| Competition: | Persian Gulf Pro League |
| Winners: | Persepolis 4th Pro League title 11th Iranian title |
| Relegated: | Naft Tehran Meshki Pooshan |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Persepolis Zob Ahan Esteghlal Saipa |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 508 |
| League Topscorer: | Ali Alipour (19 goals) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Alireza Beiranvand (17 clean sheets) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Zob Ahan 6–0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (15 September 2017) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Siah Jamegan 0–5 Sepahan (23 February 2018) |
| Highest Scoring: | Zob Ahan 6–0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (15 September 2017) |
| Longest Wins: | 7 matches Paykan |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 18 matches Persepolis |
| Longest Winless: | 13 matches Siah Jamegan |
| Longest Losses: | 5 matches Siah Jamegan |
| Highest Attendance: | 100,000 Esteghlal – Persepolis[1] (1 March 2018) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 (spectator ban) Sepahan – Tractor Sazi[2] (20 November 2017) Esteghlal – Gostaresh (25 November 2017) Persepolis – Naft Tehran (5 January 2018) Foolad – Padideh[3] (31 March 2018) |
| Attendance: | 2,138,049 |
| Average Attendance: | 9,060 |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
The 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 35th season of Iran's Football League and 17th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2016–17 Azadegan League: Pars Jonoubi Jam as champions and Sepidrood. The league started on 27 July 2017 and ended on 27 April 2018. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the fourth time in their history, a total 11th Iranian title.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,900 |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,900 |
| Gostaresh | Tabriz | Bonyan Diesel | 12,000 |
| Naft Tehran | Tehran | Takhti Tehran | 30,122 |
| Padideh | Mashhad | Samen Imam Reza | 35,000 25,000 |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | Jam | Takhti Jam | 15,000 |
| Paykan | Shahr-e Qods | Shohada Shahr-e Qods | 25,000 |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Saipa | Tehran | Shahid Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
| Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 10,000[4] |
| Sepahan | Isfahan | Naghsh-e-Jahan | 75,000 |
| Sepidrood | Rasht | Dr. Azodi Sardar Jangal | 11,000 15,000 |
| Siah Jamegan | Mashhad | Samen Imam Reza | 35,000 25,000 |
| Tractor Sazi | Tabriz | Sahand | 66,833 |
| Zob Ahan | Fuladshahr | Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |
See main article: List of Iranian Football League managers. 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=200 | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal |  Winfried Schäfer |  Mehdi Rahmati |  Li-Ning | |||
| Est. Khuzestan | Abdollah Veisi | Meysam Doraghi | Start | |||
| Foolad | Sirous Pourmousavi | Ayoub Vali | Uhlsport | |||
| Gostaresh | Firouz Karimi | Andranik Teymourian | Merooj | |||
| Naft Talaieh | Human Afazeli | Alireza Ezzati | Uhlsport | |||
| Padideh | Mohammad Reza Mohajeri | Reza Nasehi |  Fitcom | |||
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | Mehdi Tartar | Meysam Naghizadeh | Merooj | |||
| Paykan | Rahman Ahmadi | Yousef Jame | ||||
| Persepolis | Branko Ivanković | Jalal Hosseini | Joma | |||
| Saipa | Roozbeh Shahalidoost | Start | ||||
| Sanat Naft | Faraz Kamalvand | Hossein Baghlani | Merooj | |||
| Sepahan | Hossein Papi | Peak | ||||
| Sepidrood | Ali Karimi | Hossein Kaebi | Yousef Jame | |||
| Siah Jamegan | Davoud Mahabadi | Hossein Badamaki | Start | |||
| Tractor Sazi | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Mehdi Kiani | Li-Ning | |||
| Zob Ahan | Amir Ghalenoei | Mehdi Rajabzadeh | Merooj | |||
See also: List of foreign footballers in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | 19 |
| 2 | Morteza Tabrizi | Zob Ahan | 13 |
| 3 |  Luciano Pereira | Sanat Naft | 12 |
| 4 | Sasan Ansari | Sepahan | 11 |
| Mohammad Ghazi | Padideh | ||
| 6 | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | 10 |
| 7 | Kiros Stanlley | Zob Ahan | 9 |
| 8 | Issa Alekasir | Naft Tehran | 8 |
| Reza Khaleghifar | Goustaresh Foulad | ||
| 10 | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi | Sepahan | 7 |
| Ali Ghorbani | Esteghlal | ||
 Karrar Jassim | Sanat Naft | ||
| Rahim Zahivi | Foolad | ||
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morteza Tabrizi | Zob Ahan | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 6–0 (H) | |
| Saman Nariman Jahan | Gostaresh Foulad | Saipa | 3–1 (H) | |
| Mohsen Karimi | Esteghlal | Sanat Naft | 4–0 (H) | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alireza Beiranvand | Persepolis | 17 |
| 2 | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | Zob Ahan | 12 |
| 3 | Hossein Hosseini | Esteghlal | 10 |
| Fernando Jesus | Gostaresh Foulad | ||
| 5 | Mohsen Forouzan | Pars Jonoubi | 9 |
| Payam Niazmand | Paykan | ||
| 7 | Hamed Fallahzadeh | Saipa | 8 |
| Saeid Jalali Rad | Padideh | ||
| Vahid Sheikhveisi | Est. Khuzestan | ||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | A | 26,000 | 61,000 | A | 18,000 | A | 22,000 | A | 30,000 | A | 18,000 | A | NC | A | 25,000 | 15,000 | A | A | 33,000 | A | 24,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 100,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 29,429 | |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 200 | A | 500 | A | 700 | A | 200 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | A | 500 | A | 2,000 | A | 20,000 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 3,000 | A | 300 | A | 100 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,980 | |
| Foolad | A | 500 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 25,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 4,000 | A | 10,000 | A | NC | A | 500 | A | 1,000 | 4,214 | |
| Gostaresh | 150 | A | 200 | A | 2,102 | A | A | 2,200 | A | 300 | A | 300 | A | 300 | A | A | 100 | A | 350 | A | 410 | 250 | A | 300 | A | 150 | A | 5,000 | A | 150 | 817 | |
| Naft Tehran | 1,500 | A | 23,000 | A | A | 500 | A | 280 | A | 100 | A | 200 | A | 200 | A | A | 500 | A | 1,500 | 100 | A | 100 | A | 500 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | A | 200 | 2,925 | |
| Padideh | A | 1,800 | A | 2,200 | A | 2,200 | A | A | 5,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 3,000 | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 35,000 | A | 12,000 | 1,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 30,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 7,447 | |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | A | 8,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 16,000 | A | 8,000 | A | A | 10,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 4,000 | 5,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 5,000 | 3,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 7,000 | |
| Paykan | 500 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 800 | A | 300 | 2,000 | A | 200 | A | 10,000 | A | A | 257 | A | 1,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | A | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | 2,250 | |
| Persepolis | 30,000 | A | A | 42,000 | A | 32,000 | A | 17,000 | A | 85,000 | A | 18,000 | A | 30,000 | A | A | 70,000 | NC | A | 25,000 | A | 50,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 60,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 68,000 | 39,786 | |
| Saipa | A | 600 | A | 27,000 | 2,350 | A | 900 | A | 2,300 | A | 11,000 | A | 150 | A | 300 | 600 | A | 200 | A | A | 300 | A | 200 | A | 150 | A | 200 | A | 200 | A | 3,097 | |
| Sanat Naft | 10,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 8,000 | 7,000 | A | A | 8,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 13,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 2,500 | A | A | 5,000 | 6,467 | |
| Sepahan | 12,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 38,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 3,000 | NC | A | 10,000 | A | A | 7,500 | A | 15,000 | A | 7,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 10,000 | A | A | 7,000 | A | 35,000 | 12,357 | |
| Sepidrood | A | 3,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 2,700 | A | 6,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 5,000 | A | A | 15,000 | 5,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 15,000 | 10,000 | A | 8,447 | |
| Siah Jamegan | 1,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 1,650 | A | 600 | 750 | A | 10,000 | A | 30,000 | A | 2,000 | A | A | 3,000 | A | 35,000 | A | 12,000 | A | A | 8,000 | A | 1,100 | A | 100 | A | 100 | 7,220 | |
| Tractor Sazi | A | 45,000 | A | 14,000 | A | 15,100 | 14,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 3,100 | 2,000 | A | 38,000 | A | 1,500 | A | A | 3,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 11,013 | |
| Zob Ahan | A | 500 | A | 4,500 | A | 600 | A | 300 | A | 2,000 | A | A | 500 | A | 700 | 900 | A | 300 | A | 1,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 300 | A | 1,500 | 2,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 2,807 | |
| Total | 55,350 | 85,400 | 105,200 | 109,700 | 38,302 | 70,100 | 82,500 | 18,530 | 73,600 | 108,400 | 61,200 | 56,700 | 26,650 | 62,500 | 53,100 | 54,500 | 109,357 | 56,500 | 94,350 | 80,600 | 65,710 | 98,350 | 37,400 | 46,100 | 125,450 | 88,750 | 61,800 | 43,800 | 41,200 | 109,950 | 2,138,049 | |
| Average | 6,919 | 10,675 | 13,150 | 13,713 | 4,788 | 8,763 | 10,313 | 2,647 | 9,200 | 13,550 | 7,650 | 8,100 | 3,807 | 7,813 | 6,638 | 6,813 | 13,670 | 8,071 | 11,794 | 10,075 | 8,214 | 12,294 | 4,675 | 5,763 | 15,681 | 12,679 | 7,725 | 5,475 | 5,150 | 13,744 | 9,060 |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 27 April 2018. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Gostaresh played their match against Pars Jonoubi Jam at Sahand
Saipa played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran
Zob Ahan played their matches against Foolad, Naft Tehran, Pars Jonoubi Jam, Paykan, Sanat Naft and Siah Jamegan at Naghsh-e Jahan
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Esteghlal | align=center | 1–0 | Persepolis | align=center | 100,000 | 25 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 2 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–0 | Esteghlal | align=center | 85,000 | 10 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 3 | Persepolis | align=center | 2–0 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 70,000 | 17 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 4 | Persepolis | align=center | 3–0 | Sepidrood | align=center | 68,000 | 30 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 5 | Esteghlal | align=center | 1–0 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 61,000 | 3 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 6 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–2 | Saipa | align=center | 60,000 | 26 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 7 | Persepolis | align=center | 2–0 | Sepahan | align=center | 50,000 | 22 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 8 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 1–2 | Persepolis | align=center | 45,000 | 2 | Sahand | |
| align=center | 9 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–1 | Siah Jamegan | align=center | 42,000 | 4 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 10 | Sepahan | align=center | 2–2 | Persepolis | align=center | 38,000 | 7 | Naghsh-e Jahan | |
| Recipient | ||
|---|---|---|
| Best Player | Vahid Amiri (Persepolis)[15] | |
| Best Young Player | Ali Gholizadeh (Saipa)[16] | |
| Fair Player | Mehdi Shiri (Paykan) | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis)[17] | |
| Best Defender | Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis)[18] | |
| Best Midfielder | Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal)[19] | |
| Best Passor |  Server Djeparov (Esteghlal)[20] | |
| Best Goalscorer | Ali Alipour (Persepolis) | |
| Best Coach | Branko Ivanković (Persepolis) | |
| Best Football Club | Persepolis[21] |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| Mordad | Mehdi Tartar | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Mehdi Kiani | Tractor Sazi | [23] [24] |
| Shahrivar | Majid Jalali | Paykan | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | [25] [26] [27] |
| Mehr | |||||
| Aban | Branko Ivanković | Persepolis | Jalal Hosseini | Persepolis | [28] [29] |
| Azar | |||||
| Dey | Amir Ghalenoei | Zob Ahan | Hossein Hosseini | Esteghlal | [30] [31] |
| Bahman | Winfried Schäfer | Esteghlal | Vouria Ghafouri | Esteghlal | [32] [33] |
| Esfand | |||||
| Farvardin | Amir Ghalenoei | Zob Ahan | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | [34] [35] |
| Ordibehesht | |||||
