2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2006–07
Champions	Saipa 1st Pro League title 3rd Iranian title
Relegated	Foolad Rah Ahan
Champions League	Saipa Sepahan (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	561 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mehdi Rajabzadeh Daniel Olerum (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Persepolis 4–0 Est. Ahvaz (28 September 2006) Sepahan 4–0 Est. Ahvaz (4 May 2007)
Biggest away win	Paykan 0–4 Sepahan (29 March 2007)
Highest scoring	Zob Ahan 4–3 Rah Ahan (8 January 2007)
Longest winning run	5 matches Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Persepolis
Longest winless run	15 matches Rah Ahan
Longest losing run	3 matches Bargh Shiraz
Highest attendance	95,000 Persepolis – Esteghlal (3 November 2006) Esteghlal – Persepolis (30 March 2007)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Esteghlal – PAS Tehran (5 January 2007) Persepolis – Aboumoslem (25 January 2007) Malavan – Foolad (6 April 2007)
Total attendance	2,378,000
Average attendance	10,119
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 24th season of Iran's Football League and sixth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2005–06 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2005–06 Azadegan League: Mes Kerman as champions and Paykan as runner-up. The league started on 9 September 2006 and ended on 28 May 2007. Saipa won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total third Iranian title).

Teams

Participating in international competitions

2007 AFC Champions League

Final classification

Last updated May 27, 2007

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Saipa (C)	30	15	11	4	45	31	+14	56	AFC Champions League 2008 Group stage
2.	Est. Ahvaz	30	16	6	8	33	28	+5	54
3.	Persepolis	30	14	11	5	49	33	+16	53
4.	Esteghlal	30	14	10	6	39	30	+9	52
5.	Sepahan	30	14	7	9	41	28	+13	49	AFC Champions League 2008 Group stage (as cup winner)
6.	Aboomoslem	30	11	10	9	40	36	+4	43
7.	Paykan	30	11	8	11	37	42	-5	41
8.	Zob Ahan	30	10	9	11	39	42	-3	39
9.	Mes Kerman	30	8	12	10	35	39	-4	36
10.	Fajr Sepasi	30	7	13	10	29	32	-3	34
11.	PAS Tehran¹	30	7	13	10	36	36	0	33	Disbanded
12.	Bargh	30	8	9	13	35	45	-10	33
13.	Saba Battery	30	7	11	12	28	31	-3	32
14.	Malavan	30	7	11	12	21	30	-9	32
15.	Foolad (R)	30	5	13	12	24	33	-9	28	Relegation to Azadegan League
16.	Rah Ahan (R)	30	2	14	14	30	45	-15	20	Relegation to Azadegan League

¹ PAS actually has 34 points, but one point was subtracted after the team illegally fielded 4 foreign players in the 20th round of the competition.

Champions
Saipa FC

Results table

Last updated May 27, 2007

Home ╲ Away	Aboumoslem !ABU	Bargh Shiraz !BGH	Esteghlal !EST	Est. Ahvaz !ESA	Malavan !MLV	Mes Kerman !MES	PAS Tehran !PAS	Paykan !PAY	Persepolis !PRS	Rah Ahan !RAH	Saba Battery !SAB	Saipa !SAP	Sepahan !SEP	Foolad !FOL	Fajr Sepasi !FJR	Zob Ahan !ZOB
Aboumoslem !Aboumoslem		1–0	1–1	3–4	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1
Bargh Shiraz !Bargh Shiraz	1–1		1–2	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–4	1–1	2–2
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	1–0	3–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1
Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz	2–1	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1
Malavan !Malavan	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1		2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Mes Kerman !Mes Kerman	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
PAS Tehran !PAS Tehran	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1		3–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Paykan !Paykan	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	4–2	2–1		0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–4	0–1	2–2	2–1
Persepolis !Persepolis	3–4	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–4		1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–1
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Saba Battery !Saba Battery	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2
Saipa !Saipa	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–1		4–2	2–2	1–0	2–1
Sepahan !Sepahan	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–0		2–1	1–2	2–0
Foolad !Foolad	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0		0–3	1–1
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0		1–0
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–3	4–3	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1

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

17

13

11

Mohsen Bayatinia (Paykan)

10

9

Emad Mohammed (Sepahan)

8

Goal assistants

8

7

Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Zob Ahan)

6

Cards

Player				Team
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	9	1	2	Saba Battery
Mohammad Matouri	12	0	0	Bargh Shiraz
Saber Mirghorbani	10	0	0	Mes Kerman
Ahmad Momenzadeh	10	0	0	Saipa
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	9	1	0	Persepolis
Reza Niknazar	9	1	0	Malavan
Majid Noormohammadi	8	0	1	Aboomoslem
Mohsen Bayat	9	0	0	Saba Battery
Gholamreza Rezaei	9	0	0	Fajr Sepasi
Maziar Zare	9	0	0	Malavan

Matches played

30

Morteza Asadi (Saba Battery)
Ali Yahyanejad (Rah Ahan)

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	490,000	95,000	0	35,000	0.045806316670153+4.5%^†
2	Persepolis !Persepolis	472,000	95,000	0	33,714	0.11146276332707+11.1%^†
3	Malavan !Malavan	151,000	15,000	0	10,786	0.40223608944358+40.2%^†
4	Saipa !Saipa	160,000	60,000	1,000	10,667	1.2856224555389+128.5%^†
5	Aboumoslem !Aboumoslem	143,000	35,000	2,000	9,533	0.29577273345114+29.5%^†
6	PAS Tehran !PAS Tehran	119,000	85,000	1,000	7,933	1.0514610809413+105.1%^†
7	Mes Kerman !Mes Kerman	90,000	15,000	5,000	6,923	n/a^†
8	Foolad !Foolad	101,000	20,000	1,000	6,733	0.0098995050247488+0.9%^†
9	Paykan !Paykan	95,000	50,000	1,000	6,333	0.78797289666855+78.7%^†
10	Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz	94,000	15,000	1,000	6,267	0.10587612493383+10.5%^†
11	Sepahan !Sepahan	91,000	30,000	1,000	6,067	0.17418231081866+17.4%^†
12	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	85,000	20,000	1,000	5,667	0.049444444444444+4.9%^†
13	Bargh Shiraz !Bargh Shiraz	83,500	20,000	1,000	5,567	0.13612244897959+13.6%^†
14	Saba Battery !Saba Battery	81,000	30,000	1,000	5,400	-0.93103448275862−6.8%^†
15	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	61,500	15,000	1,000	4,100	-0.8091572922834−19.0%^†
16	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	61,100	25,000	100	4,073	0.12111202862648+12.1%^†
	League total	2,378,000	95,000	0	10,119	0.10240766968079+10.2%^†

Updated to games played on 28 May 2007
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Mes Kerman and Paykan played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Persepolis	2–1	Esteghlal	95,000	3 November 2006 (2006-11-03)	8	Azadi
1	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	95,000	30 March 2007 (2007-03-30)	23	Azadi
2	PAS Tehran	1–1	Persepolis	85,000	27 October 2006 (2006-10-27)	7	Azadi
2	Esteghlal	1–1	Esteghlal Ahvaz	85,000	27 April 2007 (2007-04-27)	27	Azadi
5	Esteghlal	1–2	Saipa	65,000	20 May 2007 (2007-05-20)	29	Azadi
6	Saipa	2–2	Persepolis	60,000	2 March 2007 (2007-03-02)	21	Azadi
7	Persepolis	2–2	Saipa	55,000	17 October 2006 (2006-10-17)	6	Azadi
7	Persepolis	1–1	PAS Tehran	55,000	17 March 2007 (2007-03-17)	22	Azadi
9	Paykan	0–2	Persepolis	50,000	2 October 2006 (2006-10-02)	5	Azadi
9	Persepolis	2–1	Sepahan	50,000	9 February 2007 (2007-02-09)	18	Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 28 May 2007. Source: iplstats.com

References

Iran Pro League Statistics: 2006–2007 Season
Persian League
Persian Football
Pars Football (in Persian)

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
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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

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