2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

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Persian Gulf Pro League
Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.
Season2015–16
ChampionsEsteghlal Khuzestan
1st Pro League title
1st Iranian title
RelegatedMalavan
Rah Ahan
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Champions LeagueEsteghlal Khuzestan
Persepolis
Esteghlal
Zob Ahan (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played240
Goals scored502 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorerMehdi Taremi (16 goals)
Best goalkeeperFernando de Jesus (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home winRah Ahan 5–0 Est. Ahvaz
(16 October 2015)
Tractor Sazi 5–0 Est. Ahvaz
(13 May 2016)
Biggest away winFoolad 0–3 Zob Ahan
(15 September 2015)
Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal
(26 October 2015)
Est. Ahvaz 0–3 Saba Qom
(27 December 2015)
Highest scoringTractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan
(27 October 2015)
Longest winning run5 matches
Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run21 matches
Persepolis
Longest winless run20 matches
Est. Ahvaz
Longest losing run6 matches
Est. Ahvaz
Highest attendance100,000[1]
PersepolisEsteghlal
(15 April 2016)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Foolad – Zob Ahan[2]
(15 September 2015)
Tractor Sazi – Saipa[3]
(10 October 2015)
Foolad – Naft Tehran[4]
(13 December 2015)
Malavan – Naft Tehran[5]
(3 February 2016)
Tractor Sazi – Foolad[6]
(10 March 2016)
Persepolis – Siah Jamegan[7]
(3 April 2016)
Est. Ahvaz  – Saipa[8]
(8 May 2016)
Total attendance1,875,293
Average attendance8,048

The 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 33rd season of Iran's Football League and 15th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 Azadegan League: Siah Jamegan and Esteghlal Ahvaz. The league started on 30 July 2015 and ended on 13 May 2016. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total first Iranian title).

Teams[edit]

Stadia and locations[edit]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order

Team City Venue Capacity
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 95,225
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 10,000
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Ghadir 38,960
Foolad Ahvaz Ghadir 38,960
Gostaresh Tabriz Bonyan Dizel 12,000
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000
Naft Tehran Tehran Takhti Tehran 30,122
Padideh Mashhad Samen 35,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 95,225
Rah Ahan Tehran Shahr-e Qods 25,000
Saba Qom Qom Yadegar-e Emam 10,610
Saipa Tehran Shahid Dastgerdi 8,250
Sepahan Isfahan Foolad Shahr 15,000
Siah Jamegan Mashhad Samen 35,000
Tractor Sazi Tabriz Sahand 66,833
Zob Ahan Isfahan Foolad Shahr 15,000

Number of teams by region[edit]

Region Number of teams Teams
1 Tehran 5 Esteghlal, Persepolis, Naft Tehran, Rah Ahan, Saipa
2 Khuzestan 3 Esteghlal Ahvaz, Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad
3 East Azerbaijan 2 Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4 Khorasan 2 Padideh, Siah Jamegan
5 Isfahan 2 Sepahan, Zob Ahan
6 Gilan 1 Malavan
7 Qom 1 Saba Qom

Personnel and kits[edit]

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 Iran Parviz Mazloumi Iran Mehdi Rahmati China 361 Degrees
Est. Ahvaz Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh Iran Adel Kolahkaj Italy Givova
Est. Khuzestan Iran Abdollah Veisi Iran Mohammad Tayyebi Iran Start
Foolad Croatia Dragan Skočić Croatia Leonard Mesarić Germany Uhlsport
Gostaresh Iran Faraz Kamalvand Iran Morteza Asadi Iran Merooj
Malavan Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran Pejman Nouri Italy Givova
Naft Tehran Iran Alireza Mansourian Iran Alireza Ezzati Germany Uhlsport
Padideh Iran Mohammad Reza Mohajeri Iran Hossein Badamaki China Peak
Persepolis Croatia Branko Ivanković Iran Alireza Nourmohammadi Germany Uhlsport
Rah Ahan Greece Ioannis Topalidis Iran Bahador Abdi Italy Givova
Saba Qom Iran Ali Daei Iran Abolfazl Ebrahimi Iran Daei Sport
Saipa Iran Saeid Rajabi (caretaker) Iran Ebrahim Sadeghi Italy Givova
Sepahan Iran Ghasem Zaghinejad (interim) Iran Moharram Navidkia Spain Joma
Siah Jamegan Iran Farhad Kazemi Iran Reza Enayati Italy Givova
Tractor Sazi Iran Amir Ghalenoei Iran Mehdi Kiani Spain Kelme
Zob Ahan Iran Yahya Golmohammadi Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh Italy Legea

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Padideh Iran Alireza Marzban[9] Resigned 5 July 2015 Pre-season Iran Mohammad Reza Mohajeri[10] 5 July 2015
Saba Qom Iran Mehdi Tartar Sacked 16 July 2015 Iran Ali Daei[11] 16 July 2015
Siah Jamegan Iran Rasoul Khatibi[12] Resigned 21 August 2015 15th Iran Farhad Kazemi[13] 28 September 2015
Rah Ahan Iran Farhad Kazemi[14] Sacked 19 September 2015 13th Iran Mehdi Tartar[15] 21 September 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh[16] Sacked 16 October 2015 15th Iran Ali Hanteh[17] 17 October 2015
Sepahan Iran Hossein Faraki[18] Mutual consent 1 November 2015 6th Croatia Igor Štimac[19] 12 November 2015
Tractor Sazi Portugal Toni[20] Mutual consent 8 December 2015 9th Iran Amir Ghalenoei[21] 9 December 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz Iran Ali Hanteh[22] Mutual consent 26 December 2015 16th Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh[23] 26 December 2015
Malavan Iran Hamid Estili[24] Resigned 15 February 2016 12th Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh[25] 9 March 2016
Rah Ahan Iran Mehdi Tartar[26] Sacked 19 February 2016 15th Greece Ioannis Topalidis[27] 22 February 2016
Sepahan Croatia Igor Štimac[28] Resigned 20 April 2016 11th Iran Abdollah Veisi[29] 23 May 2016
Saipa Iran Majid Jalali[30] Sacked 3 May 2016 10th Iran Hossein Faraki[31] 25 May 2016

Foreign players[edit]

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Iran 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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Esteghlal Armenia Hrayr Mkoyan Croatia Pero Pejić Morocco Adil Chihi
Esteghlal Ahvaz Brazil Luiz Fernando Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandi Šahman
Esteghlal Khuzestan Brazil Fernando Mali Moussa Coulibaly Equatorial Guinea Eduardo Ferreira East Timor Fellipe Bertoldo
Foolad Croatia Leonard Mesarić Cameroon Mathias Chago Cameroon Dorge Kouemaha
Gostaresh Brazil Magno Batista Brazil Leo Pimenta Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev
Malavan
Naft Tehran
Padideh
Persepolis Croatia Luka Marić Costa Rica Michael Umaña Honduras Jerry Bengtson Uzbekistan Alexander Lobanov
Rah Ahan Cyprus Athos Solomou Finland Sebastian Strandvall
Saba Qom Brazil Filipe Machado
Saipa Bosnia and Herzegovina Ratko Dujković
Sepahan Brazil Leandro Padovani Brazil Luciano Pereira Bosnia and Herzegovina Senijad Ibričić Uzbekistan Fozil Musaev
Siah Jamegan Sweden Kyle Konwea The Gambia Alagie Sosseh England Korede Aiyegbusi
Tractor Sazi Brazil Augusto Brazil Carlos Cardoso Cameroon Aloys Nong
Zob Ahan Lebanon Ali Hamam Lebanon Walid Ismail

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Est. Khuzestan (C) 30 15 12 3 33 14 +19 57 Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Persepolis 30 16 9 5 50 34 +16 57
3 Esteghlal 30 13 13 4 43 28 +15 52 Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
4 Tractor Sazi 30 13 12 5 43 27 +16 51
5 Naft Tehran 30 13 10 7 30 21 +9 49
6 Zob Ahan 30 11 13 6 38 26 +12 46 Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
7 Saba Qom 30 9 15 6 30 24 +6 42
8 Saipa 30 11 7 12 28 31 −3 40
9 Gostaresh 30 10 9 11 36 32 +4 39
10 Padideh 30 10 9 11 30 35 −5 39
11 Sepahan 30 8 14 8 29 30 −1 38
12 Foolad 30 9 8 13 26 37 −11 35
13 Siah Jamegan 30 7 6 17 23 34 −11 27
14 Malavan (R) 30 5 12 13 23 35 −12 27 Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15 Rah Ahan (R) 30 5 10 15 24 36 −12 25
16 Est. Ahvaz (R) 30 2 7 21 16 58 −42 13
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away EST ESA ESK FOL GOS MLV NAF PAD PRS RAH SAB SAP SEP SJA TRK ZOB
Esteghlal 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–2
Est. Ahvaz 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1
Est. Khuzestan 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Foolad 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3
Gostaresh 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 4–3
Malavan 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Naft Tehran 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1
Padideh 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Persepolis 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–2
Rah Ahan 0–1 5–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Saba Qom 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Saipa 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1
Sepahan 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Siah Jamegan 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1
Tractor Sazi 0–0 5–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–4
Zob Ahan 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Est. Khuzestan1563233333222211122212222123211
Persepolis41216161414111211797864654433433311322
Esteghlal114321111111122211121111232133
Tractor Sazi836789109661011997777787655444444
Naft Tehran8101212151515141312121212108988866766555555
Zob Ahan15168654544333333333344344666666
Saba Qom8108139108855464454666789910888777
Saipa8424764599755565455555779991088
Gostaresh8141510487710858681010109999888777899
Padideh48118117910710111011121211121111111010109101010111110
Sepahan221112222464779891010101111111111111191011
Foolad4813141616161616151515141414141313131313121212121212121212
Siah Jamegan141510151011131314141414151515151514141414141414141414141513
Malavan2755656681189101111121112121212131313131313131314
Rah Ahan4131491213121112131313131313131415151515151515151515151415
Est. Ahvaz857111312141515161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader and 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
Source: FIFA.com (in English)

Clubs season-progress[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Est. KhuzestanLWWWDDWDDWDWWWWDLLWDDWDDWDDWWW
PersepolisDLLLWLWDWWDWDWWDWDDWDDWWWWWLWW
EsteghlalWWLWWWDDDWDWDDWWDDDLWWDDDLWWLD
Tractor SaziDWDLDDLWWDLDWDWWDDLDWDWWWDLWWW
Naft TehranDDLDLWDDWWDLDWWLWLDWWLWWWDLWWD
Zob AhanLLWWDWDWDDWDWWLWDDDDDWDLLDDWWL
Saba QomDDDLWDWDWDWDWWLWLLLDDDLDWDDWDD
SaipaDWWLLWWLLDWWDWLWWLLWDLDLLDLLWD
GostareshDLDWWLWDDDWLWLDLDWLWLWLWWLDLLD
PadidehDDLWLWDDWLLWLLDDLWWDDWDWLWLLLW
SepahanWWWDWDLDDLDWLDDDDDLLLDWDDDWWLL
FooladDDLDLLLLLWLLWLDDWWWLDWLDWWLWLD
Siah JameganLLWLWLLDLLLDLLDLWWWDDLLLLDWLLW
MalavanWLWDLWDDDLWLLLDLDDDLDLDDLLWLDL
Rah AhanDLDWLLDWLDLLLDLDLDWDDLLLLDWLWL
Est. AhvazDWLLDLLLLLDLLLLLLDDDLLWLLDLLLL
Source: IPL Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics[edit]

Top Goalscorers[edit]

Mehdi Taremi
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis 16
2 Iran Mohammad Ebrahimi Gostaresh Foulad 11
3 Iran Omid Ebrahimi Esteghlal 10
Iran Mehrdad Mohammadi Rah Ahan
5 Iran Sasan Ansari Foolad 9
Iran Hassan Beyt Saeed Esteghlal Khuzestan
7 Iran Jaber Ansari Esteghlal 7
Honduras Jerry Bengtson Persepolis
Iran Mohammad Iranpourian Tractor Sazi
Cameroon Aloys Nong Tractor Sazi
Iran Gholamreza Rezaei Saipa
Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Esteghlal
Iran Morteza Tabrizi Zob Ahan
Iran Mohsen Yousefi Padideh
Iran Rahim Zohaivi Esteghlal Khuzestan

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: Soccerway.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player Club Against Result Date
Iran Mohammad Ebrahimi Gostaresh Zob Ahan 4–3 31 March 2016
Iran Sasan Ansari Foolad Est. Ahvaz 3–2 30 April 2016

Top Assistants[edit]

Omid Alishah
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Iran Omid Alishah Persepolis 7
2 Iran Mohammad Ebrahimi Gostaresh Foulad 6
Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh Zob Ahan
4 Iran Farshad Ahmadzadeh Persepolis 5
Iran Khosro Heydari Esteghlal
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan
Iran Soroush Rafiei Tractor Sazi
Iran Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Esteghlal
Iran Mehdi Torabi Saipa
Iran Mohsen Yousefi Padideh
11 Iran Jaber Ansari Esteghlal 4
Lebanon Ali Hamam Zob Ahan
Iran Mohammad Iranpourian Tractor Sazi
Iran Farid Karimi Saba Qom
Iran Mehdi Taremi Persepolis

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: Varzesh3.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Clean Sheets[edit]

Fernando de Jesus
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Brazil Fernando de Jesus Esteghlal Khuzestan 17
2 Iran Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Zob Ahan 13
3 Iran Mohammadreza Akhbari Tractor Sazi 12
4 Iran Mehdi Rahmati Esteghlal 11
5 Iran Alireza Beiranvand Naft Tehran 9
6 Iran Hamed Lak Saba Qom 8
Iran Sosha Makani Persepolis
Iran Mojtaba Roshangar Padideh
9 Iran Mohsen Forouzan Rah Ahan 7
Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev Gostaresh Foulad
11 Iran Hamed Fallahzadeh Saipa 6
Iran Shahab Gordan Sepahan
Moldova Serghei Pașcenco Malavan

Last Update: 13 May 2016
Source: Iplstats.com

Scoring[edit]

  • First goal of the season: Sajjad Shahbazzadeh for Esteghlal against Siah Jamegan (30 July 2015)
  • Fastest goal of the season: 56 seconds,[32] Jalaleddin Alimohammadi for Saba Qom against Naft Tehran (6 August 2015)
  • Latest goal of the season: 96 minutes,[33] Mohammad Ghazi for Saba Qom against Esteghlal Khuzestan (14 September 2015)
  • Largest winning margin: 5 goals
    • Rah Ahan 5–0 Esteghlal Ahvaz (16 October 2015)
    • Tractor Sazi 5–0 Esteghlal Ahvaz (13 May 2016)
  • Highest scoring game: 8 goals
    • Tractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan (27 October 2015)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
    • Gostaresh Foulad 4–3 Zob Ahan (31 March 2016)

Awards[edit]

Team of the Season[edit]

Goalkeeper: Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan)
Defence: Sadegh Moharrami (Perspolis), Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Jalal Hosseini (Perspolis), Mohammad Ansari (Perspolis)
Midfield: Server Djeparov (Esteghlal), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Mohammad Reza Hosseini (Zob Ahan)
Attack: Mehdi Torabi (Saipa), Ali Alipour (Perspolis), Vahid Amiri (Perspolis)

Player of the Season[edit]

Mehdi Torabi was awarded as the best player of the season. Ali Gholizadeh was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards[edit]

Branko Ivankovic was awarded as the best coach of the season. Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri won the best Goalkeeper award. Jalal Hosseini won the best Defender award. Omid Ebrahimi won the best Midfielder award. Ali Alipour won the best Striker award.

Attendances[edit]

Average home attendances[edit]

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persepolis 658,500 100,000 0 47,036 +198.3%
2 Esteghlal 453,000 90,000 2,500 30,200 +84.1%
3 Tractor Sazi 115,350 20,000 0 8,873 −67.7%
4 Saipa 90,299 77,000 70 6,020 +133.2%
5 Est. Khuzestan 76,460 35,000 200 5,097 +89.6%
6 Siah Jamegan 64,109 25,000 120 4,274 n/a
7 Padideh 58,367 22,000 200 3,891 −62.4%
8 Malavan 57,909 10,000 0 4,136 −9.1%
9 Rah Ahan 53,302 35,000 47 3,553 +123.5%
10 Foolad 52,800 18,000 0 4,062 −39.4%
11 Sepahan 45,150 12,500 250 3,010 −48.3%
12 Gostaresh 35,107 15,000 60 2,340 +16.1%
13 Saba Qom 34,840 15,000 100 2,323 +70.2%
14 Zob Ahan 31,370 8,000 200 2,091 +9.8%
15 Est. Ahvaz 24,820 10,800 0 1,773 n/a
16 Naft Tehran 23,910 12,200 70 1,594 −17.3%


League total 1,875,293 100,000 0 8,048 +16.3%

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz and Siah Jamegan played last season in Azadegan League

Attendances by round[edit]

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 30,000 35,000 A 14,000 A 11,000 A 2,500 A 90,000 A 11,000 A 6,500 5,000 A A 12,000 A 70,000 A 28,000 A 38,000 A 15,000 A 85,000 A 30,200
Esteghlal Ahvaz A 1,100 A 6,000 A A 370 A 200 A 500 A 1,500 A 500 600 A 200 A 550 800 A 200 A 1,500 A 10,800 A NC A 1,773
Esteghlal Khuzestan A 6,000 A 300 A 200 A 350 A 210 A 450 A 250 A 2,000 A 5,000 A 5,000 A 1,100 A 17,000 A 3,250 A 350 A 35,000 5,097
Foolad 3,100 A 2,000 A 13,000 NC A 1,200 A 400 A 18,000 A NC A A 200 A 6,000 A A 4,000 A 2,500 A 2,000 A 350 A 50 4,062
Gostaresh A 6,500 A 520 A 2,000 A 214 A A 60 A 650 A 225 100 A 186 A 528 A 624 A 2,000 2,500 A 4,000 A 15,000 A 2,340
Malavan 4,656 A 4,200 A 1,600 A 2,832 A 5,000 A 700 A 5,000 A 1,200 A 5,300 A NC A 2,000 A 3,200 A 10,000 A 5,000 A 7,221 A 4,136
Naft Tehran A 500 A 990 A 100 A A 200 A 200 A 12,200 A 200 1,200 A 100 A 7,650 A 130 70 A 100 A 200 A 70 A 1,594
Padideh A 2,500 A 5,000 A 3,000 A 22,000 A 550 A 700 A A 1,500 18,000 A 1,500 A 2,000 A 351 A 230 A 250 A 200 586 A 3,891
Persepolis 18,000 A A 25,000 A 11,000 A 35,000 A 9,000 A 9,000 A 4,500 A A 40,000 77,000 A 80,000 A 80,000 A NC A 100,000 A 80,000 A 90,000 47,036
Rah Ahan A 525 A 1,000 A 500 A 250 A 250 A A 500 A 11,800 200 A 2,500 A 300 A 35,000 A 47 A 250 123 A 57 A 3,553
Saba Qom 890 A 200 A 1,500 A 4,000 A 350 A 2,500 2,500 A 200 A A 1,000 A 100 A 1,850 A 15,000 A 500 A A 250 A 4,000 2,323
Saipa 250 A 300 A 500 A 300 300 A 350 A 500 A 210 A A 289 A 70 A 77,000 A A 950 A 200 A 9,000 A 80 6,020
Sepahan 2,200 A 12,500 3,500 A 3,500 A 1,500 A 8,500 A 2,200 A 800 A A 3,500 A A 3,500 A 600 A 1,400 A 500 A 700 A 250 3,010
Siah Jamegan 25,000 A 2,000 A 1,500 A 1,830 A 18,000 A 120 A 450 200 A A 268 A 900 A 3,580 A 600 A 411 A 1,250 A A 8,000 4,274
Tractor Sazi 20,000 A 8,200 A 7,000 A 20,000 A NC 2,500 A 9,500 A 7,000 A A 1,350 A 5,000 A 10,000 A NC A A 10,800 A 2,000 A 12,000 8,873
Zob Ahan A 6,000 A A 1,500 A 800 A 400 A 520 A 500 A 1,900 350 A 6,500 8,000 A 1,000 A 200 A 2,300 A 1,000 A 400 A 2,091
Total 74,096 53,125 64,400 42,310 40,600 20,300 41,132 60,814 26,650 21,760 94,600 42,850 31,800 13,160 23,825 27,450 51,907 92,986 32,070 99,528 166,230 121,805 47,270 24,127 55,311 117,250 37,373 92,850 108,334 149,380 1,875,293
Average 9,262 6,641 8,050 5,289 5,075 2,900 5,142 7,602 3,807 2,720 11,825 5,356 3,975 1,880 2,978 3,431 6,488 11,623 4,581 12,441 20,779 15,226 6,753 3,447 6,914 14,656 4,672 11,606 15,476 18,673 8,048

Notes:
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz played their matches against Esteghlal and Siah Jamegan at Ghadir
Foolad played their match against Gostaresh at Takhti Ahvaz
Gostaresh played their matches against Persepolis and Tractor Sazi at Sahand
Rah Ahan played their match against Esteghlal at Azadi
Saipa played their match against Esteghlal at Takhti Tehran
Saipa played their match against Persepolis at Azadi

Highest attendances[edit]

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Persepolis 4–2 Esteghlal 100,000 15 April 2016 (2016-04-15) 26 Azadi
2 Esteghlal 1–1 Persepolis 90,000 30 October 2015 (2015-10-30) 11 Azadi
Persepolis 2–1 Rah Ahan 90,000 13 May 2016 (2016-05-13) 30 Azadi
4 Esteghlal 2–3 Tractor Sazi 85,000 8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 29 Azadi
5 Persepolis 1–0 Foolad 80,000 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) 20 Azadi
Persepolis 1–1 Tractor Sazi 80,000 6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 22 Azadi
Persepolis 0–2 Naft Tehran 80,000 28 April 2016 (2016-04-28) 28 Azadi
8 Persepolis 2–2 Sepahan 77,000 2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 18 Azadi
Saipa 1–1 Persepolis 77,000 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) 21 Azadi
10 Esteghlal 2–1 Gostaresh 70,000 19 February 2016 (2016-02-19) 21 Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016. Source: Iranleague.ir

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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