2013–14 Iran Pro League

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2013–14
Champions	Foolad 2nd title
Relegated	Mes Kerman Damash Gilan Fajr Sepasi
Champions League	Foolad Persepolis Naft Tehran Tractor Sazi (via Hazfi Cup)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	504 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karim Ansarifard (14 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Nilson Corrêa Júnior (18 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Gostaresh 5–0 Rah Ahan
Biggest away win	Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis
Highest scoring	Fajr 2–4 Esteghlal Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran Damash Gilan 5–1 Zob Ahan Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis Saipa 3–3 Tractor Sazi Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal
Longest winning run	5 games Esteghlal Foolad Malavan
Longest unbeaten run	17 games Esteghlal
Longest winless run	15 games Mes Kerman
Longest losing run	6 games Damash Gilan
Highest attendance	100,000 Esteghlal – Persepolis (6 September 2013)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Sepahan – Foolad^[1] (25 July 2013)
Average attendance	9,468
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Iran Pro League was the thirteenth season of the Iran Pro League and the 8th under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2012–13 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2012–13 Azadegan League: Gostaresh as Group A Champions and Esteghlal Khuzestan as Group B Runner-up who replace relegated Gahar Zagros, Aluminium Hormozgan, Sanat Naft and Paykan. Esteghlal Khuzestan promoted instead of Group B Champions, Shahrdari Tabriz, due to match-fixing scandal. The league was started on 24 July 2013 and ended on 11 April 2014.^[2] The fixtures was announced on 9 July 2013. Foolad won the title for the second time in its history.

Changes

Number of the teams

2013–14 Iran Pro League were the first season since 2006 that 16 teams participated in the competition. In the previous season, 18 teams participated in the league.

Rules and Regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2013–14 Iran Pro League were allowed to have up to maximum 38 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:^[3]

Up to maximum 21 adult (without any age limit) players
Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 21 March 1990).
Up to maximum 5 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1993).
Up to maximum 3 under-19 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1995).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Est. Khuzestan
Foolad

Tractor Sazi
Gostaresh

Malavan

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Naft

Locations of clubs in 2013–14 Iran Pro League

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	14,560
Foolad	Ahvaz	Ghadir	50,199
Gostaresh	Tabriz	Gostaresh Foolad	12,500
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,430
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Takhti	30,122
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	4	Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Persepolis, Rah Ahan
2	Khuzestan	2	Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad
3	East Azerbaijan	2	Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4	Esfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
5	Gilan	2	Damash, Malavan
6	Kerman	1	Mes Kerman
7	Qom	1	Saba Qom
8	Alborz	1	Saipa
9	Fars	1	Fajr

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
Damash	Ali Nazarmohammadi (caretaker)	Reza Mahdavi	Uhlsport	Loushan
Esteghlal	Amir Ghalenoei	Mehdi Rahmati	Majid	Bazar Mobl Iran, Mahan Air
Est. Khuzestan	Abdollah Veisi	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Daei	INSIG
Fajr	Mahmoud Yavari	Mehrdad Karimian	Majid	HICE
Foolad	Hossein Faraki	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan
Gostaresh	Mehdi Tartar	Meysam Naghizadeh	Uhlsport	Ata Airlines
Malavan	Dragan Skočić	Maziar Zare	Uhlsport	Steel Azin Iranian
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Resalat Bank
Naft Tehran	Yahya Golmohammadi	Alireza Ezzati	Uhlsport	NIOC
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Mohammad Nouri	Uhlsport	Tourism Bank
Rah Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Bahador Abdi	Daei	Fars Air Qeshm
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	Morteza Kashi	Majid	Hi clean!
Saipa	Engin Firat	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport	SAIPA
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Hadi Aghily	Uhlsport	Foolad Mobarakeh
Tractor Sazi	Toni	Morteza Assadi	Majid	Hamrah-e Aval
Zob Ahan	Firouz Karimi	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Uhlsport	Esfahan Steel

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
Persepolis	Yahya Golmohammadi	End of caretaker spell	000000002013-05-11-000011 May 2013	Pre-season	Ali Daei	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013
Saipa	Mojtaba Taghavi	End of contract	000000002013-05-11-000011 May 2013		Engin Firat	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013
Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Sacked	000000002013-05-26-000026 May 2013		Dragan Skočić	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013
Naft Tehran	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mutual contest	000000002013-05-31-000031 May 2013		Yahya Golmohammadi	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013
Rah Ahan	Ali Daei	Signed by Persepolis	000000002013-05-31-000031 May 2013		Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013
Fajr Sepasi	Mahmoud Yavari	Resigned	000000002013-05-31-000031 May 2013		Gholam Peyrovani	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	End of contract	000000002013-05-31-000031 May 2013		Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Sacked	000000002013-06-02-00002 June 2013		Mahmoud Yavari	000000002013-07-25-000025 July 2013
Zob Ahan	Farhad Kazemi	End of contract	000000002013-06-25-000025 June 2013		Luka Bonačić	000000002013-06-30-000030 June 2013

During the season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Fajr Sepasi	Gholam Peyrovani	Resigned	000000002013-09-07-00007 September 2013	15th	Mahmoud Yavari	000000002013-09-15-000015 September 2013
Mes Kerman	Mahmoud Yavari	Resigned	000000002013-09-14-000014 September 2013	16th	Parviz Mazloomi	000000002013-09-18-000018 September 2013
Saba Qom	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Sacked	000000002013-11-11-000011 November 2013	12th	Samad Marfavi	000000002013-11-11-000011 November 2013
Zob Ahan	Luka Bonačić	Mutual contest	000000002014-01-01-00001 January 2014	14th	Mojtaba Taghavi	000000002014-01-01-00001 January 2014
Gostaresh	Rasoul Khatibi	Resigned	000000002014-01-01-00001 January 2014	11th	Mehdi Tartar	000000002014-01-01-00001 January 2014
Tractor Sazi	Majid Jalali	Sacked	000000002014-01-19-000019 January 2014	6th	Toni	000000002014-01-28-000028 January 2014
Mes Kerman	Parviz Mazloomi	Resigned	000000002014-01-22-000022 January 2014	16th	Luka Bonačić	000000002014-01-23-000023 January 2014
Damash	Afshin Nazemi	Sacked	000000002014-01-26-000026 January 2014	12th	Ali Nazarmohammadi	000000002014-01-26-000026 January 2014
Zob Ahan	Mojtaba Taghavi	Sacked	000000002014-02-25-000025 February 2014	15th	Firouz Karimi	000000002014-02-25-000025 February 2014
Tractor Sazi	Toni	Mutual contest	000000002014-04-29-000029 April 2014	6th, post-season	Rasoul Khatibi	000000002014-05-31-000031 May 2014

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Foolad !Foolad (C)	30	16	9	5	36	24	+12	57	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Persepolis !Persepolis	30	16	8	6	34	15	+19	055¹	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	30	15	9	6	39	23	+16	54	2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Sepahan !Sepahan	30	14	12	4	36	20	+16	54
5	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	053¹
6	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	30	11	13	6	39	33	+6	045¹	2015 AFC Champions League Group stage ²
7	Malavan !Malavan	30	13	6	11	40	33	+7	044¹
8	Saipa !Saipa	30	7	14	9	26	31	−5	35
9	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	30	8	9	13	32	38	−6	33
10	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	30	7	11	12	31	34	−3	32
11	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	30	7	10	13	25	34	−9	31
12	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	30	6	11	13	26	37	−11	29
13	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	30	6	11	13	24	36	−12	29
14	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi (R)	30	6	11	13	20	34	−14	29	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Damash !Damash (R)	30	5	12	13	30	40	−10	026¹	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League
16	Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes (R)	30	1	19	10	21	36	−15	22	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League

Updated to games played on 11 April 2014.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.
¹Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 points due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.
²Tractor Sazi secured qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013–14 Hazfi Cup.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Damash !DMG	Esteghlal !EST	Est. Khuzestan !ESK	Fajr Sepasi !FJR	Foolad !FOL	Gostaresh !GOS	Malavan !MLV	Sanat Mes !MES	Naft Tehran !NAF	Persepolis !PRS	Rah Ahan !RAH	Saba Qom !SAB	Saipa !SAP	Sepahan !SEP	Tractor Sazi !TRK	Zob Ahan !ZOB
Damash !Damash		1–2	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–1
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–0
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	2–2	2–4	2–1		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Foolad !Foolad	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1		1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0
Malavan !Malavan	0–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1		2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–2
Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–3		0–1	0–6	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–1
Persepolis !Persepolis	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	3–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1		0–0	0–1	1–3	2–1
Saipa !Saipa	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–1		0–0	3–3	1–0
Sepahan !Sepahan	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–2		0–1	1–0
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2		2–2
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–4

Updated to games played on 11 April 2014.
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
	2015 AFC Champions League
	Relegation to Play-offs Qualification
	Relegation to Azadegan League 2014-15

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

Last updated: 11 April 2014
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
Damash !Damash	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	W
Foolad !Foolad	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L
Malavan !Malavan	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L
Persepolis !Persepolis	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	L
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	D
Saipa !Saipa	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D
Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	D
Sepahan !Sepahan	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W

Last updated: 11 April 2014
Source: IPL Stats

Relegation play-offs

Fajr Sepasi as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of 2013–14 Azadegan League, Paykan in a two-legged play-off.

Fajr Sepasi v Paykan

26 April 2014
20:30 CEST

Fajr Sepasi	0 – 0	Paykan
	Report

Hafezieh, Shiraz
Attendance: 12,984
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Paykan v Fajr Sepasi

1 May 2014
18:00 CEST

Paykan	1 – 0	Fajr Sepasi
Halafi 71'	Report

Paykanshahr, Tehran
Attendance: 9,206
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Paykan won 1–0 on aggregate and promoted to the next season of Iran Pro League, Fajr Sepasi also relegated to the Azadegan League.

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karim Ansarifard	Tractor Sazi	14
2	Reza Enayati	Saba Qom	13
3	Mehrdad Bayrami	Gostaresh	12
4	Reza Norouzi	Naft Tehran	11
4	Mehdi Daghagheleh	Malavan	11
5	Jalal Rafkhaei	Malavan	9
	Chimba	Foolad
	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Saipa
	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Zob Ahan
8	Edinho	Mes Kerman	8
	Mehdi Sharifi	Sepahan
	Amin Motevaselzadeh	Damash Gilan
10	Mohammad Ghazi	Esteghlal	7
10	Farid Karimi	Saba Qom	7
Total goals (Including technical loses)			504
Total games			239
Average per game			2.11

Last updated: 11 April 2014
Source: FIFA.com

Top Assistants

Position	Player	Club	Assists
1	Payam Sadeghian	Persepolis	8
2	Amir Hossein Feshangchi	Malavan	7
3	Ehsan Hajsafi	Sepahan	6
3	Iman Mobali	Esteghlal Khuzestan	6
4	Khosro Heydari	Esteghlal	5
	Andranik Teymourian	Esteghlal
	Hossein Papi	Sepahan
	Milad Meydavoudi	Esteghlal Khuzestan
5	Karim Ansarifard	Tractor Sazi	4
	Ghasem Haddadifar	Zob Ahan
	Rasoul Navidkia	Naft Tehran
	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Foolad
	Kaveh Rezaei	Saipa

Last updated: 11 April 2014
Sources:
IPL Stats

Clean Sheets

Position	Player	Club	Clean Sheets	Goals Conceded	Match played
1	Nilson Corrêa Júnior	Persepolis	18	15	30
2	Rahman Ahmadi	Sepahan	15	16	27
3	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	14	25	30
4	Sosha Makani	Foolad	13	14	20
5	Alireza Beiranvand	Naft Tehran	12	12	21
6	Hamed Fallahzadeh	Rah Ahan	11	23	22
7	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	Saipa	9	30	26
8	Mohsen Foroozan	Gostaresh Foolad	8	30	25

Last Update: 11 April 2014

Scoring

First goal of the season: Adel Kolahkaj for Esteghlal Khuzestan against Zob Ahan (24 July 2013)
Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds, Kaveh Rezaei for Saipa against Mes Kerman (4 January 2014)
Latest goal of the season: 95 minutes and 12 seconds, Ali Karimi for Tractor Sazi against Mes Kerman (24 December 2013)
Largest winning margin: 6 goals
- Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
Highest scoring game: 6 goals
- Fajr 2–4 Esteghlal (6 August 2013)
- Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi (6 August 2013)
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran (16 August 2013)
- Damash 5–1 Zob Ahan (24 October 2013)
- Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
- Saipa 3–3 Tractor Sazi (11 January 2014)
- Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal (19 February 2014)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
- Fajr 2–4 Esteghlal (6 August 2013)
- Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi (6 August 2013)
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran (16 August 2013)
- Foolad 3–2 Esteghlal Khuzestan (23 August 2013)
- Zob Ahan 3–2 Naft Tehran (31 August 2013)
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 3–2 Rah Ahan (17 October 2013)
- Saba Qom 3–2 Damash (26 January 2014)
- Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal (19 February 2014)

Awards

Best XI Nilson Hamoudi Hosseini Omranzadeh Amiri Sharifat Rahmani Teymourian Feshangchi Sadeghian Ansarifard

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Nilson Corrêa Júnior (Persepolis)
Defence: Vahid Amiri (Naft), Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis), Hanif Omranzadeh (Esteghlal), Ali Hamoudi (Sepahan)
Midfield: Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Andranik Teymourian (Esteghlal), Amir Hossein Feshangchi (Malavan), Payam Sadeghian (Perspolis), Esmaeil Sharifat (Foolad)
Attack: Karim Ansarifard (Tractor Sazi)

Player of the Tournament

Andranik Teymourian was awarded as the best player of the season among Payam Sadeghian became second. Mohammad Abbaszadeh was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards

Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season.

References

External links

Persian Gulf Pro League

2015–16 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Esteghlal Ahvaz Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Tehran Padideh Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Saipa Sepahan Siah Jamegan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

Former teams	Aboomoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Paykan Pegah Gilan Sanat Naft Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Shirin Faraz Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd

Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players

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Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Provincial League Kowsar league

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2013–14 in Iranian football

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Domestic leagues	Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division

Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League 2013 2014

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round 2014 FIFA World Cup

Club seasons

Iran Pro League	Damash Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Fajr Sepasi Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Mes Naft Tehran Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

2013 in Asian Football (AFC)

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Domestic cups	Bahrain Kings Cup FA Cup Bangladesh Fed Cup Brunei Cambodia '12–'13 China Hong Kong Shield '12–'13 FA Cup '12–'13 Season Play-off Shield '13–'14 FA Cup '13–'14 India Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '12–'13 '13–'14 Iraq '12–'13 '13–'14 Japan Emperor's Cup '12 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '13 Jordan FA Cup '12–'13 FA Cup '13–'14 Korea Republic Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Fed Cup '12–'13 Emir Cup '13 Crown Prince Cup '13–'14 Emir Cup '13–'14 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '12–'13 Elite Cup FA Cup '13–'14 Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Fed Cup '12–'13 Sultan Qaboos Cup '12–'13 League Cup Sultan Qaboos Cup '13–'14 Pakistan Palestine '13 '13–'14 Philippines PFF Championship '12–'13 UFL Cup PFF Championship '13 Qatar Stars Cup '12–'13 Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup QNB Cup '13–'14 Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions CP Cup '12–'13 '13–'14 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan UAE Emirates Cup '12–'13 President's Cup '12–'13 League Cup '13–'14 President's Cup '13–'14 Uzbekistan Uzbek Cup PFL Cup Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 East Asian Games 2013 Southeast Asian Games 2014 WAFF Championship

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2014 in Asian Football (AFC)

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Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '13–'14 '14–'15 Bahrain '13–'14 '14–'15 Bangladesh '13–'14 Bhutan A-Division National League Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '13–'14 '14–'15 Hong Kong '13–'14 '14–'15 India '13–'14 I-League '14 ISL '14–'15 I-League Indonesia Iran '13–'14 '14–'15 Iraq '13–'14 '14–'15 Japan Jordan '13–'14 '14–'15 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '13–'14 '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '13–'14 '14–'15 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '13–'14 Northern Mariana Islands '13–'14 '14–'15 Oman '13–'14 '14–'15 Pakistan '13–14 '14–15 Palestine '13–'14 '14–'15 Philippines Qatar '13–'14 '14–'15 Saudi Arabia '13–'14 '14–'15 Singapore Sri Lanka '14–'15 Syria '14 '14–'15 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '13–'14 '14–'15 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '13–'14 '14–'15

Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Kings Cup FA Cup Bangladesh Independance Cup Brunei '14–'15 Cambodia China Hong Kong Shield '13–'14 FA Cup '13–'14 Season Play-off Shield '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 India Fed Cup '13–'14 Fed Cup '14–'15 Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '13–'14 '14–'15 Iraq '13–'14 Japan Emperor's Cup '13 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '14 Jordan FA Cup '13–'14 Shield FA Cup '14–'15 Korea Republic Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '13–'14 Emir Cup '13–'14 Fed Cup Crown Prince Cup '14 Emir Cup '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '13–'14 Elite Cup FA Cup '14–'15 Laos Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Sultan Qaboos Cup '13–'14 League Cup '14 Sultan Qaboos Cup '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 Pakistan Palestine '13–'14 '14–'15 Philippines UFL FA Cup UFL FA League Cup PFF Championship '14–'15 Qatar Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup QNB Cup '13–'14 Saudi Arabia King Cup CP Cup '13–'14 '14–'15 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan UAE League Cup '13–'14 President's Cup '13–'14 Uzbekistan Uzbek Cup PFL Cup Vietnam Yemen

Regional club competitions	2014 GCC Champions League 2014 Mekong Club Championship

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup 2014 AFF Championship 2014 WAFF Championship 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations

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