List of Persepolis F.C. managers

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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.

List of managers[edit]

Ali Parvin won 15 trophies and is the longest-serving manager of Persepolis.
Branko Ivanković, the most successful foreign manager in terms of trophies.

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
from until days
— Rajab Faramarzi⚱ Iran 1967 5 April 1968 1 year, 95 days
1 Parviz Dehdari [B]⚱ Iran 5 April 1968 22 August 1969 1 year, 47 days
  • Asian Club Championship Qualification: 1969 Winner
  • Tehran Hazfi Cup: 1969 Runner-up
  • first full-time manager of club (called as a Comportment schema)
2 Rajab Faramarzi⚱ Iran 22 December 1969 5 March 1970 195 days
3 Hossein Fekri ⚱ Iran 17 July 1970 25 November 1971 1 year, 222 days Tehran Province League: 1971 Runner-up
4 Alan Rogers England 25 November 1971 18 December 1974 3 years, 23 days
First foreign manager (non Iranian)
5 Homayoun Behzadi [A]⚱ Iran 6 March 1975 9 May 1975 64 days
6 Buyuk Vatankhah [A] Iran 16 May 1975 17 March 1976 306 days Takht Jamshid Cup: 75–76 Winner First Iranian Manager Winning Iran League
7 Ivan Kuonoev⚱ Soviet Union 25 March 1976 3 March 1977 343 days Takht Jamshid Cup: 76–77 Runner-up
8 Mansour Amirasefi⚱ Iran 11 March 1977 13 May 1977 33 days Takht Jamshid Cup: 77–78 Runner-up
9 Mehrab Shahrokhi [A]⚱ Iran 30 June 1977 7 February 1982 4 years, 222 days
10 Ali Parvin [A][C] Iran 12 February 1982 5 November 1993 11 years, 266 days
— Mahmoud Khordbin [A] Iran 5 November 1993 16 November 1993 11 days interim head coach
11 Mohammad Panjali [A] Iran 26 November 1993 10 February 1994 76 days Azadegan League: 93–94 Runner-up
12 Vladislav Brajović⚱ Croatia 10 June 1994 30 June 1994 20 days
13 Hamid Derakhshan [A] Iran 8 July 1994 20 January 1995 196 days
14 Hans-Jürgen Gede Germany 19 May 1995 15 July 1995 68 days
15 Stanko Poklepović⚱ Croatia 29 September 1995 4 May 1997 1 year, 217 days Azadegan League: 95–96, 96–97 Winners
— Mohsen Ashouri [A] Iran 4 May 1997 22 June 1997 49 days interim head coach
(13) Hamid Derakhshan [A] Iran 22 June 1997 25 December 1997 182 days
— Tomislav Ivić⚱ Croatia 29 December 1997 3 January 1998 5 days interim head coach
16 Ivica Matković Croatia 3 January 1998 27 September 1998 328 days
(10) Ali Parvin [A] Iran 27 September 1998 22 June 2003 4 years, 268 days
  • first post-Iranian Revolution manager and most successful manager in terms of trophies, The club's
  • longest-serving manager (totaling 18 years) and nicknamed Sultan
17 Vinko Begović Croatia 29 August 2003 1 August 2004 338 days
18 Rainer Zobel Germany 14 September 2004 20 June 2005 279 days
(10) Ali Parvin [A] Iran 26 June 2005 12 February 2006 231 days
19 Arie Haan Netherlands 16 February 2006 7 May 2006 80 days
20 Mustafa Denizli Turkey 9 September 2006 1 June 2007 326 days Hazfi Cup: 2006 Runner-up Nicknamed Afandi (means Lord in Turkish)
21 Afshin Ghotbi
  • Iran
  • United States
 16 August 2007 18 November 2008 1 year, 94 days Iran Pro League: 07–08 Winner Nicknamed Emperor
22 Afshin Peyrovani [A] Iran 18 November 2008 6 February 2009 80 days
23 Nelo Vingada Portugal 7 February 2009 28 May 2009 110 days
24 Zlatko Kranjčar⚱ Croatia 21 July 2009 28 December 2009 160 days
25 Ali Daei [A] Iran 28 December 2009 22 June 2011 1 year, 176 days Hazfi Cup: 2010, 2011 Winner nicknamed Shahriar
26 Hamid Estili [A] Iran 22 June 2011 9 December 2011 170 days
— Mohsen Ashouri [A] Iran 10 December 2011 23 December 2011 13 days interim head coach
(20) Mustafa Denizli Turkey 23 December 2011 23 June 2012 182 days Nicknamed Afandi (means Lord in Turkish)
27 Manuel José Portugal 3 July 2012 10 December 2012 160 days
28 Yahya Golmohammadi [A] Iran 10 December 2012 20 May 2013 161 days Hazfi Cup: 2013 Runner-up
(25) Ali Daei [A] Iran 20 May 2013 10 September 2014 1 year, 113 days Persian Gulf Pro League: 2013–14 Runner-up nicknamed Shahriar
(13) Hamid Derakhshan [A] Iran 10 September 2014 5 April 2015 207 days
29 Branko Ivanković Croatia 6 April 2015 16 June 2019 4 years, 71 days
  • Nicknamed Professor
  • The most successful foreign manager in terms of trophies
30 Gabriel Calderón Argentina 1 July 2019 12 January 2020 195 days First non-European foreign manager
(28) Yahya Golmohammadi [A] Iran 13 January 2020 1 January 2024 3 years, 353 days
31 Osmar Loss Brazil 27 January 2024 Present 91 days

A. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Formerly played for the club

B. Club's first full-time manager

C. Most honours won and longest-serving manager in club history

⚱ Died

Statistics[edit]

Longest-serving managers[edit]

Manager Nationality Time as manager
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

Notable managers[edit]

Name Period Trophies
Domestic International
League Cup Super Cup Other ACWC ACL
Iran Ali Parvin 1982–93
1998–03
2005–06 		3 3 0 8[a] 1 0
Croatia Branko Ivanković 2015–19 3 1 3 0 0 0
Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 2012–13
2020–2024 		3 1 2 0 0 0
England Alan Rogers 1971–76 2 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia Stanko Poklepović 1995–97 2 0 0 0 0 0
Iran Ali Daei 2009–11
2013–14 		0 2 0 0 0 0
Iran Buyuk Vatankhah 1976 1 0 0 0 0 0
Iran Afshin Ghotbi 2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0
Iran Mehrab Shahrokhi 1977–82 0 0 0 2[b] 0 0
  1. ^ 6 Tehran Province league Cup and 2 Tehran Hazfi Cup
  2. ^ 1 Espandi Cup and 1 Tehran Hazfi Cup

By nationality[edit]

Country Managers
 Iran 15
 Croatia 6
 Portugal 2
 Germany 2
 Argentina 1
 Brazil 1
 England 1
 Netherlands 1
 Soviet Union 1
 Turkey 1

See also[edit]

Persepolis F.C.

References[edit]

  1. ^ عاشوری پس از 17 سال دوباره مربی موقت پرسپولیس!
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