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
Biggest home winGol Gohar 4–1 Tractor
(20 October 2021)
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)
Highest scoringGol Gohar 4–2 Sepahan
(4 December 2021)
Longest winning runMes Rafsanjan
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAluminium Arak . Esteghlal . Gol Gohar
(9 matches)
Longest winless runPadideh
(9 matches)
Longest losing runPadideh
(5 matches)
2022–23 →

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs in 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League
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 Qasem Soleimani 8,000
Havadar Tehran Shohadaye Eslamshar 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 Rasoul Khatibi 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 Mehran Golzari Merooj
Havadar Reza Enayati Moein Abbasian
Mes Rafsanjan Mohammad Rabiei Hamed Noormohammadi Merooj
Naft MIS Faraz Kamalvand Abbas Asgari Merooj
Nassaji Saket Elhami Hamed Shiri Merooj
Padideh Akbar Misaghian Reza Nasehi Uhlsport
Paykan Mojtaba Hosseini Ali Hamoudi Merooj
Persepolis Yahya Golmohammadi Jalal Hosseini Uhlsport
Sanat Naft Alireza Mansourian Hossein Baghlani Merooj
Sepahan Moharram Navidkia Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Uhlsport
Tractor Zvonimir Soldo Mohammad Reza Akhbari Start
Zob Ahan Mehdi Tartar Shahab Gordan Start

Foreign players
See also: List of foreign footballers in the Persian Gulf Pro League

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
Fajr Sepasi
Foolad Chimba Moussa Coulibaly Ayanda Patosi
Gol Gohar Eric Bocoum
Havadar
Mes Rafsanjan Godwin Mensha Faiz Al-Rushaidi Zahir Al-Aghbari
Naft MIS Karrar Jassim
Nassaji
Paykan
Padideh
Persepolis Božidar Radošević Vahdat Hanonov Manuchehr Safarov
Sanat Naft
Sepahan Christopher Knett Giorgi Gvelesiani
Tractor
Zob Ahan

League table

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan 10 7 1 2 14 2 +12 22 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Esteghlal 10 6 4 0 13 2 +11 22
3 Aluminium Arak 10 5 5 0 10 2 +8 20 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Persepolis 10 5 4 1 14 8 +6 19
5 Mes Rafsanjan 10 5 3 2 13 7 +6 18
6 Foolad 10 4 4 2 8 9 −1 16
7 Paykan 10 4 3 3 11 10 +1 15
8 Gol Gohar 10 3 3 4 9 14 −5 12
9 Tractor 10 3 2 5 10 12 −2 11
10 Nassaji Mazandaran 10 2 5 3 9 11 −2 11
11 Zob Ahan 10 3 2 5 5 10 −5 11
12 Fajr Sepasi 10 2 4 4 5 7 −2 10
13 Havadar 10 2 3 5 5 8 −3 9
14 Sanat Naft 10 2 3 5 4 9 −5 9
15 Naft Masjed Soleyman 10 1 4 5 3 10 −7 7 Relegation to Azadegan League
16 Padideh 10 0 2 8 2 14 −12 2
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2021 (2021-12-17). Source: IranLeague, IPL Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored 6) Fair play points
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]

Results
Home \ Away ALU EST FJR FOL GOL HAV MES MIS NSJ PAD PAY PRS SNA SEP TRC ZOB
Aluminium Arak — 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Esteghlal — 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Fajr Sepasi 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2
Foolad — 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–0
Gol Gohar 0–3 0–1 — 1–1 0–3 4–1
Havadar 0–0 — 0–0 2–0 0–2
Mes Rafsanjan 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 1–1 3–2
Naft MIS 0–0 0–1 — 0–3 1–1
Nassaji 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 2–2 0–2
Padideh 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 — 1–2
Paykan 0–3 0–1 3–0 0–0 — 1–3 1–0
Persepolis 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 — 1–0
Sanat Naft 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–1
Sepahan 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 — 0–0
Tractor 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 —
Zob Ahan 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2021 (2021-12-17). 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
Sepahan3113321111
Esteghlal4422212222
Aluminium Arak8545135333
Persepolis2366744554
Mes Rafsanjan157991096645
Foolad14161312967776
Paykan10651453467
Gol Gohar12345791188
Tractor168111313101012129
Nassaji69711111212101010
Zob Ahan5101276888911
Fajr Sepasi111310108111191112
Havadar13141514151415151413
Sanat Naft12151615141513131514
Naft MIS71188121314141315
Padideh912141616161616161616
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 17 December 2021 (2021-12-17). Source: Iran Football League Organization

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 December 2021 (2021-12-15)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Godwin Mensha Mes Rafsanjan 6
2 Luciano Pereira Foolad 5
3 Mehdi Abdi Persepolis 4
Karim Eslami Nassaji
Saeid Sadeghi Gol Gohar
6 Issa Alekasir Persepolis 3
Peyman Babaei Tractor
Danial Esmaeilifar Sepahan
Hassan Najafi Nassaji
Arthur Yamga Esteghlal

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate

Top assists

As of 15 December 2021 (2021-12-15)

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Mohsen Azarbad Mes Rafsanjan 4
Mehdi Torabi Persepolis
3 Omid Alishah Persepolis 3
Danial Esmaeilifar Sepahan
5 Farshad Ahmadzadeh Sepahan 2
Mohammad Alinejad Aluminium Arak
Vahid Amiri Persepolis
Reza Asadi Persepolis
Rudy Gestede Esteghlal
Alireza Koushki Paykan
Morteza Mansouri Nassaji
Abdollah Nasseri Tractor
Amin Pourali Gol Gohar
Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Sepahan
Younes Shakeri Gol Gohar
Hossein Shenani Zob Ahan

Clean sheets

As of 15 December 2021 (2021-12-15)

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Christopher Knett Sepahan 7
Hossein Pour Hamidi Aluminium Arak
3 Hossein Hosseini Esteghlal 6[2]
4 Ehsan Moradian Foolad 5
5 Mohammad Reza Akhbari Tractor 4
Mehrdad Bashagerdi Havadar
Ahmad Gohari Sanat Naft
Farhad Kermanshahi Paykan
Davoud Noushi Soufiani Mes Rafsanjan
Iman Sadeghi Fajr Sepasi

See also

References
  1. https://iranleague.ir/downloads/Match-Regulations-Pro.zip
  2. https://footba11.co/team/1523/player-stats/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84
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