List of Iranian football champions

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
18
Current Champions
Sepahan
Country
Iran
Most successful club
Persepolis (9 times 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 9 championship titles.

1 Winners
2 Performances
3 See also
4 Sources
5 References and notes
6 External links

Winners

Local League (1970-1972)

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

Takht Jamshid Cup (1973-1978)

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
1973-74	Persepolis (2)	Taj	Pas Tehran	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Taj) Aziz Espandar (Malavan) (15)
1974-75	Taj (2)	Persepolis	Homa	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Taj) (10)
1975-76	Persepolis (3)	Homa	Pas Tehran	Nasser Nouraei (Homa) (10)
1976-77	Pas Tehran (1)	Persepolis	Shahbaz	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Shahbaz) (19)
1977-78	Pas Tehran (2)	Persepolis	Malavan	Aziz Espandar (Malavan) (16)

Qods League

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
1989-90	Esteghlal ^{[notes 2]} (3)	Persepolis	Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (Malavan) (16)

Azadegan League (1991-2001)

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

Iran Pro League (2001- )

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
2001-02	Persepolis (8)	Esteghlal	Foolad	Reza Enayati (Aboomoslem) (17)
2002-03	Sepahan (1)	Pas Tehran	Persepolis	Edmund Bezik (Sepahan) (13)
2003-04	Pas Tehran (5)	Esteghlal	Foolad	Ali Daei (Persepolis) (16)
2004-05	Foolad (1)	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal	Reza Enayati (Esteghlal) (20)
2005-06	Esteghlal (6)	Pas Tehran	Saipa	Reza Enayati (Esteghlal) (21)
2006-07	Saipa (3)	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Persepolis	Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Zob Ahan) Daniel Olerum (Aboomoslem) (17)
2007-08	Persepolis (9)	Sepahan	Saba Battery	Mohsen Khalili (Persepolis) Hadi Asghari (Rah Ahan) (18)
2008-09	Esteghlal (7)	Zob Ahan	Mes Kerman	Arash Borhani (Esteghlal) (21)
2009-10	Sepahan (2)	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal	Emad Mohammed (Sepahan) (19)
2010-11	Sepahan (3)	Esteghlal	Zob Ahan	Reza Norouzi (Foolad) (24)

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

AFC Champions League Qualified	Asian Cup Winners Cup Qualified

Performances

Clubs

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

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Persepolis	9	7	1971–72, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2007-08
Esteghlal	7	8	1970–71, 1974-75, 1989-90, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2005-06, 2008-09
Pas Tehran	5	5	1976-77, 1977-78, 1991-92, 1992-93, 2003-04
Sepahan	3	1	2002-03, 2009-10, 2010-11
Saipa	3	0	1993-94, 1994-95, 2006-07
Foolad	1	0	2004-05

Total titles won by city

The following table lists the Iranian football champions by city.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Tehran	23	Persepolis (9), Esteghlal (7), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa (2)
Esfahan	3	Sepahan (3)
Ahvaz	1	Foolad (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	24	Persepolis (9), Esteghlal (7), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa (3)
Esfahan	3	Sepahan (3)
Khuzestan	1	Foolad (1)

Title wins by decade

1970s	Team
3	Persepolis
2	Taj, Pas Tehran

League suspended 1978–1989 because of Iranian Revolution and Iran–Iraq War

1990s	Team
3	Persepolis
2	Esteghlal , Saipa , Pas Tehran

1990-91 No national League Competition

2000s	Team
3	Persepolis , Esteghlal
1	Saipa , Foolad , Pas Tehran , Sepahan

2010s	Team
2	Sepahan

Sources

List at RSSSF

References and notes

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

External links

Iranian Football League

Iranian Football League seasons

Local League	1970–71 • 1971–72

Takht Jamshid Cup	1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79

Azadegan League (Pre 2001)	1989–90 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01

IPL	2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12

2011–12 Iran Pro League clubs

(18 clubs)	Damash Gilan • Esteghlal • Fajr Sepasi • Foolad • Malavan • Mes Sarcheshmeh • Naft Tehran • Persepolis • Rah Ahan • Saba Qom • Saipa • Sanat Mes • Sanat Naft Abadan • Sepahan • Shahin • Shahrdari Tabriz • Tractor Sazi • Zob Ahan

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL • Azadegan League • 2nd Division • 3rd Division • Hazfi Cup • Super Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup • Local Leagues • Qods League • 17th of Shahrivar league • Espandi Cup

International	AFC Champions League • Asian Cup Winners Cup (Defunct)

IPL awards

Iran football award winners

See also

All-time League table • Champions • League System • Foreign players • Top Scorers: All-time , Seasons • Winning Managers

Football in Iran

League competitions	Pro League · Azadegan League · 2nd Division · 3rd Division

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup · Super Cup

National teams	Men's · B-team · Women's · U-23 · U-20 · U-17 · U-15 · U-13 · Students

Lists and categories	League system · Champions · Foreign players · List of clubs · List of venues · Top goalscorers(all-time · by season)

Iran Football Federation

Iranian football league champions

9 titles : Persepolis (1971–72, 73-74, 75-76, 95-96, 96-97, 98-99, 99-00, 01-02, 07-08) 7 titles : Esteghlal Tehran (1970–71, 74-75, 89-90, 97-98, 00-01, 05-06, 08-09) 5 titles : PAS Tehran (76-77, 77-78, 91-92, 92-93, 03-04) 3 titles : Sepahan (02-03, 09-10, 10-11) Saipa (93-94, 94-95, 06-07) 1 title : Foolad (04-05)