2005–06 Iran Pro League

The 2005–06 Iran Pro League was the 23rd season of Iran's Football League and fifth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Foolad were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2004–05 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2004–05 Azadegan League: Shahid Ghandi as champions and Rah Ahan as runner-up. The league started on 2 September 2005 and ended on 21 April 2006. Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total sixth Iranian title).

Iran Pro League
Season2005–06
ChampionsEsteghlal
1st Pro League title
6th Iranian title
RelegatedShamoushak
Shahid Ghandi
Champions LeagueEsteghlal
Sepahan (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played240
Goals scored538 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorerReza Enayati (21 goals)
Biggest home winPAS Tehran 7–1 Foolad
(4 March 2006)
Biggest away winShahid Ghandi 1–5 Zob Ahan
(29 October 2005)
Highest scoringPAS Tehran 7–1 Foolad
(4 March 2006)
PAS Tehran 4–4 Sepahan
(31 March 2006)
Longest winning run3 matches
Aboumoslem
PAS Tehran
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Esteghlal
Longest winless run17 matches
Shahid Ghandi
Longest losing run5 matches
Shahid Ghandi
Highest attendance100,000
Esteghlal – Bargh Shiraz
(21 April 2006)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Malavan – Bargh Shiraz
(2 September 2005)
Aboumoslem – Shahid Ghandi
(16 December 2005)
Malavan – Fajr Sepasi
(3 March 2006)
Shamoushak – Malavan
(4 April 2006)
Shamoushak – Est. Ahvaz
(16 April 2006)
Total attendance2,157,000
Average attendance9,179

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Azadegan League. The promoted teams were Shahid Ghandi Yazd and Rah Ahan Tehran. They replaced Paykan and Pegah, who were relegated to the Azadegan League.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aboomoslem Mashhad Samen Stadium 27,000
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi Stadium 95,225
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 10,000
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Shiraz Hafezieh Stadium 50,000
Foolad Ahvaz Foolad Arena 30,655
Malavan Bandar-e Anzali Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium 15,559
PAS Tehran Tehran Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium 8,250
Persepolis Tehran Azadi Stadium 95,225
Rah Ahan Tehran Tehran Shahid Derakhshan Stadium 12,000
Saipa Tehran Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium 8,250
Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,312
Sepahan Isfahan Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium 75,000
Shahid Ghandi Yazd Yazd Shahid Nassiri Stadium 15,000
Shamoushak Noshahr Nowshahr Shohada Stadium 6,000
Zob Ahan Esfahan Fuladshahr Foolad Shahr Stadium 20,000

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal[lower-alpha 1] (C) 30 16 11 3 44 17 +27 59
2 PAS Tehran 30 16 10 4 54 29 +25 58
3 Saipa 30 13 13 4 41 21 +20 52
4 Saba 30 13 11 6 35 31 +4 50
5 Aboumoslem 30 12 10 8 31 23 +8 46
6 Zob Ahan 30 12 10 8 41 30 +11 45[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League[lower-alpha 3]
7 Sepahan 30 12 7 11 38 32 +6 43
8 Foolad 30 11 8 11 30 41 −11 41
9 Fajr Sepasi 30 8 12 10 27 33 −6 36
10 Malavan 30 10 6 14 29 38 −9 36
11 Esteghlal Ahvaz 30 9 8 13 42 44 −2 35
12 Rah Ahan 30 9 7 14 27 43 −16 34
13 Persepolis 30 9 11 10 39 40 −1 32[lower-alpha 4]
14 Bargh 30 6 10 14 23 37 −14 28
15 Shamoushak (R) 30 4 11 15 19 39 −20 23 Relegation to the 2006–07 Azadegan League
16 Shahid Ghandi (R) 30 4 7 19 21 43 −22 19
Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time.
  2. Zob Ahan was deducted 1 point in issued by Iranian Football Federation.
  3. As cup winner.
  4. Persepolis was deducted 6 points in issued by FIFA.[1]
 Champions 
Esteghlal

Results table
Home \ Away EST PAS SAP SAB ABU ZOB SEP FOL PRS FJR MLV ESA RAH BGH SHM GHA
Esteghlal 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–0
PAS Tehran 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–4 7–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1
Saipa 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 6–1 6–0 2–1 1–0
Saba Battery 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Aboumoslem 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Zob Ahan 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–3
Sepahan 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 4–0 1–0
Foolad 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0
Persepolis 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 2–3 2–4 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Fajr Sepasi 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–2
Malavan 2–3 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Est. Ahvaz 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–3 3–2
Rah Ahan 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Bargh Shiraz 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
Shamoushak 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Shahid Ghandi 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–5 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

Top goalscorers
Reza Enayati
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iran Reza Enayati Esteghlal 21
2 Iran Fereydoon Fazli Esteghlsl Ahvaz 17
3 Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh Zob Ahan 14
4 Iran Siavash Akbarpour Esteghlal 11
Iran Ali Daei Saba Battery 11
Iran Javad Kazemian Persepolis 11
7 Iran Hossein Badamaki Aboomoslem 10
Iran Rasoul Khatibi Sepahan 10
9 Iran Ali Ansarian Persepolis 9
10 Iran Hadi Asghari Rah Ahan 8
Iran Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh Saba Battery 8
Iran Arash Borhani PAS Tehran 8
Iran Mohammad Gholamin Malavan 8
Iraq Emad Reza Foolad 8

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Iran Gholamreza Eidizadeh Esteghlal Ahvaz 12
2 Iran Meysam Maniei PAS Tehran 10
Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh Zob Ahan 10
4 Iran Mojtaba Jabbari Esteghlal 7
5 Iran Milad Maydavoodi PAS Tehran 6
Iran Mehdi Shiri Bargh Shiraz 6

Cards
Player Team
Iran Mohammad Matouri112Bargh Shiraz
Iran Masoud Shojaei110Saipa
Iran Siavash Akbarpour100Esteghlal
Iran Yahya Golmohammadi90Saba Battery
Iran Pejman Jamshidi90Pas Tehran
Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht90Esteghlal
Iran Amir Hossein Sadeghi72Esteghlal

Matches played
30
29
28
27

Attendance

Average home attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Esteghlal 502,000 100,000 15,000 33,467 n/a†
2 Persepolis 455,000 95,000 5,000 30,333 n/a†
3 Shahid Ghandi 192,000 30,000 2,000 12,800 n/a†
4 Malavan 100,000 17,000 0 7,692 n/a†
5 Aboumoslem 103,000 30,000 0 7,357 n/a†
6 Foolad 100,000 22,000 3,000 6,667 n/a†
7 Saba Battery 87,000 20,000 1,000 5,800 n/a†
8 Est. Ahvaz 85,000 14,000 1,000 5,667 n/a†
9 Fajr Sepasi 81,000 20,000 2,000 5,400 n/a†
10 Sepahan 77,500 17,000 2,000 5,167 n/a†
11 Zob Ahan 76,000 15,000 1,000 5,067 n/a†
12 Bargh Shiraz 73,500 18,000 1,000 4,900 n/a†
13 Saipa 70,000 25,000 500 4,667 n/a†
14 PAS Tehran 58,000 25,000 1,000 3,867 n/a†
15 Rah Ahan 54,500 20,000 1,000 3,633 n/a†
16 Shamoushak 42,500 7,000 0 3,542 n/a†
League total 2,157,000 100,000 0 9,179 n/a†

Updated to games played on 21 April 2006
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Rah Ahan and Shahid Ghandi played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendance
Esteghlal vs Bargh football match
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1Esteghlal4–1Bargh Shiraz100,00021 April 2006 (2006-04-21)30Azadi
2Persepolis0–0Esteghlal95,00010 March 2006 (2006-03-10)25Azadi
3Esteghlal1–0Persepolis80,0004 November 2005 (2005-11-04)10Azadi
4Persepolis0–0Saipa50,0009 September 2005 (2005-09-09)2Azadi
5Persepolis2–2Saba Battery40,00027 October 2005 (2005-10-27)9Azadi
5Esteghlal4–1Foolad40,0006 April 2006 (2006-04-06)28Azadi
7Esteghlal4–1Saba Battery35,0002 September 2005 (2005-09-02)1Azadi
7Persepolis1–0PAS Tehran35,00029 November 2005 (2005-11-29)3Azadi
7Esteghlal0–0PAS Tehran35,0006 January 2006 (2006-01-06)17Azadi
10Persepolis1–0Shahid Ghandi33,00030 September 2005 (2005-09-30)5Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 21 April 2006. Source: iplstats.com

References
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