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 81,756
Tractor Sazi Naft Tehran (15 May 2015)
Lowest attendance 0 (spectator ban)
Naft Masjed Soleyman Padideh[1] (7 August 2014)
Malavan Padideh (2 December 2014)
Persepolis Foolad[2] (11 December 2014)
Total attendance 1,846,109
Average attendance 7,651

2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 44th 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:[3]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Venue Capacity
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 95,225
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 30,000
Foolad Khuzestan Ahvaz Ghadir 50,199
Gostaresh Tabriz Bonyan Dizel 15,000
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi 8,000
Naft Tehran Tehran Takhti 30,122
Padideh Mashhad Samen 35,000
Paykan Qods Paykanshahr 25,568
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 95,225
Rah Ahan Tehran Rah Ahan 12,250
Saba Qom Qom Yadegar Emam 10,610
Saipa Karaj Enghelab Karaj 30,000
Sepahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr15,000
Tractor Sazi Tabriz Sahand 66,833
Zob Ahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr15,000

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
1 Tehran5Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Persepolis, Rah Ahan
2 Khuzestan3Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman
3 East Azerbaijan2Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4 Esfahan2Sepahan, Zob Ahan
5 Gilan1Malavan
6 Khorasan1Padideh
7 Qom1Saba Qom
8 Alborz1Saipa

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

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Padideh Iran Akbar Misaghian Resigned 2 May 2014 Pre-season Iran Alireza Marzban 7 May 2014
Naft Tehran Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Mutual consent 10 May 2014 Iran Alireza Mansourian 1 July 2014
Zob Ahan Iran Firouz Karimi End of contract 10 May 2014 Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 10 May 2014
Saipa Germany Engin Firat 13 May 2014 Iran Majid Jalali 13 May 2014
Foolad Iran Hossein Faraki Mutual consent 23 May 2014 Croatia Dragan Skočić 23 May 2014
Malavan Croatia Dragan Skočić Signed by Foolad 23 May 2014 Iran Nosrat Irandoost 24 May 2014
Paykan Iran Farhad Kazemi Mutual consent 1 July 2014 Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 1 July 2014
Rah Ahan Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 1 July 2014 Iran Hamid Estili 1 July 2014
Sepahan Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar Resigned 8 September 2014 4th Iran Hossein Faraki 9 September 2014
Persepolis Iran Ali Daei Sacked 10 September 2014 9th Iran Hamid Derakhshan 10 September 2014
Gostaresh Iran Mehdi Tartar 4 October 2014 13th Iran Faraz Kamalvand 4 October 2014
Malavan Iran Nosrat Irandoost 8 October 2014 15th Serbia Stevan Mojsilović 8 October 2014
Paykan Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 25 November 2014 11th Iran Samad Marfavi 27 November 2014
Saba Qom Iran Samad Marfavi Mutual consent 26 November 2014 6th Iran Mehdi Tartar 5 December 2014
Malavan Serbia Stevan Mojsilović Sacked 5 December 2014 16th Iran Firouz Karimi 6 December 2014
Rah Ahan Iran Hamid Estili Resigned 2 February 2015 14th Iran Farhad Kazemi 18 February 2015
Tractor Sazi Iran Rasoul Khatibi Sacked 8 February 2015[4] 5th Portugal Toni Oliveira 15 February 2015
Persepolis Iran Hamid Derakhshan Resigned 5 April 2015 9th Croatia Branko Ivanković 6 April 2015
Malavan Iran Firouz Karimi Resigned 23 May 2015 13th, post season Iran Hamid Estili 16 July 2015
Esteghlal Iran Amir Ghalenoei Sacked 18 May 2015 5th, post season Iran Parviz Mazloumi 21 June 2015

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 30 17 8 5 46 27+19 59 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Tractor Sazi 30 17 7 6 58 34+24 58
3 Naft Tehran 30 16 10 4 45 28+17 58 2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Zob Ahan 30 14 10 6 46 26+20 52 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
5 Foolad 30 15 7 8 33 24+9 52
6 Esteghlal 30 13 8 9 40 34+6 47
7 Saipa 30 11 8 11 36 34+2 41
8 Persepolis 30 9 9 12 31 354 36
9 Saba Qom 30 8 10 12 25 349 34
10 Padideh 30 6 15 9 23 252 33
11 Gostaresh 30 6 13 11 30 399 31
12 Rah Ahan 30 8 7 15 27 4821 31
13 Malavan 30 6 12 12 26 348 30
14 Est. Khuzestan 30 4 15 11 35 4611 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Paykan (R) 30 4 14 12 16 2913 26 Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman (R) 30 3 13 14 19 3920 22

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 EST ESK FOLGOSMLVNFTNAFPADPAYPRSRAHSABSAPSEPTRKZOB
Esteghlal 10 01 30 31 10 01 00 10 12 10 11 32 21 14 11
Est. Khuzestan 44 03 11 13 00 12 11 11 11 10 20 20 13 22 11
Foolad 21 10 10 10 22 22 00 00 20 20 01 11 01 32 02
Gostaresh 00 22 31 32 00 11 01 10 21 20 00 23 02 13 32
Malavan 11 11 00 11 10 11 22 11 21 30 00 02 10 00 13
Naft Masjed Soleyman 02 00 21 11 32 02 03 00 22 11 10 01 13 12 11
Naft Tehran 20 11 01 21 20 10 10 00 21 12 10 31 30 21 00
Padideh 11 11 00 21 00 11 12 12 01 30 11 00 01 10 00
Paykan 03 11 10 11 10 00 11 00 01 23 01 00 12 02 13
Persepolis 10 21 12 22 01 11 11 11 01 22 00 01 12 13 10
Rah Ahan 12 22 01 10 10 22 10 10 00 12 22 21 10 03 03
Saba Qom 12 12 02 10 11 20 12 00 00 02 10 10 20 23 21
Saipa 01 32 31 00 10 00 21 40 11 22 12 30 22 01 10
Sepahan 31 32 11 41 11 10 11 10 20 10 30 11 20 21 11
Tractor Sazi 22 30 21 11 10 30 33 13 12 10 41 42 21 11 21
Zob Ahan 21 21 01 00 20 20 53 20 10 10 22 31 41 11 00

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 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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.


25 May 2015 (2015-05-25)
16:00 CEST
Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 – 0 Mes Kerman
Momeni  90+5'
Ghadir, Ahvaz
Attendance: 2,500

30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)
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 Brazil Edinho Tractor Sazi 20
2 Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Esteghlal 12
Iran Mehdi Sharifi Sepahan
3 Brazil Chimba Sepahan 11
4 Iran Jaber Ansari Gostaresh 9
Iran Omid Ebrahimi Esteghlal
Iran Reza Enayati Esteghlal
Iran Masoud Hassanzadeh Zob Ahan
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan
Iran Amir Arsalan Motahari Naft Tehran
Iran Saman Nariman Jahan Tractor Sazi
Cameroon Aloys Nong Foolad
Iran Ramin Rezaeian Rah Ahan

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: Soccerway.com

Top Assistants

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

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: Iplstats.com

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan Gostaresh 4–1 10 December 2014
Iran Kaveh Rezaei Zob Ahan Naft Tehran 5–3 16 March 2015
Iran Saman Nariman Jahan Tractor Sazi Esteghlal 4–1 10 April 2015

Clean Sheets

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

Last Update: 15 May 2015

Scoring

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Tractor Sazi 462,915 81,756 5,000 30,861 0.42433193335487+42.4%
2 Esteghlal 301,350 67,852 2,000 18,557 -0.953940266282844.6%
3 Persepolis 240,000 70,000 0 16,000 -0.5882352941176541.1%
4 Padideh 164,000 35,000 1,000 10,933 n/a
5 Foolad 111,000 20,000 1,000 7,400 -0.7848128115388721.5%
6 Naft Masjed Soleyman 99,900 12,000 0 7,136 n/a
7 Malavan 85,000 10,000 0 6,071 0.1675+16.7%
8 Sepahan 78,000 15,000 1,000 5,200 0.19348175350011+19.3%
9 Est. Khuzestan 51,000 15,000 1,000 3,400 -0.7968127490039820.3%
10 Gostaresh 47,000 15,000 1,000 3,133 0.30541666666667+30.5%
11 Paykan 41,330 10,330 1,000 2,755 n/a
12 Saipa 36,000 8,000 1,000 2,400 -0.972841507904342.7%
13 Zob Ahan 34,000 8,000 1,000 2,267 -0.7729287419024922.7%
13 Rah Ahan 34,000 11,000 1,000 2,267 0.35992801439712+35.9%
15 Naft Tehran 31,000 7,000 1,000 2,067 0
16 Saba Qom 29,614 10,610 1,000 1,974 -0.7401574803149625.9%
League total 1,846,109 81,756 0 7,65119.1%

Updated to games played on 15 May 2015
Source:

matches with spectator bans are not included

Awards

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.

See also

External links

References

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