Competition: | Persian Gulf Pro League |
Season: | 2014–15 |
Winners: | Sepahan 5th Pro League title 5th Iranian title |
Relegated: | Paykan Naft Masjed Soleyman |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Sepahan Tractor Sazi Naft Tehran Zob Ahan |
League Topscorer: | Edinho (20 goals) |
Best Goalkeeper: | Alireza Salimi (16 clean sheets) |
Matches: | 240 |
Total Goals: | 536 |
Biggest Home Win: | Saipa 4–0 Padideh (19 September 2014) |
Biggest Away Win: | Paykan 0–3 Esteghlal (24 August 2014) Rah Ahan 0–3 Zob Ahan (5 February 2015) Rah Ahan 0–3 Tractor Sazi (12 March 2015) Esteghlal 1–4 Tractor Sazi (10 May 2015) |
Highest Scoring: | Esteghlal Khuzestan 4–4 Esteghlal (11 December 2014) Zob Ahan 5–3 Naft Tehran (16 April 2015) |
Highest Attendance: | 80,000 Tractor Sazi – Naft Tehran (15 May 2015) |
Lowest Attendance: | 0 (spectator ban) Naft MIS – Padideh (8 August 2014) Foolad – Saipa (29 August 2014) Sepahan – Est. Khuzestan (31 October 2014) Malavan – Padideh (2 December 2014) Tractor Sazi – Zob Ahan (11 December 2014) Persepolis – Foolad (11 December 2014) Foolad – Padideh (11 May 2015) Zob Ahan – Malavan (11 May 2015) |
Attendance: | 1,585,978 |
Average Attendance: | 6,921 |
Longest Wins: | 6 matches Sepahan |
Longest Unbeaten: | 19 matches Naft Tehran |
Longest Winless: | 18 matches Paykan |
Longest Losses: | 6 matches Rah Ahan |
Prevseason: | 2013–14 |
Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
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).
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]
Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
95,225 | |||
38,900 15,000 | |||
38,900 | |||
12,000 | |||
Takhti Anzali | 8,000 | ||
Naft Masjed Soleyman | 8,000 | ||
30,122 | |||
35,000 | |||
25,000 8,250 | |||
95,225 | |||
25,000 12,000 | |||
10,610 | |||
15,000 | |||
Foolad Shahr | 15,000 | ||
66,833 | |||
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=100 | Team | width=250 | Manager | width=190 | Captain | Kit manufacturer | width=180 | Shirt sponsor |
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Esteghlal | Amir Ghalenoei | Reza Enayati | Merooj | Pardisban | ||||
Est. Khuzestan | Abdollah Veisi | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | Uhlsport | INSIG | ||||
Foolad | Dragan Skočić | Bakhtiar Rahmani | Uhlsport | Foolad Khuzestan | ||||
Gostaresh | Faraz Kamalvand | Meysam Naghizadeh | Kelme | Ata Airlines | ||||
Malavan | Firouz Karimi | Maziar Zare | Daei | Steel Azin Iranian | ||||
Naft MIS | Behrouz Makvandi | Reza Darvishi | Merooj | NIOC | ||||
Naft Tehran | Alireza Mansourian | Alireza Ezzati | Uhlsport | Naft-G | ||||
Padideh | Alireza Marzban | Mojtaba Roshangar | Merooj | Padideh Co. | ||||
Paykan | Samad Marfavi | Mehdi Rahmati | Merooj | Iran Khodro | ||||
Persepolis | Branko Ivanković | Mohammad Nouri | Macron | Behnam Pishro | ||||
Rah Ahan | Farhad Kazemi | Ebrahim Karimi | Merooj | Fars Air Qeshm | ||||
Saba Qom | Mehdi Tartar | Morteza Kashi | Merooj | Azar Khodro | ||||
Saipa | Majid Jalali | Ebrahim Sadeghi | Merooj | SAIPA | ||||
Sepahan | Hossein Faraki | Hadi Aghily | Uhlsport | Foolad Mobarakeh | ||||
Tractor Sazi | Toni | Mehdi Kiani | Kelme | Hamrah-e Aval | ||||
Zob Ahan | Yahya Golmohammadi | Ghasem Hadadifar | Merooj | Xballer |
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
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Edinho | Tractor Sazi | 20 |
2 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | Esteghlal | 12 |
Mehdi Sharifi | Sepahan | ||
4 | Luciano Pereira | Sepahan | 11 |
5 | Jaber Ansari | Gostaresh Foolad | 9 |
Omid Ebrahimi | Esteghlal | ||
Reza Enayati | Esteghlal | ||
Masoud Hassanzadeh | Zob Ahan | ||
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | Sepahan | ||
Amir Arsalan Motahari | Naft Tehran | ||
Saman Nariman Jahan | Tractor Sazi | ||
Aloys Nong | Foolad | ||
Ramin Rezaeian | Rah Ahan | ||
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | Sepahan | Gostaresh | 4–1 | |
Kaveh Rezaei | Zob Ahan | Naft Tehran | 5–3 | |
Saman Nariman Jahan | Tractor Sazi | Esteghlal | 4–1 | |
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)
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.
Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season.Mehdi Taremi won the best striker award.
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 | |
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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
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium | |||
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align=center | 1 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 3–3 | Naft Tehran | align=center | 80,000 | 30 | Sahand | |
align=center | 2 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–0 | Esteghlal | align=center | 70,000 | 30 | Azadi | |
align=center | 3 | Esteghlal | align=center | 1–2 | Persepolis | align=center | 67,000 | 15 | Azadi | |
align=center | 4 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 2–2 | Esteghlal | align=center | 65,000 | 14 | Sahand | |
align=center | 5 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 1–1 | Sepahan | align=center | 51,500 | 10 | Sahand | |
align=center | 6 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 2–1 | Saipa | align=center | 35,050 | 26 | Sahand | |
align=center rowspan="3" | 7 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–3 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 35,000 | 7 | Azadi | |
Padideh | align=center | 0–1 | Persepolis | align=center | 35,000 | 12 | Samen | |||
Esteghlal | align=center | 1–4 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 35,000 | 29 | Azadi | |||
align=center | 10 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 1–0 | Persepolis | align=center | 30,178 | 22 | Sahand | |