2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League
The 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League are the 37th season of Iran's Football League and 19th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis are the defending champions and won their record-extending 4th consecutive title and 13th title overall on 24 July with four games to spare. The season featured 14 teams from the 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2018–19 Azadegan League: Shahin Bushehr and Gol Gohar Sirjan.
Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Persian Gulf Pro League has temporally suspended all matches until June 29th, 2020Teams
Stadia and locations
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.Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
Esteghlal | Farhad Majidi | Voria Ghafouri | Uhlsport |
Foolad | Javad Nekounam | Ayoub Vali | Uhlsport |
Gol Gohar | Majid Jalali | Mehran Golzari | Merooj |
Machine Sazi | Human Afazeli | Aziz Maeboodi | Merooj |
Naft MIS | Mehdi Tartar | Abbas Asgari | Merooj |
Nassaji | Mahmoud Fekri | Mohammad Abbaszadeh | Merooj |
Pars Jonoubi | Sirous Pourmousavi | Mohammad Nouri | Uhlsport |
Paykan | Abdollah Veisi | Ali Hamoudi | Yousef Jame |
Persepolis | Yahya Golmohammadi | Jalal Hosseini | Uhlsport |
Saipa | Ebrahim Sadeghi | Roozbeh Shahalidoost | Start |
Sanat Naft | Behnam Seraj | Hossein Baghlani | Merooj |
Sepahan | Amir Ghalenoei | Rasoul Navidkia | Uhlsport |
Shahin Bushehr | Mehdi Pashazadeh | Milad Saremi | Uhlsport |
Shahr Khodro | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | Reza Nasehi | Uhlsport |
Tractor | Saket Elhami | Masoud Shojaei | Adidas |
Zob Ahan | Luka Bonačić | Ghasem Haddadifar | Talash |
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.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player | Former Players |
Esteghlal | Hrvoje Milić | Cheick Diabaté | Nikolay Bodurov | ||
Foolad | Chimba | Moussa Coulibaly | Ayanda Patosi | Anas Bani Yaseen | |
Gol Gohar Sirjan | Godwin Mensha | Jefferson Tavares Kevin Jansen Uroš Delić | |||
Machine Sazi | Eduardo Mancha | Jefferson de Jesus | |||
Naft MIS | |||||
Nassaji | |||||
Pars Jonoubi Jam | Fernando de Jesus | Magno Batista | Kakhaber Kakashvili | ||
Paykan | Aram Ayrapetyan | Marko Vukčević | |||
Persepolis | Božidar Radošević | Anthony Stokes | Christian Osaguona | Bashar Resan | Júnior Brandão |
Saipa | |||||
Sanat Naft | |||||
Sepahan | Kiros | Giorgi Gvelesiani | Vladimir Koman | Muhsen Al-Ghassani | |
Shahin Bushehr | Maksime Kvilitaia | Luka Gadrani | |||
Shahr Khodro | Myroslav Slavov | Carlos Chavarría | |||
Tractor | Okacha Hamzaoui | Yuri Matias | Willyan Mimbela | Mazola Kévin Fortuné Yukiya Sugita | |
Zob Ahan | Darko Bjedov | Ivan Marković | Mehdi Khalil | Ebiabowei Baker Macauley Chrisantus |
League table
Results
Positions by round
Clubs season-progress
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Cheick Diabaté | Esteghlal | 12 |
1 | Shahriar Moghanlou | Paykan | 12 |
3 | Issa Alekasir | Sanat Naft | 11 |
4 | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | 10 |
4 | Mehdi Torabi | Persepolis | 10 |
6 | Mehdi Ghaedi | Esteghlal | 9 |
6 | Amir Arsalan Motahari | Zob Ahan / Esteghlal | 9 |
8 | Hossein Maleki | Shahin Bushehr | 8 |
8 | Mohammad Nouri | Pars Jonoubi | 8 |
8 | Younes Shakeri | Gol Gohar / Shahr Khodro | 8 |
8 | Ahmad Reza Zendehrouh | Gol Gohar | 8 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
Ali Alipour | Persepolis | Shahin Bushehr | 5–0 | 25 10 2019 |
Cheick Diabaté | Esteghlal | Tractor | 4–2 | 1 11 2019 |
Kiros Stanlley | Sepahan | Shahin Bushehr | 5–0 | 19 12 2019 |
Top assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
1 | Milad Jahani | Sanat Naft | 7 |
2 | Mehdi Ghaedi | Esteghlal | 6 |
3 | Moein Abbasian | Saipa | 5 |
3 | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | 5 |
3 | Mohammad Reza Hosseini | Sepahan | 5 |
3 | Mohammad Mohebi | Sepahan | 5 |
3 | Mehdi Torabi | Persepolis | 5 |
3 | Saeed Vasei | Paykan | 5 |
9 | Farshad Ahmadzadeh | Persepolis / Foolad | 4 |
9 | Vahid Amiri | Persepolis | 4 |
9 | Vouria Ghafouri | Esteghlal | 4 |
9 | Ehsan Hajsafi | Tractor | 4 |
9 | Ali Karimi | Esteghlal | 4 |
9 | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | Shahr Khodro | 4 |
9 | Masoud Shojaei | Tractor | 4 |
Clean Sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean Sheets |
1 | Payam Niazmand | Sepahan | 15 |
2 | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | Tractor | 13 |
3 | Mehdi Rahmati | Shahr Khodro | 11 |
4 | Božidar Radošević | Persepolis | 10 |
5 | Shahab Gordan | Foolad | 9 |
6 | Alireza Haghighi | Nassaji | 8 |
7 | Hossein Hosseini | Esteghlal | 7 |
8 | Alireza Beiranvand | Persepolis | 6 |
8 | Hamed Fallahzadeh | Saipa | 6 |
8 | Milad Farahani | Gol Gohar | 6 |
8 | Hamed Lak | Machine Sazi | 6 |
8 | Sosha Makani | Naft MIS | 6 |
Scoring
Attendances
Average home attendances
Attendances by round
Notes:Updated to games played on 23 February 2020. Source:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
A=Away
N=Spectator Ban
C=No spectator due to CoronaVirus prevention
X=Not played
Highest attendances
Notes:Updated to games played on 7 February 2020. Source: