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, 2020

Teams

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.
TeamManagerCaptainKit 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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerFormer 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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Cheick DiabatéEsteghlal12
1 Shahriar MoghanlouPaykan12
3 Issa AlekasirSanat Naft11
4 Ali AlipourPersepolis10
4 Mehdi TorabiPersepolis10
6 Mehdi GhaediEsteghlal9
6 Amir Arsalan MotahariZob Ahan / Esteghlal9
8 Hossein MalekiShahin Bushehr8
8 Mohammad NouriPars Jonoubi8
8 Younes ShakeriGol Gohar / Shahr Khodro8
8 Ahmad Reza ZendehrouhGol Gohar8

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Ali AlipourPersepolisShahin Bushehr5–0 25 10 2019
Cheick DiabatéEsteghlalTractor4–2 1 11 2019
Kiros StanlleySepahanShahin Bushehr5–0 19 12 2019

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Milad JahaniSanat Naft7
2 Mehdi GhaediEsteghlal6
3 Moein AbbasianSaipa5
3 Ali AlipourPersepolis5
3 Mohammad Reza HosseiniSepahan5
3 Mohammad MohebiSepahan5
3 Mehdi TorabiPersepolis5
3 Saeed VaseiPaykan5
9 Farshad AhmadzadehPersepolis / Foolad4
9 Vahid AmiriPersepolis4
9 Vouria GhafouriEsteghlal4
9 Ehsan HajsafiTractor4
9 Ali KarimiEsteghlal4
9 Mohammad Reza KhalatbariShahr Khodro4
9 Masoud ShojaeiTractor4

Clean Sheets

RankPlayerClubClean Sheets
1 Payam NiazmandSepahan15
2 Mohammad Rashid MazaheriTractor13
3 Mehdi RahmatiShahr Khodro11
4 Božidar RadoševićPersepolis10
5 Shahab GordanFoolad9
6 Alireza HaghighiNassaji8
7 Hossein HosseiniEsteghlal7
8 Alireza BeiranvandPersepolis6
8 Hamed FallahzadehSaipa6
8 Milad FarahaniGol Gohar6
8 Hamed LakMachine Sazi6
8 Sosha MakaniNaft MIS6

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: