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2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
11st season of Persian Gulf Pro League
11st season of Persian Gulf Pro League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Persian Gulf Cup |
| season | 2011–12 |
| winners | Sepahan |
| 4th Pro League title | |
| 4th Iranian title | |
| relegated | Shahin Bushehr |
| Shahrdari Tabriz | |
| Mes Sarcheshmeh | |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Sepahan |
| Tractor Sazi | |
| Esteghlal | |
| Saba Qom | |
| league topscorer | Karim Ansarifard (21 goals) |
| matches | 306 |
| total goals | 720 |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| attendance | 2,856,000 |
| average attendance | 9,488 |
| longest wins | 7 matches |
| Sepahan | |
| longest unbeaten | 13 matches |
| Zob Ahan | |
| longest winless | 12 matches |
| Rah Ahan | |
| longest losses | 4 matches |
| Mes Sarcheshmeh | |
| Mes Kerman | |
| prevseason | 2010–11 |
| nextseason | 2012–13 |
4th Pro League title 4th Iranian title Shahrdari Tabriz Mes Sarcheshmeh Tractor Sazi Esteghlal Saba Qom (9 March 2012) (18 November 2011) Sanat Naft 0–4 Saipa (19 December 2011) (7 April 2012) Persepolis – Esteghlal (16 September 2011) 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) Sepahan Zob Ahan Rah Ahan Mes Sarcheshmeh Mes Kerman 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). Saipa's Karim Ansarifard's 21 goals made him the top scorer.
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.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Past Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damash | Iran Mehdi Tartar | IRN Reza Mahdavi | Adidas | Damash Shahr Baran | url=http://www.persianfootball.com/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3584:moghavemat-sepasi-promoted-to-ipl&catid=14:ipl-league-persian-gulf-cup&Itemid=180 | title=Moghavemat Sepasi promoted to IPL | access-date=28 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071919/http://www.persianfootball.com/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3584:moghavemat-sepasi-promoted-to-ipl&catid=14:ipl-league-persian-gulf-cup&Itemid=180 | archive-date=2 April 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} |
| Esteghlal | IRN Parviz Mazloomi | IRN Mojtaba Jabbari | Uhlsport | City Bank | 2nd | ||||||
| Fajr Sepasi | IRN Mahmoud Yavari | IRN Mehdi Rajabzadeh | Majid | HICE | Promoted | ||||||
| Foolad | IRN Majid Jalali | IRN Jalal Kameli Mofrad | Uhlsport | Foolad Khuzestan Co. | 6th | ||||||
| Malavan | IRN Farhad Pourgholami | IRN Babak Pourgholami | Majid | Iran Navy | 8th | ||||||
| Mes Kerman | Iran Ebrahim Ghasempour | IRN Farzad Hosseinkhani | Uhlsport | Resalat Bank | 7th | ||||||
| Mes Sarcheshmeh | IRN Asghar Sharafi | IRN Ali Samereh | Uhlsport | None | Promoted | ||||||
| Naft Tehran | IRN Hossein Faraki | IRN Hamid Reza Fathi | Uhlsport | National Iranian Oil Company | 13th | ||||||
| Persepolis | TUR Mustafa Denizli | IRN Ali Karimi | Uhlsport | Opel | 4th | ||||||
| Rah Ahan | IRN Ali Daei | IRN Hossein Pashaei | Daei | Refah Bank | 15th | ||||||
| Saba Qom | IRN Abdollah Veisi | IRN Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | Majid | Vegal | 10th | ||||||
| Saipa | IRN Mojtaba Taghavi | IRN Ebrahim Sadeghi | Uhlsport | SAIPA | 11th | ||||||
| Sanat Naft | POR José Alberto Costa | IRN Abbas Merdasi | Majid | National Iranian Oil Company | 9th | ||||||
| Sepahan | CRO Zlatko Kranjčar | IRN Moharram Navidkia | Lotto | Foolad Mobarakeh Complex | Champion | ||||||
| Shahin | IRN Hamid Derakhshan | IRN Vahid Talebloo | Uhlsport | Post Bank | 14th | ||||||
| Shahrdari Tabriz | IRN Ali Asghar Modir Roosta | IRN Ebrahim Mirzapour | Majid | City Bank | 12th | ||||||
| Tractor Sazi | IRN Amir Ghalenoei | IRN Morteza Assadi | Uhlsport | Hamrah-e-Avval | 5th | ||||||
| Zob Ahan | IRN Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | IRN Mohammad Salsali | Uhlsport | Zob Ahan Steel Co. | 3rd |
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 | Iran Mayeli Kohan | Contract expired | 11th (2010–11) | Iran Majid Saleh | ||
| Sepahan | Iran Amir Ghalenoei | Contract expired | 1st (2010–11) | Croatia Luka Bonačić | ||
| Tractor Sazi | Iran Faraz Kamalvand | Contract expired | 5th (2010–11) | Iran Amir Ghalenoei | ||
| Persepolis | Iran Ali Daei | Contract expired | 4th (2010–11) | Iran Hamid Estili | ||
| Shahrdari | Iran Hamid Derakhshan | Sacked | 12th (2010–11) | Serbia Miodrag Ješić | ||
| Shahin Bushehr | Iran Akbar Misaghian | Sacked | 14th (2010–11) | Iran Hamid Derakhshan | ||
| Rah Ahan | Iran Mehdi Tartar | Sacked | 15th (2010–11) | Iran Ali Daei |
In season
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanat Mes Kerman | Iran Samad Marfavi | Resigned | 17th | BIH Miroslav Blažević | ||
| Mes Sarcheshmeh | Iran Ahmad Sanjari | Sacked | 18th | IRN Asghar Sharafi | ||
| Damash Gilan | Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh | Sacked | 16th | Iran Ebrahim Ghasempour | ||
| Shahin Bushehr | Iran Hamid Derakhshan | Resigned | 9th | Iran Firouz Karimi | ||
| Sepahan Isfahan | Croatia Luka Bonacic | Sacked | 5th | Croatia Zlatko Kranjcar | ||
| Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | Iran Ali Kalantari | Sacked | 17th | Iran Mahmoud Yavari | ||
| Sanat Naft Abadan | Iran Gholam Peyrovani | Resigned | 13th | Portugal José Alberto Costa | ||
| Persepolis Tehran | Iran Hamid Estili | Resigned | 9th | Turkey Mustafa Denizli | ||
| Shahrdari Tabriz | Serbia Miodrag Ješić | Sacked | 13th | Iran Ali Asghar Modir Roosta | ||
| Damash Gilan | Iran Ebrahim Ghasempour | Resigned | 7th | Iran Mehdi Tartar | ||
| Shahin Bushehr | Iran Firouz Karimi | Sacked | 16th | Iran Hamid Derakhshan | ||
| Sanat Mes Kerman | BIH Miroslav Blažević | Sacked | 14th | Iran Ebrahim Ghasempour | ||
| Saipa | Iran Majid Saleh | Sacked | 10th | Iran Mojtaba Taghavi |
League table
Positions by round
|color_2-3=green1|text_2-3=AFC Champions League 2013 Qualifying play-off |color_16-=red1|text_16-=Relegation to 2012–13 Azadegan League
Results
Clubs season-progress
Statistics
Top Goalscorers
| Position | Player | Club | Goals | Total goals (Including technical loses) | Total games | Average per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IRI Karim Ansarifard | Saipa | 21 | |||
| 2 | Mali Founéké Sy | Sanat Naft | 20 | |||
| 3 | IRI Reza Enayati | Saba Qom | 18 | |||
| 4 | IRN Ali Karimi | Persepolis | 11 | |||
| 5 | IRN Saeed Daghighi | Shahrdari Tabriz | 10 | |||
| IRI Mojtaba Jabbari | Esteghlal | |||||
| IRN Reza Norouzi | Foolad | |||||
| POR Flávio Paixão | Tractor Sazi | |||||
| IRI Mehdi Rajabzadeh | Fajr Sepasi | |||||
| 10 | IRN Bahador Abdi | Rah Ahan | 9 | |||
| IRI Omid Alishah | Rah Ahan | |||||
| IRI Farhad Majidi | Esteghlal | |||||
| IRQ 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 | ||||
| 720 | ||||||
| 306 | ||||||
| **** |
1 Siamak Kouroshi from Naft Tehran 2 owne goals.
Last updated: 16 May 2012 Source: IPL Stats
Cards
| Position | Player | Club | [[File:Yellow card.svg | 13px]] | [[File:Yellow card.svg | 13px]][[File:Red card.svg | 13px]] | [[File:Red card.svg | 13px]] | Total | Total Cards | 1101 | 34 | 33 | 1168 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil Márcio José | Naft Tehran | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Iran Majid Gholamnejad | Saipa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Iran Hossein Kaabi | Rah Ahan | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Iran Ali Samereh | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 8 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Iran Siavash Akbarpour | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Iran Mohammad Ebrahimi | Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Iran Amir Mohammadi | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Iran Andranik Teymourian | Esteghlal | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Iran 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 |
Last updated: 16 May 2012 Source: IPL stats
Matches played
| Position | Player | Club | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IRN Abouzar Rahimi | Damash Gilan | 33 |
| IRN Mehdi Rahmati | Esteghlal | ||
| 3 | IRN Rahman Ahmadi | Sepahan | 32 |
| IRN Morteza Asadi | Tractor Sazi | ||
| IRN Omid Ebrahimi | Sepahan | ||
| IRN Pirouz Ghorbani | Saipa | ||
| IRN Hanif Omranzadeh | Esteghlal | ||
| IRN Alireza Ramezani | Malavan |
Last updated: 16 May 2012 Source: IPL stats
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRN | Persepolis | Sanat Naft Abadan | 3–1 | ||
| IRN | Malavan | Zob Ahan | 3–3 | ||
| IRN | Naft Tehran | Malavan | 3–1 | ||
| IRN | Esteghlal | Shahin Bushehr | 3–2 | ||
| IRN | Foolad | Naft Tehran | 3–1 | ||
| Mali | Sanat Naft | Persepolis | 4–2 | ||
| Libya | Persepolis | Esteghlal | 3–2 | ||
| IRN | Saipa | Fajr Sepasi | 5–0 | ||
| BRA | Sepahan | Rah Ahan | 3–2 | ||
| IRN | Rah Ahan | Persepolis | 4–3 | ||
| Libya | Persepolis | Rah Ahan | 3–4 |
Fastest hat-trick of the season
:Libya 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)
- 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 | IRN Abdollah Veisi | Saba Qom | IRN Karim Ansarifard | Saipa | ||
| September | IRN Hossein Faraki | Naft Tehran | IRN Iman Mousavi | Naft Tehran | ||
| October | IRN Parviz Mazloomi | Esteghlal | SRB Ivan Petrović | Shahin Bushehr | ||
| November | IRN Ebrahim Ghasempour | Damash Gilan | IRN Omid Alishah | Rah Ahan | ||
| December | IRN Majid Saleh | Saipa | Mali Founéké Sy | Sanat Naft | ||
| January | CRO Zlatko Kranjčar | Sepahan | TRI Jlloyd Samuel | Esteghlal | ||
| February | TUR Mustafa Denizli | Persepolis | IRN Reza Enayati | Saba Qom | ||
| March | IRN Amir Ghalenoei | Tractor Sazi | BRA Bruno Correa | Sepahan | ||
| April | CRO Zlatko Kranjčar | Sepahan | POR Flávio Paixão | Tractor Sazi |
Annual awards
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
Highest attendances
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persepolis | 0–2 | Esteghlal | 100,000 | 7 | Azadi | |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 2–3 | Tractor Sazi | 85,000 | 6 | Azadi | |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 0–2 | Esteghlal | 80,000 | 23 | Sahand | |
| Esteghlal | 2–3 | Persepolis | 80,000 | 24 | Azadi | ||
| Tractor Sazi | 0–0 | Fajr Sepasi | 80,000 | 29 | Sahand | ||
| 6 | Esteghlal | 2–0 | Fajr Sepasi | 75,000 | 4 | Azadi | |
| 7 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Damash | 70,000 | 2 | Azadi | |
| Persepolis | 1–2 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 70,000 | 3 | Azadi | ||
| 9 | Persepolis | 1–1 | Malavan | 65,000 | 1 | Azadi | |
| 10 | Persepolis | 3–1 | Sanat Naft | 60,000 | 5 | Azadi |
Notes: Updated to games played on 11 May 2012. Source: iplstats.com
References
References
- "Moghavemat Sepasi promoted to IPL".
- "Ghasempour resigns as Damash coach".
- "Mehdi Tartar appointed as Damash coach".
- "Fastest goal of IPL 11th".
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