-12	Sepahan	1–0	Persepolis	–	Reza Asadi 70'	Isfahan	IPL 23rd
82		Persepolis		Sepahan			Tehran	IPL 23rd

Summary of results

	Apps	Persepolis wins	Draws	Sepahan wins
League (before IPL)	26	11	11	4
IPL	44	12	17	15
Hazfi Cup	10	4	5	1
Total Official Matches	81	27	33	21

Position	Teams	Matches	Wins	Draws	Loses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
1	Persepolis	81	27	33	21	97	81	+16
2	Sepahan	81	21	33	27	81	97	–16

Trophies

Team	Domestic				International			Grand Total
	Iranian League	Hazfi Cup	Super Cup	Domestic Total	AFC Champions League	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	International Total
Persepolis	15	7	5	27	0	1	1	28
Sepahan	5	4	0	9	0	0	0	9

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

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

Own goal against Persepolis Siavash Yazdani

Own goals against Sepahan Mohammad Nosrati Michael Umaña Danial Esmaeilifar

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.	Mahmoud Karimi Sibaki	3	108', 111', 117'	Sepahan	4–1	Persepolis	2006–07 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	Ali Parvin	Persepolis	17	6	7	4	35%
2	Alan Rogers	Persepolis	4	4	0	0	100%
3	Branko Ivanković	Persepolis	10	4	4	2	40%
	Yahya Golmohammadi	Persepolis	10	4	4	2	40%
5	Hossein Faraki	Sepahan	3	3	0	0	100%
6	Amir Ghalenoei	Sepahan	10	3	5	2	30%
7	Edson Tavares	Sepahan	2	2	0	0	100%
8	Afshin Ghotbi	Persepolis	3	2	0	1	66%
9	Luka Bonačić	Sepahan	6	2	3	1	33%

Notable matches

Persepolis Sepahan match in 1997

• Persepolis 2–1 Sepahan
  May 17, 2008

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

• Football in Iran
• Persepolis F.C.
• Sepahan F.C.
• Tehran Derby
• El Gilano
• Mashhad derby
• Isfahan Derby
• Esteghlal F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry
• Persepolis F.C.–Tractor S.C. rivalry
• Major football rivalries

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.