2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League Explained

Season:2024–25
Competition:Persian Gulf Pro League
Continentalcup1:AFC Champions League Elite
Continentalcup2:AFC Champions League Two
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26
Updated:13 July 2024

The 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) will be the 42nd season of Iran's Football League and 24th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2023–24 season and two promoted from the 2023–24 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
ArakImam Khomeini15,000
ChadormalouYazdShahid Nassiri15,000
EsteghlalTehranAzadi78,116
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti10,000
FooladAhvazFoolad Arena30,655
Gol GoharSirjanShahid Qasem Soleimani9,000[1]
HavadarTehranDastgerdi[2] 8,250
KheybarKhorramabadTakhti8,900
MalavanBandar-e AnzaliSirous Ghayeghran9,000[3]
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Mes10,000[4]
NassajiQaem ShahrVatani15,000
PersepolisTehranAzadi78,116
SepahanIsfahanNaghsh-e-Jahan75,000
Shams AzarQazvinSardar Azadegan15,000
TractorTabrizYadegar-e Emam66,833
Zob AhanFooladshahrFooladshahr20,000

Number of teams by Province

ProvinceNumber of teamsTeams
Tehran3Persepolis, Esteghlal, Havadar
Isfahan2Sepahan, Zob Ahan
Kerman2Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan
Khuzestan2Foolad, Esteghlal Khuzestan
East Azarbaijan1Tractor
Gilan1Malavan
Lorestan1Kheybar
Markazi1Aluminium
Mazandaran1Nassaji
Qazvin1Shams Azar
Yazd1Chadormalou

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.

1. On the back of shirt.

2. On the sleeves.

3. On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Foreign players

See also: List of foreign footballers in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The number of foreign players is restricted to six per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.[5] [6] [7] [8]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5AFC playerUnregistered playersFormer players
Chadormalou Edson Mardden Guilherme Pira Matheus Santos Vitão Wallace Alaa Al Dali
Esteghlal Gustavo Blanco Leschuk Almedin Ziljkić Raphael Silva Gaël Kakuta Didier Ndong Jaloliddin Masharipov Vedran Kjosevski
Arthur Yamga
Muntadher Mohammed
Esteghlal Khuzestan Kainã Sávio Roberto Thievy Bifouma Dimitrios Chatziisaias Moamel Abdulridha
Foolad Christopher Knett Chimba Godwin Mensha Moussa Coulibaly Utkir Yusupov
Gol Gohar Gustavo Vagenin Eric Bocoum Ousmane Ndong
Havadar
Kheybar Tony Batista Kévin Boli Teddy Akumu
Malavan
Mes Rafsanjan Sebastjan Spahiu Rooney Eva Wankewai
Nassaji Luan Polli
Persepolis Alexis Guendouz Giorgi Gvelesiani Ayoub El Amloud Oston Urunov
Sepahan Bryan Dabo Steven Nzonzi Vahdat Hanonov
Shams Azar
Tractor Igor Postonjski Tomislav Štrkalj Ricardo Alves
Zob Ahan Grigol Chabradze
Notes

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Majid AliyariZob Ahan1
Mohammad Hossein EslamiEsteghlal
Mehrdad GhanbariKheybar Khorramabad
Amirhossein HosseinzadehTractor
Mohammad KarimiSepahan
Amirmohammad NesaeiShams Azar
Omid NoorafkanMalavan
Mohammad PapiChadormalu
Arman RamezaniEsteghlal
Kaveh RezaeiSepahan
Saeid SadeghiPersepolis
Reza ShekariSepahan
Mohammad Reza SoleimaniFoolad
Tomislav ŠtrkaljTractor

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Tony BatistaKheybar Khorramabad1
Alireza BeiranvandTractor
Habib Far AbbasiMalavan
Mohammad KhalifeAluminium Arak
Hassan PourhamidiEsteghlal Khuzestan
Utkir YusupovFoolad

Notes and References

  1. Web site: بلیت بازی گل‌گهر پرسپولیس تمام شد! .
  2. Web site: هوادار دوباره روی ورزشگاه جنجالی دست گذاشت. ورزش۳. fa-IR.
  3. Web site: مدیرعامل ملوان:ورزشگاه تختی انزلی ظرفیت هواداران پرشور را ندارد . 11 April 2016 .
  4. Web site: ورزشگاه جدید مس رفسنجان آماده افتتاح شد . November 2023 .
  5. Web site: سهمیه بازیکنان خارجی در لیگ برتر فوتبال کم شد. ISNA. 18 June 2024. Persian.
  6. Web site: کاهش سهمیه بازیکنان خارجی در لیگ برتر؛ فرصتی برای درخشش ایرانی‌ها. عصر ایران. Persian.
  7. Web site: نیمکت‌نشینی‌های پیاپی دردسرساز شد؛ ۲ سهمیه بازیکنان خارجی پرسپولیس و سپاهان سوخت. 14 July 2024. footballi. Persian.
  8. Web site: ۲ سهمیه بازیکنان خارجی پرسپولیس و سپاهان سوخت!. 14 July 2024. ISNA. Persian.