2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Esteghlal Khuzestan 1st Pro League title 1st Iranian title
Relegated	Esteghlal Ahvaz Rah Ahan Malavan
Champions League	Esteghlal Khuzestan Persepolis Esteghlal Zob Ahan (Hazfi Cup winner)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	502 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mehdi Taremi (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Fernando de Jesus (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Rah Ahan 5–0 Est. Ahvaz (16 October 2015) Tractor Sazi 5–0 Est. Ahvaz (13 May 2016)
Biggest away win	Foolad 0–3 Zob Ahan (15 September 2015) Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal (26 October 2015) Est. Ahvaz 0–3 Saba Qom (27 December 2015)
Highest scoring	Tractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan (27October 2015)
Longest winning run	5 matches Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Persepolis
Longest winless run	20 matches Est. Ahvaz
Longest losing run	6 matches Est. Ahvaz
Highest attendance	100,000^[1] Persepolis – Esteghlal (15 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	0 (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 attendance	1,875,293
Average attendance	8,048
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2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 33rd season of Iran's Football League and 15th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from 2014–15 Azadegan League: Siah Jamegan as Group A champions and Esteghlal Ahvaz as replacement for Group B champions Foolad Novin, which was ineligible for promotion since they are the reserve side of Foolad F.C.. The league started on 30 July 2015 and ended on 13 May 2016. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the league title for the first time.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Saba

Sepahan
Zob Ahan

Foolad
Est. Ahvaz
Est. Khuzestan

Tractor Sazi
Gostaresh

Malavan

Padideh
Siah Jamegan

Esteghlal
Persepolis
Naft Tehran
Rah Ahan
Saipa

Locations of clubs in 2015–16 Iran Pro League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	15,000
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,960
Foolad	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,960
Gostaresh	Tabriz	Bonyan Dizel	12,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,122
Padideh	Mashhad	Samen	35,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Shahr-e Qods	25,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar-e Emam	10,610
Saipa	Tehran	Shahid Dastgerdi	8,250
Sepahan	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Sahand	66,833
Zob Ahan	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Esteghlal, Persepolis, Naft Tehran, Rah Ahan, Saipa
2	Khuzestan	3	Esteghlal Ahvaz, Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad
3	East Azerbaijan	2	Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4	Khorasan	2	Padideh, Siah Jamegan
5	Isfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
6	Gilan	1	Malavan
7	Qom	1	Saba Qom

Personnel and kits

Main article: List of Iranian Football League managers

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloumi	Mehdi Rahmati	361 Degrees
Est. Ahvaz	Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh	Adel Kolahkaj	Uhlsport
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	Uhlsport
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	Takabi

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Padideh	Alireza Marzban ^[9]	Resigned	000000002015-07-05-00005 July 2015	Pre-season	Mohammad Reza Mohajeri ^[10]	000000002015-07-05-00005 July 2015
Saba Qom	Mehdi Tartar	Sacked	000000002015-07-16-000016 July 2015	Pre-season	Ali Daei ^[11]	000000002015-07-16-000016 July 2015
Siah Jamegan	Rasoul Khatibi ^[12]	Resigned	000000002015-08-21-000021 August 2015	15th	Farhad Kazemi ^[13]	000000002015-09-28-000028 September 2015
Rah Ahan	Farhad Kazemi ^[14]	Sacked	000000002015-09-19-000019 September 2015	13th	Mehdi Tartar ^[15]	000000002015-09-21-000021 September 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh ^[16]	Sacked	000000002015-10-16-000016 October 2015	15th	Ali Hanteh ^[17]	000000002015-10-17-000017 October 2015
Sepahan	Hossein Faraki ^[18]	Mutual consent	000000002015-11-01-00001 November 2015	6th	Igor Štimac ^[19]	000000002015-11-12-000012 November 2015
Tractor Sazi	Toni Oliveira ^[20]	Mutual consent	000000002015-12-08-00008 December 2015	9th	Amir Ghalenoei ^[21]	000000002015-12-09-00009 December 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ali Hanteh ^[22]	Mutual consent	000000002015-12-26-000026 December 2015	16th	Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh ^[23]	000000002015-12-26-000026 December 2015
Malavan	Hamid Estili ^[24]	Resigned	000000002016-02-15-000015 February 2016	12th	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh ^[25]	000000002016-03-09-00009 March 2016
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar ^[26]	Sacked	000000002016-02-19-000019 February 2016	15th	Ioannis Topalidis ^[27]	000000002016-02-22-000022 February 2016
Sepahan	Igor Štimac ^[28]	Resigned	000000002016-04-20-000020 April 2016	11th	Abdollah Veisi ^[29]	000000002016-05-23-000023 May 2016
Saipa	Majid Jalali ^[30]	Sacked	000000002016-05-03-00003 May 2016	10th	Hossein Faraki ^[31]	000000002016-05-25-000025 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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian 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


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan (C)	30	15	12	3	33	14	+19	57	2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Persepolis !Persepolis	30	16	9	5	50	34	+16	57	2017 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	30	13	13	4	43	28	+15	52	2017 AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51
5	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	30	13	10	7	30	21	+9	49
6	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	30	11	13	6	38	26	+12	46	2017 AFC Champions League group stage ¹
7	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	30	9	15	6	30	24	+6	42
8	Saipa !Saipa	30	11	7	12	28	31	−3	40
9	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	30	10	9	11	36	32	+4	39
10	Padideh !Padideh	30	10	9	11	30	35	−5	39
11	Sepahan !Sepahan	30	8	14	8	29	30	−1	38
12	Foolad !Foolad	30	9	8	13	26	37	−11	35
13	Mashhad !Mashhad	30	7	6	17	23	34	−11	27
14	Malavan !Malavan (R)	30	5	12	13	23	35	−12	27	Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan (R)	30	5	10	15	24	36	−12	25
16	Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz (R)	30	2	7	21	16	58	−42	13

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Esteghlal !EST	Est. Ahvaz !ESA	Est. Khuzestan !ESK	Foolad !FOL	Gostaresh !GOS	Malavan !MLV	Naft Tehran !NAF	Padideh !PAD	Persepolis !PRS	Rah Ahan !RAH	Saba Qom !SAB	Saipa !SAP	Sepahan !SEP	Mashhad !MSH	Tractor Sazi !TRK	Zob Ahan !ZOB
Esteghlal !Esteghlal		1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	0–2
Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz	1–2		0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	1–1	4–0		0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
Foolad !Foolad	0–2	3–2	0–2		1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–3
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	0–2	4–0	0–0	1–1		3–1	1–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	4–3
Malavan !Malavan	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3		2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1
Padideh !Padideh	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2		2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Persepolis !Persepolis	4–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–2
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	0–1	5–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–2		2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–1		4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Saipa !Saipa	1–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
Sepahan !Sepahan	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	4–2	0–0	2–2	1–2		1–1	0–0	1–1
Mashhad !Mashhad	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1		2–1	0–1
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	0–0	5–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0		4–4
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–2

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

	Leader : 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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	15	6	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	1
Persepolis !Persepolis	4	12	16	16	14	14	11	12	11	7	9	7	8	6	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	3	2	2
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	3	3
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	8	3	6	7	8	9	10	9	6	6	10	11	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	8	10	12	12	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	15	16	8	6	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	8	10	8	13	9	10	8	8	5	5	4	6	4	4	5	4	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	7	7	7
Saipa !Saipa	8	4	2	4	7	6	4	5	9	9	7	5	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	9	9	9	10	8	8
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	8	14	15	10	4	8	7	7	10	8	5	8	6	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9
Padideh !Padideh	4	8	11	8	11	7	9	10	7	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	10
Sepahan !Sepahan	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	6	4	7	7	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11
Foolad !Foolad	4	8	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Mashhad !Mashhad	14	15	10	15	10	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13
Malavan !Malavan	2	7	5	5	6	5	6	6	8	11	8	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	4	13	14	9	12	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz	8	5	7	11	13	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: FIFA.com (English)

Clubs season-progress

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
B	Bye
W/O	Withdrew

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W
Persepolis !Persepolis	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	D
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	L
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	D
Saipa !Saipa	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D
Padideh !Padideh	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
Sepahan !Sepahan	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L
Foolad !Foolad	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D
Mashhad !Mashhad	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W
Malavan !Malavan	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	L
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L
Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: IPL Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis	16
2	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Gostaresh	11
3	Omid Ebrahimi	Esteghlal	10
3	Mehrdad Mohammadi	Rah Ahan	10
4	Hassan Beyt Saeed	Est. Khuzestan	9
4	Sasan Ansari	Foolad	9
5	Aloys Nong	Tractor Sazi	7
	Jaber Ansari	Esteghlal	7
	Rahim Zohaivi	Est. Khuzestan	7
	Jerry Bengtson	Persepolis	7
	Morteza Tabrizi	Zob Ahan	7
	Mohsen Yousefi	Padideh	7
	Gholamreza Rezaei	Saipa	7
	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Esteghlal	7
	Mohammad Iranpourian	Tractor Sazi	7

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

Top Assistants

Position	Player	Club	Assists
1	Omid Alishah	Persepolis	7
2	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Zob Ahan	6
2	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Gostaresh	6
3	Mehdi Torabi	Saipa	5
	Soroush Rafiei	Tractor Sazi	5
	Khosro Heydari	Esteghlal	5
	Mohsen Yousefi	Padideh	5
	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Esteghlal	5
	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	Persepolis	5
	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Sepahan	5
4	Ali Hamam	Zob Ahan	4
	Farid Karimi	Saba Qom	4
	Jaber Ansari	Esteghlal	4
	Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis	4
	Mohammad Iranpourian	Tractor Sazi	4

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: Varzesh3.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Clean Sheets

Position	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Fernando de Jesus	Est. Khuzestan	17
2	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	Zob Ahan	13
3	Mohammadreza Akhbari	Tractor Sazi	12
4	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	11
5	Alireza Beiranvand	Naft Tehran	9
6	Hamed Lak	Saba Qom	8
	Sosha Makani	Persepolis	8
	Mojtaba Roshangar	Padideh	8
7	Mohsen Forouzan	Rah Ahan	7
7	Georgi Georgiev	Gostaresh	7
8	Shahab Gordan	Sepahan	6
	Serghei Pașcenco	Malavan	6
	Hamed Fallahzadeh	Saipa	6

Last Update: 13 May 2016
Source: Iplstats.com

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Mohammad Ebrahimi	Gostaresh	Zob Ahan	4–3	000000002016-03-31-000031 March 2016
Sasan Ansari	Foolad	Est. Ahvaz	3–2	000000002016-04-30-000030 April 2016

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)

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Persepolis !Persepolis	658,500	100,000	0	47,036	1.9830035514967+198.3%^†
2	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	453,000	90,000	2,500	30,200	0.84146341463415+84.1%^†
3	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	115,350	20,000	0	8,873	-0.3227954016298−67.7%^†
4	Saipa !Saipa	90,299	77,000	70	6,020	1.3315259488768+133.1%^†
5	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	76,460	35,000	200	5,097	0.89550018594273+89.5%^†
6	Mashhad !Mashhad	64,109	25,000	120	4,274	n/a^†
7	Malavan !Malavan	57,909	10,000	0	4,136	-0.90861159929701−9.1%^†
8	Foolad !Foolad	52,800	18,000	0	4,062	-0.60554561717352−39.4%^†
9	Padideh !Padideh	58,367	22,000	200	3,891	-0.37557915057915−62.4%^†
10	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	53,302	35,000	47	3,553	1.2345911949686+123.4%^†
11	Sepahan !Sepahan	45,150	12,500	250	3,010	-0.51664950223138−48.3%^†
12	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	35,107	15,000	60	2,340	0.16129032258065+16.1%^†
13	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	34,840	15,000	100	2,323	0.7018315018315+70.1%^†
14	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	31,370	8,000	200	2,091	0.098214285714286+9.8%^†
15	Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz	24,820	10,800	0	1,773	n/a^†
16	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	23,910	12,200	70	1,594	-0.82719252724442−17.2%^†
	League total	1,875,293	100,000	0	8,048	0.16283774021095+16.2%^†

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/Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Average
Esteghlal	A	30,000	35,000	A	14,000	A	11,000	A	2,500	A	90,000	A	11,000	A	6,500	5,000	A	A	12,000	A	70,000	A	28,000	A	38,000	A	15,000	A	85,000	A	30,200
Esteghlal Ahvaz	A	1,100	A	6,000	A	A	370	A	200	A	500	A	1,500	A	500	600	A	200	A	550	800	A	200	A	1,500	A	10,800	A	0	A	1,773
Esteghlal Khuzestan	A	6,000	A	300	A	200	A	350	A	210	A	450	A	250	A	2,000	A	5,000	A	5,000	A	1,100	A	17,000	A	3,250	A	350	A	35,000	5,097
Foolad	3,100	A	2,000	A	13,000	0	A	1,200	A	400	A	18,000	A	0	A	A	200	A	6,000	A	A	4,000	A	2,500	A	2,000	A	350	A	50	4,062
Gostaresh	A	6,500	A	520	A	2,000	A	214	A	A	60	A	650	A	225	100	A	186	A	528	A	624	A	2,000	2,500	A	4,000	A	15,000	A	2,340
Malavan	4,656	A	4,200	A	1,600	A	2,832	A	5,000	A	700	A	5,000	A	1,200	A	5,300	A	0	A	2,000	A	3,200	A	10,000	A	5,000	A	7,221	A	4,136
Naft Tehran	A	500	A	990	A	100	A	A	200	A	200	A	12,200	A	200	1,200	A	100	A	7,650	A	130	70	A	100	A	200	A	70	A	1,594
Padideh	A	2,500	A	5,000	A	3,000	A	22,000	A	550	A	700	A	A	1,500	18,000	A	1,500	A	2,000	A	351	A	230	A	250	A	200	586	A	3,891
Persepolis	18,000	A	A	25,000	A	11,000	A	35,000	A	9,000	A	9,000	A	4,500	A	A	40,000	77,000	A	80,000	A	80,000	A	0	A	100,000	A	80,000	A	90,000	47,036
Rah Ahan	A	525	A	1,000	A	500	A	250	A	250	A	A	500	A	11,800	200	A	2,500	A	300	A	35,000	A	47	A	250	123	A	57	A	3,553
Saba Qom	890	A	200	A	1,500	A	4,000	A	350	A	2,500	2,500	A	200	A	A	1,000	A	100	A	1,850	A	15,000	A	500	A	A	250	A	4,000	2,323
Saipa	250	A	300	A	500	A	300	300	A	350	A	500	A	210	A	A	289	A	70	A	77,000	A	A	950	A	200	A	9,000	A	80	6,020
Sepahan	2,200	A	12,500	3,500	A	3,500	A	1,500	A	8,500	A	2,200	A	800	A	A	3,500	A	A	3,500	A	600	A	1,400	A	500	A	700	A	250	3,010
Siah Jamegan	25,000	A	2,000	A	1,500	A	1,830	A	18,000	A	120	A	450	200	A	A	268	A	900	A	3,580	A	600	A	411	A	1,250	A	A	8,000	4,274
Tractor Sazi	20,000	A	8,200	A	7,000	A	20,000	A	0	2,500	A	9,500	A	7,000	A	A	1,350	A	5,000	A	10,000	A	0	A	A	10,800	A	2,000	A	12,000	8,873
Zob Ahan	A	6,000	A	A	1,500	A	800	A	400	A	520	A	500	A	1,900	350	A	6,500	8,000	A	1,000	A	200	A	2,300	A	1,000	A	400	A	2,091
Total	74,096	53,125	64,400	42,310	40,600	20,300	41,132	60,814	26,650	21,760	94,600	42,850	31,800	13,160	23,825	27,450	51,907	92,986	32,070	99,528	166,230	121,805	47,270	24,127	55,311	117,250	37,373	92,850	108,334	149,380	1,875,293
Average	9,262	6,641	8,050	5,289	5,075	2,900	5,142	7,602	3,807	2,720	11,825	5,356	3,975	1,880	2,978	3,431	6,488	11,623	4,581	12,441	20,779	15,226	6,753	3,447	6,914	14,656	4,672	11,606	15,476	18,673	8,048

Notes:
Updated to games played on May 13, 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

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Persepolis	4–2	Esteghlal	100,000	April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	26	Azadi
2	Esteghlal	1–1	Persepolis	90,000	October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)	11	Azadi
2	Persepolis	2–1	Rah Ahan	90,000	May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)	30	Azadi
4	Esteghlal	2–3	Tractor Sazi	85,000	May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)	29	Azadi
5	Persepolis	1–0	Foolad	80,000	February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12)	20	Azadi
5	Persepolis	1–1	Tractor Sazi	80,000	March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06)	22	Azadi
5	Persepolis	0–2	Naft Tehran	80,000	April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28)	28	Azadi
8	Persepolis	2–2	Sepahan	77,000	February 2, 2016 (2016-02-02)	18	Azadi
8	Saipa	1–1	Persepolis	77,000	February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18)	21	Azadi
10	Esteghlal	2–1	Gostaresh	70,000	February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)	21	Azadi

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

Awards

Best XI Fernando Rezaian Tayyebi Hosseini Aghaei Zohaivi Ebrahimi Rafiei Alishah Mosalman Taremi

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Fernando de Jesus (Esteghlal Khuzestan)
Defence: Moussa Coulibaly (Esteghlal Khuzestan), Mohammad Tayyebi (Esteghlal Khuzestan), Jalal Hosseini (Naft Tehran)
Midfield: Soroush Rafiei (Tractor Sazi), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Kamal Kamyabinia (Perspolis), Mehdi Torabi (Saipa)
Attack: Mohammad Ebrahimi (Gostaresh Foolad), Mehdi Taremi (Perspolis), Mehrdad Mohammadi (Rah Ahan)

Player of the Tournament

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

Other awards

Abdollah Veisi was awarded as the best coach of the season. Fernando de Jesus won the best Goalkeeper award. Jalal Hosseini won the best Defender award. Omid Ebrahimi won the best Midfielder award. Mehdi Taremi won the best Striker award.

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Persian Gulf Pro League

2016–17 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Machine Sazi Mashhad Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Saba Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd

Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players

Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards

Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3

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List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016

Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's)

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup

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Domestic leagues	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division

Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

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Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons

Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Ahvaz Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Tehran Padideh Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sepahan Siah Jamegan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

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Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2015 GCC Champions League 2015 Mekong Club Championship

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Independence Cup Federation Cup Brunei '15–'16 '16–'17 Cambodia China East Timor Guam Hong Kong '15–'16 '16–'17 India '15–'16 '16–'17 Indonesia Iran '15–'16 '16–'17 Iraq '15–'16 '16–'17 Japan Jordan '15–'16 '16–'17 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '15–'16 '16–'17 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '15–'16 '16–'17 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Pakistan Palestine '15–'16 '16–'17 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

League cups	Bahrain '15–'16 '16–'17 Hong Kong Shield '15–'16 '16–'17 League Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 India Shield Durand Cup Japan Kuwait KF Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 CP Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia '15–'16 '16–'17 Singapore Thailand UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan

Super Cups	Bahrain East Timor China Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Lebanon Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2016 Mekong Club Championship 2016–17 Arab World Club Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship 2016 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification 2016 AFF Championship 2016 King's Cup 2016 Kirin Cup 2016 AYA Bank Cup

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