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Persian Gulf Pro League
لیگ برتر خلیج فارس
Founded	1970; 49 years ago (1970); (since 2001 as Pro League)
Country	Iran
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
; Relegation to	Azadegan League
Domestic cup(s)	; Hazfi Cup ; Iranian Super Cup;
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League
Current champions	; Persepolis (11th title) ; (2017–18)
Most championships	; Persepolis (11 titles)
Most appearances	; Jalal Hosseini (448)
Top goalscorer	; Reza Enayati (149 goals)
TV partners	; TV3; Varzesh; Shoma; Jame Jam; IRIB Provincial Channels; ;
Website	IranLeague.ir
	; 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League;

The Persian Gulf Pro League (Persian: لیگ برتر خلیج فارس‎), formerly known as the Iran Pro League (Persian: لیگ برتر فوتبال ایران‎), is the highest division of professional football in Iran. The league was also known as the Persian Gulf Cup (Persian: جام خلیج فارس‎) from 2006. It is the top-level football league in Iran since its foundation in 2 November 2001. Each year, the top finishing team in the Persian Gulf Pro League becomes the Iranian football champion, and the lowest finishing teams are relegated to Azadegan League.

Since 2013, the league comprises 16 teams. The winner and runner-up of the Persian Gulf Pro League and the Hazfi Cup champion are automatically qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage. The third of the Persian Gulf Pro League is qualified for the AFC Champions League Play-off round. The bottom two teams in the league are relegated to Azadegan League. In the past, the format and number of teams were changed for various times. Sepahan is the most successful club, with five titles, while Persepolis is the Iranian record champion, with 11 titles.

History

League Trophy, being crafted to be used in 2017 title and onward.

To the turn of the millennium the Iranian Football Federation decided to create a new professional football league. In 2001 the Iran Pro League was founded as the new top-level football league in Iran.^[1] With the foundation of the Iran Pro League also
professional football was finally established in Iran. After the Iran Pro League was established as the professional football league of Iran, Azadegan League was declared as the second-highest league in the Iranian football league system.^[1] The Iran Pro League comprised 14 clubs until the 2003–04 season.

**Persian Gulf Pro League champions**
Season	Champions	Runners-up
2001–02	Persepolis	Esteghlal
2002–03	Sepahan	PAS Tehran
2003–04	PAS Tehran	Esteghlal
2004–05	Foolad	Zob Ahan
2005–06	Esteghlal	PAS Tehran
2006–07	Saipa	Esteghlal Ahvaz
2007–08	Persepolis	Sepahan
2008–09	Esteghlal	Zob Ahan
2009–10	Sepahan	Zob Ahan
2010–11	Sepahan	Esteghlal
2011–12	Sepahan	Tractor Sazi
2012–13	Esteghlal	Tractor Sazi
2013–14	Foolad	Persepolis
2014–15	Sepahan	Tractor Sazi
2015–16	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Persepolis
2016–17	Persepolis	Esteghlal
2017–18	Persepolis	Zob Ahan

The first winner of the Iran Pro League was Persepolis, who beat archrival Esteghlal by one point on the final match day. Esteghlal was the leading team after 25 matchdays, but they lost their last match away against Malavan 0–1, while Persepolis could beat Fajr Sepasi with the same score at home. Esteghlal Rasht and East Azerbaijan's famous club Tractor Sazi had been relegated to the Azadegan League. Tractor Sazi needs eight years when they returned finally back to Iran's highest division. The first top goal scorer of the Iran Pro League was Reza Enayati of Aboumoslem with 17 goals. The next season was won by Sepahan, the most supported team of Isfahan. Sepahan was the first Iranian football champion based outside of the capital Tehran. At the end of the season three traditional teams were relegated to Azadegan League: Aboumoslem, Malavan and Sanat Naft Abadan.

The vice champion of the 2002–03 season, PAS Tehran, became the Iranian football champion of the 2003–04 Iran Pro League. It was the last Iranian championship for PAS Tehran as one of the most successful Iranian football clubs of all time. PAS Tehran's professional football team was dissolved in 2007. Ali Daei, who returned to Persepolis, became the top goal scorer with 16 goals. The 2003–04 season was the last edition of the league with 14 teams.

In 2004 the number of teams were increased from 14 to 16 teams. Foolad of Ahvaz became the first champion from Khuzestan Province after winning the 2004–05 Iran Pro League six points ahead of Zob Ahan. Reza Enayati of Esteghlal became the league's top goal scorer for the second time in his career after scoring 20 goals in 24 matches. He repeated his success with 21 goals in the 2005–06 Iran Pro League when Esteghlal celebrated their first championship since 2001. They defeated Bargh Shiraz in front of over 100,000 fans at Azadi 4–1 and won the league one point ahead of PAS Tehran. Shamoushak Noshahr and Shahid Ghandi (today known as Tarbiat Yazd) relegated to Azadegan League.

Persian Gulf Cup

Persepolis fans during the dramatic league final against Sepahan in 2008

On 12 August 2006, the Iranian Football Federation decided to give the league another name.^[2] Since then the league primarily had been known in Iran as Persian Gulf Cup. The Football Federation decided this to promote the Persian naming. The name of the Persian Gulf has been disputed by some Arab countries since the 1960s due to political and ethnic differences between Iran and Arab countries. The football Federation decided also to change the logo of the league. The finally logo was selected from over 130 designs and unveiled on 14 November 2006.^[3] Under the leadership of Iranian football legend Ali Daei, Saipa won the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup two points ahead of Esteghlal Ahvaz. Until 2007 six different teams won the league title successively. For the first time in history a foreign player became the league's top goal scorer. Nigerian striker Daniel Olerum scored 17 goals in 27 matches for Aboumoslem. The winner of only two seasons before, Foolad, had to relegated to Azadegan League.

Before the start of the 2007–08 season the number of teams were increased from 16 to 18 teams. The professional football team of PAS Tehran was also dissolved before the start of the season. Instead of PAS Tehran a new club was founded in Hamadan and named PAS Hamedan. This was part of the strategy by the Iranian Football Federation to locate more teams in cities outside of Tehran. In 2008 also Saba Battery was moved from Tehran to Qom. Since then the club is known as Saba Qom. The championship of the 2007–08 season was decided on the last macthday. Persepolis defeated Sepahan in front of an incredible crowd of 110,000 fans at Azadi 2–1. Sepehr Heidari scored the decisive goal in a dramatic match in the sixth minute of additional time. Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz (today known as Rahian Kermanshah) relegated to Azadegan League. The next season was dominated by Perspolis archrival Esteghlal and the two surprising teams Zob Ahan and Mes Kerman. Zob Ahan was the leading team after 75 minutes on matchday 34 before they lost their match against Foolad due to three conceded goals in the last 15 minutes with 1–4. In the meantime Esteghlal saved their 1–0 lead against Payam Mashhad and won the league due to better goal difference. Last but not least Payam Mashhad had to relegated alongside Bargh Shiraz and Damash.

Esteghlal celebrate the championship in 2013.

The 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup was dominated by the two Isfahan based clubs Sepahan and Zob Ahan. Ultimately Sepahan won the league six points before Zob Ahan. Sepahan Iraqi striker Emad Mohammed became the second foreign player, who won the league's top goal scorer award. He scored 19 goals, one more as teammate Ibrahima Touré. Sepahan repeated their success by winning the 2010–11 and 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup. For the first time in history of Iranian football a team became the Iranian champion three times in a row. Esteghlal broke Sepahan's success finally in 2013. Esteghlal won the 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup and became for the eight time in their history the Iranian champion. During an exciting championship battle between Esteghlal and Sepahan, they faced each other in Tehran's Azadi Stadium on week 32. Moharram Navidkia scored the opening goal for Sepahan, however Esteghlal equalized in the 94th minute due to an own goal by Sepahan defender Mohsen Irannejad. On week 33 Sepahan lost their away game against Damash 1–2 while Esteghlal could beat Foolad in Ahvaz with 1–0 and became the 2013 champion.

The League was scaled down from 18 to 16 teams before the beginning of the next season. Foolad won the 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup after an exciting, though a very defensive season at the same time. At the end Foolad ranged just 36 goals for the title. On the last matchday four other teams, Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Persepolis and Sepahan, had the chance to win the championship alongside Foolad. While Esteghlal were defeated by Tractor Sazi at home with 1–3 and lost their AFC Champions League spot, Persepolis won their away game against Esteghlal Khuzestan with 1–0. Sepahan and Naft Tehran faced each other directly. Also Sepahan lost their AFC Champions League spot although they won the match with 1–0. Both teams had the same goal difference but Naft Tehran scored more goals in the season. Finally Foolad saved their championship after they defeated Gostaresh Foulad away by a goal of Mehrdad Jama'ati.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Esteghlal Khuzestan celebrate their championship in 2016.

The league changed its name from Persian Gulf Cup to Persian Gulf Pro League in 2014. The Iranian Football Federation decided also to change the logos of the Persian Gulf Pro League and of the Azadegan League. The 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League was embossed by an exciting championship battle between Sepahan, Tractor Sazi and Naft Tehran. Tractor Sazi was ahead of their opponents Naft Tehran on goal difference, and a point of Sepahan. Tractor Sazi and Naft Tehran faced each other at Sahand, while Sepahan had to play Saipa at home. Tractor Sazi were in front 3–1 after an hour thanks to goals from Brazilian striker Edinho, Andranik Teymourian and Farid Karimi. But then the game started to turn worse for Tractor Sazi. A very controversial red card for national team captain Andranik Teymourian and two goals by the visitors destroyed Tractor Sazi dreams. Furthermore, there were strange events in the stadium, including a lot of misinformation and disturbed telecommunication. Although Sepahan secured their title with a 2–0 victory over Saipa, thousands of Tractor Sazi supporters celebrated on the pitch, believing that they won the league for the first time in club's history.^[4]^[5]

Also the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League was not decided until the last matchday. Thanks to two goals from Rahim Zahivi at the last matchday against Zob Ahan, the Ahvaz based team Esteghlal Khuzestan won the league sensational in front of Persepolis and Esteghlal.^[6] Persepolis missed their big opportunity winning the league after eight years. They were shocked on matchday 28 as they lost their match against Naft Tehran 0–2 at a packed Azadi. However Persepolis dominated the next season and won the 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League clear before Esteghlal and Tractor Sazi.^[7]

Format

In the past, the number of teams were changed for various times. Since 2013, the league comprises 16 teams. Over the course of a season, which runs annually from July to the following May, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at home and once away, resulting in each team competing in 30 games in total. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the league table by points gained, then goal difference, then goals scored and then their head-to-head record for that season.

At the end of the season, the club with the most points becomes the Iranian champion. Currently, the top two clubs in the table and the Hazfi Cup champion qualify automatically for the group phase of the AFC Champions League, while the third-place team enters the AFC Champions League at the Play-off round. The bottom two teams are relegated to Azadegan League. Furthermore, all teams in the Persian Gulf Pro League can participate in the Hazfi Cup.

Number of teams	Period
14	2001–02 until 2003–04
16	2004–05 until 2006–07, since 2013–14
18	2007–08 until 2012–13

Logo

Logo from 2006 to 2014

Logo since 2014

Ranking

As of 21 March 2018

Ranking			Member Association	Total Points	FIFA Points		Club Points		2018	2017	2016	2015
2018	2017	Mvmt	Member Association	Total Points	Points	(10%)	Points	(90%)	2018	2017	2016	2015
1	3	+2	China	96.414	508	6.414	63.267	90.000	8.200	24.567	14.750	15.750
2	6	+4	Qatar	93.812	332	4.192	63.000	89.620	8.600	13.400	22.000	19.000
3	1	-2	United Arab Emirates	87.865	430	5.429	57.950	82.436	3.600	11.350	18.000	25.000
4	2	-2	South Korea	83.883	554	6.995	54.050	76.888	6.600	9.950	20.750	16.750
5	7	+1	Iran	76.575	792	10.000	46.800	66.575	6.350	16.200	13.000	11.250
6	5	—	Japan	82.455	593	7.487	52.700	74.968	5.100	21.850	10.500	15.250
7	4	-3	Saudi Arabia	75.017	494	6.237	48.350	68.780	5.000	18.600	9.500	15.250
8	8	—	Australia	53.726	740	9.343	31.200	44.383	3.800	5.900	14.000	7.500
9	10	+1	Thailand	48.882	238	3.005	32.250	45.877	6.200	15.050	1.000	10.000
10	9	-1	Uzbekistan	41.186	451	5.694	24.950	35.492	5.400	5.050	9.750	4.750

Current clubs

Sepidrood

Pars Jonoubi Jam

Sepahan
Zob Ahan

Est. Khuzestan
Foolad

Padideh

Sanat Naft

Machine Sazi
Tractor Sazi

Naft MIS

Nassaji

Esteghlal
Paykan
Persepolis
Saipa

Locations of clubs in 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,900
Foolad	Ahvaz	Foolad Arena	30,655
Machine Sazi	Tabriz	Bonyan Diesel	12,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Behnam Mohammadi	8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran	Qaemshahr	Vatani	15,000
Padideh	Mashhad	Imam Reza	27,700
Pars Jonoubi Jam	Jam	Takhti Jam	15,000
Paykan	Shahr-e Qods	Shahre Qods	25,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Saipa	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	8,000
Sepahan	Isfahan	Naghsh-e-Jahan	75,000
Sepidrood	Rasht	Sardar Jangal	15,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Sahand	66,833
Zob Ahan	Fuladshahr	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Champions

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Persepolis	11	9	1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18
Esteghlal	8	9	1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
Pas Tehran	5	5	1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04
Sepahan	5	1	2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
Saipa	3	0	1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07
Foolad	2	0	2004–05, 2013–14
Esteghlal Khuzestan	1	0	2015–16

All-time table

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Matches	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Relegated	Best rank
1	Esteghlal¹	17	522	255	165	102	773	492	+281	929	3	4	5	—	1st
2	Persepolis³⁴⁵	17	522	238	166	118	741	520	+221	867	4	2	2	—	1st
3	Sepahan²	17	522	230	166	126	741	515	+226	853	5	1	1	—	1st
4	Zob Ahan⁶	17	522	210	175	137	654	525	+129	804	—	4	1	—	2nd
5	Foolad	16	488	186	166	136	577	502	+75	724	2	—	2	1	1st
6	Saipa	17	522	167	181	174	589	599	−10	682	1	—	1	—	1st
7	Saba Qom	13	414	128	159	127	468	460	+8	543	—	—	1	1	3rd
8	Malavan⁷	14	436	121	145	170	403	502	−99	507	—	—	—	2	7th
9	Tractor Sazi⁸	10	312	129	108	75	415	322	+96	494	—	3	1	1	2nd
10	Paykan	13	398	122	113	163	413	495	−81	489	—	—	—	4	5th
11	Fajr Sepasi	12	368	101	135	132	347	406	−59	438	—	—	—	2	4th
12	Rah Ahan	11	354	91	114	149	353	447	−94	387	—	—	—	1	8th
13	Naft Tehran	8	252	91	88	73	284	258	+27	361	—	—	2	1	3rd
14	Mes Kerman	8	264	85	99	80	310	292	+18	354	—	—	1	1	3rd
15	Aboumoslem	9	270	83	90	97	295	304	−9	339	—	—	—	1	4th
16	Esteghlal Ahvaz	9	274	80	78	116	327	402	−75	318	—	1	—	2	2nd
17	PAS Tehran⁹	6	168	72	59	37	263	181	+82	274	1	2	—	—	1st
18	Bargh Shiraz	8	236	60	78	98	250	335	−85	258	—	—	—	1	7th
19	Damash¹⁰	8	248	56	81	111	228	344	−116	248	—	—	—	2	7th
20	Sanat Naft	7	222	61	61	100	238	317	−85	244	—	—	—	3	9th
21	Esteghlal Khuzestan	5	150	42	59	49	155	172	−18	185	1	—	—	—	1st
22	Gostaresh Foulad	5	150	39	60	51	147	161	−14	177	—	—	—	—	8th
23	PAS Hamedan	4	136	38	48	50	143	165	−22	162	—	—	—	1	5th
24	Padideh	4	120	34	43	43	114	129	−15	139	—	—	—	—	10th
25	Shahin Bushehr	3	102	23	38	41	96	118	−22	107	—	—	—	1	13th
26	Steel Azin¹¹	2	68	19	23	26	85	112	−27	80	—	—	—	1	5th
27	Shamoushak Noshahr	3	86	16	26	44	64	118	−54	74	—	—	—	1	14th
28	Siah Jamegan	3	90	15	27	48	64	117	−53	72	—	—	—	1	13th
29	Shahrdari Tabriz	2	68	14	29	25	79	97	−18	71	—	—	—	1	12th
30	Pars Jonoubi Jam	1	30	11	14	5	34	24	+10	47	—	—	—	—	5th
31	Aluminium Hormozgan	1	34	7	14	13	26	40	−14	35	—	—	—	1	15th
32	Payam Mashhad	1	34	9	8	17	33	52	−19	35	—	—	—	1	16th
33	Sepidrood	1	30	8	6	16	24	39	−15	30	—	—	—	—	13th
34	Mes Sarcheshmeh	1	34	5	9	20	23	54	−31	24	—	—	—	1	18th
35	Naft Masjed Soleyman	1	30	3	13	14	19	39	−20	22	—	—	—	1	16th
36	Rahian Kermanshah¹²	1	34	3	12	19	25	59	−34	21	—	—	—	1	18th
37	Tarbiat Yazd¹³	1	30	4	7	19	21	43	−22	19	—	—	—	1	16th
38	Gahar Zagros¹⁴	1	34	3	10	21	24	59	−35	19	—	—	—	1	18th
39	Machine Sazi	1	30	3	7	20	18	45	−27	16	—	—	—	1	16th
40	Nassaji Mazandaran	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

	2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League
	2018–19 Azadegan League
	2018–19 League 2
	Dissolved

Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Only league matches; play-offs are not included in the all-time table.
¹Esteghlal was deducted one point in the 2013–14 season.
²Sepahan was deducted three points in the 2007–08 season.
³Persepolis was deducted six points in the 2005–06 season.
⁴Persepolis was deducted six points in the 2007–08 season.
⁵Persepolis was deducted one point in the 2013–14 season.
⁶Zob Ahan was deducted one point in the 2005–06 season.
⁷Malavan was deducted one point in the 2013–14 season.
⁸Tractor Sazi was deducted one point in the 2013–14 season.
⁹PAS Tehran was deducted one point in the 2006–07 season.
¹⁰Damash was deducted one point in the 2013–14 season.
¹¹Steel Azin was formerly known as Ekbatan.
¹²Rahian Kermanshah was formerly known as Shirin Faraz.
¹³Tarbiat Yazd was formerly known as Shahid Ghandi.
¹⁴Gahar Zagros was formerly known as Damash Lorestan.

Attendances

Average league attendances

Season	Average	Highest attended club	Club average	Lowest attended club	Club average
2005–06	9,179	Esteghlal	33,467	Shamoushak Noshahr	3,542
2006–07	10,119	Esteghlal	35,000	Rah Ahan	4,073
2007–08	11,235	Persepolis	60,000	Rah Ahan	2,647
2008–09	8,954	Persepolis	40,688	PAS Hamedan	3,706
2009–10	12,298	Tractor Sazi	57,647	Paykan	2,313
2010–11	9,383	Tractor Sazi	42,000	Paykan	1,941
2011–12	9,488	Tractor Sazi	39,533	Mes Sarcheshmeh	1,706
2012–13	7,964	Esteghlal	34,250	Rah Ahan	1,942
2013–14	7,631	Persepolis	29,467	Rah Ahan	1,664
2014–15	6,921	Tractor Sazi	27,488	Saba Qom	1,365
2015–16	8,048	Persepolis	47,036	Naft Tehran	1,594
2016–17	8,086	Persepolis	48,567	Gostaresh Foulad	1,018
2017–18	9,060	Persepolis	39,786	Gostaresh Foulad	817

Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances.

Highest attended season matches

Season	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
2005–06	Esteghlal	4–1	Bargh Shiraz	100,000	21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)	30	Azadi
2006–07	Persepolis	2–1	Esteghlal	95,000	3 November 2006 (2006-11-03)	8	Azadi
2007–08	Persepolis	2–1	Sepahan	110,000	17 May 2008 (2008-05-17)	34	Azadi
2008–09	Persepolis	2–0	Damash	90,000	25 September 2008 (2008-09-25)	8	Azadi
	Persepolis	1–1	Esteghlal	90,000	3 October 2008 (2008-10-03)	9	Azadi
	Esteghlal	1–1	Persepolis	90,000	13 February 2009 (2009-02-13)	26	Azadi
2009–10	Tractor Sazi	0–0	Moghavemat	95,000	22 January 2010 (2010-01-22)	24	Sahand
2010–11	Esteghlal	1–0	Persepolis	100,000	15 October 2010 (2010-10-15)	11	Azadi
2011–12	Persepolis	0–2	Esteghlal	100,000	16 September 2011 (2011-09-16)	7	Azadi
2012–13	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	100,000	25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)	23	Azadi
2012–13	Esteghlal	1–2	Damash	100,000	10 May 2013 (2013-05-10)	34	Azadi
2013–14	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	100,000	6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)	8	Azadi
2014–15	Tractor Sazi	3–3	Naft Tehran	80,000	15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)	30	Sahand
2015–16	Persepolis	4–2	Esteghlal	100,000	15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)	26	Azadi
2016–17	Persepolis	4–0	Padideh	80,000	19 April 2017 (2017-04-19)	28	Azadi
2017–18	Esteghlal	1–0	Persepolis	100,000	1 March 2018 (2018-03-01)	25	Azadi

Records

All-time top scorers

As of December 16, 2018

No.	Player	Goals	Years
1	Reza Enayati	149	2001–2017
2	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	116	2001–2018
3	Arash Borhani	114	2002–2017
4	Fereydoon Fazli	85	2001–2010
5	Édinho	82	2008–present
6	Jalal Rafkhaei	79	2005–present
7	Karim Ansarifard	77	2007–2014
8	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	74	2004–present
9	Mohammad Gholami	72	2001–present
10	Emad Mohammed	70	2005–2012

Players in bold are still active in the league.

All-time top appearances

As of December 16, 2018


No	Player	Appearance	Years
1	Jalal Hosseini	448	2002–present
2	Ebrahim Sadeghi	437	2000– 2017
3	Mehdi Rahmati	418	2001–present
4	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	381	2001– 2018
5	Morteza Asadi	380	2005–present
6	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	379	2003–present
7	Mohsen Bengar	372	2003–present
8	Pejman Nouri	367	2001–present
9	Khosro Heydari	366	2002–present
10	Reza Enayati	358	2001 to 2017

Broadcasting and sponsorship

Broadcasting

Logo of IRIB TV3, the league's important TV partner

The state-owned television channel IRIB has the broadcasting rights for the most matches of the Persian Gulf Pro League, Azadegan League and Hazfi Cup. Each match of Esteghlal and Persepolis is broadcasting by IRIB TV3, IRIB's popular channel. In addition to that Esteghlal and Persepolis playing not at the same time with the exception of the Sorkhabi derby and the last two matchdays of each season. IRIB Varzesh shows other important matches, while the remaining games are shown on IRIB regional channels. Furthermore, Navad, a popular weekly football program broadcast by IRIB TV3, shows highlights of all Persian Gulf Pro League and Azadegan League matches.

Sponsorship

The Persian Gulf Pro League has been sponsored since 2005. There have been four sponsors since the league's formation.

2001–2005: no sponsor

2005–2007: Zamzam

2007–2009: Padideh

2009–2014: Irancell

2014–2016: Sun Star

2016–present: Fanap

According to a study from November 2012, clubs in the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup on average obtained 15% of their income from sponsorships.^[8]

Ownership

References

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^ برنامه‌ي كامل دور رفت ششمين دوره‌ي ليگ برتر فوتبال؛ ليگ برتر به "خليج فارس" تغيير نام داد (in Persian). ISNA. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2006-08-14.

^ برترين طرح ارائه شده براي ليگ برتر انتخاب شد (in Persian). IRIFF Official Website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2006-11-24.

^ Hurrey, Adam (18 May 2015). "Iranian side mistakenly celebrate winning the league title" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

^ "Sepahan Wins Iran Professional League - Tasnim News Agency".

^ "Esteghlal Khuzestan crowned IPL champion, Malavan and Rah Ahan relegated(VIDEO)".

^ "Persepolis Crowned Champion of Persian Gulf Pro League 2016/17". 19 April 2017.

^ Mahsa Qorbani; Mohammad Javad Sheikh; Meysam Bagheri (November 2012). "A comparative study of how to finance professional football premier leagues in Iran and England" (PDF). Scholarly Journal of Business Administration. 2 (9): 147. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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External links

Persian Gulf Pro League official website

Persian Gulf Pro League at Soccerway.com

List of Iran all-time top scorers at RSSSF

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[2] برنامه‌ي كامل دور رفت ششمين دوره‌ي ليگ برتر فوتبال؛ ليگ برتر به "خليج فارس" تغيير نام داد (in Persian). ISNA. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2006-08-14.

[3] برترين طرح ارائه شده براي ليگ برتر انتخاب شد (in Persian). IRIFF Official Website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2006-11-24.

[4] Hurrey, Adam (18 May 2015). "Iranian side mistakenly celebrate winning the league title" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

[5] "Sepahan Wins Iran Professional League - Tasnim News Agency".

[6] "Esteghlal Khuzestan crowned IPL champion, Malavan and Rah Ahan relegated(VIDEO)".

[7] "Persepolis Crowned Champion of Persian Gulf Pro League 2016/17". 19 April 2017.

[8] Mahsa Qorbani; Mohammad Javad Sheikh; Meysam Bagheri (November 2012). "A comparative study of how to finance professional football premier leagues in Iran and England" (PDF). Scholarly Journal of Business Administration. 2 (9): 147. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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v t e Persian Gulf Pro League
2018–19 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Machine Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Padideh Pars Jam Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Sepidrood Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan
Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Gostaresh Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Tehran PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Saba Siah Jamegan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd
Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players
Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards
Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016 winter 2016–17 summer 2017 winter 2017–18 summer 2018

v t e Football in Iran
League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's) Futsal Beach soccer
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup
Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup
National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17 W U-17 M Futsal W Futsal M U-20 Futsal M Beach
Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League
Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

v t e Iranian football league champions
11 titles	Persepolis 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18
8 titles	Esteghlal 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
5 titles	Pas Tehran 1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04 Sepahan 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
3 titles	Saipa 1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07
2 titles	Foolad 2004–05, 2013–14
1 title	Esteghlal Khuzestan 2015–16

v t e Iranian Sport leagues
Basketball	Super League 1st Division
Football	Pro League Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division
Futsal	Super League 1st Division 2nd Division
Handball	Super League 1st Division
Volleyball	Super League 1st Division
Water polo	Super League
Wrestling	Premier League

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Contents

History

Persian Gulf Cup

Persian Gulf Pro League

Format

Logo

Ranking

Current clubs

Champions

All-time table

Attendances

Average league attendances

Highest attended season matches

Records

All-time top scorers

All-time top appearances

Broadcasting and sponsorship

Broadcasting

Sponsorship

Ownership

See also

References

External links

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Founded	1970; 49 years ago (1970) (since 2001 as Pro League)
Country	Iran
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Azadegan League
Domestic cup(s)	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League
Current champions	Persepolis (11th title) (2017–18)
Most championships	Persepolis (11 titles)
Most appearances	Jalal Hosseini (448)
Top goalscorer	Reza Enayati (149 goals)
TV partners	TV3 Varzesh Shoma Jame Jam IRIB Provincial Channels
Website	IranLeague.ir
2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League