2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2011–12
Champions	Sepahan 4th Pro League title 4th Iranian title
Relegated	Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Mes Sarcheshmeh
Champions League	Sepahan Tractor Sazi Esteghlal Saba Qom
Matches played	306
Goals scored	720 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karim Ansarifard (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012)
Biggest away win	Mes Sarcheshmeh 0–4 Damash (18 November 2011) Sanat Naft 0–4 Saipa (19 December 2011)
Highest scoring	Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (7 April 2012)
Longest winning run	7 matches Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Zob Ahan
Longest winless run	12 matches Rah Ahan
Longest losing run	4 matches Mes Sarcheshmeh Mes Kerman
Highest attendance	100,000 Persepolis – Esteghlal (16 September 2011)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Tractor Sazi – Saba Qom (2 August 2011) Malavan – Rah Ahan (7 August 2011) Tractor Sazi – Shahin Bushehr (11 August 2011) Shahin Bushehr – Tractor Sazi (15 January 2012) Damash – Sepahan (3 February 2012)
Total attendance	2,856,000
Average attendance	9,488
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 29th season of Iran's Football League and 11th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2010–11 Azadegan League: Damash as champions, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Fajr Sepasi. The league started on 2 August 2011 and ended on 11 May 2012. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the fourth time in their history (total fourth Iranian title).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Tractor Sazi Shahrdari

Damash

Mes Sarcheshmeh

Sepasi

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Naft

Locations of clubs in 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	22,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	12,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	12,000
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Sarcheshmeh	Shahid Bahonar	12,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Rah Ahan	Shahr-e-Rey	Rah Ahan	12,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam Qom	10,610
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	14,000
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000
Shahin	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	14,000
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	66,833
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	80,451
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

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	Shirt sponsor	Past Season
Damash	Mehdi Tartar	Reza Mahdavi	Adidas	Damash Shahr Baran	Promoted ^[1]
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloomi	Mojtaba Jabbari	Uhlsport	City Bank	2nd
Fajr Sepasi	Mahmoud Yavari	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Majid	HICE	Promoted ^[1]
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Jalal Kameli Mofrad	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan Co.	6th
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Babak Pourgholami	Majid	Iran Navy	8th
Mes Kerman	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Resalat Bank	7th
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Asghar Sharafi	Ali Samereh	Uhlsport	None	Promoted ^[1]
Naft Tehran	Hossein Faraki	Hamid Reza Fathi	Uhlsport	National Iranian Oil Company	13th
Persepolis	Mustafa Denizli	Ali Karimi	Uhlsport	Opel	4th
Rah Ahan	Ali Daei	Hossein Pashaei	Daei	Refah Bank	15th
Saba Qom	Abdollah Veisi	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Majid	Vegal	10th
Saipa	Mojtaba Taghavi	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport	SAIPA	11th
Sanat Naft	José Alberto Costa	Abbas Merdasi	Majid	National Iranian Oil Company	9th
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Foolad Mobarakeh Complex	Champion
Shahin	Hamid Derakhshan	Vahid Talebloo	Uhlsport	Post Bank	14th
Shahrdari Tabriz	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Ebrahim Mirzapour	Majid	City Bank	12th
Tractor Sazi	Amir Ghalenoei	Morteza Assadi	Uhlsport	Hamrah-e-Avval	5th
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mohammad Salsali	Uhlsport	Zob Ahan Steel Co.	3rd

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
Saipa	Mayeli Kohan	Contract expired	000000002011-05-21-000021 May 2011	11th (2010-11)	Majid Saleh	000000002011-06-06-00006 June 2011
Sepahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Contract expired	000000002011-06-05-00005 June 2011	1st (2010-11)	Luka Bonačić	000000002011-06-22-000022 June 2011
Tractor Sazi	Faraz Kamalvand	Contract expired	000000002011-06-13-000013 June 2011	5th (2010-11)	Amir Ghalenoei	000000002011-06-22-000022 June 2011
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Contract expired	000000002011-06-14-000014 June 2011	4th (2010-11)	Hamid Estili	000000002011-06-21-000021 June 2011
Shahrdari	Hamid Derakhshan	Sacked	000000002011-06-18-000018 June 2011	12th (2010-11)	Miodrag Ješić	000000002011-06-18-000018 June 2011
Shahin Bushehr	Akbar Misaghian	Sacked	000000002011-06-19-000019 June 2011	14th (2010-11)	Hamid Derakhshan	000000002011-06-26-000026 June 2011
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Sacked	000000002011-07-14-000014 July 2011	15th (2010-11)	Ali Daei	000000002011-07-14-000014 July 2011

In season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Sanat Mes Kerman	Samad Marfavi	Resigned	000000002011-08-25-000025 August 2011	17th	Miroslav Blažević	000000002011-09-09-00009 September 2011
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Ahmad Sanjari	Sacked	000000002011-08-26-000026 August 2011	18th	Asghar Sharafi	000000002011-08-27-000027 August 2011
Damash Gilan	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Sacked	000000002011-09-18-000018 September 2011	16th	Ebrahim Ghasempour	000000002011-09-20-000020 September 2011
Shahin Bushehr	Hamid Derakhshan	Resigned	000000002011-10-05-00005 October 2011	9th	Firouz Karimi	000000002011-10-06-00006 October 2011
Sepahan Isfahan	Luka Bonacic	Sacked	000000002011-10-14-000014 October 2011	5th	Zlatko Kranjcar	000000002011-10-31-000031 October 2011
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz	Ali Kalantari	Sacked	000000002011-11-26-000026 November 2011	17th	Mahmoud Yavari	000000002011-11-27-000027 November 2011
Sanat Naft Abadan	Gholam Peyrovani	Resigned	000000002011-11-27-000027 November 2011	13th	José Alberto Costa	000000002011-12-04-00004 December 2011
Persepolis Tehran	Hamid Estili	Resigned	000000002011-12-09-00009 December 2011	9th	Mustafa Denizli ^[2]	000000002011-12-23-000023 December 2011
Shahrdari Tabriz	Miodrag Ješić	Sacked	000000002011-12-24-000024 December 2011	13th	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	000000002012-01-05-00005 January 2012
Damash Gilan	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Resigned ^[3]	000000002011-12-28-000028 December 2011	7th	Mehdi Tartar ^[4]	000000002012-01-06-00006 January 2012
Shahin Bushehr	Firouz Karimi	Sacked	000000002011-02-05-00005 February 2011	16th	Hamid Derakhshan	000000002012-02-13-000013 February 2012
Sanat Mes Kerman	Miroslav Blažević	Sacked	000000002012-02-14-000014 February 2012	14th	Ebrahim Ghasempour	000000002012-02-16-000016 February 2012
Saipa	Majid Saleh	Sacked	000000002012-02-15-000015 February 2012	10th	Mojtaba Taghavi	000000002012-03-01-00001 March 2012

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan !Sepahan (C)	34	19	10	5	54	27	+27	67	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	34	19	9	6	57	32	+25	66	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
4	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	34	12	14	8	40	38	+2	50	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
5	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	34	13	10	11	36	38	−2	49
6	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	34	9	18	7	29	33	−4	45
7	Damash !Damash	34	11	11	12	34	38	−4	44
8	Saipa !Saipa	34	10	13	11	50	39	+11	43
9	Mes Kerman !Mes Kerman	34	11	10	13	35	39	−4	43
10	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	34	11	10	13	49	57	−8	43
11	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	34	9	15	10	43	42	+1	42
12	Persepolis !Persepolis	34	10	12	12	50	54	−4	42
13	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	34	10	11	13	31	38	−7	41
14	Foolad !Foolad	34	10	10	14	35	37	−2	40
15	Malavan !Malavan	34	9	12	13	32	33	−1	39
16	Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz (R)	34	6	16	12	34	44	−10	34	Relegation to Azadegan League
17	Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr (R)	34	6	15	13	30	43	−13	33
18	Mes Sarcheshmeh !Mes Sarcheshmeh (R)	34	5	9	20	23	54	−31	24

Updated to games played on 11 May 2012.
Source: varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Esteghlal secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 Hazfi Cup
(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.

Positions by round

	Leader
	AFC Champions League 2013 Qualifying play-off
	Relegation to Azadegan League 2012-13

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 !Sepahan	9	11	7	4	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	2	3	5	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	17	7	4	3	2	1	3	4	1	3	4	4	4	5	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	5	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	13	2	9	8	6	4	4	3	4	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	3	16	10	5	7	5	7	8	10	6	6	6	8	8	9	9	6	7	9	12	8	10	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Damash !Damash	11	17	12	12	16	16	16	15	14	12	8	9	7	7	6	7	7	9	10	8	11	11	12	14	11	12	12	13	11	9	8	9	9	7
Saipa !Saipa	1	1	8	13	9	12	6	9	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	10	10	12	10	10	8	7	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	7	8	8	8
Mes Kerman !Mes Kerman	8	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	13	14	14	16	15	17	14	14	15	16	13	15	14	13	14	15	14	13	12	11	9
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	14	13	13	9	13	14	9	9	6	7	9	11	9	11	7	6	8	6	7	9	9	7	9	11	12	9	10	9	9	10	11	7	7	10
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	4	8	15	14	11	11	12	13	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	16	13	12	13	15	15	15	14	13	15	15	14	11
Persepolis !Persepolis	7	15	17	15	12	13	15	10	7	10	11	7	10	6	8	8	9	11	8	7	7	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	11	15	12
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	15	12	14	16	14	8	10	11	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	17	16	17	16	12	14	15	14	11	14	12	12	11	12	13	12	13
Foolad !Foolad	12	6	3	6	10	9	11	12	8	11	13	13	11	12	12	10	11	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	14
Malavan !Malavan	6	10	5	7	8	10	13	16	12	14	15	16	14	15	15	17	17	16	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	13	11	11	13	15	14	14	13	15
Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	10	9	6	11	15	15	14	14	11	8	10	10	12	9	11	12	13	13	11	11	12	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr	16	5	11	10	4	6	8	6	9	9	7	8	6	10	10	11	12	12	14	15	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Mes Sarcheshmeh !Mes Sarcheshmeh	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Last updated: 11 May 2012
Source: Cups.ir (in Persian)

Results

Home ╲ Away	Damash !DMG	Esteghlal !EST	Fajr Sepasi !FJR	Foolad !FOL	Malavan !MLV	Mes Kerman !MES	Mes Sarcheshmeh !MSA	Naft Tehran !NAF	Persepolis !PRS	Rah Ahan !RAH	Saba Qom !SAB	Saipa !SAP	Sanat Naft !SNA	Sepahan !SEP	Shahin Bushehr !SHB	Sh. Tabriz !SHT	Tractor Sazi !TRK	Zob Ahan !ZOB
Damash !Damash		0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–1
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	1–0		2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–3	2–2
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	0–1	2–1		2–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0
Foolad !Foolad	1–1	1–4	1–0		1–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Malavan !Malavan	0–1	4–2	2–0	2–0		0–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–3
Mes Kerman !Mes Kerman	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0		4–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0
Mes Sarcheshmeh !Mes Sarcheshmeh	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0		1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–0		0–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Persepolis !Persepolis	0–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		3–4	2–0	2–4	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1		0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–2
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1		3–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–1
Saipa !Saipa	3–0	2–2	5–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–2	0–4	3–0	1–2	0–1	0–1
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–3	0–4		0–4	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1
Sepahan !Sepahan	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1		2–3	0–3	1–1
Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1		0–1	0–0
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	5–1		2–1
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1

Updated to games played on 11 May 2012.
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.

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 !Sepahan	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	L
Damash !Damash	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	W
Saipa !Saipa	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D
Mes Kerman !Mes Kerman	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	W
Persepolis !Persepolis	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D
Foolad !Foolad	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L
Malavan !Malavan	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L
Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	L
Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L
Mes Sarcheshmeh !Mes Sarcheshmeh	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D

Last updated: 11 May 2012
Source: IPL Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karim Ansarifard	Saipa	21
2	Founéké Sy	Sanat Naft	20
3	Reza Enayati	Saba Qom	18
4	Ali Karimi	Persepolis	11
5	Mojtaba Jabbari	Esteghlal	10
	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Fajr Sepasi
	Reza Norouzi	Foolad
	Saeed Daghighi	Shahrdari Tabriz
	Flávio Paixão	Tractor Sazi
10	Bahador Abdi	Rah Ahan	9
	Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal
	Omid Alishah	Rah Ahan
	Emad Mohammed Ridha	Sepahan
14	9 players		8
23	7 players		7
30	7 players		6
37	13 players		5
50	16 player		4
66	24 player		3
90	45 player		2
135	92 player		1
_	13 players ¹		OG
_	technical loses of 3–0		1
Total goals (Including technical loses)			720
Total games			306
Average per game			2.35

¹ Siamak Kouroshi from Naft Tehran 2 owne goals.
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL Stats

Top Assistants

Position	Player	Club	Assists
1	Ehsan Hajsafi	Tractor Sazi	11
2	Milad Gharibi	Saipa	9
3	Ali Karimi	Persepolis	8

	Mojtaba Jabbari	Esteghlal
Saeed Daghighi	Shahrdari Tabriz
6	Abbas Pourkhosravani	Shahin Bushehr	7

	Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal

Alireza Ramezani	Malavan
Gholamreza Rezaei	Persepolis

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL Stats

Cards

Position	Player	Club				Total
1	Márcio José	Naft Tehran	10	1	0	11
2	Majid Gholamnejad	Saipa	10	0	0	10
	Hossein Kaabi	Rah Ahan	9	0	1
	Ali Samereh	Mes Sarcheshmeh	8	2	0
5	Siavash Akbarpour	Tractor Sazi	9	0	0	9
	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Tractor Sazi	9	0	0
	Amir Mohammadi	Mes Sarcheshmeh	9	0	0
	Andranik Teymourian	Esteghlal	8	0	1
	Maziar Zare	Persepolis	8	1	0
10	8 player		-	-	-	8
18	13 player		-	-	-	7
31	25 player		-	-	-	6
56	46 player		-	-	-	5
102	38 player		-	-	-	4
140	63 player		-	-	-	3
203	60 player		-	-	-	2
263	86 player		-	-	-	1
Total Cards			1101	34	33	1168

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats

Matches played

Position	Player	Club	Appearance
1	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	33
1	Abouzar Rahimi	Damash Gilan	33
3	Morteza Asadi	Tractor Sazi	32
	Hanif Omranzadeh	Esteghlal
	Alireza Ramezani	Malavan
	Rahman Ahmadi	Sepahan
	Omid Ebrahimi	Sepahan
	Pirouz Ghorbani	Saipa

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kazemian, JavadJavad Kazemian	Persepolis	Sanat Naft Abadan	3–1	000000002011-08-23-000023 August 2011
Rafkhaei, JalalJalal Rafkhaei	Malavan	Zob Ahan	3–3	000000002011-09-01-00001 September 2011
Mousavi, ImanIman Mousavi	Naft Tehran	Malavan	3–1	000000002011-09-25-000025 September 2011
Jabbari, MojtabaMojtaba Jabbari	Esteghlal	Shahin Bushehr	3–2	000000002011-11-24-000024 November 2011
Norouzi, RezaReza Norouzi	Foolad	Naft Tehran	3–1	000000002012-01-15-000015 January 2012
Sy, FounékéFounéké Sy	Sanat Naft	Persepolis	4–2	000000002012-01-25-000025 January 2012
Zayed, ÉamonÉamon Zayed	Persepolis	Esteghlal	3–2	000000002012-02-02-00002 February 2012
Ansarifard, KarimKarim Ansarifard	Saipa	Fajr Sepasi	5–0	000000002012-03-09-00009 March 2012
Correa, BrunoBruno Correa	Sepahan	Rah Ahan	3–2	000000002012-03-17-000017 March 2012
Abdi, BahadorBahador Abdi	Rah Ahan	Persepolis	4–3	000000002012-05-06-00006 May 2012
Zayed, ÉamonÉamon Zayed	Persepolis	Rah Ahan	3–4	000000002012-05-06-00006 May 2012

Fastest hat-trick of the season

Éamon Zayed for Persepolis against Esteghlal, 9 minutes (2 February 2012)

Scoring

First goal of the season: Hossein Kazemi own goal for Zob Ahan against Rah Ahan (2 August 2011)
Fastest goal of the season: 10 seconds – Pejman Shahpari for Saba against Foolad (16 October 2011)^[5]
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Saipa 5-0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012)
Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (16 April 2012)
- Persepolis 3-4 Rah Ahan (6 May 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- Tractor Sazi 5–1 Shahrdari Tabriz (25 September 2011)
- Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (16 April 2012)
- Persepolis 3-4 Rah Ahan (6 May 2012)

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Abdollah Veisi	Saba Qom	Karim Ansarifard	Saipa
September	Hossein Faraki	Naft Tehran	Iman Mousavi	Naft Tehran
October	Parviz Mazloomi	Esteghlal	Ivan Petrović	Shahin Bushehr
November	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Damash Gilan	Omid Alishah	Rah Ahan
December	Majid Saleh	Saipa	Founéké Sy	Sanat Naft
January	Zlatko Kranjčar	Sepahan	Jlloyd Samuel	Esteghlal
February	Mustafa Denizli	Persepolis	Reza Enayati	Saba Qom
March	Amir Ghalenoei	Tractor Sazi	Bruno Correa	Sepahan
April	Zlatko Kranjčar	Sepahan	Flávio Paixão	Tractor Sazi

Annual awards

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Rahman Ahmadi (Sepahan)
Defence: Ehsan Hajsafi (Tractor Sazi), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Jalal Hosseini (Sepahan), Hossein Mahini (Zob Ahan)
Midfield: Ali Karimi (Persepolis), Omid Ebrahimi (Sepahan), Mojtaba Jabbari (Esteghlal), Flávio Paixão (Tractor Sazi)
Attack: Founéké Sy (Sanat Naft), Karim Ansarifard (Saipa)

Player of the Tournament

Goal.com selected Farhad Majidi as the best player of the first half of the season and Ali Karimi as the best player of the second half. Karim Ansarifard and Omid Alishah also won the best young players of the tournament.

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	593,000	80,000	0	39,533	-0.9412619047619−5.8%^†
2	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	540,000	85,000	5,000	31,765	0.26463094195398+26.4%^†
3	Persepolis !Persepolis	480,000	100,000	2,000	28,235	0.20148936170213+20.1%^†
4	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	167,000	15,000	3,000	9,824	-0.69511073374372−30.4%^†
5	Damash !Damash	130,000	15,000	0	8,125	2.0464941882265+204.6%^†
6	Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr	125,000	20,000	0	7,813	-0.64789783564143−35.2%^†
7	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	130,000	20,000	2,000	7,647	2.5767072029935+257.6%^†
8	Mes Kerman !Mes Kerman	100,000	15,000	1,000	5,882	0.12359121298949+12.3%^†
8	Sepahan !Sepahan	100,000	15,000	1,000	5,882	0.086844050258684+8.6%^†
10	Malavan !Malavan	83,000	10,000	2,000	5,188	-0.67843598796914−32.1%^†
11	Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	81,000	16,000	1,000	4,765	-0.62491803278689−37.5%^†
12	Foolad !Foolad	79,000	15,000	1,000	4,647	-0.85864745011086−14.1%^†
13	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	61,000	15,000	1,000	3,588	0.52486187845304+52.4%^†
14	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	48,000	10,000	1,000	2,824	-0.82766705744431−17.2%^†
15	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	38,000	7,000	1,000	2,235	-0.61283246503976−38.7%^†
16	Saipa !Saipa	37,000	5,000	1,000	2,176	-0.66059502125076−33.9%^†
17	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	35,000	10,000	1,000	2,059	-0.74466546112116−25.5%^†
18	Mes Sarcheshmeh !Mes Sarcheshmeh	29,000	7,000	1,000	1,706	1.4653179190751+146.5%^†
	League total	2,856,000	100,000	0	9,488	0.011190450815304+1.1%^†

Updated to games played on 11 May 2012
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Damash, Fajr Sepasi and Mes Sarcheshmeh played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Persepolis	0–2	Esteghlal	100,000	16 September 2011 (2011-09-16)	7	Azadi
2	Esteghlal	2–3	Tractor Sazi	85,000	9 September 2011 (2011-09-09)	6	Azadi
3	Tractor Sazi	0–2	Esteghlal	80,000	29 January 2012 (2012-01-29)	23	Sahand
3	Esteghlal	2–3	Persepolis	80,000	2 February 2012 (2012-02-02)	24	Azadi
3	Tractor Sazi	0–0	Fajr Sepasi	80,000	6 April 2012 (2012-04-06)	29	Sahand
6	Esteghlal	2–0	Fajr Sepasi	75,000	17 August 2011 (2011-08-17)	4	Azadi
7	Esteghlal	2–0	Damash	70,000	8 August 2011 (2011-08-08)	2	Azadi
7	Persepolis	1–2	Shahrdari Tabriz	70,000	11 August 2011 (2011-08-11)	3	Azadi
9	Persepolis	1–1	Malavan	65,000	2 August 2011 (2011-08-02)	1	Azadi
10	Persepolis	3–1	Sanat Naft	60,000	24 August 2011 (2011-08-24)	5	Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 11 May 2012. Source: iplstats.com

References

External links

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