2009–10 Iran Pro League

Iran Pro League

Season	2009–10
Champions	Sepahan
Relegated	Aboomoslem Moghavemat Est. Ahvaz
2011 AFC Champions League	Sepahan Zob Ahan Esteghlal Persepolis
Matches played	306
Goals scored	782 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	19 Goals Emad Mohammed
Biggest home win	Saba Qom 4-0 Shahin Bushehr Moghavemat 4-0 Malavan Paykan 4-0 Malavan Foolad 4-0 Rah Ahan
Biggest away win	Aboomoslem 0-5 Esteghlal Est. Ahvaz 0-5 Sepahan
Highest scoring	Est. Ahvaz 4-4 Sepahan Mes Kerman 2-6 Steel Azin
Longest winning run	8 games Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	13 games Sepahan
Longest winless run	16 games Aboomoslem
Longest losing run	6 games Est. Ahvaz
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Iran Pro League (also known as the Persian Gulf Cup) began on August 8, 2009 and ended on May 19, 2010. This was the ninth Iran Pro League season since its establishment. The club Esteghlal was the defending champion.

Team information

Stadia and locations

Aboomoslem

Est. Ahvaz

Foolad

Malavan

Mes Kerman

Moghavemat

PAS Hamedan

Paykan

Saba Qom

Saipa

Shahin

Sepahan

Tractor Sazi

Zob Ahan

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Steel Azin

Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen Al-Aeme	35,000
Est. Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	90,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,000
Moghavemat	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000
PAS Hamedan	Hamedan	Shahid Mofatteh	15,000
Paykan	Qazvin	Shahid Rajaei	5,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	90,000
Rah Ahan	Shahr-e-Rey	Rah Ahan	15,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam Qom	15,000
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	15,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000
Shahin	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000
Steel Azin	Tehran	Shahid Dastgerdi	5,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	70,000
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	End-season head coach	Team captain	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor	Past Season
Aboomoslem	Ali Hanteh	Saeed Khani	Merooj	City Credit Cooperative	15th
Est. Ahvaz	Ali Firouzi	Afshin Komaei	Merooj	Samsung	14th
Esteghlal	Samad Marfavi	Farhad Majidi	Uhlsport	Iran Furniture Market	Champion
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Jalal Kameli Mofrad	Daei SWE		7th
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Pejman Nouri	Daei SWE	Anzali Free Zone	12th
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Abbas Mohammadi	Merooj	Mahan Air	3rd
Moghavemat	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Mostafa Sabri	Merooj		9th
Pas Hamedan	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Yadollah Akbari	Merooj	Achilan Door	13th
Paykan	Hamid Derakhshan	Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi	JEJ	Liugong	8th
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Karim Bagheri	Uhlsport	Tehran Municipality	5th
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Alireza Noormohammadi	JEJ	RAJA	11th
Saba Qom	Rasoul Korbekandi	Morteza Assadi	Daei SWE	Salafchegan Special Economic Zone	6th
Saipa	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Nahangi	Saipa	10th
Sepahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Taban Air	4th
Shahin	Mahmoud Yavari	Reza Baziari	Nahangi	Haffar Machine Co.	Promoted
Steel Azin	Afshin Peyrovani	Ali Karimi	Merooj	Razi Insurance	Promoted
Tractor Sazi	Faraz Kamalvand	Mohammad Nosrati	Daei SWE		Promoted
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mostafa Salehi Nejad	Merooj		2nd

Participating in international competitions

2010 AFC Champions League

• Sepahan
• Zob Ahan
• Esteghlal
• Mes Kerman

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Shahin Bushehr	Hamid Kolali Fard	Sacked	6 Sep 2009	Mahmoud Yavari	8 Sep 2009
Est.Ahvaz	Khodadad Azizi	Resigned	19 Sep 2009	Majid Bagherinia	20 Sep 2009
Foolad	Luka Bonačić	Sacked	28 Sep 2009	Majid Jalali	28 Sep 2009
Pas Hamedan	Alireza Mansourian	Resigned	6 Oct 2009	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	8 Oct 2009
Aboomoslem	Nasser Pourmehdi	Sacked	29 Oct 2009	Farhad Kazemi	29 Oct 2009
Saba Qom	Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	Resigned	9 Nov 2009	Rasoul Korbekandi	9 Nov 2009
Mes Kerman	Parviz Mazloomi	Sacked	30 Nov 2009	Luka Bonačić	9 Dec 2009
Rah Ahan	Ernie Brandts	Sacked	12 Dec 2009	Mehdi Tartar	12 Dec 2009
Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Sacked	23 Dec 2009	Farhad Pourgholami	27 Dec 2009
Aboomoslem	Farhad Kazemi	Resigned	24 Dec 2009	Parviz Mazloomi	27 Dec 2009
Persepolis	Zlatko Kranjčar	Sacked	28 Dec 2009	Ali Daei	28 Dec 2009
Est.Ahvaz	Majid Bagherinia	Sacked	22 Jan 2010	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	5 Feb 2010
Est.Ahvaz	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Resigned	9 Feb 2010	Mehdi Hasheminasab[1]	17 Feb 2010
Moghavemat	Davoud Mahabadi	Resigned	26 Feb 2010	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh[2]	1 Mar 2010
Aboomoslem	Parviz Mazloomi	Resigned	Mar2010	Ali Hanteh	Mar 2010
Est.Ahvaz	Mehdi Hasheminasab	Resigned	Apr 2010	Ali Firouzi	Apr 2010
Steel Azin	Hamid Estili	Sacked	19 Apr 2010	Afshin Peyrovani	19 Apr 2010

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	19	10	5	67	30	+37	67	2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Zob Ahan	34	16	13	5	48	29	+19	61
3	Esteghlal	34	16	11	7	49	32	+17	59
4	Persepolis	34	13	14	7	46	40	+6	53	2011 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1
5	Steel Azin	34	13	13	8	55	49	+6	52
6	Saba Qom	34	13	9	12	52	45	+7	48
7	Tractor Sazi	34	11	14	9	43	42	+1	47
8	Saipa	34	12	10	12	48	53	−5	46
9	Sanat Mes	34	11	9	14	55	56	−1	42
10	Foolad	34	9	15	10	31	34	−3	42
11	Paykan	34	9	14	11	40	44	−4	41
12	Malavan	34	10	11	13	31	47	−16	41
13	Shahin Bushehr	34	9	12	13	35	38	−3	039^1
14	Pas Hamedan	34	9	11	14	37	42	−5	038^1
15	Rah Ahan	34	9	11	14	36	44	−8	38
16	Moghavemat (R)	34	8	13	13	34	45	−11	37	Relegation to Azadegan League
17	Aboomoslem (R)	34	7	11	16	36	51	−15	32
18	Est. Ahvaz (R)	34	7	9	18	38	60	−22	30

Updated to games played on 19 May 2010.
Source: football3.ir
¹PAS Hamedan received a technical lose of 3–0 to Shahin Bushehr. The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw
²Persepolis secured qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League through winning the 2009–10 Hazfi Cup
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.

Positions by round

	Leader
	AFC Champions League 2011 Group stage
	Relegation to Azadegan League 2010-11

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	31	32	33	34
Sepahan	15	6	12	8	7	5	6	5	5	4	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Zob Ahan	1	2	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Esteghlal	6	5	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	7	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Persepolis	8	10	7	4	6	7	7	8	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	5	7	4	5	3	3	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Steel Azin	2	1	4	2	5	8	9	10	6	8	8	8	8	7	5	4	6	5	7	7	7	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Saba Qom	5	7	5	9	10	9	5	7	11	7	5	5	7	8	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6
Tractor Sazi	13	14	10	7	8	10	10	6	7	10	11	12	10	12	11	9	8	8	9	8	8	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Saipa	18	9	6	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	11	13	13	14	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	12	13	11	9	8	8	8	8
Sanat Mes	7	18	18	13	9	6	8	9	9	11	12	10	12	9	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	15	16	16	16	14	13	15	12	12	9
Foolad	14	13	15	16	17	17	16	17	18	17	16	18	16	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	17	15	13	14	15	14	11	11	13	10
Paykan	17	16	9	6	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	4	4	6	3	6	6	4	4	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11
Malavan	12	4	11	12	13	11	11	12	13	13	10	11	9	11	9	8	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	6	7	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	12
Shahin Bushehr	11	15	16	17	18	18	13	13	12	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	15	14	12	14	15	16	16	12	15	11	13
Pas Hamedan	16	17	17	18	15	16	18	16	16	18	17	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	13	13	15	14
Rah Ahan	4	8	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	14	13	15	15	15	13	14	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	13	15	12	12	15	16	14	14	14
Moghavemat	3	3	2	3	1	2	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	5	3	4	6	6	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	16	16
Aboomoslem	9	12	14	15	16	15	17	18	17	16	18	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17
Est. Ahvaz	10	11	8	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	13	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	18

Last updated: 19 May 2010
Source: cups.ir (Persian)

Results

Home ╲ Away

ABU

ESA

EST

FOL

MLV

MES

MVT

PAS

PAY

PRS

RAH

SAB

SAP

SEP

SHB

STL

TRK

ZOB

Aboomoslem

2–0

0–5

1–1

2–1

1–0

3–0

0–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

1–3

1–1

2–2

1–1

2–2

3–0

1–2

Est. Ahvaz

1–1

0–2

0–1

2–0

1–0

0–0

0–1

3–1

1–0

1–3

0–1

4–4

0–5

2–2

1–1

2–3

1–2

Esteghlal

3–1

2–3

1–0

2–2

2–0

3–2

1–0

2–3

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

1–0

Foolad

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–4

1–1

3–2

1–1

0–0

4–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

Malavan

3–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

1–3

1–0

0–0

0–0

1–3

1–1

0–1

Sanat Mes

5–2

2–0

1–2

2–0

4–2

0–0

3–2

3–3

3–3

2–2

0–0

3–2

2–3

1–0

2–6

3–2

5–2

Moghavemat

1–1

3–2

0–0

0–1

4–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

1–4

0–0

3–1

0–1

1–2

2–2

0–2

Pas Hamedan

1–0

2–1

0–0

3–1

1–1

1–0

3–1

2–2

1–2

0–1

2–1

3–1

1–1

0–1

0–2

1–1

1–1

Paykan

2–0

3–1

1–1

1–1

4–0

0–0

0–2

2–2

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–4

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

Persepolis

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

4–2

1–0

1–2

1–0

1–0

0–2

1–1

2–2

0–0

2–1

1–1

Rah Ahan

1–0

1–1

3–2

2–1

1–2

3–2

0–0

0–0

3–0

2–2

1–3

0–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–0

Saba Qom

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–3

1–2

2–1

0–0

1–1

0–1

2–2

2–2

4–0

4–2

2–1

1–1

Saipa

1–0

2–4

1–1

1–2

3–1

2–1

1–1

3–0

0–2

0–2

2–1

2–0

2–2

1–0

2–2

1–0

2–1

Sepahan

2–0

4–1

2–0

1–1

2–0

3–0

5–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

2–0

3–1

5–1

2–0

0–1

3–1

0–1

Shahin Bushehr

1–1

0–0

0–1

0–1

1–1

4–1

0–0

1–1^2

0–0

4–1

3–1

0–1

2–0

1–2

1–2

2–4

1–1

Steel Azin

0–0

0–1

0–2

2–3

2–2

1–1

1–1

2–2

0–1

2–1

1–1

4–3

4–3

2–1

2–1

2–2

2–2

Tractor Sazi

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

0–0

2–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–0

Zob Ahan

3–1

5–2

1–0

1–0

3–0

0–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

2–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

3–1

1–0

Updated to games played on 20 May 2010.
Source: IPL Stats
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²PAS Hamedan received a technical lose of 3–0 to Shahin Bushehr. The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Clubs season-progress

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose

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	31	32	33	34
Sepahan	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D
Zob Ahan	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W
Esteghlal	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D
Persepolis	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D
Steel Azin	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D
Saba Qom	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D
Tractor Sazi	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D
Saipa	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D
Sanat Mes	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W
Foolad	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W
Paykan	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D
Malavan	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L
Shahin Bushehr	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L
Pas Hamedan	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D
Rah Ahan	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D
Moghavemat	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D
Aboomoslem	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L
Est. Ahvaz	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D

Last updated: 24 August 2012
Source: IPL Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers Position Player Club Goals 1 Emad Mohammed Sepahan 19 2 Ibrahima Touré Sepahan 18 3 Edinho Mes 14 Ali Karimi Steel Azin 14 5 Karim Ansarifard Saipa 13 Davoud Haghi Saba Qom 13 7 Amin Manouchehri Saipa 12 8 Arash Borhani Esteghlal 11 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan 11 10 Karim Bagheri Persepolis 10 Milad Zanidpour Rah Ahan 10 Mehdi Rajabzadeh Mes 10 Mohammad Gholami Steel Azin 10 Mohammad Ebrahimi Teraktor Sazi 10 Farhad Majidi Esteghlal 10 Hadi Asghari PAS Hamedan 10 Farhad Kheirkhah Teraktor Sazi 10 18 3 players 9 21 2 players 8 23 8 players 7 31 8 players 6 39 13 players 5 52 21 players 4 73 35 players 3 108 39 players 2 147 82 players 1 _ 13 players OG _ technical loses of 3–0 Once Total goals (Including technical loses) 782 Total games 306 Average per game 2.56 Last updated: May 26, 2010 Source: iplstats.com/scorers Top Assistants Position Player Club Goal Assistance 1 Ehsan Hajysafi Sepahan 13 2 Khosro Heidari Esteghlal 12 3 Milad Zanidpour Rah Ahan 11 4 Ebrahim Sadeghi Saipa 10 5 Mehdi Karimian Sepahan 8 Hassan Ashjari Zob Ahan 8 7 Ahmad Jamshidian Sepahan 7 Milad Meydavoudi Esteghlal Ahvaz 7 Last updated: May 26, 2010 Source: iplstats.com/assistants Cards Position Player Team Total 1 Ali Karimi Steel Azin 8 2 1 11 2 Ghasem Dehnavi Mes Kerman 9 1 0 10 3 Siamak Koohnavard Moghavemat Sepasi 10 0 0 10 4 Farhad Majidi Esteghlal 8 1 0 9 5 Sina Ashouri Zobahan 9 0 0 9 Saeed Lotfi Paykan 9 0 0 9 Last updated: May 26, 2010 Source: iplstats.com/cards Matches played Position Player Club Appearance 1 Pirouz Ghorbani Mes Kerman 32 Mehdi Mohammadi Steel Azin 32 Hossein Pashaei Rah Ahan 32 Mostafa Sabri Moghavemat Sepasi 32 2 Mohsen Bengar Sepahan 31 Morteza Ebrahimi Saipa 31 Mostafa Ekrami Tractor Sazi 31 Mehdi Kiani Tractor Sazi 31 Pejman Montazeri Esteghlal 31 Mirhani Hashemi Moghavemat Sepasi 31 Last updated: May 26, 2010 Source: iplstats.com/ appearances See also Azadegan League 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2009–10 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2009–10 Hazfi Cup 2009–10 Iranian Super Cup Futsal Super League 2009-10 References http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/5388-hasheminasab-takes-charge-of-esteghlal-of-ahvaz http://www.persianfootball.com/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2651:ahmadzadeh-named-as-moghavemat-football-coach&catid=14:ipl-league-persian-gulf-cup&Itemid=180 Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League Soccerway