Competition: | Persian Gulf Cup |
Season: | 2011–12 |
Winners: | Sepahan 4th Pro League title 4th Iranian title |
Relegated: | Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Mes Sarcheshmeh |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Sepahan Tractor Sazi Esteghlal Saba Qom |
League Topscorer: | Karim Ansarifard (21 goals) |
Matches: | 306 |
Total Goals: | 720 |
Biggest Home Win: | Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012) |
Biggest Away Win: | Mes Sarcheshmeh 0–4 Damash (18 November 2011) Sanat Naft 0–4 Saipa (19 December 2011) |
Highest Scoring: | Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (7 April 2012) |
Highest Attendance: | 100,000 Persepolis – Esteghlal (16 September 2011) |
Lowest Attendance: | 0 (spectator ban) Tractor Sazi – Saba Qom (2 August 2011) Malavan – Rah Ahan (7 August 2011) Tractor Sazi – Shahin Bushehr (11 August 2011) Shahin Bushehr – Tractor Sazi (15 January 2012) Damash – Sepahan (3 February 2012) |
Attendance: | 2,856,000 |
Average Attendance: | 9,488 |
Longest Wins: | 7 matches Sepahan |
Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches Zob Ahan |
Longest Winless: | 12 matches Rah Ahan |
Longest Losses: | 4 matches Mes Sarcheshmeh Mes Kerman |
Prevseason: | 2010–11 |
Nextseason: | 2012–13 |
The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 29th season of Iran's Football League and 11th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2010–11 Azadegan League: Damash as champions, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Fajr Sepasi. The league started on 2 August 2011 and ended on 11 May 2012. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the fourth time in their history (total fourth Iranian title). Saipa's Karim Ansarifard's 21 goals made him the top scorer.
Team | City | Venue | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
11,000 | ||||
95,225 | ||||
22,000 | ||||
12,000 | ||||
Takhti Anzali | 8,000 | |||
12,000 | ||||
12,000 | ||||
8,250 | ||||
95,225 | ||||
12,000 | ||||
10,610 | ||||
14,000 | ||||
Takhti Abadan | 25,000 | |||
Foolad Shahr | 15,000 | |||
14,000 | ||||
66,833 | ||||
80,451 | ||||
Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
width=110 | Team | width=195 | Outgoing head coach | width=180 | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | width=195 | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Saipa | Mayeli Kohan | Contract expired | 11th (2010–11) | Majid Saleh | ||||||
Sepahan | Amir Ghalenoei | Contract expired | 1st (2010–11) | Luka Bonačić | ||||||
Tractor Sazi | Faraz Kamalvand | Contract expired | 5th (2010–11) | Amir Ghalenoei | ||||||
Persepolis | Ali Daei | Contract expired | 4th (2010–11) | Hamid Estili | ||||||
Shahrdari | Hamid Derakhshan | Sacked | 12th (2010–11) | Miodrag Ješić | ||||||
Shahin Bushehr | Akbar Misaghian | Sacked | 14th (2010–11) | Hamid Derakhshan | ||||||
Rah Ahan | Mehdi Tartar | Sacked | 15th (2010–11) | Ali Daei | ||||||
Team | width=220 | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | width=220 | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sanat Mes Kerman | Samad Marfavi | Resigned | 17th | Miroslav Blažević | ||||
Mes Sarcheshmeh | Ahmad Sanjari | Sacked | 18th | Asghar Sharafi | ||||
Damash Gilan | Mehdi Dinvarzadeh | Sacked | 16th | Ebrahim Ghasempour | ||||
Shahin Bushehr | Resigned | 9th | Firouz Karimi | |||||
Sepahan Isfahan | Luka Bonacic | Sacked | 5th | Zlatko Kranjcar | ||||
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | Ali Kalantari | Sacked | 17th | Mahmoud Yavari | ||||
Sanat Naft Abadan | Gholam Peyrovani | Resigned | 13th | José Alberto Costa | ||||
Persepolis Tehran | Hamid Estili | Resigned | 9th | Mustafa Denizli | ||||
Shahrdari Tabriz | Miodrag Ješić | Sacked | 13th | Ali Asghar Modir Roosta | ||||
Damash Gilan | Ebrahim Ghasempour | Resigned [2] | 7th | Mehdi Tartar[3] | ||||
Shahin Bushehr | Firouz Karimi | Sacked | 16th | Hamid Derakhshan | ||||
Sanat Mes Kerman | Miroslav Blažević | Sacked | 14th | Ebrahim Ghasempour | ||||
Saipa | Majid Saleh | Sacked | 10th | Mojtaba Taghavi | ||||
Position | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Karim Ansarifard | Saipa | 21 |
2 | Founéké Sy | Sanat Naft | 20 |
3 | Reza Enayati | Saba Qom | 18 |
4 | Ali Karimi | Persepolis | 11 |
5 | Saeed Daghighi | Shahrdari Tabriz | 10 |
Mojtaba Jabbari | Esteghlal | ||
Reza Norouzi | Foolad | ||
Flávio Paixão | Tractor Sazi | ||
Mehdi Rajabzadeh | Fajr Sepasi | ||
10 | Bahador Abdi | Rah Ahan | 9 |
Omid Alishah | Rah Ahan | ||
Farhad Majidi | Esteghlal | ||
Emad Mohammed Ridha | Sepahan | ||
14 | 9 players | 8 | |
23 | 7 players | 7 | |
30 | 7 players | 6 | |
37 | 13 players | 5 | |
50 | 16 player | 4 | |
66 | 24 player | 3 | |
90 | 45 player | 2 | |
135 | 92 player | 1 | |
_ | 13 players 1 | OG | |
_ | technical loses of 3–0 | 1 | |
Total goals (Including technical loses) | 720 | ||
Total games | 306 | ||
Average per game | |||
width=50 | Position | wight=200 | Player | wight=180 | Club | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | Total | |||
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1 | Márcio José | Naft Tehran | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
2 | Majid Gholamnejad | Saipa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Hossein Kaabi | Rah Ahan | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Ali Samereh | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 8 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Siavash Akbarpour | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Mohammad Ebrahimi | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Amir Mohammadi | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Andranik Teymourian | Esteghlal | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Maziar Zare | Persepolis | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
10 | 8 player | - | - | - | 8 | ||||||||
18 | 13 player | - | - | - | 7 | ||||||||
31 | 25 player | - | - | - | 6 | ||||||||
56 | 46 player | - | - | - | 5 | ||||||||
102 | 38 player | - | - | - | 4 | ||||||||
140 | 63 player | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||
203 | 60 player | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||||
263 | 86 player | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||||
Total Cards | 1101 | 34 | 33 | 1168 | |||||||||
Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date | |
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Persepolis | Sanat Naft Abadan | ||||
Malavan | Zob Ahan | ||||
Naft Tehran | Malavan | ||||
Esteghlal | Shahin Bushehr | ||||
Foolad | Naft Tehran | ||||
Sanat Naft | Persepolis | ||||
Persepolis | Esteghlal | ||||
Saipa | Fajr Sepasi | ||||
Sepahan | Rah Ahan | ||||
Rah Ahan | Persepolis | ||||
Persepolis | Rah Ahan |
Éamon Zayed for Persepolis against Esteghlal, 9 minutes (2 February 2012)
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Abdollah Veisi | Saba Qom | Karim Ansarifard | Saipa | |
September | Hossein Faraki | Naft Tehran | Iman Mousavi | Naft Tehran | |
October | Parviz Mazloomi | Esteghlal | Ivan Petrović | Shahin Bushehr | |
November | Ebrahim Ghasempour | Damash Gilan | Omid Alishah | Rah Ahan | |
December | Majid Saleh | Saipa | Founéké Sy | Sanat Naft | |
January | Zlatko Kranjčar | Sepahan | Jlloyd Samuel | Esteghlal | |
February | Mustafa Denizli | Persepolis | Reza Enayati | Saba Qom | |
March | Amir Ghalenoei | Tractor Sazi | Bruno Correa | Sepahan | |
April | Zlatko Kranjčar | Sepahan | Flávio Paixão | Tractor Sazi |
Goalkeeper: Rahman Ahmadi (Sepahan)
Defence: Ehsan Hajsafi (Tractor Sazi), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Jalal Hosseini (Sepahan), Hossein Mahini (Zob Ahan)
Midfield: Ali Karimi (Persepolis), Omid Ebrahimi (Sepahan), Mojtaba Jabbari (Esteghlal), Flávio Paixão (Tractor Sazi)
Attack: Founéké Sy (Sanat Naft), Karim Ansarifard (Saipa)
Goal.com selected Farhad Majidi as the best player of the first half of the season and Ali Karimi as the best player of the second half. Karim Ansarifard and Omid Alishah also won the best young players of the tournament.
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium | |||
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align=center | 1 | Persepolis | align=center | 0–2 | Esteghlal | align=center | 100,000 | 7 | Azadi | |
align=center | 2 | Esteghlal | align=center | 2–3 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 85,000 | 6 | Azadi | |
align=center rowspan="3" | 3 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 0–2 | Esteghlal | align=center | 80,000 | 23 | Sahand | |
Esteghlal | align=center | 2–3 | Persepolis | align=center | 80,000 | 24 | Azadi | |||
Tractor Sazi | align=center | 0–0 | Fajr Sepasi | align=center | 80,000 | 29 | Sahand | |||
align=center | 6 | Esteghlal | align=center | 2–0 | Fajr Sepasi | align=center | 75,000 | 4 | Azadi | |
align=center rowspan="2" | 7 | Esteghlal | align=center | 1–0 | Damash | align=center | 70,000 | 2 | Azadi | |
Persepolis | align=center | 1–2 | Shahrdari Tabriz | align=center | 70,000 | 3 | Azadi | |||
align=center | 9 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–1 | Malavan | align=center | 65,000 | 1 | Azadi | |
align=center | 10 | Persepolis | align=center | 3–1 | Sanat Naft | align=center | 60,000 | 5 | Azadi | |