2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 29th season of Iran's Football League and 11th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2010–11 Azadegan League: Damash as champions, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Fajr Sepasi. The league started on 2 August 2011 and ended on 11 May 2012. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the fourth time in their history (total fourth Iranian title).
Season | 2011–12 |
---|---|
Champions | Sepahan 4th Pro League title 4th Iranian title |
Relegated | Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Mes Sarcheshmeh |
Champions League | Sepahan Tractor Sazi Esteghlal Saba Qom |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 720 (2.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Karim Ansarifard (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012) |
Biggest away win | Mes Sarcheshmeh 0–4 Damash (18 November 2011) Sanat Naft 0–4 Saipa (19 December 2011) |
Highest scoring | Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (7 April 2012) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Sepahan |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Zob Ahan |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Rah Ahan |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Mes Sarcheshmeh Mes Kerman |
Highest attendance | 100,000 Persepolis – Esteghlal (16 September 2011) |
Lowest attendance | 0 (spectator ban) Tractor Sazi – Saba Qom (2 August 2011) Malavan – Rah Ahan (7 August 2011) Tractor Sazi – Shahin Bushehr (11 August 2011) Shahin Bushehr – Tractor Sazi (15 January 2012) Damash – Sepahan (3 February 2012) |
Total attendance | 2,856,000 |
Average attendance | 9,488 |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Damash Gilan | Rasht | Dr. Azodi | 11,000 |
Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 95,225 |
Fajr Sepasi | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 22,000 |
Foolad | Ahvaz | Takhti Ahvaz | 12,000 |
Malavan | Anzali | Takhti Anzali | 8,000 |
Mes Kerman | Kerman | Shahid Bahonar | 12,000 |
Mes Sarcheshmeh | Sarcheshmeh | Shahid Bahonar | 12,000 |
Naft Tehran | Tehran | Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 95,225 |
Rah Ahan | Shahr-e-Rey | Rah Ahan | 12,000 |
Saba Qom | Qom | Yadegar Emam Qom | 10,610 |
Saipa | Karaj | Enghelab Karaj | 14,000 |
Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 25,000 |
Sepahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |
Shahin | Bushehr | Shahid Beheshti | 14,000 |
Shahrdari Tabriz | Tabriz | Yadegar Emam Tabriz | 66,833 |
Tractor Sazi | Tabriz | Yadegar Emam Tabriz | 80,451 |
Zob Ahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |
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
Before the start of the season
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saipa | Mayeli Kohan | Contract expired | 21 May 2011 | 11th (2010–11) | Majid Saleh | 6 June 2011 |
Sepahan | Amir Ghalenoei | Contract expired | 5 June 2011 | 1st (2010–11) | Luka Bonačić | 22 June 2011 |
Tractor Sazi | Faraz Kamalvand | Contract expired | 13 June 2011 | 5th (2010–11) | Amir Ghalenoei | 22 June 2011 |
Persepolis | Ali Daei | Contract expired | 14 June 2011 | 4th (2010–11) | Hamid Estili | 21 June 2011 |
Shahrdari | Hamid Derakhshan | Sacked | 18 June 2011 | 12th (2010–11) | Miodrag Ješić | 18 June 2011 |
Shahin Bushehr | Akbar Misaghian | Sacked | 19 June 2011 | 14th (2010–11) | Hamid Derakhshan | 26 June 2011 |
Rah Ahan | Mehdi Tartar | Sacked | 14 July 2011 | 15th (2010–11) | Ali Daei | 14 July 2011 |
In season
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sanat Mes Kerman | Samad Marfavi | Resigned | 25 August 2011 | 17th | Miroslav Blažević | 9 September 2011 |
Mes Sarcheshmeh | Ahmad Sanjari | Sacked | 26 August 2011 | 18th | Asghar Sharafi | 27 August 2011 |
Damash Gilan | Mehdi Dinvarzadeh | Sacked | 18 September 2011 | 16th | Ebrahim Ghasempour | 20 September 2011 |
Shahin Bushehr | Hamid Derakhshan | Resigned | 5 October 2011 | 9th | Firouz Karimi | 6 October 2011 |
Sepahan Isfahan | Luka Bonacic | Sacked | 14 October 2011 | 5th | Zlatko Kranjcar | 31 October 2011 |
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | Ali Kalantari | Sacked | 26 November 2011 | 17th | Mahmoud Yavari | 27 November 2011 |
Sanat Naft Abadan | Gholam Peyrovani | Resigned | 27 November 2011 | 13th | José Alberto Costa | 4 December 2011 |
Persepolis Tehran | Hamid Estili | Resigned | 9 December 2011 | 9th | Mustafa Denizli | 23 December 2011 |
Shahrdari Tabriz | Miodrag Ješić | Sacked | 24 December 2011 | 13th | Ali Asghar Modir Roosta | 5 January 2012 |
Damash Gilan | Ebrahim Ghasempour | Resigned [2] | 28 December 2011 | 7th | Mehdi Tartar[3] | 6 January 2012 |
Shahin Bushehr | Firouz Karimi | Sacked | 5 February 2011 | 16th | Hamid Derakhshan | 13 February 2012 |
Sanat Mes Kerman | Miroslav Blažević | Sacked | 14 February 2012 | 14th | Ebrahim Ghasempour | 16 February 2012 |
Saipa | Majid Saleh | Sacked | 15 February 2012 | 10th | Mojtaba Taghavi | 1 March 2012 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sepahan (C) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 67 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
2 | Tractor Sazi | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 66 | |
3 | Esteghlal | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 66 | |
4 | Rah Ahan | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 65 | |
5 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 90 | 51 | +39 | 62 | |
6 | Naft Tehran | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 49 | |
7 | Zob Ahan | 34 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 45 | |
8 | Damash | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 44 | |
9 | Saipa | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 43 | |
10 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 43 | |
11 | Sanat Naft | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 43 | |
12 | Persepolis | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 42 | |
13 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 41 | |
14 | Foolad | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 40 | |
15 | Malavan | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 39 | |
16 | Sh. Tabriz (R) | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 34 | Relegation to 2012-13 Azadegan League |
17 | Shahin Bushehr (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 33 | |
18 | Mes Sarcheshmeh (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 54 | −31 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Positions by round
Leader | |
AFC Champions League 2013 Qualifying play-off | |
Relegation to 2012–13 Azadegan League |
Results
Clubs season-progress
Statistics
Top Goalscorers
Position | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Karim Ansarifard | Saipa | 21 |
2 | Founéké Sy | Sanat Naft | 20 |
3 | Reza Enayati | Saba Qom | 18 |
4 | Ali Karimi | Persepolis | 11 |
5 | Saeed Daghighi | Shahrdari Tabriz | 10 |
Mojtaba Jabbari | Esteghlal | ||
Reza Norouzi | Foolad | ||
Flávio Paixão | Tractor Sazi | ||
Mehdi Rajabzadeh | Fajr Sepasi | ||
10 | Bahador Abdi | Rah Ahan | 9 |
Omid Alishah | Rah Ahan | ||
Farhad Majidi | Esteghlal | ||
Emad Mohammed Ridha | Sepahan | ||
14 | 9 players | 8 | |
23 | 7 players | 7 | |
30 | 7 players | 6 | |
37 | 13 players | 5 | |
50 | 16 player | 4 | |
66 | 24 player | 3 | |
90 | 45 player | 2 | |
135 | 92 player | 1 | |
_ | 13 players 1 | OG | |
_ | technical loses of 3–0 | 1 | |
Total goals (Including technical loses) | 720 | ||
Total games | 306 | ||
Average per game | 2.35 | ||
1 Siamak Kouroshi from Naft Tehran 2 owne goals.
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL Stats
Top Assistants
Position | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ehsan Hajsafi | Tractor Sazi | 11 |
2 | Milad Gharibi | Saipa | 9 |
3 | Saeed Daghighi | Shahrdari Tabriz | 8 |
Mojtaba Jabbari | Esteghlal | ||
Ali Karimi | Persepolis | ||
6 | Abbas Pourkhosravani | Shahin Bushehr | 7 |
Farhad Majidi | Esteghlal | ||
Alireza Ramezani | Malavan | ||
Gholamreza Rezaei | Persepolis |
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL Stats
Cards
Position | Player | Club | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Márcio José | Naft Tehran | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
2 | Majid Gholamnejad | Saipa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Hossein Kaabi | Rah Ahan | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ali Samereh | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
5 | Siavash Akbarpour | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Mohammad Ebrahimi | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
Amir Mohammadi | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andranik Teymourian | Esteghlal | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
Maziar Zare | Persepolis | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
10 | 8 player | - | - | - | 8 | |
18 | 13 player | - | - | - | 7 | |
31 | 25 player | - | - | - | 6 | |
56 | 46 player | - | - | - | 5 | |
102 | 38 player | - | - | - | 4 | |
140 | 63 player | - | - | - | 3 | |
203 | 60 player | - | - | - | 2 | |
263 | 86 player | - | - | - | 1 | |
Total Cards | 1101 | 34 | 33 | 1168 | ||
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats
Matches played
Position | Player | Club | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Abouzar Rahimi | Damash Gilan | 33 |
Mehdi Rahmati | Esteghlal | ||
3 | Rahman Ahmadi | Sepahan | 32 |
Morteza Asadi | Tractor Sazi | ||
Omid Ebrahimi | Sepahan | ||
Pirouz Ghorbani | Saipa | ||
Hanif Omranzadeh | Esteghlal | ||
Alireza Ramezani | Malavan |
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Javad Kazemian | Persepolis | Sanat Naft Abadan | 3–1 | 23 August 2011 |
Jalal Rafkhaei | Malavan | Zob Ahan | 3–3 | 1 September 2011 |
Iman Mousavi | Naft Tehran | Malavan | 3–1 | 25 September 2011 |
Mojtaba Jabbari | Esteghlal | Shahin Bushehr | 3–2 | 24 November 2011 |
Reza Norouzi | Foolad | Naft Tehran | 3–1 | 15 January 2012 |
Founéké Sy | Sanat Naft | Persepolis | 4–2 | 25 January 2012 |
Éamon Zayed | Persepolis | Esteghlal | 3–2 | 2 February 2012 |
Karim Ansarifard | Saipa | Fajr Sepasi | 5–0 | 9 March 2012 |
Bruno Correa | Sepahan | Rah Ahan | 3–2 | 17 March 2012 |
Bahador Abdi | Rah Ahan | Persepolis | 4–3 | 6 May 2012 |
Éamon Zayed | Persepolis | Rah Ahan | 3–4 | 6 May 2012 |
Fastest hat-trick of the season
- Éamon Zayed for Persepolis against Esteghlal, 9 minutes (2 February 2012)
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Hossein Kazemi own goal for Zob Ahan against Rah Ahan (2 August 2011)
- Fastest goal of the season: 10 seconds – Pejman Shahpari for Saba against Foolad (16 October 2011)[4]
- Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012)
- Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (16 April 2012)
- Persepolis 3–4 Rah Ahan (6 May 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- Tractor Sazi 5–1 Shahrdari Tabriz (25 September 2011)
- Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (16 April 2012)
- Persepolis 3–4 Rah Ahan (6 May 2012)
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | Abdollah Veisi | Saba Qom | Karim Ansarifard | Saipa |
September | Hossein Faraki | Naft Tehran | Iman Mousavi | Naft Tehran |
October | Parviz Mazloomi | Esteghlal | Ivan Petrović | Shahin Bushehr |
November | Ebrahim Ghasempour | Damash Gilan | Omid Alishah | Rah Ahan |
December | Majid Saleh | Saipa | Founéké Sy | Sanat Naft |
January | Zlatko Kranjčar | Sepahan | Jlloyd Samuel | Esteghlal |
February | Mustafa Denizli | Persepolis | Reza Enayati | Saba Qom |
March | Amir Ghalenoei | Tractor Sazi | Bruno Correa | Sepahan |
April | Zlatko Kranjčar | Sepahan | Flávio Paixão | Tractor Sazi |
Team of the Season
Goalkeeper: Rahman Ahmadi (Sepahan)
Defence: Ehsan Hajsafi (Tractor Sazi), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Jalal Hosseini (Sepahan), Hossein Mahini (Zob Ahan)
Midfield: Ali Karimi (Persepolis), Omid Ebrahimi (Sepahan), Mojtaba Jabbari (Esteghlal), Flávio Paixão (Tractor Sazi)
Attack: Founéké Sy (Sanat Naft), Karim Ansarifard (Saipa)
Player of the Season
Goal.com selected Farhad Majidi as the best player of the first half of the season and Ali Karimi as the best player of the second half. Karim Ansarifard and Omid Alishah also won the best young players of the tournament.
Attendances
Average home attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tractor Sazi | 593,000 | 80,000 | 0 | 39,533 | −5.9% |
2 | Esteghlal | 540,000 | 85,000 | 5,000 | 31,765 | +26.5% |
3 | Persepolis | 480,000 | 100,000 | 2,000 | 28,235 | +20.1% |
4 | Sanat Naft | 167,000 | 15,000 | 3,000 | 9,824 | −30.5% |
5 | Damash | 130,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 8,125 | +204.6% |
6 | Shahin Bushehr | 125,000 | 20,000 | 0 | 7,813 | −35.2% |
7 | Fajr Sepasi | 130,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | 7,647 | +257.7% |
8 | Mes Kerman | 100,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,882 | +12.4% |
8 | Sepahan | 100,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,882 | +8.7% |
10 | Malavan | 83,000 | 10,000 | 2,000 | 5,188 | −32.2% |
11 | Sh. Tabriz | 81,000 | 16,000 | 1,000 | 4,765 | −37.5% |
12 | Foolad | 79,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 4,647 | −14.1% |
13 | Saba Qom | 61,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 3,588 | +52.5% |
14 | Zob Ahan | 48,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 2,824 | −17.2% |
15 | Rah Ahan | 38,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 2,235 | −38.7% |
16 | Saipa | 37,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 | 2,176 | −33.9% |
17 | Naft Tehran | 35,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 2,059 | −25.5% |
18 | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 29,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 1,706 | +146.5% |
League total | 2,856,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 9,488 | +1.1% |
Updated to games played on 11 May 2012
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Damash, Fajr Sepasi and Mes Sarcheshmeh played last season in Azadegan League
Highest attendances
Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Persepolis | 0–2 | Esteghlal | 100,000 | 16 September 2011 | 7 | Azadi |
2 | Esteghlal | 2–3 | Tractor Sazi | 85,000 | 9 September 2011 | 6 | Azadi |
3 | Tractor Sazi | 0–2 | Esteghlal | 80,000 | 29 January 2012 | 23 | Sahand |
3 | Esteghlal | 2–3 | Persepolis | 80,000 | 2 February 2012 | 24 | Azadi |
3 | Tractor Sazi | 0–0 | Fajr Sepasi | 80,000 | 6 April 2012 | 29 | Sahand |
6 | Esteghlal | 2–0 | Fajr Sepasi | 75,000 | 17 August 2011 | 4 | Azadi |
7 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Damash | 70,000 | 8 August 2011 | 2 | Azadi |
7 | Persepolis | 1–2 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 70,000 | 11 August 2011 | 3 | Azadi |
9 | Persepolis | 1–1 | Malavan | 65,000 | 2 August 2011 | 1 | Azadi |
10 | Persepolis | 3–1 | Sanat Naft | 60,000 | 24 August 2011 | 5 | Azadi |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 11 May 2012. Source: iplstats.com
See also
- 2011–12 Azadegan League
- 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division
- 2011–12 Iran Football's 3rd Division
- 2011–12 Hazfi Cup
- Iranian Super Cup
- 2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League
- Team season articles
References
- "Moghavemat Sepasi promoted to IPL". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- "Ghasempour resigns as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- "Mehdi Tartar appointed as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- "Fastest goal of IPL 11th". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.