2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Persepolis 3rd Pro League title 10th Iranian title
Relegated	Saba Qom Machine Sazi
Champions League	Persepolis Esteghlal Tractor Sazi Naft Tehran (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	504 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mehdi Taremi (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Alireza Beiranvand (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Persepolis 4–0 Padideh (19 April 2017)
Biggest away win	Foolad 0–3 Persepolis (18 January 2017) Sanat Naft 0–3 Esteghlal (22 January 2017)
Highest scoring	Paykan 4–3 Esteghlal Khuzestan (15 February 2017)
Longest winning run	6 matches Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Persepolis Tractor Sazi
Longest winless run	19 matches Machine Sazi
Longest losing run	9 matches Machine Sazi
Highest attendance	80,000^[1] Persepolis – Padideh (19 April 2017)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Esteghlal – Naft Tehran^[2] (25 July 2016) Est. Khuzestan – Siah Jamegan^[3] (24 November 2016) Est. Khuzestan – Foolad^[4] (9 December 2016) Tractor Sazi – Sanat Naft^[5] (17 January 2017) Esteghlal – Est. Khuzestan^[6] (17 January 2017) Sanat Naft – Naft Tehran^[7] (3 February 2017) Sanat Naft – Paykan^[8] (3 March 2017)
Total attendance	1,884,144
Average attendance	8,086
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The 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 34th season of Iran's Football League and 16th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal Khuzestan are the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League and three new teams promoted from the 2015–16 Azadegan League: Paykan as champions, Machine Sazi and Sanat Naft. The league started on 25 July 2016 and ended on 4 May 2017. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the third time in their history (total 10th Iranian title).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Saba Qom

Sepahan
Zob Ahan

Foolad
Est. Khuzestan

Sanat Naft

Tractor Sazi
Machine Sazi
Gostaresh

Siah Jamegan
Padideh

Esteghlal
Persepolis
Naft Tehran
Paykan
Saipa

Locations of clubs in 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,900
Foolad	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,900
Gostaresh	Tabriz	Bonyan Diesel	12,000
Machine Sazi	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	25,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,122
Padideh	Mashhad	Samen	35,000
Paykan	Tehran	Shahr-e Qods	25,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar-e Emam	10,610
Saipa	Tehran	Shahid Dastgerdi	8,250
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	8,000
Sepahan	Isfahan	Naghsh-e-Jahan	75,000
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar-e Emam	66,833
Zob Ahan	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Esteghlal, Persepolis, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Saipa
2	East Azerbaijan	3	Tractor Sazi, Machine Sazi, Gostaresh
2	Khuzestan	3	Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Sanat Naft
4	Khorasan	2	Mashhad, Padideh
4	Isfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
6	Qom	1	Saba 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	Alireza Mansourian	Mehdi Rahmati	Li-Ning
Est. Khuzestan	Sirous Pourmousavi	Mohammad Tayyebi	Joma
Foolad	Naeim Saadavi	Mehrdad Jamaati	Uhlsport
Gostaresh	Faraz Kamalvand	Morteza Asadi	Merooj
Machine Sazi	Farhad Kazemi	Andranik Teymourian	Merooj
Naft Tehran	Ali Daei	Alireza Ezzati	Legea
Padideh	Mohammad Reza Mohajeri	Reza Nasehi	Yousef Jame
Paykan	Majid Jalali	Rahman Ahmadi	Yousef Jame
Persepolis	Branko Ivanković	Jalal Hosseini	Joma
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	Reza Enayati	Merooj
Sanat Naft	Firouz Karimi	Hassan Houri	Merooj
Saipa	Hossein Faraki	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Givova
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Ehsan Hajsafi	Uhlsport
Siah Jamegan	Akbar Misaghian	Meysam Hosseini	Merooj
Tractor Sazi	Amir Ghalenoei	Mehdi Kiani	Fitcom
Zob Ahan	Mojtaba Hosseini	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Joma

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Naft Tehran	Alireza Mansourian	Contract expired	000000002016-05-15-000015 May 2016	Pre-season	Ali Daei	000000002016-07-05-00005 July 2016
Foolad	Dragan Skočić	Contract expired	000000002016-05-16-000016 May 2016		Naeim Saadavi	000000002016-05-25-000025 May 2016
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Abdollah Veisi	Mutual contest	000000002016-05-23-000023 May 2016		Sirous Pourmousavi	000000002016-05-25-000025 May 2016
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloumi	Sacked	000000002016-06-01-00001 June 2016		Alireza Mansourian	000000002016-06-01-00001 June 2016
Saba Qom	Ali Daei	Signed by Naft Tehran	000000002016-07-03-00003 July 2016		Samad Marfavi	000000002016-07-03-00003 July 2016
Zob Ahan	Yahya Golmohammadi	Resigned	000000002016-09-24-000024 September 2016	14th	Mojtaba Hosseini	000000002016-09-24-000024 September 2016
Siah Jamegan	Farhad Kazemi		000000002016-10-27-000027 October 2016	13th	Khodadad Azizi	000000002016-10-28-000028 October 2016
Machine Sazi	Rasoul Khatibi		000000002016-12-08-00008 December 2016	16th	Farhad Kazemi	000000002016-12-11-000011 December 2016
Sanat Naft	Nader Dastneshan	Sacked	000000002017-01-05-00005 January 2017	11th	Firouz Karimi	000000002017-01-05-00005 January 2017
Siah Jamegan	Khodadad Azizi	Resigned	000000002017-02-25-000025 February 2017	15th	Akbar Misaghian	000000002017-02-25-000025 February 2017
Sepahan	Abdollah Veisi	Sacked	000000002017-03-16-000016 March 2017	7th	Zlatko Kranjčar	000000002017-03-17-000017 March 2017

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf 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	Hrayr Mkoyan	Róbson Januário	Leandro Padovani
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Aloys Nong
Foolad	Mathias Chago	Ernest Nfor
Gostaresh	Fernando	Magno Batista	Chimba
Machine Sazi	Edson	Kakhaber Kakashvili		Aziz Ibragimov
Naft Tehran	Igor Prahić
Padideh	Varazdat Haroyan	Drissa Diarrassouba	David Wirikom
Paykan	Levon Hayrapetyan	Godwin Mensha	Jérémy Manzorro	Faysal Shayesteh
Persepolis	Božidar Radošević	Volodymyr Pryyomov	Oleksiy Polyanskyi	Antony Golec
Saba Qom
Saipa	Júnior Lopes	Alessandro	Bogdan Milić
Sanat Naft	Bruno Matos	Rasheed Alabi		Kim Gwi-hyeon
Sepahan	Lee Oliveira	Moussa Coulibaly		Server Djeparov
Siah Jamegan	Andrey	Moussa Traoré	Goran Jerković
Tractor Sazi	Edinho			Karrar Jassim
Zob Ahan	Jerry Bengtson	Rabih Ataya		Ali Hamam

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	20	6	4	46	14	+32	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Esteghlal	30	16	9	5	45	27	+18	57	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Play-off round
3	Tractor Sazi	30	15	11	4	38	24	+14	56	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Play-off round
4	Zob Ahan	30	12	10	8	39	31	+8	46
5	Sepahan	30	12	9	9	38	34	+4	45
6	Paykan	30	12	8	10	39	38	+1	44
7	Est. Khuzestan	30	10	11	9	36	34	+2	41
8	Gostaresh	30	7	17	6	26	24	+2	38
9	Naft Tehran	30	8	12	10	31	34	−3	36	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Foolad	30	7	14	9	30	32	−2	35
11	Padideh	30	8	10	12	28	36	−8	34
12	Sanat Naft	30	8	9	13	24	34	−10	33
13	Saipa	30	7	11	12	20	30	−10	32
14	Siah Jamegan	30	6	12	12	24	35	−11	30
15	Saba Qom (R)	30	6	10	14	22	33	−11	28	Relegation to the Azadegan League
16	Machine Sazi (R)	30	3	7	20	18	45	−27	16	Relegation to the Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[9]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 Naft Tehran qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Hazfi Cup.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Esteghlal !EST	Est. Khuzestan !ESK	Foolad !FOL	Gostaresh !GOS	Machine Sazi !MST	Naft Tehran !NAF	Padideh !PAD	Paykan !PAY	Persepolis !PRS	Saba Qom !SAB	Saipa !SAP	Sanat Naft !SNA	Sepahan !SEP	Siah Jamegan !SJA	Tractor Sazi !TRK	Zob Ahan !ZOB
Esteghlal !Esteghlal		1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	2–1		0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Foolad !Foolad	1–1	1–3		2–2	1–2	4–2	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0
Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi	0–3	1–3	0–0	0–0		0–2	0–3	1–4	0–2	0–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–2
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		3–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1
Padideh !Padideh	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
Paykan !Paykan	1–1	4–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–2		0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–2
Persepolis !Persepolis	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–3
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–2		1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1
Saipa !Saipa	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0		0–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3
Sepahan !Sepahan	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	4–1	3–1	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–1
Siah Jamegan !Siah Jamegan	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–1		1–2	2–1
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–0		4–1
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2

Updated to games played on 4 May 2017.
Source: PersianLeague 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 : 2018 AFC Champions League Group stage
	2018 AFC Champions League Group stage
	2018 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2017-18 Azadegan League

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
Team \ Round
Persepolis !Persepolis	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	7	12	15	15	14	15	10	7	5	5	6	5	7	7	7	5	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	5	7	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	13	12	7	6	8	9	14	10	11	8	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Sepahan !Sepahan	15	6	2	4	6	3	4	9	6	6	7	10	8	8	8	7	4	5	5	6	9	10	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	5
Paykan !Paykan	9	8	14	14	13	14	8	4	7	4	4	8	6	6	6	4	5	6	6	5	7	6	7	8	6	6	7	6	6	6
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	5	1	9	8	9	8	11	5	8	10	11	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	8	6	8	6	6	8	9	8	7	7	7
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	9	10	13	13	15	16	16	12	10	13	13	12	12	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	5	7	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	7	15	6	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	8	9	8	8	9	8	5	5	5	7	8	6	8	8	9
Foolad !Foolad	13	12	16	16	16	10	12	8	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	6	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	10	10
Padideh !Padideh	3	3	11	11	11	12	13	15	15	11	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	7	9	10	11	11
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	9	10	5	3	4	5	5	6	4	7	10	7	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12
Saipa !Saipa	15	15	8	7	7	7	9	13	14	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Siah Jamegan !Siah Jamegan	1	2	10	9	5	6	6	11	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	9	8	12	12	12	13	7	14	12	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi	2	3	4	10	10	11	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 4 May 2017
Source: FIFA.com (in English)

Clubs season-progress

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
B	Bye
W/O	Withdrew

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
Persepolis !Persepolis	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W
Sepahan !Sepahan	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L
Paykan !Paykan	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L
Foolad !Foolad	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L
Padideh !Padideh	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L
Saipa !Saipa	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W
Siah Jamegan !Siah Jamegan	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L
Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L

Last updated: 4 May 2017
Source: IranProLeague Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis	18
2	Sasan Ansari	Foolad	16
3	Godwin Mensha	Paykan	15
4	Mohammad Ghazi	Naft Tehran	12
5	Morteza Tabrizi	Zob Ahan	10
	Luciano Pereira Mendes	Gostaresh
	Hassan Beyt Saeed	Esteghlal Khuzestan
6	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Zob Ahan	9
7	Jerry Bengtson	Zob Ahan	8
7	Masoud Hassanzadeh	Sepahan	8
8	Rahim Mehdi Zohaivi	Esteghlal Khuzestan	7
	Kaveh Rezaei	Esteghlal
	Omid Ebrahimi	Esteghlal
	Farzad Hatami	Tractor Sazi
	Mehrdad Mohammadi	Sepahan
	Edinho	Tractor Sazi

Last updated: 4 May 2017
Source: Soccerway.com
Source: PersianLeague.com

Top Assistants

Position	Player	Club	Assists
1	Kaveh Rezaei	Esteghlal	9
2	Iman Mobali	Naft Tehran	8
2	Ehsan Hajsafi	Sepahan	8
3	Mohsen Mosalman	Persepolis	7
4	Mohammad Iranpourian	Tractor Sazi	6
	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Tractor Sazi
	Dariush Shojaeian	Gostaresh
	Ali Alipour	Persepolis
	Soroush Rafiei	Persepolis
5	Hassan Beyt Saeed	Esteghlal Khuzestan	5
	Mehdi Momeni	Esteghlal Khuzestan
	Vahid Amiri	Persepolis
	Omid Ebrahimi	Esteghlal
	Hassan Jafari	Padideh
	Ayoub Kalantari	Saipa
	Payam Sadeghian	Machine Sazi

Last updated: 4 May 2017
Source: Varzesh3.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Clean Sheets

Position	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Alireza Beiranvand	Persepolis	17
2	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	Zob Ahan	11
2	Mohammadreza Akhbari	Tractor Sazi	11
3	Fernando de Jesus Ribeiro	Gostaresh	8
4	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	7
4	Hamed Lak	Saipa / Saba Qom	7
4	Rahman Ahmadi	Paykan	6
4	Vahid Talebloo	Foolad	6

Last Update: 4 May 2017
Source: varzesh3.com

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Zob Ahan	Sanat Naft	3–0	000000002016-11-25-000025 November 2016
Sasan Ansari	Foolad	Naft Tehran	4–2	000000002016-12-01-00001 December 2016
Morteza Tabrizi	Zob Ahan	Paykan	3–0	000000002016-12-02-00002 December 2016

Last updated: 4 May 2017
Source: Varzesh3.com

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Persepolis !Persepolis	728,500	80,000	9,500	48,567	0.032549536525215+3.2%^†
2	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	360,000	77,000	0	27,692	-0.91695364238411−8.3%^†
3	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	150,700	45,000	0	10,764	0.21311844922799+21.3%^†
4	Sepahan !Sepahan	127,350	38,000	700	8,490	1.8205980066445+182.0%^†
5	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	72,400	10,000	0	5,569	0.38635797859099+38.6%^†
6	Foolad !Foolad	81,430	31,000	300	5,429	0.33653372722797+33.6%^†
7	Siah Jamegan !Siah Jamegan	62,350	24,000	150	4,157	-0.97262517547964−2.7%^†
8	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	47,120	30,000	0	3,625	-0.71120266823622−28.8%^†
9	Padideh !Padideh	50,787	19,000	150	3,386	-0.87021331277307−12.9%^†
10	Saipa !Saipa	36,501	16,500	100	2,433	-0.40415282392027−59.5%^†
11	Paykan !Paykan	33,727	8,750	100	2,248	5.0592991913747+505.9%^†
12	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	32,550	12,500	250	2,170	0.037780966044955+3.7%^†
13	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	32,800	13,000	120	2,187	-0.94145501506672−5.8%^†
14	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	31,222	17,000	50	2,081	0.30552070263488+30.5%^†
15	Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi	20,935	9,500	30	1,396	-0.39919931369745−60.0%^†
16	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	15,272	4,810	25	1,018	-0.43504273504274−56.4%^†
	League total	1,884,144	80,000	0	8,086	0.0047216699801194+0.4%^†

Updated to games played on 4 May 2017
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Machine Sazi, Paykan and Sanat Naft played last season in Azadegan League

Attendances by round

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	Average
Esteghlal	NC	A	55,000	A	15,000	A	35,000	A	25,000	A	10,000	A	55,000	6,000	A	A	NC	A	7,000	A	77,000	A	10,500	A	25,000	A	15,000	A	A	25,000	27,692
Esteghlal Khuzestan	A	10,000	A	500	A	A	300	A	30,000	A	NC	A	NC	A	300	1,300	A	1,500	A	500	1,000	A	300	A	1,000	A	300	A	120	A	3,625
Foolad	2,000	A	2,000	A	300	300	A	980	A	25,000	A	4,000	A	5,800	A	A	31,000	A	1,300	A	A	1,100	A	3,500	A	3,000	A	800	A	350	5,429
Gostaresh	1,200	A	4,050	A	526	A	300	110	A	3,500	A	150	A	50	A	A	200	A	120	A	100	A	A	100	A	4,810	A	31	A	25	1,018
Machine Sazi	A	2,050	A	5,000	A	700	A	315	A	300	A	A	250	A	260	1,300	A	200	A	450	A	100	A	330	A	150	9,500	A	30	A	1,396
Naft Tehran	A	322	200	A	1,000	A	400	A	300	A	50	A	200	A	3,700	7,000	A	A	200	A	150	A	17,000	A	300	A	250	A	150	A	2,081
Padideh	A	3,100	A	A	800	A	600	A	1,000	A	150	A	19,000	A	617	850	A	270	500	A	250	A	1,200	A	1,200	A	6,250	A	14,000	A	3,386
Paykan	A	100	A	8,360	A	500	A	3,000	A	A	8,750	A	700	A	1,232	750	A	4,200	A	873	A	975	A	1,000	1,500	A	850	A	937	A	2,248
Persepolis	A	50,000	A	50,000	A	75,000	A	16,000	A	65,000	A	25,000	A	A	43,000	50,000	A	30,000	A	78,000	A	67,000	A	45,000	A	45,000	A	80,000	9,500	A	48,567
Saba Qom	400	A	300	A	200	A	150	A	200	120	A	7,000	A	250	A	A	180	A	13,000	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	A	7,000	A	1,500	A	1,500	2,187
Saipa	16,500	A	A	220	A	400	A	2,300	A	455	A	1,000	A	173	A	A	473	100	A	1,000	A	400	A	12,000	A	300	A	680	A	500	2,433
Sanat Naft	A	4,000	A	8,000	A	8,000	A	A	5,000	A	5,500	A	4,500	A	4,000	2,050	A	10,000	A	NC	A	1,800	NC	A	6,550	A	9,000	A	4,000	A	5,569
Sepahan	2,250	A	3,500	A	1,200	A	11,900	A	700	A	3,000	A	4,000	A	38,000	A	12,000	A	5,000	A	3,500	A	7,000	A	10,000	A	10,000	A	15,300	A	8,490
Siah Jamegan	1,600	A	1,450	2,500	A	1,000	A	15,700	A	1,200	A	630	A	620	A	A	1,000	A	A	150	A	4,000	A	4,000	A	1,500	A	3,000	A	24,000	4,157
Tractor Sazi	5,000	A	7,200	A	7,000	A	6,900	A	5,000	A	4,500	7,000	A	6,000	A	A	NC	A	13,000	A	6,050	A	25,000	A	4,050	A	A	45,000	A	9,000	10,764
Zob Ahan	A	600	A	500	A	1,500	A	3,000	A	700	A	300	A	12,500	A	700	A	700	A	250	A	10,000	A	400	A	750	A	300	A	350	2,170
Total	28,950	70,672	73,700	75,080	26,026	87,400	55,550	41,405	67,200	96,275	31,950	45,080	83,650	31,393	91,109	63,950	44,853	46,970	40,120	81,223	89,050	85,375	62,000	66,330	49,600	62,510	51,150	131,311	44,037	60,725	1,884,144
Average	4,136	8,834	9,213	9,385	3,253	10,925	6,944	5,176	8,400	12,034	4,564	5,635	11,950	3,924	11,389	7,994	7,476	5,871	5,015	11,603	11,131	10,672	8,857	8,291	6,200	7,814	6,394	16,414	5,505	7,591	8,086

Notes:
Updated to games played on 4 May 2017. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Machine Sazi played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan and Gostaresh at Bonyan Dizel
Machine Sazi played their matches against Paykan, Saipa, Sepahan, Tractor Sazi and Zob Ahan at Shahid Bakeri
Saipa played their match against Esteghlal at Azadi
Saipa played their match against Persepolis at Takhti Tehran
Sepahan played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan, Padideh, Paykan, Persepolis and Siah Jamegan at Foolad Shahr
Tractor Sazi played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Padideh, Paykan, Persepolis, Saba Qom, Sepahan and Siah Jamegan at Shahid Bakeri

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Persepolis	4–0	Padideh	80,000	19 April 2017 (2017-04-19)	28	Azadi
2	Persepolis	3–0	Tractor Sazi	78,000	5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	20	Azadi
3	Esteghlal	3–2	Persepolis	77,000	12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	21	Azadi
4	Persepolis	0–0	Esteghlal	75,000	16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)	6	Azadi
5	Persepolis	2–1	Sepahan	67,000	16 February 2017 (2017-02-16)	22	Azadi
6	Persepolis	1–0	Sanat Naft	65,000	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)	10	Azadi
7	Esteghlal	1–2	Sanat Naft	55,000	5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)	3	Azadi
7	Esteghlal	1–2	Tractor Sazi	55,000	9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)	13	Azadi
9	Persepolis	1–1	Foolad	50,000	1 August 2016 (2016-08-01)	2	Azadi
9	Persepolis	1–0	Saba Qom	50,000	11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)	4	Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 4 May 2017. Source: Iranleague.ir

References

Persian Gulf Pro League
2017–18 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Naft Tehran Padideh Pars Jam Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Siah Jamegan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Machine Sazi Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Saba Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd
Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players
Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards
Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016 winter 2016–17 summer 2017

Football in Iran
League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's) Futsal Beach soccer
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup
Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup
National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17
Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League
Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

2016–17 in Iranian football

« 2015–16

2017–18 »

Domestic leagues	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division
Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup
Asian competitions	AFC Champions League
Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons
Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Machine Sazi Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Saba Qom Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Siah Jamegan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

2016 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2015 2017 »
Domestic leagues	Australia '15–'16 '16–'17 Bahrain '15–'16 '16–'17 Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei '15–'16 '16–'17 East Timor Guam '15–'16 '16–'17 Hong Kong '15–'16 '16–'17 India '15–'16 '16–'17 Indonesia Iran '15–'16 '16–'17 Iraq '15–'16 '16–'17 Japan Jordan '15–'16 '16–'17 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '15–'16 '16–'17 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '15–'16 '16–'17 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Northern Mariana Islands '15–'16 '16–'17 Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Palestine '15–'16 '16–'17 Philippines Qatar '15–'16 '16–'17 Saudi Arabia '15–'16 '16–'17 Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 Syria '15–'16 '16–'17 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '15–'16 '16–'17
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '15–'16 '16–'17 Bangladesh Independence Cup Federation Cup Brunei '15–'16 '16–'17 Cambodia China East Timor Guam Hong Kong '15–'16 '16–'17 India '15–'16 '16–'17 Indonesia Iran '15–'16 '16–'17 Iraq '15–'16 '16–'17 Japan Jordan '15–'16 '16–'17 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '15–'16 '16–'17 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '15–'16 '16–'17 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Pakistan Palestine '15–'16 '16–'17 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '15–'16 '16–'17 Hong Kong Shield '15–'16 '16–'17 League Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 India Shield Durand Cup Japan Jordan Kuwait KF Cup '15–'16 CP Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia '15–'16 '16–'17 Singapore Thailand UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain East Timor China Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Lebanon Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2016 Mekong Club Championship 2016–17 Arab Club Championship
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship 2016 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification 2016 AFF Championship 2016 King's Cup 2016 Kirin Cup 2016 AYA Bank Cup

2017 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2016 2018 »
Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '16–'17 '17–'18 Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '16–'17 '17–'18 Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India '16–'17 '17–'18 Indonesia Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 '17–'18 Japan Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands '16–'17 '17–'18 Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Pakistan '16–'17 '17–'18 Palestine '16–'17 '17–'18 Philippines Qatar '16–'17 '17–'18 Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 Syria '16–'17 '17–'18 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '16–'17 '17–'18
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh Brunei '16–'17 '17–'18 Cambodia China Guam Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India '16–'17 '17–'18 Indonesia Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 '17–'18 Japan Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Pakistan Palestine '16–'17 '17–'18 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh Hong Kong Shield '16–'17 '17–'18 India Shield Durand Cup Japan CP Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Jordan Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Syria Thailand UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain China Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2017 GCC Champions League 2017 Gulf Cup Winners' Cup 2017 Mekong Club Championship 2016–17 Arab Club Championship
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup 2017 SAFF Championship 2017 Gulf Cup of Nations

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