| Competition: | Persian Gulf Pro League |
| Dates: | 6 November 2020 – 30 July 2021 |
| Winners: | Persepolis 7th Pro League title 14th Iranian title |
| Relegated: | Machine Sazi Saipa |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Sepahan Foolad |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 476 |
| League Topscorer: | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Hamed Lak (17 clean sheets) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Sepahan 5–1 Mes (16 May 2021) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Aluminium Arak 1–6 Sepahan (6 March 2021) |
| Highest Scoring: | Aluminium Arak 1–6 Sepahan (6 March 2021) |
| Longest Wins: | Persepolis . Sepahan (6 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Persepolis (20 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Machine Sazi (14 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Naft Masjed Soleyman . Aluminium Arak (5 matches) |
| Attendance: | 0 |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
The 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) were the 38th season of Iran's Football League and 20th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2019–20 Azadegan League: Mes Rafsanjan and Aluminium Arak.[1] [2]
The 2020–21 season started on 6 November 2020 and was ended on 30 July 2021.[3] Persepolis won their record-extending 5th consecutive title and 14th title overall (7th in the Pro League era)
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arak | Imam Khomeini | 15,000 | |
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Foolad Arena | 30,655 |
| Gol Gohar Sirjan | Sirjan | Imam Ali Qasem Soleimani | 8,000 9,000[4] |
| Machine Sazi | Tabriz | Qasem Soleimani | 12,000 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Rafsanjan | Shohadaye Mes | 2,000[5] |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Masjed Soleyman | Behnam Mohammadi | 8,000 |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Qaem Shahr | Vatani | 15,000 |
| Paykan | Shahr-e Qods | Shahr-e Qods | 25,000 |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Saipa | Tehran | Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
| Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 10,000[6] |
| Sepahan | Isfahan | Naghsh-e-Jahan | 75,000 |
| Padideh | Mashhad | Imam Reza | 27,700 |
| Tractor | Tabriz | Yadegar-e Emam | 66,833 |
| Zob Ahan | Fooladshahr | Fooladshahr | 15,000 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Arak |  Meysam Majidi | ||
| Esteghlal | Farhad Majidi | Voria Ghafouri | |
| Foolad | Javad Nekounam | Ayoub Vali | |
| Gol Gohar | Amir Ghalenoei | Mehran Golzari | |
| Machine Sazi | Alireza Akbarpour | Habib Gordani | |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Mohammad Rabiei | Hamed Noormohammadi | |
| Naft MIS | Mahmoud Fekri | Abbas Asgari | |
| Nassaji | Saket Elhami | Hamed Shiri | |
| Paykan | Mehdi Tartar | Ali Hamoudi | |
| Persepolis | Yahya Golmohammadi | Jalal Hosseini | |
| Saipa | Faraz Kamalvand | Sadegh Barani | |
| Sanat Naft | Sirous Pourmousavi | Hossein Baghlani | |
| Sepahan | Moharram Navidkia | Ehsan Hajsafi | |
| Shahr Khodro | Mehdi Rahmati | Reza Nasehi | |
| Tractor | Firouz Karimi | Mohammad Reza Akhbari | |
| Zob Ahan | Mojtaba Hosseini | Ghasem Haddadifar |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | width=60 | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepahan | End of Caretaker Spell | Pre-season | Moharram Navidkia | ||||
| Machine Sazi | Human Afazeli | Resigned | Vahid Bayatloo | ||||
| Naft MIS | Mehdi Tartar | Mojtaba Hosseini | |||||
| Zob Ahan | Luka Bonačić | Sacked | Rahman Rezaei | ||||
| Shahr Khodro | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | Mehdi Rahmati | |||||
| Gol Gohar Sirjan | Majid Jalali | Amir Ghalenoei | |||||
| Esteghlal | Farhad Majidi | Resigned | |||||
| Tractor | Saket Elhami | Alireza Mansourian | |||||
| Sanat Naft | Behnam Seraj | Sacked | Sirous Pourmousavi | ||||
| Nassaji | Mahmoud Fekri | Signed with Esteghlal | Vahid Fazeli | ||||
| Paykan | Abdollah Veisi | Resigned | Mehdi Tartar | ||||
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 | Sajjad Shahbazzadeh | Sepahan | 20 |
| 2 | Godwin Mensha | Gol Gohar | 14 |
| 3 | Tractor | 12 | |
| 4 | Amin Ghaseminejad | Padideh | 11 |
| 5 | Hamed Pakdel | Aluminium Arak | 10 |
| Ahmad Nourollahi | Persepolis | ||
| 7 | Mehdi Abdi | Persepolis | 9 |
| Taleb Reykani | Sanat Naft | ||
| 9 | Younes Shakeri | Gol Gohar | 8 |
| 10 | Sasan Hosseini | Naft MIS | 7 |
| Amir Arsalan Motahari | Esteghlal | ||
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Godwin Mensha | Gol Gohar | Shahr Khodro | 3–1 (H) | |
| Peyman Babaei | Machine Sazi | Sepahan | 3–3 (H) | |
| Younes Shakeri | Gol Gohar | Machine Sazi | 3–1 (H) | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamed Lak | Persepolis | 17 |
| 2 | Payam Niazmand | Sepahan | 14 |
| 3 | Hossein Pour Hamidi | Aluminium Arak | 11 |
| 4 | Rashid Mazaheri | Esteghlal | 10 |
| 5 | Mohsen Forouzan | Foolad | 9 |
| 6 | Mohammad Reza Akhbari | Tractor | 8 |
| 7 | Hossein Akbar Monadi | Saipa | 6 |
| Milad Farahani | Padideh | ||
| Alireza Haghighi | Gol Gohar | ||
| Farhad Kermanshahi | Naft Masjed Soleyman | ||
| Davoud Noushi Soufiani | Mes Rafsanjan |
