2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League

The 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) are the 37th season of Iran's Football League and 19th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis are the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2018–19 Azadegan League: Shahin Bushehr and Gol Gohar Sirjan.

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season2019–20
Dates23 August 2019 – 11 May 2020
Matches played168
Goals scored356 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorerShahriar Moghanlou
Issa Alekasir (10 goals)
Best goalkeeperPayam Niazmand (13 clean sheets)
Biggest home winEsteghlal 5–0 Sanat Naft (5 November 2019)
Sepahan 5–0 Shahin (19 December 2019)
Biggest away winShahin 0–5 Persepolis
(25 October 2019)
Highest scoringPaykan 6–2 Machine Sazi
(20 September 2019)
Longest winning runPersepolis (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runNaft Masjed Soleyman
Sepahan (15 matches)
Longest winless runShahin Bushehr (17 matches)
Longest losing runShahin Bushehr (6 matches)
Highest attendance80,000
Tractor 2–4 Esteghlal
(1 November 2019)
Lowest attendance100
Machine Sazi 4–2 Shahin Bushehr
(26 September 2019)
Total attendance1,320,200
Average attendance8,629
2020–21 →


Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Persian Gulf Pro League has temporally suspended all matches until June 29th, 2020[1][2]

Teams

Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 78,116
Foolad Ahvaz Foolad Arena 30,655
Gol Gohar Sirjan Sirjan Imam Ali 8,000
Machine Sazi Tabriz Qasem Soleimani 12,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi 8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran Qaemshahr Vatani 15,000
Pars Jonoubi Jam Jam Takhti Jam 15,000
Paykan Shahr-e Qods Shahre Qods 18,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 78,116
Saipa Tehran Dastgerdi 8,250
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan 8,000
Sepahan Isfahan Naghsh-e-Jahan 75,000
Shahin Bushehr Bushehr Shahid Mahdavi 15,000
Shahr Khodro Mashhad Imam Reza 27,700
Tractor Tabriz Yadegar-e Emam 75,000
Zob Ahan Fooladshahr Fooladshahr 15,000

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
Tehran 4 Esteghlal, Persepolis, Paykan, Saipa
Khuzestan 3 Foolad, Sanat Naft, Naft Masjed Soleyman
Bushehr 2 Pars Jonoubi, Shahin Bushehr
East Azarbaijan 2 Tractor, Machine Sazi
Isfahan 2 Sepahan, Zob Ahan
Kerman 1 Gol Gohar Sirjan
Mazandaran 1 Nassaji
Razavi Khorasan 1 Shahr Khodro

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 Farhad Majidi Voria Ghafouri Uhlsport
Foolad Javad Nekounam Ayoub Vali Uhlsport
Gol Gohar Majid Jalali Mehran Golzari Merooj
Machine Sazi Ahad Sheykhlari Aziz Maeboodi Merooj
Naft MIS Mehdi Tartar Abbas Asgari Merooj
Nassaji Mahmoud Fekri Mohammad Abbaszadeh Merooj
Pars Jonoubi Human Afazeli Mohammad Nouri Uhlsport
Paykan Abdollah Veisi Ali Hamoudi Yousef Jame
Persepolis Yahya Golmohammadi Jalal Hosseini Uhlsport
Saipa Ebrahim Sadeghi Roozbeh Shahalidoost Start
Sanat Naft Behnam Seraj Hossein Baghlani Merooj
Sepahan Amir Ghalenoei Rasoul Navidkia Uhlsport
Shahin Bushehr Mišo Krstičević Milad Saremi Uhlsport
Shahr Khodro Mojtaba Sarasiaei
Stefano Cusin		 Reza Nasehi Uhlsport
Tractor Saket Elhami Masoud Shojaei Adidas
Zob Ahan Luka Bonačić Ghasem Haddadifar Talash

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Nassaji Majid Jalali Resigned 17 May 2019 Pre-season Mohammad Reza Mohajeri 20 June 2019
Sanat Naft Paulo Sérgio Signed with Al-Taawoun 22 May 2019 Dragan Skočić 1 July 2019
Foolad Afshin Ghotbi Contract expired 1 June 2019 Javad Nekounam 1 June 2019
Tractor Georges Leekens 1 June 2019 Mustafa Denizli 13 June 2019
Pars Jonoubi Jam Mehdi Tartar 1 June 2019 Faraz Kamalvand 8 June 2019
Naft MIS Firouz Karimi 1 June 2019 Mehdi Tartar 29 June 2019
Esteghlal Farhad Majidi End of caretaker role 10 June 2019 Andrea Stramaccioni 13 June 2019
Machine Sazi Mohammad Reza Mohajeri Mutual Consent 15 June 2019 Rasoul Khatibi 15 June 2019
Persepolis Branko Ivanković Signed with Al-Ahli 19 June 2019 Gabriel Calderón 1 July 2019
Gol Gohar Sirjan Vinko Begović Sacked 4 October 2019[3] 15th Majid Jalali 16 October 2019
Shahin Bushehr Abdollah Veisi Resigned 10 October 2019[4] 16th Mišo Krstičević[5] 12 November 2019
Esteghlal Andrea Stramaccioni 6 December 2019[6] 1st Farhad Majidi 2 January 2020[7]
Tractor Mustafa Denizli Sacked 7 December 2019[8] 8th Saket Elhami 10 December 2019[9]
Pars Jonoubi Jam Faraz Kamalvand Resigned 14 December 2019[10] 13th Human Afazeli 28 December 2019[11]
Zob Ahan Alireza Mansourian Mutual Consent 18 December 2019 11th Miodrag Radulović 14 January 2020
Machine Sazi Rasoul Khatibi Signed with Aluminium 3 January 2020 9th Ahad Sheykhlari 6 January 2020
Persepolis Gabriel Calderón Resigned 12 January 2020 1st Yahya Golmohammadi 13 January 2020
Shahr Khodro Yahya Golmohammadi Signed with Persepolis 13 January 2020 6th Mojtaba Sarasiaei
Stefano Cusin 1		 14 January 2020
Paykan Hossein Faraki Resigned 31 January 2020 14th Abdollah Veisi 4 February 2020
Sanat Naft Dragan Skočić Signed with Iran national football team 6 February 2020 6th Behnam Seraj 16 February 2020
Nassaji Mohammad Reza Mohajeri Resigned 22 February 2020 11th Mahmoud Fekri 25 February 2020
1.^ Cusin became the official co-manager because Sarasiaei did not have AFC A-Licence. [12]

Foreign players
See also: List of foreign footballers in the Persian Gulf Pro League

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.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Players
Esteghlal Nikolay Bodurov Hrvoje Milić Cheick Diabaté
Foolad Chimba Moussa Coulibaly Ayanda Patosi Anas Bani Yaseen
Gol Gohar Sirjan Godwin Mensha Jefferson Tavares
Kevin Jansen
Uroš Delić
Machine Sazi Eduardo Mancha Jefferson de Jesus
Naft MIS
Nassaji
Pars Jonoubi Jam Fernando de Jesus Magno Batista Kakhaber Kakashvili
Paykan Aram Ayrapetyan Marko Vukčević
Persepolis Božidar Radošević Anthony Stokes Christian Osaguona Bashar Resan Júnior Brandão
Saipa
Sanat Naft
Sepahan Kiros Giorgi Gvelesiani Vladimir Koman Muhsen Al-Ghassani
Shahin Bushehr Maksime Kvilitaia Luka Gadrani
Shahr Khodro Myroslav Slavov Carlos Chavarría
Tractor Okacha Hamzaoui Yuri Matias Willyan Mimbela Mazola
Kévin Fortuné
Yukiya Sugita
Zob Ahan Darko Bjedov Ivan Marković Mehdi Khalil Ebiabowei Baker
Macauley Chrisantus

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis 21 15 2 4 31 10 +21 47 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Sepahan 21 9 10 2 30 15 +15 37
3 Tractor 21 11 4 6 25 19 +6 37 Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
4 Esteghlal 21 10 6 5 40 24 +16 36
5 Foolad 21 10 6 5 20 13 +7 36
6 Shahr Khodro 21 10 5 6 19 16 +3 35
7 Sanat Naft 21 9 6 6 22 23 −1 33
8 Naft Masjed Soleyman 21 5 13 3 16 13 +3 28
9 Machine Sazi 21 6 6 9 21 29 −8 24
10 Nassaji Mazandaran 21 5 8 8 22 27 −5 23
11 Zob Ahan 21 5 7 9 18 24 −6 22
12 Pars Jonoubi Jam 21 3 11 7 16 20 −4 20
13 Gol Gohar 21 3 10 8 12 19 −7 19
14 Saipa 21 4 7 10 20 29 −9 19
15 Shahin Bushehr 21 3 7 11 16 37 −21 16 Relegation to Azadegan League
16 Paykan 21 3 6 12 28 38 −10 15
Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2020. Source: IPL Table, IranLeague
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[13]

Results
Home \ Away EST FOL GOL MST MIS NSJ PJJ PAY PRS SAP SNA SEP SHB SHK TRC ZOB
Esteghlal 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 5–0 – 4–1 1–0 – 2–1
Foolad 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Gol Gohar 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0
Machine Sazi 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 2–0 2–1
Naft MIS 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Nassaji 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–4
Pars Jonoubi Jam 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Paykan 2–2 1–2 6–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–3 2–1
Persepolis 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–0
Saipa 0–4 0–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1
Sanat Naft 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–1
Sepahan 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 5–0 2–0 2–0
Shahin Bushehr 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–5 1–1 0–3 0–0
Shahr Khodro 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Tractor 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–1
Zob Ahan 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2020. Source: IPL Stats
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Persepolis584247644355211111111111
Sepahan112311122221433222242
Tractor1065422233544598333323
Esteghlal121211151411877433122554434
Foolad131313996455687767788765
Shahr Khodro221133311112645665556
Sanat Naft657864566766354446677
Naft MIS9109111287888788768778888
Machine Sazi471014101011111110109989999999
Nassaji836555999111112111212101010121110
Zob Ahan111112121314141414141211121010111112101011
Pars Jonoubi Jam1414147812101313131414141413121313131312
Gol Gohar798131515151515151515151515151515151413
Saipa343679121212121313131314131211111214
Shahin Bushehr161616161616161616161616161616161616161515
Paykan1515151011131310109910101111141414141616
Leader : 2021 AFC Champions League Group stage
2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off round
Relegation to 2020-21 Azadegan League
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2020. Source: IranProLeague Stats

Clubs season-progress
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
PersepolisWLWWLLWWDWLWWWWWWWDWW
SepahanWWDDWWWDDWLDDDWWDWDLD
TractorDWDWWWWLLLWWDLWWLWDWL
EsteghlalLDDLDWWWWWWDWDWLLWDWL
Shahr KhodroWWWLDWWWDWLLLDDWDWLWL
FooladLDDWDWWWDLLWDWLDWLWWW
Sanat NaftWDLDWWDWDLWWWDWDLLLLW
Naft MISDDDDDWWDDDWDDWDLWLDLD
Machine SaziWLLLWDLDDWLWDWLWDLDLL
NassajiDWLWDDLLDDLLDLDWWLLDW
Zob AhanLDDDDLLLWLWDLWDLWLWLD
Pars Jonoubi JamLDDWDLDLDLWDDLDLLDDDW
Gol GoharDDDLLLLLDDWLDLDLDDDWW
SaipaWDWLLLLDDLDLDLLWDWDLL
Shahin BushehrLLDLLLLLLDDDDDLLDWWWL
PaykanLLDWDLLWDWLLLDLLLLDLD
Source: IranProLeague Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics
As of 28 February 2020

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Issa Alekasir Sanat Naft 10
Shahriar Moghanlou Paykan
3 Mehdi Ghaedi Esteghlal 9
4 Cheick Diabaté Esteghlal 8
Hossein Maleki Shahin Bushehr
Amir Arsalan Motahari Zob Ahan / Esteghlal
Mohammad Nouri Pars Jonoubi
Mehdi Torabi Persepolis

Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Ali Alipour Persepolis Shahin Bushehr 5–0 (A) 25 October 2019
Cheick Diabaté Esteghlal Tractor 4–2 (A) 1 November 2019
Kiros Stanlley Sepahan Shahin Bushehr 5–0 (H) 19 December 2019

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Mehdi Ghaedi Esteghlal 6
2 Moein Abbasian Saipa 5
Ali Alipour Persepolis
Mohammad Reza Hosseini Sepahan
Milad Jahani Sanat Naft
Mehdi Torabi Persepolis
Saeed Vasei Paykan
8 Vouria Ghafouri Esteghlal 4
Ali Karimi Esteghlal
Mohammad Mohebi Sepahan
Masoud Shojaei Tractor

Clean Sheets
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Payam Niazmand Sepahan 13
2 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Tractor 10
Mehdi Rahmati Shahr Khodro
4 Shahab Gordan Foolad 8
5 Alireza Beiranvand Persepolis 6
Alireza Haghighi Nassaji
Hamed Lak Machine Sazi
Sosha Makani Naft MIS
Božidar Radošević Persepolis

Scoring

Attendances

Average home attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persepolis 248,000 57,000 8,000 27,556 −30.2%†
2 Esteghlal 211,000 65,000 9,000 26,375 −7.3%†
3 Tractor 219,000 80,000 2,000 21,900 −52.8%†
4 Sepahan 172,000 45,000 7,000 19,111 −6.9%†
5 Nassaji 79,000 15,000 3,000 7,182 −29.8%†
6 Shahr Khodro 73,000 23,000 2,000 8,111 −42.2%†
7 Sanat Naft 64,500 12,000 1,500 6,450 +97.4%†
8 Foolad 47,000 25,000 1,000 5,875 −27.5%†
9 Shahin Bushehr 41,000 10,000 2,000 4,100 −21.2%†
10 Gol Gohar 40,500 5,000 2,000 4,050 +239.8%†
11 Naft MSJ 32,000 6,000 1,000 3,556 −26.8%†
12 Pars Jonoubi Jam 27,200 6,000 500 2,720 −40.1%†
13 Zob Ahan 21,500 5,000 500 2,150 −22.7%†
14 Saipa 18,300 8,000 200 1,830 −22.8%†
15 Paykan 17,800 10,000 100 1,780 −16.9%†
16 Mashin Sazi 8,400 4,000 100 840 −54.1%†
League total 1,320,200 80,000 100 8,629 −29.3%†

Updated to games played on 23 February 2020
Source:
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances:
- Esteghlal, Naft MSJ and Persepolis each were fined one spectator ban match
- The matches between Esteghlal vs Zob Ahan and Shahr Khodro vs Naft MSJ played without spectators due to Coronavirus prevention
- The match between Sepahan and Persepolis did not played due to sepahan's late arriving
Gol Gohar and Shahin Bushehr 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 A20000A57000ANA15000A20000AA65000A1000015000P9000ACN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A26375
Foolad 6000A5000A4000AA2000A25000A1000A1000AAPA3000AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A5875
Gol Gohar 5000A3000A5000A5000A4000A3500A3000A5000A3000A4000AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A4050
Machine Sazi 4000A700A100A100200A600A100A2000AA500A100AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A840
Naft MSJ 1000A5000ANA3000A30004000A6000A2000AA5000A3000AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3556
Nassaji A6000A8000A70008000A4000A15000A8000A70007000A6000A3000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7182
Pars Jam A3000A50003000A1000A2000A3000A500A30006000A700AAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2720
Paykan 300AA200A100A300A200A6000A10000AA300100A300N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1780
Persepolis 25000A12000A20000ANA16000A800040000A30000AA40000A57000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A27556
Saipa A500500A6000A2000A200A200A200A8000300AA400AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1830
Sanat Naft A5000A6000A1500A5000AA12000A3000A700012000A8000A5000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A6350
Sepahan A25000A10000A15000A20000A30000A45000AA100007000A10000AXN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A19111
Shahin Bushehr 7000A2000AA2000A10000A5000A2000A3000AA3000A10006000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A4100
Shahr Khodro A7000A15000A23000A3500A8000A2000A7000A5000A2500ACN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8111
Tractor A50000A17000A25000AA80000A20000A4000A200010000A7000A4000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A21900
Zob Ahan 2000A3000A5000A1000A500A500A50002000AA500A2000AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2150
Total 503001165003120011820043100736002010056000109700928006220010210088700570005200062300N/A433007050019300N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A71422
Average 62881456339001477561571051428717000137131160077751276311088712565007788N/A541388133860N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8737

Notes:
Updated to games played on 23 February 2020. Source:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
A=Away
N=Spectator Ban
C=No spectator due to CoronaVirus prevention
X=Not played

Highest attendances
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1Tractor2–4Esteghlal800001 November 2019 (2019-11-01)9Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
2Esteghlal1–0Shahr Khodro650005 December 2019 (2019-12-05)13Azadi Stadium
3Esteghlal0–1Persepolis5700022 September 2019 (2019-09-22)4Azadi Stadium
Persepolis2–2Esteghlal570006 February 2020 (2020-02-06)19Azadi Stadium
5Tractor1–0Persepolis5000030 August 2019 (2019-08-30)2Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
6Sepahan2–2Esteghlal4500030 November 2019 (2019-11-30)12Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
7Persepolis1–0Nassaji4000027 December 2019 (2019-12-27)12Azadi Stadium
Persepolis2–0Tractor4000026 January 2020 (2020-01-26)17Azadi Stadium
9Sepahan2–0Tractor300005 November 2019 (2019-11-05)10Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Persepolis2–1Gol Gohar3000010 December 2019 (2019-12-10)14Azadi Stadium

Notes:
Updated to games played on 7 February 2020. Source:

See also

References
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  7. "فرهاد مجیدی سرمربی استقلال شد".
  8. "Tractor Parts Company with Mustafa Denizli".
  9. "ابقای الهامی در تراکتور قطعی شد/ ادامه کار سهرابی به‌عنوان سرپرست".
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  11. "هومن افاضلی سرمربی تیم پارس جنوبی شد".
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