2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League


The 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League was the 32nd season of Iran's Football League and 14th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Foolad were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2013–14 Azadegan League: Padideh as champions, Naft Masjed Soleyman and Paykan. The league started on 1 August and ended on 15 May 2015. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the fifth time in their history.

Changes

Rules and Regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League were allowed to have up to maximum 35 players in their player lists, which categorized in the following groups:

Stadia and locations

TeamCityVenueCapacity
EsteghlalTehranAzadi95,225
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazGhadir
Takhti Ahvaz		38,900
15,000
Foolad KhuzestanAhvazGhadir38,900
GostareshTabrizBonyan Dizel12,000
MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanBehnam Mohammadi8,000
Naft TehranTehranTakhti Tehran30,122
PadidehMashhadSamen35,000
PaykanQodsShahr-e Qods
Shahid Dastgerdi		25,000
8,250
PersepolisTehranAzadi95,225
Rah AhanTehranShahr-e Qods
Rah Ahan		25,000
12,000
Saba QomQomYadegar Emam10,610
SaipaKarajEnghelab Karaj15,000
SepahanEsfahanFoolad Shahr15,000
Tractor SaziTabrizSahand66,833
Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad Shahr15,000

Number of teams by region

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.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Esteghlal Amir Ghalenoei Reza Enayati Merooj
Est. Khuzestan Abdollah Veisi Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Uhlsport
Foolad Dragan Skočić Bakhtiar Rahmani Uhlsport
Gostaresh Faraz Kamalvand Meysam Naghizadeh KelmeAta Airlines
Malavan Firouz Karimi Maziar Zare Daei
Naft MIS Behrouz Makvandi Reza Darvishi MeroojNIOC
Naft Tehran Alireza Mansourian Alireza Ezzati UhlsportNaft-G
Padideh Alireza Marzban Mojtaba Roshangar Merooj
Paykan Samad Marfavi Mehdi Rahmati MeroojIran Khodro
Persepolis Branko Ivanković Mohammad Nouri Macron
Rah Ahan Farhad Kazemi Ebrahim Karimi MeroojFars Air Qeshm
Saba Qom Mehdi Tartar Morteza Kashi Merooj
Saipa Majid Jalali Ebrahim Sadeghi MeroojSAIPA
Sepahan Hossein Faraki Hadi Aghily UhlsportFoolad Mobarakeh
Tractor Sazi Toni Mehdi Kiani KelmeHamrah-e Aval
Zob Ahan Yahya Golmohammadi Ghasem Hadadifar MeroojXballer

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Positions by round

Clubs season-progress

Relegation Play-off

as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.
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Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3–0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 EdinhoTractor Sazi20
2 Sajjad ShahbazzadehEsteghlal12
2 Mehdi SharifiSepahan12
4 Luciano PereiraSepahan11
5 Jaber AnsariGostaresh9
5 Omid EbrahimiEsteghlal9
5 Reza EnayatiEsteghlal9
5 Masoud HassanzadehZob Ahan9
5 Mohammad Reza KhalatbariSepahan9
5 Amir Arsalan MotahariNaft Tehran9
5 Saman Nariman JahanTractor Sazi9
5 Aloys NongFoolad9
5 Ramin RezaeianRah Ahan9

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source:

Top Assistants

PositionPlayerClubAssists
1 Iman MobaliNaft Tehran11
2 Mehdi RajabzadehZob Ahan9
3 Karrar JassimEsteghlal8
4 Mohammad Reza KhalatbariSepahan7
4 Luciano PereiraSepahan7
4 Esmaeil SharifatFoolad7
5 EdinhoTractor Sazi6
5 Ghasem HaddadifarZob Ahan6
5 Milad MeydavoudiSaipa6
5 Mehdi SharifiSepahan6

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source:

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Mohammad Reza KhalatbariSepahanGostaresh4–110 12 2014
Kaveh RezaeiZob AhanNaft Tehran5–316 3 2015
Saman Nariman JahanTractor SaziEsteghlal4–110 4 2015

Clean Sheets

PositionPlayerClubClean Sheets
1 Alireza SalimiFoolad16
2 Mehrdad TahmasbiSaba Qom10
3 Alireza BeiranvandNaft Tehran9
3 Hamed FallahzadehSaipa9
3 Mohsen ForouzanEsteghlal9
3 Mohammad-Rashid MazaheriZob Ahan9
3 Mehdi RahmatiPaykan9
3 Mojtaba RoshangarPadideh9
9 Hamed LakTractor Sazi8
10 Shahab GordanSepahan5
10 Sosha MakaniPersepolis5
10 Davoud Noushi SoufianiGostaresh5
13 Rahman AhmadiSepahan4
13 Parviz KarimiEsteghlal Khuzestan4
13 Iman SadeghiMalavan4

Last Update: 15 May 2015

Scoring

Team of the League

Goalkeeper: Alireza Beiranvand

Defence: Ramin Rezaian, Leandro Padovani, Leonard Mesarić, Vouria Ghafouri

Midfield: Ghasem Haddadifar, Omid Ebrahimi, Andranik Teymourian


Attack: Sajjad Shahbazzadeh, Edinho, Mehdi Taremi

Player of the League

was awarded as the best player of the season among Andranik Teymourian became second. Amir Arsalan Motahari was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards

was awarded as the best coach of the season.
Mehdi Taremi won the best striker award.

Attendance

Average home attendance

Attendance by round

Notes:
Updated to games played on 15 May 2015. Source:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Gostaresh played their match against Tractor Sazi at Sahand
Paykan played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran
Rah Ahan played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran

Highest attendances

Notes:
Updated to games played on 15 May 2015. Source: