2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup

Persian Gulf Cup
Season 2007–08
Champions Persepolis
2nd Pro League title
9th Iranian title
Relegated Sanat Naft
Shirin Faraz
Champions League Persepolis
Sepahan
Saba Battery
Esteghlal (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 721 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer Mohsen Khalili
Hadi Asghari
(18 goals)
Biggest home win Rah Ahan 5–0 Paykan
(11 March 2008)
Persepolis 5–0 Shirin Faraz
(30 April 2008)
Biggest away win Esteghlal 1–4 Pegah
(11 April 2008)
Fajr Sepasi 1–4 Zob Ahan
(1 May 2008)
Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis
(14 May 2008)
Highest scoring Paykan 4–2 Bargh Shiraz
(16 August 2007)
Persepolis 3–3 Fajr Sepasi
(21 September 2007)
Persepolis 3–3 Aboumoslem
(10 February 2008)
Esteghlal 4–2 Bargh Shiraz
(29 February 2008)
Saipa 4–2 Shirin Faraz
(3 April 2008)
Bargh Shiraz 3–3 Sepahan
(3 May 2008)
Zob Ahan 4–2 Est. Ahvaz
(17 May 2008)
Longest winning run 4 matches
Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
PAS Hamedan
Longest winless run 27 matches
Shirin Faraz
Longest losing run 6 matches
Shirin Faraz
Highest attendance 110,000
Persepolis Sepahan
(17 May 2008)
Lowest attendance 0 (spectator ban)
Malavan Zob Ahan
(19 September 2007)
Pegah Shirin Faraz
(16 November 2007)
Sanat Naft Saba Battery
(16 November 2007)
Sepahan Pegah
(22 January 2008)
Persepolis Sanat Naft
(22 January 2008)
Sepahan Paykan
(10 February 2008)
Sepahan Fajr Sepasi
(22 February 2008)
Sepahan Zob Ahan
(5 March 2008)
Est. Ahvaz Saba Battery
(17 March 2008)
Sepahan Est. Ahvaz
(3 April 2008)
Sepahan Mes Kerman
(18 April 2008)
Shirin Faraz Pegah
(5 May 2008)
Total attendance 3,303,000
Average attendance 11,235

The 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 25th season of Iran's Football League and seventh as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Saipa were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2006–07 Azadegan League: Shirin Faraz as champions, Pegah and Sanat Naft. PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran. The league started on 16 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total ninth Iranian title).

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager Nationality Past season
AboomoslemMashhadSamenParviz MazloomiIran6th
BarghShirazHafeziehMahmoud YavariIran12th
EsteghlalTehranAzadiFirouz KarimiIran4th
EsteghlalAhvazTakhti AhvazMajid JalaliIran2nd
MalavanAnzaliTakhti AnzaliMohammad AhmadzadehIran14th
MesKermanShahid BahonarAmir GhalenoeiIran9th
PasHamedanGhodsVinko BegovicCroatiaN/A
PaykanTehranIran KhodroAli Asghar Modir RoostaIran7th
PegahRashtSardar Jangal Nader DastneshanIranQualifier
PersepolisTehranAzadiAfshin GhotbiIran United States3rd
Rah AhanTehranRah AhanDavoud MahabadiIran16th
Saba BatteryTehranShahid DerakhshanYahya GolmohammadiIran13th
SaipaKarajEnghelab KarajAli DaeiIranChampion
Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti AbadanAhmad TousiIran United StatesQualifier
SepahanEsfahanNaghsh JahanJorvan VieiraBrazil Portugal5th
SepasiShirazHafeziehGholam PeyrovaniIran10th
Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi KermanshahShahram MehrpeymaIranQualifier
Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad ShahrBijan ZolfagharnasabIran8th

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

Team Name Nationality
Aboomoslem Khodadad Azizi Iran
Esteghlal Ahvaz Firouz Karimi Iran
Esteghlal Nasser Hejazi Iran
Mes Farhad Kazemi Iran
Paykan Samvel Darbinyan Armenia Russia
Pegah Majid Jahanpour Iran
Rah Ahan Akbar Misaghian Iran
Saba Battery Mohammad Hossein Ziaei Iran
Sanat Naft Ebrahim Ghasempour Iran
Sepahan Luka Bonačić Croatia
Shirin Faraz Marco Octavio Brazil
Zob Ahan Zoran Đorđević Serbia

Participating in international competitions

2008 AFC Champions League

Final classification

Last updated May 18, 2008

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Persepolis (C) 34 18 11 5 55 34 +21 591 AFC Champions League 2009
Group stage
2. Sepahan 34 17 10 7 53 38 +15 582
3. Saba Battery 34 13 13 8 41 37 +4 52
4. Aboomoslem 34 14 8 12 37 37 0 50
5. Pas Hamedan 34 11 16 7 36 28 +8 49
6. Zob Ahan 34 11 15 8 39 32 +7 48
7. Bargh 34 11 14 9 43 47 -4 47
8. Est. Ahvaz 34 11 13 10 61 51 +10 46
9. Paykan 34 12 10 12 41 42 -1 46
10. Mes Kerman 34 11 12 11 36 34 +2 45
11. Saipa 34 12 9 13 33 35 -2 45
12. Rah Ahan 34 11 11 12 45 40 +5 44
13. Esteghlal 34 11 10 13 44 44 0 43 AFC Champions League 2009
Group stage
(as cup winner)
14. Fajr Sepasi 34 9 15 10 37 41 -4 42
15. Pegah Gilan 34 9 11 14 26 35 -9 38 3
16. Malavan 34 8 12 14 32 41 -9 36
17. Sanat Naft (R) 34 9 8 17 37 46 -9 35 Relegation
to Azadegan League
18. Shirin Faraz (R) 34 3 12 19 25 59 -34 21

1 Persepolis was docked 6 points issued by Fifa.
2 Sepahan was docked 3 points in issued by Iranian Football Federation.
3 In October 2008 Pegah changed its name and sponsorship to Damash Gilan.

Champions
Persepolis F.C.

Results table

Last updated March 17, 2008

Home ╲ Away ABU BGH ESTESAMLVMESPASPAYPEGPRSRAHSABSAPSNASEPFJRSFZZOB
Aboumoslem 21 20 11 21 21 00 00 31 03 10 01 10 21 21 31 10 32
Bargh Shiraz 10 11 11 02 21 11 11 10 01 10 11 20 32 33 00 10 00
Esteghlal 11 42 32 20 11 01 12 14 11 21 11 12 23 01 11 21 12
Est. Ahvaz 10 21 12 00 22 22 12 32 41 23 41 12 00 32 41 31 11
Malavan 21 11 21 02 21 00 01 11 11 21 11 12 00 12 21 22 11
Mes Kerman 11 13 10 21 10 20 23 20 00 21 01 21 01 11 00 12 11
PAS Hamedan 30 30 11 11 11 10 32 31 12 32 01 13 10 31 00 00 11
Paykan 00 42 32 20 01 11 21 11 12 22 01 01 00 12 03 20 20
Pegah 00 22 01 11 00 00 00 01 10 00 10 10 01 02 01 00 10
Persepolis 33 11 11 32 20 10 11 21 20 00 22 10 10 21 33 50 21
Rah Ahan 20 22 03 22 21 31 00 50 01 21 01 20 11 01 11 30 21
Saba Battery 01 22 00 22 30 01 10 11 10 14 20 21 31 01 00 22 10
Saipa 10 01 00 11 21 00 10 20 12 01 22 11 02 10 12 42 11
Sanat Naft 20 13 21 23 12 12 12 21 01 23 02 23 20 22 12 21 11
Sepahan 21 40 21 21 32 11 00 11 31 21 22 22 01 10 00 10 22
Fajr Sepasi 21 01 12 22 21 13 11 11 20 02 01 31 11 20 02 22 14
Shirin Faraz 02 22 13 03 21 03 01 03 02 00 11 11 11 00 23 01 11
Zob Ahan 21 21 01 42 00 00 00 10 22 20 20 21 00 21 10 00 01

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

Matches played

34

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persepolis 960,000 110,000 0 60,000 0.77967609894999+77.9%
2 Esteghlal 590,000 90,000 5,000 34,706 -0.99160.8%
3 Sanat Naft 200,000 15,000 0 12,500 n/a
4 Malavan 169,000 15,000 0 10,563 -0.979325050992032.0%
5 Pegah 145,000 15,000 0 9,063 n/a
6 Saipa 143,000 60,000 1,000 8,412 -0.7886003562388721.1%
7 Mes Kerman 139,000 15,000 2,000 8,176 0.18099089989889+18.0%
8 Est. Ahvaz 127,000 20,000 0 7,938 0.26663475347056+26.6%
9 Saba Battery 126,000 90,000 1,000 7,412 0.37259259259259+37.2%
10 Aboumoslem 118,000 35,000 1,000 6,941 -0.7281023812021427.1%
11 PAS Hamedan 116,000 10,000 3,000 6,824 -0.8602042102609413.9%
12 Sepahan 69,000 15,000 0 6,273 0.033954178341849+3.3%
13 Bargh Shiraz 89,000 20,000 1,000 5,235 -0.94036285252385.9%
14 Shirin Faraz 76,000 7,000 0 4,750 n/a
15 Fajr Sepasi 73,000 20,000 1,000 4,294 -0.7577201341097624.2%
16 Paykan 64,000 30,000 1,000 3,765 -0.59450497394640.5%
17 Zob Ahan 54,000 15,000 1,000 3,176 -0.7746341463414622.5%
18 Rah Ahan 45,000 20,000 1,000 2,647 -0.6498895163270335.0%
League total 3,303,000 110,000 0 11,235 0.1102875778239+11.0%

Updated to games played on 17 May 2008
Source: iplstats.com

Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Pegah, Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Azadegan League
PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran

Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Persepolis 21Sepahan 110,000 17 May 2008 34 Azadi
2 Esteghlal 11Persepolis 90,000 14 October 2007 9 Azadi
2 Saba Battery 14Persepolis 90,000 14 May 2008 33 Azadi
4 Persepolis 00Rah Ahan 85,000 16 September 2007 5 Azadi
4 Persepolis 11Esteghlal 80,000 4 April 2008 26 Azadi
6 Persepolis 32Esteghlal Ahvaz 70,000 19 October 2007 10 Azadi
6 Persepolis 10Mes Kerman 70,000 4 November 2007 12 Azadi
6 Persepolis 10Saipa 70,000 18 November 2007 14 Azadi
6 Persepolis 11Bargh Shiraz 70,000 11 May 2008 32 Azadi
10 Persepolis 21Paykan 65,000 7 September 2007 4 Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 17 May 2008. Source: iplstats.com

See also

References


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