| Competition: | Persian Gulf Pro League |
| Winners: | Persepolis 5th Pro League title 12th Iranian title |
| Relegated: | Sepidrood Esteghlal Khuzestan |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Persepolis Sepahan Esteghlal Padideh |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 474 |
| League Topscorer: | Kiros Stanlley Luciano Pereira (16 goals each) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Alireza Beiranvand (16 clean sheets) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Tractor Sazi 6–0 Esteghlal Khuzestan (28 September 2018) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Sepidrood 1–6 Sepahan (3 August 2018) |
| Highest Scoring: | Sepidrood 1–6 Sepahan (3 August 2018) Saipa 2–5 Sepahan (18 April 2019) |
| Longest Wins: | 5 matches Padideh, Sepahan and Esteghlal |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 17 matches Sepahan |
| Longest Winless: | 13 matches Zob Ahan |
| Longest Losses: | 7 matches Paykan |
| Highest Attendance: | 90,000 Persepolis – Sepahan[1] (26 April 2019) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 (spectator ban) Sepahan – Sanat Naft[2] (27 July 2018) Tractor Sazi – Nassaji[3] (3 August) Sanat Naft – Machine Sazi[4] (3 August 2018) Sanat Naft – Tractor Sazi[5] (20 October 2018) Sepahan – Sepidrood[6] (10 February 2019) |
| Attendance: | 2,869,814 |
| Average Attendance: | 12,212 |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
The 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 36th season of Iran's Football League and 18th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2017–18 Azadegan League: Naft Masjed Soleyman as champions and Nassaji Mazandaran. Machine Sazi replaced Gostaresh. The league started on 26 July 2018 and ended on 16 May 2019. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the fifth time in their history, a total 12th Iranian title.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,900 |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Ghadir Foolad Arena | 38,900 30,655 |
| Machine Sazi | Tabriz | Bonyan Diesel | 12,000 |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Masjed Soleyman | Behnam Mohammadi | 8,000 |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Qaem Shahr | Vatani | 15,000 |
| Padideh | Mashhad | Imam Reza | 27,700 |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | Jam | Takhti Jam | 15,000 |
| Paykan | Shahr-e Qods | Shahre Qods | 25,000 |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Saipa | Tehran | Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
| Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 10,000[7] |
| Sepahan | Isfahan | Naghsh-e-Jahan | 75,000 |
| Sepidrood | Rasht | Sardar Jangal | 15,000 |
| Tractor Sazi | Tabriz | Sahand | 66,833 |
| Zob Ahan | Fooladshahr | Fooladshahr | 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.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal |  Farhad Majidi (caretaker) | Mehdi Rahmati |  Li-Ning |
| Est. Khuzestan | Mohammad Alavi | Ahmad Alenemeh | Li-Ning |
| Foolad |  Afshin Ghotbi | Ayoub Vali | Uhlsport |
| Machine Sazi | Mohammad Reza Mohajeri | Esmaeil Farhadi | Merooj |
| Naft MIS | Firouz Karimi | Milad Meydavoudi | Merooj |
| Nassaji | Majid Jalali | Mohammad Abbaszadeh | Uhlsport |
| Padideh | Yahya Golmohammadi | Reza Nasehi | Yousef Jame |
| Pars Jonoubi | Mehdi Tartar | Mohammad Nouri | Merooj |
| Paykan | Hossein Faraki | Arman Ghasemi | Yousef Jame |
| Persepolis | Branko Ivanković | Jalal Hosseini | Li-Ning |
| Saipa | Ebrahim Sadeghi (caretaker) | Roozbeh Shahalidoost | Start |
| Sanat Naft | Paulo Sérgio | Hossein Baghlani | Merooj |
| Sepahan | Amir Ghalenoei | Rasoul Navidkia | Start |
| Sepidrood | Nader Dastneshan | Hossein Kaebi | Merooj |
| Tractor Sazi |  Georges Leekens | Masoud Shojaei | Merooj |
| Zob Ahan | Alireza Mansourian | Ghasem Haddadifar | 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 |  Luciano Pereira | Foolad | 16 |
| Kiros Stanlley | Sepahan | ||
| 3 | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | 14 |
| 4 |  Anthony Stokes | Tractor Sazi | 11 |
| 5 | Amin Ghaseminejad | Padideh | 10 |
| Younes Shakeri | Padideh | ||
| 7 | Issa Alekasir | Paykan | 8 |
| 8 | Mehrdad Bayrami | Sepidrood | 6 |
| Ashkan Dejagah | Tractor Sazi | ||
| Mehrdad Mohammadi | Sepahan | ||
| Amir Arsalan Motahari | Zob Ahan |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Stokes | Tractor Sazi | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 6–0 (H) | ||
| Lee Erwin | Tractor Sazi | Zob Ahan | 4–1 (H) | ||
| Jonathan Balotelli | Sanat Naft | Foolad | 4–1 (A) | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alireza Beiranvand | Persepolis | 16 |
| 2 | Payam Niazmand | Sepahan | 15 |
| 3 | Mohsen Forouzan | Tractor Sazi | 14 |
| 4 | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | Zob Ahan | 12 |
| Mehdi Rahmati | Esteghlal | ||
| 6 | Hamed Fallahzadeh | Saipa | 10 |
| Hamed Lak | Nassaji | ||
| 8 | Yousef Behzadi | Padideh | 9 |
| Milad Farahani | Naft MIS / Padideh |
| 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 | 28,000 | A | 78,000 | A | 30,000 | A | A | 70,000 | A | 37,000 | A | 44,000 | A | 12,000 | A | A | 21,000 | A | 16,000 | A | 15,000 | 17,000 | A | 17,000 | A | 17,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 15,000 | 28,467 | |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | A | 100 | 9,000 | A | 200 | A | 100 | A | 100 | A | 600 | A | 8,500 | A | 700 | 80 | A | A | 500 | A | 200 | A | 400 | A | 2,000 | A | 100 | A | 20 | A | 1,507 | |
| Foolad | 1,800 | A | A | 1,000 | A | 450 | A | 300 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 2,060 | A | A | 26,000 | 4,000 | A | 40,000 | A | 23,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 5,300 | A | 2,700 | A | 2,000 | 8,107 | |
| Machine Sazi | 300 | A | 400 | A | 710 | A | 620 | A | 1,450 | A | 4,100 | A | 4,000 | 6,500 | A | A | 150 | A | 800 | A | 5,500 | A | 1,100 | A | 420 | A | 400 | A | A | 1,000 | 1,830 | |
| Naft MIS | 7,000 | A | 5,000 | A | A | 10,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 5,500 | A | 2,500 | A | 4,500 | A | A | 5,000 | A | 7,000 | 3,500 | A | 4,000 | A | 1,850 | A | 5,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 5,000 | 4,857 | |
| Nassaji | 6,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 11,000 | A | 15,000 | 9,000 | A | 11,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 12,000 | A | A | 9,000 | A | 11,000 | A | 12,400 | A | A | 12,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 8,000 | 10,227 | |
| Padideh | 21,000 | A | 2,100 | A | 7,150 | A | 14,000 | A | 7,500 | A | 12,000 | A | 10,500 | A | 20,200 | A | 6,000 | A | 17,000 | A | 22,000 | A | 7,500 | A | 5,400 | A | 33,000 | A | 25,000 | A | 14,023 | |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | A | 4,000 | A | 13,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,130 | A | 3,500 | A | 1,500 | A | 2,700 | A | 1,600 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,700 | A | 1,500 | A | 20,000 | 4,542 | |
| Paykan | A | 300 | A | 200 | A | 151 | A | 852 | A | A | 4,841 | A | 300 | A | 910 | 7,000 | A | 3,700 | A | 620 | A | 50 | A | 12,600 | 180 | A | 125 | A | 315 | A | 2,143 | |
| Persepolis | A | 50,000 | A | 40,000 | A | 23,500 | 15,000 | A | 13,000 | A | 23,000 | A | 45,000 | A | 38,000 | 20,000 | A | 30,000 | A | 20,000 | A | A | 81,000 | A | 47,000 | A | 90,000 | A | 57,000 | A | 39,500 | |
| Saipa | 800 | A | 350 | A | 600 | A | 150 | A | 8,000 | 13,560 | A | 200 | A | 350 | A | A | 230 | A | 8,770 | A | 273 | A | 430 | A | A | 600 | A | 750 | A | 500 | 2,371 | |
| Sanat Naft | A | NC | A | 2,000 | 6,000 | A | 5,200 | A | NC | A | 1,472 | A | 2,200 | A | 1,500 | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | A | 1,500 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 4,000 | A | 7,600 | A | 3,267 | |
| Sepahan | NC | A | 15,000 | A | 9,000 | A | 8,500 | A | 10,000 | A | 16,200 | 50,000 | A | 38,000 | A | A | NC | A | 12,100 | A | 12,000 | A | 11,200 | A | 60,000 | A | A | 12,000 | A | 13,000 | 20,538 | |
| Sepidrood | A | 4,500 | A | 2,590 | A | 3,900 | A | A | 6,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 5,600 | A | 14,000 | 5,000 | A | 2,200 | A | 3,000 | A | 7,450 | 3,000 | A | 7,500 | A | 8,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 5,649 | |
| Tractor Sazi | A | NC | A | 60,165 | A | 35,610 | A | 41,000 | A | 43,000 | A | 70,000 | A | A | 70,000 | 30,000 | A | 80,000 | A | 46,000 | A | 29,700 | A | 40,000 | A | 40,000 | A | 60,000 | 12,000 | A | 46,963 | |
| Zob Ahan | A | 10,000 | A | 7,500 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 300 | A | A | 800 | A | 1,500 | 580 | A | 1,200 | A | 320 | A | 100 | A | 730 | A | 15,000 | 2,300 | A | 400 | A | 2,782 | |
| Total | 64,900 | 68,900 | 121,850 | 126,455 | 64,660 | 79,111 | 58,570 | 126,152 | 46,050 | 113,860 | 67,213 | 180,200 | 76,900 | 77,540 | 146,810 | 69,160 | 67,380 | 125,600 | 73,170 | 116,140 | 68,873 | 82,900 | 107,630 | 98,180 | 124,500 | 105,400 | 137,925 | 99,950 | 109,335 | 64,500 | 2,869,814 | |
| Average | 9,271 | 11,483 | 15,231 | 15,807 | 8,083 | 9,889 | 7,321 | 15,769 | 6,579 | 14,233 | 8,402 | 22,525 | 9,613 | 9,693 | 18,351 | 8,645 | 9,626 | 15,700 | 9,146 | 14,518 | 8,609 | 10,363 | 13,454 | 12,273 | 15,563 | 11,575 | 17,241 | 12,494 | 13,667 | 8,063 | 12,212 |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 16 March 2019. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Khuzestan played their matches against Foolad and Nassaji at Foolad Arena
Machine Sazi played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan and Tractor Sazi at Sahand
Saipa played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran
Saipa played their matches against Foolad, Nassaji, Paykan, Padideh, Sanat Naft, Sepahan and Tractor Sazi at Shohada Shahr-e Qods
Sepahan played their match against Tractor Sazi at Foolad Shahr
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Persepolis | align=center | 0–0 | Sepahan | align=center | 90,000[9] | 27 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 2 | Persepolis | align=center | 1–0 | Esteghlal | align=center | 81,000[10] | 23 | Azadi | |
| align=center | 3 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 1–0 | Esteghlal | align=center | 80,000[11] | 18 | Sahand | |
| align=center | 4 | Esteghlal | align=center | 3–0 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 78,000[12] | 3 | Azadi | |
| align=center rowspan="3" | 5 | Esteghlal | align=center | 0–0 | Persepolis | align=center | 70,000[13] | 8 | Azadi | |
| Tractor Sazi | align=center | 4–1 | Zob Ahan | align=center | 70,000[14] | 12 | Sahand | |||
| Tractor Sazi | align=center | 1–2 | Foolad | align=center | 70,000[15] | 15 | Sahand | |||
| align=center | 8 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 1–0 | Saipa | align=center | 60,165[16] | 4 | Sahand | |
| align=center rowspan="2" | 9 | Sepahan | align=center | 0–1 | Esteghlal | align=center | 60,000[17] | 25 | Naghsh-e Jahan | |
| Tractor Sazi | align=center | 1–1 | Persepolis | align=center | 60,000[18] | 28 | Sahand | |||
| Recipient | ||
|---|---|---|
| Best Player | Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis) | |
| Best Young Player | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (Esteghlal) | |
| Fair Player | Payam Niazmand (Sepahan) | |
| Fair Play Club | Paykan | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis) | |
| Best Defender | Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis) | |
| Best Midfielder | Mehdi Kiani (Sepahan) | |
| Best Goalscorer | Luciano Pereira (Foolad) Kiros Stanlley (Sepahan) | |
| Best Coach | Branko Ivanković (Persepolis) | |
| Best Football Club | Persepolis |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August (Mordad) | Yahya Golmohammadi | Padideh | Mohammad Karimi | Sepahan | [19] [20] |
| September (Shahrivar) | Amir Ghalenoei | Sepahan | Kiros Stanlley | Sepahan | [21] [22] |
| October (Mehr) | |||||
| November Aban | Winfried Schäfer | Esteghlal | Amin Ghaseminejad Mohammad Ghaseminejad | Padideh | |
| December (Azar) | |||||
| February (Bahman) | Winfried Schäfer | Esteghlal | Ayanda Patosi | Esteghlal | |
| March (Esfand) | |||||
| April (Farvardin) | Branko Ivanković | Persepolis | Luciano Pereira | Foolad | |
| May (Ordibehesht) | Paulo Sergio | Sanat Naft | Luciano Pereira | Foolad | |
