2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup

The 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 27th season of Iran's Football League and ninth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2008–09 Azadegan League: Steel Azin and Tractor Sazi both as champions and Shahin Bushehr. The league started on 6 August 2009 and ended on 19 May 2010. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the second time in their history (total second Iranian title).

Persian Gulf Cup
Season2009–10
ChampionsSepahan
2nd Pro League title
2nd Iranian title
RelegatedMoghavemat Shiraz
Aboumoslem
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Champions LeagueSepahan
Zob Ahan
Esteghlal
Persepolis (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played306
Goals scored782 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerEmad Mohammed (19 goals)
Biggest home winPaykan 4–0 Malavan
(21 August 2009)
Moghavemat 4–0 Malavan
(7 September 2009)
Saba Qom 4–0 Shahin Bushehr
(6 October 2009)
Foolad 4–0 Rah Ahan
(4 December 2009)
Biggest away winAboumoslem 0–5 Esteghlal
(24 September 2009)
Est. Ahvaz 0–5 Sepahan
(22 December 2009)
Highest scoringMes Kerman 2–6 Steel Azin
(7 November 2009)
Est. Ahvaz 4–4 Saipa
(2 May 2010)
Longest winning run8 matches
Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Sepahan
Longest winless run16 matches
Aboumoslem
Longest losing run6 matches
Est. Ahvaz
Highest attendance95,000
Tractor Sazi Moghavemat
(22 January 2010)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Esteghlal Sepahan
(7 August 2009)
Persepolis Est. Ahvaz
(14 August 2009)
Paykan Foolad
(11 December 2009)
Aboumoslem Tractor Sazi
(4 April 2010)
Total attendance3,714,000
Average attendance12,298

Team information

Stadia and locations

Team City Venue Capacity
AboomoslemMashhadSamen Al-Aeme35,000
Est. AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000
EsteghlalTehranAzadi90,000
FooladAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000
MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,000
MoghavematShirazHafezieh20,000
PAS HamedanHamedanShahid Mofatteh15,000
PaykanQazvinShahid Rajaei5,000
PersepolisTehranAzadi90,000
Rah AhanShahr-e-ReyRah Ahan15,000
Saba QomQomYadegar Emam Qom15,000
SaipaKarajEnghelab Karaj15,000
SepahanEsfahanFoolad Shahr20,000
ShahinBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000
Steel AzinTehranShahid Dastgerdi5,000
Tractor SaziTabrizYadegar Emam Tabriz70,000
Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad Shahr20,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team End-season head coach Team captain Kit maker Shirt sponsor Past Season
AboomoslemIran Ali HantehIran Saeed KhaniMeroojCity Credit Cooperative15th
Est. AhvazIran Ali FirouziIran Afshin KomaeiMeroojSamsung14th
EsteghlalIran Samad MarfaviIran Farhad MajidiUhlsportIran Furniture MarketChampion
FooladIran Majid JalaliIran Jalal Kameli MofradDaei SWE7th
MalavanIran Farhad PourgholamiIran Pejman NouriDaei SWEAnzali Free Zone Archived 2018-12-09 at the Wayback Machine12th
Mes KermanCroatia Luka BonačićIran Abbas MohammadiMeroojMahan Air3rd
MoghavematIran Mohammad AhmadzadehIran Mostafa SabriMerooj9th
Pas HamedanIran Ali Asghar Modir RoostaIran Yadollah AkbariMeroojAchilan Door13th
PaykanIran Hamid DerakhshanIran Mohammad Reza TahmasebiJEJLiugong8th
PersepolisIran Ali DaeiIran Karim BagheriUhlsportTehran Municipality5th
Rah AhanIran Mehdi TartarIran Alireza NoormohammadiJEJRAJA Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine11th
Saba QomIran Rasoul KorbekandiIran Morteza AssadiDaei SWESalafchegan Special Economic Zone6th
SaipaIran Mohammad Mayeli KohanIran Ebrahim SadeghiNahangiSaipa10th
SepahanIran Amir GhalenoeiIran Moharram NavidkiaLottoTaban Air4th
ShahinIran Mahmoud YavariIran Reza BaziariNahangiHaffar Machine Co.Promoted
Steel AzinIran Afshin PeyrovaniIran Ali KarimiMeroojRazi InsurancePromoted
Tractor SaziIran Faraz KamalvandIran Mohammad NosratiDaei SWEPromoted
Zob AhanIran Mansour EbrahimzadehIran Mostafa Salehi NejadMerooj2nd

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Shahin Bushehr Iran Hamid Kolali Fard Sacked 6 Sep 2009 Iran Mahmoud Yavari 8 Sep 2009
Est.Ahvaz Iran Khodadad Azizi Resigned 19 Sep 2009 Iran Majid Bagherinia 20 Sep 2009
Foolad Croatia Luka Bonačić Sacked 28 Sep 2009 Iran Majid Jalali 28 Sep 2009
Pas Hamedan Iran Alireza Mansourian Resigned 6 Oct 2009 Iran Ali Asghar Modir Roosta 8 Oct 2009
Aboomoslem Iran Nasser Pourmehdi Sacked 29 Oct 2009 Iran Farhad Kazemi 29 Oct 2009
Saba Qom Iran Mohammad Hossein Ziaei Resigned 9 Nov 2009 Iran Rasoul Korbekandi 9 Nov 2009
Mes Kerman Iran Parviz Mazloomi Sacked 30 Nov 2009 Croatia Luka Bonačić 9 Dec 2009
Rah Ahan Netherlands Ernie Brandts Sacked 12 Dec 2009 Iran Mehdi Tartar 12 Dec 2009
Malavan Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Sacked 23 Dec 2009 Iran Farhad Pourgholami 27 Dec 2009
Aboomoslem Iran Farhad Kazemi Resigned 24 Dec 2009 Iran Parviz Mazloomi 27 Dec 2009
Persepolis Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar Sacked 28 Dec 2009 Iran Ali Daei 28 Dec 2009
Est.Ahvaz Iran Majid Bagherinia Sacked 22 Jan 2010 Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 5 Feb 2010
Est.Ahvaz Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Resigned 9 Feb 2010 Iran Mehdi Hasheminasab[1] 17 Feb 2010
Moghavemat Iran Davoud Mahabadi Resigned 26 Feb 2010 Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh[2] 1 Mar 2010
Aboomoslem Iran Parviz Mazloomi Resigned Mar2010 Iran Ali Hanteh Mar 2010
Est.Ahvaz Iran Mehdi Hasheminasab Resigned Apr 2010 Iran Ali Firouzi Apr 2010
Steel Azin Iran Hamid Estili Sacked 19 Apr 2010 Iran Afshin Peyrovani 19 Apr 2010

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 34 19 10 5 67 30 +37 67 Qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League
2 Rah Ahan 34 19 9 6 81 42 +39 66
3 Zob Ahan 34 16 13 5 48 29 +19 61
4 Esteghlal 34 16 11 7 49 32 +17 59
5 Persepolis 34 13 14 7 46 40 +6 53
6 Steel Azin 34 13 13 8 55 49 +6 52
7 Saba 34 13 9 12 52 45 +7 48
8 Tractor Sazi 34 11 14 9 43 42 +1 47
9 Saipa 34 12 10 12 48 53 5 46
10 Mes 34 11 9 14 55 56 1 42
11 Foolad 34 9 15 10 31 34 3 42
12 Paykan 34 9 14 11 40 44 4 41
13 Malavan 34 10 11 13 31 47 16 41
14 Shahin B. 34 9 12 13 37 37 0 39
15 Pas Hamedan 34 9 11 14 36 44 8 38
16 Fajr (R) 34 8 13 13 34 45 11 37 Relegation to the 2010–11 Azadegan League
17 Aboumoslem (R) 34 7 11 16 36 51 15 32
18 Est. Ahvaz (R) 34 7 9 18 38 60 22 30
Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Sepahan156128756554423111111111111111111111
Zob Ahan1211243333344332222222222222222232
Esteghlal6535332221111223473554433444443323
Persepolis81074677886776675745333544333334444
Steel Azin21425891068888754657775355555555555
Saba Qom57591095711755781011111211111110101010988876666
Tractor Sazi131410781010671011121012119889887667666667777
Saipa1896101112121110999111313141211121212111111121412131198888
Mes Kerman718181396899111210129121213131414141515131516161614131512129
Foolad14131516171716171817161816181617171717171716171617151314151411111310
Paykan171696411112232446366446778877789101011
Malavan12411121311111213131011911981098998886799910109912
Shahin Bushehr11151617181813131214141514141415151413131314131514121415161612151113
PAS Hamedan16171718151618161618171617161716161615151513141211111111131113131514
Rah Ahan481314141314141412141315151513141516161617161716131512121516141414
Moghavemat3323124445665567534669999101010101214161616
Aboumoslem9121415161517181716181718171818181818181818181818181818181817181717
Est. Ahvaz10118111214151515151314131081091010101012121413171717171718171818
Leader
AFC Champions League 2011 Group stage
Relegation to 2010–11 Azadegan League
Source: cups.ir (in Persian)

Results

Home \ Away SEP ZOB EST PRS STL SAB TRK SAP MES FOL PAY MLV SHB RAH PAS MVT ABU ESA
Sepahan 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 4–1
Zob Ahan 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–2
Esteghlal 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 2–3
Persepolis 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–1
Steel Azin 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 4–3 2–2 4–3 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Saba Qom 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0
Tractor Sazi 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1
Saipa 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–4
Mes Kerman 2–3 5–2 1–2 3–3 2–6 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 3–3 4–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–0 5–2 2–0
Foolad 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Paykan 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 3–1
Malavan 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0
Shahin Bushehr 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–4 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 0–0
Rah Ahan 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
PAS Hamedan 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–1
Moghavemat 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2
Aboumoslem 2–2 1–2 0–5 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0
Est. Ahvaz 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 4–4 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2010. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. PAS Hamedan received a technical loss of 3–0 to Shahin Bushehr. The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
SepahanLWLWDWDWDDWWLWWWWWWWWDDWDWLDWLWDWD
Zob AhanWDWWDLWDWDDLDWWWWLWDWDDWLDWWDDLWDW
EsteghlalWDWDWDWWDWLDDLWLLLWDDDDWWLWWWLWWWD
PersepolisDDWWDDDLDWDDWWLWLWLWDDLWWWWWDLDDLD
Steel AzinWWLWDLLDWDDDWDWWLDLDWDWLWLWWLWDDDD
Saba QomWLWLLWWLLWWDDLLLLLWWDDWLDDWLDWWDWD
Tractor SaziLDWWLDDWDLLDWLWWDWLDDWDDDWLDWLDLWD
SaipaLWWLLDDWDWDDLLLLWWLWDDDLLLWLWWWDWD
Mes KermanDLLWWWLDDLDWLWLLLLLWLDDWLDLDWWLWDW
FooladLDLDDLDLLDDLDLWLDWDDWDDWDWWLLWWDDW
PaykanLDWWWWWWDLDDDDDLWLDWDLLLLDWDDDLLLD
MalavanDWLDLWDLDDWDWLWWLDWLDWDLWLLLDLWDLL
Shahin BushehrDLLLDDWDWLDLWDLDDDWDLDWLDWLLLWWLWL
PAS HamedanLDLLWLLDLLDDLWDWLDWLWWDWWLDDLWLDLD
Rah AhanWLLLDDDDDWLWLLDWLLLLDDWLWWDWDLLWLD
MoghavematWDWDWDDDDLDDWWLDWWLLLLDDLLLDWLLLLD
AboumoslemDDLLDDLLDDLDLDLLWWLLLDLWLWLWLWDDWL
Est. AhvazDDWLLLLDDWWDDWWLWLWLLLLLDLLLLLLDLD
Source: IPL Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

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