2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League
22nd season of Persian Gulf Pro League
Football league season
The 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League ) was the 40th season of Iran's Football League and 22nd as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. The 2022–23 season started on 11 August 2022 and featured 14 teams from the 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2021–22 Azadegan League : Mes Kerman and Malavan .[ 3] [ 4] Shahriyar Moghanlou of Sepahan was the top scorer with 13 goals.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teams
Location of Tehran teams in
2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teams
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Aluminium Arak
Arak
Imam Khomeini
15,000
Esteghlal
Tehran
Azadi
78,116
Foolad
Ahvaz
Foolad Arena
30,655
Gol Gohar Sirjan
Sirjan
Shahid Qasem Soleimani
9,000[ 5]
Havadar
Karaj
Enghelab Stadium
8,250
Malavan
Bandar-e Anzali
Sirous Ghayeghran
9,000[ 6]
Mes Kerman
Kerman
Shohadaye Mes Kerman
30,000
Mes Rafsanjan
Rafsanjan
Shohadaye Mes
3,800[ 7] [ 8]
Naft Masjed Soleyman
Masjed Soleyman
Behnam Mohammadi
8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran
Qaem Shahr
Vatani
15,000
Paykan
Karaj
Enghelab
18,000
Persepolis
Tehran
Azadi
78,116
Sanat Naft
Abadan
Takhti Abadan
10,000[ 9]
Sepahan
Isfahan
Naghsh-e-Jahan
75,000
Tractor
Tabriz
Yadegar-e Emam
66,833
Zob Ahan
Fooladshahr
Fooladshahr
20,000
Number of teams by region
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.
Notes
^ Yuel is a South Sudan international but since he has Australian citizenship counts as an Asian Player.
^ Kamsoba is a Burundi international but since he has Australian citizenship counts as an Asian Player.
League table
Standings
^ Esteghlal did not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. They were therefore unable to participate in AFC competitions.
^ a b Aluminium is above Foolad based on Total goal difference, as the teams played two draws during the season.
^ Qualified to AFC Champions League group stage by winning the 2021–22 Hazfi Cup .
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2023. Source:
IPL Stats ,
Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
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 Aluminium Arak 14 7 13 12 15 15 10 10 9 8 5 8 8 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 Esteghlal 16 6 2 4 6 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 Foolad 9 11 5 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 Gol Gohar 3 3 4 6 2 2 4 1 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 Havadar 4 4 8 8 12 14 15 13 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 12 10 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 Malavan 15 16 16 16 16 13 14 12 13 15 14 13 13 13 13 11 13 11 11 11 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 13 11 12 Mes Kerman 12 5 10 9 13 12 13 15 15 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 Mes Rafsanjan 6 10 12 11 11 7 8 5 7 7 8 6 6 7 5 5 6 6 7 7 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 Naft MIS 2 2 7 7 5 8 12 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 Nassaji 7 13 14 14 8 11 7 8 6 5 6 9 9 6 9 8 9 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 12 13 13 Paykan 5 8 3 5 7 9 11 11 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 13 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 11 11 11 11 12 11 Persepolis 10 12 6 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 Sanat Naft 11 15 9 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 14 Sepahan 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 Tractor 13 14 15 15 9 6 5 6 5 6 7 5 5 8 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Zob Ahan 8 9 11 10 10 10 9 9 11 12 9 7 7 9 10 10 12 13 13 13 10 10 8 10 9 9 9 9 9 9
First Placed team
Season statistics
Top scorers
Shahriyar Moghanlou scored 13 goals in the Persian Gulf Pro League Season .
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Alireza Beiranvand won his fourth Persian Gulf Pro League Golden Glove after keeping 18 clean sheets for Persepolis .
Awards
Metrica Weekly awards
Attendances
Average home attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Tractor
267,000
70,000
0
33,375
−3.7% †
2
Sepahan
256,000
70,000
0
25,600
+28.0% †
3
Persepolis
208,000
50,000
0
23,111
+110.1% †
4
Esteghlal
143,500
35,000
0
14,350
−61.6% †
5
Nassaji
85,800
15,000
0
8,580
+1,330.0% †
6
Foolad
68,000
30,000
0
8,500
+41.7% †
7
Sanat Mes Kerman
53,000
15,000
0
5,889
n/a†
8
Malavan
43,000
10,000
0
5,375
n/a†
9
Naft MIS
33,000
10,000
0
4,125
+50.0% †
10
Sanat Naft
32,000
10,000
0
4,000
+33.3% †
11
Aluminium Arak
31,300
15,000
0
3,478
+15.9% †
12
Paykan
16,900
15,000
0
3,380
+3,280.0% †
13
Gol Gohar
30,000
8,000
0
3,333
+11.1% †
14
Mes Rafsanjan
18,300
3,800
0
1,830
+155.2% †
15
Zob Ahan
7,200
3,000
0
800
−55.6% †
16
Havadar
1,100
500
0
157
+4.7% †
League total
1,294,100
40,000
0
9,515
n/a†
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
Aluminium Arak
NC[ 23]
A
500[ 24] [ 25]
A
5,000[ 26]
A
NC[ 27]
A
NC[ 28]
A
NC[ 29]
A
N/A
A
NC[ 30]
A
1,000[ 31]
A
2,000[ 32]
A
5,000
A
300[ 33]
A
15,000[ 34]
A
2,000[ 35]
A
500[ 36]
A
3,478
Esteghlal
NC[ 37]
A
35,000[ 38]
A
20,000[ 39] [ 40]
20,000[ 41] [ 42]
A
NC[ 43]
A
NC[ 44]
A
NC[ 45]
A
NC[ 46]
A
A
1,500
A
2,000[ 47] [ 48]
A
A
10,000[ 49]
A
15,000
A
10,000[ 50]
A
15,000[ 51]
A
15,000[ 52]
14,350
Foolad
NC[ 53]
A
7,000[ 54]
A
5,000[ 55] [ 56]
A
NC[ 57]
A
NC[ 58]
A
NC[ 59]
A
NC[ 60]
NC[ 61]
A
A
NC[ 62]
A
9,000[ 63]
A
5,000[ 64]
A
30,000[ 65] [ 66]
A
5,000[ 67] [ 68]
A
5,000[ 69]
A
A
2,000[ 70]
8,500
Gol Gohar
NC[ 71]
A
8,000[ 72] [ 73]
A
6,000
A
NC[ 74]
A
NC[ 75]
NC[ 76]
A
NC[ 77]
A
NC[ 78]
A
A
2,000[ 79]
A
2,000
A
2,000
A
2,000[ 80]
A
A
5,000
A
1,000[ 81]
A
2,000[ 82]
3,333
Havadar
A
100[ 83]
100[ 84]
A
NC[ 85]
A
NC[ 86]
A
NC[ 87]
A
NC[ 88]
A
NC[ 89]
A
NC[ 90]
NC[ 91]
A
A
NC[ 92]
A
100[ 93]
A
100[ 94]
A
100[ 95]
A
100[ 96]
A
500[ 97]
A
157
Malavan
A
NC[ 98]
A
6,000[ 99]
A
NC[ 100]
A
NC[ 101]
A
NC[ 102]
A
NC[ 103]
A
A
NC[ 104]
NC[ 105]
A
3,000[ 106]
A
3,000
A
3,000[ 107]
A
4,000
A
10,000[ 108]
A
7,000[ 109]
7,000[ 110]
A
5,375
Mes Rafsanjan
A
1,500[ 111]
A
2,000[ 112]
A
2,000[ 113]
A
NC[ 114]
A
A
NC[ 115]
A
NC[ 116]
A
NC[ 117]
700
A
1,000
A
1,000
A
500[ 118]
A
3,800[ 119] [ 120]
1,000[ 121]
A
1,000[ 122]
A
3,800[ 120]
A
1,830
Naft MIS
NC[ 123]
A
3,000[ 124]
10,000[ 125]
A
8,000[ 126]
A
NC[ 127]
A
NC[ 128]
A
NC[ 129]
A
NC[ 130]
A
A
3,000[ 131]
A
A
2,000[ 132]
A
2,000[ 133]
A
NC[ 134] [ 135]
A
NC[ 136]
A
4,000[ 137]
A
1,000[ 138]
4,125
Nassaji
NC[ 139]
A
15,000[ 140] [ 141]
A
10,000[ 142]
A
NC[ 143]
NC[ 144]
A
NC[ 145]
A
800[ 146]
A
NC[ 147]
A
A
5,000[ 148] [ 149]
A
1,000[ 150]
A
15,000[ 151]
A
A
3,000
A
11,000[ 152]
A
10,000
A
15,000
8,580
Paykan
NC[ 153]
A
A
NC[ 154]
A
NC[ 155]
A
NC[ 156]
A
NC[ 157]
A
NC[ 158]
A
NC[ 159]
A
A
NC[ 160] [ 161]
NC[ 162]
A
NC[ 163]
A
100[ 164] [ 165]
A
1,000[ 166]
A
500[ 167]
A
15,000[ 168] [ 169]
A
300[ 170]
3,380
Persepolis
A
40,000[ 171] [ 172]
A
30,000[ 173] [ 174]
A
A
NC[ 175]
A
NC[ 176]
A
NC[ 177]
A
NC[ 178]
A
NC[ 179]
NC[ 180]
A
5,000[ 181]
A
5,000[ 182]
8,000[ 183]
A
20,000[ 184] [ 185]
A
10,000[ 186]
A
40,000[ 187]
A
50,000[ 188] [ 189]
A
23,111
Sanat Mes Kerman
A
NC[ 190]
A
10,000[ 191]
A
6,000[ 192]
A
NC[ 193]
A
NC[ 194]
A
NC[ 195]
A
NC[ 196]
A
NC[ 197]
A
5,000[ 198]
A
2,000
A
2,000
A
3,000[ 199]
A
15,000[ 200]
A
5,000
A
5,000[ 201]
5,889
Sanat Naft
A
NC[ 202]
A
A
3,000[ 203]
A
NC[ 204]
A
NC[ 205]
A
NC[ 206]
A
NC[ 207]
A
NC[ 208]
NC[ 209]
A
3,000[ 210]
2,000
A
3,000[ 211]
A
3,000[ 212]
A
3,000[ 213]
A
5,000[ 214]
A
10,000[ 215]
A
4,000
Sepahan
A
13,000[ 216]
A
12,000[ 217]
A
4,000[ 218]
A
NC[ 219]
A
NC[ 220]
A
A
NC[ 221]
A
NC[ 222]
NC[ 223]
A
15,000[ 224]
A
10,000[ 225]
A
6,000
A
11,000[ 226]
A
60,000[ 227]
70,000[ 2]
A
55,000[ 228]
A
25,600
Tractor
A
NC[ 229]
A
30,000[ 230]
A
35,000[ 231] [ 232]
A
A
NC[ 233]
A
NC[ 234]
A
NC[ 235]
A
NC[ 236]
NC[ 237]
A
25,000[ 238] [ 239] [ 240]
A
20,000[ 241] [ 242]
A
NC[ 243]
2,000[ 244]
A
70,000[ 1] [ 245] [ 246]
A
35,000[ 247]
A
50,000[ 248]
A
33,375
Zob Ahan
NC[ 249]
A
1,000[ 250]
A
3,000[ 251]
A
NC[ 252]
A
NC[ 253]
A
NC[ 254]
NC[ 255]
A
NC[ 256]
A
A
700
A
1,000[ 257]
A
200[ 258]
A
400[ 259]
A
200[ 260]
A
A
500[ 261]
A
200[ 262]
800
Total
0
54,600
69,600
100,000
52,000
75,000
0
0
0
0
0
800
0
0
0
700
13,200
57,000
19,000
43,000
38,300
23,600
57,800
40,800
104,300
111,500
158,100
57,500
176,800
40,500
1,294,100
Average
0
13,650
8,700
14,256
7,429
12,500
0
0
0
0
0
800
0
0
0
700
2,200
8,143
2,714
6,149
4,788
3,371
7,225
5,829
13,038
15,926
19,763
7,188
22,100
5,063
9,515
Notes: Updated to games played on 18 May 2023. Source: Iranleague.ir Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Highest attendances
Rank
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
Date
Week
Stadium
1
Tractor
1–0
Sepahan
70,000[ 1]
7 April 2023 (2023-04-07 )
25
Sahand
Sepahan
1–1
Malavan
70,000[ 2]
24 April 2023 (2023-04-24 )
27
Naghsh-e Jahan
3
Sepahan
2–0
Mes Rasfanjan
60,000[ 227]
15 April 2023 (2023-04-15 )
26
Naghsh-e Jahan
4
Sepahan
5–0
Paykan
55,000[ 228]
12 May 2023 (2023-05-12 )
29
Naghsh-e Jahan
5
Persepolis
4–0
Gol Gohar
50,000[ 188]
12 May 2023 (2023-05-12 )
29
Azadi
Tractor
1–0
Nassaji
50,000[ 248]
12 May 2023 (2023-05-12 )
29
Sahand
7
Persepolis
0–0
Foolad
40,000[ 171]
19 August 2022 (2022-08-19 )
2
Azadi
Persepolis
1–0
Esteghlal
40,000[ 187]
23 April 2023 (2023-04-23 )
27
Azadi
9
Esteghlal
1–0
Sanat Mes Kerman
35,000[ 38]
25 August 2022 (2022-08-25 )
3
Azadi
Tractor
1–0
Sanat Naft
35,000[ 231]
10 September 2022 (2022-09-10 )
6
Sahand
Notes: Updated to games played on 18 May 2023. Source: Iranleague.ir
See also
References
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