2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League

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37th season of top-tier football league in Iran

Football league season

The 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 37th season of Iran’s Football League and 19th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis are the defending champions and won their record-extending 4th consecutive title and 13th title overall (6th in the Pro League era) on 24 July with four games to spare. The season featured 14 teams from the 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2018–19 Azadegan League: Shahin Bushehr and Gol Gohar Sirjan.

Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic[edit]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the Persian Gulf Pro League temporally suspended all matches from 11 March to 24 June 2020.[1]

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Stadia and locations[edit]

Locations of clubs in 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 78,116
Foolad Ahvaz Foolad Arena 30,655
Gol Gohar Sirjan Sirjan Imam Ali 8,000
Machine Sazi Tabriz Qasem Soleimani 12,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi 8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran Qaem Shahr Vatani 15,000
Pars Jonoubi Jam Jam Takhti Jam 15,000
Paykan Shahr-e Qods Shahre Qods 18,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 78,116
Saipa Tehran Dastgerdi 8,250
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan 8,000
Sepahan Isfahan Naghsh-e-Jahan 75,000
Shahin Bushehr Bushehr Shahid Mahdavi 15,000
Shahr Khodro Mashhad Imam Reza 27,700
Tractor Tabriz Yadegar-e Emam 75,000
Zob Ahan Fooladshahr Fooladshahr 15,000

Number of teams by region[edit]

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]

1.^ Cusin became the official co-manager because Sarasiaei did not have AFC A-Licence.[11]

Foreign players[edit]

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[edit]

Source: IPL Table, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[12]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Tractor qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

Results[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2020. Source: IPL Stats,
Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[edit]

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 5 8 4 2 4 7 6 4 4 3 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Esteghlal 12 12 11 15 14 11 8 7 7 4 3 3 1 2 2 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
Foolad 13 13 13 9 9 6 4 5 5 6 8 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 7 6 5 3 6 3 5 5 4 4 5 3
Tractor 10 6 5 4 2 2 2 3 3 5 4 4 5 9 8 3 3 3 3 2 3 6 5 6 3 4 3 3 3 4
Sepahan 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 5 4 5
Shahr Khodro 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 6 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 4 3 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
Sanat Naft 6 5 7 8 6 4 5 6 6 7 6 6 3 5 4 4 4 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Naft MIS 9 10 9 11 12 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 6 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8
Nassaji 8 3 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 11 11 12 11 12 12 10 10 10 12 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9
Gol Gohar 7 9 8 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 14 14 15 15 13 13 11 11 10
Machine Sazi 4 7 10 14 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 13 14 11
Zob Ahan 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 12 11 12 10 10 11 11 12 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 10 12
Paykan 15 15 15 10 11 13 13 10 10 9 9 10 10 11 11 14 14 14 14 16 16 16 15 14 14 15 15 14 13 13
Saipa 3 4 3 6 7 9 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 12 11 11 12 14 13 12 12 13 14 10 12 12 14
Pars Jonoubi Jam 14 14 14 7 8 12 10 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 11 11 14 15 15 15
Shahin Bushehr 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2020. Source: IPL Table

Clubs season-progress[edit]

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date
Iran Ali Alipour Persepolis Shahin Bushehr 5–0 (A) 25 October 2019
Mali Cheick Diabaté Esteghlal Tractor 4–2 (A) 1 November 2019
Brazil Kiros Stanlley Sepahan Shahin Bushehr 5–0 (H) 19 December 2019

Top assists[edit]

Clean Sheets[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Attendances[edit]

Average home attendances[edit]

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persepolis 248,000 57,000 8,000 27,556 −30.2%†
2 Esteghlal 211,000 65,000 9,000 26,375 −7.3%†
3 Tractor 219,000 80,000 2,000 21,900 −52.8%†
4 Sepahan 172,000 45,000 7,000 19,111 −6.9%†
5 Nassaji 79,000 15,000 3,000 7,182 −29.8%†
6 Shahr Khodro 73,000 23,000 2,000 8,111 −42.2%†
7 Sanat Naft 64,500 12,000 1,500 6,450 +97.4%†
8 Foolad 47,000 25,000 1,000 5,875 −27.5%†
9 Shahin Bushehr 41,000 10,000 2,000 4,100 −21.2%†
10 Gol Gohar 40,500 5,000 2,000 4,050 +239.8%†
11 Naft MSJ 32,000 6,000 1,000 3,556 −26.8%†
12 Pars Jonoubi Jam 27,200 6,000 500 2,720 −40.1%†
13 Zob Ahan 21,500 5,000 500 2,150 −22.7%†
14 Saipa 18,300 8,000 200 1,830 −22.8%†
15 Paykan 17,800 10,000 100 1,780 −16.9%†
16 Mashin Sazi 8,400 4,000 100 840 −54.1%†
League total 1,320,200 80,000 100 8,629 −29.3%†

Updated to games played on 23 February 2020
Source: [1]
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances:
– Esteghlal, Naft MSJ and Persepolis each were fined one spectator ban match
– The matches between Esteghlal vs Zob Ahan and Shahr Khodro vs Naft MSJ played without spectators due to Coronavirus prevention
– The match between Sepahan and Persepolis was not played due to Sepahan’s late arriving
Gol Gohar and Shahin Bushehr played last season in Azadegan League

Attendances by round[edit]

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 20000 A 57000 A N A 15000 A 20000 A A 65000 A 10000 15000 P 9000 A C N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 26375
Foolad 6000 A 5000 A 4000 A A 2000 A 25000 A 1000 A 1000 A A P A 3000 A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5875
Gol Gohar 5000 A 3000 A 5000 A 5000 A 4000 A 3500 A 3000 A 5000 A 3000 A 4000 A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4050
Machine Sazi 4000 A 700 A 100 A 100 200 A 600 A 100 A 2000 A A 500 A 100 A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 840
Naft MSJ 1000 A 5000 A N A 3000 A 3000 4000 A 6000 A 2000 A A 5000 A 3000 A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3556
Nassaji A 6000 A 8000 A 7000 8000 A 4000 A 15000 A 8000 A 7000 7000 A 6000 A 3000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7182
Pars Jam A 3000 A 5000 3000 A 1000 A 2000 A 3000 A 500 A 3000 6000 A 700 A A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2720
Paykan 300 A A 200 A 100 A 300 A 200 A 6000 A 10000 A A 300 100 A 300 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1780
Persepolis 25000 A 12000 A 20000 A N A 16000 A 8000 40000 A 30000 A A 40000 A 57000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 27556
Saipa A 500 500 A 6000 A 2000 A 200 A 200 A 200 A 8000 300 A A 400 A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1830
Sanat Naft A 5000 A 6000 A 1500 A 5000 A A 12000 A 3000 A 7000 12000 A 8000 A 5000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6350
Sepahan A 25000 A 10000 A 15000 A 20000 A 30000 A 45000 A A 10000 7000 A 10000 A X N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 19111
Shahin Bushehr 7000 A 2000 A A 2000 A 10000 A 5000 A 2000 A 3000 A A 3000 A 1000 6000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4100
Shahr Khodro A 7000 A 15000 A 23000 A 3500 A 8000 A 2000 A 7000 A 5000 A 2500 A C N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8111
Tractor A 50000 A 17000 A 25000 A A 80000 A 20000 A 4000 A 2000 10000 A 7000 A 4000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 21900
Zob Ahan 2000 A 3000 A 5000 A 1000 A 500 A 500 A 5000 2000 A A 500 A 2000 A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2150
Total 50300 116500 31200 118200 43100 73600 20100 56000 109700 92800 62200 102100 88700 57000 52000 62300 N/A 43300 70500 19300 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 71422
Average 6288 14563 3900 14775 6157 10514 2871 7000 13713 11600 7775 12763 11088 7125 6500 7788 N/A 5413 8813 3860 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8737

Notes:
Updated to games played on 23 February 2020. Source: [2]
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
A=Away
N=Spectator Ban
C=No spectator due to CoronaVirus prevention
X=Not played

Highest attendances[edit]

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Tractor 2–4 Esteghlal 80000 1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) 9 Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
2 Esteghlal 1–0 Shahr Khodro 65000 5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) 13 Azadi Stadium
3 Esteghlal 0–1 Persepolis 57000 22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 4 Azadi Stadium
Persepolis 2–2 Esteghlal 57000 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 19 Azadi Stadium
5 Tractor 1–0 Persepolis 50000 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) 2 Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
6 Sepahan 2–2 Esteghlal 45000 30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 12 Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
7 Persepolis 1–0 Nassaji 40000 27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) 12 Azadi Stadium
Persepolis 2–0 Tractor 40000 26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 17 Azadi Stadium
9 Sepahan 2–0 Tractor 30000 5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 10 Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium
Persepolis 2–1 Gol Gohar 30000 10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) 14 Azadi Stadium

Notes:
Updated to games played on 7 February 2020. Source: [3]

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