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2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup

7th season of Persian Gulf Pro League

Field	Value
competition	Persian Gulf Cup
season	2007–08
winners	Persepolis
2nd Pro League title
9th Iranian title
relegated	Sanat Naft
Shirin Faraz
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Persepolis
Sepahan
Saba Battery
Esteghlal (Hazfi Cup champions)
league topscorer	Mohsen Khalili
Hadi Asghari
(18 goals)
matches	306
total goals	721
biggest home win	Rah Ahan 5–0 Paykan
(11 March 2008)
Persepolis 5–0 Shirin Faraz
(30 April 2008)
biggest away win	Esteghlal 1–4 Pegah
(11 April 2008)
Fajr Sepasi 1–4 Zob Ahan
(1 May 2008)
Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis
(14 May 2008)
highest scoring	Paykan 4–2 Bargh Shiraz
(16 August 2007)
Persepolis 3–3 Fajr Sepasi
(21 September 2007)
Persepolis 3–3 Aboumoslem
(10 February 2008)
Esteghlal 4–2 Bargh Shiraz
(29 February 2008)
Saipa 4–2 Shirin Faraz
(3 April 2008)
Bargh Shiraz 3–3 Sepahan
(3 May 2008)
Zob Ahan 4–2 Est. Ahvaz
(17 May 2008)
highest attendance	110,000
Persepolis – Sepahan
(17 May 2008)
lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban)
Malavan – Zob Ahan
(19 September 2007)
Pegah – Shirin Faraz
(16 November 2007)
Sanat Naft – Saba Battery
(16 November 2007)
Sepahan – Pegah
(22 January 2008)
Persepolis – Sanat Naft
(22 January 2008)
Sepahan – Paykan
(10 February 2008)
Sepahan – Fajr Sepasi
(22 February 2008)
Sepahan – Zob Ahan
(5 March 2008)
Est. Ahvaz – Saba Battery
(17 March 2008)
Sepahan – Est. Ahvaz
(3 April 2008)
Sepahan – Mes Kerman
(18 April 2008)
Shirin Faraz – Pegah
(5 May 2008)
attendance	3,303,000
average attendance	11,235
longest wins	4 matches
Persepolis
longest unbeaten	13 matches
PAS Hamedan
longest winless	27 matches
Shirin Faraz
longest losses	6 matches
Shirin Faraz
prevseason	2006–07
nextseason	2008–09

2nd Pro League title 9th Iranian title Shirin Faraz Sepahan Saba Battery Esteghlal (Hazfi Cup champions) Hadi Asghari (18 goals) (11 March 2008) Persepolis 5–0 Shirin Faraz (30 April 2008) (11 April 2008) Fajr Sepasi 1–4 Zob Ahan (1 May 2008) Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis (14 May 2008) (16 August 2007) Persepolis 3–3 Fajr Sepasi (21 September 2007) Persepolis 3–3 Aboumoslem (10 February 2008) Esteghlal 4–2 Bargh Shiraz (29 February 2008) Saipa 4–2 Shirin Faraz (3 April 2008) Bargh Shiraz 3–3 Sepahan (3 May 2008) Zob Ahan 4–2 Est. Ahvaz (17 May 2008) Persepolis – Sepahan (17 May 2008) Malavan – Zob Ahan (19 September 2007) Pegah – Shirin Faraz (16 November 2007) Sanat Naft – Saba Battery (16 November 2007) Sepahan – Pegah (22 January 2008) Persepolis – Sanat Naft (22 January 2008) Sepahan – Paykan (10 February 2008) Sepahan – Fajr Sepasi (22 February 2008) Sepahan – Zob Ahan (5 March 2008) Est. Ahvaz – Saba Battery (17 March 2008) Sepahan – Est. Ahvaz (3 April 2008) Sepahan – Mes Kerman (18 April 2008) Shirin Faraz – Pegah (5 May 2008) Persepolis PAS Hamedan Shirin Faraz Shirin Faraz The 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 25th season of Iran's Football League and seventh season of Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Saipa were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2006–07 Azadegan League: Shirin Faraz as champions, Pegah and Sanat Naft. PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran. The league started on 16 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total ninth Iranian title).

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager	Nationality	Past season
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen	Parviz Mazloomi	Iran	6th
Bargh	Shiraz	Hafezieh	Mahmoud Yavari	Iran	12th
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	Firouz Karimi	Iran	4th
Esteghlal	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	Majid Jalali	Iran	2nd
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Iran	14th
Mes	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	Amir Ghalenoei	IRN	9th
Pas	Hamedan	Ghods	Vinko Begovic	CRO	N/A
Paykan	Tehran	Iran Khodro	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	IRN	7th
Pegah	Rasht	Sardar Jangal	Nader Dastneshan	IRN	Qualifier
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	Afshin Ghotbi	IRN USA	3rd
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Rah Ahan	Davoud Mahabadi	Iran	16th
Saba Battery	Tehran	Shahid Derakhshan	Yahya Golmohammadi	IRN	13th
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	Ali Daei	Iran	Champion
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	Ahmad Tousi	IRN USA	Qualifier
Sepahan	Esfahan	Naghsh Jahan	Jorvan Vieira	Brazil POR	5th
Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	Gholam Peyrovani	Iran	10th
Shirin Faraz	Kermanshah	Azadi Kermanshah	Shahram Mehrpeyma	Iran	Qualifier
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	Bijan Zolfagharnasab	IRN	8th

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

Team	Name	Nationality
Aboomoslem	Khodadad Azizi	Iran
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Firouz Karimi	Iran
Esteghlal	Nasser Hejazi	Iran
Mes	Farhad Kazemi	Iran
Paykan	Samvel Darbinyan	Armenia Russia
Pegah	Majid Jahanpour	Iran
Rah Ahan	Akbar Misaghian	Iran
Saba Battery	Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	Iran
Sanat Naft	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Iran
Sepahan	Luka Bonačić	Croatia
Shirin Faraz	Marco Octavio	Brazil
Zob Ahan	Zoran Đorđević	Serbia

Participating in international competitions

;2008 AFC Champions League

Persepolis
Sepahan

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former Players
Aboomoslem	Brazil Rodrigo Teixeira	Nigeria Daniel Olerum	Serbia Ivan Petrović	Togo Franck Atsou	Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Savorjest
Bargh Shiraz	Iraq Mohammed Nasser	Uruguay Freddy Freire	Uruguay Martín Barlocco
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Argentina Carlos Soto	Brazil Fabrício Ceará
Esteghlal Tehran	Serbia Srđan Urošević
Malavan
Mes Kerman	Brazil Edinho	Brazil Paulo Zaltron	Mali Sékou Fofana	Nigeria Uche Iheruome	Uruguay Gerardo Morales
PAS Hamedan	Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Obuća	Bosnia and Herzegovina Faruk Ihtijarević	Croatia Sandro Tomić	Serbia Vladimir Mićović
Paykan	Cameroon Guillaume N'Kendo	Germany Ronny Kockel	Senegal Ibrahima Touré		Nigeria Taribo West
Pegah	Cameroon Joël Tchami	Cameroon William Esenjo	Georgia Akvsenti Gilauri	North Macedonia Saša Ilić	Cameroon Martin Abena
Persepolis	Cameroon Jacques Elong Elong	Croatia Mate Dragičević	Paraguay Jorge Gaona
Rah Ahan	Armenia Gevorg Kasparov	Armenia Hamlet Mkhitaryan	Brazil Thiago Junio	Uruguay César Pellegrín
Saba Battery	Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Avdić	Bosnia and Herzegovina Almir Tolja	Bosnia and Herzegovina Marinko Mačkić
Saipa	Brazil Adriano Alves	Brazil Evandro	Mali Alou Traoré	Mali Issa Traoré
Sanat Naft	Brazil Léo	Brazil Renato Medeiros	Uruguay Marcelo de Souza
Sepahan	Iraq Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail	Iraq Emad Mohammed	Iraq Haitham Khadim Taher	Nigeria Kabir Bello	Georgia Jaba Mujiri
Sepasi
Shirin Faraz	Mali Alou Badra Djakité	Serbia Ivan Dragičević			Serbia Nenad Stojaković
Zob Ahan	Armenia Armen Tigranyan	Brazil Fábio Carvalho	Ghana Mohammed Martin	Senegal Issa Ndoye	Armenia Armen Ghazaryan

Final classification

Results table

Last updated March 17, 2008

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

;18

Iran Hadi Asghari (Rah Ahan)
Iran Mohsen Khalili (Persepolis) ;13
Senegal Ibrahima Touré (Paykan) ;12
Iran Ruhollah Bigdeli (Est. Ahvaz)
Iran Fereydoon Fazli (Saba Battery)
Brazil Leo (Sanat Naft) ;10
Iran Davoud Haghi (Est. Ahvaz)
Iran Milad Meydavoodi (Est. Ahvaz) ;9
Iran Esmail Farhadi (Zob Ahan)
Iran Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (Aboomoslem)
Iran Mahmoud Karimi (Sepahan)
Iran Saber Mirghorbani (Sanat Naft)
Iraq Mohammad Nasser (Bargh Shiraz)
Iran Bahman Tahmasebi (Fajr Sepasi)
Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (Pesepolis)
Brazil Zaltron (Mes Kerman) ;8
Iran Arash Borhani (Esteghlal)
Iran Mohammad Gholamin (Pas Hamedan)
Iran Mehdi Karimian (Bargh Shiraz)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Obuća (Pas Hamedan)
Iran Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan)
Iraq Emad Reza (Foolad)

Top goalassistants

Iran Davoud Haghi (Est. Ahvaz)
Iran Mojtaba Jabari (Esteghlal) ;7
Iran Khosro Heidari (Pas Hamedan)
Iran Mehdi Shiri (Bargh Shiraz)
Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (Persepolis) ;6
Iran Abbas Aghaei (Persepolis)
Iran Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan)
Iran Reza Nasehi (Aboomoslem)
Iran Mohammad Navazi (Esteghlal)
Iran Ahmad Taghavi (Rah Ahan)

Cards

Player	[[File:Yellow card.svg	13px]]	[[File:Yellow card.svg	13px]][[File:Red card.svg
Iran Hossein Pashaei	13	0	0	Rah Ahan
Iran Ali Haghdoost	10	2	0	Aboomoslem
Mali Alou Badra Djakité	11	1	0	Shirin Faraz
Iran Mohsen Bengar	11	0	0	Sepahan
Iran Morteza Kashi	10	1	0	Saba Battery
Iran Saber Mirghorbani	11	0	0	Sanat Naft
Iran Abouzar Rahimi	10	1	0	Rah Ahan
Iran Hossein Memar	9	0	1	Paykan
Iran Hanif Omranzadeh	9	0	0	Pas Hamedan
Serbia Ivan Petrović	8	0	1	Aboomoslem
Iran Mehrdad Pooladi	8	1	0	Esteghlal

Matches played

;34

Iran Mojtaba Shiri (Est. Ahvaz)

Attendances

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Persepolis	2–1	Sepahan	110,000		34	Azadi
2	Esteghlal	1–1	Persepolis	90,000		9	Azadi
Saba Battery	1–4	Persepolis	90,000		33	Azadi
4	Persepolis	0–0	Rah Ahan	85,000		5	Azadi
5	Persepolis	1–1	Esteghlal	80,000		26	Azadi
6	Persepolis	3–2	Esteghlal Ahvaz	70,000		10	Azadi
Persepolis	1–0	Mes Kerman	70,000		12	Azadi
Persepolis	1–0	Saipa	70,000		14	Azadi
Persepolis	1–1	Bargh Shiraz	70,000		32	Azadi
10	Persepolis	2–1	Paykan	65,000		4	Azadi

Notes: Updated to games played on 17 May 2008. Source: iplstats.com

References

"PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway.

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