2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League
14th season of Persian Gulf Pro League
Football league season
The 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran 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 (total fifth Iranian title).
Changes
Rules and regulations
The Iranian Football Clubs who participated in 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League were allowed to have up to a maximum of 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which categorized in the following groups:[ 1]
Up to maximum 18 adult (without any age limit) players
Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1992).
Up to maximum 8 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1994).
Teams
Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs in 2014–15 Iran Pro League
Team
City
Venue
Capacity
Esteghlal
Tehran
Azadi
95,225
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Ahvaz
Ghadir Takhti Ahvaz
38,900 15,000
Foolad Khuzestan
Ahvaz
Ghadir
38,900
Gostaresh
Tabriz
Bonyan Dizel
12,000
Malavan
Anzali
Takhti Anzali
8,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman
Masjed Soleyman
Behnam Mohammadi
8,000
Naft Tehran
Tehran
Takhti Tehran
30,122
Padideh
Mashhad
Samen
35,000
Paykan
Qods
Shahr-e Qods Shahid Dastgerdi
25,000 8,250
Persepolis
Tehran
Azadi
95,225
Rah Ahan
Tehran
Shahr-e Qods Rah Ahan
25,000 12,000
Saba Qom
Qom
Yadegar Emam
10,610
Saipa
Karaj
Enghelab Karaj
15,000
Sepahan
Esfahan
Foolad Shahr
15,000
Tractor Sazi
Tabriz
Sahand
66,833
Zob Ahan
Esfahan
Foolad Shahr
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
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source:
FIFA.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. 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 Sepahan 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 Tractor Sazi 3 4 2 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 Naft Tehran 7 10 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 5 5 7 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 Zob Ahan 14 12 16 13 13 13 14 12 14 12 12 13 13 13 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 Foolad 13 6 3 2 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 1 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 Esteghlal 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 Saipa 12 8 9 12 9 9 6 6 5 6 6 5 7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Persepolis 5 13 8 11 12 7 9 9 8 7 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 8 Saba Qom 4 5 6 5 6 8 8 8 9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 Padideh 11 3 5 4 5 3 3 5 7 8 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 Gostaresh 6 14 12 9 10 12 12 14 10 11 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 14 15 14 14 13 13 11 12 11 11 11 11 Rah Ahan 15 7 10 10 8 10 10 10 13 13 14 12 11 11 13 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 15 12 12 Malavan 10 9 11 8 11 11 11 13 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 11 11 11 11 12 11 12 12 13 13 Est. Khuzestan 8 11 15 16 15 14 15 11 12 14 11 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 12 12 14 13 13 13 14 14 Paykan 16 15 13 14 16 15 13 15 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 14 14 13 14 14 14 15 15 Naft M.S. 9 16 14 15 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 16 16 16
Clubs season-progress
Relegation play-off
Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.
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
Edinho
Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: Soccerway.com
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Alireza Salimi
Last Update: 15 May 2015
Scoring
First goal of the season: Saman Nariman Jahan for Tractor Sazi against Foolad (1 August 2014 )
Fastest goal of the season: 11 seconds , Mohammad Reza Khalatbari for Sepahan against Gostaresh (10 December 2014 )
Latest goal of the season: 97 minutes and 5 seconds , Ahmad Hassanzadeh for Saba Qom against Padideh (14 August 2014 )
Largest winning margin: 4 goals
Saipa 4–0 Padideh (19 September 2014 )
Highest scoring game: 8 goals
Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–4 Esteghlal (11 December 2014 )
Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015 )
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015 )
Awards
Team of the Season
Goalkeeper : Alireza Beiranvand (Naft Tehran)
Defence : Ramin Rezaian (Rah Ahan), Leandro Padovani (Naft Tehran), Leonard Mesarić (Foolad), Vouria Ghafouri (Sepahan)
Midfield : Ghasem Haddadifar (Zob Ahan), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Andranik Teymourian (Esteghlal/Tractor Sazi)
Attack : Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (Esteghlal), Edinho (Tractor Sazi), Mehdi Taremi (Perspolis)
Player of the Season
Ghasem Haddadifar 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
Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season.
Mehdi Taremi won the best striker award.
Attendance
Average home attendance
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Tractor Sazi
384,828
80,000
0
27,488
+26.9% †
2
Esteghlal
246,000
67,000
2,000
16,400
−17.0% †
3
Persepolis
220,746
70,000
0
15,768
−46.5% †
4
Padideh
155,400
35,000
250
10,360
n/a†
5
Foolad
87,200
25,000
0
6,708
−25.8% †
6
Naft MIS
85,900
8,000
0
6,136
n/a†
7
Sepahan
81,570
15,000
0
5,826
+21.4% †
8
Malavan
63,721
8,500
0
4,552
+2.7% †
9
Paykan
51,450
10,330
100
3,430
n/a†
10
Est. Khuzestan
40,331
10,500
87
2,689
−31.9% †
11
Saipa
38,726
15,000
200
2,582
+8.8% †
12
Gostaresh
30,231
15,000
195
2,015
−30.5% †
13
Naft Tehran
28,900
12,000
120
1,927
−16.6% †
14
Zob Ahan
26,650
7,500
0
1,904
−33.1% †
15
Rah Ahan
23,856
8,000
100
1,590
−4.4% †
16
Saba Qom
20,469
10,000
100
1,365
−50.2% †
League total
1,585,978
80,000
0
6,921
−9.3% †
Attendance 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
12,000
A
9,000
A
15,000
A
A
17,000
A
10,000
A
18,000
A
67,000
2,000
A
10,000
A
6,000
A
5,000
17,000
A
12,000
A
11,000
A
35,000
A
16,400
Esteghlal Khuzestan
110
A
1,000
A
214
A
87
A
1,500
A
150
2,150
A
170
A
A
6,000
A
10,500
A
200
A
250
A
6,000
A
A
6,000
A
6,000
2,689
Foolad
A
11,000
A
3,000
A
NC
A
2,500
A
2,000
A
A
2,500
A
2,000
6,500
A
4,000
A
25,000
A
2,500
A
14,000
A
6,000
6,200
A
NC
A
6,708
Gostaresh
A
1,500
A
195
A
A
250
A
750
A
500
A
15,000
A
200
265
A
450
A
500
3,500
A
1,000
A
370
A
4,751
A
1,000
A
2,015
Malavan
A
1,987
A
8,000
A
3,000
A
2,000
A
1,334
A
1,800
A
2,500
A
NC
A
6,000
A
2,500
A
6,100
A
5,000
A
8,500
A
8,000
A
7,000
4,552
Naft MIS
A
NC
A
A
4,500
A
6,500
A
5,500
A
6,500
A
6,000
A
5,000
7,000
A
5,900
5,000
A
5,000
A
8,000
A
8,000
A
6,000
A
7,000
A
6,136
Naft Tehran
A
300
A
800
A
220
A
12,000
A
A
120
A
330
A
5,000
7,000
A
140
A
300
A
200
A
190
300
A
1,000
A
1,000
A
1,927
Padideh
10,500
A
4,500
12,500
A
8,000
A
22,000
A
10,000
A
35,000
A
5,600
A
A
650
A
A
30,000
A
250
A
3,000
A
1,400
A
10,000
A
2,000
10,360
Paykan
A
370
700
A
10,000
A
350
A
250
A
100
A
10,330
A
150
400
A
A
2,200
A
6,500
A
3,000
A
4,100
A
10,000
A
3,000
A
3,430
Persepolis
18,000
A
15,000
A
7,000
A
35,000
11,000
A
13,246
A
4,500
A
4,000
A
A
NC
A
8,000
A
5,000
A
A
5,000
A
20,000
A
5,000
A
70,000
15,768
Rah Ahan
8,000
A
600
A
500
A
500
A
6,000
400
A
371
A
150
A
A
100
A
200
A
100
A
3,700
A
A
1,235
A
1,000
A
1,000
1,590
Saba Qom
215
A
A
150
A
10,000
A
250
A
100
A
150
A
130
A
A
200
170
A
1,004
A
200
A
400
A
500
A
6,000
A
1,000
1,365
Saipa
1,000
A
226
A
800
A
500
A
500
A
3,500
A
300
A
15,000
A
200
A
6,500
A
450
A
450
A
300
A
8,000
A
1,000
A
2,582
Sepahan
8,000
A
13,000
A
5,000
A
2,200
A
2,000
A
13,500
A
NC
1,700
A
A
1,300
A
2,170
A
7,200
A
1,800
A
3,200
A
5,500
A
A
15,000
5,826
Tractor Sazi
20,000
A
14,000
A
8,000
10,400
A
12,000
A
51,500
A
12,700
A
65,000
A
A
NC
A
15,000
A
A
30,178
A
15,000
A
35,050
A
16,000
A
80,000
27,488
Zob Ahan
A
1,500
A
700
A
4,800
A
700
A
7,500
A
1,000
A
A
600
400
A
4,000
A
750
A
800
A
600
A
1,300
A
2,000
NC
A
1,904
Total
65,825
28,657
49,026
34,345
36,014
51,420
45,387
62,450
33,500
86,080
34,370
56,771
52,460
79,250
94,950
23,565
8,450
30,660
49,570
66,054
27,950
45,228
35,200
43,190
34,720
73,985
52,451
54,000
48,000
182,000
1,585,978
Average
8,228
4,093
6,128
4,293
4,502
7,346
5,673
7,806
4,188
10,760
4,296
7,096
7,494
9,906
11,869
3,366
1,408
3,833
6,196
8,257
3,494
5,654
4,400
5,399
4,284
9,248
6,556
6,750
8,000
22,750
6,921
Notes: Updated to games played on 15 May 2015. Source: Iranleague.ir 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
Rank
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
Date
Week
Stadium
1
Tractor Sazi
3–3
Naft Tehran
80,000
15 May 2015 (2015-05-15 )
30
Sahand
2
Persepolis
1–0
Esteghlal
70,000
15 May 2015 (2015-05-15 )
30
Azadi
3
Esteghlal
1–2
Persepolis
67,000
23 November 2014 (2014-11-23 )
15
Azadi
4
Tractor Sazi
2–2
Esteghlal
65,000
7 November 2014 (2014-11-07 )
14
Sahand
5
Tractor Sazi
1–1
Sepahan
51,500
26 September 2014 (2014-09-26 )
10
Sahand
6
Tractor Sazi
2–1
Saipa
35,050
16 April 2015 (2015-04-16 )
26
Sahand
7
Persepolis
1–3
Tractor Sazi
35,000
5 September 2014 (2014-09-05 )
7
Azadi
Padideh
0–1
Persepolis
35,000
22 October 2014 (2014-10-22 )
12
Samen
Esteghlal
1–4
Tractor Sazi
35,000
11 May 2015 (2015-05-11 )
29
Azadi
10
Tractor Sazi
1–0
Persepolis
30,178
8 March 2015 (2015-03-08 )
22
Sahand
Notes: Updated to games played on 15 May 2015. Source: Iranleague.ir
See also
References
External links
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