2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 15 August 2024 – June 2025 |
Matches played | 30 |
Goals scored | 57 (1.9 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Reza Ghandipour (3 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sepahan 3–1 Chadormalou (16 August 2024) |
Biggest away win | Havadar 0–4 Tractor (29 August 2024) |
Longest winning run | Sepahan (4 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Sepahan Zob Ahan (4 matches) |
Longest winless run | Aluminium Nassaji Shams Azar Havadar (3 matches) |
Longest losing run | Nassaji (2 matches) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 31 August 2024. |
The 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) will be the 42nd season of Iran's Football League and 24th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.
Teams
[edit]Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
[edit]A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2023–24 season and two promoted from the 2023–24 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League.
Promoted from 2023–24 Azadegan League |
Relegated from 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League |
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Kheybar Khorramabad (promoted for the first time in their history) Chadormalou Ardakan (promoted for the first time in their history) |
Paykan Tehran (relegated after eight seasons in top flight) Sanat Naft Abadan (relegated after eight seasons in top flight) |
Stadiums and locations
[edit]Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Aluminium | Arak | Imam Khomeini | 15,000 |
Chadormalou | Yazd | Shahid Nassiri | 15,000 |
Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Takhti | 10,000 |
Foolad | Ahvaz | Foolad Arena | 30,655 |
Gol Gohar | Sirjan | Shahid Qasem Soleimani | 9,000[1] |
Havadar | Tehran | Dastgerdi[2] | 8,250 |
Kheybar | Khorramabad | Takhti | 8,900 |
Malavan | Bandar-e Anzali | Sirous Ghayeghran | 9,000[3] |
Mes Rafsanjan | Rafsanjan | Shohadaye Mes | 10,000[4] |
Nassaji | Qaem Shahr | Vatani | 15,000 |
Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
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
[edit]Province | Number of teams | Teams |
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Tehran | 3 | Persepolis, Esteghlal, Havadar |
Isfahan | 2 | Sepahan, Zob Ahan |
Kerman | 2 | Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan |
Khuzestan | 2 | Foolad, Esteghlal Khuzestan |
East Azarbaijan | 1 | Tractor |
Gilan | 1 | Malavan |
Lorestan | 1 | Kheybar |
Markazi | 1 | Aluminium |
Mazandaran | 1 | Nassaji |
Qazvin | 1 | Shams Azar |
Yazd | 1 | Chadormalou |
Personnel and kits
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Foreign players
[edit]The number of foreign players is restricted to six per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.[5][6][7][8]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
- Notes
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sepahan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 12 | Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite League stage |
2 | Malavan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs |
3 | Persepolis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stage[a] |
4 | Tractor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | |
5 | Gol Gohar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | |
6 | Zob Ahan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
7 | Esteghlal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | Kheybar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
10 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | |
11 | Foolad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | |
12 | Chadormalou | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
13 | Aluminium Arak | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
14 | Nassaji | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
15 | Shams Azar | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | Relegation to Azadegan League |
16 | Havadar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play points.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[9][10]
Notes:
- ^ The 2024–25 Hazfi Cup winners will qualify for the ACL Elite qualifying play-offs (or the second-placed team if the Hazfi Cup winners finish first).
Results
[edit]Positions by round
[edit]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.
Leader : 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite Group stage | |
AFC Champions League Elite Play-off stage | |
Relegation to 2025–26 Azadegan League |
Season statistics
[edit]- As of 22 September 2024
Scoring
[edit]- First goal of the season:
Majid Aliyari for Zob Ahan against Persepolis (15 August 2024)
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Mehrdad Ghanbari | Kheybar Khorramabad | 3 |
Reza Ghandipour | Malavan | ||
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | Tractor | ||
Ramin Rezaeian | Esteghlal | ||
5 | Thievy Bifouma | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 2 |
Mohammad Karimi | Sepahan | ||
Isa Moradi | Mes Rafsanjan | ||
Mohammadreza Rezaei | Malavan | ||
Kaveh Rezaei | Sepahan | ||
Tomislav Štrkalj | Tractor |
Top assists
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | Ricardo Alves | Tractor | 2 |
Omid Noorafkan | Malavan | ||
Danial Esmaeilifar | Tractor | ||
Aref Rostami | Kheibar | ||
Ali Azadmanesh | Shams azar |
Clean sheets
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Mohammad Reza Akhbari | Gol Gohar | 3 |
Utkir Yusupov | Foolad | ||
3 | Alireza Beiranvand | Tractor | 2 |
Habib Far Abbasi | Malavan | ||
Alexis Guendouz | Persepolis | ||
Parsa Jafari | Zob Ahan | ||
Mohammad Khalife | Aluminium Arak | ||
Hamed Lak | Mes Rafsanjan | ||
Payam Niazmand | Sepahan |
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