2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season	2024–25
Dates	15 August 2024 – June 2025
Matches played	24
Goals scored	48 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh; Reza Ghandipour; (3 goals)
Biggest home win	Sepahan 3–1 Chadormalou (16 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Havadar 0–4 Tractor (29 August 2024)
Longest winning run	Sepahan; (3 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Malavan; Persepolis; Sepahan; Tractor; Zob Ahan; (3 matches)
Longest winless run	Aluminium; Chadormalou; Havadar; Nassaji; Shams Azar; Zob Ahan; (3 matches)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 31 August 2024.

The 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) will be the 42nd season of Iran's Football League and 24th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2023–24 season and two promoted from the 2023–24 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League.

Promoted from 2023–24 Azadegan League	Relegated from 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
Kheybar Khorramabad (promoted for the first time in their history) Chadormalou Ardakan (promoted for the first time in their history)	Paykan Tehran (relegated after eight seasons in top flight) Sanat Naft Abadan (relegated after eight seasons in top flight)

Stadiums and locations

Tehran

Tehran teams:

Esteghlal
Havadar
Persepolis

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Locations of the 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teams

Esteghlal

Havadar

Persepolis

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Location of Tehran teams in 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aluminium	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000
Chadormalou	Yazd	Shahid Nassiri	15,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Takhti	10,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Foolad Arena	30,655
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Shahid Qasem Soleimani	9,000^[1]
Havadar	Tehran	Dastgerdi^[2]	8,250
Kheybar	Khorramabad	Takhti	8,900
Malavan	Bandar-e Anzali	Sirous Ghayeghran	9,000^[3]
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Mes	10,000^[4]
Nassaji	Qaem Shahr	Vatani	15,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Sepahan	Isfahan	Naghsh-e-Jahan	75,000
Shams Azar	Qazvin	Sardar Azadegan	15,000
Tractor	Tabriz	Yadegar-e Emam	66,833
Zob Ahan	Fooladshahr	Fooladshahr	20,000

Number of teams by Province

Province	Number of teams	Teams
Tehran	3	Persepolis, Esteghlal, Havadar
Isfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
Kerman	2	Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan
Khuzestan	2	Foolad, Esteghlal Khuzestan
East Azarbaijan	1	Tractor
Gilan	1	Malavan
Lorestan	1	Kheybar
Markazi	1	Aluminium
Mazandaran	1	Nassaji
Qazvin	1	Shams Azar
Yazd	1	Chadormalou

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.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor
Aluminium	Mojtaba Hosseini	Amir Nouri	Sinasport	IRALCO
Chadormalou	Saeid Akhbari	Ali Taheran	Darik	CMIC
Esteghlal	Javad Nekounam	Hossein Hosseini	Yousef Jameh	PGPIC
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Miodrag Božović	Mohammad Tayyebi	Merooj	INSIG
Foolad	Yahya Golmohammadi	Ayoub Vali	Yousef Jameh	KSC
Gol Gohar	Mehdi Tartar	Mehran Golzari		Gol Gohar
Havadar	Masoud Shojaei	Dariush Shojaeian	Darik	Jack Wrestler
Kheybar	Reza Mohajeri	Mehdi Kiani	Sinasport	Foulad Amir
Malavan	Saeid Daghighi	Hamed Noormohammadi	Start
Mes Rafsanjan	Moharram Navidkia	Mohsen Azarbad	Start	NICICO
Nassaji	Saket Elhami	Mehrdad Abdi	Start	Varesh Airlines
Persepolis	Juan Carlos Garrido	Omid Alishah	Merooj	Saba Battery
Sepahan	José Morais	Mohammad Karimi	Start	Mobarakeh Steel
Shams Azar	Maziar Zare	Pouria Sarabadani	Yousef Jameh	Shams Azar Macaron
Tractor	Dragan Skočić	Shojae Khalilzadeh	Start	ATA Airlines
Zob Ahan	Mohammad Rabiei	Mohammad Ghoreishi	Yousef Jameh

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC player	Former players
Aluminium
Chadormalou	Edson Mardden	Guilherme Pira	Matheus Santos	Vitão	Wallace	Alaa Al Dali
Esteghlal	Gustavo Blanco	Raphael Silva	Gaël Kakuta	Didier Ndong		Jaloliddin Masharipov	Almedin Ziljkić
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Kainã	Sávio Roberto	Thievy Bifouma	Dimitrios Chatziisaias		Moamel Abdulridha
Foolad	Moussa Coulibaly	Chimba				Utkir Yusupov
Gol Gohar	Gustavo Vagenin	Eric Bocoum	Bouly Sambou	Ousmane Ndong
Havadar
Kheybar	Tony Batista	Kévin Boli	Teddy Akumu
Malavan
Mes Rafsanjan	Sebastjan Spahiu	Rooney Eva Wankewai
Nassaji	Luan Polli
Persepolis	Alexis Guendouz	Lucas João	Giorgi Gvelesiani	Ayoub El Amloud		Oston Urunov
Sepahan	Bryan Dabo	Steven Nzonzi	Aboubakar Kamara			Vahdat Hanonov
Shams Azar
Tractor	Sokol Çikalleshi	Igor Postonjski	Tomislav Štrkalj	Ricardo Alves
Zob Ahan	Grigol Chabradze

Notes

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Tractor	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs
3	Malavan	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
4	Gol Gohar	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
5	Persepolis	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
6	Esteghlal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
7	Kheybar	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
8	Mes Rafsanjan	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
9	Esteghlal Khuzestan	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
10	Foolad	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
11	Zob Ahan	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
12	Aluminium Arak	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
13	Shams Azar	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
14	Nassaji	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
15	Chadormalou	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1	Relegation to Azadegan League
16	Havadar	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1	Relegation to Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2024. Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table, Iplstats
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) Fair-play points.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[9]^[10]

Results

Home \ Away	ALU	CHA	EST	ESK	FOL	GOL	HAV	KHE	MLV	MES	NSJ	PRS	SEP	SAQ	TRC	ZOB
Aluminium Arak	—										1–1
Chadormalou		—												1–1
Esteghlal			—						2–2
Esteghlal Khuzestan	0–0		1–0	—
Foolad					—
Gol Gohar				2–0		—
Havadar							—	0–1							0–4
Kheybar								—					1–2			1–1
Malavan						1–0			—
Mes Rafsanjan	3–1									—					0–2
Nassaji					0–1						—
Persepolis												—				1–1
Sepahan		3–1											—
Shams Azar			1–2											—
Tractor												1–1			—
Zob Ahan																—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

Season statistics

As of 30 August 2024

Scoring

First goal of the season:
Majid Aliyari for Zob Ahan against Persepolis (15 August 2024)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Reza Ghandipour	Malavan	3
1	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	Tractor	3
3	Mehrdad Ghanbari	Kheybar Khorramabad	2
	Isa Moradi	Mes Rafsanjan
	Kaveh Rezaei	Sepahan
	Ramin Rezaeian	Esteghlal
	Tomislav Štrkalj	Tractor

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mohammad Reza Akhbari	Gol Gohar	2
	Alireza Beiranvand	Tractor
	Utkir Yusupov	Foolad

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[7] "نیمکت‌نشینی‌های پیاپی دردسرساز شد؛ ۲ سهمیه بازیکنان خارجی پرسپولیس و سپاهان سوخت" (in Persian). footballi. 14 July 2024.

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