List of Iranian football champions

The Iranian football champions are the annual winners of Iran Pro League, Iran's premier annual football league and former Azadegan League competition. The title has been contested since 1973, in varying forms of competition. While Persepolis has won a record 12 championship titles.

Iranian League (1st tier)
Local League
(1970–1972)
Takht Jamshid Cup
(1973–1978)
Azadegan League [notes 1]
(1991–2001)
Pro League
(2001–)
Founded
1970
Number of Teams
16
Current Champions
Persepolis
Country
Iran
Most successful club
Persepolis
(12 times champions)

Winners

Local League (1970–72)
Year Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Third-Place Top scorer (club) (goals)
1970–71Taj (1)Pas TehranTaj Abadan Hossein Kalani (Persepolis) (6)
1971–72Persepolis (1)Pas TehranTaj Hossein Kalani (Persepolis) (12)

Takht Jamshid Cup (1973–78)
Year Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Third-Place Top scorer (club) (goals)
1973–74Persepolis (2)TajPas Tehran Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Taj)
Aziz Espandar (Malavan) (15)
1974–75Taj (2)PersepolisHoma Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Taj) (10)
1975–76Persepolis (3)HomaPas Tehran Nasser Nouraei (Homa) (10)
1976–77Pas Tehran (1)PersepolisShahbaz Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Shahbaz) (19)
1977–78Pas Tehran (2)PersepolisMalavan Aziz Espandar (Malavan) (16)
1978–79 Not completed due to the Iranian Revolution.

Qods League
Year Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Third-Place Top scorer (club) (goals)
1989–90Esteghlal [notes 2] (3)PersepolisMalavan Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (Malavan) (16)

Azadegan League (1991–2001)
Year Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Third-Place Top scorer (club) (goals)
1991–92Pas Tehran (3)EsteghlalPersepolis Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (11)
1992–93Pas Tehran (4)PersepolisKeshavarz & Tractor Jamshid Shahmohammadi (Keshavarz) (11)
1993–94Saipa (1)PersepolisJonoob Ahvaz Abbas Simakani (Zob Ahan) (17)
1994–95Saipa (2)EsteghlalKeshavarz & Persepolis Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (20)
1995–96Persepolis (4)BahmanEsteghlal Mohammad Momeni (Polyacryl) (19)
1996–97Persepolis (5)BahmanSepahan Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (Bahman) (18)
1997–98Esteghlal (4)Pas TehranZob Ahan Hossein Khatibi (Tractor) (16)
1998–99Persepolis (6)EsteghlalSepahan Koroush Barmak (Tractor)
Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh (Aboomoslem) (14)
1999–2000Persepolis (7)EsteghlalFajr Sepasi Mohanned Mehdi Al-Nadawi (Sanat Naft) (15)
2000–01Esteghlal (5)PersepolisSaipa Reza Sahebi (Zob Ahan)
Ali Samereh (Esteghlal) (14)

Iran Pro League (2001–)
Year Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Third-Place Top scorer (club) (goals)
2001–02Persepolis (8)EsteghlalFoolad Reza Enayati (Aboomoslem) (17)
2002–03Sepahan (1)Pas TehranPersepolis Edmund Bezik (Sepahan) (13)
2003–04Pas Tehran (5)EsteghlalFoolad Ali Daei (Persepolis) (16)
2004–05Foolad (1)Zob AhanEsteghlal Reza Enayati (Esteghlal) (20)
2005–06Esteghlal (6)Pas TehranSaipa Reza Enayati (Esteghlal) (21)
2006–07Saipa (3)Esteghlal AhvazPersepolis Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Zob Ahan)
Daniel Olerum (Aboomoslem) (17)
2007–08Persepolis (9)SepahanSaba Battery Mohsen Khalili (Persepolis)
Hadi Asghari (Rah Ahan) (18)
2008–09Esteghlal (7)Zob AhanMes Kerman Arash Borhani (Esteghlal) (21)
2009–10Sepahan (2)Zob AhanEsteghlal Emad Mohammed (Sepahan) (19)
2010–11Sepahan (3)EsteghlalZob Ahan Reza Norouzi (Foolad) (24)
2011–12Sepahan (4)TractorEsteghlal Karim Ansarifard (Saipa) (21)
2012–13Esteghlal (8)TractorSepahan Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan) (19)
2013–14Foolad (2)PersepolisNaft Tehran Karim Ansarifard (Tractor) (14)
2014–15Sepahan (5)TractorNaft Tehran Éder Luciano (Tractor) (20)
2015–16Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)PersepolisEsteghlal Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis) (16)
2016–17Persepolis (10)EsteghlalTractor Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis) (18)
2017–18 Persepolis (11) Zob Ahan Esteghlal Ali Alipour (Persepolis) (19)
2018–19 Persepolis (12) Sepahan Esteghlal Kiros Stanlley (Sepahan)
Luciano Pereira Mendes (Foolad) (16)

Bold indicates Double winners – i.e. League and Hazfi Cup winners OR League and Champions League winners
Italic indicates Treble winners – i.e. League, Hazfi Cup and Champions League winners

Asian Club Championship/ AFC Champions League Qualified Asian Cup Winners' Cup Qualified

Performances

Titles won by club (%)

  Persepolis – 12 (33.33%)
  Esteghlal – 8 (22.22%)
  Pas Tehran – 5 (13.88%)
  Sepahan – 5 (13.88%)
  Saipa – 3 (8.33%)
  Foolad – 2 (5.55%)
  Es.Khuzestan – 1 (2.77%)

Clubs

The following table lists the performance of each club describing winners of the Championship.

Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons
Persepolis
12
9
 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Esteghlal
8
9
 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
Pas Tehran
5
5
 1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04
Sepahan
5
2
 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
Saipa
3
0
 1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07
Foolad
2
0
 2004–05, 2013–14
Esteghlal Khuzestan
1
0
 2015–16

Total titles won by city

The following table lists the Iranian football champions by city.

City Titles Winning Clubs
Tehran
27
 Persepolis (12), Esteghlal (8), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa (2)
Isfahan
5
 Sepahan (5)
Ahvaz
3
 Foolad (2), Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)
Karaj
1
 Saipa (1)

Total titles won by province

The following table lists the Iranian football champions by Province.

Province Titles Winning Clubs
Tehran
28
 Persepolis (12), Esteghlal (8), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa (3)*
Esfahan
5
 Sepahan (5)
Khuzestan
3
 Foolad (2), Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)

Note: Since 2003 to 2015, Saipa Club had played its games in Karaj. Before the formation of the Alborz province in 2009, Karaj was considered part of the Tehran province in Iran's divisions.

See also

Sources

References and notes
  1. Azadegan League is now the name of the 2nd highest division in Iran, only the IPL is higher.
  2. Taj changed its name to Esteghlal in 1979.
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