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2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

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The 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 33rd season of Iran's Football League and 15th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 Azadegan League: Siah Jamegan and Esteghlal Ahvaz. The league started on 30 July 2015 and ended on 13 May 2016. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total first Iranian title). Mehdi Taremi of Persepolis was the top scorer with 16 goals.

Persian Gulf Pro League
Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.
Season2015–16
ChampionsEsteghlal Khuzestan
1st Pro League title
1st Iranian title
RelegatedMalavan
Rah Ahan
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Champions LeagueEsteghlal Khuzestan
Persepolis
Esteghlal
Zob Ahan (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played240
Goals scored502 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorerMehdi Taremi (16 goals)
Best goalkeeperFernando de Jesus (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home winRah Ahan 5–0 Est. Ahvaz
(16 October 2015)
Tractor Sazi 5–0 Est. Ahvaz
(13 May 2016)
Biggest away winFoolad 0–3 Zob Ahan
(15 September 2015)
Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal
(26 October 2015)
Est. Ahvaz 0–3 Saba Qom
(27 December 2015)
Highest scoringTractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan
(27 October 2015)
Longest winning run5 matches
Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run21 matches
Persepolis
Longest winless run20 matches
Est. Ahvaz
Longest losing run6 matches
Est. Ahvaz
Highest attendance100,000[1]
Persepolis – Esteghlal
(15 April 2016)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Foolad – Zob Ahan[2]
(15 September 2015)
Tractor Sazi – Saipa[3]
(10 October 2015)
Foolad – Naft Tehran[4]
(13 December 2015)
Malavan – Naft Tehran[5]
(3 February 2016)
Tractor Sazi – Foolad[6]
(10 March 2016)
Persepolis – Siah Jamegan[7]
(3 April 2016)
Est. Ahvaz  – Saipa[8]
(8 May 2016)
Total attendance1,875,293
Average attendance8,048

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Locations of clubs in 2015–16 Iran Pro League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order

TeamCityVenueCapacity
EsteghlalTehranAzadi95,225
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz10,000
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazGhadir38,960
FooladAhvazGhadir38,960
GostareshTabrizBonyan Dizel12,000
MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000
Naft TehranTehranTakhti Tehran30,122
PadidehMashhadSamen35,000
PersepolisTehranAzadi95,225
Rah AhanTehranShahr-e Qods25,000
Saba QomQomYadegar-e Emam10,610
SaipaTehranShahid Dastgerdi8,250
SepahanIsfahanFoolad Shahr15,000
Siah JameganMashhadSamen35,000
Tractor SaziTabrizSahand66,833
Zob AhanIsfahanFoolad 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 manufacturer
Esteghlal Parviz Mazloumi Mehdi Rahmati 361 Degrees
Est. Ahvaz Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh Adel Kolahkaj Givova
Est. Khuzestan Abdollah Veisi Mohammad Tayyebi Start
Foolad Dragan Skočić Leonard Mesarić Uhlsport
Gostaresh Faraz Kamalvand Morteza Asadi Merooj
Malavan Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Pejman Nouri Givova
Naft Tehran Alireza Mansourian Alireza Ezzati Uhlsport
Padideh Mohammad Reza Mohajeri Hossein Badamaki Peak
Persepolis Branko Ivanković Alireza Nourmohammadi Uhlsport
Rah Ahan Ioannis Topalidis Bahador Abdi Givova
Saba Qom Ali Daei Abolfazl Ebrahimi Daei Sport
Saipa Saeid Rajabi (caretaker) Ebrahim Sadeghi Givova
Sepahan Ghasem Zaghinejad (interim) Moharram Navidkia Joma
Siah Jamegan Farhad Kazemi Reza Enayati Givova
Tractor Sazi Amir Ghalenoei Mehdi Kiani Kelme
Zob Ahan Yahya Golmohammadi Mehdi Rajabzadeh Legea

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointment
Padideh Alireza Marzban[9]Resigned5 July 2015Pre-season Mohammad Reza Mohajeri[10]5 July 2015
Saba Qom Mehdi TartarSacked16 July 2015 Ali Daei[11]16 July 2015
Siah Jamegan Rasoul Khatibi[12]Resigned21 August 201515th Farhad Kazemi[13]28 September 2015
Rah Ahan Farhad Kazemi[14]Sacked19 September 201513th Mehdi Tartar[15]21 September 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh[16]Sacked16 October 201515th Ali Hanteh[17]17 October 2015
Sepahan Hossein Faraki[18]Mutual consent1 November 20156th Igor Štimac[19]12 November 2015
Tractor Sazi Toni[20]Mutual consent8 December 20159th Amir Ghalenoei[21]9 December 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ali Hanteh[22]Mutual consent26 December 201516th Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh[23]26 December 2015
Malavan Hamid Estili[24]Resigned15 February 201612th Mohammad Ahmadzadeh[25]9 March 2016
Rah Ahan Mehdi Tartar[26]Sacked19 February 201615th Ioannis Topalidis[27]22 February 2016
Sepahan Igor Štimac[28]Resigned20 April 201611th Abdollah Veisi[29]23 May 2016
Saipa Majid Jalali[30]Sacked3 May 201610th Hossein Faraki[31]25 May 2016

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Iran 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.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian Player
Esteghlal Hrayr Mkoyan Pero Pejić Adil Chihi
Esteghlal Ahvaz Luiz Fernando Sandi Šahman
Esteghlal Khuzestan Fernando Moussa Coulibaly Eduardo Ferreira Fellipe Bertoldo
Foolad Leonard Mesarić Mathias Chago Dorge Kouemaha
Gostaresh Magno Batista Leo Pimenta Georgi Georgiev
Malavan
Naft Tehran
Padideh
Persepolis Luka Marić Michael Umaña Jerry Bengtson Alexander Lobanov
Rah Ahan Athos Solomou Sebastian Strandvall
Saba Qom Filipe Machado
Saipa Ratko Dujković
Sepahan Leandro Padovani Luciano Pereira Senijad Ibričić Fozil Musaev
Siah Jamegan Kyle Konwea Alagie Sosseh Korede Aiyegbusi
Tractor Sazi Augusto Carlos Cardoso Aloys Nong
Zob Ahan Ali Hamam Walid Ismail

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Est. Khuzestan (C)30151233314+1957Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2Persepolis3016955034+1657
3Esteghlal30131344328+1552Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
4Tractor Sazi30131254327+1651
5Naft Tehran30131073021+949
6Zob Ahan30111363826+1246Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
7Saba Qom3091563024+642
8Saipa30117122831−340
9Gostaresh30109113632+439
10Padideh30109113035−539
11Sepahan3081482930−138
12Foolad3098132637−1135
13Siah Jamegan3076172334−1127
14Malavan (R)30512132335−1227Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15Rah Ahan (R)30510152436−1225
16Est. Ahvaz (R)3027211658−4213
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayESTESAESKFOLGOSMLVNAFPADPRSRAHSABSAPSEPSJATRKZOB
Esteghlal1–11–13–02–12–02–10–01–13–31–01–10–03–12–30–2
Est. Ahvaz1–20–11–20–21–10–12–30–21–00–31–21–11–00–21–1
Est. Khuzestan1–14–00–11–00–00–03–02–13–11–11–01–12–11–12–0
Foolad0–23–20–21–11–01–21–00–22–20–01–01–01–01–20–3
Gostaresh0–24–00–01–13–11–14–12–43–22–00–11–01–01–34–3
Malavan2–22–01–11–00–10–00–01–20–01–13–20–00–00–11–0
Naft Tehran1–01–00–02–11–03–32–11–12–01–11–00–11–20–10–1
Padideh1–12–00–11–12–11–01–22–21–00–01–01–11–01–00–1
Persepolis4–21–02–01–01–02–00–22–22–11–11–22–23–21–11–2
Rah Ahan0–15–00–11–10–00–10–13–10–22–10–21–00–00–01–1
Saba Qom1–10–01–12–11–11–01–31–00–10–14–01–01–02–10–0
Saipa1–24–10–11–00–02–10–02–11–11–00–00–21–10–10–1
Sepahan0–31–11–01–12–12–22–10–24–20–02–21–21–10–01–1
Siah Jamegan1–22–10–10–11–02–01–01–11–21–01–21–20–12–10–1
Tractor Sazi0–05–00–03–21–14–20–01–20–11–11–12–02–10–04–4
Zob Ahan0–00–00–11–10–01–00–03–12–24–01–11–10–13–11–2
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Est. Khuzestan1563233333222211122212222123211
Persepolis41216161414111211797864654433433311322
Esteghlal114321111111122211121111232133
Tractor Sazi836789109661011997777787655444444
Naft Tehran8101212151515141312121212108988866766555555
Zob Ahan15168654544333333333344344666666
Saba Qom8108139108855464454666789910888777
Saipa8424764599755565455555779991088
Gostaresh8141510487710858681010109999888777899
Padideh48118117910710111011121211121111111010109101010111110
Sepahan221112222464779891010101111111111111191011
Foolad4813141616161616151515141414141313131313121212121212121212
Siah Jamegan141510151011131314141414151515151514141414141414141414141513
Malavan2755656681189101111121112121212131313131313131314
Rah Ahan4131491213121112131313131313131415151515151515151515151415
Est. Ahvaz857111312141515161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader and 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
Source: FIFA.com (in English)

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Est. KhuzestanLWWWDDWDDWDWWWWDLLWDDWDDWDDWWW
PersepolisDLLLWLWDWWDWDWWDWDDWDDWWWWWLWW
EsteghlalWWLWWWDDDWDWDDWWDDDLWWDDDLWWLD
Tractor SaziDWDLDDLWWDLDWDWWDDLDWDWWWDLWWW
Naft TehranDDLDLWDDWWDLDWWLWLDWWLWWWDLWWD
Zob AhanLLWWDWDWDDWDWWLWDDDDDWDLLDDWWL
Saba QomDDDLWDWDWDWDWWLWLLLDDDLDWDDWDD
SaipaDWWLLWWLLDWWDWLWWLLWDLDLLDLLWD
GostareshDLDWWLWDDDWLWLDLDWLWLWLWWLDLLD
PadidehDDLWLWDDWLLWLLDDLWWDDWDWLWLLLW
SepahanWWWDWDLDDLDWLDDDDDLLLDWDDDWWLL
FooladDDLDLLLLLWLLWLDDWWWLDWLDWWLWLD
Siah JameganLLWLWLLDLLLDLLDLWWWDDLLLLDWLLW
MalavanWLWDLWDDDLWLLLDLDDDLDLDDLLWLDL
Rah AhanDLDWLLDWLDLLLDLDLDWDDLLLLDWLWL
Est. AhvazDWLLDLLLLLDLLLLLLDDDLLWLLDLLLL
Source: IPL Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Mehdi Taremi
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mehdi TaremiPersepolis16
2 Mohammad EbrahimiGostaresh Foulad11
3 Omid EbrahimiEsteghlal10
Mehrdad MohammadiRah Ahan
5 Sasan AnsariFoolad9
Hassan Beyt SaeedEsteghlal Khuzestan
7 Jaber AnsariEsteghlal7
Jerry BengtsonPersepolis
Mohammad IranpourianTractor Sazi
Aloys NongTractor Sazi
Gholamreza RezaeiSaipa
Sajjad ShahbazzadehEsteghlal
Morteza TabriziZob Ahan
Mohsen YousefiPadideh
Rahim ZohaiviEsteghlal Khuzestan

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: Soccerway.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Mohammad EbrahimiGostareshZob Ahan4–331 March 2016
Sasan AnsariFooladEst. Ahvaz3–230 April 2016

Clean sheets

Fernando de Jesus
RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Fernando de JesusEsteghlal Khuzestan17
2 Mohammad Rashid MazaheriZob Ahan13
3 Mohammadreza AkhbariTractor Sazi12
4 Mehdi RahmatiEsteghlal11
5 Alireza BeiranvandNaft Tehran9
6 Hamed LakSaba Qom8
Sosha MakaniPersepolis
Mojtaba RoshangarPadideh
9 Mohsen ForouzanRah Ahan7
Georgi GeorgievGostaresh Foulad
11 Hamed FallahzadehSaipa6
Shahab GordanSepahan
Serghei PașcencoMalavan

Last Update: 13 May 2016
Source: Iplstats.com

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Sajjad Shahbazzadeh for Esteghlal against Siah Jamegan (30 July 2015)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 56 seconds,[32] Jalaleddin Alimohammadi for Saba Qom against Naft Tehran (6 August 2015)
  • Latest goal of the season: 96 minutes,[33] Mohammad Ghazi for Saba Qom against Esteghlal Khuzestan (14 September 2015)
  • Largest winning margin: 5 goals
    • Rah Ahan 5–0 Esteghlal Ahvaz (16 October 2015)
    • Tractor Sazi 5–0 Esteghlal Ahvaz (13 May 2016)
  • Highest scoring game: 8 goals
    • Tractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan (27 October 2015)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
    • Gostaresh Foulad 4–3 Zob Ahan (31 March 2016)

Awards

Team of the Season

Goalkeeper: Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan)
Defence: Sadegh Moharrami (Perspolis), Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Jalal Hosseini (Perspolis), Mohammad Ansari (Perspolis)
Midfield: Server Djeparov (Esteghlal), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Mohammad Reza Hosseini (Zob Ahan)
Attack: Mehdi Torabi (Saipa), Ali Alipour (Perspolis), Vahid Amiri (Perspolis)

Player of the Season

Mehdi Torabi was awarded as the best player of the season. Ali Gholizadeh was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards

Branko Ivankovic was awarded as the best coach of the season.Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri won the best Goalkeeper award.Jalal Hosseini won the best Defender award.Omid Ebrahimi won the best Midfielder award.Ali Alipour won the best Striker award.

Attendances

Average home attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Persepolis658,500100,000047,036+198.3%†
2Esteghlal453,00090,0002,50030,200+84.1%†
3Tractor Sazi115,35020,00008,873−67.7%†
4Saipa90,29977,000706,020+133.2%†
5Est. Khuzestan76,46035,0002005,097+89.6%†
6Siah Jamegan64,10925,0001204,274n/a†
7Padideh58,36722,0002003,891−62.4%†
8Malavan57,90910,00004,136−9.1%†
9Rah Ahan53,30235,000473,553+123.5%†
10Foolad52,80018,00004,062−39.4%†
11Sepahan45,15012,5002503,010−48.3%†
12Gostaresh35,10715,000602,340+16.1%†
13Saba Qom34,84015,0001002,323+70.2%†
14Zob Ahan31,3708,0002002,091+9.8%†
15Est. Ahvaz24,82010,80001,773n/a†
16Naft Tehran23,91012,200701,594−17.3%†


League total1,875,293100,00008,048+16.3%†

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz and Siah Jamegan played last season in Azadegan League

Attendances by round

Team/Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Average
EsteghlalA30,00035,000A14,000A11,000A2,500A90,000A11,000A6,5005,000AA12,000A70,000A28,000A38,000A15,000A85,000A30,200
Esteghlal AhvazA1,100A6,000AA370A200A500A1,500A500600A200A550800A200A1,500A10,800ANCA1,773
Esteghlal KhuzestanA6,000A300A200A350A210A450A250A2,000A5,000A5,000A1,100A17,000A3,250A350A35,0005,097
Foolad3,100A2,000A13,000NCA1,200A400A18,000ANCAA200A6,000AA4,000A2,500A2,000A350A504,062
GostareshA6,500A520A2,000A214AA60A650A225100A186A528A624A2,0002,500A4,000A15,000A2,340
Malavan4,656A4,200A1,600A2,832A5,000A700A5,000A1,200A5,300ANCA2,000A3,200A10,000A5,000A7,221A4,136
Naft TehranA500A990A100AA200A200A12,200A2001,200A100A7,650A13070A100A200A70A1,594
PadidehA2,500A5,000A3,000A22,000A550A700AA1,50018,000A1,500A2,000A351A230A250A200586A3,891
Persepolis18,000AA25,000A11,000A35,000A9,000A9,000A4,500AA40,00077,000A80,000A80,000ANCA100,000A80,000A90,00047,036
Rah AhanA525A1,000A500A250A250AA500A11,800200A2,500A300A35,000A47A250123A57A3,553
Saba Qom890A200A1,500A4,000A350A2,5002,500A200AA1,000A100A1,850A15,000A500AA250A4,0002,323
Saipa250A300A500A300300A350A500A210AA289A70A77,000AA950A200A9,000A806,020
Sepahan2,200A12,5003,500A3,500A1,500A8,500A2,200A800AA3,500AA3,500A600A1,400A500A700A2503,010
Siah Jamegan25,000A2,000A1,500A1,830A18,000A120A450200AA268A900A3,580A600A411A1,250AA8,0004,274
Tractor Sazi20,000A8,200A7,000A20,000ANC2,500A9,500A7,000AA1,350A5,000A10,000ANCAA10,800A2,000A12,0008,873
Zob AhanA6,000AA1,500A800A400A520A500A1,900350A6,5008,000A1,000A200A2,300A1,000A400A2,091
Total74,09653,12564,40042,31040,60020,30041,13260,81426,65021,76094,60042,85031,80013,16023,82527,45051,90792,98632,07099,528166,230121,80547,27024,12755,311117,25037,37392,850108,334149,3801,875,293
Average9,2626,6418,0505,2895,0752,9005,1427,6023,8072,72011,8255,3563,9751,8802,9783,4316,48811,6234,58112,44120,77915,2266,7533,4476,91414,6564,67211,60615,47618,6738,048

Notes:
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz played their matches against Esteghlal and Siah Jamegan at Ghadir
Foolad played their match against Gostaresh at Takhti Ahvaz
Gostaresh played their matches against Persepolis and Tractor Sazi at Sahand
Rah Ahan played their match against Esteghlal at Azadi
Saipa played their match against Esteghlal at Takhti Tehran
Saipa played their match against Persepolis at Azadi

Highest attendances

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
1Persepolis4–2Esteghlal100,00015 April 2016 (2016-04-15)26Azadi
2Esteghlal1–1Persepolis90,00030 October 2015 (2015-10-30)11Azadi
Persepolis2–1Rah Ahan90,00013 May 2016 (2016-05-13)30Azadi
4Esteghlal2–3Tractor Sazi85,0008 May 2016 (2016-05-08)29Azadi
5Persepolis1–0Foolad80,00012 February 2016 (2016-02-12)20Azadi
Persepolis1–1Tractor Sazi80,0006 March 2016 (2016-03-06)22Azadi
Persepolis0–2Naft Tehran80,00028 April 2016 (2016-04-28)28Azadi
8Persepolis2–2Sepahan77,0002 February 2016 (2016-02-02)18Azadi
Saipa1–1Persepolis77,00018 February 2016 (2016-02-18)21Azadi
10Esteghlal2–1Gostaresh70,00019 February 2016 (2016-02-19)21Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016. Source: Iranleague.ir

See also

References

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