Competition: | Persian Gulf Cup |
Season: | 2007–08 |
Winners: | Persepolis 2nd Pro League title 9th Iranian title |
Relegated: | Sanat Naft Shirin Faraz |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Persepolis Sepahan Saba Battery Esteghlal (Hazfi Cup champions) |
League Topscorer: | Mohsen Khalili Hadi Asghari (18 goals) |
Matches: | 306 |
Total Goals: | 721 |
Biggest Home Win: | Rah Ahan 5–0 Paykan (11 March 2008) Persepolis 5–0 Shirin Faraz (30 April 2008) |
Biggest Away Win: | Esteghlal 1–4 Pegah (11 April 2008) Fajr Sepasi 1–4 Zob Ahan (1 May 2008) Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis (14 May 2008) |
Highest Scoring: | Paykan 4–2 Bargh Shiraz (16 August 2007) Persepolis 3–3 Fajr Sepasi (21 September 2007) Persepolis 3–3 Aboumoslem (10 February 2008) Esteghlal 4–2 Bargh Shiraz (29 February 2008) Saipa 4–2 Shirin Faraz (3 April 2008) Bargh Shiraz 3–3 Sepahan (3 May 2008) Zob Ahan 4–2 Est. Ahvaz (17 May 2008) |
Highest Attendance: | 110,000 Persepolis – Sepahan (17 May 2008) |
Lowest Attendance: | 0 (spectator ban) Malavan – Zob Ahan (19 September 2007) Pegah – Shirin Faraz (16 November 2007) Sanat Naft – Saba Battery (16 November 2007) Sepahan – Pegah (22 January 2008) Persepolis – Sanat Naft (22 January 2008) Sepahan – Paykan (10 February 2008) Sepahan – Fajr Sepasi (22 February 2008) Sepahan – Zob Ahan (5 March 2008) Est. Ahvaz – Saba Battery (17 March 2008) Sepahan – Est. Ahvaz (3 April 2008) Sepahan – Mes Kerman (18 April 2008) Shirin Faraz – Pegah (5 May 2008) |
Attendance: | 3,303,000 |
Average Attendance: | 11,235 |
Longest Wins: | 4 matches Persepolis |
Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches PAS Hamedan |
Longest Winless: | 27 matches Shirin Faraz |
Longest Losses: | 6 matches Shirin Faraz |
Prevseason: | 2006–07 |
Nextseason: | 2008–09 |
The 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 25th season of Iran's Football League and seventh season of Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Saipa were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2006–07 Azadegan League: Shirin Faraz as champions, Pegah and Sanat Naft. PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran. The league started on 16 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total ninth Iranian title).
width=100 | Team | width=55 | City | width=130 | Stadium | width=160 | Manager | width=70 | Nationality | width=80 | Past season |
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Aboomoslem | Mashhad | Samen | Parviz Mazloomi | 6th | |||||||
Bargh | Shiraz | Hafezieh | Mahmoud Yavari | 12th | |||||||
Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | Firouz Karimi | 4th | |||||||
Esteghlal | Ahvaz | Takhti Ahvaz | Majid Jalali | 2nd | |||||||
Malavan | Anzali | Takhti Anzali | Mohammad Ahmadzadeh | 14th | |||||||
Mes | Kerman | Shahid Bahonar | Amir Ghalenoei | 9th | |||||||
Pas | Hamedan | Ghods | Vinko Begovic | N/A | |||||||
Paykan | Tehran | Iran Khodro | Ali Asghar Modir Roosta | 7th | |||||||
Pegah | Rasht | Sardar Jangal | Nader Dastneshan | Qualifier | |||||||
Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | Afshin Ghotbi | 3rd | |||||||
Rah Ahan | Tehran | Rah Ahan | Davoud Mahabadi | 16th | |||||||
Saba Battery | Tehran | Shahid Derakhshan | Yahya Golmohammadi | 13th | |||||||
Saipa | Karaj | Enghelab Karaj | Ali Daei | Champion | |||||||
Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | Ahmad Tousi | Qualifier | |||||||
Sepahan | Esfahan | Naghsh Jahan | Jorvan Vieira | 5th | |||||||
Sepasi | Shiraz | Hafezieh | Gholam Peyrovani | 10th | |||||||
Shirin Faraz | Kermanshah | Azadi Kermanshah | Shahram Mehrpeyma | Qualifier | |||||||
Zob Ahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | Bijan Zolfagharnasab | 8th | |||||||
Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.
Last updated March 17, 2008
wight=200 | Player | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | wight=180 | Team | |||
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Hossein Pashaei | 13 | 0 | 0 | Rah Ahan | |||||
Ali Haghdoost | 10 | 2 | 0 | Aboomoslem | |||||
Alou Badra Djakité | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Mohsen Bengar | 11 | 0 | 0 | Sepahan | |||||
Morteza Kashi | 10 | 1 | 0 | Saba Battery | |||||
Saber Mirghorbani | 11 | 0 | 0 | Sanat Naft | |||||
Abouzar Rahimi | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Hossein Memar | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Hanif Omranzadeh | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Ivan Petrović | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Mehrdad Pooladi | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium | |||
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align=center | 1 | Persepolis | align=center | 2–1 | Sepahan | align=center | 110,000 | 34 | Azadi | |
align=center rowspan="2" | 2 | Esteghlal | align=center | 1–1 | Persepolis | align=center | 90,000 | 9 | Azadi | |
Saba Battery | align=center | 1–4 | Persepolis | align=center | 90,000 | 33 | Azadi | |||
align=center | 4 | Persepolis | align=center | 0–0 | Rah Ahan | align=center | 85,000 | 5 | Azadi | |
align=center | 5 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–1 | Esteghlal | align=center | 80,000 | 26 | Azadi | |
align=center rowspan="4" | 6 | Persepolis | align=center | 3–2 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | align=center | 70,000 | 10 | Azadi | |
Persepolis | align=center | 1–0 | Mes Kerman | align=center | 70,000 | 12 | Azadi | |||
Persepolis | align=center | 1–0 | Saipa | align=center | 70,000 | 14 | Azadi | |||
Persepolis | align=center | 1–1 | Bargh Shiraz | align=center | 70,000 | 32 | Azadi | |||
align=center | 10 | Persepolis | align=center | 2–1 | Paykan | align=center | 65,000 | 4 | Azadi | |