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Season | 2014β15 |
---|---|
Champions |
Sepahan 5th Pro League title 5th Iranian title |
Relegated |
Paykan Naft Masjed Soleyman |
Champions League |
Sepahan Tractor Sazi Naft Tehran Zob Ahan |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 536 (2.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Edinho (20 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Alireza Salimi (16 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win |
Saipa 4β0
Padideh (19 September 2014) |
Biggest away win |
Paykan 0β3
Esteghlal (24 August 2014) Rah Ahan 0β3 Zob Ahan (5 February 2015) Rah Ahan 0β3 Tractor Sazi (12 March 2015) Esteghlal 1β4 Tractor Sazi (10 May 2015) |
Highest scoring |
Esteghlal Khuzestan 4β4
Esteghlal (11 December 2014) Zob Ahan 5β3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Sepahan |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches Naft Tehran |
Longest winless run | 18 matches Paykan |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Rah Ahan |
Highest attendance | 80,000 Tractor Sazi β Naft Tehran (15 May 2015) |
Lowest attendance | 0 (spectator ban) Naft MIS β Padideh (8 August 2014) Foolad β Saipa (29 August 2014) Sepahan β Est. Khuzestan (31 October 2014) Malavan β Padideh (2 December 2014) Tractor Sazi β Zob Ahan (11 December 2014) Persepolis β Foolad (11 December 2014) Foolad β Padideh (11 May 2015) Zob Ahan β Malavan (11 May 2015) |
Total attendance | 1,585,978 |
Average attendance | 6,921 |
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The 2014β15 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 32nd season of Iran's Football League and 14th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Foolad were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2013β14 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2013β14 Azadegan League: Padideh as champions, Naft Masjed Soleyman and Paykan. The league started on 1 August and ended on 15 May 2015. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the fifth time in their history (total fifth Iranian title).
The Iranian Football Clubs who participated in 2014β15 Persian Gulf Pro League were allowed to have up to a maximum of 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which categorized in the following groups: [1]
Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 95,225 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz |
Ghadir Takhti Ahvaz |
38,900 15,000 |
Foolad Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,900 |
Gostaresh | Tabriz | Bonyan Dizel | 12,000 |
Malavan | Anzali | Takhti Anzali | 8,000 |
Naft Masjed Soleyman | Masjed Soleyman | Behnam Mohammadi | 8,000 |
Naft Tehran | Tehran | Takhti Tehran | 30,122 |
Padideh | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 |
Paykan | Qods |
Shahr-e Qods Shahid Dastgerdi |
25,000 8,250 |
Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 95,225 |
Rah Ahan | Tehran |
Shahr-e Qods Rah Ahan |
25,000 12,000 |
Saba Qom | Qom | Yadegar Emam | 10,610 |
Saipa | Karaj | Enghelab Karaj | 15,000 |
Sepahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |
Tractor Sazi | Tabriz | Sahand | 66,833 |
Zob Ahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Padideh | Akbar Misaghian | Resigned | 2 May 2014 | Pre-season | Alireza Marzban | 7 May 2014 |
Naft Tehran | Yahya Golmohammadi | Mutual consent | 10 May 2014 | Alireza Mansourian | 1 July 2014 | |
Zob Ahan | Firouz Karimi | End of contract | 10 May 2014 | Yahya Golmohammadi | 10 May 2014 | |
Saipa | Engin Firat | 13 May 2014 | Majid Jalali | 13 May 2014 | ||
Foolad | Hossein Faraki | Mutual consent | 23 May 2014 | Dragan SkoΔiΔ | 23 May 2014 | |
Malavan | Dragan SkoΔiΔ | Signed by Foolad | 23 May 2014 | Nosrat Irandoost | 24 May 2014 | |
Paykan | Farhad Kazemi | Mutual consent | 1 July 2014 | Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | 1 July 2014 | |
Rah Ahan | Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | 1 July 2014 | Hamid Estili | 1 July 2014 | ||
Sepahan | Zlatko KranjΔar | Resigned | 8 September 2014 | 4th | Hossein Faraki | 9 September 2014 |
Persepolis | Ali Daei | Sacked | 10 September 2014 | 9th | Hamid Derakhshan | 10 September 2014 |
Gostaresh | Mehdi Tartar | 4 October 2014 | 13th | Faraz Kamalvand | 4 October 2014 | |
Malavan | Nosrat Irandoost | 8 October 2014 | 15th | Stevan MojsiloviΔ | 8 October 2014 | |
Paykan | Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | 25 November 2014 | 11th | Samad Marfavi | 27 November 2014 | |
Saba Qom | Samad Marfavi | Mutual consent | 26 November 2014 | 6th | Mehdi Tartar | 5 December 2014 |
Malavan | Stevan MojsiloviΔ | Sacked | 5 December 2014 | 16th | Firouz Karimi | 6 December 2014 |
Rah Ahan | Hamid Estili | Resigned | 2 February 2015 | 14th | Farhad Kazemi | 18 February 2015 |
Tractor Sazi | Rasoul Khatibi | Sacked | 8 February 2015 [2] | 5th | Toni | 15 February 2015 |
Persepolis | Hamid Derakhshan | Resigned | 5 April 2015 | 9th | Branko IvankoviΔ | 6 April 2015 |
Malavan | Firouz Karimi | Resigned | 23 May 2015 | 13th, post season | Hamid Estili | 16 July 2015 |
Esteghlal | Amir Ghalenoei | Sacked | 18 May 2015 | 5th, post season | Parviz Mazloumi | 21 June 2015 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sepahan (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 58 | |
3 | Naft Tehran | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 58 | Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
4 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 52 | Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage [a] |
5 | Foolad | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 52 | |
6 | Esteghlal | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 47 | |
7 | Saipa | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 41 | |
8 | Persepolis | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 36 | |
9 | Saba Qom | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 34 | |
10 | Padideh | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 33 | |
11 | Gostaresh | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 31 | |
12 | Rah Ahan | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 31 | |
13 | Malavan | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 30 | |
14 | Est. Khuzestan (O) | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 27 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
15 | Paykan (R) | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 26 | Relegation to 2015β16 Azadegan League |
16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman (R) | 30 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 22 |
Leader | |
2016 AFC Champions League | |
Relegation to Play-offs Qualification | |
Relegation to 2015β16 Azadegan League |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Esteghlal Khuzestan | 3β0 | Mes Kerman | 1β0 | 2β0 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014β15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.
Esteghlal Khuzestan | 1 β 0 | Mes Kerman |
---|---|---|
Momeni 90+5' |
Mes Kerman | 0 β 2 | Esteghlal Khuzestan |
---|---|---|
Diawara 56', 79' |
Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3β0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Edinho | Tractor Sazi | 20 |
2 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | Esteghlal | 12 |
Mehdi Sharifi | Sepahan | ||
4 | Luciano Pereira | Sepahan | 11 |
5 | Jaber Ansari | Gostaresh Foolad | 9 |
Omid Ebrahimi | Esteghlal | ||
Reza Enayati | Esteghlal | ||
Masoud Hassanzadeh | Zob Ahan | ||
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | Sepahan | ||
Amir Arsalan Motahari | Naft Tehran | ||
Saman Nariman Jahan | Tractor Sazi | ||
Aloys Nong | Foolad | ||
Ramin Rezaeian | Rah Ahan |
Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source:
Soccerway.com
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | Sepahan | Gostaresh | 4β1 | 10 December 2014 |
Kaveh Rezaei | Zob Ahan | Naft Tehran | 5β3 | 16 March 2015 |
Saman Nariman Jahan | Tractor Sazi | Esteghlal | 4β1 | 10 April 2015 |
Position | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alireza Salimi | Foolad | 16 |
2 | Mehrdad Tahmasbi | Saba Qom | 10 |
3 | Alireza Beiranvand | Naft Tehran | 9 |
Hamed Fallahzadeh | Saipa | ||
Mohsen Forouzan | Esteghlal | ||
Mohammad-Rashid Mazaheri | Zob Ahan | ||
Mehdi Rahmati | Paykan | ||
Mojtaba Roshangar | Padideh | ||
9 | Hamed Lak | Tractor Sazi | 8 |
10 | Shahab Gordan | Sepahan | 5 |
Sosha Makani | Persepolis | ||
Davoud Noushi Soufiani | Gostaresh | ||
13 | Rahman Ahmadi | Sepahan | 4 |
Parviz Karimi | Esteghlal Khuzestan | ||
Iman Sadeghi | Malavan |
Last Update: 15 May 2015
Goalkeeper:
Alireza Beiranvand (Naft Tehran)
Defence:
Ramin Rezaian (Rah Ahan),
Leandro Padovani (Naft Tehran),
Leonard MesariΔ (Foolad),
Vouria Ghafouri (Sepahan)
Midfield:
Ghasem Haddadifar (Zob Ahan),
Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal),
Andranik Teymourian (Esteghlal/Tractor Sazi)
Attack:
Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (Esteghlal),
Edinho (Tractor Sazi),
Mehdi Taremi (Perspolis)
Ghasem Haddadifar was awarded as the best player of the season among Andranik Teymourian became second. Amir Arsalan Motahari was also awarded as the best young player of the season.
Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season. Mehdi Taremi won the best striker award.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tractor Sazi | 384,828 | 80,000 | 0 | 27,488 | +26.9% |
2 | Esteghlal | 246,000 | 67,000 | 2,000 | 16,400 | β17.0% |
3 | Persepolis | 220,746 | 70,000 | 0 | 15,768 | β46.5% |
4 | Padideh | 155,400 | 35,000 | 250 | 10,360 | n/a |
5 | Foolad | 87,200 | 25,000 | 0 | 6,708 | β25.8% |
6 | Naft MIS | 85,900 | 8,000 | 0 | 6,136 | n/a |
7 | Sepahan | 81,570 | 15,000 | 0 | 5,826 | +21.4% |
8 | Malavan | 63,721 | 8,500 | 0 | 4,552 | +2.7% |
9 | Paykan | 51,450 | 10,330 | 100 | 3,430 | n/a |
10 | Est. Khuzestan | 40,331 | 10,500 | 87 | 2,689 | β31.9% |
11 | Saipa | 38,726 | 15,000 | 200 | 2,582 | +8.8% |
12 | Gostaresh | 30,231 | 15,000 | 195 | 2,015 | β30.5% |
13 | Naft Tehran | 28,900 | 12,000 | 120 | 1,927 | β16.6% |
14 | Zob Ahan | 26,650 | 7,500 | 0 | 1,904 | β33.1% |
15 | Rah Ahan | 23,856 | 8,000 | 100 | 1,590 | β4.4% |
16 | Saba Qom | 20,469 | 10,000 | 100 | 1,365 | β50.2% |
League total | 1,585,978 | 80,000 | 0 | 6,921 | β9.3% |
Updated to games played on 15 May 2015
Source:
Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Naft MIS,
Padideh and
Paykan played last season in
Azadegan League
Team/Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Esteghlal | A | 12,000 | A | 9,000 | A | 15,000 | A | A | 17,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 18,000 | A | 67,000 | 2,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 5,000 | 17,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 11,000 | A | 35,000 | A | 16,400 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan | 110 | A | 1,000 | A | 214 | A | 87 | A | 1,500 | A | 150 | 2,150 | A | 170 | A | A | 6,000 | A | 10,500 | A | 200 | A | 250 | A | 6,000 | A | A | 6,000 | A | 6,000 | 2,689 |
Foolad | A | 11,000 | A | 3,000 | A | NC | A | 2,500 | A | 2,000 | A | A | 2,500 | A | 2,000 | 6,500 | A | 4,000 | A | 25,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 14,000 | A | 6,000 | 6,200 | A | NC | A | 6,708 |
Gostaresh | A | 1,500 | A | 195 | A | A | 250 | A | 750 | A | 500 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | 265 | A | 450 | A | 500 | 3,500 | A | 1,000 | A | 370 | A | 4,751 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,015 |
Malavan | A | 1,987 | A | 8,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,334 | A | 1,800 | A | 2,500 | A | NC | A | 6,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 6,100 | A | 5,000 | A | 8,500 | A | 8,000 | A | 7,000 | 4,552 |
Naft MIS | A | NC | A | A | 4,500 | A | 6,500 | A | 5,500 | A | 6,500 | A | 6,000 | A | 5,000 | 7,000 | A | 5,900 | 5,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 6,136 |
Naft Tehran | A | 300 | A | 800 | A | 220 | A | 12,000 | A | A | 120 | A | 330 | A | 5,000 | 7,000 | A | 140 | A | 300 | A | 200 | A | 190 | 300 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,927 |
Padideh | 10,500 | A | 4,500 | 12,500 | A | 8,000 | A | 22,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 35,000 | A | 5,600 | A | A | 650 | A | A | 30,000 | A | 250 | A | 3,000 | A | 1,400 | A | 10,000 | A | 2,000 | 10,360 |
Paykan | A | 370 | 700 | A | 10,000 | A | 350 | A | 250 | A | 100 | A | 10,330 | A | 150 | 400 | A | A | 2,200 | A | 6,500 | A | 3,000 | A | 4,100 | A | 10,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,430 |
Persepolis | 18,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 35,000 | 11,000 | A | 13,246 | A | 4,500 | A | 4,000 | A | A | NC | A | 8,000 | A | 5,000 | A | A | 5,000 | A | 20,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 70,000 | 15,768 |
Rah Ahan | 8,000 | A | 600 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 6,000 | 400 | A | 371 | A | 150 | A | A | 100 | A | 200 | A | 100 | A | 3,700 | A | A | 1,235 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | 1,590 |
Saba Qom | 215 | A | A | 150 | A | 10,000 | A | 250 | A | 100 | A | 150 | A | 130 | A | A | 200 | 170 | A | 1,004 | A | 200 | A | 400 | A | 500 | A | 6,000 | A | 1,000 | 1,365 |
Saipa | 1,000 | A | 226 | A | 800 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 3,500 | A | 300 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | A | 6,500 | A | 450 | A | 450 | A | 300 | A | 8,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,582 |
Sepahan | 8,000 | A | 13,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 2,200 | A | 2,000 | A | 13,500 | A | NC | 1,700 | A | A | 1,300 | A | 2,170 | A | 7,200 | A | 1,800 | A | 3,200 | A | 5,500 | A | A | 15,000 | 5,826 |
Tractor Sazi | 20,000 | A | 14,000 | A | 8,000 | 10,400 | A | 12,000 | A | 51,500 | A | 12,700 | A | 65,000 | A | A | NC | A | 15,000 | A | A | 30,178 | A | 15,000 | A | 35,050 | A | 16,000 | A | 80,000 | 27,488 |
Zob Ahan | A | 1,500 | A | 700 | A | 4,800 | A | 700 | A | 7,500 | A | 1,000 | A | A | 600 | 400 | A | 4,000 | A | 750 | A | 800 | A | 600 | A | 1,300 | A | 2,000 | NC | A | 1,904 |
Total | 65,825 | 28,657 | 49,026 | 34,345 | 36,014 | 51,420 | 45,387 | 62,450 | 33,500 | 86,080 | 34,370 | 56,771 | 52,460 | 79,250 | 94,950 | 23,565 | 8,450 | 30,660 | 49,570 | 66,054 | 27,950 | 45,228 | 35,200 | 43,190 | 34,720 | 73,985 | 52,451 | 54,000 | 48,000 | 182,000 | 1,585,978 |
Average | 8,228 | 4,093 | 6,128 | 4,293 | 4,502 | 7,346 | 5,673 | 7,806 | 4,188 | 10,760 | 4,296 | 7,096 | 7,494 | 9,906 | 11,869 | 3,366 | 1,408 | 3,833 | 6,196 | 8,257 | 3,494 | 5,654 | 4,400 | 5,399 | 4,284 | 9,248 | 6,556 | 6,750 | 8,000 | 22,750 | 6,921 |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 15 May 2015. Source:
Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Gostaresh played their match against
Tractor Sazi at
Sahand
Paykan played their matches against
Esteghlal and
Persepolis at
Takhti Tehran
Rah Ahan played their matches against
Esteghlal and
Persepolis at
Takhti Tehran
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tractor Sazi | 3β3 | Naft Tehran | 80,000 | 15 May 2015 | 30 | Sahand |
2 | Persepolis | 1β0 | Esteghlal | 70,000 | 15 May 2015 | 30 | Azadi |
3 | Esteghlal | 1β2 | Persepolis | 67,000 | 23 November 2014 | 15 | Azadi |
4 | Tractor Sazi | 2β2 | Esteghlal | 65,000 | 7 November 2014 | 14 | Sahand |
5 | Tractor Sazi | 1β1 | Sepahan | 51,500 | 26 September 2014 | 10 | Sahand |
6 | Tractor Sazi | 2β1 | Saipa | 35,050 | 16 April 2015 | 26 | Sahand |
7 | Persepolis | 1β3 | Tractor Sazi | 35,000 | 5 September 2014 | 7 | Azadi |
Padideh | 0β1 | Persepolis | 35,000 | 22 October 2014 | 12 | Samen | |
Esteghlal | 1β4 | Tractor Sazi | 35,000 | 11 May 2015 | 29 | Azadi | |
10 | Tractor Sazi | 1β0 | Persepolis | 30,178 | 8 March 2015 | 22 | Sahand |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 15 May 2015. Source:
Iranleague.ir