2012–13 Fajr Sepasi F.C. season
# 2012–13 Fajr Sepasi F.C. season

The 2012–13 season are the Fajr Sepasi's 11th season in the Pro League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football and 25th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Damash. Fajr Sepasi was captained by Reza Haghighi until December 2012 and Mohammad Mehdi Nazari from then.

## Player

### First-team squad

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Vahid Sheikhveisi |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Omid Khalili |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Khaled Shafiei |
| 4 | MF | IRN | Alireza Jalili |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Saeed Ghezelagchi |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Hadi Imani |
| 8 | FW | IRN | Ali Molaei |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Nazari |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Afand |
| 12 | FW | IRN | Babak Latifi |
| 13 | MF | IRN | Hamid Jokar |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Masoud Rigi |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Ali Reza Latifi |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Jalaleddin Ali Mohammadi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Amin Shojaeian |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Farshid Esmaeili |
| 21 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Hosseini |
| 22 | DF | IRN | Hossein Karimi |
| 23 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Saleh Khalil Azad |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Jaber Ansari |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Hadi Daghagheleh |
| 28 | MF | IRN | Abdolreza Zarei |
| 30 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Khazaei |
| 32 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Jalali |
| 33 | MF | IRN | Mojtaba Tarshiz |
| 40 | MF | IRN | Hossein Khosravi |
| — | FW | NED | Sendley Sidney Bito |

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2012–13.

## Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | MF | IRN | Farshid Esmaeili (from Iran U-20) |
| — | MF | IRN | Hadi Daghagheleh (from Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.) |
| — | DF | BRA | Diego Benedito Galvão Máximo (from Iranjavan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Jalali (from Gahar Zagros) |
| — | MF | IRN | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi (from Gostaresh Foolad) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Tarshiz (from Mes Sarcheshmeh) |
| — | GK | IRN | Mohammad Khazaei (from Mes Sarcheshmeh) |
| — | FW | IRN | Abbas Mohammad Rezaei (from Saipa) |
| — | DF | IRN | Jaber Ansari (from Saipa) |
| — | FW | IRN | Ali Molaei (from Saba Qom) |
| — | FW | IRN | Babak Latifi (from Shahin) |
| — | MF | IRN | Ali Reza Latifi (to Saipa) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Rajabzadeh (to Zob Ahan) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mehrdad Karimian (released, to Mes Kerman F.C.) |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Sirous Sangchouli (released) |
| 22 | FW | IRN | Younes Shakeri (to Aboomoslem) |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Ayoub Kalantari (released) |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Javad Zayghami (released) |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Vahid Nemati (released) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mohammed Reza Pourmohammad (released) |
| 17 | DF | IRN | Abbas Kazemian (released) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammad Ansari (from Esteghlal) |
| — | FW | IRN | Moslem Firouz Abadi (from Mes Sarcheshmeh) |
| — | FW | IRN | Hossein Fazeli (from Sepahan U23) |
| — | MF | IRN | Hossein Kazemi (from Mes Kerman) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammad Faramarzi (from Saipa U23) |
| — | FW | NED | Sendley Sidney Bito (from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Reza Haghighi (to Persepolis) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Abbas Mohammad Rezaei (On loan to Esteghlal) |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Diego Máximo (to Paykan) |
| 12 | FW | IRN | Babak Latifi (to Saipa) |
| 32 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Jalali (Released) |
| 40 | MF | IRN | Hossein Khosravi (Released) |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Hadi Daghagheleh (Released) |
| 8 | FW | IRN | Ali Molaei (Released) |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Ali Reza Latifi (Released) |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012–13 Iran Pro League | — | 8th | | 20 July 2012 | |
| 2012–13 Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | — | Quarter-Final | 14 December 2012 | 9 January 2013 |

Updated to match played 1 January 2013 Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League

**Standings**

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Saipa | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 | |
| 11 | Damash | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 43 | |
| 12 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 42 | |
| 13 | Malavan | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 40 | |
| 14 | Zob Ahan (O) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 38 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 13 January 2013. Source: Ipl Stats

## Matches summary

### Pro League matches

Win  Draw  Loss

IPL season 2012–13

| Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 July 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Zob Ahan F.C. | 3–0 | 10' Mehdi Nazari, 32' Babak Latifi, 90+2' Hamid Reza Jokar |
| 24 July 2012 | Tehran, Iran | Perspolis F.C. | 3–2 | 52' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei, 76' (pen.) Reza Haghighi, 90+1' Mehdi Nazari |
| 31 July 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Sanat NafSanat Naft Abadan F.C. | 2–0 | 77' Mohammad Reza Hosseini, 82' Mehdi Nazari |
| 6 August 2012 | Bandar-e Anzali, Iran | Malavan F.C. | 0–1 | |
| 17 August 2012 | Qom, Iran | Saba Qom F.C. | 1–1 | 65' Mohammad Reza Hosseini |
| 24 August 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Gahar Zagros F.C. | 0–0 | |
| 29 August 2012 | Isfahan, Iran | Sepahan F.C. | 0–1 | |
| 15 September 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Damash Gilan F.C. | 6–1 | 12' Jaber Ansari, 19' Jaber Ansari, 28' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei, 45' Mehdi Nazari, 58' Mohammad Reza Hosseini, 76' Jaber Ansari |
| 21 September 2012 | Tehran, Iran | Esteghlal F.C. | 0–0 | |
| 26 September 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Tractor Sazi F.C. | 1–0 | 60' Babak Latifi |
| 1 October 2012 | Bandar Abbas, Iran | Aluminium Hormozgan F.C. | 3–3 | 23' Mojtaba Tarshiz, 51' Hossein Khosravi, 75' Mojtaba Tarshiz |
| 18 October 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Naft Tehran F.C. | 0-0 | |
| 24 October 2012 | Ahvaz, Iran. | Foolad F.C. | 2–1 | 80' Mojtaba Tarshiz |
| 31 October 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Saipa F.C. | 1–0 | 91' Abbas Mohammad Rezaei |
| 17 November 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Mes Kerman F.C. | 0–1 | |
| 3 December 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Paykan F.C. | 0-0 |
| 27 November 2012 | Tehran, Iran | Rah Ahan F.C. | 0–1 | |
| 25 December 2012 | Isfahan, Iran | Zob Ahan F.C. | 0–1 | |
| 30 December 2012 | Shiraz, Iran | Perspolis F.C. | 0–2 | |
| 4 January 2013 | Abadan, Iran | Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. | 1–1 | 52' Jaber Ansari |
| 13 January 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Malavan F.C. | 2–1 | 13' Jaber Ansari, 88' Tarshiz |
| 17 January 2013 | Qom, Iran | Saba Qom F.C. | 1–1 | 30' Jaber Ansari |
| 24 January 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Gahar Zagros F.C. | 3–0 | 4' Moslem Firoozabadi, 34' Tarshiz, 83'(pen) Saeed Ghezelagchi |
| 29 January 2013 | Isfahan, Iran | Sepahan F.C. | 0–0 | |
| 9 February 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Damash Gilan F.C. | 0–1 | |
| 15 February 2013 | Tehran, Iran | Esteghlal F.C. | 0–5 | |
| 21 February 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Tractor Sazi F.C. | 1–3 | |
| 2 March 2013 | Bandar Abbas, Iran | Aluminium Hormozgan F.C. | 6–0 | 45+2' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari, 55' Farshid Esmaili, 65' Jaber Ansari, 81' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari, 83' Farshid Esmaili, 90+3' Jaber Ansari |
| 7 March 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Naft Tehran F.C. | | |
| 15 March 2013 | Ahvaz, Iran | Foolad F.C. | | |
| 28 March 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Saipa F.C. | | |
| 13 April 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Mes Kerman F.C. | | |
| 5 May 2013 | Tehran, Iran | Paykan F.C. | | |
| 5 May 2013 | Shiraz, Iran | Rah Ahan F.C. | | |

### Hazfi Cup matches

Win  Draw  Loss

Round of 32

| Round | Venue | Opponent | Result | scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Round of 32 | Shiraz, Iran | Sang Ahan Bafq | 3–0 | (W/O) |
| Round of 16 | Shiraz, Iran | Saipa Shomal | 4 PK 3 | 11' Mohammad Mehdi Nazari |
| Quarter Finals | Shiraz, Iran | Damash Gilan | 4 PK 5 | |

## Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

    Updated on 31 January 2013

| Ran | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | MF | | Jaber Ansari | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Mehdi Nazari | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 33 | MF | | Mojtaba Tarshiz | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 21 | FW | | Mohammad Reza Hosseini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | FW | | Babak Latifi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 24 | 1 | 25 |

Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Mahmoud Yavari |
| Assistant coach | Dariush Sabouri |
