2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season 2015–16
Matches played 160
Goals scored 309 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorer Mehdi Taremi (12 goals)
Best goalkeeper Fernando
(12 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Rah Ahan 5–0 Est. Ahvaz
(16 October 2015)
Biggest away win Foolad 0–3 Zob Ahan
(15 September 2015)
Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal
(26 October 2015)
Est. Ahvaz 0–3 Saba Qom
(27 December 2015)
Highest scoring Tractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan (27October 2015)
Longest winning run 4 matches
Est. Khuzestan
Longest unbeaten run 16 matches
Esteghlal
Longest winless run 18 matches
Est. Ahvaz
Longest losing run 6 matches
Est. Ahvaz
Highest attendance 90,000 (30 October 2015)
Esteghlal – Persepolis
Lowest attendance 0 (spectator ban)
Foolad – Zob Ahan[1]
(15 September 2015)
Tractor Sazi – Saipa[2]
(10 October 2015)
Foolad – Naft Tehran[3]
(13 December 2015)
Malavan – Naft Tehran[4]
(3 February 2016)
Total attendance 945,035 (as of 13 Feb 2016)
Average attendance 6,097

2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League (also known as Iran Pro League) is the 45th season of Iran's Football League and the 15th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan are the defending champions. The season features 14 teams from 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from 2014–15 Azadegan League: Siah Jamegan as Group A champions and Esteghlal Ahvaz as replacement for Group B champions Foolad Novin, which was ineligible for promotion since it is the second team of Foolad. The league started on 30 July 2015.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order

Team City Venue Capacity
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 95,225
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 15,000
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Ghadir 50,199
Foolad Ahvaz Ghadir 50,199
Gostaresh Tabriz Bonyan Dizel 12,000
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000
Naft Tehran Tehran Takhti Tehran 30,122
Padideh Mashhad Samen 35,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 95,225
Rah Ahan Tehran Qods 25,000
Saba Qom Qom Yadegar-e Emam 10,610
Saipa Tehran Shahid Dastgerdi 8,250
Sepahan Isfahan Foolad Shahr15,000
Siah Jamegan Mashhad Samen 35,000
Tractor Sazi Tabriz Sahand 80,451
Zob Ahan Isfahan Foolad Shahr15,000

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
1 Tehran5Esteghlal, Persepolis, Naft Tehran, Rah Ahan, Saipa
2 Khuzestan3Esteghlal Ahvaz, Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad
3 East Azerbaijan2Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4 Khorasan2Padideh, Siah Jamegan
5 Isfahan2Sepahan, Zob Ahan
6 Gilan1Malavan
7 Qom1Saba Qom

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 Iran Parviz Mazloumi Iran Mehdi Rahmati China 361 Degrees
Est. Ahvaz Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh Iran Adel Kolahkaj Germany Uhlsport
Est. Khuzestan Iran Abdollah Veisi Iran Hadi Khanifar Iran Start
Foolad Croatia Dragan Skočić Croatia Leonard Mesarić Germany Uhlsport
Gostaresh Iran Faraz Kamalvand Iran Morteza Asadi Iran Merooj
Malavan Iran Hamid Estili Iran Maziar Zare Italy Givova
Naft Tehran Iran Alireza Mansourian Iran Alireza Ezzati Germany Uhlsport
Padideh Iran Mohammad Reza Mohajeri Iran Hossein Badamaki China Peak
Persepolis Croatia Branko Ivanković Iran Alireza Nourmohammadi Germany Uhlsport
Rah Ahan Iran Mehdi Tartar Iran Bahador Abdi Italy Givova
Saba Qom Iran Ali Daei Iran Morteza Kashi Iran Daei Sport
Saipa Iran Majid Jalali Iran Ebrahim Sadeghi Germany Uhlsport
Sepahan Croatia Igor Štimac Iran Hadi Aghily Spain Joma
Siah Jamegan Iran Farhad Kazemi Iran Reza Enayati Italy Givova
Tractor Sazi Iran Amir Ghalenoei Iran Mohammad Iranpourian Spain Kelme
Zob Ahan Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Iran Ghasem Hadadifar Iran Takabi

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Siah Jamegan Iran Mohammad Reza Mohajeri [5] Resigned 15 June 2015 Pre-season Iran Rasoul Khatibi [6] 16 June 2015
Esteghlal Iran Amir Ghalenoei [7] Mutual consent 18 May 2015 Iran Parviz Mazloumi [8] 21 June 2015
Padideh Iran Alireza Marzban [9] Resigned 5 July 2015 Iran Mohammad Reza Mohajeri [10] 5 July 2015
Saba Qom Iran Mehdi Tartar Sacked 16 July 2015 Iran Ali Daei [11] 16 July 2015
Malavan Iran Firouz Karimi [12] Resigned 23 May 2015 7th Iran Hamid Estili [13] 10 August 2015
Siah Jamegan Iran Rasoul Khatibi [14] Resigned 21 August 2015 15th Iran Saeed Ramezani [15] 29 August 2015
Rah Ahan Iran Farhad Kazemi [16] Sacked 19 September 2015 13th Iran Mehdi Tartar [17] 21 September 2015
Siah Jamegan Iran Saeed Ramezani [18] Sacked 26 September 2015 13th Iran Farhad Kazemi [19] 28 September 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh [20] Sacked 16 October 2015 15th Iran Ali Hanteh [21] 17 October 2015
Sepahan Iran Hossein Faraki [22] Mutual consent 1 November 2015 6th Croatia Igor Štimac [23] 12 November 2015
Tractor Sazi Portugal Toni Oliveira [24] Mutual consent 8 December 2015 9th Iran Amir Ghalenoei [25] 9 December 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz Iran Ali Hanteh [26] Mutual consent 26 December 2015 16th Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh [27] 26 December 2015

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Iran 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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Esteghlal Armenia Hrayr Mkoyan Croatia Pero Pejić
Esteghlal Ahvaz Brazil Luiz Fernando Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandi Šahman
Esteghlal Khuzestan Brazil Fernando Mali Moussa Coulibaly Equatorial Guinea Eduardo Ferreira East Timor Fellipe Bertoldo
Foolad Croatia Leonard Mesarić Cameroon Mathias Chago Cameroon Dorge Kouemaha
Gostaresh Brazil Magno Batista Brazil Leo Pimenta Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev
Malavan
Naft Tehran
Padideh Croatia Igor Prahić
Persepolis Croatia Luka Marić Costa Rica Michael Umaña Honduras Jerry Bengtson Uzbekistan Alexander Lobanov
Rah Ahan Slovenia Igor Nenezić Finland Sebastian Strandvall Cyprus Athos Solomou
Saba Qom Brazil Filipe Machado
Saipa Bosnia and Herzegovina Ratko Dujković
Sepahan Brazil Leandro Padovani Brazil Luciano Pereira Bosnia and Herzegovina Senijad Ibričić Uzbekistan Fozil Musaev
Siah Jamegan Sweden Kyle Konwea The Gambia Alagie Sosseh England Korede Aiyegbusi
Tractor Sazi Brazil Augusto Brazil Carlos Cardoso Cameroon Aloys Nong Philippines Iain Ramsay
Zob Ahan Brazil Marco Aurélio Iubel Lebanon Ali Hamam Lebanon Walid Ismail

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Est. Khuzestan 20 10 7 3 21 9+12 37 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Esteghlal 20 9 9 2 29 17+12 36
3 Persepolis 20 9 7 4 30 22+8 34 2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Zob Ahan 20 8 9 3 25 13+12 33
5 Saipa 20 10 3 7 20 16+4 33
6 Naft Tehran 20 7 8 5 21 17+4 29
7 Saba Qom 20 7 8 5 18 16+2 29
8 Tractor Sazi 20 6 10 4 20 15+5 28
9 Gostaresh 20 7 7 6 19 15+4 28
10 Sepahan 20 5 10 5 19 190 25
11 Padideh 20 6 7 7 20 26−6 25
12 Malavan 20 4 8 8 13 19−6 20
13 Foolad 20 5 5 10 15 25−10 20
14 Siah Jamegan 20 5 4 11 13 20−7 19 Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15 Rah Ahan 20 3 8 9 15 23−8 17
16 Est. Ahvaz 20 1 6 13 11 37−26 9

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away EST ESA ESKFOLGOSMLVNAFPADPRSRAHSABSAPSEPSJKTRKZOB
Esteghlal 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–2
Est. Ahvaz 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1
Est. Khuzestan 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Foolad 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3
Gostaresh 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3
Malavan 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Naft Tehran 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1
Padideh 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Persepolis 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2
Rah Ahan 5–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0
Saba Qom 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Saipa 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1
Sepahan 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Siah Jamegan 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1
Tractor Sazi 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–4
Zob Ahan 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 0–1

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
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.

Positions by round

Leader : 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2016-17 Azadegan League
Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Est. Khuzestan 15 6 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1                    
Esteghlal 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2                    
Persepolis 4 12 16 16 14 14 11 12 11 7 9 7 8 6 4 6 5 4 4 3                    
Zob Ahan 15 16 8 6 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4                    
Saipa 8 4 2 4 7 6 4 5 9 9 7 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5                    
Naft Tehran 8 10 12 12 15 15 15 14 13 12 12 12 12 10 8 9 8 8 8 6                    
Saba Qom 8 10 8 13 9 10 8 8 5 5 4 6 4 4 5 4 6 6 6 7                    
Tractor Sazi 8 3 6 7 8 9 10 9 6 6 10 11 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 8                    
Gostaresh 8 14 15 10 4 8 7 7 10 8 5 8 6 8 10 10 10 9 9 9                    
Sepahan 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 6 4 7 7 9 8 9 10 10 10                    
Padideh 4 8 11 8 11 7 9 10 7 10 11 10 11 12 12 11 12 11 11 11                    
Malavan 2 7 5 5 6 5 6 6 8 11 8 9 10 11 11 12 11 12 12 12                    
Foolad 4 8 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13                    
Siah Jamegan 14 15 10 15 10 11 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14                    
Rah Ahan 4 13 14 9 12 13 12 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 15 15 15                    
Est. Ahvaz 8 5 7 11 13 12 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16                    

Last updated: 14 February 2016
Source: FIFA.com (English)

Clubs season-progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
B Bye
W/O Withdrew
Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Est. Khuzestan L W W W D D W D D W D W W W W D L L W D                    
Esteghlal W W L W W W D D D W D W D D W W D D D L                    
Persepolis D L L L W L W D W W D W D W W D W D D W                    
Zob Ahan L L W W D W D W D D W D W W L W D D D D                    
Saipa D W W L L W W L L D W W D W L W W L L W                    
Naft Tehran D D L D L W D D W W D L D W W L W L D W                    
Saba Qom D D D L W D W D W D W D W W L W L L L D                    
Tractor Sazi D W D L D D L W W D L D W D W W D D L D                    
Gostaresh D L D W W L W D D D W L W L D L D W L W                    
Sepahan W W W D W D L D D L D W L D D D D D L L                    
Padideh D D L W L W D D W L L W L L D D L W W D                    
Malavan W L W D L W D D D L W L L L D L D D D L                    
Foolad D D L D L L L L L W L L W L D D W W W L                    
Siah Jamegan L L W L W L L D L L L D L L D L W W W D                    
Rah Ahan D L D W L L D W L D L L L D L D L D W D                    
Est. Ahvaz D W L L D L L L L L D L L L L L L D D D                    

Last updated: 14 February 2016
Source: IPL Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis 12
2 Iran Hassan Beyt Saeed Est. Khuzestan 8
3 Iran Jalaleddin Alimohammadi Saba Qom 6
Iran Mehrdad Mohammadi Rah Ahan 6
Iran Masoud Hassanzadeh Zob Ahan 6
Iran Morteza Tabrizi Zob Ahan 6
Iran Omid Ebrahimi Esteghlal 6
4 Iran Jaber Ansari Esteghlal 5
Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Esteghlal 5
Iran Mohammad Ebrahimi Gostaresh 5
Iran Mohsen Yousefi Padideh 5
Iran Mehdi Kheiri Padideh 5
Iran Kaveh Rezaei Zob Ahan 5
5 Iran Mohsen Karimi Esteghlal 4
Iran Vahid Amiri Naft Tehran 4
Cameroon Aloys Nong Naft Tehran 4
Iran Ali Zeinali Saipa 4
Iran Ali Alipour Persepolis 4
Iran Omid Alishah Persepolis 4
Honduras Jerry Bengtson Persepolis 4
Iran Mohammad Ghazi Saba Qom 4
Iran Milad Meydavoudi Saipa 4
Iran Gholamreza Rezaei Saipa 4
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan 4

Last updated: 14 February 2016
Source: Soccerway.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Top Assistants

Position Player Club Assists
1 Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh Zob Ahan 5
2 Lebanon Ali Hamam Zob Ahan 4
3 Philippines Iain Ramsay Tractor Sazi 3
Iran Farid Karimi Saba Qom 3
Iran Pejman Nouri Malavan 3
Iran Mehdi Torabi Saipa 3
Iran Reza Enayati Siah Jamegan 3
Iran Omid Alishah Persepolis 3
Iran Soroush Rafiei Tractor Sazi 3
Iran Mohammad Ebrahimi Gostaresh 3
Iran Farshad Ahmadzadeh Persepolis 3
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan 3

Last updated: 14 February 2016
Source: Varzesh3.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Clean Sheets

Position Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Brazil Fernando Est. Khuzestan 12
2 Iran Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Zob Ahan 11
3 Iran Mohammadreza Akhbari Tractor Sazi 10
4 Iran Hamed Lak Saba Qom 8
5 Iran Mehdi Rahmati Esteghlal 7
6 Iran Sosha Makani Persepolis 6
Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev Gostaresh 6
Moldova Serghei Pașcenco Malavan 6
7 Iran Shahab Gordan Sepahan 5
Iran Vahid Sheikhveisi Naft Tehran 5
Iran Mohsen Forouzan Rah Ahan 5
Iran Mojtaba Roshangar Padideh 5
Iran Hamed Fallahzadeh Saipa 5

Last Update: 14 February 2016
Source: Iplstats.com

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date

Scoring

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persepolis 308,500 80,000 4,500 30,850 0.928125+92.8%†
2 Esteghlal 217,000 90,000 2,500 21,700 0.1693700490381+16.9%†
3 Tractor Sazi 80,550 20,000 1,350 8,950 -0.29001004504067−70.9%†
4 Padideh 55,250 22,000 500 5,525 -0.50535077288942−49.4%†
5 Foolad 43,900 18,000 200 5,488 -0.74162162162162−25.8%†
6 Siah Jamegan 50,268 25,000 120 5,027 n/a†
7 Sepahan 40,200 12,500 800 4,020 -0.77307692307692−22.6%†
8 Malavan 30,488 5,300 700 3,388 -0.55806292208862−44.1%†
9 Zob Ahan 26,470 8,000 350 2,647 0.16762240846934+16.7%†
10 Est. Khuzestan 19,760 6,000 200 1,976 -0.58117647058824−41.8%†
11 Rah Ahan 17,725 11,800 200 1,773 -0.78209086898985−21.7%†
12 Naft Tehran 15,690 12,200 100 1,743 -0.84325108853411−15.6%†
13 Saba Qom 13,240 4,000 100 1,324 -0.67071935157042−32.9%†
14 Est. Ahvaz 11,970 6,000 200 1,197 n/a†
15 Gostaresh 10,955 6,500 60 1,096 -0.34982444940951−65.0%†
16 Saipa 3,069 500 70 307 -0.12791666666667−87.2%†
League total 945,035 90,000 60 6,097−20.3%†

Updated to games played on 13 February 2016
Source: Iplstats.com Iranleague.ir
matches with spectator bans are not included

See also

References

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