Persepolis F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry

The rivalry between Persepolis and Sepahan is a footballing rivalry played between Iranian clubs Persepolis and Sepahan.

Persepolis-Sepahan rivalry
Other namesIran El Clasico
LocationIran Tehran, Iran
Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran
TeamsPersepolis Football Club
Sepahan Sport Club
First meetingSepahan 1–2 Persepolis
(11 February 1972)
Latest meetingPersepolis 0–0 Sepahan
(1 May 2024)
Statistics
Meetings total82 matches
Most winsPersepolis (27)
Most player appearancesMoharram Navidkia (23)
Top scorerEdmond Bezik (7)
Largest victoryPersepolis 6–0 Sepahan
1971–72 Local League
(19 March, 1972 (1972-03-19))
Sepahan (left) and Persepolis playing in 2015.

History

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2006 Hazfi Cup Final

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 2–0 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 21th
77 2022-May-14 Persepolis 1–2 Sepahan Ali Nemati 83' Mohamad Nejad Mehdi 36' – Sajjad Shahbazzadeh 48' Sirjan IPL 21th
78 2022-Oct-07 Sepahan 0–0 Persepolis Isfahan IPL 22th
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 Mohammad Karimi 90+4' Tehran IPL 22th
81 2023-Nov-12 Sepahan 1–0 Persepolis Reza Asadi 70' Isfahan IPL 23th
82 2024-May-01 Persepolis 0–0 Sepahan Tehran IPL 23th

Summary of results

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Apps Persepolis wins Draws Sepahan wins
League (before IPL) 26 11 11 4
IPL 46 12 18 15
Hazfi Cup 10 4 5 1
Total Official Matches 81 27 34 21
Position Teams Matches Wins Draws Loses Goals
For
Goals
Against
Goal
Difference
1
Persepolis
82
27
34
21
97
81
+16
2 Sepahan 82 21 34 27 81 97 –16

Trophies

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Team Domestic International Grand Total
Iranian League Hazfi Cup Super Cup Domestic Total AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners' Cup International Total
Persepolis 16 7 5 28 0 1 1 29
Sepahan 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 10

Goal scorers

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  • 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"

Hat-tricks

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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

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  • 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   José Morais Sepahan 5 2 2 1 40%
10   Luka Bonačić Sepahan 6 2 3 1 33%

Notable matches

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Persepolis Sepahan match in 1997

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

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References

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  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.