2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season 2014–15
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 4–0 Padideh
(19 September 2014)
Biggest away win Paykan 0–3 Esteghlal
(24 August 2014)
Rah Ahan 0–3 Zob Ahan
(5 February 2015)
Rah Ahan 0–3 Tractor Sazi
(12 March 2015)
Esteghlal 1–4 Tractor Sazi
(10 May 2015)
Highest scoring Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–4 Esteghlal
(11 December 2014)
Zob Ahan 5–3 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 Naft Tehran
(15 May 2015)
Lowest attendance 0 (spectator ban)
Naft MIS Padideh
(8 August 2014)
Foolad Saipa
(29 August 2014)
Sepahan Est. Khuzestan
(31 October 2014)
Malavan Padideh
(2 December 2014)
Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
(11 December 2014)
Persepolis Foolad
(11 December 2014)
Foolad  Padideh
(11 May 2015)
Zob Ahan  Malavan
(11 May 2015)
Total attendance 1,585,978
Average attendance 6,921

The 2014–15 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 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2013–14 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).

Changes

Rules and Regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League were allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which categorized in the following groups:[1]

  • Up to maximum 18 adult (without any age limit) players
  • Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1992).
  • Up to maximum 8 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1994).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Venue Capacity
EsteghlalTehranAzadi95,225
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazGhadir
Takhti Ahvaz
38,900
15,000
Foolad KhuzestanAhvazGhadir38,900
GostareshTabrizBonyan Dizel12,000
MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanBehnam Mohammadi8,000
Naft TehranTehranTakhti Tehran30,122
PadidehMashhadSamen35,000
PaykanQodsShahr-e Qods
Shahid Dastgerdi
25,000
8,250
PersepolisTehranAzadi95,225
Rah AhanTehranShahr-e Qods
Rah Ahan
25,000
12,000
Saba QomQomYadegar Emam10,610
SaipaKarajEnghelab Karaj30,000
SepahanEsfahanFoolad Shahr15,000
Tractor SaziTabrizSahand66,833
Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad Shahr15,000

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
1 Tehran5Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Persepolis, Rah Ahan
2 Khuzestan3Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman
3 East Azerbaijan2Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4 Esfahan2Sepahan, Zob Ahan
5 Gilan1Malavan
6 Khorasan1Padideh
7 Qom1Saba Qom
8 Alborz1Saipa

Personnel and kits

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 Shirt sponsor
Esteghlal Iran Amir Ghalenoei Iran Reza Enayati Iran Merooj Pardisban
Est. Khuzestan Iran Abdollah Veisi Iran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Germany Uhlsport INSIG
Foolad Croatia Dragan Skočić Iran Bakhtiar Rahmani Germany Uhlsport Foolad Khuzestan
Gostaresh Iran Faraz Kamalvand Iran Meysam Naghizadeh Spain Kelme Ata Airlines
Malavan Iran Firouz Karimi Iran Maziar Zare Iran Daei Steel Azin Iranian
Naft MIS Iran Behrouz Makvandi Iran Reza Darvishi Iran Merooj NIOC
Naft Tehran Iran Alireza Mansourian Iran Alireza Ezzati Germany Uhlsport Naft-G
Padideh Iran Alireza Marzban Iran Mojtaba Roshangar Iran Merooj Padideh Co.
Paykan Iran Samad Marfavi Iran Mehdi Rahmati Iran Merooj Iran Khodro
Persepolis Croatia Branko Ivanković Iran Mohammad Nouri Italy Macron Behnam Pishro
Rah Ahan Iran Farhad Kazemi Iran Ebrahim Karimi Iran Merooj Fars Air Qeshm
Saba Qom Iran Mehdi Tartar Iran Morteza Kashi Iran Merooj Azar Khodro
Saipa Iran Majid Jalali Iran Ebrahim Sadeghi Iran Merooj SAIPA
Sepahan Iran Hossein Faraki Iran Hadi Aghily Germany Uhlsport Foolad Mobarakeh
Tractor Sazi Portugal Toni Oliveira Iran Mehdi Kiani Spain Kelme Hamrah-e Aval
Zob Ahan Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Iran Ghasem Hadadifar Iran Merooj Xballer

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Padideh Iran Akbar Misaghian Resigned 2 May 2014 Pre-season Iran Alireza Marzban 7 May 2014
Naft Tehran Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Mutual consent 10 May 2014 Iran Alireza Mansourian 1 July 2014
Zob Ahan Iran Firouz Karimi End of contract 10 May 2014 Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 10 May 2014
Saipa Germany Engin Firat 13 May 2014 Iran Majid Jalali 13 May 2014
Foolad Iran Hossein Faraki Mutual consent 23 May 2014 Croatia Dragan Skočić 23 May 2014
Malavan Croatia Dragan Skočić Signed by Foolad 23 May 2014 Iran Nosrat Irandoost 24 May 2014
Paykan Iran Farhad Kazemi Mutual consent 1 July 2014 Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 1 July 2014
Rah Ahan Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 1 July 2014 Iran Hamid Estili 1 July 2014
Sepahan Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar Resigned 8 September 2014 4th Iran Hossein Faraki 9 September 2014
Persepolis Iran Ali Daei Sacked 10 September 2014 9th Iran Hamid Derakhshan 10 September 2014
Gostaresh Iran Mehdi Tartar 4 October 2014 13th Iran Faraz Kamalvand 4 October 2014
Malavan Iran Nosrat Irandoost 8 October 2014 15th Serbia Stevan Mojsilović 8 October 2014
Paykan Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 25 November 2014 11th Iran Samad Marfavi 27 November 2014
Saba Qom Iran Samad Marfavi Mutual consent 26 November 2014 6th Iran Mehdi Tartar 5 December 2014
Malavan Serbia Stevan Mojsilović Sacked 5 December 2014 16th Iran Firouz Karimi 6 December 2014
Rah Ahan Iran Hamid Estili Resigned 2 February 2015 14th Iran Farhad Kazemi 18 February 2015
Tractor Sazi Iran Rasoul Khatibi Sacked 8 February 2015[2] 5th Portugal Toni Oliveira 15 February 2015
Persepolis Iran Hamid Derakhshan Resigned 5 April 2015 9th Croatia Branko Ivanković 6 April 2015
Malavan Iran Firouz Karimi Resigned 23 May 2015 13th, post season Iran Hamid Estili 16 July 2015
Esteghlal Iran Amir Ghalenoei Sacked 18 May 2015 5th, post season Iran Parviz Mazloumi 21 June 2015

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 30 17 8 5 46 27 +19 59 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 2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Zob Ahan 30 14 10 6 46 26 +20 52 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
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 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 2015–16 Azadegan League
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman (R) 30 3 13 14 19 39 20 22
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

Results

Home \ Away[1] EST ESK FOLGOSMLVNFTNAFPADPAYPRSRAHSABSAPSEPTRKZOB
Esteghlal 10 01 30 31 10 01 00 10 12 10 11 32 21 14 11
Est. Khuzestan 44 03 11 13 00 12 11 11 11 10 20 20 13 22 11
Foolad 21 10 10 10 22 22 00 00 20 20 01 11 01 32 02
Gostaresh 00 22 31 32 00 11 01 10 21 20 00 23 02 13 32
Malavan 11 11 00 11 10 11 22 11 21 30 00 02 10 00 13
Naft Masjed Soleyman 02 00 21 11 32 02 03 00 22 11 10 01 13 12 11
Naft Tehran 20 11 01 21 20 10 10 00 21 12 10 31 30 21 00
Padideh 11 11 00 21 00 11 12 12 01 30 11 00 01 10 00
Paykan 03 11 10 11 10 00 11 00 01 23 01 00 12 02 13
Persepolis 10 21 12 22 01 11 11 11 01 22 00 01 12 13 10
Rah Ahan 12 22 01 10 10 22 10 10 00 12 22 21 10 03 03
Saba Qom 12 12 02 10 11 20 12 00 00 02 10 10 20 23 21
Saipa 01 32 31 00 10 00 21 40 11 22 12 30 22 01 10
Sepahan 31 32 11 41 11 10 11 10 20 10 30 11 20 21 11
Tractor Sazi 22 30 21 11 10 30 33 13 12 10 41 42 21 11 21
Zob Ahan 21 21 01 00 20 20 53 20 10 10 22 31 41 11 00

Updated to games played on 15 May 2015.
Source: IPL Stats
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Sepahan111124434434423223434444333331
Tractor Sazi342732211111111334552222211112
Naft Tehran7107676776557542111211111122223
Zob Ahan14121613131314121412121313139998666666665444
Foolad1363245543343234442145555444555
Esteghlal224311122222355555323333556666
Saipa12891299665665778666777777777777
Persepolis513811127998799887889109999991010998
Saba Qom456568889986666777888888888889
Padideh11354533578789910101010910101010101099101010
Gostaresh6141291012121410111314141414131313141514141313111211111111
Rah Ahan1571010810101013131412111113141414151616161616161516151212
Malavan1091181111111315151515161616161616161411111111121112121313
Est. Khuzestan81115161514151112141111121212111111121213131212141313131414
Paykan161513141615131511101010101011121212111112121414131414141515
Naft M.S.91614151416161616161616151515151515131315151515151615161616
Leader
2016 AFC Champions League
Relegation to Play-offs Qualification
Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League

Source: FIFA.com (in English)

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
SepahanWWWLDDDWDDWLWWDWWLDWDLWLWWWWWW
Tractor SaziWDWLWWWWDDWLWDLLWDLWWWWWLWWDWD
Naft TehranDLWWLDDWWDDDWWWWWDDWDWWWLLWWWD
Zob AhanLDLDDDLWLWDLDWWWLWWWDWWDDWWWWD
FooladLWWWDDLWWDLWWDLWWWWLLDLWWWLDDW
EsteghlalWWLWWWWLLLWDDDLWDWWWDWLLDDDWLL
SaipaDDDLWDWWWLLWLLDWDWLLWLWDWLDLWL
PersepolisDLWLDWLDWWLLWDWLLLLWDLDDDLDWLW
Saba QomWDDWLLDLDWWWDLWLDDLLDWLWLDDLLL
PadidehDWDWDWDLLLWDLDLDDDWLLDLDDWDLDD
GostareshDLDWDLDLWDLLLDWDLLDDDLWDWLDDWL
Rah AhanLWLDWLDLLDLWWDLLLLLLWLLDDDLWWW
MalavanDDLWLDDLLDLDLLLDDDWWWWLDLDLDLW
Est. KhuzestanDLLLDDDWDLWDLWDDDDLLLDWLDDDLLD
PaykanLDDLLDWLWWLWLDDLDDDLDDLDDDLLLD
Naft M.S.DLDLDLLDLDWDDLWLDDWDLLDLDLDLLL

Source: IPL Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Relegation Play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Esteghlal Khuzestan 3–0 Mes Kerman 1–0 2–0

Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.


Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 – 0 Mes Kerman
Momeni  90+5'
Attendance: 2,500
Mes Kerman 0 – 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan
Diawara  56', 79'
Attendance: 15,000

Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3–0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan Gostaresh 4–1 10 December 2014
Iran Kaveh Rezaei Zob Ahan Naft Tehran 5–3 16 March 2015
Iran Saman Nariman Jahan Tractor Sazi Esteghlal 4–1 10 April 2015

Clean Sheets

Position Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Iran Alireza Salimi Foolad 16
2 Iran Mehrdad Tahmasbi Saba Qom 10
3 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Naft Tehran 9
Iran Hamed Fallahzadeh Saipa
Iran Mohsen Forouzan Esteghlal
Iran Mohammad-Rashid Mazaheri Zob Ahan
Iran Mehdi Rahmati Paykan
Iran Mojtaba Roshangar Padideh
4 Iran Hamed Lak Tractor Sazi 8
5 Iran Shahab Gordan Sepahan 5
Iran Sosha Makani Persepolis
Iran Davoud Noushi Soufiani Gostaresh
6 Iran Rahman Ahmadi Sepahan 4
Iran Parviz Karimi Esteghlal Khuzestan
Iran Iman Sadeghi Malavan

Last Update: 15 May 2015

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Saman Nariman Jahan for Tractor Sazi against Foolad (1 August 2014)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 11 seconds, Mohammad Reza Khalatbari for Sepahan against Gostaresh (10 December 2014)
  • Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 5 seconds, Ahmad Hassanzadeh for Saba Qom against Padideh (14 August 2014)
  • Largest winning margin: 4 goals
    • Saipa 4–0 Padideh (19 September 2014)
  • Highest scoring game: 8 goals
    • Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–4 Esteghlal (11 December 2014)
    • Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
    • Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015)

Awards

Team of the League

Goalkeeper: Alireza Beiranvand (Naft Tehran)
Defence: Ramin Rezaian (Rah Ahan), Leandro Padovani (Naft Tehran), Leonard Mesarić (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)

Player of the League

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.

Other awards

Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season. Mehdi Taremi won the best striker award.

Attendances

Average home attendances

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 −17.0%
3 Persepolis 220,746 70,000 0 15,768 −46.5%
4 Padideh 155,400 35,000 250 10,360 n/a
5 Foolad 87,200 25,000 0 6,708 −25.8%
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 −31.9%
11 Saipa 38,726 15,000 200 2,582 +8.8%
12 Gostaresh 30,231 15,000 195 2,015 −30.5%
13 Naft Tehran 28,900 12,000 120 1,927 −16.6%
14 Zob Ahan 26,650 7,500 0 1,904 −33.1%
15 Rah Ahan 23,856 8,000 100 1,590 −4.4%
16 Saba Qom 20,469 10,000 100 1,365 −50.2%
League total 1,585,978 80,000 0 6,921 −9.3%

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

Attendances by round

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 A12,000A9,000A15,000AA17,000A10,000A18,000A67,0002,000A10,000A6,000A5,00017,000A12,000A11,000A35,000A16,400
Esteghlal Khuzestan 110A1,000A214A87A1,500A1502,150A170AA6,000A10,500A200A250A6,000AA6,000A6,0002,689
Foolad A11,000A3,000ANCA2,500A2,000AA2,500A2,0006,500A4,000A25,000A2,500A14,000A6,0006,200ANCA6,708
Gostaresh A1,500A195AA250A750A500A15,000A200265A450A5003,500A1,000A370A4,751A1,000A2,015
Malavan A1,987A8,000A3,000A2,000A1,334A1,800A2,500ANCA6,000A2,500A6,100A5,000A8,500A8,000A7,0004,552
Naft MIS ANCAA4,500A6,500A5,500A6,500A6,000A5,0007,000A5,9005,000A5,000A8,000A8,000A6,000A7,000A6,136
Naft Tehran A300A800A220A12,000AA120A330A5,0007,000A140A300A200A190300A1,000A1,000A1,927
Padideh 10,500A4,50012,500A8,000A22,000A10,000A35,000A5,600AA650AA30,000A250A3,000A1,400A10,000A2,00010,360
Paykan A370700A10,000A350A250A100A10,330A150400AA2,200A6,500A3,000A4,100A10,000A3,000A3,430
Persepolis 18,000A15,000A7,000A35,00011,000A13,246A4,500A4,000AANCA8,000A5,000AA5,000A20,000A5,000A70,00015,768
Rah Ahan 8,000A600A500A500A6,000400A371A150AA100A200A100A3,700AA1,235A1,000A1,0001,590
Saba Qom 215AA150A10,000A250A100A150A130AA200170A1,004A200A400A500A6,000A1,0001,365
Saipa 1,000A226A800A500A500A3,500A300A15,000A200A6,500A450A450A300A8,000A1,000A2,582
Sepahan 8,000A13,000A5,000A2,200A2,000A13,500ANC1,700AA1,300A2,170A7,200A1,800A3,200A5,500AA15,0005,826
Tractor Sazi 20,000A14,000A8,00010,400A12,000A51,500A12,700A65,000AANCA15,000AA30,178A15,000A35,050A16,000A80,00027,488
Zob Ahan A1,500A700A4,800A700A7,500A1,000AA600400A4,000A750A800A600A1,300A2,000NCA1,904
Total 65,82528,65749,02634,34536,01451,42045,38762,45033,50086,08034,37056,77152,46079,25094,95023,5658,45030,66049,57066,05427,95045,22835,20043,19034,72073,98552,45154,00048,000182,0001,585,978
Average 8,2284,0936,1284,2934,5027,3465,6737,8064,18810,7604,2967,0967,4949,90611,8693,3661,4083,8336,1968,2573,4945,6544,4005,3994,2849,2486,5566,7508,00022,7506,921

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

Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1Tractor Sazi33Naft Tehran80,00015 May 201530Sahand
2Persepolis10Esteghlal70,00015 May 201530Azadi
3Esteghlal12Persepolis67,00023 November 201415Azadi
4Tractor Sazi22Esteghlal65,0007 November 201414Sahand
5Tractor Sazi11Sepahan51,50026 September 201410Sahand
6Tractor Sazi21Saipa35,05016 April 201526Sahand
7Persepolis13Tractor Sazi35,0005 September 20147Azadi
7Padideh01Persepolis35,00022 October 201412Samen
7Esteghlal14Tractor Sazi35,00011 May 201529Azadi
10Tractor Sazi10Persepolis30,1788 March 201522Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 15 May 2015. Source: Iranleague.ir

See also

References

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