2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup Explained

Competition:Persian Gulf Cup
Season:2012–13
Winners:Esteghlal
3rd Pro League title
8th Iranian title
Relegated:Aluminium Hormozgan
Sanat Naft
Paykan
Gahar Zagros
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Esteghlal
Tractor Sazi
Sepahan
Foolad
League Topscorer:Jalal Rafkhaei (19 goals)
Best Goalkeeper:Mehdi Rahmati (21 clean sheets)
Matches:306
Total Goals:694
Biggest Home Win:Persepolis 6–0 Paykan
(31 October 2012)
Fajr Sepasi 6–0 Aluminium Hormozgan
(2 March 2013)
Zob Ahan 6–0 Sanat Naft
(5 May 2013)
Biggest Away Win:Paykan 0–5 Foolad
(26 September 2012)
Fajr Sepasi 0–5 Esteghlal
(15 February 2013)
Highest Scoring:Damash 5–3 Paykan
(31 July 2012)
Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran
(6 August 2012)
Highest Attendance:100,000
Esteghlal – Persepolis
(25 January 2013)
Esteghlal – Damash
(10 May 2013)
Lowest Attendance:0 (spectator ban)
Persepolis – Fajr Sepasi
(24 July 2012)
Persepolis – Aluminium Hormozgan
(27 September 2012)
Damash – Zob Ahan
(1 October 2012)
Damash – Saba Qom
(23 February 2013)
Esteghlal – Gahar Zagros
(12 April 2013)
Attendance:2,397,100
Average Attendance:7,964
Longest Wins:5 matches
Sepahan
Longest Unbeaten:19 matches
Foolad
Longest Winless:21 matches
Sanat Naft
Longest Losses:7 matches
Paykan
Gahar Zagros
Prevseason:2011–12
Nextseason:2013–14

The 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 30th season of Iran's Football League and 12th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2011–12 Azadegan League: Paykan as champions, Aluminium Hormozgan and Gahar Zagros. The league started on 19 July 2012 and ended on 10 May 2013. Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the third time in their history (total eighth Iranian title).

Events

Competition format

After the 2012–13 Iran Pro League season, it was planned that the number of teams would be reduced from 18 to 16 for the next season, so 4 team was directly relegated to the Azadegan League, while one team was played against the 3rd ranked team from the second division league team in a play-off. 2 teams also are directly promoted from current Azadegan league to the next pro league season and one team played against the 14th placed pro league team in a play-off.

Rules and regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2012–13 Iran Pro League are allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:[1]

Based on the fact that the Season is started from 19 July 2012.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamCityVenueCapacity
15,459
11,000
84,412
Hafezieh
Dastgheib
14,560
7,000
50,199
Takhti Doorood 10,052
Takhti Anzali 8,000
15,430
8,250
Peykanshahr30,000
84,412
12,922
10,610
30,000
Takhti Abadan25,256
Foolad Shahr31,439
66,833
Foolad Shahr31,439

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.

width=100Teamwidth=190Managerwidth=190CaptainKit manufacturerwidth=180Shirt sponsorPast Season
Aluminium Parviz Mazloomi Mahmood TighnavardUhlsport ParmisPromoted
Damash Afshin Nazemi (caretaker) Reza MahdaviUhlsportSadra Holding7th
Esteghlal Amir Ghalenoei Farhad MajidiUhlsportRefah BankChampion
Fajr Sepasi Mahmoud Yavari Hossein KazemiMajidHICE13th
Foolad Hossein Faraki Bakhtiar RahmaniUhlsportFoolad Khuzestan14th
Gahar Zagros Majid BajelanUhlsportMahab Promoted
Malavan Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Pejman NouriUhlsportSteel Azin Iranian12th
Mes Kerman Luka Bonačić Farzad HosseinkhaniUhlsportResalat Bank9th
Naft Tehran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Hadi ShakouriUhlsportNIOC5th
Paykan Firouz Karimi Reza TahmasebiUhlsportIKCO RunnaPromoted
Persepolis Yahya Golmohammadi Mehdi MahdavikiaUhlsportKavosh15th
Rah Ahan Ali Daei Hossein PashaeiDaeiFars Air Qeshm11th
Saba Qom Samad Marfavi Morteza KashiMajidLojix4th
Saipa Mojtaba Taghavi Ebrahim SadeghiUhlsportSAIPA8th
Sanat Naft Acácio Casimiro Hossein KaebiadidasJondi Shapour Co.10th
Sepahan Zlatko Kranjčar Moharram NavidkiaLottoFoolad Mobarakeh3rd
Tractor Sazi Hassan Azarnia (interim) Morteza AssadiUhlsportJavanan Khayyer2nd
Zob Ahan Farhad Kazemi Mohammad SalsaliUhlsportEsfahan Steel6th
Notes
  1. Esteghlal's captain was Mehdi Rahmati before Farhad Majidi rejoins to the team.
  2. Reza Haghighi was the captain of Fajr Sepasi until his transfer to the Persepolis.
  3. From 19 January 2013 to 18 March 2013, Ali Firouzi and from 18 March 2013, Saeed Salamaat were the caretaker head coaches of Sanat Naft due to Casimiro's illness.

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

width=100Teamwidth=180Outgoing head coachwidth=150Manner of departurewidth=110Date of vacancywidth=60Position in tablewidth=180Incoming head coachwidth=110Date of appointment
Paykan Farhad KazemiContract expiredPre-season Abdollah Veisi
Damash Mehdi TartarEnd of caretaker spell Omid Harandi
Foolad Majid JalaliContract expired Hossein Faraki
Zob Ahan Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Rasoul Korbekandi
Saba Abdollah Veisi Yahya Golmohammadi
Naft Tehran Hossein FarakiSigned by Foolad Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
Esteghlal Parviz MazloomiSacked Amir Ghalenoei
Tractor Sazi Amir GhalenoeiSigned by Esteghlal Toni
Gahar Zagros Davoud MahabadiResigned Mehdi Tartar
Persepolis Mustafa DenizliMutual agreement Manuel José de Jesus

In season

width=100Teamwidth=180Outgoing head coachwidth=150Manner of departurewidth=110Date of vacancywidth=60Position in tablewidth=180Incoming head coachwidth=110Date of appointment
Gahar Zagros Mehdi TartarResigned17th Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
Damash Omid HarandiSacked11th Hamid Derakhshan
Saba Yahya GolmohammadiResigned7th Samad Marfavi
Sanat Naft José Alberto CostaSacked17th Acácio Casimiro
Malavan Farhad PourgholamiResigned9th Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Zob Ahan Rasoul KorbekandiSacked15th Farhad Kazemi
Persepolis Manuel José de Jesus12th Yahya Golmohammadi
Mes Kerman Ebrahim Ghasempour8th Luka Bonačić
Paykan Abdollah Veisi16th Firouz Karimi
Aluminium Akbar Misaghian14th Parviz Mazloomi
Damash Hamid Derakhshan13th Afshin Nazemi
Tractor Sazi[2] Toni2nd Majid Jalali

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerFormer Players
Aluminium Riad Demic Luiz Fernando Éamon Zayed Mohamed Istanbali Cris
Henrique
Damash Gilan Arilson Boubacar Kébé Ibrahim Maaroufi
Esteghlal Vicente Arze Jlloyd Samuel Januário
Rodrigo Tosi
Liam Reddy
Fajr Sepasi Sendley Bito Diego Máximo
Mahmoud Amnah
Foolad Chimba Juninho Leandro Padovani Claudiu Mircea Ionescu
Gahar Zagros Hamlet Mkhitaryan Saša Kolunija Grigor Meliksetyan
Malavan Serghei Pașcenco
Mes Kerman Milan Mijatović Ivan Petrović Stevan Bates
Naft Tehran Magno Mario Ramos Goran Ljubojević
Paykan Diego Máximo Josieley Ferreira
Persepolis Nilson Vlatko Grozdanoski Marko Perović Roberto Sousa
Éamon Zayed
Kwon Jun
Rah Ahan Igor Castro
Saba Qom David Wirikom
Saipa Júnior Márcio Alemão
Sanat Naft Valeri Aleksanyan Fousseyni Sidibé Hugo Machado Diogo Melo
Marko Šimić
Sepahan Ervin Bulku Xhevahir Sukaj Milan Susak Radomir Đalović
Tractor Sazi Agil Etemadi Flávio Paixão João Vilela
Zob Ahan Gevorg Kasparov Ismaël Béko Fofana Darko Božović
Aco Stojkov
Hugo Machado

League table

Relegation play-offs

Zob Ahan as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of 2012–13 Azadegan League, Pas Hamedan in a two-legged play-off.

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Zob Ahan won 5–3 on aggregate and retained its Iran Pro League spot for the 2013–14 season.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1 Jalal RafkhaeiMalavan19
2 Mehdi Seyed SalehiTractor Sazi16
3 Mohammad Reza KhalatbariSepahan14
Mostafa ShojaeiMes Kerman
5 ChimbaFoolad12
6 Saeid DaghighiSaipa11
Reza EnayatiMes Kerman
Xhevahir SukajSepahan
9 Arash BorhaniEsteghlal10
Yaghoub KarimiNaft Tehran
Flávio PaixãoTractor Sazi
12 Farzad HatamiEsteghlal9
13 Karim AnsarifardPersepolis8
Omid EbrahimiSepahan
Alireza JahanbakhshDamash
Total goals (Including technical loses)686
Total games306
Average per game
Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: IPL Stats

Clean sheets

PositionPlayerClubClean sheetsGoals conceded
1 Mehdi RahmatiEsteghlal2118
2 Rahman AhmadiSaipa1529
3 Nilson Corrêa JúniorPersepolis1421
4 Arman ShahdadnejadMes Kerman1316
5 Sosha MakaniNaft Tehran1115
6 Gevorg KasparovZob Ahan812
Hamed LakSaba Qom23
8 Fábio CarvalhoPaykan754
Shahab GordanSepahan23
Milan MijatovicMes Kerman5
Vahid SheikhveisiFajr Sepasi24
Ershad YousefiFoolad22
13 Habib DehghaniSanat Naft634
Hamed FallahzadehNaft Tehran12
Luiz FernandoAluminium20
Mojtaba RoshangarAluminium18
Shahram MehrabanGahar43
Mehdi SabetiTractor Sazi14
19 Farshid KarimiRah Ahan524
Milad FarahaniDamash Gilan25
Mohammad MohammadiRah Ahan9
Hassan RoudbarianDamash Gilan22
23Malavan411
24 Reza MohamadiPersepolis311
Saleh Khalil AzadFajr Sepasi11
Agil EtemadiTractor Sazi9
Mehrdad TahmasbiSaba Qom11
Mohammad-Bagher SadeghiSepahan10
30 Mohsen ForouzanTractor Sazi27
Masoud HomamiZob Ahan12
321
Mohammad MazaheriFoolad2
Mohammad KhazaeiFajr Sepasi3
40 Alireza BeiranvandSaba Qom10
Ali MohsenzadehZob Ahan0
Ali SalimiFoolad4
43 Alireza BeiranvandNaft Tehran02
Alireza SalimiFoolad4
Saeed RazaniGahar6
Grigor MeliksetyanGahar7
Darko BožovićZob Ahan15
Marko ŠimićNaft Abadan17
Last Update: 10 May 2013

Scoring

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor !Against Result Date
Malavan Saba Qom
Naft Tehran Sanat Naft
Fajr Sepasi Damash Gilan
Persepolis Paykan
Saba Qom Sanat Naft
Mes Gahar

Awards

Team of the Season

Goalkeeper: Mehdi Rahmati (Esteghlal)
Defence: Mehrdad Jama'ati (Foolad), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal), Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal)
Midfield: Reza Haghighi (Perspolis), Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Moharram Navidkia (Sepahan), Yaghoub Karimi (Naft.t)
Attack: Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan), Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan)

Player of the Season

Moharram Navidkia was awarded as the best player of the season among Mehdi Rahmati and Pejman Montazeri became second and third. Saeid Ezzatollahi was also awarded as the best young player of the season and Alireza Jahanbakhsh was ranked second.

Other awards

Amir Ghalenoei was awarded as the best coach of the season, Zlatko Kranjčar becomes second and Hossein Faraki third. Saeid Mozafarizadeh awarded best referee, Fair Play Award was given to the Fajr Sepasi and Esteghlal was the team of the season. Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Parvin, Homayoun Behzadi and Ali Jabari were also awarded for their service to the Iranian football.

Attendances

Highest attendances

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
align=center rowspan="2" 1 Esteghlal align=center 0–0Persepolis align=center 100,000 23 Azadi
Esteghlal align=center 1–2Damash align=center 100,000 34 Azadi
align=center 3 Persepolis align=center 0–0Esteghlal align=center 90,000 6 Azadi
align=center 4 Esteghlal align=center 1–0Tractor Sazi align=center 75,000 29 Azadi
align=center rowspan="2" 5 Gahar Zagros align=center 1–1Persepolis align=center 65,000 3 Azadi
Persepolis align=center 0–2Saba Qom align=center 65,000 4 Azadi
align=center 7 Esteghlal align=center 1–1Sepahan align=center 60,000 30 Azadi
align=center rowspan="2" 8 Esteghlal align=center 1–0Aluminium Hormozgan align=center 50,000 1 Azadi
Tractor Sazi align=center 2–0Esteghlal align=center 50,000 12 Sahand
align=center 10 Saipa align=center 2–1Esteghlal align=center 40,000 2 Azadi
Notes:
Updated to games played on 10 May 2013. Source: Iranleague.ir

See also

Team season articles

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20150621212129/http://www.guilaneno.com/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87%20%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: آیین نامه نقل و انتقالات لیگ برتر فصل ۹۲-۱۳۹۱ . 12 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224093151/http://www.pgfleague.com/pgfnewsite/pages/jamhazfi/Aeen_Name91.pdf# . 24 December 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: اخراج تونی اولیویرا از تراکتورسازی.