2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup

The 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 26th season of Iran's Football League and eighth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2007–08 Azadegan League: Payam Mashhad as champions and Foolad. Damash replaced Pegah. The league started on 4 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the second time in their history (total seventh Iranian title).

Persian Gulf Cup
Season2008–09
ChampionsEsteghlal
2nd Pro League title
7th Iranian title
RelegatedPayam
Damash
Bargh Shiraz
Champions LeagueEsteghlal
Zob Ahan
Mes Kerman
Sepahan
Matches played306
Goals scored777 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerArash Borhani (21 goals)
Biggest home winEsteghlal 6–0 Est. Ahvaz
(18 September 2008)
Biggest away winRah Ahan 1–5 Esteghlal
(4 February 2009)
Highest scoringZob Ahan 6–3 Saipa
(3 October 2008)
Longest winning run6 matches
Mes Kerman
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Mes Kerman
Longest winless run27 matches
Bargh Shiraz
Longest losing run3 matches
Bargh Shiraz
Highest attendance90,000
Persepolis – Damash
(25 September 2008)
Persepolis – Esteghlal
(3 October 2008)
Esteghlal – Persepolis
(13 February 2009)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Persepolis – PAS Hamedan
(9 August 2008)
Total attendance2,731,000
Average attendance8,954

Teams
Team City Venue Capacity Head coach Team captain Past Season
AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000Iran Ali HantehIran Saeed Khani4th
Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Rasoul KorbekandiIran Sattar Zare7th
Damash GilanRashtSardar Jangal15,000Croatia Stanko PoklepovićIran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi15th
Est. AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Khodadad AziziIran Afshin Komaei8th
EsteghlalTehranAzadi90,000Iran Amir GhalenoeiIran Farhad Majidi13th
FooladAhvazTakhti Ahvaz15,000Iran Majid JalaliIran Ali BadaviQualifier
MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000Iran Mohammad AhmadzadehIran Masoud Gholamalizad16th
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,000Iran Parviz MazloomiIran Farzad Hosseinkhani10th
MoghavematShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Gholam Hossein PeyrovaniIran Mostafa Sabri14th
Pas HamedanHamedanGhods5,000Croatia Vinko BegovicIran Omid Khouraj5th
PaykanQazvinShahid Rajaei5,000Iran Ali Asghar Modir RoostaIran Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi9th
PayamMashhadSamen35,000Iran Kazem GhiyasiyanIran Mehdi HasheminasabQualifier
PersepolisTehranAzadi90,000Portugal Nelo VingadaIran Karim BagheriChampion
Rah AhanRey, IranRah Ahan15,000Iran Mehdi TartarIran Ahmad Taghavi12th
Saba QomQomYadegar Emam15,000Iran Firouz KarimiIran Yahya Golmohammadi3rd
SaipaKarajEnghelab Karaj15,000Iran Mohammad Mayeli KohanIran Ebrahim Sadeghi11th
SepahanEsfahanFoolad Shahr25,000Iran Farhad KazemiIran Moharram Navidkia2nd
Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad Shahr25,000Iran Mansour EbrahimzadehIran Mohammad Salsali6th
  • In October 2008 Pegah Gilan terminated their sports activities due to financial problems. Damash Iranian (Damash Mineral Water Company) owned by Amir Abedini took over their license. New club named Damash Gilan.

Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.

Team Name Nationality
Aboomoslem Hadi Bargizar Iran
Damash Gilan Bijan Zolfagharnasab Iran
Rah Ahan Davoud Mahabadi Iran
Saipa Pierre Littbarski Germany
Sepahan Engin Firat Turkey Germany
Persepolis Afshin Ghotbi Iran United States
Payam Khodadad Azizi Iran
Aboomoslem Amir Hossein Peyrovani Iran
Sepahan Hossein Charkhabi Iran
Damash Gilan Hossein Abdi Iran
Bargh Shiraz Mohammad Abbasi Iran
Payam Abbas Chamanyan Iran
Persepolis Afshin Peyrovani Iran
Est. Ahvaz Akbar Misaghian Iran
Bargh Shiraz Farshad Pious Iran
Payam Majid Hosseinipour Iran
Rah Ahan Mahmoud Yavari Iran
Paykan Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Iran
Aboomoslem Ali Hanteh Iran

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal (C) 34 19 9 6 70 34 +36 66 Qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League
2 Zob Ahan 34 19 9 6 58 42 +16 66
3 Mes 34 17 10 7 54 36 +18 61
4 Sepahan 34 14 14 6 46 34 +12 56
5 Rah Ahan 34 12 19 3 49 30 +19 55
6 Persepolis 34 15 10 9 50 41 +9 55
7 Saba 34 12 17 5 49 36 +13 53
8 Foolad 34 13 11 10 50 41 +9 50
9 Paykan 34 13 8 13 43 42 +1 47
10 Fajr 34 11 11 12 33 37 −4 44
11 Saipa 34 10 12 12 43 50 −7 42
12 Pas Hamedan 34 10 10 14 40 47 −7 40
13 Malavan 34 9 13 12 31 43 −12 40
14 Est. Ahvaz 34 11 6 17 37 53 −16 39
15 Aboumoslem 34 8 11 15 34 41 −7 35
16 Payam (R) 34 9 8 17 33 52 −19 35 Relegation to the 2009–10 Azadegan League
17 Damash (R) 34 6 13 15 40 56 −16 31
18 Bargh (R) 34 5 9 20 35 54 −19 24
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
 Champions 
Esteghlal F.C.

Results table

Last updated April 26, 2009

Home \ Away ABU BGH EST ESA MLV MES PAS PAY PYM DMG PRS RAH SAB SAP SEP FOL MVT ZOB
Aboumoslem 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 4–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 4–0
Bargh Shiraz 2–2 1–4 0–3 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2
Esteghlal 2–0 1–1 6–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 5–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 5–2 2–0
Est. Ahvaz 1–3 1–0 0–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–2
Malavan 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1
Mes Kerman 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–2
PAS Hamedan 2–1 1–0 2–4 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2
Paykan 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2
Payam Mashhad 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–3
Damash 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1
Persepolis 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–2
Rah Ahan 3–0 3–0 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
Saba Qom 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Saipa 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–4 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0
Sepahan 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–4 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2
Foolad 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 5–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 4–1
Moghavemat 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2
Zob Ahan 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 6–3 2–1 2–2 3–1
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

Top scorers
Arash Borhani
Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Arash Borhani[2][3][4][5][6][7] Esteghlal 20
2 Germany Shpejtim Arifi Payam 18
3 Brazil Igor Castro Zob Ahan 16
4 Iran Afshin Chavoshi Damash Gilan 15
5 Iran Fereydoon Fazli Saba Qom 14
Iraq Emad Mohammed Sepahan
6 Iran Siavash Akbarpour Esteghlal 12
Brazil Adriano Alvez Damash Gilan
Iran Davoud Haghi Rah Ahan
8 Iran Maysam Baou Aboomoslem 11
Iran Faraz Fatemi Mes Kerman
Iran Iman Haydari Paykan
Iran Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan
Senegal Ibrahima Touré Persepolis
11 Iran Farid Abedi Bargh Shiraz 10
Brazil Edinho Mes Kerman
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan
Iran Amin Motevaselzadeh Moghavemat Sepasi
Mali Issa Traoré Saipa
20 5 players 9
25 6 players 8
31 2 players 7
33 8 players 6
41 18 players 5
58 23 players 4
81 18 players 3
99 26 players 2
125 95 players 1
Own goals 0
Total goals 777

Last updated: 11 April 2009
Source: Iplstats.com

Top assists
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (left) and Ivan Petrovć (right)
Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Esmail Farhadi Zob Ahan 9
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan
Serbia Ivan Petrović Persepolis
4 Iran Hassan Ashjari Zob Ahan 8
Brazil Fábio Januário Esteghlal
Brazil Éder Luciano Mes
Iran Mohsen Yousefi Saba Qom
7 Iran Khosro Heydari Esteghlal 7
Iran Mehdi Shiri Bargh Shiraz
Iran Javad Shirzad Pas Hamedan
12 Iran Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Zob Ahan 6
Iran Ali Karimi Persepolis
Iran Mehrdad Karimian PAS Hamedan
Iran Mohammad Parvin Saipa

Last updated: 11 April 2009
Source: Iplstats.com

Cards
Player Team
Iran Mohammad Matouri1001Payam Mashhad
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari1010Zob Ahan
Iran Mohsen Arzani810Payam Mashhad
Iran Alireza Jalili900Payam Mashhad
Iran Morteza Bargizar900Payam Mashhad
Iran Mohammad AghaMohammadi900Est. Ahvaz
Iran Meysam Khosravi900Paykan
Brazil Adriano Alvez900Damash Gilan
Iran Mohsen Bengar710Sepahan
Iran Omid Khouraj512PAS Hamedan
Iran Hanif Omranzadeh710PAS Hamedan
Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht701Persepolis
Iran Maziar Zare800Persepolis

Matches played
33

Sponsorship

Team Shirt manufacturers

Team Kit Manufacturer
Esteghlal Uhlsport
Persepolis
Rah Ahan
Sepahan
Aboomoslem Merooj
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Foolad
Mes Kerman
Moghavemat
Paykan
Payam
Damash Gilan
Saba
Zob Ahan
Bargh Daei SWE
Malavan
PAS Hamedan Nahangi
Saipa

Attendances

Average home attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persepolis 651,000 90,000 0 40,688 −32.2%†
2 Esteghlal 615,000 90,000 10,000 36,176 +4.2%†
3 Mes Kerman 123,000 15,000 1,000 7,235 −11.5%†
4 Malavan 116,000 15,000 3,000 6,824 −35.4%†
5 Bargh Shiraz 115,000 20,000 1,000 6,765 +29.2%†
6 Foolad 109,000 20,000 2,000 6,412 n/a†
7 Payam 103,000 40,000 1,000 6,059 n/a†
8 Sepahan 98,000 15,000 2,000 5,765 −8.1%†
9 Aboumoslem 90,000 35,000 1,000 5,294 −23.7%†
10 Saipa 89,000 50,000 1,000 5,235 −37.8%†
11 Moghavemat 86,000 20,000 1,000 5,059 +17.8%†
12 Est. Ahvaz 85,000 20,000 1,000 5,000 −37.0%†
12 Saba Qom 85,000 15,000 1,000 5,000 −32.5%†
14 Zob Ahan 84,000 15,000 2,000 4,941 +55.6%†
14 Rah Ahan 84,000 40,000 1,000 4,941 +86.7%†
16 Paykan 68,000 12,000 1,000 4,000 +6.2%†
17 Damash 67,000 15,000 1,000 3,941 n/a†
18 PAS Hamedan 63,000 12,000 1,000 3,706 −45.7%†
League total 2,731,000 90,000 0 8,954 −20.3%†

Updated to games played on 26 April 2009
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Pegah, Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Azadegan League
Paykan moved from Tehran to Qazvin
Saba Battery moved from Tehran to Qom
Damash replaced Pegah

Highest attendances
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1Persepolis2–0Damash90,00025 September 2008 (2008-09-25)8Azadi
1Persepolis1–1Esteghlal90,0003 October 2008 (2008-10-03)9Azadi
1Esteghlal1–1Persepolis90,00013 February 2009 (2009-02-13)26Azadi
4Persepolis0–1Mes Kerman60,00011 September 2008 (2008-09-11)6Azadi
4Persepolis3–2Sepahan60,00026 October 2008 (2008-10-26)12Azadi
4Persepolis1–1Saipa60,0009 December 2008 (2008-12-09)18Azadi
4Esteghlal2–1Saba Qom60,00023 January 2009 (2009-01-23)23Azadi
8Persepolis3–1Bargh Shiraz55,00022 October 2008 (2008-10-22)11Azadi
9Saipa1–1Persepolis50,0004 August 2008 (2008-08-04)1Azadi
9Esteghlal2–1Rah Ahan50,00027 September 2008 (2008-09-27)8Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 26 April 2009. Source: iplstats.com

See also

References
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  2. "رحيمي مقدم: آرش برهاني گل اول استقلال را نزد". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
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  6. Iranian Premier League Stats: 2008-2009 Season
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