2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches; Foolad
Longest winless run	21 matches; Sanat Naft
Longest losing run	7 matches; Paykan ; Gahar Zagros
Highest attendance	100,000 ; Esteghlal – Persepolis ; (25 January 2013) ; Esteghlal – Damash ; (10 May 2013)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) ; Persepolis – Fajr Sepasi ; (24 July 2012) ; Persepolis – Aluminium Hormozgan ; (27 September 2012) ; Damash – Zob Ahan ; (1 October 2012) ; Damash – Saba Qom ; (23 February 2013) ; Esteghlal – Gahar Zagros ; (12 April 2013)
Total attendance	2,397,100
Average attendance	7,964
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 30th season of

Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2011–12 Azadegan League: Paykan as champions, Aluminium Hormozgan and Gahar Zagros. The league started on 19 July 2012 and ended on 10 May 2013. Esteghlal

won the Pro League title for the third time in their history (total eighth Iranian title).

Events

Competition format

After the 2012–13 Iran Pro League season, it was planned that the number of teams would be reduced from 18 to 16 for the next season, so 4 team was directly relegated to the Azadegan League, while one team was played against the 3rd ranked team from the second division league team in a play-off. 2 teams also are directly promoted from current Azadegan league to the next pro league season and one team played against the 14th placed pro league team in a play-off.

Rules and regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2012–13 Iran Pro League are allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:^[1]

Up to maximum 21 adult (over 23-year-old) players
Up to maximum 6 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1989).
Up to maximum 5 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1991).
Up to maximum 3 under-19 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1993).

Based on the fact that the Season is started from 19 July 2012.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Rah Ahan
Naft

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Locations of clubs in 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

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Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Aluminium	Bandar Abbas	Khalij Fars	15,459
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh Dastgheib	14,560 7,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Ghadir	50,199
Gahar Zagros	Dorood	Takhti Doorood	10,052
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,430
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Paykan	Tehran	Peykanshahr	30,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Rah Ahan	12,922
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam	10,610
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	30,000
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,256
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	31,439
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar-e-Emam	66,833
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	31,439

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Past Season
Aluminium	Parviz Mazloomi	Mahmood Tighnavard	Uhlsport	Parmis^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Promoted
Damash	Afshin Nazemi (caretaker)	Reza Mahdavi	Uhlsport	Sadra Holding	7th
Esteghlal	Amir Ghalenoei	Farhad Majidi	Uhlsport	Refah Bank	Champion
Fajr Sepasi	Mahmoud Yavari	Hossein Kazemi	Majid	HICE	13th
Foolad	Hossein Faraki	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan	14th
Gahar Zagros	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Majid Bajelan	Uhlsport	Mahab Archived 23 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine	Promoted
Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Pejman Nouri	Uhlsport	Steel Azin Iranian	12th
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Resalat Bank	9th
Naft Tehran	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Hadi Shakouri	Uhlsport	NIOC	5th
Paykan	Firouz Karimi	Reza Tahmasebi	Uhlsport	IKCO Runna	Promoted
Persepolis	Yahya Golmohammadi	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Uhlsport	Kavosh	15th
Rah Ahan	Ali Daei	Hossein Pashaei	Daei	Fars Air Qeshm	11th
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	Morteza Kashi	Majid	Lojix^{[permanent dead link‍]}	4th
Saipa	Mojtaba Taghavi	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport	SAIPA	8th
Sanat Naft	Acácio Casimiro	Hossein Kaebi	adidas	Jondi Shapour Co.	10th
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Foolad Mobarakeh	3rd
Tractor Sazi	Hassan Azarnia (interim)	Morteza Assadi	Uhlsport	Javanan Khayyer	2nd
Zob Ahan	Farhad Kazemi	Mohammad Salsali	Uhlsport	Esfahan Steel	6th

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Paykan	Farhad Kazemi	Contract expired	9 May 2012	Pre-season	Abdollah Veisi	1 June 2012
Damash	Mehdi Tartar	End of caretaker spell	31 May 2012		Omid Harandi	1 June 2012
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Contract expired	31 May 2012		Hossein Faraki	1 June 2012
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh		31 May 2012		Rasoul Korbekandi	1 June 2012
Saba	Abdollah Veisi		31 May 2012		Yahya Golmohammadi	1 June 2012
Naft Tehran	Hossein Faraki	Signed by Foolad	31 May 2012		Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	1 June 2012
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloomi	Sacked	31 May 2012		Amir Ghalenoei	1 June 2012
Tractor Sazi	Amir Ghalenoei	Signed by Esteghlal	31 May 2012		Toni	9 June 2012
Gahar Zagros	Davoud Mahabadi	Resigned	19 June 2012		Mehdi Tartar	24 June 2012
Persepolis	Mustafa Denizli	Mutual agreement	22 June 2012		Manuel José de Jesus	3 July 2012

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Gahar Zagros	Mehdi Tartar	Resigned	14 September 2012	17th	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	27 October 2012
Damash	Omid Harandi	Sacked	16 September 2012	11th	Hamid Derakhshan	18 September 2012
Saba	Yahya Golmohammadi	Resigned	24 September 2012	7th	Samad Marfavi	25 September 2012
Sanat Naft	José Alberto Costa	Sacked	27 September 2012	17th	Acácio Casimiro	7 October 2012
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Resigned	29 September 2012	9th	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	29 September 2012
Zob Ahan	Rasoul Korbekandi	Sacked	5 October 2012	15th	Farhad Kazemi	8 October 2012
Persepolis	Manuel José de Jesus		10 December 2012	12th	Yahya Golmohammadi	10 December 2012
Mes Kerman	Ebrahim Ghasempour		1 January 2013	8th	Luka Bonačić	1 January 2013
Paykan	Abdollah Veisi		27 January 2013	16th	Firouz Karimi	27 January 2013
Aluminium	Akbar Misaghian		12 February 2013	14th	Parviz Mazloomi	12 February 2013
Damash	Hamid Derakhshan		3 March 2013	13th	Afshin Nazemi	7 March 2013
Tractor Sazi^[2]	Toni		2 May 2013	2nd	Majid Jalali	1 June 2013

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Players
Aluminium	Riad Demic	Luiz Fernando	Éamon Zayed	Mohamed Istanbali	Cris Henrique
Damash Gilan	Arilson	Boubacar Kébé			Ibrahim Maaroufi
Esteghlal	Vicente Arze	Jlloyd Samuel			Januário Rodrigo Tosi Liam Reddy
Fajr Sepasi	Sendley Bito				Diego Máximo Mahmoud Amnah
Foolad	Chimba	Juninho	Leandro Padovani		Claudiu Mircea Ionescu
Gahar Zagros	Hamlet Mkhitaryan	Saša Kolunija			Grigor Meliksetyan
Malavan	Serghei Pașcenco
Mes Kerman	Milan Mijatović	Ivan Petrović	Stevan Bates
Naft Tehran	Magno	Mario Ramos	Goran Ljubojević
Paykan	Diego Máximo	Fábio Carvalho	Josieley Ferreira
Persepolis	Nilson	Vlatko Grozdanoski	Marko Perović		Roberto Sousa Éamon Zayed Kwon Jun
Rah Ahan	Igor Castro
Saba Qom	David Wirikom
Saipa	Júnior	Márcio Alemão
Sanat Naft	Valeri Aleksanyan	Fousseyni Sidibé	Hugo Machado		Diogo Melo Marko Šimić
Sepahan	Ervin Bulku	Xhevahir Sukaj		Milan Susak	Radomir Đalović
Tractor Sazi	Agil Etemadi	Flávio Paixão			João Vilela
Zob Ahan	Gevorg Kasparov	Ismaël Béko Fofana			Darko Božović Aco Stojkov Hugo Machado

2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Events

Competition format

Rules and regulations

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

In season

Foreign players

League table

Results

Positions by round

Clubs season-progress

Relegation play-offs

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Clean sheets

Scoring

Hat-tricks

Awards

Team of the Season

Player of the Season

Other awards

Attendances

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

See also

Team season articles

References

External links

Home \ Away	ALH	DMG	EST	FJR	FOL	GZA	MLV	NAF	PAY	PRS	RAH	SAB	SAP	MES	SNA	SEP	TRK	ZOB
Aluminium Hormozgan		0–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Damash	1–2		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Esteghlal	1–0	1–2		0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Fajr Sepasi	6–0	6–1	0–5		1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0
Foolad	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1		4–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–3	3–2	2–1
Gahar Zagros	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–1		0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–0
Malavan	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		1–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1
Naft Tehran	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–4	1–1	1–0
Paykan	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–5	3–2	1–0	1–3		1–2	2–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
Persepolis	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	6–0		2–0	0–2	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–2
Rah Ahan	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1
Saba Qom	2–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	4–0	0–0	0–1		2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Saipa	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0		0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	0–0
Mes Kerman	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0
Sanat Naft	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–6	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0		1–1	0–1	1–1
Sepahan	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0		1–4	4–3
Tractor Sazi	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–3		1–1
Zob Ahan	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	6–0	0–4	3–1

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Esteghlal	548,000	100,000	0	34,250	+7.8%^†
2	Tractor Sazi	409,000	50,000	2,000	24,059	−39.1%^†
3	Persepolis	326,000	90,000	0	21,733	−23.0%^†
4	Aluminium Hormozgan	125,000	20,000	2,000	7,353	+45.5%^†
5	Damash	101,000	15,000	0	6,733	−17.1%^†
6	Sanat Naft	103,000	15,000	1,000	6,059	−38.3%^†
7	Malavan	102,000	8,000	3,000	6,000	+15.7%^†
8	Gahar Zagros	99,000	65,000	1,000	5,824	−5.4%^†
9	Foolad	92,000	20,000	1,000	5,412	+16.5%^†
10	Fajr Sepasi	83,100	20,000	1,000	4,888	−36.1%^†
11	Saipa	80,500	40,000	1,000	4,735	+117.6%^†
12	Sepahan	67,500	10,000	1,000	3,971	−32.5%^†
13	Mes Kerman	65,000	15,000	1,000	3,824	−35.0%^†
14	Saba Qom	46,000	10,000	1,000	2,706	−24.6%^†
15	Naft Tehran	44,000	15,000	1,000	2,588	+25.7%^†
16	Paykan	37,000	12,000	1,000	2,176	+142.9%^†
17	Zob Ahan	36,000	8,000	1,000	2,118	−25.0%^†
18	Rah Ahan	33,000	7,000	1,000	1,942	−13.1%^†
	League total	2,397,100	100,000	0	7,964	−16.1%^†

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