18th season of Persian Gulf Pro League
Football league season
The 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League ) was the 36th season of Iran's Football League and 18th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions . The season featured 13 teams from the 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2017–18 Azadegan League : Naft Masjed Soleyman as champions and Nassaji Mazandaran . Machine Sazi replaced Gostaresh . The league started on 26 July 2018 and ended on 16 May 2019. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the fifth time in their history, a total 12th Iranian title.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs in 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Esteghlal
Tehran
Azadi
78,116
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Ahvaz
Ghadir
38,900
Foolad
Ahvaz
Ghadir Foolad Arena
38,900 30,655
Machine Sazi
Tabriz
Bonyan Diesel
12,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman
Masjed Soleyman
Behnam Mohammadi
8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran
Qaem Shahr
Vatani
15,000
Padideh
Mashhad
Imam Reza
27,700
Pars Jonoubi Jam
Jam
Takhti Jam
15,000
Paykan
Shahr-e Qods
Shahre Qods
25,000
Persepolis
Tehran
Azadi
78,116
Saipa
Tehran
Dastgerdi
8,250
Sanat Naft
Abadan
Takhti Abadan
10,000[ 7]
Sepahan
Isfahan
Naghsh-e-Jahan
75,000
Sepidrood
Rasht
Sardar Jangal
15,000
Tractor Sazi
Tabriz
Sahand
66,833
Zob Ahan
Fooladshahr
Fooladshahr
15,000
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.
Managerial changes
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.
League table
Source:
IPL Table Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
[ 9] (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ FIFA has imposed a 6-points penalty on Esteghlal Khuzestan due to unpaid wages.
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source:
IPL Stats Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions 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 Persepolis 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sepahan 10 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 Esteghlal 7 9 4 7 8 10 11 7 5 7 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 Padideh 14 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 Tractor Sazi 9 12 15 9 11 6 5 6 7 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 Zob Ahan 4 4 6 8 4 8 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 11 10 8 8 7 7 6 6 Saipa 1 6 8 11 7 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 7 8 8 10 9 10 10 9 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 Foolad 2 8 9 5 5 9 10 10 12 12 12 13 9 9 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 Paykan 8 3 5 6 9 5 6 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 12 11 12 11 11 10 10 10 12 12 11 9 10 9 11 Sanat Naft 11 11 13 13 14 12 14 14 11 10 11 10 11 13 11 11 12 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 10 9 10 9 Nassaji 15 14 12 15 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 12 12 12 10 10 9 10 9 9 8 11 12 11 11 10 11 11 11 10 Pars Jonoubi Jam 13 5 7 4 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 12 12 12 12 Machine Sazi 6 10 10 10 13 14 12 12 10 11 10 9 10 11 13 9 8 8 8 8 11 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 Naft MIS 12 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 14 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Sepidrood 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Est. Khuzestan 5 13 11 12 10 11 7 11 13 13 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source:
IPL Table
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Player
For
Against
Result
Date
Anthony Stokes
Tractor Sazi
Esteghlal Khuzestan
6–0 (H)
28 September 2018
Lee Erwin
Tractor Sazi
Zob Ahan
4–1 (H)
9 November 2018
Jonathan Balotelli
Sanat Naft
Foolad
4–1 (A)
19 April 2019
Clean sheets
Alireza Beiranvand won his third Persian Gulf Pro League Golden Glove after keeping 16 clean sheets for Persepolis.
Scoring
Attendances
Average home attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Tractor Sazi
657,475
80,000
0
46,963
+326.4% †
2
Persepolis
592,500
90,000
13,000
39,500
−0.7% †
3
Esteghlal
427,000
78,000
10,000
28,467
−3.3% †
4
Sepahan
267,000
60,000
0
20,538
+66.2% †
5
Padideh
210,350
33,000
2,100
14,023
+88.3% †
6
Nassaji
153,400
15,000
6,000
10,227
−21.0% †
7
Foolad
121,610
40,000
300
8,107
+92.4% †
8
Sepidrood
84,740
14,000
2,200
5,649
−33.1% †
9
Naft MIS
72,850
10,000
1,850
4,857
−13.1% †
10
Pars Jonoubi Jam
68,130
20,000
1,500
4,542
−35.1% †
11
Sanat Naft
42,472
7,600
0
3,267
−49.5% †
12
Zob Ahan
41,730
15,000
100
2,782
−0.9% †
13
Saipa
35,563
13,650
150
2,371
−23.4% †
14
Paykan
32,144
12,600
50
2,143
−4.8% †
15
Machine Sazi
27,450
6,500
150
1,830
+640.9% †
16
Est. Khuzestan
22,600
9,000
20
1,507
−49.4% †
League total
2,869,814
90,000
0
12,212
+34.8% †
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
28,000
A
78,000
A
30,000
A
A
70,000
A
37,000
A
44,000
A
12,000
A
A
21,000
A
16,000
A
15,000
17,000
A
17,000
A
17,000
A
10,000
A
15,000
28,467
Esteghlal Khuzestan
A
100
9,000
A
200
A
100
A
100
A
600
A
8,500
A
700
80
A
A
500
A
200
A
400
A
2,000
A
100
A
20
A
1,507
Foolad
1,800
A
A
1,000
A
450
A
300
A
500
A
500
A
2,060
A
A
26,000
4,000
A
40,000
A
23,000
A
12,000
A
5,300
A
2,700
A
2,000
8,107
Machine Sazi
300
A
400
A
710
A
620
A
1,450
A
4,100
A
4,000
6,500
A
A
150
A
800
A
5,500
A
1,100
A
420
A
400
A
A
1,000
1,830
Naft MIS
7,000
A
5,000
A
A
10,000
A
2,000
A
5,500
A
2,500
A
4,500
A
A
5,000
A
7,000
3,500
A
4,000
A
1,850
A
5,000
A
5,000
A
5,000
4,857
Nassaji
6,000
A
12,000
A
11,000
A
15,000
9,000
A
11,000
A
10,000
A
12,000
A
A
9,000
A
11,000
A
12,400
A
A
12,000
A
7,000
A
8,000
A
8,000
10,227
Padideh
21,000
A
2,100
A
7,150
A
14,000
A
7,500
A
12,000
A
10,500
A
20,200
A
6,000
A
17,000
A
22,000
A
7,500
A
5,400
A
33,000
A
25,000
A
14,023
Pars Jonoubi Jam
A
4,000
A
13,000
A
5,000
A
2,500
A
3,000
A
3,000
A
2,130
A
3,500
A
1,500
A
2,700
A
1,600
A
2,000
A
2,700
A
1,500
A
20,000
4,542
Paykan
A
300
A
200
A
151
A
852
A
A
4,841
A
300
A
910
7,000
A
3,700
A
620
A
50
A
12,600
180
A
125
A
315
A
2,143
Persepolis
A
50,000
A
40,000
A
23,500
15,000
A
13,000
A
23,000
A
45,000
A
38,000
20,000
A
30,000
A
20,000
A
A
81,000
A
47,000
A
90,000
A
57,000
A
39,500
Saipa
800
A
350
A
600
A
150
A
8,000
13,560
A
200
A
350
A
A
230
A
8,770
A
273
A
430
A
A
600
A
750
A
500
2,371
Sanat Naft
A
NC
A
2,000
6,000
A
5,200
A
NC
A
1,472
A
2,200
A
1,500
3,000
A
3,000
A
A
1,500
A
3,000
A
2,000
A
4,000
A
7,600
A
3,267
Sepahan
NC
A
15,000
A
9,000
A
8,500
A
10,000
A
16,200
50,000
A
38,000
A
A
NC
A
12,100
A
12,000
A
11,200
A
60,000
A
A
12,000
A
13,000
20,538
Sepidrood
A
4,500
A
2,590
A
3,900
A
A
6,000
A
5,000
A
5,600
A
14,000
5,000
A
2,200
A
3,000
A
7,450
3,000
A
7,500
A
8,000
A
7,000
A
5,649
Tractor Sazi
A
NC
A
60,165
A
35,610
A
41,000
A
43,000
A
70,000
A
A
70,000
30,000
A
80,000
A
46,000
A
29,700
A
40,000
A
40,000
A
60,000
12,000
A
46,963
Zob Ahan
A
10,000
A
7,500
A
500
A
500
A
300
A
A
800
A
1,500
580
A
1,200
A
320
A
100
A
730
A
15,000
2,300
A
400
A
2,782
Total
64,900
68,900
121,850
126,455
64,660
79,111
58,570
126,152
46,050
113,860
67,213
180,200
76,900
77,540
146,810
69,160
67,380
125,600
73,170
116,140
68,873
82,900
107,630
98,180
124,500
105,400
137,925
99,950
109,335
64,500
2,869,814
Average
9,271
11,483
15,231
15,807
8,083
9,889
7,321
15,769
6,579
14,233
8,402
22,525
9,613
9,693
18,351
8,645
9,626
15,700
9,146
14,518
8,609
10,363
13,454
12,273
15,563
11,575
17,241
12,494
13,667
8,063
12,212
Notes: Updated to games played on 16 March 2019. Source: Iranleague.ir Archived 2019-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Esteghlal Khuzestan played their matches against Foolad and Nassaji at Foolad Arena Machine Sazi played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan and Tractor Sazi at Sahand Saipa played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran Saipa played their matches against Foolad , Nassaji , Paykan , Padideh , Sanat Naft , Sepahan and Tractor Sazi at Shohada Shahr-e Qods Sepahan played their match against Tractor Sazi at Foolad Shahr
Highest attendances
Rank
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
Date
Week
Stadium
1
Persepolis
0–0
Sepahan
90,000[ 10]
26 April 2019 (2019-4-26 )
27
Azadi
2
Persepolis
1–0
Esteghlal
81,000[ 11]
30 March 2019 (2019-3-30 )
23
Azadi
3
Tractor Sazi
1–0
Esteghlal
80,000[ 12]
15 February 2019 (2019-2-15 )
18
Sahand
4
Esteghlal
3–0
Tractor Sazi
78,000[ 13]
10 August 2018 (2018-8-10 )
3
Azadi
5
Esteghlal
0–0
Persepolis
70,000[ 14]
27 September 2018 (2018-9-27 )
8
Azadi
Tractor Sazi
4–1
Zob Ahan
70,000[ 15]
9 November 2018 (2018-11-9 )
12
Sahand
Tractor Sazi
1–2
Foolad
70,000[ 16]
14 December 2018 (2018-12-14 )
15
Sahand
8
Tractor Sazi
1–0
Saipa
60,165[ 17]
17 August 2018 (2018-8-17 )
4
Sahand
9
Sepahan
0–1
Esteghlal
60,000[ 18]
12 April 2019 (2019-4-12 )
25
Naghsh-e Jahan
Tractor Sazi
1–1
Persepolis
60,000[ 19]
1 May 2019 (2019-5-1 )
28
Sahand
Notes: Updated to games played on 16 March 2019. Source: Iranleague.ir Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
Awards
See also
References
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups Super cups Regional club competitions AFC club competitions National team competitions
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups Super Cups Regional club competitions AFC club competitions National team competitions
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