2012–13 Iran Pro League

Persian Gulf Cup
Season 2012–13
Champions Esteghlal
3rd Iran Pro League title
8th Iranian title overall
Relegated Sanat Naft
Gahar Zagros
Paykan
Aluminium
Champions League Esteghlal
Sepahan (via Hazfi)
Tractor Sazi
Foolad
Matches played 306
Goals scored 694 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Jalal Rafkhaei
(19 goals)
Best goalkeeper Mehdi Rahmati
(21 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Persepolis 6–0 Paykan
Fajr 6–0 Aluminium
Zob Ahan 6–0 Sanat Naft
Biggest away win Paykan 0–5 Foolad
Fajr 0–5 Esteghlal
Highest scoring Damash 5–3 Paykan
Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran
Longest winning run 5 games
Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run 19 games
Foolad
Longest winless run 21 games
Sanat Naft
Longest losing run 7 games
Paykan
Gahar
Highest attendance 100,000
Persepolis Esteghlal (29 August 2012)
100,000
Esteghlal  Persepolis (25 January 2013)
100,000
Esteghlal  Damash (10 May 2013)
Lowest attendance 0 (spectator ban)
Persepolis Fajr Sepasi (23 July 2012)
Persepolis Aluminium (27 September 2012)
Esteghlal  Gahar Zagros (12 April 2013)
Average attendance 10,460[1]

The 2012–13 Iran Pro League was the twelfth season of the Iran Pro League and the seventh under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Sepahan are the defending champions. The season was featured 15 teams from the 2011–12 Iran Pro League and three new teams promoted from the 2011–12 Azadegan League: Aluminium Hormozgan, Paykan and Gahar Zagros who replace relegated Shahin Bushehr, Shahrdari Tabriz and Mes Sarcheshmeh. The league started on 19 July 2012 and was ended on 10 May 2013.

On 5 May 2013, Esteghlal won their 3rd Iran Pro League title by defeating Foolad 1–0 with Javad Nekounam scores in Ahvaz. Gahar Zagros, Paykan and Sanat Naft also relegated weeks before the end of the league. Aluminium Hormozgan also relegated on the last day of the match which Zob Ahan was qualified to relegation play-off. Zob Ahan defeated Pas Hamedan to retain in next season's Iran Pro League season.

Events

Competition format

After the 2012–13 Iran Pro League season the number of teams was planned to be reduced from 18 to 16 for the next season, so 4 team was directly relegated to the Azadegan League, while one team was played against the 3rd ranked team from the second division league team in a play-off. 2 teams also are directly promoted from current Azadegan league to the next pro league season and one team played against the 14th placed pro league team in a play-off.

Rules and regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2012–13 Iran Pro League are allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:[2]

Based on the fact that the Season is started from 19 July 2012.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Venue Capacity
Aluminium Bandar Abbas Khalij Fars 15,459
Damash Gilan Rasht Dr. Azodi 11,000
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 84,412
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Hafezieh
Dastgheib
14,560
7,000
Foolad Ahvaz Ghadir 50,199
Gahar Zagros Dorood Takhti Doorood 10,052
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000
Mes Kerman Kerman Shahid Bahonar 15,430
Naft Tehran Tehran Dastgerdi 8,250
Paykan Tehran Peykanshahr30,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 84,412
Rah Ahan Tehran Rah Ahan 12,922
Saba Qom Qom Yadegar Emam 10,610
Saipa Karaj Enghelab Karaj 30,000
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan25,256
Sepahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr31,439
Tractor Sazi Tabriz Yadegar-e-Emam 66,833
Zob Ahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr31,439

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
1 Tehran5Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Persepolis, Rah Ahan
2 Esfahan2Sepahan and Zob Ahan
3 Gilan2Damash and Malavan
4 Khuzestan2Foolad and Sanat Naft
5 Hormozgan1Aluminium
6 Fars1Fajr
7 Lorestan1Gahar Zagros
8 Kerman1Mes Kerman
9 Qom1Saba Qom
10 Alborz1Saipa
11 East Azerbaijan1Tractor Sazi

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
Aluminium Iran Parviz Mazloomi Iran Mahmood Tighnavard Uhlsport Parmis Promoted
Damash Iran Afshin Nazemi (caretaker) Iran Reza Mahdavi Uhlsport Sadra Holding 7th
Esteghlal Iran Amir Ghalenoei Iran Farhad Majidi Uhlsport Refah Bank Champion
Fajr Sepasi Iran Mahmoud Yavari Iran Hossein Kazemi Majid HICE 13th
Foolad Iran Hossein Faraki Iran Bakhtiar Rahmani Uhlsport Foolad Khuzestan 14th
Gahar Zagros Iran Mohammad Mayeli Kohan Iran Majid Bajelan Uhlsport Mahab Promoted
Malavan Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran Pejman Nouri Uhlsport Steel Azin Iranian 12th
Mes Kerman Croatia Luka Bonačić Iran Farzad Hosseinkhani Uhlsport Resalat Bank 9th
Naft Tehran Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Iran Hadi Shakouri Uhlsport NIOC 5th
Paykan Iran Firouz Karimi Iran Reza Tahmasebi Uhlsport IKCO Runna Promoted
Persepolis Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia Uhlsport Kavosh 15th
Rah Ahan Iran Ali Daei Iran Hossein Pashaei Daei Fars Air Qeshm 11th
Saba Qom Iran Samad Marfavi Iran Morteza Kashi Majid Lojix 4th
Saipa Iran Mojtaba Taghavi Iran Ebrahim Sadeghi Uhlsport SAIPA 8th
Sanat Naft Portugal Acácio Casimiro Iran Hossein Kaebi adidas Jondi Shapour Co. 10th
Sepahan Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar Iran Moharram Navidkia Lotto Foolad Mobarakeh 3rd
Tractor Sazi Iran Hassan Azarnia (interim) Iran Morteza Assadi Uhlsport Javanan Khayyer 2nd
Zob Ahan Iran Farhad Kazemi Iran Mohammad Salsali Uhlsport Esfahan Steel 6th
Notes
  1. Esteghlal's captain was Mehdi Rahmati before Farhad Majidi rejoins to the team.
  2. Reza Haghighi was the captain of Fajr Sepasi until his transfer to the Persepolis.
  3. From 19 January 2013 to 18 March 2013, Ali Firouzi and from 18 March 2013, Saeed Salamaat were the caretaker head coaches of Sanat Naft due to Casimiro's illness.

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
Paykan Iran Farhad Kazemi Contract expired 9 May 2012 Pre-season Iran Abdollah Veisi 1 June 2012
Damash Iran Mehdi Tartar End of caretaker spell 31 May 2012 Iran Omid Harandi 1 June 2012
Foolad Iran Majid Jalali Contract expired 31 May 2012 Iran Hossein Faraki 1 June 2012
Zob Ahan Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 31 May 2012 Iran Rasoul Korbekandi 1 June 2012
Saba Iran Abdollah Veisi 31 May 2012 Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 1 June 2012
Naft Tehran Iran Hossein Faraki Signed by Foolad 31 May 2012 Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 1 June 2012
Esteghlal Iran Parviz Mazloomi Sacked 31 May 2012 Iran Amir Ghalenoei 1 June 2012
Tractor Sazi Iran Amir Ghalenoei Signed by Esteghlal 31 May 2012 Portugal Toni 9 June 2012
Gahar Zagros Iran Davoud Mahabadi Resigned 19 June 2012 Iran Mehdi Tartar 24 June 2012
Persepolis Turkey Mustafa Denizli Mutual agreement 22 June 2012 Portugal Manuel José de Jesus 3 July 2012

In season

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Gahar Zagros Iran Mehdi Tartar Resigned 14 September 2012 17th Iran Mohammad Mayeli Kohan 27 October 2012
Damash Iran Omid Harandi Sacked 16 September 2012 11th Iran Hamid Derakhshan 18 September 2012
Saba Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Resigned 24 September 2012 7th Iran Samad Marfavi 25 September 2012
Sanat Naft Portugal José Alberto Costa Sacked 27 September 2012 17th Portugal Acácio Casimiro 7 October 2012
Malavan Iran Farhad Pourgholami Resigned 29 September 2012 9th Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 29 September 2012
Zob Ahan Iran Rasoul Korbekandi Sacked 5 October 2012 15th Iran Farhad Kazemi 8 October 2012
Persepolis Portugal Manuel José de Jesus 10 December 2012 12th Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 10 December 2012
Mes Kerman Iran Ebrahim Ghasempour 1 January 2013 8th Croatia Luka Bonačić 1 January 2013
Paykan Iran Abdollah Veisi 27 January 2013 16th Iran Firouz Karimi 27 January 2013
Aluminium Iran Akbar Misaghian 12 February 2013 14th Iran Parviz Mazloomi 12 February 2013
Damash Iran Hamid Derakhshan 3 March 2013 13th Iran Afshin Nazemi 7 March 2013
Tractor Sazi[3] Portugal Toni 2 May 2013 2nd Iran Majid Jalali 1 June 2013

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 34 19 10 5 42 18+24 67 2014 AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage 1
2 Tractor Sazi 34 18 11 5 55 32+23 65
3 Sepahan 34 19 7 8 60 33+27 64
4 Foolad 34 14 14 6 52 35+17 56
5 Naft Tehran 34 14 13 7 42 29+13 55
6 Sanat Mes 34 13 14 7 33 22+11 53
7 Persepolis 34 12 14 8 41 31+10 50
8 Rah Ahan 34 12 10 12 32 353 46
9 Saba Qom 34 10 15 9 37 33+4 45
10 Saipa 34 11 12 11 37 33+4 45
11 Damash 34 11 10 13 36 437 43
12 Fajr Sepasi 34 10 12 12 42 38+4 42
13 Malavan 34 9 13 12 34 395 40
14 Zob Ahan 34 9 11 14 36 404 38 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Aluminium (R) 34 7 14 13 26 4014 35 Relegation to 2013–14 Azadegan League
16 Sanat Naft (R) 34 4 13 17 31 6029 25
17 Paykan (R) 34 6 7 21 26 6640 25
18 Gahar (R) 34 3 10 21 24 5935 19

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Sepahan secured qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012–13 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 ALH DMG ESTFJRFOLGZAMLVNAFPAYPRSRAHSABSAPMESSNASEPTRKZOB
Aluminium 00 02 33 11 10 32 00 01 00 11 01 10 10 11 11 12 00
Damash 12 10 10 11 10 00 20 53 10 01 11 11 01 31 21 12 00
Esteghlal 10 12 00 23 20 11 21 20 00 10 10 10 21 21 11 10 10
Fajr Sepasi 60 61 05 11 00 21 00 00 02 22 11 10 11 20 00 10 30
Foolad 21 22 01 21 41 10 31 31 11 21 22 20 01 30 13 32 21
Gahar 01 12 02 03 11 01 00 02 11 21 11 03 01 22 14 12 10
Malavan 10 31 00 10 22 11 13 00 22 00 01 10 11 22 02 11 01
Naft Tehran 00 20 11 21 00 00 20 12 11 11 10 00 00 41 34 11 10
Paykan 21 02 03 12 05 32 10 13 12 24 14 12 00 00 10 11 22
Persepolis 10 10 00 23 00 32 10 00 60 20 02 41 22 22 10 01 32
Rah Ahan 30 10 02 10 21 31 01 01 10 10 11 00 11 21 01 01 11
Saba Qom 21 33 11 11 00 10 13 12 40 00 01 21 01 32 11 00 00
Saipa 10 20 21 30 11 22 22 01 21 00 01 20 00 10 03 22 00
Sanat Mes 00 10 00 10 00 51 12 01 00 21 40 00 22 10 10 13 10
Sanat Naft 22 00 12 11 10 00 11 26 20 01 10 21 03 00 11 01 11
Sepahan 22 30 01 10 01 21 31 31 20 20 22 20 02 10 30 14 43
Tractor Sazi 11 22 20 31 11 50 10 21 10 31 30 00 00 21 32 13 11
Zob Ahan 01 10 00 10 21 10 23 01 21 11 00 12 32 12 60 04 31

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
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
2014 AFC Champions League
Relegation to Qualification
Relegation to Azadegan League 2013-14
Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Esteghlal 4 9 5 8 9 10 10 9 8 6 4 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tractor Sazi 12 10 8 6 2 5 6 7 4 5 7 4 1 3 4 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
Sepahan 6 3 2 1 3 7 2 3 2 1 1 1 5 4 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
Foolad 8 14 11 11 12 13 14 15 12 11 9 9 8 8 7 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Naft Tehran 9 6 9 5 7 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 6 9 10 10 9 9 10 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Sanat Mes 15 16 17 15 14 12 13 12 11 12 12 14 11 12 12 9 9 8 7 8 11 12 9 10 9 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
Persepolis 3 8 10 12 16 15 16 14 15 13 13 11 14 11 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 9 11 11 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
Rah Ahan 10 4 7 9 11 9 4 10 6 8 6 8 10 10 8 5 5 6 6 6 9 7 8 9 11 9 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 8
Saba Qom 1 1 4 3 5 6 7 4 7 7 10 10 9 9 11 12 13 11 11 7 7 8 6 7 7 10 8 9 10 9 10 8 8 9
Saipa 11 7 12 7 6 1 3 5 3 4 5 7 6 7 5 7 7 7 8 9 8 11 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 10 9 10 10 10
Damash 7 11 6 10 8 11 11 11 13 14 14 15 12 13 13 13 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11
Malavan 5 5 3 2 1 4 5 6 9 9 8 6 3 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 10 6 8 8 9 10 9 11 11 11 11 13
Fajr Sepasi 2 2 1 4 4 3 8 2 5 3 3 3 7 5 6 8 8 10 12 12 10 10 7 8 10 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12
Zob Ahan 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 15 14 14
Aluminium 13 12 13 14 13 16 12 13 14 16 16 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 14 15 15
Sanat Naft 16 13 14 17 17 17 17 17 16 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 16
Paykan 18 15 16 13 10 8 9 8 10 10 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17
Gahar 14 17 15 16 15 14 15 16 17 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: Cups.ir (Persian)

Clubs season-progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
B Bye
W/O Withdrew
Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Aluminium L D D D D L W L D L D W L L W D D L W D L L W D L D D L D L W W L D
Damash D D W L W L D L L D D D W D W L W D L W D L L L W L D L W W L L W W
Esteghlal W L W D D D W W D W W L W W W L L W W D W D D W W W W D W D W D W L
Fajr Sepasi W W W L D D L W D W D D L W L D L L L D W D W D L L L W L D L D W D
Foolad D L W D L L D L W W W D W D W W W D W D W D W D W D W L W D D D L D
Gahar L L D L W D D L L D L D L L L L D D W L W L L D L L D L L L L L L L
Malavan W D W W D L D D L L W W W W L D W D D L L D L W L D L D D D L D L L
Naft Tehran D W D W L W W D W D D D L L L D L W D D W W W W D W D L W D L W W D
Paykan L D L W W W L W L L L D D L W D D L L L L L L L W L L L D L L D L L
Persepolis W L D L L D D D L W D W L W W D L D W W D W D D W W D W L D W D W L
Rah Ahan D W D L D W W L W D W L L D W W W L L L L W L D L W L W W D D L D D
Saba Qom W W L W D L D W L D L D W D L L D W D W D D W D D L D D L W D W D L
Saipa D W L W W W L D W L D L W L W D D D L D D L L D D W D L D W W L L W
Sanat Mes L L L D W W L D W D L D W D W W D W D L L D W D D W W D D D W D W W
Sanat Naft L D L L L W D D D L L D L D L D D D D D L L L D L D L W L L L W L W
Sepahan W W D W L L W D W W W D L W L W D L L W W W W D W L W W W W W D L D
Tractor Sazi D D W W W L D D W L D W W D L D W D W W W W D D W W W W L L W D W W
Zob Ahan L L L L L W L W L W D L D D L D L W D D L W D L L L D W D W D D W W

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: IPL Stats

Relegation play-offs

Zob Ahan as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of 2012–13 Azadegan League, Pas Hamedan in a two-legged play-off.


21 June 2013 (2013-06-21)
20:00 CEST
Zob Ahan 4 – 2 Pas Hamedan
Heidari  2'
Farhadi  6', 58'
Bayatinia  45+1'
report Rabikhah  71'
Aliabadi  90+2'
Fooladshahr, Isfahan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky

26 June 2013 (2013-06-26)
19:30 CEST
Pas Hamedan 1 – 1 Zob Ahan
Aliabadi  4' (pen.) report Rajabzadeh  30' (pen.)
Qods, Hamedan
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Zob Ahan won 5–3 on aggregate and retained its Iran Pro League spot for the 2013–14 season.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan 19
2 Iran Mehdi Seyed Salehi Tractor Sazi 16
3 Iran Mostafa Shojaei Mes Kerman 14
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan
5 Brazil Chimba Foolad 12
6 Iran Reza Enayati Mes Kerman 11
Iran Saeid Daghighi Saipa
Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Sepahan
9 Iran Arash Borhani Esteghlal 10
Iran Yaghoub Karimi Naft Tehran
Portugal Flávio Paixão Tractor Sazi
12 Iran Farzad Hatami Esteghlal 9
13 Iran Alireza Jahanbakhsh Damash 8
Iran Karim Ansarifard Persepolis
Iran Omid Ebrahimi Sepahan
Total goals (Including technical loses) 686
Total games 306
Average per game 2.24

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: IPL Stats

Top assistants

Position Player Club Assists
1 Iran Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari Sepahan 13
2 Iran Bakhtiar Rahmani Foolad 11
3 Iran Ghasem Dehnavi Tractor Sazi 8
Iran Yaghoub Karimi Naft Tehran
5 Iran Hossein Papi Sepahan 7
6 Iran Pejman Nouri Malavan 6
Serbia Ivan Petrović Mes Kerman
Iran Bahador Abdi Rah Ahan
Brazil Ernandes Toretta Junior Saipa
Iran Reza Khaleghifar Sanat Naft
11 Iran Alireza Jahanbakhsh Damash 5
Iran Jaber Ansari Fajr Sepasi
Iran Hossein Mahini Persepolis
Iran Moharram Navidkia Sepahan
Iran Mehdi Karimian Tractor Sazi
Iran Payam Sadeghian Zob Ahan

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Sources:
Varzesh3.com Stats
IPL Stats

Clean sheets

Position Player Club Clean Sheets Goals Conceded
1 Iran Mehdi Rahmati Esteghlal 21 18
2 Iran Rahman Ahmadi Saipa 15 29
3 Brazil Nilson Corrêa Júnior Persepolis 14 21
4 Iran Arman Shahdadnejad Mes Kerman 13 16
5 Iran Sosha Makani Naft Tehran 11 15
6 Armenia Gevorg Kasparov Zob Ahan 8 12
Iran Hamed Lak Saba Qom 23
8 Montenegro Milan Mijatovic Mes Kerman 7 5
Iran Ershad Yousefi Foolad 22
Iran Shahab Gordan Sepahan 23
Iran Vahid Sheikhveisi Fajr Sepasi 24
Brazil Fábio Carvalho Paykan 54
13 Iran Hamed Fallahzadeh Naft Tehran 6 12
Iran Mehdi Sabeti Tractor Sazi 14
Iran Mojtaba Roshangar Aluminium 18
Brazil Luiz Fernando Aluminium 20
Iran Habib Dehghani Sanat Naft 34
Iran Shahram Mehraban Gahar 43
19 Iran Mohammad Mohammadi Rah Ahan 5 9
Iran Hassan Roudbarian Damash Gilan 22
Iran Farshid Karimi Rah Ahan 24
Iran Milad Farahani Damash Gilan 25
23 Iran Ali Hassani Sefat Malavan 4 11

Last Update: 10 May 2013

Scoring

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Iran Rafkhaei, JalalJalal Rafkhaei Malavan Saba Qom 3–1 30 July 2012
Iran Karimi, YaghoubYaghoub Karimi Naft Tehran Sanat Naft 6–2 6 August 2012
Iran Ansari, JaberJaber Ansari Fajr Sepasi Damash Gilan 6–1 15 September 2012
Iran Ansarifard, KarimKarim Ansarifard Persepolis Paykan 6–0 31 October 2012
Iran Razaghirad, ImanIman Razaghirad Saba Qom Sanat Naft 3–2 24 January 2013
Iran Shojaei, MostafaMostafa Shojaei Mes Gahar 5–1 5 May 2013

Awards

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Mehdi Rahmati (Esteghlal)
Defence: Mehrdad Jama'ati (Foolad), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal), Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal)
Midfield: Reza Haghighi (Perspolis), Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Moharram Navidkia (Sepahan), Yaghoub Karimi (Naft.t)
Attack: Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan), Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan)

Player of the Tournament

Moharram Navidkia was awarded as the best player of the season among Mehdi Rahmati and Pejman Montazeri became second and third. Saeid Ezzatollahi was also awarded as the best young player of the season and Alireza Jahanbakhsh was ranked second.

Other awards

Amir Ghalenoei was awarded as the best coach of the season, Zlatko Kranjčar becomes second and Hossein Faraki third. Saeid Mozafarizadeh awarded best referee, Fair Play Award was given to the Fajr Sepasi and Esteghlal was the team of the season. Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Parvin, Homayoun Behzadi and Ali Jabari were also awarded for their service to the Iranian football.

See also

Team season articles

References

http://www.guilaneno.com/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87%20%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA

External links

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