The Sepahan Sentinel
Match12 Sep 2026
Ali Khodadadi among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Ali Khodadadi on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Sepahan and Foolad.
Match12 Sep 2026
Foolad take the points off Sepahan
Beaten 2‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Ricardo Alves falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Sepahan rebuffed over Ricardo Mathias
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al-Ahli have kept their man, and Sepahan go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Sepahan
Ehsan Hosseini and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Ricardo Alves gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Masoud Moharrami joins the Sepahan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Masoud Moharrami is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
Milad Hosseini steps up from the Sepahan academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Milad Hosseini has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Ali Shojaei joins the Sepahan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ali Shojaei is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Morteza Karimi joins the Sepahan first team
- Squad 200 appearances for Ali Karimi
- The dugout Masoud Taremi faces the questions