2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League

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39th season of top-tier football league in Iran

Football league season

The 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) is the 39th season of Iran’s Football League and 21st as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal won the league with a record 68-point through an unprecedented unbeaten campaign. The season featured 14 teams from the 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2020–21 Azadegan League: Fajr Sepasi and Havadar.

The 2021–22 season will start on 24 September 2021 and end on 20 June 2022.

Stadia and locations[edit]

Locations of clubs in 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aluminium Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 78,116
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Pars 50,000
Foolad Ahvaz Foolad Arena 30,655
Gol Gohar Sirjan Sirjan Shahid Qasem Soleimani 8,000
Havadar Karaj Enghelab Stadium 8,250
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Shohadaye Mes 2,000[3][4]
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi 8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran Qaem Shahr Vatani 15,000
Paykan Shahr-e Qods Shahr-e Qods 18,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 78,116
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan 8,000
Sepahan Isfahan Naghsh-e-Jahan 75,000
Shahr Khodro Mashhad Imam Reza 27,700
Tractor Tabriz Yadegar-e Emam 66,833
Zob Ahan Fooladshahr Fooladshahr 20,000

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.

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]

Standings[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2022. Source: Soccerway, IPL Table
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) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
[5]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Zob Ahan 4, Aluminium Arak 1.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Paykan 2, Sanat Naft 2. Goal difference: Paykan −1, Sanat Naft −4.
  3. ^ Nassaji Mazandaran qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Shahr Khodro 4, Fajr Sepasi 1.

Results[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2022. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an “a” indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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
Esteghlal 4 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Persepolis 2 3 6 6 7 4 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sepahan 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Gol Gohar 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 11 8 8 9 9 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
Foolad 14 16 13 12 9 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 7 10 9 9 7 7 8 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mes Rafsanjan 15 7 9 9 10 9 6 6 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
Zob Ahan 5 10 12 7 6 8 8 8 9 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 9 9 9 10 9 10 7 7 7
Aluminium Arak 8 5 4 5 1 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 8 9 9 9 11 10 10 11 11 9 8 8 8
Paykan 10 6 5 2 4 5 3 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
Sanat Naft 12 15 16 15 14 15 13 13 15 14 15 12 12 11 10 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 11 11 11 10
Havadar 13 14 15 14 15 14 15 15 14 13 10 11 11 12 12 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 9 10 8 10 10 11
Nassaji 6 9 7 11 11 12 12 10 10 10 8 8 10 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Tractor 16 8 11 13 13 10 10 12 12 9 11 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Naft MIS 7 11 8 8 12 13 14 14 13 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Shahr Khodro 9 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15
Fajr Sepasi 11 13 10 10 8 11 11 9 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2022 (2022-06-02). Source: IPL Table

Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

As of 2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date

Top assists[edit]

As of 2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

Attendances[edit]

Average home attendances[edit]

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Esteghlal 187,000 85,000 0 37,400 n/a†
2 Tractor 104,000 68,000 0 34,667 n/a†
3 Sepahan 20,000 20,000 0 20,000 n/a†
4 Persepolis 44,000 20,000 0 11,000 n/a†
5 Fajr Sepasi 12,000 8,000 0 6,000 n/a†
5 Foolad 6,000 6,000 0 6,000 n/a†
7 Gol Gohar 12,000 3,000 0 3,000 n/a†
7 Aluminium Arak 9,000 5,000 0 3,000 n/a†
7 Sanat Naft 3,000 3,000 0 3,000 n/a†
10 Naft MIS 5,500 3,000 0 2,750 n/a†
11 Zob Ahan 5,400 5,000 0 1,800 n/a†
12 Mes Rafsanjan 2,150 750 0 717 n/a†
13 Nassaji 1,200 1,000 0 600 n/a†
14 Shahr Khodro 500 500 0 500 n/a†
15 Havadar 450 200 0 150 n/a†
16 Paykan 100 100 0 100 n/a†
League total 412,300 85,000 0 10,572 n/a†

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
Aluminium Arak A NC NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC NC A A NC A NC A NC A 5,000[7] A 2,000[8] A 2,000[9] A 3,000
Esteghlal NC A NC A 5,000[10] A A NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC A NC NC A 20,000[11] A 40,000[12][13] A 37,000[14] A 85,000[1][2] 37,400
Fajr Sepasi A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A 8,000[15] A 4,000[16][17] A NC[18] 6,000
Foolad NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A 6,000[19] A NC[20] A NC[21][22] A 6,000
Gol Gohar NC A NC A A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC NC A NC A 3,000[23] A 3,000[24] A 3,000[25] A 3,000[26] 3,000
Havadar A NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC A NC NC A NC A NC A NC A NC 150[27] A 200[28] A 100[29] A 150
Naft MIS A NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC A NC A NC NC A NC A NC A NC NC A 3,000[30] A NC[31] A 2,500[32] A 2,750
Nassaji NC A A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC NC A NC A NC A NC A 1,000[33] A 200[34] A N/A[35] 600
Mes Rafsanjan A NC A NC NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC NC A NC A A NC A NC A 700[36] A 700[37] A 750[38][39] A 717
Paykan NC A NC A NC A NC A NC NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC[40] A NC[41] A 100[42] 100
Persepolis A NC A NC A 5,000[43] NC A NC A NC A NC A NC NC A NC A NC A A 20,000[44] A 17,000[45] A NC[46] A 2,000[47][48] A 11,000
Sanat Naft NC A NC A NC A NC NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC[49] A 3,000[50][51] A N/A[52] 3,000
Sepahan NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC NC A NC A A NC A NC A NC A NC A 20,000[53] A A NC[54] A NC[55] 20,000
Shahr Khodro NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC NC A A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC[56] A 500[57] A A NC[58] 500
Tractor A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC NC A NC A NC A NC A 16,000[59] A 20,000[60] A 68,000[61] NC[62] A 34,667
Zob Ahan A NC A NC A NC A NC A NC A A NC A NC NC A NC A NC A NC A NC[63] A 5,000[64] 150[65] A 250[66] A 1,800
Total 0 0 0 0 5,000 5,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20,000 39,000 51,850 77,000 3,550 115,200 7,600 88,100 412,300
Average 0 0 0 0 5,000 5,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20,000 13,000 7,407 12,833 710 19,200 1,267 29,367 10,572

Notes:
Updated to games played on 30 May 2022. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances

Highest attendances[edit]

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Esteghlal 0–0 Naft MIS 85,000[1] 30 May 2022 (2022-05-30) 30 Azadi
2 Tractor 0–31 Persepolis 68,000[61] 19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) 28 Sahand
3 Esteghlal 1–0 Shahr Khodro 40,000[12] 9 May 2022 (2022-05-09) 26 Azadi
4 Esteghlal 0–0 Aluminium Arak 37,000[14] 19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) 28 Azadi
5 Persepolis 1–1 Esteghlal 20,000[44] 17 March 2022 (2022-03-17) 23 Azadi
5 Esteghlal 0–0 Paykan 20,000[11] 5 April 2022 (2022-04-05) 24 Azadi
5 Sepahan 1–1 Esteghlal 20,000[53] 4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 25 Naghsh-e Jahan
5 Tractor 3–2 Havadar 20,000[60] 9 May 2022 (2022-05-09) 26 Sahand
9 Persepolis 2–0 Paykan 17,000[45] 4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 25 Azadi
10 Tractor 1–0 Mes Rafsanjan 16,000[59] 3 April 2022 (2022-04-03) 24 Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 30 May 2022. Source: Iranleague.ir
1The game was abandoned in the 70th minute after some home fans threw stones.[67] Later the game was scored 0-3 for Persepolis by the disciplinary board.[68]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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