2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
Season | 2023–24 |
---|---|
Dates | 9 August 2023 | –
Matches played | 192 |
Goals scored | 411 (2.14 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Shahriyar Moghanlou (14 Goals) |
Biggest home win | Malavan 4–0 Foolad (23 August 2023) Esteghlal 4-0 Nassaji (19 December 2023) |
Biggest away win | Havadar 0–5 Sepahan (19 December 2023) |
Highest scoring | Gol Gohar 3–3 Havadar (28 October 2023) Persepolis 4-2 Foolad (8 March 2024)) Tractor 4-2 Havadar ((13 March 2024)) Foolad 3-3 Havadar ((7 April 2024)) |
Longest winning run | Sepahan (5 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Esteghlal (21 matches) |
Longest winless run | Esteghlal Khuzestan (13 matches) |
Longest losing run | Esteghlal Khuzestan (6 matches) |
Highest attendance | 80,000 Tractor – Persepolis[1][2][3][4] (16 August 2023) Tractor – Sepahan[5][6][7][8] (3 April 2024) |
Lowest attendance | 0 (spectator ban) 24 matches |
Total attendance | 1,519,800 |
Average attendance | 10,065 (matches with spectator bans not included) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
The 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) will be the 41st season of Iran's Football League and 23rd as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2022–23 season and two promoted from the 2022–23 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League.
Promoted from 2022–23 Azadegan League |
Relegated to 2023–24 Azadegan League |
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Shams Azar (promoted for the first time in their history) Esteghlal Khuzestan (promoted after a four season absence) |
Mes Kerman (relegated after a single season in top flight) Naft Masjed Soleyman (relegated after five seasons in top flight) |
Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teamsTeam | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Aluminium Arak | Arak | Imam Khomeini | 15,000 |
Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Takhti | 10,000 |
Foolad | Ahvaz | Foolad Arena | 30,655 |
Gol Gohar Sirjan | Sirjan | Shahid Qasem Soleimani | 9,000[9] |
Havadar | Tehran | Dastgerdi[10] | 8,250 |
Malavan | Bandar-e Anzali | Sirous Ghayeghran | 9,000[11] |
Mes Rafsanjan | Rafsanjan | Shohadaye Mes 1 Shohadaye Mes 2 |
10,000[12] 3,800[13][14] |
Nassaji Mazandaran | Qaem Shahr | Vatani | 15,000 |
Paykan | Tehran | Dastgerdi[15] | 8,250 |
Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 10,000[16] |
Sepahan | Isfahan | Naghsh-e-Jahan
|
75,000 |
Shams Azar | Qazvin | Sardar Azadegan | 15,000 |
Tractor | Tabriz | Yadegar-e Emam | 66,833 |
Zob Ahan | Fooladshahr
|
Fooladshahr | 20,000 |
Number of teams by Province
Province | Number of teams | Teams |
---|---|---|
Tehran
|
4 | Persepolis, Esteghlal, Paykan, Havadar |
Khuzestan
|
3 | Foolad, Sanat Naft, Esteghlal Khuzestan |
Kerman
|
2 | Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan |
Isfahan
|
2 | Sepahan, Zob Ahan |
East Azarbaijan
|
1 | Tractor |
Qazvin
|
1 | Shams Azar |
Markazi
|
1 | Aluminium Arak |
Mazandaran
|
1 | Nassaji |
Gilan
|
1 | Malavan |
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.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gol Gohar | Saeid Alhoei | End of caretaker spell | 18 May 2023 | Pre-season | Marinos Ouzounidis | 13 June 2023 |
Paykan | Mojtaba Hosseini | End of contract | 18 May 2023 | Rasoul Khatibi | 26 June 2023 | |
Mes Rafsanjan | Mohammad Rabiei | 18 May 2023 | Saket Elhami | 22 June 2023 | ||
Zob Ahan | Mehdi Tartar | 18 May 2023 | Mohammad Rabiei | 25 June 2023 | ||
Malavan | Maziar Zare | 18 May 2023 | Mehdi Tartar | 26 June 2023 | ||
Havadar | Saket Elhami | Resigned | 30 May 2023 | Mahmoud Fekri | 6 June 2023 | |
Nassaji Mazandaran | Carlos Inarejos | Sacked | 30 May 2023 | Mehdi Rahmati | 6 June 2023 | |
Aluminium Arak | Mehdi Rahmati | Mutual Consent | 4 June 2023 | Mojtaba Hosseini | 18 June 2023 | |
Esteghlal | Ricardo Sá Pinto | Signed by APOEL | 6 June 2023 | Javad Nekounam | 21 June 2023 | |
Foolad | Alireza Mansourian | Sacked | 24 August 2023 | 16th | Juan Ignacio Martínez | 6 September 2023 |
Paykan | Rasoul Khatibi | 21 November 2023 | 13th | Reza Enayati | 22 November 2023 | |
Nassaji Mazandaran | Mehdi Rahmati | Resigned | 20 December 2023 | 15th | Lucas Alcaraz | 24 December 2023 |
Havadar | Mahmoud Fekri | Mutual Consent | 11th | Masoud Shojaei | 21 December 2023 | |
Sanat Naft | Abdollah Veisi | Resigned | 30 December 2023 | 14th | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 11 January 2024 |
Persepolis | Yahya Golmohammadi | 8 January 2024 | 3rd | Osmar Loss | ||
Mes Rafsanjan | Saket Elhami | Sacked | 23 January 2024 | 10th | Moharram Navidkia | 3 February 2024 |
Foolad | Juan Ignacio Martínez | Mutual Consent | 13 February 2024 | 11th | Ahmad Alenemeh | 22 February 2024 |
Nassaji Mazandaran | Lucas Alcaraz | 23 February 2024 | 15th | Saket Elhami | 23 February 2024 | |
Foolad | Ahmad Alenemeh | Sacked | 16 March 2024 | 12th | Abdollah Veisi | 16 March 2024 |
Sanat Naft | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 19 March 2024 | 16th | Faraz Kamalvand | 19 March 2024 |
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.[17][18][19]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | AFC player | Non-VISA (dual nationality)[i] | Former players |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aluminium | ||||||||
Esteghlal | Gustavo Blanco Leschuk | Raphael Silva | Jaloliddin Masharipov | Arthur Yamga[20] | ||||
Est. Khuzestan | Sávio Roberto | Ousmane Ndong | Dostonbek Tursunov | Aso Rostam | ||||
Foolad | Christopher Knett | Jeferson Bahia | Lucas Cândido | Chimba | Moussa Coulibaly | Ibrahim Hesar | Godwin Mensha | |
Gol Gohar
|
Eric Bocoum | Roberto Torres | Mitchell te Vrede | |||||
Havadar | ||||||||
Malavan | ||||||||
Mes Rafsanjan | Muntadher Mohammed | Mustafa Mohammed | Ali Adnan Kadhim | Arwin Kalmarzy | Chimba | |||
Nassaji | Luan Polli | Alaa Abbas Nono | ||||||
Paykan | Ali Ghorbani | |||||||
Persepolis | Giorgi Gvelesiani[21] | Abdelkarim Hassan | Oston Urunov | Vakhdat Khanonov
|
Nabil Bahoui | |||
Sanat Naft | Bubacarr Trawally | Ali Yousif | Abbas Qasim Fahad Talib | |||||
Sepahan | Bryan Dabo | Issah Abass | Nilson Júnior | |||||
Shams Azar | ||||||||
Tractor | Gustavo Vagenin | Ricardo Alves | Miloš Deletić | Safaa Hadi | Álvaro Jiménez | |||
Zob Ahan | Grigol Chabradze |
- Notes
League table
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Esteghlal | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 53 | Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite League stage |
2 | Persepolis | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 52 | |
3 | Sepahan | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 45 | Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 group stage |
4 | Tractor | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 40 | |
5 | Malavan | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 38 | |
6 | Gol Gohar | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 34 | |
7 | Zob Ahan | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 33 | |
8 | Shams Azar | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 31[a] | |
9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 30 | |
10 | Aluminium Arak | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 30 | |
11 | Havadar | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 25 | |
12 | Paykan | 24 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 25 | |
13 | Foolad | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 21 | |
14 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 20 | |
15 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 19 | Relegation to Azadegan League
|
16 | Sanat Naft | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[23]
Notes:
Results
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.