2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League

The 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) is the 39th season of Iran's Football League and 21st as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2020–21 Azadegan League: Fajr Sepasi and Havadar. The 2021–22 season will start on 24 September 2021 and end on 20 June 2022.

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season2021–22
Dates19 October 2021 – 20 June 2022
Matches played176
Goals scored324 (1.84 per match)
Top goalscorerGodwin Mensha (12 Goals)
Biggest home winZob Ahan 4–0 Aluminium Arak
(11 March 2022)
Biggest away winNaft MIS 0–3 Sepahan
(24 October 2021)
Zob Ahan 0–3 Mes Rafsanjan
(4 December 2021)
Paykan 0-3 Esteghlal
(9 December 2021)
Padideh 0-3 Esteghlal
(24 December 2021)
Naft MIS 0-3 Esteghlal
(13 January 2022)
Highest scoringGol Gohar 4–1 Tractor
(20 October 2021)
Sepahan 4–1 Naft MIS
(12 February 2022)
Mes Rafsanjan 3–2 Tractor
(10 November 2021)
Esteghlal 3–2 Mes Rafsanjan
(8 January 2022)
Longest winning runEsteghlal
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEsteghlal
(23 matches)
Longest winless runPadideh
Fajr Sepasi
(17 matches)
Longest losing runNaft MIS
(7 matches)
Highest attendance20,000
Persepolis Esteghlal[1]
(17 March 2022)
Esteghlal Paykan[2]
(5 April 2022)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
170 matches
Total attendance69,000
Average attendance11,500 (matches with spectator bans not included)
2022–23

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aluminium Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 78,116
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Pars 50,000
Foolad Ahvaz Foolad Arena 30,655
Gol Gohar Sirjan Sirjan Shahid Qasem Soleimani 8,000
Havadar Karaj Enghelab Stadium 8,250
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Shohadaye Mes 10,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi 8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran Qaem Shahr Vatani 15,000
Paykan Shahr-e Qods Shahr-e Qods 18,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 78,116
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan 8,000
Sepahan Isfahan Naghsh-e-Jahan 75,000
Padideh Mashhad Imam Reza 27,700
Tractor Tabriz Yadegar-e Emam 66,833
Zob Ahan Fooladshahr Fooladshahr 20,000

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
Tehran 4 Esteghlal, Havadar, Paykan, Persepolis
Khuzestan 3 Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Sanat Naft
Isfahan 2 Sepahan, Zob Ahan
Kerman 2 Gol Gohar Sirjan, Mes Rafsanjan
East Azarbaijan 1 Tractor
Fars 1 Fajr Sepasi
Markazi 1 Aluminium Arak
Mazandaran 1 Nassaji
Razavi Khorasan 1 Padideh

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
Aluminium Arak Mehdi Rahmati Meysam Majidi Start
Esteghlal Farhad Majidi Voria Ghafouri Merooj
Fajr Sepasi Ali Kalantari Hamid Nemati
Foolad Javad Nekounam Ayoub Vali Merooj
Gol Gohar Amir Ghalenoei Amin Pourali Merooj
Havadar Reza Enayati Mohammad Ghazi
Mes Rafsanjan Mohammad Rabiei Mohsen Azarbad Merooj
Naft MIS Mahmoud Fekri Abbas Asgari Merooj
Nassaji Saket Elhami Hamed Shiri Merooj
Padideh Davoud Seyed Abbasi Milad Farahani Uhlsport
Paykan Mojtaba Hosseini Ebrahim Salehi Merooj
Persepolis Yahya Golmohammadi Jalal Hosseini Uhlsport
Sanat Naft Alireza Mansourian Hossein Baghlani Merooj
Sepahan Moharram Navidkia Jalaleddin Alimohammadi Uhlsport
Tractor Ertugrul Saglam Mohammad Reza Akhbari Start
Zob Ahan Mehdi Tartar Masoud Ebrahimzadeh Start

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Player
Aluminium Arak
Esteghlal Rudy Gestede Arthur Yamga Raphael Silva Azizbek Amonov
Fajr Sepasi
Foolad Chimba Moussa Coulibaly Ayanda Patosi
Gol Gohar Kiros Stanlley Eric Bocoum
Havadar
Mes Rafsanjan Godwin Mensha Faiz Al-Rushaidi Zahir Al-Aghbari
Naft MIS Karrar Jassim
Nassaji
Paykan Tito Okello
Padideh
Persepolis Vahdat Hanonov Sherzod Temirov Manuchehr Safarov Božidar Radošević
Sanat Naft
Sepahan Christopher Knett Giorgi Gvelesiani
Tractor Tiago Ferreira
Zob Ahan

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (X) 24 16 8 0 33 8 +25 56 Possible Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Persepolis 24 14 8 2 34 17 +17 50
3 Sepahan 24 13 6 5 35 15 +20 45 Possible Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Foolad 24 10 8 6 22 18 +4 38
5 Mes Rafsanjan 24 9 8 7 31 23 +8 35
6 Gol Gohar 24 8 11 5 25 24 +1 35
7 Paykan 24 7 12 5 22 19 +3 33
8 Sanat Naft 24 8 7 9 19 22 3 31
9 Zob Ahan 24 9 4 11 17 20 3 31
10 Aluminium Arak 24 6 12 6 16 18 2 30
11 Havadar 24 6 10 8 13 15 2 28
12 Nassaji Mazandaran 24 5 12 7 21 27 6 27
13 Tractor 24 4 8 12 17 25 8 20
14 Naft Masjed Soleyman 24 3 8 13 10 29 19 17
15 Fajr Sepasi 24 2 10 12 8 22 14 16 Relegation to Azadegan League
16 Padideh 24 2 8 14 14 35 21 14
Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2022. Source: IranLeague, IPL Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5)play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[3] [4]
(X) Assured a place of the AFC Cup

Results

Home \ Away ALU EST FJR FOL GOL HAV MES MIS NSJ PAD PAY PRS SNA SEP TRC ZOB
Aluminium Arak 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Esteghlal 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Fajr Sepasi 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1
Foolad 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–2
Gol Gohar 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–1
Havadar 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Mes Rafsanjan 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 0–1
Naft MIS 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–1
Nassaji 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–3 1–0
Padideh 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2
Paykan 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–0
Persepolis 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Sanat Naft 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 0–1
Sepahan 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Tractor 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–1
Zob Ahan 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2022. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Esteghlal4421212222111111111111111
Persepolis2366744554322222222222222
Sepahan3113321111233333333333333
Foolad14161312967776777971099778654
Mes Rafsanjan15799109664555455444444445
Gol Gohar1234579118899878776655566
Paykan1065245346766666665566777
Sanat Naft121516151415131315141512121110887887888
Zob Ahan5101276888911121091011111112121212999
Aluminium Arak854513533344544558999111010
Havadar131415141514151514131011111212131211111111101111
Nassaji6971111121210101088108991010101010121212
Tractor1681113131010121291113131313121313131313131313
Naft MIS711881213141413151415151515151515151515151514
Fajr Sepasi1113101081111911121314141414141414141414141415
Padideh91214161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader : 2023 AFC Champions League Group stage
2023 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off round
Relegation to 2022-23 Azadegan League
Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2022 (2022-04-05). Source: Iran Football League Organization

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 March 2022 (2022-03-11)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Godwin Mensha Mes Rafsanjan 12
2 Arthur Yamga Esteghlal 10
3 Luciano Pereira Foolad 8
4 Mehdi Abdi Persepolis 7
Shahriyar Moghanlou Sepahan
Saeid Sadeghi Gol Gohar
7 Karim Eslami Nassaji 6

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate

Top assists

As of 11 March 2021 (2021-03-11)

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Mohsen Azarbad Mes Rafsanjan 9
Mehdi Torabi Persepolis
3 Saeid Sadeghi Gol Gohar 8
4 Mehdi Mehdipour Esteghlal 5
Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Sepahan
6 Danial Esmaeilifar Sepahan 4
Soroush Rafiei Sepahan

Clean sheets

As of 6 April 2022 (2022-04-06)

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Hossein Hosseini[5] Esteghlal 15
2 Hossein Pour Hamidi Aluminium Arak 12
3 Mohsen Forouzan Gol Gohar 10
4 Christopher Knett Sepahan 9
Ali Mohsenzadeh Naft Masjed Soleyman
6 Mohammad Reza Akhbari Tractor 8
Mehrdad Bashagerdi Havadar
Habib Far Abbasi Zob Ahan
Farhad Kermanshahi Paykan
Hamed Lak Persepolis
11 Alireza Haghighi Nassaji 7
Ehsan Moradian Foolad
Iman Sadeghi Fajr Sepasi

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Tractor 16,000 16,000 0 16,000 n/a
2 Persepolis 25,000 20,000 0 12,500 n/a
3 Esteghlal 25,000 20,000 0 12,500 n/a
4 Gol Gohar 3,000 3,000 3,000 n/a
5 Aluminium Arak 0 n/a
5 Fajr Sepasi 0 n/a
5 Foolad 0 n/a
5 Havadar 0 n/a
5 Mes Rafsanjan 0 n/a
5 Naft MIS 0 n/a
5 Nassaji 0 n/a
5 Padideh 0 n/a
5 Paykan 0 n/a
5 Sanat Naft 0 n/a
5 Sepahan 0 n/a
5 Zob Ahan 0 n/a
League total 69,000 20,000 0 11,500 n/a

Updated to games played on 5 April 2022
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Fajr Sepasi and Havadar 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
Aluminium Arak ANCNCANCANCANCANCANCANCNCAANCANCANCAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Esteghlal NCANCA5,000[6]AANCANCANCANCAANCANCANCNCA20,000[7]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Fajr Sepasi ANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Foolad NCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Gol Gohar NCANCAANCANCANCANCANCAANCANCNCANCA3,000[8]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Havadar ANCANCANCANCAANCANCANCNCANCANCANCANCN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Naft MIS ANCANCANCAANCANCANCANCNCANCANCANCNCAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Nassaji NCAANCANCANCANCANCANCAANCNCANCANCANCN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Mes Rafsanjan ANCANCNCANCANCANCANCANCNCANCAANCANCAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Padideh NCANCANCANCANCANCANCNCAANCANCANCANCAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Paykan NCANCANCANCANCNCANCANCAANCANCANCANCAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Persepolis ANCANCA5,000[9]NCANCANCANCANCNCANCANCAA20,000[10]AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Sanat Naft NCANCANCANCNCANCANCANCAANCANCANCAANCN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Sepahan NCANCANCANCANCANCNCANCAANCANCANCANCAN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Tractor ANCANCANCANCANCANCAANCNCANCANCANCA16,000[11]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Zob Ahan ANCANCANCANCANCAANCANCNCANCANCANCANC[12]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Total 00005,0005,000000000000000000020,00039,000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A69,000
Average 00005,0005,000000000000000000020,00013,000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A11,500

Notes:
Updated to games played on 5 April 2022. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances

Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1Persepolis11Esteghlal20,000[13]17 March 2022 (2022-03-17)23Azadi
1Esteghlal00Paykan20,000[14]5 April 2022 (2022-04-05)24Azadi
3Tractor10Mes Rafsanjan16,000[15]3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)24Sahand
4Esteghlal00Nassaji5,000[16]19 November 2021 (2021-11-19)5Azadi
4Persepolis10Sanat Naft5,000[17]24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)6Azadi
6Gol Gohar33Padideh3,000[18]5 April 2022 (2022-04-05)24Gol Gohar Sport Complex
7TBA??TBA-2022 (2022)TBATBA
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10TBA??TBA-2022 (2022)TBATBA

Notes:
Updated to games played on 5 April 2022. Source: Iranleague.ir

See also

References

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