2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup Explained

Competition:Persian Gulf Cup
Season:2006–07
Winners:Saipa
1st Pro League title
3rd Iranian title
Relegated:Foolad
Rah Ahan
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Saipa
Sepahan (Hazfi Cup champions)
League Topscorer:Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Daniel Olerum
(17 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:561
Biggest Home Win:Persepolis 4–0 Est. Ahvaz
(28 September 2006)
Sepahan 4–0 Est. Ahvaz
(4 May 2007)
Biggest Away Win:Paykan 0–4 Sepahan
(29 March 2007)
Highest Scoring:Zob Ahan 4–3 Rah Ahan
(8 January 2007)
Highest Attendance:95,000
Persepolis – Esteghlal
(3 November 2006)
Esteghlal – Persepolis
(30 March 2007)
Lowest Attendance:0 (spectator ban)
Esteghlal – PAS Tehran
(5 January 2007)
Persepolis – Aboumoslem
(25 January 2007)
Malavan – Foolad
(6 April 2007)
Attendance:2,378,000
Average Attendance:10,119
Longest Wins:5 matches
Persepolis
Longest Unbeaten:10 matches
Persepolis
Longest Winless:15 matches
Rah Ahan
Longest Losses:3 matches
Bargh Shiraz
Prevseason:2005–06
Nextseason:2007–08

The 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 24th season of Iran's Football League and sixth season of Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2005–06 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2005–06 Azadegan League: Mes Kerman as champions and Paykan as runner-up. The league started on 9 September 2006 and ended on 28 May 2007. Saipa won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total third Iranian title).

Participating in international competitions

2007 AFC Champions League

Final classification

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Daniel OlerumAboumoslem17
Mehdi RajabzadehZob Ahan
3 Abbas AghaeiPas13
Fereydoon FazliEst. Ahvaz
5 Mohsen BayatiniaPaykan11
6 Ali DaeiSaipa10
Mehrzad MadanchiPersepolis
Robert MarkosiBargh Shiraz
9 Emad MohammedSepahan9
10 Hadi AsghariRah Ahan8
Mohsen KhaliliSaipa
Alireza Vahedi NikbakhtPersepolis

Cards

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Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh912
Mohammad Matouri1200Bargh Shiraz
Saber Mirghorbani1000Mes Kerman
Ahmad Momenzadeh1000
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht910Persepolis
Reza Niknazar910Malavan
Majid Noormohammadi801Aboomoslem
Mohsen Bayat900Saba Battery
Gholamreza Rezaei900Fajr Sepasi
Maziar Zare900Malavan

Matches played

30

Attendance

Highest attendance

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
1 Persepolis align=center 2–1Esteghlal 95,000 8 Azadi
Esteghlal align=center 0–0Persepolis 23
2 PAS Tehran align=center 1–1Persepolis 85,000 7
Esteghlal align=center 1–1Esteghlal Ahvaz 27
align=center 5 Esteghlal align=center 1–2Saipa align=center 65,000 29
align=center 6 Saipa align=center 2–2Persepolis align=center 60,000 21
7 Persepolis align=center 2–2Saipa 55,000 6
Persepolis align=center 1–1PAS Tehran 22
9 Paykan align=center 0–2Persepolis 50,000 5
Persepolis align=center 2–1Sepahan 18
Notes:
Updated to games played on 28 May 2007. Source: iplstats.com

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