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Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions |
Esteghlal Khuzestan 1st Pro League title 1st Iranian title |
Relegated |
Malavan Rah Ahan Esteghlal Ahvaz |
Champions League |
Esteghlal Khuzestan Persepolis Esteghlal Zob Ahan ( Hazfi Cup champions) |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 502 (2.09 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mehdi Taremi (16 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Fernando de Jesus (17 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win |
Rah Ahan 5–0
Est. Ahvaz (16 October 2015) Tractor Sazi 5–0 Est. Ahvaz (13 May 2016) |
Biggest away win |
Foolad 0–3
Zob Ahan (15 September 2015) Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal (26 October 2015) Est. Ahvaz 0–3 Saba Qom (27 December 2015) |
Highest scoring |
Tractor Sazi 4–4
Zob Ahan (27 October 2015) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Persepolis |
Longest unbeaten run | 21 matches Persepolis |
Longest winless run | 20 matches Est. Ahvaz |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Est. Ahvaz |
Highest attendance | 100,000
[1] Persepolis – Esteghlal (15 April 2016) |
Lowest attendance | 0 (spectator ban) Foolad – Zob Ahan [2] (15 September 2015) Tractor Sazi – Saipa [3] (10 October 2015) Foolad – Naft Tehran [4] (13 December 2015) Malavan – Naft Tehran [5] (3 February 2016) Tractor Sazi – Foolad [6] (10 March 2016) Persepolis – Siah Jamegan [7] (3 April 2016) Est. Ahvaz – Saipa [8] (8 May 2016) |
Total attendance | 1,875,293 |
Average attendance | 8,048 |
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The 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 33rd season of Iran's Football League and 15th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 Azadegan League: Siah Jamegan and Esteghlal Ahvaz. The league started on 30 July 2015 and ended on 13 May 2016. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total first Iranian title). Mehdi Taremi of Persepolis was the top scorer with 16 goals.
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order
Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
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Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 95,225 |
Esteghlal Ahvaz | Ahvaz | Takhti Ahvaz | 10,000 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,960 |
Foolad | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,960 |
Gostaresh | Tabriz | Bonyan Dizel | 12,000 |
Malavan | Anzali | Takhti Anzali | 8,000 |
Naft Tehran | Tehran | Takhti Tehran | 30,122 |
Padideh | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 |
Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 95,225 |
Rah Ahan | Tehran | Shahr-e Qods | 25,000 |
Saba Qom | Qom | Yadegar-e Emam | 10,610 |
Saipa | Tehran | Shahid Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
Sepahan | Isfahan | Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |
Siah Jamegan | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 |
Tractor Sazi | Tabriz | Sahand | 66,833 |
Zob Ahan | Isfahan | 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 | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
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Esteghlal |
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Est. Ahvaz |
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Est. Khuzestan |
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Foolad |
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Gostaresh |
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Malavan |
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Naft Tehran |
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Padideh |
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Persepolis |
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Rah Ahan |
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Saba Qom |
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Saipa |
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Sepahan |
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Siah Jamegan |
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Tractor Sazi |
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Zob Ahan |
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Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Padideh |
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Resigned | 5 July 2015 | Pre-season |
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5 July 2015 |
Saba Qom |
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Sacked | 16 July 2015 |
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16 July 2015 | |
Siah Jamegan |
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Resigned | 21 August 2015 | 15th |
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28 September 2015 |
Rah Ahan |
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Sacked | 19 September 2015 | 13th |
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21 September 2015 |
Esteghlal Ahvaz |
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Sacked | 16 October 2015 | 15th |
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17 October 2015 |
Sepahan |
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Mutual consent | 1 November 2015 | 6th |
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12 November 2015 |
Tractor Sazi |
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Mutual consent | 8 December 2015 | 9th |
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9 December 2015 |
Esteghlal Ahvaz |
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Mutual consent | 26 December 2015 | 16th |
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26 December 2015 |
Malavan |
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Resigned | 15 February 2016 | 12th |
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9 March 2016 |
Rah Ahan |
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Sacked | 19 February 2016 | 15th |
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22 February 2016 |
Sepahan |
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Resigned | 20 April 2016 | 11th |
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23 May 2016 |
Saipa |
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Sacked | 3 May 2016 | 10th |
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The number of foreign players is restricted to four per
Iran Pro League team, including a slot for a player from
AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Est. Khuzestan (C) | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 57 | Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Persepolis | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 57 | |
3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 52 | Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs |
4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 51 | |
5 | Naft Tehran | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 49 | |
6 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 46 | Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage [a] |
7 | Saba Qom | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 42 | |
8 | Saipa | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 40 | |
9 | Gostaresh | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 39 | |
10 | Padideh | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 39 | |
11 | Sepahan | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 38 | |
12 | Foolad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 35 | |
13 | Siah Jamegan | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 27 | |
14 | Malavan (R) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 27 | Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League |
15 | Rah Ahan (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 25 | |
16 | Est. Ahvaz (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 58 | −42 | 13 |
Leader and 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage | |
2017 AFC Champions League Group stage | |
2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round | |
Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Persepolis | 16 |
2 |
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Gostaresh Foulad | 11 |
3 |
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Esteghlal | 10 |
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Foolad | 9 |
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Esteghlal | 7 |
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Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source:
Soccerway.com
Source:
Iplstats.com
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Gostaresh | Zob Ahan | 4–3 | 31 March 2016 |
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Foolad | Est. Ahvaz | 3–2 | 30 April 2016 |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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Esteghlal Khuzestan | 17 |
2 |
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Zob Ahan | 13 |
3 |
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Tractor Sazi | 12 |
4 |
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Esteghlal | 11 |
5 |
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Naft Tehran | 9 |
6 |
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Saba Qom | 8 |
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Padideh | ||
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Rah Ahan | 7 |
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Gostaresh Foulad | ||
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Saipa | 6 |
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Last Update: 13 May 2016
Source:
Iplstats.com
Goalkeeper:
Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan)
Defence:
Sadegh Moharrami (Perspolis),
Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal),
Jalal Hosseini (Perspolis),
Mohammad Ansari (Perspolis)
Midfield:
Server Djeparov (Esteghlal),
Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal),
Mohammad Reza Hosseini (Zob Ahan)
Attack:
Mehdi Torabi (Saipa),
Ali Alipour (Perspolis),
Vahid Amiri (Perspolis)
Mehdi Torabi was awarded as the best player of the season. Ali Gholizadeh was also awarded as the best young player of the season.
Branko Ivankovic was awarded as the best coach of the season. Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri won the best Goalkeeper award. Jalal Hosseini won the best Defender award. Omid Ebrahimi won the best Midfielder award. Ali Alipour won the best Striker award.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Persepolis | 658,500 | 100,000 | 0 | 47,036 | +198.3% |
2 | Esteghlal | 453,000 | 90,000 | 2,500 | 30,200 | +84.1% |
3 | Tractor Sazi | 115,350 | 20,000 | 0 | 8,873 | −67.7% |
4 | Saipa | 90,299 | 77,000 | 70 | 6,020 | +133.2% |
5 | Est. Khuzestan | 76,460 | 35,000 | 200 | 5,097 | +89.6% |
6 | Siah Jamegan | 64,109 | 25,000 | 120 | 4,274 | n/a |
7 | Padideh | 58,367 | 22,000 | 200 | 3,891 | −62.4% |
8 | Malavan | 57,909 | 10,000 | 0 | 4,136 | −9.1% |
9 | Rah Ahan | 53,302 | 35,000 | 47 | 3,553 | +123.5% |
10 | Foolad | 52,800 | 18,000 | 0 | 4,062 | −39.4% |
11 | Sepahan | 45,150 | 12,500 | 250 | 3,010 | −48.3% |
12 | Gostaresh | 35,107 | 15,000 | 60 | 2,340 | +16.1% |
13 | Saba Qom | 34,840 | 15,000 | 100 | 2,323 | +70.2% |
14 | Zob Ahan | 31,370 | 8,000 | 200 | 2,091 | +9.8% |
15 | Est. Ahvaz | 24,820 | 10,800 | 0 | 1,773 | n/a |
16 | Naft Tehran | 23,910 | 12,200 | 70 | 1,594 | −17.3%
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League total | 1,875,293 | 100,000 | 0 | 8,048 | +16.3% |
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016
Source:
Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz and
Siah Jamegan 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 |
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Esteghlal | A | 30,000 | 35,000 | A | 14,000 | A | 11,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 90,000 | A | 11,000 | A | 6,500 | 5,000 | A | A | 12,000 | A | 70,000 | A | 28,000 | A | 38,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 85,000 | A | 30,200 |
Esteghlal Ahvaz | A | 1,100 | A | 6,000 | A | A | 370 | A | 200 | A | 500 | A | 1,500 | A | 500 | 600 | A | 200 | A | 550 | 800 | A | 200 | A | 1,500 | A | 10,800 | A | NC | A | 1,773 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan | A | 6,000 | A | 300 | A | 200 | A | 350 | A | 210 | A | 450 | A | 250 | A | 2,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,100 | A | 17,000 | A | 3,250 | A | 350 | A | 35,000 | 5,097 |
Foolad | 3,100 | A | 2,000 | A | 13,000 | NC | A | 1,200 | A | 400 | A | 18,000 | A | NC | A | A | 200 | A | 6,000 | A | A | 4,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 350 | A | 50 | 4,062 |
Gostaresh | A | 6,500 | A | 520 | A | 2,000 | A | 214 | A | A | 60 | A | 650 | A | 225 | 100 | A | 186 | A | 528 | A | 624 | A | 2,000 | 2,500 | A | 4,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 2,340 |
Malavan | 4,656 | A | 4,200 | A | 1,600 | A | 2,832 | A | 5,000 | A | 700 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,200 | A | 5,300 | A | NC | A | 2,000 | A | 3,200 | A | 10,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 7,221 | A | 4,136 |
Naft Tehran | A | 500 | A | 990 | A | 100 | A | A | 200 | A | 200 | A | 12,200 | A | 200 | 1,200 | A | 100 | A | 7,650 | A | 130 | 70 | A | 100 | A | 200 | A | 70 | A | 1,594 |
Padideh | A | 2,500 | A | 5,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 22,000 | A | 550 | A | 700 | A | A | 1,500 | 18,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 351 | A | 230 | A | 250 | A | 200 | 586 | A | 3,891 |
Persepolis | 18,000 | A | A | 25,000 | A | 11,000 | A | 35,000 | A | 9,000 | A | 9,000 | A | 4,500 | A | A | 40,000 | 77,000 | A | 80,000 | A | 80,000 | A | NC | A | 100,000 | A | 80,000 | A | 90,000 | 47,036 |
Rah Ahan | A | 525 | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | A | 250 | A | 250 | A | A | 500 | A | 11,800 | 200 | A | 2,500 | A | 300 | A | 35,000 | A | 47 | A | 250 | 123 | A | 57 | A | 3,553 |
Saba Qom | 890 | A | 200 | A | 1,500 | A | 4,000 | A | 350 | A | 2,500 | 2,500 | A | 200 | A | A | 1,000 | A | 100 | A | 1,850 | A | 15,000 | A | 500 | A | A | 250 | A | 4,000 | 2,323 |
Saipa | 250 | A | 300 | A | 500 | A | 300 | 300 | A | 350 | A | 500 | A | 210 | A | A | 289 | A | 70 | A | 77,000 | A | A | 950 | A | 200 | A | 9,000 | A | 80 | 6,020 |
Sepahan | 2,200 | A | 12,500 | 3,500 | A | 3,500 | A | 1,500 | A | 8,500 | A | 2,200 | A | 800 | A | A | 3,500 | A | A | 3,500 | A | 600 | A | 1,400 | A | 500 | A | 700 | A | 250 | 3,010 |
Siah Jamegan | 25,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 1,830 | A | 18,000 | A | 120 | A | 450 | 200 | A | A | 268 | A | 900 | A | 3,580 | A | 600 | A | 411 | A | 1,250 | A | A | 8,000 | 4,274 |
Tractor Sazi | 20,000 | A | 8,200 | A | 7,000 | A | 20,000 | A | NC | 2,500 | A | 9,500 | A | 7,000 | A | A | 1,350 | A | 5,000 | A | 10,000 | A | NC | A | A | 10,800 | A | 2,000 | A | 12,000 | 8,873 |
Zob Ahan | A | 6,000 | A | A | 1,500 | A | 800 | A | 400 | A | 520 | A | 500 | A | 1,900 | 350 | A | 6,500 | 8,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 200 | A | 2,300 | A | 1,000 | A | 400 | A | 2,091 |
Total | 74,096 | 53,125 | 64,400 | 42,310 | 40,600 | 20,300 | 41,132 | 60,814 | 26,650 | 21,760 | 94,600 | 42,850 | 31,800 | 13,160 | 23,825 | 27,450 | 51,907 | 92,986 | 32,070 | 99,528 | 166,230 | 121,805 | 47,270 | 24,127 | 55,311 | 117,250 | 37,373 | 92,850 | 108,334 | 149,380 | 1,875,293 |
Average | 9,262 | 6,641 | 8,050 | 5,289 | 5,075 | 2,900 | 5,142 | 7,602 | 3,807 | 2,720 | 11,825 | 5,356 | 3,975 | 1,880 | 2,978 | 3,431 | 6,488 | 11,623 | 4,581 | 12,441 | 20,779 | 15,226 | 6,753 | 3,447 | 6,914 | 14,656 | 4,672 | 11,606 | 15,476 | 18,673 | 8,048 |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016. Source:
Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz played their matches against
Esteghlal and
Siah Jamegan at
Ghadir
Foolad played their match against
Gostaresh at
Takhti Ahvaz
Gostaresh played their matches against
Persepolis and
Tractor Sazi at
Sahand
Rah Ahan played their match against
Esteghlal at
Azadi
Saipa played their match against
Esteghlal at
Takhti Tehran
Saipa played their match against
Persepolis at
Azadi
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
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1 | Persepolis | 4–2 | Esteghlal | 100,000 | 15 April 2016 | 26 | Azadi |
2 | Esteghlal | 1–1 | Persepolis | 90,000 | 30 October 2015 | 11 | Azadi |
Persepolis | 2–1 | Rah Ahan | 90,000 | 13 May 2016 | 30 | Azadi | |
4 | Esteghlal | 2–3 | Tractor Sazi | 85,000 | 8 May 2016 | 29 | Azadi |
5 | Persepolis | 1–0 | Foolad | 80,000 | 12 February 2016 | 20 | Azadi |
Persepolis | 1–1 | Tractor Sazi | 80,000 | 6 March 2016 | 22 | Azadi | |
Persepolis | 0–2 | Naft Tehran | 80,000 | 28 April 2016 | 28 | Azadi | |
8 | Persepolis | 2–2 | Sepahan | 77,000 | 2 February 2016 | 18 | Azadi |
Saipa | 1–1 | Persepolis | 77,000 | 18 February 2016 | 21 | Azadi | |
10 | Esteghlal | 2–1 | Gostaresh | 70,000 | 19 February 2016 | 21 | Azadi |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016. Source:
Iranleague.ir
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