2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League

	Leader : 2020 AFC Champions League Group stage
	2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off round
	Relegation to 2019-20 Azadegan League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season	2018–19
Matches played	64
Goals scored	130 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anthony Stokes (7 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Mehdi Rahmati; Vahid Sheikhveisi (5 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Tractor Sazi 6–0 Esteghlal Khuzestan; (28 September 2018)
Biggest away win	Sepidrood 1–6 Sepahan; (3 August 2018)
Highest scoring	Sepidrood 1–6 Sepahan; (3 August 2018)
Longest winning run	5 matches ; Padideh
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches ; Persepolis ; Sepahan
Longest winless run	8 matches ; Sepidrood ; Sanat Naft ; Naft MIS
Longest losing run	4 matches ; Naft MIS
Highest attendance	80,000 ; Esteghlal – Tractor Sazi ; (10 August 2018)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) ; Sepahan – Sanat Naft[1] ; (27 July 2018) ; Tractor Sazi – Nassaji[2] ; (3 August) ; Sanat Naft – Machine Sazi[3] ; (3 August 2018)
Total attendance	787,820
Average attendance	12,915
	← 2017–18

The 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League (also known as 2018–19 PGPL) are the 36th season of Iran's Football League and 18th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis are the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2017–18 Azadegan League.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Sepidrood

Pars Jonoubi Jam

Sepahan
Zob Ahan

Est. Khuzestan
Foolad

Padideh

Sanat Naft

Machine Sazi
Tractor Sazi

Naft MIS

Nassaji

Esteghlal
Paykan
Persepolis
Saipa

Locations of clubs in 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,900
Foolad	Ahvaz	Foolad Arena	30,655
Machine Sazi	Tabriz	Bonyan Diesel	12,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Behnam Mohammadi	8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran	Qaem Shahr	Vatani	15,000
Padideh	Mashhad	Imam Reza	27,700
Pars Jonoubi Jam	Jam	Takhti Jam	15,000
Paykan	Shahr-e Qods	Shahre Qods	25,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Saipa	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	8,000
Sepahan	Isfahan	Naghsh-e-Jahan	75,000
Sepidrood	Rasht	Sardar Jangal	15,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Sahand	66,833
Zob Ahan	Fuladshahr	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Number of teams by region

Region	Number of teams	Teams
Khuzestan	4	Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Sanat Naft, Naft Masjed Soleyman
Tehran	4	Esteghlal, Persepolis, Paykan, Saipa
East Azerbaijan	2	Tractor Sazi, Machine Sazi
Isfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
Bushehr	1	Pars Jonoubi Jam
Gilan	1	Sepidrood
Khorasan	1	Padideh
Mazandaran	1	Nassaji

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
Esteghlal	Winfried Schäfer	Mehdi Rahmati	Li-Ning
Est. Khuzestan	Dariush Yazdi	Iman Mobali	Li-Ning
Foolad	Ilie Stan	Ayoub Vali	Uhlsport
Machine Sazi	Mohammad Reza Mohajeri	Esmaeil Farhadi	Merooj
Naft MIS	Alireza Marzban	Hakim Nassari	Merooj
Nassaji	Javad Nekounam	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	Uhlsport
Padideh	Yahya Golmohammadi	Reza Nasehi	Yousef Jame
Pars Jonoubi Jam	Mehdi Tartar	Meysam Naghizadeh	Merooj
Paykan	Majid Jalali	Rahman Ahmadi	Yousef Jame
Persepolis	Branko Ivanković	Jalal Hosseini	Li-Ning
Saipa	Ali Daei	Roozbeh Shahalidoost	Start
Sanat Naft	Paulo Sérgio	Hossein Baghlani	Merooj
Sepahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Hossein Papi	Start
Sepidrood	Ali Karimi	Hossein Kaebi	Merooj
Tractor Sazi	Mohammad Taghavi (caretaker)	Masoud Shojaei	Li-Ning
Zob Ahan	Omid Namazi	Ghasem Haddadifar	Merooj

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Sepahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Contract expired	1 May 2018	Pre-season	Amir Ghalenoei	23 May 2018
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Abdollah Veisi		5 May 2018		Dariush Yazdi	5 May 2018
Padideh	Mohammad Reza Mohajeri		10 May 2018		Yahya Golmohammadi	4 June 2018
Tractor Sazi	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Signed by Kayserispor	16 May 2018		John Toshack	9 June 2018
Zob Ahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Signed by Sepahan	23 May 2018		Omid Namazi	24 May 2018
Sanat Naft	Faraz Kamalvand	Contract Expired	4 June 2018		Paulo Sérgio	4 June 2018
Sepidrood	Ali Karimi	Resigned	18 June 2018		Khodadad Azizi	1 July 2018
Naft MIS	Mahmoud Fekri		1 July 2018		Abdollah Veisi	1 July 2018
Sepidrood	Khodadad Azizi		12 August 2018	16th	Ali Karimi	23 August 2018
Machine Sazi	Firouz Karimi	Sacked	24 August 2018	13th	Mohammad Reza Mohajeri	29 August 2018
Foolad	Sirous Pourmousavi		4 September 2018	9th	Ilie Stan	4 September 2018
Naft MIS	Abdollah Veisi		5 September 2018	15th	Alireza Marzban	7 September 2018
Tractor Sazi	John Toshack	Resigned	17 September 2018	6th

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf 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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player
Esteghlal	Markus Neumayr	Alhaji Gero^[4]		Humam Tariq
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Foolad	Chimba	Tartá	Neguete
Machine Sazi	Fernando Jesus	Harry Forrester
Naft MIS	Moussa Coulibaly
Nassaji	Giorgi Gvelesiani
Padideh	Claudir
Pars Jonoubi Jam
Paykan	Magno Batista
Persepolis	Božidar Radošević	Godwin Mensha		Bashar Resan
Saipa	Samuel Sarfo
Sanat Naft	Platini	Jonathan Balotelli		Karrar Jassim
Sepahan	Kiros Stanlley	Vladimir Koman
Sepidrood
Tractor Sazi	Anthony Stokes	Lee Erwin		Yukiya Sugita
Zob Ahan	Marion	Eddie Hernández

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Padideh	8	5	2	1	10	5	+5	17	Qualification to 2020 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Sepahan	8	4	4	0	17	7	+10	16	Qualification to 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
3	Persepolis	8	4	4	0	8	2	+6	16
4	Paykan	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5	15
5	Saipa	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2	14
6	Tractor Sazi	8	3	4	1	12	7	+5	13
7	Esteghlal	8	2	5	1	7	4	+3	11
8	Pars Jonoubi Jam	8	2	3	3	8	8	0	9
9	Zob Ahan	8	2	3	3	9	10	−1	9
10	Foolad	8	2	3	3	7	11	−4	9
11	Est. Khuzestan	8	2	3	3	7	12	−5	9
12	Machine Sazi	8	1	5	2	8	9	−1	8
13	Nassaji Mazandaran	8	1	4	3	6	8	−2	7
14	Sanat Naft	8	0	6	2	7	9	−2	6
15	Naft Masjed Soleyman	8	0	3	5	2	9	−7	3	Relegation to the 2019–20 Azadegan League
16	Sepidrood	8	0	2	6	2	16	−14	2	Relegation to the 2019–20 Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[5]

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	EST	ESK	FOL	MST	MIS	NSJ	PAD	PJJ	PAY	PRS	SAP	SNA	SEP	SPR	TRC	ZOB
Esteghlal			0–0						0–0	0–0			a		3–0
Est. Khuzestan							1–2			0–0				2–0		1–0
Foolad						2–1		2–1			1–2
Machine Sazi		1–1						1–0						1–1		1–2
Naft Masjid Soleyman	1–2		0–0										0–2		0–0
Nassaji	0–0				1–0			1–1			1–1					0–1
Padideh									2–1	0–1		1–0
Pars Jonoubi Jam	1–0				2–0		1–1						2–2		0–0
Paykan		1–0		1–1							3–0			1–0
Persepolis	a		3–0		0–0	2–1							a	1–0
Saipa					2–1			1–0						3–0		0–0
Sanat Naft		2–2		1–1						1–1
Sepahan	a		3–1						0–0	a		0–0			2–2	a
Sepidrood							0–2					0–0	1–6
Tractor Sazi		6–0		2–1		1–1					1–0
Zob Ahan	2–2						1–2					2–2	1–2

Updated to games played on July 27, 2018.
Source: PersianLeague 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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Team ╲ Round
Padideh	14	7	2	1	1	1	1	1
Sepahan	10	2	3	2	2	3	3	2
Persepolis	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	3
Paykan	8	3	5	6	9	5	6	4
Saipa	1	6	8	11	7	4	4	5
Tractor	9	12	15	9	11	6	5	6
Esteghlal	7	9	4	7	8	10	11	7
Pars J. J.	13	5	7	4	6	7	8	8
Zob Ahan	4	4	6	8	4	8	9	9
Foolad	2	8	9	5	5	9	10	10
Est. Kh.	5	13	11	12	10	11	7	11
Machine	6	10	10	10	13	14	12	12
Nassaji	15	14	12	15	12	13	13	13
Sanat Naft	11	11	13	13	14	12	14	14
Naft MIS	12	15	14	14	15	15	15	15
Sepidrood	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on July 27, 2018. Source: IranProLeague Stats

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anthony Stokes	Tractor Sazi	7
2	Vahid Kheshtan	Est. Khuzestan	4
	Younes Shakeri	Padideh
	Kiros Stanlley	Sepahan
5	Luciano Pereira	Foolad	3
	Reza Khaleghifar	Machine Sazi
	Amin Ghaseminejad	Padideh
	Issa Alekasir	Paykan
	Ali Alipour	Persepolis
	Ali Dashti	Saipa
	Sasan Ansari	Sepahan
	Eddie Hernández	Zob Ahan

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Mohammad Karimi	Sepahan	4
2	Hassan Beyt Saeed	Foolad	3
2	Mohammad Iranpourian	Sepahan	3
4	Saeid Sadeghi	Padideh	2
	Karrar Jassim	Sanat Naft
	Mehrdad Mohammadi	Sepahan
	Masoud Shojaei	Tractor Sazi
	Mohammad Reza Hosseini	Zob Ahan
	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi
	Marion Silva

Clean Sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	5
1	Vahid Sheikhveisi	Paykan	5
3	Alireza Beiranvand	Persepolis	4
3			4
Mohsen Forouzan	Tractor Sazi
5	Hossein Pour Hamidi	Est. Khuzestan	3
	Milad Farahani	Naft MIS
	Payam Niazmand	Sepahan

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Anthony Stokes	Tractor Sazi	Esteghlal Khuzestan	6–0	28 September 2018

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Esteghlal	210,000	80,000	25,000	52,500	+78.4%^†
2	Tractor Sazi	105,610	70,000	0	50,203	+355.9%^†
3	Persepolis	115,000	45,000	15,000	28,750	2998722615995576330♠−27.7%^†
4	Sepahan	42,000	20,000	0	14,000	+13.3%^†
5	Nassaji	70,000	15,000	12,000	14,000	+8.2%^†
6	Padideh	54,000	25,000	5,000	13,500	+81.3%^†
7	Pars Jonoubi Jam	34,000	15,000	5,000	8,500	+21.4%^†
8	Naft MIS	29,000	10,000	5,000	7,250	+29.7%^†
9	Zob Ahan	25,500	12,000	500	6,375	+127.1%^†
10	Sanat Naft	19,000	10,000	0	6,333	2999792794185866710♠−2.1%^†
11	Sepidrood	11,000	5,000	2,000	3,667	2998434118621995970♠−56.6%^†
12	Est. Khuzestan	13,300	10,000	300	3,325	+11.6%^†
13	Foolad	8,000	3,000	1,000	2,000	2998474608448030370♠−52.5%^†
14	Machine Sazi	2,310	1,000	200	578	+134.0%^†
15	Paykan	2,300	1,000	100	575	2998255555555555559♠−74.4%^†
16	Saipa	1,800	1,000	100	450	2998145301905069420♠−85.5%^†
	League total	787,820	80,000	0	12,915	+42.5%^†

Updated to games played on 7 October 2018
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Machine Sazi, Naft MIS and Nassaji played last season in Azadegan League
Machine Sazi replaced Gostaresh

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	25,000	A	80,000	A	27,000	A	A	78,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	52,500
Esteghlal Khuzestan	A	2,000	10,000	A	1,000	A	300	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3,325
Foolad	3,000	A	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	1,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2,000
Machine Sazi	200	A	1,000	A	710	A	400	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	578
Naft MIS	8,000	A	6,000	A	A	10,000	A	5,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7,250
Nassaji	12,000	A	15,000	A	13,000	A	15,000	15,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14,000
Padideh	25,000	A	5,000	A	10,000	A	14,000	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13,500
Pars Jonoubi Jam	A	5,000	A	15,000	A	7,000	A	7,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8,500
Paykan	A	100	A	200	A	1,000	A	1,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	575
Persepolis	A	45,000	A	35,000	A	15,000	20,000	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	28,750
Saipa	400	A	1,000	A	300	A	100	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	450
Sanat Naft	A	NC	A	5,000	10,000	A	4,000	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6,333
Sepahan	NC	A	20,000	A	12,000	A	10,000	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14,000
Sepidrood	A	5,000	A	2,000	A	4,000	A	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3,500
Tractor Sazi	A	NC	A	70,000	A	35,610	A	45,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	50,203
Zob Ahan	A	12,000	A	12,000	A	500	A	1,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6,375
Total	73,600	69,100	138,000	141,200	74,010	75,110	63,800	153,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	787,820
Average	10,514	11,517	17,250	16,400	9,251	9,389	7,975	19,125	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12,915

Notes:
Updated to games played on 7 October 2018. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Machine Sazi played their match against Esteghlal Khuzestan at Sahand
Sepahan played their match against Tractor Sazi at Foolad Shahr

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Esteghlal	3–0	Tractor Sazi	80,000	10 August 2018 (2018-08-10)	3	Azadi
2	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	78,000^[6]	27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)	8	Azadi
3	Tractor Sazi	1–0	Saipa	70,000	17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)	4	Sahand
4	Persepolis	3–0	Foolad	45,000	3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)	2	Azadi
5	Tractor Sazi	6–0	Est. Khuzestan	45,000	28 September 2018 (2018-09-28)	8	Sahand
6	Tractor Sazi	2–1	Machine Sazi	35,600	30 August 2018 (2018-08-30)	6	Sahand
7	Persepolis	0–0	Naft MIS	35,000	17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)	4	Azadi
8	Esteghlal	0–0	Foolad	27,000	22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)	5	Azadi
9	Padideh	0–1	Persepolis	25,000	26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)	1	Imam Reza
10	Esteghlal	0–0	Paykan	25,000	27 July 2018 (2018-07-27)	1	Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 7 October 2018. Source: Iranleague.ir

References

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Persian Gulf Pro League
2018–19 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Machine Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Padideh Pars Jam Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Gostaresh Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Tehran PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Saba Siah Jamegan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd
Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players
Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards
Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016 winter 2016–17 summer 2017 winter 2017–18 summer 2018

Top division football seasons in Iran
Local League	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73
Takht Jamshid Cup	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 ~~1978–79~~ 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Qods League	1989–90 1990–91
Azadegan League	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Persian Gulf Pro League	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
List of Iranian football champions

Football in Iran
League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's) Futsal Beach soccer
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup
Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup
National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17 W U-17 M Futsal W Futsal M U-20 Futsal M Beach
Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League
Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

2018–19 in Iranian football
« 2017–18 2019–20 »
League competitions	Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup
Transfers	Summer 2018 Winter 2018–19 Summer 2019
Asian competitions	2018 AFC Champions League 2019 AFC Champions League
Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup
Club seasons
Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Padideh Pars Jonoubi Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
Azadegan League	Aluminium Arak Baadraan Fajr Sepasi Gol Gohar Khooneh be Khooneh Machine Sazi Malavan Mes Rafsanjan Meshki Pooshan Naft Tehran Oxin Sanat Mes

2019 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2018 2020 »
Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '18–'19 '19–'20 Bahrain '18–'19 '19–'20 Bangladesh '18–'19 '19–'20 Bhutan Brunei '18–'19 '19–'20 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '18–'19 '19–'20 Hong Kong '18–'19 '19–'20 India I-League '18–'19 '19–'20 ISL '18–'19 '19–'20 Indonesia Iran '18–'19 '19–'20 Iraq '18–'19 '19–'20 Japan Jordan '18–'19 '19–'20 Korea DPR '18–'19 '19–'20 Korea Republic Kuwait '18–'19 '19–'20 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '18–'19 '19–'20 Macau Malaysia Maldives Malé League Minivan Championship Premier League Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '18–'19 '19–'20 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '18–'19 '19–'20 Pakistan '18–'19 '19–'20 Palestine West Bank '18–'19 '19–'20 Gaza Strip '18–'19 '19–'20 Philippines Qatar '18–'19 '19–'20 Saudi Arabia '18–'19 '19–'20 Singapore Sri Lanka '18–'19 '19–'20 Syria '18–'19 '19–'20 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '18–'19 '19–'20 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '18–'19 '19–'20 Bangladesh Brunei '18–'19 '19–'20 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam Hong Kong '18–'19 '19–'20 India Indonesia Iran '18–'19 '19–'20 Iraq '18–'19 '19–'20 Japan Jordan '18–'19 '19–'20 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '18–'19 '19–'20 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '18–'19 '19–'20 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '18–'19 '19–'20 Palestine '18–'19 '19–'20 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka '18–'19 '19–'20 Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '18–'19 '19–'20 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '18–'19 '19–'20 Bangladesh Hong Kong Shield '18–'19 '19–'20 India Shield Durand Cup Japan CP Kuwait '18–'19 '19–'20 Fed Cup '18–'19 '19–'20 Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Oman '18–'19 '19–'20 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia '18–'19 '19–'20 Singapore Syria Thailand UAE '18–'19 '19–'20 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2019 GCC Champions League 2019 Gulf Cup Winners' Cup 2019 Mekong Club Championship 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2019 AFC Asian Cup 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 24th Arabian Gulf Cup

	Leader : 2020 AFC Champions League Group stage
	2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off round
	Relegation to 2019-20 Azadegan League

2018 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2017 2019 »
Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '17–'18 '18–'19 Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh '17–'18 '18–'19 Bhutan Brunei '17–'18 '18–'19 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '17–'18 '18–'19 Hong Kong '17–'18 '18–'19 India I-League '17–'18 '18–'19 ISL '17–'18 '18–'19 Indonesia Iran '17–'18 '18–'19 Iraq '17–'18 '18–'19 Japan Jordan '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea DPR '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea Republic Kuwait '17–'18 '18–'19 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '17–'18 '18–'19 Macau Malaysia Maldives Malé League Minivan Championship Premier League Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '18–'19 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Pakistan '18–'19 Palestine West Bank '17–'18 '18–'19 Gaza Strip '17–'18 '18–'19 Philippines Qatar '17–'18 '18–'19 Saudi Arabia '17–'18 '18–'19 Singapore Sri Lanka '17–'18 '18–'19 Syria '17–'18 '18–'19 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh Brunei '17–'18 '18 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam Hong Kong '17–'18 '18–'19 India Indonesia Iran '17–'18 '18–'19 Iraq '18–'19 Japan '17 (final) '18 Jordan '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '17–'18 '18–'19 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '17–'18 '18–'19 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Pakistan Palestine '17–'18 '18–'19 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka '18–'19 Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh Hong Kong Shield '17–'18 '18–'19 India Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Fed Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Qatar Saudi Arabia '17–'18 '18–'19 Singapore Syria Thailand UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2018 GCC Champions League 2018 Gulf Cup Winners' Cup 2018 Mekong Club Championship 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship 2018 AFC Futsal Championship 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Football at the 2018 Asian Games (Men - Women) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship 2018 AFC U-16 Championship 2018 AFF Championship 2018 CAFA Championship 2018 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup