2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League

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Zob Ahan  – Malavan
(11 May 2015)
Total attendance1,585,978
Average attendance6,921

The 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 32nd season of

Sepahan
won the Pro League title for the fifth time in their history (total fifth Iranian title).

Changes

Rules and regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participated in 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League were allowed to have up to a maximum of 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which categorized in the following groups:[1]

  • Up to maximum 18 adult (without any age limit) players
  • Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1992).
  • Up to maximum 8 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1994).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Rah Ahan
Naft
Paykan
Locations of clubs in 2014–15 Iran Pro League
Team City Venue Capacity
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 95,225
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Ahvaz Ghadir
Takhti Ahvaz
38,900
15,000
Foolad Khuzestan Ahvaz Ghadir 38,900
Gostaresh
Tabriz
Bonyan Dizel
12,000
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi 8,000
Naft Tehran Tehran Takhti Tehran 30,122
Padideh
Mashhad
Samen
35,000
Paykan Qods Shahr-e Qods
Shahid Dastgerdi
25,000
8,250
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 95,225
Rah Ahan
Tehran
Rah Ahan
25,000
12,000
Saba Qom Qom
Yadegar Emam
10,610
Saipa Karaj
Enghelab Karaj
15,000
Sepahan
Esfahan
Foolad Shahr 15,000
Tractor Sazi
Tabriz Sahand 66,833
Zob Ahan
Esfahan
Foolad Shahr 15,000

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
1
Tehran
5 Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Persepolis, Rah Ahan
2
Khuzestan
3 Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman
3
East Azerbaijan
2 Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4
Esfahan
2 Sepahan, Zob Ahan
5
Gilan
1 Malavan
6
Khorasan
1 Padideh
7
Qom
1 Saba Qom
8
Alborz
1 Saipa

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 Shirt sponsor
Esteghlal Iran Amir Ghalenoei Iran Reza Enayati Iran Merooj Pardisban
Est. Khuzestan Iran Abdollah Veisi Iran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Germany Uhlsport INSIG
Foolad Croatia Dragan Skočić Iran Bakhtiar Rahmani Germany Uhlsport Foolad Khuzestan
Gostaresh Iran Faraz Kamalvand Iran Meysam Naghizadeh Spain Kelme
Ata Airlines
Malavan Iran Firouz Karimi Iran Maziar Zare Iran Daei Steel Azin Iranian
Naft MIS Iran Behrouz Makvandi Iran Reza Darvishi Iran Merooj NIOC
Naft Tehran Iran Alireza Mansourian Iran Alireza Ezzati Germany Uhlsport Naft-G
Padideh Iran Alireza Marzban Iran Mojtaba Roshangar Iran Merooj Padideh Co.
Paykan Iran Samad Marfavi Iran Mehdi Rahmati Iran Merooj Iran Khodro
Persepolis Croatia Branko Ivanković Iran Mohammad Nouri Italy Macron Behnam Pishro Archived 29 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Rah Ahan Iran Farhad Kazemi Iran Ebrahim Karimi Iran Merooj Fars Air Qeshm
Saba Qom Iran Mehdi Tartar Iran Morteza Kashi Iran Merooj Azar Khodro
Saipa Iran Majid Jalali Iran Ebrahim Sadeghi Iran Merooj SAIPA
Sepahan Iran Hossein Faraki Iran Hadi Aghily Germany Uhlsport Foolad Mobarakeh
Tractor Sazi Portugal Toni Iran Mehdi Kiani Spain Kelme
Hamrah-e Aval
Zob Ahan Iran Yahya Golmohammadi
Ghasem Hadadifar
Iran Merooj Xballer

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Padideh
Iran Akbar Misaghian Resigned 2 May 2014 Pre-season Iran Alireza Marzban 7 May 2014
Naft Tehran Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Mutual consent 10 May 2014 Iran Alireza Mansourian 1 July 2014
Zob Ahan
Iran Firouz Karimi End of contract 10 May 2014 Iran Yahya Golmohammadi 10 May 2014
Saipa
Engin Firat
13 May 2014 Iran Majid Jalali 13 May 2014
Foolad Iran Hossein Faraki Mutual consent 23 May 2014 Croatia Dragan Skočić 23 May 2014
Malavan Croatia Dragan Skočić Signed by Foolad 23 May 2014 Iran Nosrat Irandoost 24 May 2014
Paykan Iran Farhad Kazemi Mutual consent 1 July 2014 Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 1 July 2014
Rah Ahan
Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 1 July 2014 Iran Hamid Estili 1 July 2014
Sepahan
Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar Resigned 8 September 2014 4th Iran Hossein Faraki 9 September 2014
Persepolis Iran Ali Daei Sacked 10 September 2014 9th Iran Hamid Derakhshan 10 September 2014
Gostaresh Iran Mehdi Tartar 4 October 2014 13th Iran Faraz Kamalvand 4 October 2014
Malavan
Iran Nosrat Irandoost 8 October 2014 15th Serbia Stevan Mojsilović 8 October 2014
Paykan Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 25 November 2014 11th Iran Samad Marfavi 27 November 2014
Saba Qom Iran Samad Marfavi Mutual consent 26 November 2014 6th Iran Mehdi Tartar 5 December 2014
Malavan
Serbia Stevan Mojsilović Sacked 5 December 2014 16th Iran Firouz Karimi 6 December 2014
Rah Ahan
Iran Hamid Estili Resigned 2 February 2015 14th Iran Farhad Kazemi 18 February 2015
Tractor Sazi
Iran Rasoul Khatibi Sacked 8 February 2015[2] 5th Portugal Toni 15 February 2015
Persepolis Iran Hamid Derakhshan Resigned 5 April 2015 9th Croatia Branko Ivanković 6 April 2015
Malavan Iran Firouz Karimi Resigned 23 May 2015 13th, post season Iran Hamid Estili 16 July 2015
Esteghlal Iran Amir Ghalenoei Sacked 18 May 2015 5th, post season Iran Parviz Mazloumi 21 June 2015

Foreign Players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Players
Esteghlal Armenia Hrayr Mkoyan Iraq Karrar Jassim Brazil Rafael
Germany Hendrik Helmke
ESteghlal Khuzestan Mali Lamine Diawara Mali Moussa Coulibaly Mali Soumbeïla Diakité
Foolad Khuzestan Cameroon Aloys Nong Cameroon Mathias Chago Croatia Leonard Mesarić
Gostaresh Brazil Diogo Orlando Brazil Léo Pimenta Brazil Magno Uruguay Rodrigo Odriozola
Malavan
Naft Masjed Brazil Maranhão Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev Moldova Alexandru Pașcenco Uzbekistan Ruslan Melziddinov
Naft Tehran Azerbaijan Ali Ghorbani Brazil Leandro Padovani Netherlands Donovan Deekman Cameroon David Wirikom
Padideh Croatia Igor Prahić Montenegro Milan Jovanović Serbia Zoran Knežević Uzbekistan Bahodir Nasimov
Paykan Bosnia and Herzegovina Muamer Svraka Brazil Dodô Trinidad and Tobago Jlloyd Samuel Uzbekistan Oybek Kilichev Croatia Mate Eterović
Persepolis Brazil Fernando Gabriel Brazil Tadeu Costa Rica Michael Umaña Brazil Nilson
Rah Ahan Slovenia Igor Nenezić Uganda Martin Kayongo-Mutumba
Saba Qom Cameroon Ambuno Achille Georgia (country) Ioseb Chakhvashvili Brazil Marquinho
Saipa
Sepahan Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Brazil Chimba Brazil Márcio Passos Uzbekistan Fozil Musaev
Tractor Sazi Brazil Célio Santos Brazil Edinho Senegal Issa Ndoye Albania Ditmar Bicaj
Brazil Radamés
Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Zob Ahan Azerbaijan Hojjat Haghverdi Brazil Carlos Lebanon Ali Hamam Lebanon Walid Ismail

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Sepahan
(C)
30 17 8 5 46 27 +19 59 Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League group stage
2
Tractor Sazi
30 17 7 6 58 34 +24 58
3 Naft Tehran 30 16 10 4 45 28 +17 58 Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4
Zob Ahan
30 14 10 6 46 26 +20 52 Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
5 Foolad 30 15 7 8 33 24 +9 52
6 Esteghlal 30 13 8 9 40 34 +6 47
7 Saipa 30 11 8 11 36 34 +2 41
8 Persepolis 30 9 9 12 31 35 −4 36
9 Saba Qom 30 8 10 12 25 34 −9 34
10
Padideh
30 6 15 9 23 25 −2 33
11
Gostaresh
30 6 13 11 30 39 −9 31
12
Rah Ahan
30 8 7 15 27 48 −21 31
13 Malavan 30 6 12 12 26 34 −8 30
14
Est. Khuzestan
(O)
30 4 15 11 35 46 −11 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Paykan (R) 30 4 14 12 16 29 −13 26 Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman (R) 30 3 13 14 19 39 −20 22
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup
    .

Results

Home \ Away EST
ESK
FOL GOS MLV NFT NAF
PAD
PAY PRS
RAH
SAB SAP
SEP
TRK
ZOB
Esteghlal 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
1–2
1–0 1–1 3–2
2–1
1–4 1–1
Est. Khuzestan
4–4 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–1
Foolad 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–2
Gostaresh 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 3–2
Malavan 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–3
Naft Masjed Soleyman 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–1
Naft Tehran 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0
Padideh
1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Paykan 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–3
Persepolis
1–0
2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1
1–2
1–3
1–0
Rah Ahan
1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–3
Saba Qom 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–1
Saipa 0–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–0
Sepahan
3–1
3–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
1–0
3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
1–1
Tractor Sazi
2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–3 1–2
1–0
4–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–1
Zob Ahan
2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 5–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 4–1
1–1
0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Est. Khuzestan
81115161514151112141111121212111111121213131212141313131414
Paykan161513141615131511101010101011121212111112121414131414141515
Naft M.S.91614151416161616161616151515151515131315151515151615161616
Leader
2016 AFC Champions League
Relegation to Play-offs Qualification
Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League
Source: FIFA.com
(in English)