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2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup

The 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 31st season of Iran's Football League and 13th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2012–13 Azadegan League: Esteghlal Khuzestan and Gostaresh both as champions. The league started on 24 July 2013 and ended on 11 April 2014. Foolad won the Pro League title for the second time in their history (total second Iranian title). Tractor Sazi's Karim Ansarifard's was the top scorer with 14 goals.

Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad F.C.
Season2013–14
ChampionsFoolad
2nd Pro League title
2nd Iranian title
RelegatedFajr Sepasi
Damash
Mes Kerman
Champions LeagueFoolad
Persepolis
Naft Tehran
Tractor Sazi (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played240
Goals scored504 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorerKarim Ansarifard (14 goals)
Best goalkeeperNilson Corrêa Júnior (18 clean sheets)
Biggest home winGostaresh 5–0 Rah Ahan
(11 January 2014)
Biggest away winMes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis
(13 December 2013)
Highest scoringFajr Sepasi 2–4 Esteghlal
(6 August 2013)
Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi
(6 August 2013)
Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran
(16 August 2013)
Damash 5–1 Zob Ahan
(24 October 2013)
Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis
(13 December 2013)
Saipa 3–3 Tractor Sazi
(11 January 2014)
Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal
(19 February 2014)
Longest winning run5 matches
Esteghlal
Foolad
Malavan
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Esteghlal
Longest winless run15 matches
Mes Kerman
Longest losing run6 matches
Damash
Highest attendance100,000
Esteghlal – Persepolis
(6 September 2013)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Sepahan – Foolad
(25 July 2013)
Rah Ahan – Saipa
(5 December 2013)
Foolad – Saba Qom
(13 December 2013)
Total attendance1,815,825
Average attendance7,631

Changes

Number of the teams

2013–14 Iran Pro League were the first season since 2006 that 16 teams participated in the competition. In the previous season, 18 teams participated in the league.

Rules and regulations

The Iranian football clubs who participate in 2013–14 Iran Pro League were allowed to have up to maximum 38 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 (without any age limit) players
  • Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 21 March 1990).
  • Up to maximum 5 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1993).
  • Up to maximum 3 under-19 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1995).

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Locations of clubs in 2013–14 Iran Pro League
TeamCityVenueCapacity
Damash GilanRashtDr. Azodi11,000
EsteghlalTehranAzadi84,412
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazGhadir
Takhti Ahvaz		38,900
15,000
Fajr SepasiShirazHafezieh14,000
Foolad KhuzestanAhvazGhadir38,900
GostareshTabrizSahand
Gostaresh Foolad		66,833
12,000
MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,430
Naft TehranTehranTakhti Tehran
Dastgerdi		30,122
8,250
PersepolisTehranAzadi84,412
Rah AhanTehranTakhti Tehran
Rah Ahan		30,122
12,000
Saba QomQomYadegar Emam10,610
SaipaKarajEnghelab Karaj15,000
SepahanEsfahanFoolad Shahr15,000
Tractor SaziTabrizSahand66,833
Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad Shahr15,000

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.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Damash Ali Nazarmohammadi (caretaker) Reza Mahdavi UhlsportLoushan
Esteghlal Amir Ghalenoei Mehdi Rahmati MeroojBazar Mobl Iran, Mahan Air
Est. Khuzestan Abdollah Veisi Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh DaeiINSIG
Fajr Mahmoud Yavari Mehrdad Karimian MeroojHICE
Foolad Hossein Faraki Bakhtiar Rahmani UhlsportFoolad Khuzestan
Gostaresh Mehdi Tartar Meysam Naghizadeh UhlsportAta Airlines
Malavan Dragan Skočić Maziar Zare UhlsportSteel Azin Iranian
Mes Kerman Luka Bonačić Farzad Hosseinkhani UhlsportResalat Bank
Naft Tehran Yahya Golmohammadi Alireza Ezzati MeroojNIOC
Persepolis Ali Daei Mohammad Nouri UhlsportTourism Bank Archived 2016-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
Rah Ahan Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Bahador Abdi DaeiFars Air Qeshm
Saba Qom Samad Marfavi Morteza Kashi MeroojHi clean!
Saipa Engin Firat Ebrahim Sadeghi UhlsportSAIPA
Sepahan Zlatko Kranjčar Hadi Aghily UhlsportFoolad Mobarakeh
Tractor Sazi Toni Morteza Assadi MeroojHamrah-e Aval
Zob Ahan Firouz Karimi Mehdi Rajabzadeh MeroojEsfahan Steel

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointment
Persepolis Yahya GolmohammadiEnd of caretaker spell11 May 2013Pre-season Ali Daei1 June 2013
Saipa Mojtaba TaghaviEnd of contract11 May 2013 Engin Firat1 June 2013
Malavan Mohammad AhmadzadehSacked26 May 2013 Dragan Skočić1 June 2013
Naft Tehran Mansour EbrahimzadehMutual consent31 May 2013 Yahya Golmohammadi1 June 2013
Rah Ahan Ali DaeiSigned by Persepolis31 May 2013 Mansour Ebrahimzadeh1 June 2013
Fajr Sepasi Mahmoud YavariResigned31 May 2013 Gholam Peyrovani1 June 2013
Saba Qom Samad MarfaviEnd of contract31 May 2013 Mohammad Mayeli Kohan1 June 2013
Mes Kerman Luka BonačićSacked2 June 2013 Mahmoud Yavari25 July 2013
Zob Ahan Farhad KazemiEnd of contract25 June 2013 Luka Bonačić30 June 2013

During the season

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointment
Fajr Sepasi Gholam PeyrovaniResigned7 September 201315th Mahmoud Yavari15 September 2013
Mes Kerman Mahmoud Yavari14 September 201316th Parviz Mazloomi18 September 2013
Saba Qom Mohammad Mayeli KohanSacked11 November 201312th Samad Marfavi11 November 2013
Zob Ahan Luka BonačićMutual consent1 January 201414th Mojtaba Taghavi1 January 2014
Gostaresh Rasoul KhatibiResigned1 January 201411th Mehdi Tartar1 January 2014
Tractor Sazi Majid JalaliSacked19 January 20146th Toni28 January 2014
Mes Kerman Parviz MazloomiResigned22 January 201416th Luka Bonačić23 January 2014
Damash Afshin NazemiSacked26 January 201412th Ali Nazarmohammadi26 January 2014
Zob Ahan Mojtaba Taghavi25 February 201415th Firouz Karimi25 February 2014
Tractor Sazi ToniMutual consent29 April 20146th, post-season Rasoul Khatibi31 May 2014

Foreign Players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerFormer Players
Damash Gilan Boubacar Kébé
Esteghlal Tony Boubacar Kébé Jlloyd Samuel Goran Lovre
Esteghlal Khuzestan Fábio Carvalho Idrissa Traoré Moussa Coulibaly
Fajr Sepasi Samir Bekrić
Foolad Khuzestan Chimba Leandro Chaves Sérgio Rafael Leandro Padovani
Gostaresh Diego Chávarri
Malavan Serghei Pașcenco Ivor Weitzer
Mes Kerman Edinho Juninho Tardelli David Opoku Iain Fyfe Samir Bekrić
Naft Tehran Ali Ghorbani
Persepolis Nilson Marko Šćepanović
Rah Ahan David Wirikom Valeri Aleksanyan
Marcão
Saba Qom
Saipa Cosmin Vancea
Sepahan Ervin Bulku Xhevahir Sukaj Sergio van Dijk Radomir Đalović
Tractor Sazi Rodrigo Pimpão Marko Basara
Zob Ahan Carlos Víctor Guazá Milan Mijatović Gevorg Kasparov

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Foolad (C)3016953624+1257Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
2Persepolis3016863415+1955[a]
3Naft Tehran3015963923+1654Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4Sepahan30141243620+1654
5Esteghlal3015963425+953[a]
6Tractor Sazi30111363933+645[a]Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage[b]
7Malavan30136114033+744[a]
8Saipa3071492631−535
9Saba Qom3089133238−633
10Gostaresh30711123134−332
11Rah Ahan30710132534−931
12Est. Khuzestan30611132637−1129
13Zob Ahan30611132436−1229
14Fajr Sepasi (R)30611132034−1429Qualification to relegation play-offs
15Damash (R)30512133040−1026[a]Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League
16Mes Kerman (R)30119102136−1522
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayDMGESTESKFJRFOLGOSMLVMESNAFPRSRAHSABSAPSEPTRKZOB
Damash1–20–01–31–21–20–31–11–10–11–12–11–11–11–05–1
Esteghlal1–01–01–02–00–01–01–10–10–03–11–02–01–21–31–1
Est. Khuzestan1–12–00–00–23–10–20–02–40–13–21–00–00–21–42–0
Fajr Sepasi2–22–42–10–00–02–11–10–11–10–11–20–12–10–00–0
Foolad3–10–13–21–01–11–01–00–22–10–02–04–10–02–11–0
Gostaresh0–21–21–12–00–11–20–01–21–05–00–11–21–11–22–0
Malavan0–04–22–13–11–22–12–12–00–10–12–10–32–31–11–2
Mes Kerman1–11–11–11–22–21–21–30–10–62–00–02–20–01–10–0
Naft Tehran0–01–10–02–01–14–10–01–01–02–11–22–12–23–00–1
Persepolis2–00–00–01–03–11–01–02–00–02–23–11–02–01–02–1
Rah Ahan1–00–11–00–00–11–20–00–01–30–10–00–01–11–20–1
Saba Qom3–21–21–13–00–12–21–02–21–21–12–10–00–11–32–1
Saipa2–30–11–10–00–01–11–21–00–01–00–32–10–03–31–0
Sepahan2–00–03–13–02–00–01–20–01–02–00–02–12–20–11–0
Tractor Sazi0–01–11–00–02–21–12–20–01–01–00–31–11–01–22–2
Zob Ahan2–12–00–10–10–00–01–11–13–20–02–31–10–00–12–4
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Foolad1584111111111123455443222221121
Persepolis452545352435211531112335353242
Naft Tehran579633423354545223234553434313
Sepahan111464665222356666665444545554
Esteghlal366222246678762344321111112435
Tractor Sazi12128356534543434112556666667776
Malavan14131311121412131313141514129978788777776667
Saipa8151412117107710107677787877888899888
Saba Qom6237787810991010111212121313121212111010101010109
Gostaresh11111198989118668910111111111199999889910
Rah Ahan9358912141414151313151514141312121313141414141312111111
Est. Khuzestan2471010131110121211119101110101010910101011111111121212
Zob Ahan1614151515109118111212121313131414141414131313131415151313
Fajr Sepasi131616161616161515141514131415151515151616161515151514141414
Damash791013141113129789118889991011111212121213131515
Mes Kerman101012141315151616161616161616161616161515151616161616161616
Leader
2015 AFC Champions League
Relegation to Play-offs Qualification
Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League
Source: FIFA.com (in English)

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
FooladLWWWWWLWDWWLDLDDDWWDWWDWDWDWLW
PersepolisWDWLWLWDWLWDWWDLWWWWDLDLWDWWDW
Naft TehranWLDWWWLWDDLWDWDWWDWDDLWWLWDWWL
SepahanWWDLLWDDWWWDDLDDDDWWWWDWLWDDWW
EsteghlalWLWWWWLDLDWWDWDDDWWWWWDDDWLLWL
Tractor SaziLDWWDDWWDLWWDWDWWDLDDDDDDLLLWW
MalavanLDDWLLWLDDLLWWWWWLWLDWWDWLWWLL
SaipaDLDWDWLWDLLWDWWLDDLWDDLLDLDDDD
Saba QomWWLLDLWLLWLDDDLLLLLWLWDWDDLWDD
GostareshLDDWDLWDLWWLLLDDLDDLWWLWDDDLLL
Rah AhanDWDLLLLDDLWLLLWLDWLDLLDWDDWWDL
Est. KhuzestanWDDLLLWDLLWDWLDWDDLDLLWLDDDLLL
Zob AhanLDLDDWWLWLLDDLLLLDDLDWDDDLLLWW
Fajr SepasiLLLLWDLDDWLDWLLLDLDLDLWLDDWDDW
DamashDDDLLWDDWWLDLWDWLDLLLLLLDDDLLD
Mes KermanDDLDDLLLDDLDLDDWDLDDDLLLDDDDDD
Source: IPL Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Relegation play-offs

Fajr Sepasi as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of 2013–14 Azadegan League, Paykan in a two-legged play-off.

Fajr Sepasi0 – 0Paykan
Report
Attendance: 12,984
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
Paykan1 – 0Fajr Sepasi
Halafi 71'Report
Attendance: 9,206

Paykan won 1–0 on aggregate and promoted to the next season of Iran Pro League, Fajr Sepasi also relegated to the Azadegan League.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Karim Ansarifard
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Karim AnsarifardTractor Sazi14
2 Reza EnayatiSaba Qom13
3 Mehrdad BayramiGostaresh12
4 Mehdi DaghaghelehMalavan11
Reza NorouziNaft Tehran
5 ChimbaFoolad9
Jalal RafkhaeiMalavan
Mehdi RajabzadehZob Ahan
Sajjad ShahbazzadehSaipa
8 EdinhoMes Kerman8
Amin MotevaselzadehDamash Gilan
Mehdi SharifiSepahan
10 Mohammad GhaziEsteghlal7
Farid KarimiSaba Qom
Total goals (Including technical loses)504
Total games239
Average per game2.11

Last updated: 11 April 2014
Source: FIFA.com

Clean sheets

Nilson Corrêa
RankPlayerClubClean sheetsGoals concededMatch played
1 NilsonPersepolis181530
2 Rahman AhmadiSepahan151627
3 Mehdi RahmatiEsteghlal142530
4 Sosha MakaniFoolad131420
5 Alireza BeiranvandNaft Tehran121221
6 Hamed FallahzadehRah Ahan112322
7 Mohammad Bagher SadeghiSaipa93026
8 Mohsen ForoozanGostaresh Foolad83025

Last Update: 11 April 2014

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Adel Kolahkaj for Esteghlal Khuzestan against Zob Ahan (24 July 2013)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds, Kaveh Rezaei for Saipa against Mes Kerman (4 January 2014)
  • Latest goal of the season: 95 minutes and 12 seconds, Ali Karimi for Tractor Sazi against Mes Kerman (24 December 2013)
  • Largest winning margin: 6 goals
    • Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
  • Highest scoring game: 6 goals
    • Fajr 2–4 Esteghlal (6 August 2013)
    • Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi (6 August 2013)
    • Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran (16 August 2013)
    • Damash 5–1 Zob Ahan (24 October 2013)
    • Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
    • Saipa 3–3 Tractor Sazi (11 January 2014)
    • Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal (19 February 2014)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
    • Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
    • Fajr 2–4 Esteghlal (6 August 2013)
    • Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi (6 August 2013)
    • Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran (16 August 2013)
    • Foolad 3–2 Esteghlal Khuzestan (23 August 2013)
    • Zob Ahan 3–2 Naft Tehran (31 August 2013)
    • Esteghlal Khuzestan 3–2 Rah Ahan (17 October 2013)
    • Saba Qom 3–2 Damash (26 January 2014)
    • Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal (19 February 2014)

Awards

Team of the Season

Goalkeeper: Nilson Corrêa Júnior (Persepolis)
Defence: Vahid Amiri (Naft), Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis), Hanif Omranzadeh (Esteghlal), Ali Hamoudi (Sepahan)
Midfield: Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Andranik Teymourian (Esteghlal), Amir Hossein Feshangchi (Malavan), Payam Sadeghian (Perspolis), Esmaeil Sharifat (Foolad)
Attack: Karim Ansarifard (Tractor Sazi)

Player of the Season

Andranik Teymourian was awarded as the best player of the season among Payam Sadeghian became second. Mohammad Abbaszadeh was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards

Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season.

Attendances

Average home attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Persepolis442,00095,00010,00029,467+35.6%†
2Tractor Sazi325,00562,00080021,667−9.9%†
3Esteghlal296,500100,00050019,767−42.3%†
4Foolad126,50049,50009,036+67.0%†
5Damash94,00015,0002,0006,267−6.9%†
6Sepahan67,20012,00004,800+20.9%†
7Malavan66,50012,0001,0004,433−26.1%†
8Mes Kerman61,12012,0001,0004,075+6.6%†
9Est. Khuzestan59,25010,0005003,950n/a†
10Fajr Sepasi56,90014,0001,0003,793−22.4%†
11Gostaresh43,50012,0003002,900n/a†
12Zob Ahan42,70010,0001,0002,847+34.4%†
13Saba Qom41,15012,0005002,743+1.4%†
14Saipa35,60012,0001002,373−49.9%†
15Naft Tehran34,66015,000602,311−10.7%†
16Rah Ahan23,3008,00001,664−14.3%†
League total1,815,825100,00007,631−4.2%†

Updated to games played on 11 April 2014
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Khuzestan and Gostaresh played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendances

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
1Esteghlal0–0Persepolis100,0006 September 2013 (2013-09-06)8Azadi
2Persepolis0–0Esteghlal95,00017 January 2014 (2014-01-17)23Azadi
3Esteghlal1–2Sepahan65,0001 August 2013 (2013-08-01)2Azadi
4Tractor Sazi1–1Esteghlal62,0008 November 2013 (2013-11-08)15Sahand
5Persepolis1–0Tractor Sazi50,00024 July 2013 (2013-07-24)1Azadi
Tractor Sazi0–0Mes Kerman50,00016 August 2013 (2013-08-16)5Sahand
Esteghlal1–3Tractor Sazi50,00011 April 2014 (2014-04-11)30Azadi
8Foolad0–1Esteghlal49,5006 April 2014 (2014-04-06)29Ghadir
9Tractor Sazi2–2Foolad45,00019 October 2013 (2013-10-19)13Sahand
Tractor Sazi1–0Persepolis45,00029 November 2013 (2013-11-29)16Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 11 April 2014. Source: Iranleague.ir

See also

Team season articles

References

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