2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League

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The 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League will be the 42nd season of Iran's Football League and 24th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
Persian Gulf Pro League
Season2024–25
Dates15 August 2024 – June 2025
Matches played136
Goals scored259 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorerAli Alipour (7 goals)
Biggest home winSepahan 5–0 Havadar
(28 December 2024)
Biggest away winHavadar 0–5 Persepolis
(21 January 2025)
Highest scoringAluminium 4–2 Foolad
(20 October 2024)
Tractor 5–1 Mes Rafsanjan
(21 January 2025)
Longest winning runPersepolis
Tractor
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runSepahan
(11 matches)
Longest winless runNassaji
(10 matches)
Longest losing runHavadar
(4 matches)
Highest attendance90,000
Tractor 1–1 Persepolis[1][2][3]
(22 August 2024)
Lowest attendance0
(spectator ban)
5 matches
Total attendance863,600
Average attendance7,510
(matches with spectator bans not included)
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 1 November 2024.
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Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2023–24 season and two promoted from the 2023–24 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League. Kheybar Khorramabad and Chadormalou Ardakan (both were promoted to the top flight for the first time). They replaced Paykan Tehran and Sanat Naft Abadan, who were both relegated after eight seasons in the top flight.

More information Promoted from 2023–24 Azadegan League, Relegated from 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League ...
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Stadiums and locations

Location of Tehran teams in 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League

Number of teams by Province

More information Province, Number of teams ...
Province Number of teams Teams
Tehran 3 Esteghlal, Havadar, Persepolis
Isfahan 2 Sepahan, Zob Ahan
Kerman 2 Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan
Khuzestan 2 Foolad, Esteghlal Khuzestan
East Azarbaijan 1 Tractor
Gilan 1 Malavan
Lorestan 1 Kheybar
Markazi 1 Aluminium
Mazandaran 1 Nassaji
Qazvin 1 Shams Azar
Yazd 1 Chadormalou
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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.

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s)
Aluminium Iran Mojtaba Hosseini Iran Amir Nouri Sinasport IRALCO
Chadormalou Iran Saeid Akhbari Iran Ali Taheran Darik CMIC
Esteghlal South Africa Pitso Mosimane Iran Hossein Hosseini Yousef Jameh PGPIC
Esteghlal Khuzestan Montenegro Miodrag Božović Iran Mohammad Tayyebi Merooj INSIG
Foolad Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Iran Ayoub Vali Yousef Jameh KSC
Gol Gohar Iran Mehdi Tartar Iran Mehran Golzari Gol Gohar
Havadar Iran Omid Ravankhah Iran Dariush Shojaeian Darik Jack Wrestler
Kheybar Iran Saeid Daghighi Iran Mehdi Kiani Sinasport Foulad Amir
Malavan Iran Maziar Zare Iran Hamed Noormohammadi Start
Mes Rafsanjan Iran Sirous Pourmousavi Iran Mohsen Azarbad Start NICICO
Nassaji Serbia Savo Milošević Iran Mehrdad Abdi Start Varesh Airlines
Persepolis Turkey İsmail Kartal Iran Omid Alishah Merooj Saba Battery
Sepahan France Patrice Carteron Iran Mohammad Karimi Start Mobarakeh Steel
Shams Azar Iran Davoud Seyed-Abbasi (caretaker) Iran Pouria Sarabadani Yousef Jameh Shams Azar Macaron
Tractor Croatia Dragan Skočić Iran Shojae Khalilzadeh Start ATA Airlines
Zob Ahan Iran Mohammad Rabiei Iran Mohammad Ghoreishi Yousef Jameh
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1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.
3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing head coach ...
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Esteghlal Iran Javad Nekounam Resigned 1 October 2024 10th Iran Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh 1 October 2024
Iran Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh End of caretaker spell 18 October 2024 11th South Africa Pitso Mosimane 18 October 2024
Sepahan Portugal José Morais Resigned 2 November 2024 1st France Patrice Carteron 18 October 2024
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Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.[9][10][11][12]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tractor 20 14 2 4 35 10 +25 44 Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2 Sepahan 20 12 7 1 35 14 +21 43 Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs
3 Persepolis 20 11 5 4 27 13 +14 38
4 Foolad 20 11 5 4 26 19 +7 38
5 Gol Gohar 20 7 8 5 13 9 +4 29
6 Chadormalou 20 7 6 7 17 18 1 27
7 Esteghlal 20 6 8 6 17 19 2 26
8 Aluminium Arak 20 5 10 5 22 19 +3 25
9 Malavan 20 6 6 8 19 20 1 24
10 Zob Ahan 20 5 9 6 16 19 3 24
11 Esteghlal Khuzestan 20 5 8 7 12 20 8 23
12 Kheybar 20 5 5 10 18 23 5 20
13 Mes Rafsanjan 20 4 7 9 17 26 9 19
14 Shams Azar 20 4 6 10 12 25 13 18
15 Nassaji 20 2 10 8 10 16 6 16 Relegation to Azadegan League
16 Havadar 20 2 6 12 7 33 26 12
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Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2025. Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table, Iplstats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13][14]

Results

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More information Home \ Away, ALU ...
Home \ Away ALU CHA EST ESK FOL GOL HAV KHE MLV MES NSJ PRS SEP SAQ TRC ZOB
Aluminium Arak 1–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
Chadormalou 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Esteghlal 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–3
Esteghlal Khuzestan 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0
Foolad 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Gol Gohar 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2
Havadar 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–5 0–4 0–0
Kheybar 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1
Malavan 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–2
Mes Rafsanjan 3–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–2
Nassaji 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1
Persepolis 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Sepahan 1–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Shams Azar 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Tractor 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Zob Ahan 0–4 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0
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Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2024. Source: [citation needed]
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

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

More information Team ╲ Round, Aluminium Arak ...
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Aluminium Arak98111213117789991011776668
Chadormalou161215131289866666791010886
Esteghlal339797811131088910111111997
Est. Khuzestan106710810121010877891099111011
Foolad448116545555434433344
Gol Gohar127455666771010118555555
Havadar131314151616161616151616161616161616161616
Kheibar5106911131314121314131415151414141212
Malavan6534433444455688810119
Mes Rafsanjan151410810121413111415141314121313131413
Nassaji1416161614141515151613121212131515151515
Persepolis79522111133343344433
Sepahan11111422222221221122
Shams Azar1115131415151112141112151513141212121314
Tractor22233253311112112211
Zob Ahan811126791099121111756677710
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Leader : 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite Group stage
AFC Champions League Elite Play-off stage
Relegation to 2025–26 Azadegan League
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2024 (2024-09-26). Source: Iran Football League Organization

Season statistics

As of 18 October 2024

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iran Ali Alipour Persepolis 7
Iran Mohammad Amin Kazemian Aluminium
Iran Mehdi Limouchi Taraji Sepahan
Croatia Tomislav Štrkalj Tractor
5 Iran Mehdi Hashemnejad Tractor 6
Iran Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Tractor
7 Iran Mehrdad Ghanbari Kheybar Khorramabad 5
Iran Reza Ghandipour Malavan
9 Iran Majid Aliyari Zob Ahan 4
Iran Aref Haji Eydi Aluminium
Iran Omid Latifi Zob Ahan
Iran Mohammad Mehdi Mohebi Sepahan
Iran Ramin Rezaeian Esteghlal
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Result Date
Iran Mehdi Limouchi Taraji Sepahan Havadar 5–0 (H) 27 December 2024
Iran Ali Alipour Persepolis Havadar 5–0 (A) 1 January 2025
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Top assists

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Iran Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Tractor 6
2 Iran Mohammad Karimi Sepahan 5
Iran Mehdi Torabi Tractor
4 Iran Ali Asghar Aarabi Darb Ghale Foolad 4
Iran Amin Jahan Kohan Aluminium
Iran Mohammad Lotfi Aluminium
Iran Abolfazl Razzaghpour Gol Gohar
Iran Aref Rostami Kheibar
9 Portugal Rici Tractor 3
Iran Ali Azadmanesh Shams Azar
Republic of the Congo Thievy Bifouma Esteghlal Khuzestan
Iran Bahram Goudarzi Aluminium
Iran Reza Mahmoud Abadi Chadormalu
Iran Mojtaba Najjarian Foolad
Iran Soroush Rafiei Persepolis
Iran Saeid Sadeghi Persepolis
Iran Saman Touranian Malavan
Iran Aria Yousefi Sepahan
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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Iran Mohammad Reza Akhbari Gol Gohar 10
2 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Tractor 9
Iran Parsa Jafari Zob Ahan
4 Uzbekistan Utkir Yusupov Foolad 8
5 Algeria Alexis Guendouz Persepolis 7
6 Iran Ahmad Gohari Esteghlal Khuzestan 6
Iran Mohammad Khalifeh Aluminium Arak
Brazil Edson Mardden Chadormalou
Brazil Luan Polli Nassaji
10 Iran Hossein Hosseini Esteghlal 5
Iran Payam Niazmand Sepahan
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Attendances

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Average home attendances

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Tractor 207,000 90,000 5,000 29,571 −7.4%
2 Sepahan 94,000 45,000 4,000 11,750 −34.9%
3 Nassaji 73,000 15,000 6,000 9,125 +10.8%
4 Chadormalou 54,000 13,000 0 9,000 n/a
5 Foolad 61,200 25,000 2,000 8,743 +22.0%
6 Malavan 66,000 10,000 5,000 8,250 +16.7%
7 Persepolis 63,000 15,000 3,000 7,875 −76.5%
8 Esteghlal 52,000 12,000 2,000 7,429 −78.2%
9 Esteghlal Khuzestan 52,500 20,000 500 6,563 +61.7%
10 Kheybar 41,000 8,000 0 5,857 n/a
11 Gol Gohar 21,000 9,000 2,000 3,500 −14.6%
12 Shams Azar 22,500 10,000 1,500 3,214 −44.5%
13 Aluminium Arak 18,400 8,000 400 2,629 −29.9%
14 Havadar 17,300 8,000 100 2,471 +1,135.5%
15 Mes Rafsanjan 12,500 3,000 500 1,563 −29.2%
16 Zob Ahan 8,200 6,000 0 1,367 −48.4%
League total 863,600 90,000 0 7,510 −30.6%
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Updated to games played on 2 January 2025
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Chadormalou and Kheybar played in the previous season in the Azadegan League

Attendances by round

More information Team/Round, Average ...
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 A1,000[15]A1,000[16]A5,000[17]A2,000AA400[18]A8,000A1,000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2,629
Chadormalou ANC[19]A8,000[20]A10,000[21][22][23]A7,000[24]A10,000[25][26]A6,000[27]A13,000[28]AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A9,000
Esteghlal A12,000[29]A5,000[30]A10,000[31]A5,000[32]A10,000[33]A2,000[34]AA8,000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7,429
Esteghlal Khuzestan 500[35][36]A20,000[37]A1,000[38]A2,000[39]1,000[40]A20,000[41][42]A1,000[43]A7,000[44]AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A6,563
Foolad A2,000[45]A5,000A7,200[46]AA10,000[47]A25,000[48]A5,000[49]A7,000[50]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8,743
Gol Gohar A2,000A9,000[51]A3,000[52]A3,000[53]A2,000[54]AA2,000[55]ANC[56]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3,500
Havadar 1,500[57]A8,000A100[58]A5,000[59]A200A500[60]ANC[61]A2,000[62]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2,471
Kheybar A8,000[63][64]7,000[65]ANC[66]A4,000[67]A8,000[68][69]A2,000[70]A6,000A6,000N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A5,857
Malavan 5,000[71]A9,000[72]A7,000[73]10,000[74]A10,000[75]A10,000[76]A8,000[77]A7,000[78]AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8,250
Mes Rafsanjan 2,000[79]A1,000[80]A3,000[81]A2,000[82]A2,000[83]A1,000[84]500[85]A1,000[86]AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1,563
Nassaji 7,000[87]A10,000[88]A10,000[89]A8,000[90]A6,000[91]10,000[92]A7,000[93]A15,000AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A9,125
Persepolis 8,000[94]A15,000[95]A9,000[96]A9,000[97]A6,000[98]A6,000[99]A3,000[100]7,000AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7,875
Sepahan 9,000[101][102]A4,000[103]10,000[104]A4,000[105]A4,000[106]A5,000[107]A45,000[108]A13,000[109][110]AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A11,750
Shams Azar 10,000AA3,000[111]A2,000[112]A1,500[113]A2,000[114]A1,500[115]A2,500[116]AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3,214
Tractor A90,000[117][118][119]A40,000[120][121]AA25,000[122]A10,000[123][124]A5,000[125]A7,000[126]A30,000[127]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A29,571
Zob Ahan ANC[128]AA6,000[129][130]A1,000[131]A200[132]A300[133]A500A200N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1,367
Total 43,000115,00074,00081,00036,10051,20056,00033,50042,40069,00040,20071,00031,50065,50054,200N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A863,600
Average 5,37519,1679,25010,1255,1576,4007,0004,1885,3008,6255,0258,8754,5008,1887,743N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7,510
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Notes:
Updated to games played on 2 January 2025. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances

Highest attendances

More information Rank, Home team ...
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1Tractor11Persepolis90,000[134]22 August 2024 (2024-08-22)2Sahand
2Sepahan21Persepolis45,000[135]16 December 2024 (2024-12-16)12Naghsh-e Jahan
3Tractor01Zob Ahan40,000[136]13 September 2024 (2024-09-13)4Sahand
4Tractor30Esteghlal Khuzestan30,000[137]2 January 2025 (2025-01-02)15Sahand
5Tractor12Foolad25,000[138]6 October 2024 (2024-10-06)7Sahand
6Foolad02Esteghlal25,000[139]7 December 2024 (2024-12-07)11Foolad Arena
7Esteghlal Khuzestan10Esteghlal20,000[140]29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)3Foolad Arena
8Esteghlal Khuzestan10Persepolis20,000[141]30 October 2024 (2024-10-30)10Ghadir
9Persepolis20Foolad15,000[142]30 August 2024 (2024-08-30)3Sardar Azadegan
10Nassaji11Tractor15,00027 December 2024 (2024-12-27)14Vatani
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Notes:
Updated to games played on 2 January 2025. Source: Iranleague.ir

Additional information

On December 16, 2024, the Iranian El Clásico[143] between Sepahan and Persepolis was played at the Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium without the presence of male fans. Instead, only female fans were allowed to attend the match. A total of 45,000 women attended the match and saw Sepahan win 21 at home.[144][145][146]

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References

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