2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Sepahan 5th title
Relegated	Paykan Naft Masjed Soleyman
Champions League	Sepahan Tractor Sazi Naft Tehran Zob Ahan
Matches played	240
Goals scored	536 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edinho (20 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Alireza Salimi (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Saipa 4–0 Padideh (19 September 2014)
Biggest away win	Esteghlal 1–4 Tractor Sazi (10 May 2015) Paykan 0–3 Esteghlal (24 August 2014) Rah Ahan 0–3 Zob Ahan
Highest scoring	Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–4 Esteghlal (11 December 2014) Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015)
Longest winning run	6 matches Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches Naft Tehran
Longest winless run	18 matches Paykan
Longest losing run	6 matches Rah Ahan
Highest attendance	80,000 Tractor Sazi – Naft Tehran (15 May 2015)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Naft MIS – Padideh (8 August 2014) Foolad – Saipa (29 August 2014) Sepahan – Est. Khuzestan (31 October 2014) Malavan – Padideh (2 December 2014) Tractor Sazi – Zob Ahan (11 December 2014) Persepolis – Foolad (11 December 2014) Foolad – Padideh (11 May 2015) Zob Ahan – Malavan (11 May 2015)
Total attendance	1,585,978
Average attendance	6,921
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2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 32nd season of the Iran's Football League and the 14th under Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Foolad were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2013–14 Iran Pro League and three new teams promoted from the 2013–14 Azadegan League: Padideh as Group A champions and Naft Masjed Soleyman as Group B champions and Paykan as play-off winner. The league started on 1 August 2014 and ended on 15 May 2015. Sepahan won the title for the fifth time in their history.

Changes

Rules and Regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League were allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which categorized in the following groups:^[1]

Up to maximum 18 adult (without any age limit) players
Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1992).
Up to maximum 8 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1994).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Saba

Saipa

Sepahan
Zob Ahan

Est. Khuzestan
Foolad

Tractor Sazi
Gostaresh

Malavan

Naft MIS

Padideh

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Naft
Paykan

Locations of clubs in 2014–15 Iran Pro League

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir Takhti Ahvaz	38,900 15,000
Foolad Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,900
Gostaresh	Tabriz	Bonyan Dizel	12,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Behnam Mohammadi	8,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,122
Padideh	Mashhad	Samen	35,000
Paykan	Qods	Shahr-e Qods Shahid Dastgerdi	25,000 8,250
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Shahr-e Qods Rah Ahan	25,000 12,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam	10,610
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	30,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Sahand	66,833
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Persepolis, Rah Ahan
2	Khuzestan	3	Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman
3	East Azerbaijan	2	Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4	Esfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
5	Gilan	1	Malavan
6	Khorasan	1	Padideh
7	Qom	1	Saba Qom
8	Alborz	1	Saipa

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
Esteghlal	Amir Ghalenoei	Reza Enayati	Merooj	Pardisban
Est. Khuzestan	Abdollah Veisi	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi	Uhlsport	INSIG
Foolad	Dragan Skočić	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan
Gostaresh	Faraz Kamalvand	Meysam Naghizadeh	Kelme	Ata Airlines
Malavan	Firouz Karimi	Maziar Zare	Daei	Steel Azin Iranian
Naft MIS	Behrouz Makvandi	Reza Darvishi	Uhlsport	NIOC
Naft Tehran	Alireza Mansourian	Alireza Ezzati	Merooj	Naft-G
Padideh	Alireza Marzban	Mojtaba Roshangar	Merooj	Padideh Co.
Paykan	Samad Marfavi	Mehdi Rahmati	Merooj	Iran Khodro
Persepolis	Branko Ivanković	Mohammad Nouri	Macron	Behnam Pishro
Rah Ahan	Farhad Kazemi	Ebrahim Karimi	Uhlsport	Fars Air Qeshm
Saba Qom	Mehdi Tartar	Morteza Kashi	Merooj	Azar Khodro
Saipa	Majid Jalali	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Merooj	SAIPA
Sepahan	Hossein Faraki	Hadi Aghily	Uhlsport	Foolad Mobarakeh
Tractor Sazi	Toni Oliveira	Mehdi Kiani	Kelme	Hamrah-e Aval
Zob Ahan	Yahya Golmohammadi	Ghasem Hadadifar	Merooj	Xballer

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Padideh	Akbar Misaghian	Resigned	000000002014-05-02-00002 May 2014	Pre-season	Alireza Marzban	000000002014-05-07-00007 May 2014
Naft Tehran	Yahya Golmohammadi	Mutual consent	000000002014-05-10-000010 May 2014		Alireza Mansourian	000000002014-07-01-00001 July 2014
Zob Ahan	Firouz Karimi	End of contract	000000002014-05-10-000010 May 2014		Yahya Golmohammadi	000000002014-05-10-000010 May 2014
Saipa	Engin Firat	End of contract	000000002014-05-13-000013 May 2014		Majid Jalali	000000002014-05-13-000013 May 2014
Foolad	Hossein Faraki	Mutual consent	000000002014-05-23-000023 May 2014		Dragan Skočić	000000002014-05-23-000023 May 2014
Malavan	Dragan Skočić	Signed by Foolad	000000002014-05-23-000023 May 2014		Nosrat Irandoost	000000002014-05-24-000024 May 2014
Paykan	Farhad Kazemi	Mutual consent	000000002014-07-01-00001 July 2014		Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	000000002014-07-01-00001 July 2014
Rah Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mutual consent	000000002014-07-01-00001 July 2014		Hamid Estili	000000002014-07-01-00001 July 2014
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Resigned	000000002014-09-08-00008 September 2014	4th	Hossein Faraki	000000002014-09-09-00009 September 2014
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Sacked	000000002014-09-10-000010 September 2014	9th	Hamid Derakhshan	000000002014-09-10-000010 September 2014
Gostaresh	Mehdi Tartar		000000002014-10-04-00004 October 2014	13th	Faraz Kamalvand	000000002014-10-04-00004 October 2014
Malavan	Nosrat Irandoost		000000002014-10-08-00008 October 2014	15th	Stevan Mojsilović	000000002014-10-08-00008 October 2014
Paykan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh		000000002014-11-25-000025 November 2014	11th	Samad Marfavi	000000002014-11-27-000027 November 2014
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	Mutual consent	000000002014-11-26-000026 November 2014	6th	Mehdi Tartar	000000002014-12-05-00005 December 2014
Malavan	Stevan Mojsilović	Sacked	000000002014-12-05-00005 December 2014	16th	Firouz Karimi	000000002014-12-06-00006 December 2014
Rah Ahan	Hamid Estili	Resigned	000000002015-02-02-00002 February 2015	14th	Farhad Kazemi	000000002015-02-18-000018 February 2015
Tractor Sazi	Rasoul Khatibi	Sacked	000000002015-02-08-00008 February 2015^[2]	5th	Toni Oliveira	000000002015-02-15-000015 February 2015
Persepolis	Hamid Derakhshan	Resigned	000000002015-04-05-00005 April 2015	9th	Branko Ivanković	000000002015-04-06-00006 April 2015
Malavan	Firouz Karimi	Resigned	000000002015-05-23-000023 May 2015	13th, post season	Hamid Estili	000000002015-07-16-000016 July 2015
Esteghlal	Amir Ghalenoei	Sacked	000000002015-05-18-000018 May 2015	5th, post season	Parviz Mazloumi	000000002015-06-21-000021 June 2015

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan !Sepahan (C)	30	17	8	5	46	27	+19	59	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	30	17	7	6	58	34	+24	58	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	30	16	10	4	45	28	+17	58	2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	30	14	10	6	46	26	+20	52	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
5	Foolad !Foolad	30	15	7	8	33	24	+9	52
6	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	47
7	Saipa !Saipa	30	11	8	11	36	34	+2	41
8	Persepolis !Persepolis	30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	36
9	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	30	8	10	12	25	34	−9	34
10	Padideh !Padideh	30	6	15	9	23	25	−2	33
11	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	30	6	13	11	30	39	−9	31
12	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	30	8	7	15	27	48	−21	31
13	Malavan !Malavan	30	6	12	12	26	34	−8	30
14	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	30	4	15	11	35	46	−11	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Paykan !Paykan (R)	30	4	14	12	16	29	−13	26	Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League
16	Naft Masjed Soleyman !Naft Masjed Soleyman (R)	30	3	13	14	19	39	−20	22	Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League

Updated to games played on 15 May 2015.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Esteghlal !EST	Est. Khuzestan !ESK	Foolad !FOL	Gostaresh !GOS	Malavan !MLV	Naft Masjed Soleyman !NFT	Naft Tehran !NAF	Padideh !PAD	Paykan !PAY	Persepolis !PRS	Rah Ahan !RAH	Saba Qom !SAB	Saipa !SAP	Sepahan !SEP	Tractor Sazi !TRK	Zob Ahan !ZOB
Esteghlal !Esteghlal		1–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–4	1–1
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	4–4		0–3	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1
Foolad !Foolad	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–2
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	0–0	2–2	3–1		3–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–3	3–2
Malavan !Malavan	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–3
Naft Masjed Soleyman !Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2		0–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	0–0
Padideh !Padideh	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2		1–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Paykan !Paykan	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–3
Persepolis !Persepolis	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–0
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2		2–2	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–3
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–3	2–1
Saipa !Saipa	0–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0		2–2	0–1	1–0
Sepahan !Sepahan	3–1	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0		2–1	1–1
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–3	1–2	1–0	4–1	4–2	2–1	1–1		2–1
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	5–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 15 May 2015.
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
	2016 AFC Champions League
	Relegation to Play-offs Qualification
	Relegation to Azadegan League 2015-16

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
Sepahan !Sepahan	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	3	4	2	7	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	7	10	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	5	5	7	5	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	14	12	16	13	13	13	14	12	14	12	12	13	13	13	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4
Foolad !Foolad	13	6	3	2	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	2	1	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	2	2	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	6
Saipa !Saipa	12	8	9	12	9	9	6	6	5	6	6	5	7	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Persepolis !Persepolis	5	13	8	11	12	7	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	4	5	6	5	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Padideh !Padideh	11	3	5	4	5	3	3	5	7	8	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	6	14	12	9	10	12	12	14	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	15	7	10	10	8	10	10	10	13	13	14	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	12	12
Malavan !Malavan	10	9	11	8	11	11	11	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	13
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	8	11	15	16	15	14	15	11	12	14	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	14
Paykan !Paykan	16	15	13	14	16	15	13	15	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15
Naft M.S. !Naft M.S.	9	16	14	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: FIFA.com (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
Sepahan !Sepahan	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D
Foolad !Foolad	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	L
Saipa !Saipa	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L
Persepolis !Persepolis	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L
Padideh !Padideh	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	D
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	W
Malavan !Malavan	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	D
Paykan !Paykan	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D
Naft M.S. !Naft M.S.	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: IPL Stats

Relegation Play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal Khuzestan	3–0	Mes Kerman	1–0	2–0

Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Mes Kerman

25 May 2015
16:00 CEST

Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Mes Kerman
Momeni 90+5'

Ghadir, Ahvaz
Attendance: 2,500

Mes Kerman v Esteghlal Khuzestan

30 May 2015
15:30 CEST

Mes Kerman	0 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan
		Diawara 56', 79'

Shahid Bahonar, Kerman
Attendance: 15,000

Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3–0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Edinho	Tractor Sazi	20
2	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Esteghlal	12
2	Mehdi Sharifi	Sepahan	12
3	Chimba	Sepahan	11
4	Jaber Ansari	Gostaresh	9
	Omid Ebrahimi	Esteghlal
	Reza Enayati	Esteghlal
	Masoud Hassanzadeh	Zob Ahan
	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Sepahan
	Amir Arsalan Motahari	Naft Tehran
	Saman Nariman Jahan	Tractor Sazi
	Aloys Nong	Foolad
	Ramin Rezaeian	Rah Ahan

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: Soccerway.com

Top Assistants

Position	Player	Club	Assists
1	Iman Mobali	Naft Tehran	11
2	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Zob Ahan	9
3	Karrar Jassim	Esteghlal	8
4	Chimba	Sepahan	7
	Esmaeil Sharifat	Foolad
	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Sepahan
5	Edinho	Tractor Sazi	6
	Ghasem Haddadifar	Zob Ahan
	Milad Meydavoudi	Saipa
	Mehdi Sharifi	Sepahan

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: Iplstats.com

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Sepahan	Gostaresh	4–1	000000002014-12-10-000010 December 2014
Kaveh Rezaei	Zob Ahan	Naft Tehran	5–3	000000002015-03-16-000016 March 2015
Saman Nariman Jahan	Tractor Sazi	Esteghlal	4–1	000000002015-04-10-000010 April 2015

Clean Sheets

Position	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Alireza Salimi	Foolad	16
2	Mehrdad Tahmasbi	Saba Qom	10
3	Alireza Beiranvand	Naft Tehran	9
	Hamed Fallahzadeh	Saipa
	Mohsen Forouzan	Esteghlal
	Mohammad-Rashid Mazaheri	Zob Ahan
	Mehdi Rahmati	Paykan
	Mojtaba Roshangar	Padideh
4	Hamed Lak	Tractor Sazi	8
5	Shahab Gordan	Sepahan	5
	Sosha Makani	Persepolis
	Davoud Noushi Soufiani	Gostaresh
6	Rahman Ahmadi	Sepahan	4
	Parviz Karimi	Esteghlal Khuzestan
	Iman Sadeghi	Malavan

Last Update: 15 May 2015

Scoring

First goal of the season: Saman Nariman Jahan for Tractor Sazi against Foolad (1 August 2014)
Fastest goal of the season: 11 seconds, Mohammad Reza Khalatbari for Sepahan against Gostaresh (10 December 2014)
Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 5 seconds, Ahmad Hassanzadeh for Saba Qom against Padideh (14 August 2014)
Largest winning margin: 4 goals
- Saipa 4–0 Padideh (19 September 2014)
Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–4 Esteghlal (11 December 2014)
- Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015)

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	384,828	80,000	0	27,488	0.26865740527069+26.8%^†
2	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	246,000	67,000	2,000	16,400	-0.82966560428998−17.0%^†
3	Persepolis !Persepolis	220,746	70,000	0	15,768	-0.53510706892456−46.4%^†
4	Padideh !Padideh	155,400	35,000	250	10,360	n/a^†
5	Foolad !Foolad	87,200	25,000	0	6,708	-0.74236387782205−25.7%^†
6	Naft Masjed Soleyman !Naft Masjed Soleyman	85,900	8,000	0	6,136	n/a^†
7	Sepahan !Sepahan	81,570	15,000	0	5,826	0.21375+21.3%^†
8	Malavan !Malavan	63,721	8,500	0	4,552	0.026844123618317+2.6%^†
9	Paykan !Paykan	51,450	10,330	100	3,430	n/a^†
10	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	40,331	10,500	87	2,689	-0.68075949367089−31.9%^†
11	Saipa !Saipa	38,726	15,000	200	2,582	0.088074167720186+8.8%^†
12	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	30,231	15,000	195	2,015	-0.6948275862069−30.5%^†
13	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	28,900	12,000	120	1,927	-0.83383816529641−16.6%^†
14	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	26,650	7,500	0	1,904	-0.6687741482262−33.1%^†
15	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	23,856	8,000	100	1,590	-0.95552884615385−4.4%^†
16	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	20,469	10,000	100	1,365	-0.49763033175355−50.2%^†
	League total	1,585,978	80,000	0	6,921	-0.90695845891757−9.3%^†

Updated to games played on 15 May 2015
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Naft MIS, Padideh and Paykan 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	A	12,000	A	9,000	A	15,000	A	A	17,000	A	10,000	A	18,000	A	67,000	2,000	A	10,000	A	6,000	A	5,000	17,000	A	12,000	A	11,000	A	35,000	A	16,400
Esteghlal Khuzestan	110	A	1,000	A	214	A	87	A	1,500	A	150	2,150	A	170	A	A	6,000	A	10,500	A	200	A	250	A	6,000	A	A	6,000	A	6,000	2,689
Foolad	A	11,000	A	3,000	A	0	A	2,500	A	2,000	A	A	2,500	A	2,000	6,500	A	4,000	A	25,000	A	2,500	A	14,000	A	6,000	6,200	A	0	A	6,708
Gostaresh	A	1,500	A	195	A	A	250	A	750	A	500	A	15,000	A	200	265	A	450	A	500	3,500	A	1,000	A	370	A	4,751	A	1,000	A	2,015
Malavan	A	1,987	A	8,000	A	3,000	A	2,000	A	1,334	A	1,800	A	2,500	A	0	A	6,000	A	2,500	A	6,100	A	5,000	A	8,500	A	8,000	A	7,000	4,552
Naft MIS	A	0	A	A	4,500	A	6,500	A	5,500	A	6,500	A	6,000	A	5,000	7,000	A	5,900	5,000	A	5,000	A	8,000	A	8,000	A	6,000	A	7,000	A	6,136
Naft Tehran	A	300	A	800	A	220	A	12,000	A	A	120	A	330	A	5,000	7,000	A	140	A	300	A	200	A	190	300	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	1,927
Padideh	10,500	A	4,500	12,500	A	8,000	A	22,000	A	10,000	A	35,000	A	5,600	A	A	650	A	A	30,000	A	250	A	3,000	A	1,400	A	10,000	A	2,000	10,360
Paykan	A	370	700	A	10,000	A	350	A	250	A	100	A	10,330	A	150	400	A	A	2,200	A	6,500	A	3,000	A	4,100	A	10,000	A	3,000	A	3,430
Persepolis	18,000	A	15,000	A	7,000	A	35,000	11,000	A	13,246	A	4,500	A	4,000	A	A	0	A	8,000	A	5,000	A	A	5,000	A	20,000	A	5,000	A	70,000	15,768
Rah Ahan	8,000	A	600	A	500	A	500	A	6,000	400	A	371	A	150	A	A	100	A	200	A	100	A	3,700	A	A	1,235	A	1,000	A	1,000	1,590
Saba Qom	215	A	A	150	A	10,000	A	250	A	100	A	150	A	130	A	A	200	170	A	1,004	A	200	A	400	A	500	A	6,000	A	1,000	1,365
Saipa	1,000	A	226	A	800	A	500	A	500	A	3,500	A	300	A	15,000	A	200	A	6,500	A	450	A	450	A	300	A	8,000	A	1,000	A	2,582
Sepahan	8,000	A	13,000	A	5,000	A	2,200	A	2,000	A	13,500	A	0	1,700	A	A	1,300	A	2,170	A	7,200	A	1,800	A	3,200	A	5,500	A	A	15,000	5,826
Tractor Sazi	20,000	A	14,000	A	8,000	10,400	A	12,000	A	51,500	A	12,700	A	65,000	A	A	0	A	15,000	A	A	30,178	A	15,000	A	35,050	A	16,000	A	80,000	27,488
Zob Ahan	A	1,500	A	700	A	4,800	A	700	A	7,500	A	1,000	A	A	600	400	A	4,000	A	750	A	800	A	600	A	1,300	A	2,000	0	A	1,904
Total	65,825	28,657	49,026	34,345	36,014	51,420	45,387	62,450	33,500	86,080	34,370	56,771	52,460	79,250	94,950	23,565	8,450	30,660	49,570	66,054	27,950	45,228	35,200	43,190	34,720	73,985	52,451	54,000	48,000	182,000	1,585,978
Average	8,228	4,093	6,128	4,293	4,502	7,346	5,673	7,806	4,188	10,760	4,296	7,096	7,494	9,906	11,869	3,366	1,408	3,833	6,196	8,257	3,494	5,654	4,400	5,399	4,284	9,248	6,556	6,750	8,000	22,750	6,921

Notes:
Updated to games played on May 15, 2015. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Gostaresh played their match against Tractor Sazi at Sahand
Paykan played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran
Rah Ahan played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Tractor Sazi	3–3	Naft Tehran	80,000	May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15)	30	Sahand
2	Persepolis	1–0	Esteghlal	70,000	May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15)	30	Azadi
3	Esteghlal	1–2	Persepolis	67,000	November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)	15	Azadi
4	Tractor Sazi	2–2	Esteghlal	65,000	November 7, 2014 (2014-11-07)	14	Sahand
5	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Sepahan	51,500	September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26)	10	Sahand
6	Tractor Sazi	2–1	Saipa	35,050	April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16)	26	Sahand
7	Persepolis	1–3	Tractor Sazi	35,000	September 5, 2014 (2014-09-05)	7	Azadi
7	Esteghlal	1–4	Tractor Sazi	35,000	May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11)	29	Azadi
9	Tractor Sazi	1–0	Persepolis	30,178	March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)	22	Sahand
10	Foolad	0–1	Sepahan	25,000	February 13, 2015 (2015-02-13)	20	Ghadir

Notes:
Updated to games played on May 15, 2015. Source: Iranleague.ir

Awards

Best XI Beiranvand Ghafouri Padovani Mesarić Rezaian Taremi Ebrahimi Haddadifar Shahbazzadeh Teymourian Edinho

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Alireza Beiranvand (Naft Tehran)
Defence: Ramin Rezaian (Rah Ahan), Leandro Padovani (Naft Tehran), Leonard Mesarić (Foolad), Vouria Ghafouri (Sepahan)
Midfield: Ghasem Haddadifar (Zob Ahan), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Andranik Teymourian (Esteghlal/Tractor Sazi)
Attack: Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (Esteghlal), Edinho (Tractor Sazi), Mehdi Taremi (Perspolis)

Player of the Tournament

Ghasem Haddadifar was awarded as the best player of the season among Andranik Teymourian became second. Amir Arsalan Motahari was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards

Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season. Mehdi Taremi won the best striker award.

External links

References

Persian Gulf Pro League

2016–17 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Machine Sazi Mashhad Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Saba Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

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