2010–11 Iran Pro League

Iran Pro League
Season 2010–11
Champions Sepahan
3rd title
Relegated Pas
Paykan
Steel Azin
Champions League Sepahan
Esteghlal
Zob Ahan
Persepolis
Matches played 306
Goals scored 742 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Reza Norouzi (24)
Biggest home win Foolad 6-0 Paykan
Zob Ahan 6-0 Sanat Naft
Biggest away win Steel Azin 1-6 Shahrdari Tabriz
Highest scoring Saipa 5-5 Foolad

The 2010–11 Iran Pro League was the tenth season of the Iran Pro League and the fifth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. It began on 26 July 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011.[1] Sepahan, the defending champion, repeated their title in this season. With their victory, they became the most successful football club in the history of the Iran Pro League.

Contents

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Venue Capacity
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 100,000
Foolad Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 20,000
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 18,000
Mes Kerman Kerman Shahid Bahonar 12,000
Naft Tehran Tehran Rah Ahan 15,000
PAS Hamedan Hamedan Shahid Mofatteh 10,000
Paykan Qazvin Shahid Rajaei 5,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 100,000
Rah Ahan Shahr-e-Rey Rah Ahan 15,000
Saba Qom Qom Yadegar Emam Qom 12,000
Saipa Karaj Enghelab Karaj 14,000
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan 15,000
Sepahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr 20,000
Shahin Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 14,000
Shahrdari Tabriz Tabriz Yadegar Emam Tabriz 70,000
Steel Azin Tehran Shahid Dastgerdi 12,000
Tractor Sazi Tabriz Yadegar Emam Tabriz 70,000
Zob Ahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr 20,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head coach Team captain Kit maker Shirt sponsor Past Season
Esteghlal Parviz Mazloomi Farhad Majidi Uhlsport Tehran Municipality & City Bank 3rd
Foolad Majid Jalali Saeed Ramezani Daei Sport Foolad Khuzestan Co. 10th
Malavan Farhad Pourgholami Pejman Nouri Merooj Anzali Free Zone 12th
Mes Kerman Samad Marfavi Farzad Hosseinkhani Uhlsport Gashte Gole Yas Travel Agency 9th
Naft Tehran Hossein Faraki Darius Mikaeili Daei Sport National Iranian Oil Company Promoted
Pas Hamedan Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Saman Safa JEJ Unsponsored 14th
Paykan Hamid Alidousti Rahman Rezaei Merooj Iran Khodro 11th
Persepolis Ali Daei Karim Bagheri Uhlsport Tehran Municipality & City Bank 4th
Rah Ahan Rasoul Korbekandi Ebrahim Karimi Aghili RAJA 15th
Saba Qom Abdollah Veisi Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh Daei Sport Varna 6th
Saipa Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Ebrahim Sadeghi Nahangi SAIPA 8th
Sanat Naft Gholam Hossein Peyrovani Hassan Houri Daei Sport National Iranian Oil Company Promoted
Sepahan Amir Ghalenoei Moharram Navidkia Lotto Foolad Mobarakeh Complex Champion
Shahin Hamid Estili Reza Baziari Nahangi Unsponsered 13th
Shahrdari Tabriz Hamid Derakhshan Ebrahim Abarghouei Uhlsport City Bank Promoted
Steel Azin Mahmoud Yavari Mehdi Mahdavikia Umbro Steel Azin Company 5th
Tractor Sazi Faraz Kamalvand Mohammad Nosrati Uhlsport Hamrah Aval & Bank Sepah 7th
Zob Ahan Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Mohammad Salsali Uhlsport Zob Ahan Steel Co. 2nd

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Esteghlal Samad Marfavi Resigned 02010-05-22 22 May 2010 Pre-season Parviz Mazloomi 02010-06-11 11 June 2010
Mes Kerman Luka Bonačić Contract expired 02010-05-22 22 May 2010 Pre-season Samad Marfavi 02010-05-26 26 May 2010
Saba Qom Rasoul Korbekandi Contract expired 22 May 2010 Pre-season Mahmoud Yavari 02010-06-14 14 June 2010
Shahin Mahmoud Yavari Contract expired 22 May 2010 Pre-season Hamid Estili 02010-06-16 16 June 2010
Rah Ahan Mehdi Tartar Contract expired 22 May 2010 Pre-season Rasoul Korbekandi 02010-06-16 16 June 2010
Paykan Hamid Derakhshan Contract expired 22 May 2010 Pre-season Mohammad Ahmadzadeh[2] 02010-06-21 21 June 2010
Steel Azin Afshin Peyrovani Contract expired 5 July 2010 Pre-season Ljubiša Tumbaković 02010-07-05 5 July 2010

In season

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Rah Ahan Rasoul Korbekandi Sacked 07 Sep 2010 18 Mehdi Tartar[3] 8 Sep 2010
Paykan Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Resigned 10 Oct 2010 18 Hamid Alidousti[4] 15 Oct 2010
Steel Azin Ljubiša Tumbaković[5] Sacked 13 Oct 2010 13 Afshin Peyrovani 14 Oct 2010
Shahrdari Tabriz Akbar Misaghian[6] Resigned 22 Oct 2010 17 Hamid Derakhshan[7] 26 Oct 2010
Saba Qom Mahmoud Yavari[8] Sacked 25 Oct 2010 8 Abdollah Veysi 02 Nov 2010
Steel Azin Afshin Peyrovani Resigned 23 Nov 2010 18 Mohammad Khakpour 6 Dec 2010
PAS Hamedan Ali Asghar Modir Roosta[9] Resigned 08 Dec 2010 13 Mahmoud Yavari[10] 12 Dec 2010
Sanat Naft Acácio Casimiro Sacked 24 Feb 2011 9 Gholam Hossein Peyrovani[11] 07 Mar 2011
Steel Azin Mohammad Khakpour Resigned 03 Mar 2011 18 Mahmoud Yavari[12] 14 Mar 2011
PAS Hamedan Mahmoud Yavari[13] Resigned 08 Mar 2011 18 Ali Asghar Modir Roosta[14] 10 Mar 2011
Shahin Bushehr Hamid Estili Sacked 02 Apr 2011 16 Akbar Misaghian[15] 04 Apr 2011
Paykan Hamid Alidousti Sacked 03 Apr 2011 17 Mohammad Hossein Ziaei[16] 05 Apr 2011

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 34 18 12 4 56 29 +27 66 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Esteghlal Tehran (Q) 34 18 11 5 55 34 +21 65 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 Zob Ahan (Q) 34 18 9 7 49 31 +18 63
4 Persepolis (Q) 34 17 7 10 50 36 +14 58 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
5 Teraktor Sazi 34 15 12 7 42 29 +13 57
6 Foolad 34 14 12 8 58 36 +22 54
7 Sanat Mes 34 13 13 8 41 30 +11 52
8 Malavan 34 13 9 12 33 32 +1 48
9 Sanat Naft 34 13 3 18 36 54 −18 42
10 Saba Qom 34 9 14 11 39 40 −1 41
11 Saipa 34 8 13 13 42 47 −5 37
12 Sh. Tabriz 34 8 13 13 45 53 −8 37
13 Naft Tehran 34 7 15 12 38 44 −6 36
14 Shahin Bushehr 34 8 11 15 31 37 −6 35
15 Rah Ahan 34 8 11 15 29 39 −10 35
16 Pas Hamedan (R) 34 8 11 15 30 48 −18 35 Relegation to the Azadegan League
17 Paykan (R) 34 9 6 19 38 60 −22 33
18 Steel Azin (R) 34 6 10 18 30 63 −33 28

Updated to games played on 20 May 2011
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Persepolis secured qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League through winning the 2010–11 Hazfi Cup‎
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Leader
2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
Relegation to Azadegan League 2011-12
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 31 32 33 34
Sepahan 11 14 13 9 10 8 10 6 7 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Esteghlal Tehran 1 6 9 10 6 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Zob Ahan 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Persepolis 4 7 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 5 5 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
Teraktor Sazi 18 5 8 12 13 10 5 8 9 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Foolad 15 8 10 7 8 9 8 10 5 9 10 11 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
Sanat Mes 16 16 17 14 15 11 12 12 13 10 5 6 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 7
Malavan 8 13 7 8 9 13 11 14 12 7 9 10 11 9 8 9 11 11 10 11 10 10 9 10 9 8 8 6 8 6 8 8 8 8
Sanat Naft 2 3 1 2 5 3 4 4 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 9 9 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Saba Qom 17 9 11 6 7 5 7 5 8 11 11 8 9 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Saipa 6 11 14 15 12 14 16 11 14 15 13 13 13 13 14 14 16 15 12 14 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 13 13 15 15 14 11
Sh. Tabriz 12 18 15 17 16 16 17 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 15 17 16 14 17 14 13 13 16 16 15 15 14 12 14 14 14 11 12
Naft Tehran 9 4 6 11 11 12 14 9 11 12 14 15 14 15 12 13 12 12 16 15 17 15 15 15 13 14 13 13 11 11 13 16 16 13
Shahin Bushehr 14 10 12 13 14 15 13 15 15 16 15 14 15 14 15 16 15 18 15 12 12 14 14 14 14 13 14 16 15 12 11 11 12 14
Rah Ahan 10 15 16 18 18 18 18 17 16 14 12 9 10 8 9 8 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 13 15 15
Pas Hamedan 5 12 5 4 3 4 6 7 4 8 8 12 12 12 13 12 13 13 13 16 15 16 17 17 18 18 17 15 14 15 12 12 13 16
Paykan 13 17 18 16 17 17 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 14 14 17 13 16 17 16 13 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Steel Azin 7 1 2 5 4 7 9 13 10 13 16 16 16 16 16 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Last updated: 20 May 2011
Source: Cups.ir (Persian)

Results

Home \ Away1 EST FOL MLV MES NAF PAS PAY PRS RAH SAB SAP SNA SEP SHB SHT STL TRK ZOB
Esteghlal Tehran 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 6–2 4–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–2
Foolad 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–2
Malavan 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Sanat Mes 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 5–2 1–0 1–1 1–2
Naft Tehran 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2
Pas Hamedan 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Paykan 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0
Persepolis 0–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Rah Ahan 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–2
Saba Qom 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–4 1–0 0–0 1–2
Saipa 0–0 5–5 1–1 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2
Sanat Naft 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–1
Sepahan 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 2–0
Shahin Bushehr 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Sh. Tabriz 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–1
Steel Azin 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–5 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–6 0–1 0–2
Teraktor Sazi 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–2
Zob Ahan 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 6–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0

Updated to games played on 20 May 2011
Source: IPL Stats
1The 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.

Clubs season-progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
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 31 32 33 34
Sepahan D D D W L W L W D W W D W D W W W D D W D W W D W W W W L W D W D L
Esteghlal Tehran W L D D W D W D W D W D W L W W W D L L W W W D D D W W L W W D W W
Zob Ahan W W D W W L W W D D W L D W D W W D W W L L W W D D W L L W L D W W
Persepolis W L W W W W D D D L L W W W L L L L L W W D W W W D L L W W W D D W
Teraktor Sazi L W D L D W W L D W D D L W D D W W W W D W L W D W D D W L W L D W
Foolad L W D W D L D D W L D D W L D D W L W L W D W L W W D D W L W D W W
Sanat Mes L L L W D W D D D W W D W W W D W D L W L W L D D L D L W D W D W D
Malavan D D W D L L W L W W L D D W D L L D D L W D W L W W W W L W L L L W
Sanat Naft W W W L L W L D L W L W L W L W L W L L L D L W L W L W L W L L D L
Saba Qom L W D W D D L W L D D W L D D L W D W L W D W L L D L D L D D W D L
Saipa W L L L W L D W L L W D D L L D L D W L W D D W L D D D L D L D D W
Sh. Tabriz L L D L W D L L D W L D D D D W L D W L W D L L L D D W W L D D W L
Naft Tehran D W D L D D D W D L D L D L W D D D L D L W L D W L D D W D L L L W
Shahin Bushehr L W D L D L W L L D W D L D L D D L W W D L L D W D D D W W D D L L
Rah Ahan D L L L L W L W D W W W L W L D L D L W L D D D L D D L L L D W L D
Pas Hamedan W L W W D L D D W L L L D L D D L D D L D L L L L D W W W L W D L L
Paykan L L L D L W W L L L L L W L W D W D L W L L D W L L D L W L L D W L
Steel Azin W W D D D L L L W L L D L L D L L W D D L L D L W L L D L L D W L L

Last updated: 20 May 2011
Source: IPL Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Reza Norouzi Foolad 24
2 Edinho Mes Kerman 22
3 Karim Ansarifard Saipa 19
4 Ibrahima Touré Sepahan 18
5 Saeed Daghighi Sh. Tabriz 14
Mehrdad Oladi Malavan
Arash Borhani Esteghlal
8 Rouhollah Arab Sanat Naft 13
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Zob Ahan
10 Arash Afshin Foolad 11
11 Farhad Majidi Esteghlal 10
Josiesley Ferreira Rosa Naft Tehran
13 Mohammad Nouri Persepolis 9
Siavash Akbarpour Steel Azin
Mohammad Gholami Steel Azin
Ali Alizadeh Tractor Sazi
17 9 players 8
26 4 players 7
30 4 players 6
34 19 players 5
53 19 players 4
72 18 players 3
90 41 players 2
131 83 players 1
_ 11 players 1 OG
_ technical loses of 3–0 0
Total goals (Including technical loses) 742
Total games 306
Average per game 2.42

1 Saeed Salarzadeh from Malavan 2 owne goals.
Last updated: 26 May 2011
Source: IPL Stats

Top Assistants

Position Player Club Assists
1 Hadi Norouzi Persepolis 7
Ebrahim Sadeghi Saipa
3 Abouzar Rahimi Rah Ahan 6
Abbas Mardasi Sanat Naft
Amir Hossein Feshangchi Persepolis
Karrar Jassim Tractor Sazi
Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan
Saeed Yousefzadeh Saipa
9 Mehdi Rajabzadeh Zob Ahan 5
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan
Gholamreza Rezaei Persepolis
Mohammad Nouri Persepolis
Farhad Majidi Esteghlal
Iman Mobali Esteghlal
Felipe Alves de Souza Esteghlal
Khosro Heidari Sepahan
Mehrdad Pouladi Mes Kerman
Mohammad Ebrahimi Tractor Sazi

Last updated: 25 May 2011
Source: IPL stats

Cards

Position Player Club Total
1 Davoud Haghi Saba Qom 10 0 2 12
Milad Fakhreddini Mes Kerman 11 1 0
3 Mohammad Khalatbari Zob Ahan 11 0 0 11
4 Abdullah Karami Shahin Bushehr 7 1 2 10
Nader Ahmadi PAS Hamedan 9 0 1
Mehrdad Pouladi Mes Kerman 9 0 1
Amir Hossein Sadeghi Esteghlal 10 0 0
8 Alireza Abbasfard Paykan 7 0 2 9
Ghasem Dehnavi Mes Kerman 7 1 1
Mohamad Ali Ahmadi Zob Ahan 8 0 1
Ghasem Hadadifar Zob Ahan 8 1 0
Alireza Mirshafian Saba Qom 8 1 0
Márcio José Naft Tehran 9 0 0
14 9 player - - - 8
23 18 player - - - 7
41 17 player - - - 6
68 36 player - - - 5
104 40 player - - - 4
144 62 player - - - 3
206 67 player - - - 2
273 90 player - - - 1
Total Cards 1157 35 48 1240

Last updated: 25 May 2011
Source: IPL stats

Matches played

Position Player Club Appearance
1 Morteza Asadi Tractor Sazi 34
Hossein Ashena Naft Tehran
Ali Hamoudi Foolad
4 Pirouz Ghorbani Mes Kerman 33
Shahab Gordan Zob Ahan
Mohammad Nosrati Tractor Sazi
7 Pejman Montazeri Esteghlal 32
Pejman Noori Malavan
Mehdi Rahmati Sepahan

Last updated: May 25, 2011
Source: IPL stats

See also

Team season articles

References

External Links