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2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

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The 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 34th season of Iran's Football League and 16th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal Khuzestan were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League and three new teams promoted from the 2015–16 Azadegan League: Paykan as champions, Machine Sazi and Sanat Naft. The league started on 25 July 2016 and ended on 4 May 2017. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the third time in their history (total 10th Iranian title).

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season2016–17
ChampionsPersepolis
3rd Pro League title
10th Iranian title
RelegatedSaba Qom
Machine Sazi
Champions LeaguePersepolis
Esteghlal
Tractor Sazi
Zob Ahan
Matches played240
Goals scored504 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorerMehdi Taremi
(18 goals)
Best goalkeeperAlireza Beiranvand (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home winPersepolis 4–0 Padideh
(19 April 2017)
Biggest away winFoolad 0–3 Persepolis
(18 January 2017)
Sanat Naft 0–3 Esteghlal
(22 January 2017)
Highest scoringPaykan 4–3 Esteghlal Khuzestan
(15 February 2017)
Longest winning run6 matches
Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Persepolis
Tractor Sazi
Longest winless run19 matches
Machine Sazi
Longest losing run9 matches
Machine Sazi
Highest attendance80,000[1]
Persepolis – Padideh
(19 April 2017)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Esteghlal – Naft Tehran[2]
(25 July 2016)
Est. Khuzestan – Siah Jamegan[3]
(24 November 2016)
Est. Khuzestan – Foolad[4]
(9 December 2016)
Tractor Sazi – Sanat Naft[5]
(17 January 2017)
Esteghlal – Est. Khuzestan[6]
(17 January 2017)
Sanat Naft – Naft Tehran[7]
(3 February 2017)
Sanat Naft – Paykan[8]
(3 March 2017)
Total attendance1,884,144
Average attendance8,086

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Locations of clubs in 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League
TeamCityVenueCapacity
EsteghlalTehranAzadi78,116
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazGhadir38,900
FooladAhvazGhadir38,900
GostareshTabrizBonyan Diesel12,000
Machine SaziTabrizYadegar-e Emam66,833
Naft TehranTehranTakhti Tehran30,122
PadidehMashhadSamen35,000
PaykanTehranShahr-e Qods25,000
PersepolisTehranAzadi78,116
Saba QomQomYadegar-e Emam10,610
SaipaTehranShahid Dastgerdi8,250
Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti Abadan10,000[9]
SepahanIsfahanNaghsh-e-Jahan75,000
Siah JameganMashhadSamen35,000
Tractor SaziTabrizYadegar-e Emam66,833
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 Alireza Mansourian Mehdi Rahmati Li-Ning
Est. Khuzestan Sirous Pourmousavi Mohammad Tayyebi Start
Foolad Naeim Saadavi Mehrdad Jamaati Uhlsport
Gostaresh Faraz Kamalvand Morteza Asadi Merooj
Machine Sazi Farhad Kazemi Andranik Teymourian Merooj
Naft Tehran Ali Daei Alireza Ezzati Legea
Padideh Mohammad Reza Mohajeri Reza Nasehi Yousef Jame
Paykan Majid Jalali Rahman Ahmadi Yousef Jame
Persepolis Branko Ivanković Jalal Hosseini Joma
Saba Qom Samad Marfavi Reza Enayati Merooj
Sanat Naft Firouz Karimi Hassan Houri Merooj
Saipa Hossein Faraki Ebrahim Sadeghi Givova
Sepahan Zlatko Kranjčar Ehsan Hajsafi Uhlsport
Siah Jamegan Akbar Misaghian Meysam Hosseini Merooj
Tractor Sazi Amir Ghalenoei Mehdi Kiani Fitcom
Zob Ahan Mojtaba Hosseini Mehdi Rajabzadeh Merooj

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointment
Naft Tehran Alireza MansourianContract expired15 May 2016Pre-season Ali Daei5 July 2016
Foolad Dragan Skočić16 May 2016 Naeim Saadavi25 May 2016
Esteghlal Khuzestan Abdollah VeisiMutual contest23 May 2016 Sirous Pourmousavi25 May 2016
Esteghlal Parviz MazloumiSacked1 June 2016 Alireza Mansourian1 June 2016
Saba Qom Ali DaeiSigned by Naft Tehran3 July 2016 Samad Marfavi3 July 2016
Zob Ahan Yahya GolmohammadiResigned24 September 201614th Mojtaba Hosseini24 September 2016
Siah Jamegan Farhad Kazemi27 October 201613th Khodadad Azizi28 October 2016
Machine Sazi Rasoul Khatibi8 December 201616th Farhad Kazemi11 December 2016
Sanat Naft Nader DastneshanSacked5 January 201711th Firouz Karimi5 January 2017
Siah Jamegan Khodadad AziziResigned25 February 201715th Akbar Misaghian25 February 2017
Sepahan Abdollah VeisiSacked16 March 20177th Zlatko Kranjčar17 March 2017

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf 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 Róbson Januário Leandro Padovani
Esteghlal Khuzestan Aloys Nong
Foolad Mathias Chago Ernest Nfor
Gostaresh Fernando Magno Batista Chimba
Machine Sazi Edson Kakhaber Kakashvili Aziz Ibragimov
Naft Tehran Igor Prahić
Padideh Varazdat Haroyan Drissa Diarrassouba David Wirikom
Paykan Levon Hayrapetyan Godwin Mensha Jérémy Manzorro Faysal Shayesteh
Persepolis Božidar Radošević Volodymyr Pryyomov Oleksiy Polyanskyi Antony Golec
Saba Qom
Saipa Júnior Lopes Alessandro Bogdan Milić
Sanat Naft Bruno Matos Rasheed Alabi Kim Gwi-hyeon
Sepahan Lee Oliveira Moussa Coulibaly Server Djeparov
Siah Jamegan Andrey Moussa Traoré Goran Jerković
Tractor Sazi Edinho Karrar Jassim
Zob Ahan Jerry Bengtson Rabih Ataya Ali Hamam

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Persepolis (C)3020644614+3266Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
2Esteghlal3016954527+1857
3Tractor Sazi30151143824+1456
4Zob Ahan30121083930+946Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5Sepahan3012993834+445
6Paykan30128103938+144
7Est. Khuzestan30101193634+241
8Gostaresh3071762624+238
9Naft Tehran30812103134−336
10Foolad3071493032−235
11Padideh30810122836−834
12Sanat Naft3089132434−1033
13Saipa30711122030−1032
14Siah Jamegan30612122435−1130
15Saba Qom (R)30610142233−1128Relegation to the 2017–18 Azadegan League
16Machine Sazi (R)3037201845−2716
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[10]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayESTESKFOLGOSMSTNAFPADPAYPRSSABSAPSNASEPSJATRKZOB
Esteghlal1–21–02–21–11–11–03–23–22–12–01–22–11–11–22–1
Est. Khuzestan2–10–10–01–02–22–12–31–11–00–01–01–10–00–11–1
Foolad1–11–32–21–24–21–01–20–32–02–23–01–10–00–00–2
Gostaresh1–12–10–02–10–03–00–00–10–02–11–02–10–10–20–0
Machine Sazi0–31–30–00–00–20–21–40–20–03–31–00–10–10–21–2
Naft Tehran0–11–12–21–12–13–02–10–21–22–02–10–11–10–22–1
Padideh1–20–00–13–21–00–00–01–21–00–13–31–11–10–11–1
Paykan1–14–32–11–13–10–00–20–01–12–03–23–21–00–11–2
Persepolis0–01–01–11–01–03–04–02–01–01–01–02–13–03–03–3
Saba Qom0–21–20–00–01–10–12–31–00–21–00–00–12–13–01–1
Saipa1–20–21–01–11–01–01–10–10–10–00–21–11–00–00–0
Sanat Naft0–31–10–10–13–00–00–31–01–02–10–11–01–10–00–3
Sepahan1–13–11–11–00–32–10–11–11–34–13–10–02–12–02–1
Siah Jamegan0–12–11–11–11–02–21–11–21–02–20–20–11–11–22–1
Tractor Sazi1–02–22–21–10–01–01–13–10–02–10–02–21–23–04–1
Zob Ahan0–22–01–01–12–11–12–03–01–00–11–11–12–01–01–2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: PersianLeague Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Persepolis331112211121111111111111111111
Esteghlal712151514151075565777564433333222322
Tractor Sazi573221122212222222222222333233
Zob Ahan13127689141011854333333344444444454
Sepahan156246349667108887455691087555545
Paykan9814141314847448666456657678667666
Est. Khuzestan5198981158101191011101110101086866898777
Gostaresh91013131516161210131312129897777579991010998
Naft Tehran7156534333333444898898555786889
Foolad13121616161012899965556899101091010111111121010
Padideh3311111112131515118111112121212121313131211111079101111
Sanat Naft9105345564710791011101111111212131313121212111212
Saipa1515877791314141515131414141413121111111212131313131313
Siah Jamegan121095661113121213141313131314141415151515151515151514
Saba Qom981212121371412151414151515151515151514141414141414141415
Machine Sazi234101011151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader and 2018 AFC Champions League Group stage
2018 AFC Champions League Group stage
2018 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2017–18 Azadegan League
Source: FIFA.com (in English)

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
PersepolisWDWWDDWWDWDWWLWWWWWWLWWWLWWWDL
EsteghlalDLLDDDWWWDDWLWDWLWWWWWDWWDWLWW
Tractor SaziDDWWDWWDDWWDWLWWDWDLWWDDDLWWLW
Zob AhanLDWDDLLWLWWWWWDWDWDLLLLDDDWWDW
SepahanLWWLDWLLWDDLWWDDWDDLLLWDWDWWWL
PaykanDDLDDDWWDWDLWWWDLLLWLWLLWLLWWW
Est. KhuzestanDWLDDDLWDLDWLLWLWDDWWLWLDLDWDW
GostareshDDLDLDDWDLDWDWWDWLDDWDLDDDLDDW
Naft TehranDLWDWDWLWDWLDWLLLDDDWWLDDLDDLL
FooladLDLDDWDWDDDWWWLDLLDLWDDDLDDLWL
PadidehWDLDDLDLDWWDLLDDDDLLLWWWWWLLLL
Sanat NaftDDWWLDDLWLLWLLLWDLDDLLWLWDDWLL
SaipaLDWDDDLDLDLLWLDLDWWWLDDLLWDLLW
Siah JameganWDLDWDLLLDDLLWLLDLDDLLDDDWDLWW
Saba QomDDDLDDWLDLLLLLLLWDLWWDDDLWLLWL
Machine SaziWDDLDLLLLLLLLLDDLDDLWLLWLLLLLL
Source: IranProLeague Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Mehdi Taremi
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mehdi TaremiPersepolis18
2 Sasan AnsariFoolad16
3 Godwin MenshaPaykan15
4 Mohammad GhaziNaft Tehran12
5 Hassan Beyt SaeedEsteghlal Khuzestan10
Luciano PereiraGostaresh Foolad
Morteza TabriziZob Ahan
8 Mehdi RajabzadehZob Ahan9
9 Jerry BengtsonZob Ahan8
Masoud HassanzadehSepahan

Last updated: 4 May 2017
Source: Soccerway.com
Source: PersianLeague.com

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Mehdi RajabzadehZob AhanSanat Naft3–0 (A)25 November 2016
Sasan AnsariFooladNaft Tehran4–2 (H)1 December 2016
Morteza TabriziZob AhanPaykan3–0 (H)2 December 2016

Clean sheets

Alireza Beiranvand
RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Alireza BeiranvandPersepolis17
2 Mohammadreza AkhbariTractor Sazi11
Mohammad Rashid MazaheriZob Ahan
4 Fernando de JesusGostaresh Foulad8
5 Hamed LakSaipa7
Mehdi RahmatiEsteghlal
7 Rahman AhmadiPaykan6
Vahid TaleblooFoolad

Last Update: 4 May 2017
Source: varzesh3.com

Attendances

Average home attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Persepolis841,00080,0009,50048,567+3.3%†
2Esteghlal360,00077,000027,692−8.3%†
3Tractor Sazi150,70045,000010,764+21.3%†
4Sepahan127,35038,0007008,490+182.1%†
5Sanat Naft72,40010,00005,569+53.5%†
6Foolad81,43031,0003005,429+33.7%†
7Siah Jamegan62,35024,0001504,157−2.7%†
8Est. Khuzestan47,12030,00003,625−28.9%†
9Padideh50,78719,0001503,386−13.0%†
10Saipa36,50116,5001002,433−59.6%†
11Paykan33,7278,7501002,248+505.9%†
12Zob Ahan32,55012,5002502,170+3.8%†
13Saba Qom32,80013,0001202,187−5.9%†
14Naft Tehran31,22217,000502,081+30.6%†
15Machine Sazi20,9359,500301,396−60.1%†
16Gostaresh15,2724,810251,018−56.5%†
League total1,884,14480,00008,086+0.5%†

Updated to games played on 4 May 2017
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Machine Sazi, Paykan and Sanat Naft played last season in Azadegan League

Attendances by round

Team/Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Average
EsteghlalNCA55,000A15,000A35,000A25,000A10,000A55,0006,000AANCA7,000A77,000A10,500A25,000A15,000AA25,00027,692
Esteghlal KhuzestanA10,000A500AA300A30,000ANCANCA3001,300A1,500A5001,000A300A1,000A300A120A3,625
Foolad2,000A2,000A300300A980A25,000A4,000A5,800AA31,000A1,300AA1,100A3,500A3,000A800A3505,429
Gostaresh1,200A4,050A526A300110A3,500A150A50AA200A120A100AA100A4,810A31A251,018
Machine SaziA2,050A5,000A700A315A300AA250A2601,300A200A450A100A330A1509,500A30A1,396
Naft TehranA322200A1,000A400A300A50A200A3,7007,000AA200A150A17,000A300A250A150A2,081
PadidehA3,100AA800A600A1,000A150A19,000A617850A270500A250A1,200A1,200A6,250A14,000A3,386
PaykanA100A8,360A500A3,000AA8,750A700A1,232750A4,200A873A975A1,0001,500A850A937A2,248
PersepolisA50,000A50,000A75,000A16,000A65,000A25,000AA43,00050,000A30,000A78,000A67,000A45,000A45,000A80,0009,500A48,567
Saba Qom400A300A200A150A200120A7,000A250AA180A13,000A1,000A1,000AA7,000A1,500A1,5002,187
Saipa16,500AA220A400A2,300A455A1,000A173AA473100A1,000A400A12,000A300A680A5002,433
Sanat NaftA4,000A8,000A8,000AA5,000A5,500A4,500A4,0002,050A10,000ANCA1,800NCA6,550A9,000A4,000A5,569
Sepahan2,250A3,500A1,200A11,900A700A3,000A4,000A38,000A12,000A5,000A3,500A7,000A10,000A10,000A15,300A8,490
Siah Jamegan1,600A1,4502,500A1,000A15,700A1,200A630A620AA1,000AA150A4,000A4,000A1,500A3,000A24,0004,157
Tractor Sazi5,000A7,200A7,000A6,900A5,000A4,5007,000A6,000AANCA13,000A6,050A25,000A4,050AA45,000A9,00010,764
Zob AhanA600A500A1,500A3,000A700A300A12,500A700A700A250A10,000A400A750A300A3502,170
Total28,95070,67273,70075,08026,02687,40055,55041,40567,20096,27531,95045,08083,65031,39391,10963,95044,85346,97040,12081,22389,05085,37562,00066,33049,60062,51051,150131,31144,03760,7251,884,144
Average4,1368,8349,2139,3853,25310,9256,9445,1768,40012,0344,5645,63511,9503,92411,3897,9947,4765,8715,01511,60311,13110,6728,8578,2916,2007,8146,39416,4145,5057,5918,086

Notes:
Updated to games played on 4 May 2017. Source: Iranleague.ir Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Machine Sazi played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan and Gostaresh at Bonyan Dizel
Machine Sazi played their matches against Paykan, Saipa, Sepahan, Tractor Sazi and Zob Ahan at Shahid Bakeri
Saipa played their match against Esteghlal at Azadi
Saipa played their match against Persepolis at Takhti Tehran
Sepahan played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan, Padideh, Paykan, Persepolis and Siah Jamegan at Foolad Shahr
Tractor Sazi played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Padideh, Paykan, Persepolis, Saba Qom, Sepahan and Siah Jamegan at Shahid Bakeri

Highest attendances

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
1Persepolis4–0Padideh80,00019 April 2017 (2017-04-19)28Azadi
2Persepolis3–0Tractor Sazi78,0005 February 2017 (2017-02-05)20Azadi
3Esteghlal3–2Persepolis77,00012 February 2017 (2017-02-12)21Azadi
4Persepolis0–0Esteghlal75,00016 September 2016 (2016-09-16)6Azadi
5Persepolis2–1Sepahan67,00016 February 2017 (2017-02-16)22Azadi
6Persepolis1–0Sanat Naft65,00028 October 2016 (2016-10-28)10Azadi
7Esteghlal1–2Sanat Naft55,0005 August 2016 (2016-08-05)3Azadi
Esteghlal1–2Tractor Sazi55,0009 December 2016 (2016-12-09)13Azadi
9Persepolis1–1Foolad50,0001 August 2016 (2016-08-01)2Azadi
Persepolis1–0Saba Qom50,00011 August 2016 (2016-08-11)4Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 4 May 2017. Source: Iranleague.ir Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine

See also

References

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