2022–23 Sepahan S.C. season

Sepahan

22–23 season
Chairman	Mohammad Reza Saket
Manager	José Morais
Stadium	Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	2nd
Hazfi Cup	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season is Sepahan's 69th season in existence, and their 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Iran football. It is also the club's 22nd consecutive season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club will compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League and Hazfi Cup.^[1]

First-team squad

Last updated: 27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  POR Manuel Fernandes 6 MF  IRN Masoud Rigi 8 MF  IRN Yasin Salmani U21 9 DF  IRN Ramin Rezaeian (vice-captain) 10 FW  IRN Farshad Ahmadzadeh 11 MF  BRA Ygor Catatau 12 GK  IRN Ali Keykhosravi U25 14 FW  IRN Aria Yousefi U21 17 MF  IRN Jalaleddin Alimohammadi (captain) 18 DF  IRN Milad Zakipour 19 DF  IRN Omid Noorafkan 20 FW  IRN Isa Moradi 21 MF  IRN Mohammad Karimi 22 GK  IRN Mohammad Sadegh Salehi U21

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 FW  IRN Reza Bakhtiarizadeh U21 41 FW  BDI Elvis Kamsoba 44 GK  IRN Nima Mirzazad 58 DF  IRN Mohammad Daneshgar 66 MF  IRN Mohammad Ghorbani U23 70 FW  IRN Shahriyar Moghanlou 76 GK  IRN Payam Niazmand (on loan from Portimonense) 80 MF  IRN Arshia Sarshogh U21 81 FW  IRN Mohammad Alinejad 86 MF  IRN Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad U21 88 MF  IRN Ahmad Reza Mousavi U21 91 DF  BRA Nilson Júnior 99 DF  IRN Siavash Yazdani

• U21 = Under 21 year player. U23 = Under 23 year player. U25 = Under 25 year player. INJ = Out of main squad due to injury.

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 45 GK  IRN Nima Mirzazad (Loan return from Sanat Naft) 18 DF  IRN Milad Zakipour (from Gol Gohar Sirjan)[2] 58 DF  IRN Mohammad Daneshgar (from Esteghlal)[3] 60 MF  IRN Mohammad Alinejad (from Aluminium Arak) 9 DF  IRN Ramin Rezaeian (from Persepolis) 20 FW  BDI Elvis Kamsoba (from Sydney) 15 MF  POR Manuel Fernandes (from Apollon Smyrnis) 3 DF  BRA Renato Silviera (from Vila Nova) 5 DF  BRA Nilson Júnior (from Sampaio Corrêa) 86 MF  IRN Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad U21 (from Sepahan U19) 80 MF  IRN Arshia Sarshogh U21 (from Sepahan U19) 88 MF  IRN Ahmad Reza Mousavi U21 (from Sepahan U19) 26 FW  IRN Reza Bakhtiarizadeh U21 (from Sepahan U19) 20 FW  IRN Isa Moradi (from Khooshe Talaei Saveh) 16 GK  IRN Payam Niazmand (On loan from Portimonense) 66 MF  IRN Mohammad Ghorbani U23 (from Nassaji)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 11 DF  IRN Danial Esmaeilifar (to Persepolis)[4] 30 DF  GEO Giorgi Gvelesiani (to Persepolis)[5] 73 MF  IRN Soroush Rafiei (to Persepolis)[6] 9 FW  IRN Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (to Esteghlal)[7] 77 MF  IRN Reza Mirzaei (to Esteghlal)[8] 1 GK  AUT Christopher Knett (to Foolad) 16 DF  IRN Davoud Rajabi (to Fajr Sepasi) 5 DF  IRN Ezzatollah Pourghaz (to Havadar) 20 MF  IRN Milad Jahani (to Malavan) 25 DF  IRN Amir Saman Ranjbar U23 (to Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan) 22 GK  IRN Hojjat Sedghi (Unattached) 38 FW  IRN Alireza Sadeghi U25 (Loan return from Aluminium Arak - Unattached) 66 DF  IRN Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh (Unattached) 23 FW  IRN Amir Mohammad Mohkamkar U21 (Unattached)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  BRA Ygor Catatau (from Sampaio Corrêa) 22 GK  IRN Mohammad Sadegh Salehi U21 (from Sepahan U19) 99 DF  IRN Siavash Yazdani (from Esteghlal)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (to Paykan) 2 DF  IRN Mohammad Nejadmehdi (to Foolad) 3 DF  BRA Renato Silveira (to Novorizontino) 7 MF  IRN Mohammad Reza Hosseini (On loan to Gol Gohar) 27 MF  IRN Hassan Shoushtari (to Saipa) 66 DF  IRN Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh (to Nassaji)

Pre-season and friendlies

Daricaspor v Sepahan

24 July 2022 (2022-07-24) Friendly	Daricaspor	0–4	Sepahan	İzmit, Turkey
		Report		Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 0

İstanbulspor v Sepahan

26 July 2022 (2022-07-26) Friendly	İstanbulspor	1–1	Sepahan	İzmit, Turkey
		Report		Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 0

Mesaimeer v Sepahan

29 July 2022 (2022-07-29) Friendly	Mesaimeer	1–0	Sepahan	İzmit, Turkey
		Report		Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 0

Sepahan v Zenit

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) Friendly	Sepahan	2–0	Zenit	Isfahan, Iran
15:30 IRDT (UTC+03:30)	Ghorbani 4' Daneshgar 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Naghsh-e-Jahan Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar

Competitions

Overview

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Results by round

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