2008–09 Iran Pro League

Persian Gulf Cup
Season 2008–09
Champions Esteghlal
Relegated Payam Mashhad
Damash Gilan
Bargh Shiraz
2010 AFC Champions League Esteghlal
Zob Ahan
Mes Kerman
Sepahan
Matches played 306
Goals scored 777 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer
21 Goals
Arash Borhani
Biggest home win Esteghlal 6-0 Est. Ahvaz[1]
Biggest away win Rah Ahan 1-5 Esteghlal[1]
Highest scoring Zob Ahan 6-3 Saipa[1]
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The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2008/09 football season. This season will be the 8th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League (Persian Gulf Cup). Persepolis are the defending champions.

Teams

Aboomoslem
Mes
Sepasi
Rah Ahan
Saba
Damash Gilan
Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Team Captain Past Season
AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000 Iran Ali Hanteh Iran Saeed Khani 4th
Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Rasoul KorbekandiIran Sattar Zare7th
Damash GilanRashtSardar Jangal15,000Croatia Stanko PoklepovićIran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi 15th
Est. AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Khodadad AziziIran Afshin Komaei8th
EsteghlalTehranAzadi90,000Iran Amir GhalenoeiIran Farhad Majidi 13th
Foolad AhvazTakhti Ahvaz15,000Iran Majid JalaliIran Ali BadaviQualifier
MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000Iran Mohammad AhmadzadehIran Masoud Gholamalizad16th
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,000Iran Parviz MazloomiIran Farzad Hosseinkhani10th
MoghavematShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Gholam Hossein PeyrovaniIran Mostafa Sabri14th
Pas HamedanHamedanGhods5,000Croatia Vinko BegovicIran Omid Khouraj 5th
PaykanQazvinShahid Rajaei5,000Iran Ali Asghar Modir RoostaIranMohammad Reza Tahmasebi 9th
Payam Mashhad Samen35,000 Iran Kazem GhiyasiyanIran Mehdi HasheminasabQualifier
PersepolisTehranAzadi90,000Portugal Nelo Vingada Iran Karim BagheriChampion
Rah AhanRey, Iran Rah Ahan15,000Iran Mehdi Tartar Iran Ahmad Taghavi12th
Saba QomQomYadegar Emam15,000Iran Firouz KarimiIran Yahya Golmohammadi 3rd
SaipaKarajEnghelab Karaj15,000Iran Mohammad Mayeli KohanIran Ebrahim Sadeghi11th
SepahanEsfahanFoolad Shahr25,000Iran Farhad KazemiIran Moharram Navidkia 2nd
Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad Shahr25,000Iran Mansour EbrahimzadehIran Mohammad Salsali6th

Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.

Team Name Nationality
Aboomoslem Hadi Bargizar Iran
Damash Gilan Bijan Zolfagharnasab Iran
Rah Ahan Davoud Mahabadi Iran
Saipa Pierre Littbarski Germany
Sepahan Engin Firat Turkey Germany
Persepolis Afshin Ghotbi Iran United States
Payam Khodadad Azizi Iran
Aboomoslem Amir Hossein Peyrovani Iran
Sepahan Hossein Charkhabi Iran
Damash Gilan Hossein Abdi Iran
Bargh Shiraz Mohammad Abbasi Iran
Payam Abbas Chamanyan Iran
Persepolis Afshin Peyrovani Iran
Est. Ahvaz Akbar Misaghian Iran
Bargh Shiraz Farshad Pious Iran
Payam Majid Hosseinipour Iran
Rah Ahan Mahmoud Yavari Iran
Paykan Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Iran
Aboomoslem Ali Hanteh Iran

Participating in international competitions

2009 AFC Champions League

League standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 34 19 9 6 70 34+36 66 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2 Zob Ahan 34 19 9 6 58 42+16 66
3 Sanat Mes 34 17 10 7 54 36+18 61
4 Sepahan 34 14 14 6 46 34+12 56
5 Persepolis 34 15 10 9 50 41+9 55
6 Saba Qom 34 12 17 5 49 36+13 53
7 Foolad 34 13 11 10 50 41+9 50
8 Paykan 34 13 8 13 43 42+1 47
9 Moghavemat 34 11 11 12 33 374 44
10 Saipa 34 10 12 12 43 507 42
11 Rah Ahan 34 11 8 15 36 426 41
12 Malavan 34 9 13 12 31 4312 40
13 Pas Hamedan 34 10 9 15 38 468 39
14 Est. Ahvaz 34 10 7 17 36 5418 37
15 Aboomoslem 34 8 11 15 35 427 35
16 Payam Mashhad (R) 34 9 8 17 33 5219 35 Relegation to Azadegan League
17 Damash (R) 34 7 12 15 40 5515 33
18 Bargh Shiraz (R) 34 5 9 20 35 5318 24

Updated to games played on 26 April 2009.
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/tableoverall.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Since Zob Ahab won the 2008–09 Hazfi Cup, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2010 AFC Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Champions

Esteghlal F.C.

Results table

Last updated April 26, 2009

Home ╲ Away[1] ABU BGH ESTESAMLVMESPASPAYPYMDMGPRSRAHSABSAPSEPFOLMVTZOB
Aboomoslem 11 02 01 22 11 21 10 11 32 43 00 10 00 12 12 12 40
Bargh Shiraz 22 14 02 30 41 20 12 01 11 11 01 12 12 11 11 12 12
Esteghlal 20 11 60 30 21 10 32 50 42 11 21 21 11 11 01 52 20
Est. Ahvaz 13 10 03 30 10 00 23 10 11 21 11 11 31 13 01 11 02
Malavan 00 10 22 10 10 21 11 01 11 22 01 11 22 11 30 10 11
Sanat Mes 31 21 10 40 10 20 40 33 10 11 21 31 11 21 32 20 22
Pas Hamedan 21 10 24 51 00 11 20 10 23 03 10 00 21 00 00 11 22
Paykan 20 10 11 10 31 11 10 20 20 22 01 01 02 01 01 22 12
Payam Mashhad 10 12 01 21 20 12 14 11 32 12 21 11 13 22 12 01 13
Damash 10 31 10 24 21 22 10 10 11 12 22 12 11 11 01 11 21
Persepolis 10 31 11 10 02 01 31 21 10 20 20 22 11 32 10 12 22
Rah Ahan 30 30 15 22 10 01 21 14 00 10 12 11 12 01 21 00 01
Saba Qom 10 22 31 20 30 13 31 11 00 22 20 11 20 11 11 20 00
Saipa 00 22 02 32 21 11 13 01 12 41 01 10 24 11 32 02 10
Sepahan 21 10 21 21 00 10 22 24 32 11 00 20 20 20 20 00 12
Foolad 00 31 00 02 01 22 51 22 30 30 32 23 22 11 22 01 41
Moghavemat 00 01 41 10 22 20 01 12 01 11 10 13 11 00 10 01 02
Zob Ahan 03 21 11 11 30 10 21 20 20 21 31 10 22 63 21 22 31

Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
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.

Player Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Arash Borhani[2][3][4][5][6][7] Esteghlal 20
2 Germany Shpejtim Arifi Payam 18
3 Brazil Igor Castro Zob Ahan 16
4 Iran Afshin Chavoshi Damash Gilan 15
5 Iraq Emad Mohammed Sepahan 14
Iran Fereydoon Fazli Saba Qom
6 Iran Siavash Akbarpour Esteghlal 12
Brazil Adriano Alvez Damash Gilan
Iran Davoud Haghi Rah Ahan
8 Iran Iman Haydari Paykan 11
Iran Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan
Iran Maysam Baou Aboomoslem
Senegal Ibrahima Touré Persepolis
Iran Faraz Fatemi Mes Kerman
11 Iran Farid Abedi Bargh Shiraz 10
Iran Amin Motevaselzadeh Moghavemat Sepasi
Mali Issa Traoré Saipa
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan
Brazil Edinho Mes Kerman
20 5 players 9
25 6 players 8
31 2 players 7
33 8 players 6
41 18 players 5
58 23 players 4
81 18 players 3
99 26 players 2
125 95 players 1
Own goals 0
Total goals 777

Last updated: 11 April 2009
Source: Iplstats.com

Top Goalassistants

Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Esmail Farhadi Zob Ahan 9
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan
Serbia Ivan Petrović Persepolis
4 Iran Hassan Ashjari Zob Ahan 8
Iran Mohsen Yousefi Saba Qom
Brazil Fábio Januário Esteghlal
Brazil Éder Luciano Mes
7 Iran Mehdi Shiri Bargh Shiraz 7
Iran Khosro Heydari Esteghlal
Iran Javad Shirzad Pas Hamedan
12 Iran Ali Karimi Persepolis 6
Iran Mohammad Parvin Saipa
Iran Mehrdad Karimian PAS Hamedan
Iran Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Zob Ahan

Last updated: 11 April 2009
Source: Iplstats.com

Cards

Player Team
Iran Mohammad Matouri1001 Payam Mashhad
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari1010 Zob Ahan
Iran Mohsen Arzani810 Payam Mashhad
Iran Alireza Jalili900 Payam Mashhad
Iran Morteza Bargizar900 Payam Mashhad
Iran Mohammad AghaMohammadi900 Est. Ahvaz
Iran Meysam Khosravi900 Paykan
Brazil Adriano Alvez900 Damash Gilan
Iran Mohsen Bengar710 Sepahan
Iran Omid Khouraj512 PAS Hamedan
Iran Hanif Omranzadeh710 PAS Hamedan
Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht701 Persepolis
Iran Maziar Zare800 Persepolis

Matches played

33

Sponsorship

Team Shirt manufacturers

Team Kit Manufacturer
Esteghlal Uhlsport
Persepolis
Rah Ahan
Sepahan
Aboomoslem Merooj
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Foolad
Mes Kerman
Moghavemat
Paykan
Payam
Damash Gilan
Saba
Zob Ahan
Bargh Daei SWE
Malavan
PAS Hamedan Nahangi
Saipa

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "All matches (by round)". IPL Stats. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  2. رحيمي مقدم: آرش برهاني گل اول استقلال را نزد
  3. Season: IPL2008-2009 Week: 10
  4. Profile of Arash Borhani - IPL 2008-2009
  5. Video of the goal
  6. Iranian Premier League Stats: 2008-2009 Season
  7. Arash Borhani has 12 Goals in 1/2 season: http://ffiri.ir/html/images/lig8/5.jpg