2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League
17th season of Persian Gulf Pro League
Football league season
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.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs in 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League
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
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.
Managerial changes
Foreign players
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.
League table
Updated to match(es) played on April 13, 2018. Source:
IPL Stats ,
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
[ 16] (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup
^ Padideh deducted 6 points by FIFA[ 15]
Results
Updated to match(es) played on March 13, 2018. Source:
PersianLeague Stats Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
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 Persepolis 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Zob Ahan 6 4 5 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 10 9 9 8 7 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 Esteghlal 13 11 9 11 15 15 16 11 12 13 11 11 9 8 7 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 Saipa 10 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 4 4 7 5 5 4 2 4 4 Paykan 9 10 13 16 12 7 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 Pars Jonoubi Jam 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 5 5 5 4 6 7 7 7 6 6 Foolad 15 12 10 4 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 Sanat Naft 5 9 4 5 5 11 11 12 9 7 8 9 7 7 6 8 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Gostaresh 16 16 12 15 16 16 13 16 16 14 14 10 12 9 8 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Padideh 8 3 6 6 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 Tractor Sazi 14 15 16 13 9 9 10 8 8 11 9 13 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 Sepidrood 12 14 15 14 14 10 8 10 11 9 10 12 14 15 15 13 13 13 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 Est. Khuzestan 4 8 8 9 11 14 15 15 15 16 15 15 13 13 13 14 14 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 Sepahan 11 13 14 10 10 13 12 14 10 12 13 8 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 11 11 11 11 12 14 14 Naft Tehran 3 7 11 12 13 12 14 9 13 10 12 14 15 14 14 15 15 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 15 15 15 15 15 Siah Jamegan 7 6 7 8 8 8 9 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Season statistics
Top scorers
Ali Alipour won the Persian Gulf Pro League Golden Shoe after scoring 19 goals.
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Alireza Beiranvand won his second Persian Gulf Pro League Golden Glove after keeping 17 clean sheets for Persepolis.
Attendances
Average home attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Persepolis
557,000
85,000
0
39,786
−18.1% †
2
Esteghlal
412,000
100,000
0
29,429
+6.3% †
3
Sepahan
173,000
38,000
0
12,357
+45.5% †
4
Tractor Sazi
165,200
45,000
1,000
11,013
+2.3% †
5
Sepidrood
126,700
15,000
2,700
8,447
−9.9% †
6
Padideh
111,700
35,000
1,000
7,447
+119.9% †
7
Siah Jamegan
108,300
35,000
100
7,220
+73.7% †
8
Pars Jonoubi Jam
105,000
16,000
2,000
7,000
+157.3% †
9
Sanat Naft
97,000
13,000
2,500
6,467
+16.1% †
10
Foolad
59,000
25,000
0
4,214
−22.4% †
11
Saipa
46,450
27,000
150
3,097
+27.3% †
12
Est. Khuzestan
44,700
20,000
100
2,980
−17.8% †
13
Naft Tehran
43,880
23,000
100
2,925
+40.6% †
14
Zob Ahan
42,100
15,000
300
2,807
+29.4% †
15
Paykan
33,757
15,000
200
2,250
+0.1% †
16
Gostaresh
12,262
5,000
100
817
−19.7% †
League total
2,138,049
100,000
0
9,060
+12.0% †
Attendances by round
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
Highest attendances
Rank
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
Date
Week
Stadium
1
Esteghlal
1–0
Persepolis
100,000
1 March 2018 (2018-03-01 )
25
Azadi
2
Persepolis
1–0
Esteghlal
85,000
26 October 2017 (2017-10-26 )
10
Azadi
3
Persepolis
2–0
Tractor Sazi
70,000
29 December 2017 (2017-12-29 )
17
Azadi
4
Persepolis
3–0
Sepidrood
68,000
27 April 2018 (2018-04-27 )
30
Azadi
5
Esteghlal
1–0
Tractor Sazi
61,000
11 August 2017 (2017-08-11 )
3
Azadi
6
Persepolis
1–2
Saipa
60,000
29 March 2018 (2018-03-29 )
26
Azadi
7
Persepolis
2–0
Sepahan
50,000
2 February 2018 (2018-02-02 )
22
Azadi
8
Tractor Sazi
1–2
Persepolis
45,000
3 August 2017 (2017-08-03 )
2
Sahand
9
Persepolis
1–1
Siah Jamegan
42,000
16 August 2017 (2017-08-16 )
4
Azadi
10
Sepahan
2–2
Persepolis
38,000
21 September 2017 (2017-09-21 )
7
Naghsh-e Jahan
Notes: Updated to games played on 27 April 2018. Source: Iranleague.ir
Awards
[ 24]
See also
References
2022–23 teamsFormer teams Competition Statistics and awards Associated competitions List of transfers
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