2012–13 Iran Pro League

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2012–13
Champions	Esteghlal 3rd Iran Pro League title 8th Iranian title overall
Relegated	Sanat Naft Gahar Zagros Paykan Aluminium
Champions League	Esteghlal Sepahan (via Hazfi) Tractor Sazi Foolad
Matches played	306
Goals scored	694 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jalal Rafkhaei (19 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Mehdi Rahmati (21 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Persepolis 6–0 Paykan Fajr 6–0 Aluminium Zob Ahan 6–0 Sanat Naft
Biggest away win	Paykan 0–5 Foolad Fajr 0–5 Esteghlal
Highest scoring	Damash 5–3 Paykan Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran
Longest winning run	5 games Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	19 games Foolad
Longest winless run	21 games Sanat Naft
Longest losing run	7 games Paykan Gahar
Highest attendance	100,000 Persepolis – Esteghlal (29 August 2012) Esteghlal – Persepolis (25 January 2013) Esteghlal – Damash (10 May 2013)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Persepolis – Fajr Sepasi (23 July 2012) Persepolis – Aluminium (27 September 2012) Esteghlal – Gahar Zagros (12 April 2013)
Average attendance	10,460^[1]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Iran Pro League was the twelfth season of the Iran Pro League and the seventh under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Sepahan are the defending champions. The season was featured 15 teams from the 2011–12 Iran Pro League and three new teams promoted from the 2011–12 Azadegan League: Aluminium Hormozgan, Paykan and Gahar Zagros who replace relegated Shahin Bushehr, Shahrdari Tabriz and Mes Sarcheshmeh. The league started on 19 July 2012 and was ended on 10 May 2013.

On 5 May 2013, Esteghlal won their 3rd Iran Pro League title by defeating Foolad 1–0 with Javad Nekounam scores in Ahvaz. Gahar Zagros, Paykan and Sanat Naft also relegated weeks before the end of the league. Aluminium Hormozgan also relegated on the last day of the match which Zob Ahan was qualified to relegation play-off. Zob Ahan defeated Pas Hamedan to retain in next season's Iran Pro League season.

Events

Competition format

After the 2012–13 Iran Pro League season the number of teams was planned to be reduced from 18 to 16 for the next season, so 4 team was directly relegated to the Azadegan League, while one team was played against the 3rd ranked team from the second division league team in a play-off. 2 teams also are directly promoted from current Azadegan league to the next pro league season and one team played against the 14th placed pro league team in a play-off.

Rules and regulations

The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2012–13 Iran Pro League are allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:^[2]

Up to maximum 21 adult (over 23 year old) players
Up to maximum 6 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1989).
Up to maximum 5 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1991).
Up to maximum 3 under-19 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1993).

Based on the fact that the Season is started from 19 July 2012.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Naft

Locations of clubs in 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Aluminium	Bandar Abbas	Khalij Fars	15,459
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh Dastgheib	14,560 7,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Ghadir	50,199
Gahar Zagros	Dorood	Takhti Doorood	10,052
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,430
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Paykan	Tehran	Peykanshahr	30,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Rah Ahan	12,922
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam	10,610
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	30,000
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,256
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	31,439
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar-e-Emam	66,833
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	31,439

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Persepolis, Rah Ahan
2	Esfahan	2	Sepahan and Zob Ahan
3	Gilan	2	Damash and Malavan
4	Khuzestan	2	Foolad and Sanat Naft
5	Hormozgan	1	Aluminium
6	Fars	1	Fajr
7	Lorestan	1	Gahar Zagros
8	Kerman	1	Mes Kerman
9	Qom	1	Saba Qom
10	Alborz	1	Saipa
11	East Azerbaijan	1	Tractor Sazi

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
Aluminium	Parviz Mazloomi	Mahmood Tighnavard	Uhlsport	Parmis	Promoted
Damash	Afshin Nazemi (caretaker)	Reza Mahdavi	Uhlsport	Sadra Holding	7th
Esteghlal	Amir Ghalenoei	Farhad Majidi	Uhlsport	Refah Bank	Champion
Fajr Sepasi	Mahmoud Yavari	Hossein Kazemi	Majid	HICE	13th
Foolad	Hossein Faraki	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan	14th
Gahar Zagros	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Majid Bajelan	Uhlsport	Mahab	Promoted
Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Pejman Nouri	Uhlsport	Steel Azin Iranian	12th
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Resalat Bank	9th
Naft Tehran	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Hadi Shakouri	Uhlsport	NIOC	5th
Paykan	Firouz Karimi	Reza Tahmasebi	Uhlsport	IKCO Runna	Promoted
Persepolis	Yahya Golmohammadi	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Uhlsport	Kavosh	15th
Rah Ahan	Ali Daei	Hossein Pashaei	Daei	Fars Air Qeshm	11th
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	Morteza Kashi	Majid	Lojix	4th
Saipa	Mojtaba Taghavi	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport	SAIPA	8th
Sanat Naft	Acácio Casimiro	Hossein Kaebi	adidas	Jondi Shapour Co.	10th
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Foolad Mobarakeh	3rd
Tractor Sazi	Hassan Azarnia (interim)	Morteza Assadi	Uhlsport	Javanan Khayyer	2nd
Zob Ahan	Farhad Kazemi	Mohammad Salsali	Uhlsport	Esfahan Steel	6th

Notes

Esteghlal's captain was Mehdi Rahmati before Farhad Majidi rejoins to the team.
Reza Haghighi was the captain of Fajr Sepasi until his transfer to the Persepolis.
From 19 January 2013 to 18 March 2013, Ali Firouzi and from 18 March 2013, Saeed Salamaat were the caretaker head coaches of Sanat Naft due to Casimiro's illness.

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
Paykan	Farhad Kazemi	Contract expired	000000002012-05-09-00009 May 2012	Pre-season	Abdollah Veisi	000000002012-06-01-00001 June 2012
Damash	Mehdi Tartar	End of caretaker spell	000000002012-05-31-000031 May 2012		Omid Harandi	000000002012-06-01-00001 June 2012
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Contract expired	000000002012-05-31-000031 May 2012		Hossein Faraki	000000002012-06-01-00001 June 2012
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh		000000002012-05-31-000031 May 2012		Rasoul Korbekandi	000000002012-06-01-00001 June 2012
Saba	Abdollah Veisi		000000002012-05-31-000031 May 2012		Yahya Golmohammadi	000000002012-06-01-00001 June 2012
Naft Tehran	Hossein Faraki	Signed by Foolad	000000002012-05-31-000031 May 2012		Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	000000002012-06-01-00001 June 2012
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloomi	Sacked	000000002012-05-31-000031 May 2012		Amir Ghalenoei	000000002012-06-01-00001 June 2012
Tractor Sazi	Amir Ghalenoei	Signed by Esteghlal	000000002012-05-31-000031 May 2012		Toni	000000002012-06-09-00009 June 2012
Gahar Zagros	Davoud Mahabadi	Resigned	000000002012-06-19-000019 June 2012		Mehdi Tartar	000000002012-06-24-000024 June 2012
Persepolis	Mustafa Denizli	Mutual agreement	000000002012-06-22-000022 June 2012		Manuel José de Jesus	000000002012-07-03-00003 July 2012

In season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Gahar Zagros	Mehdi Tartar	Resigned	000000002012-09-14-000014 September 2012	17th	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	000000002012-10-27-000027 October 2012
Damash	Omid Harandi	Sacked	000000002012-09-16-000016 September 2012	11th	Hamid Derakhshan	000000002012-09-18-000018 September 2012
Saba	Yahya Golmohammadi	Resigned	000000002012-09-24-000024 September 2012	7th	Samad Marfavi	000000002012-09-25-000025 September 2012
Sanat Naft	José Alberto Costa	Sacked	000000002012-09-27-000027 September 2012	17th	Acácio Casimiro	000000002012-10-07-00007 October 2012
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Resigned	000000002012-09-29-000029 September 2012	9th	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	000000002012-09-29-000029 September 2012
Zob Ahan	Rasoul Korbekandi	Sacked	000000002012-10-05-00005 October 2012	15th	Farhad Kazemi	000000002012-10-08-00008 October 2012
Persepolis	Manuel José de Jesus		000000002012-12-10-000010 December 2012	12th	Yahya Golmohammadi	000000002012-12-10-000010 December 2012
Mes Kerman	Ebrahim Ghasempour		000000002013-01-01-00001 January 2013	8th	Luka Bonačić	000000002013-01-01-00001 January 2013
Paykan	Abdollah Veisi		000000002013-01-27-000027 January 2013	16th	Firouz Karimi	000000002013-01-27-000027 January 2013
Aluminium	Akbar Misaghian		000000002013-02-12-000012 February 2013	14th	Parviz Mazloomi	000000002013-02-12-000012 February 2013
Damash	Hamid Derakhshan		000000002013-03-03-00003 March 2013	13th	Afshin Nazemi	000000002013-03-07-00007 March 2013
Tractor Sazi^[3]	Toni		000000002013-05-02-00002 May 2013	2nd	Majid Jalali	000000002013-06-01-00001 June 2013

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal !Esteghlal (C)	34	19	10	5	42	18	+24	67	2014 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	34	18	11	5	55	32	+23	65
3	Sepahan !Sepahan	34	19	7	8	60	33	+27	64
4	Foolad !Foolad	34	14	14	6	52	35	+17	56
5	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	34	14	13	7	42	29	+13	55
6	Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes	34	13	14	7	33	22	+11	53
7	Persepolis !Persepolis	34	12	14	8	41	31	+10	50
8	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	34	12	10	12	32	35	−3	46
9	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	34	10	15	9	37	33	+4	45
10	Saipa !Saipa	34	11	12	11	37	33	+4	45
11	Damash !Damash	34	11	10	13	36	43	−7	43
12	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	34	10	12	12	42	38	+4	42
13	Malavan !Malavan	34	9	13	12	34	39	−5	40
14	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	34	9	11	14	36	40	−4	38	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Aluminium !Aluminium (R)	34	7	14	13	26	40	−14	35	Relegation to 2013–14 Azadegan League
16	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft (R)	34	4	13	17	31	60	−29	25
17	Paykan !Paykan (R)	34	6	7	21	26	66	−40	25
18	Gahar !Gahar (R)	34	3	10	21	24	59	−35	19

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: IPL stats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Sepahan secured qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012–13 Hazfi Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aluminium !ALH	Damash !DMG	Esteghlal !EST	Fajr Sepasi !FJR	Foolad !FOL	Gahar !GZA	Malavan !MLV	Naft Tehran !NAF	Paykan !PAY	Persepolis !PRS	Rah Ahan !RAH	Saba Qom !SAB	Saipa !SAP	Sanat Mes !MES	Sanat Naft !SNA	Sepahan !SEP	Tractor Sazi !TRK	Zob Ahan !ZOB
Aluminium !Aluminium		0–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Damash !Damash	1–2		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	1–0	1–2		0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	6–0	6–1	0–5		1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0
Foolad !Foolad	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1		4–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–3	3–2	2–1
Gahar !Gahar	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–1		0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–0
Malavan !Malavan	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		1–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–4	1–1	1–0
Paykan !Paykan	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–5	3–2	1–0	1–3		1–2	2–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
Persepolis !Persepolis	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	6–0		2–0	0–2	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–2
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	2–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	4–0	0–0	0–1		2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Saipa !Saipa	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0		0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	0–0
Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–6	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0		1–1	0–1	1–1
Sepahan !Sepahan	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0		1–4	4–3
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–3		1–1
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	6–0	0–4	3–1

Updated to games played on 10 May 2013.
Source: IPL Stats
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

	Leader
	2014 AFC Champions League
	Relegation to Qualification
	Relegation to Azadegan League 2013-14

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	4	9	5	8	9	10	10	9	8	6	4	5	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	12	10	8	6	2	5	6	7	4	5	7	4	1	3	4	6	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Sepahan !Sepahan	6	3	2	1	3	7	2	3	2	1	1	1	5	4	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Foolad !Foolad	8	14	11	11	12	13	14	15	12	11	9	9	8	8	7	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	9	6	9	5	7	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	6	9	10	10	9	9	10	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes	15	16	17	15	14	12	13	12	11	12	12	14	11	12	12	9	9	8	7	8	11	12	9	10	9	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Persepolis !Persepolis	3	8	10	12	16	15	16	14	15	13	13	11	14	11	10	11	12	13	10	11	12	9	11	11	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	10	4	7	9	11	9	4	10	6	8	6	8	10	10	8	5	5	6	6	6	9	7	8	9	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	8
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	1	1	4	3	5	6	7	4	7	7	10	10	9	9	11	12	13	11	11	7	7	8	6	7	7	10	8	9	10	9	10	8	8	9
Saipa !Saipa	11	7	12	7	6	1	3	5	3	4	5	7	6	7	5	7	7	7	8	9	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	10	9	10	10	10
Damash !Damash	7	11	6	10	8	11	11	11	13	14	14	15	12	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11
Malavan !Malavan	5	5	3	2	1	4	5	6	9	9	8	6	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	10	6	8	8	9	10	9	11	11	11	11	13
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	2	2	1	4	4	3	8	2	5	3	3	3	7	5	6	8	8	10	12	12	10	10	7	8	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14
Aluminium !Aluminium	13	12	13	14	13	16	12	13	14	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	16	13	14	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16
Paykan !Paykan	18	15	16	13	10	8	9	8	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Gahar !Gahar	14	17	15	16	15	14	15	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: Cups.ir (Persian)

Clubs season-progress

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
B	Bye
W/O	Withdrew

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Aluminium !Aluminium	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D
Damash !Damash	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W
Esteghlal !Esteghlal	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L
Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D
Foolad !Foolad	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	D
Gahar !Gahar	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Malavan !Malavan	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L
Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D
Paykan !Paykan	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L
Persepolis !Persepolis	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L
Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D
Saba Qom !Saba Qom	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	L
Saipa !Saipa	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W
Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W
Sepahan !Sepahan	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W
Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: IPL Stats

Relegation play-offs

Zob Ahan as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of 2012–13 Azadegan League, Pas Hamedan in a two-legged play-off.

Zob Ahan v Pas Hamedan

21 June 2013
20:00 CEST

Zob Ahan	4 – 2	Pas Hamedan
Heidari 2' Farhadi 6', 58' Bayatinia 45+1'	report	Rabikhah 71' Aliabadi 90+2'

Fooladshahr, Isfahan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky

Pas Hamedan v Zob Ahan

26 June 2013
19:30 CEST

Pas Hamedan	1 – 1	Zob Ahan
Aliabadi 4' (pen.)	report	Rajabzadeh 30' (pen.)

Qods, Hamedan
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Zob Ahan won 5–3 on aggregate and retained its Iran Pro League spot for the 2013–14 season.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jalal Rafkhaei	Malavan	19
2	Mehdi Seyed Salehi	Tractor Sazi	16
3	Mostafa Shojaei	Mes Kerman	14
3	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Sepahan	14
5	Chimba	Foolad	12
6	Reza Enayati	Mes Kerman	11
	Saeid Daghighi	Saipa
	Xhevahir Sukaj	Sepahan
9	Arash Borhani	Esteghlal	10
	Yaghoub Karimi	Naft Tehran
	Flávio Paixão	Tractor Sazi
12	Farzad Hatami	Esteghlal	9
13	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Damash	8
	Karim Ansarifard	Persepolis
	Omid Ebrahimi	Sepahan
Total goals (Including technical loses)			686
Total games			306
Average per game			2.24

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source: IPL Stats

Top assistants

Position	Player	Club	Assists
1	Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari	Sepahan	13
2	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Foolad	11
3	Ghasem Dehnavi	Tractor Sazi	8
3	Yaghoub Karimi	Naft Tehran	8
5	Hossein Papi	Sepahan	7
6	Pejman Nouri	Malavan	6
	Ivan Petrović	Mes Kerman
	Bahador Abdi	Rah Ahan
	Ernandes Toretta Junior	Saipa
	Reza Khaleghifar	Sanat Naft
11	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Damash	5
	Jaber Ansari	Fajr Sepasi
	Hossein Mahini	Persepolis
	Moharram Navidkia	Sepahan
	Mehdi Karimian	Tractor Sazi
	Payam Sadeghian	Zob Ahan

Last updated: 10 May 2013
Sources:
Varzesh3.com Stats
IPL Stats

Clean sheets

Position	Player	Club	Clean Sheets	Goals Conceded
1	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	21	18
2	Rahman Ahmadi	Saipa	15	29
3	Nilson Corrêa Júnior	Persepolis	14	21
4	Arman Shahdadnejad	Mes Kerman	13	16
5	Sosha Makani	Naft Tehran	11	15
6	Gevorg Kasparov	Zob Ahan	8	12
6	Hamed Lak	Saba Qom	8	23
8	Milan Mijatovic	Mes Kerman	7	5
	Ershad Yousefi	Foolad		22
	Shahab Gordan	Sepahan		23
	Vahid Sheikhveisi	Fajr Sepasi		24
	Fábio Carvalho	Paykan		54
13	Hamed Fallahzadeh	Naft Tehran	6	12
	Mehdi Sabeti	Tractor Sazi		14
	Mojtaba Roshangar	Aluminium		18
	Luiz Fernando	Aluminium		20
	Habib Dehghani	Sanat Naft		34
	Shahram Mehraban	Gahar		43
19	Mohammad Mohammadi	Rah Ahan	5	9
	Hassan Roudbarian	Damash Gilan		22
	Farshid Karimi	Rah Ahan		24
	Milad Farahani	Damash Gilan		25
23	Ali Hassani Sefat	Malavan	4	11

Last Update: 10 May 2013

Scoring

First goal of the season: Mehdi Nazari for Fajr against Zob Ahan (19 July 2012)
Fastest goal of the season: 12 seconds, Gholamreza Rezaei for Persepolis against Fajr Sepasi (30 December 2012)
Latest goal of the season: 96 minutes and 12 seconds, Karim Ansarifard for Persepolis against Zob Ahan (19 November 2012)
Largest winning margin: 6 goals
- Persepolis 6–0 Paykan (31 October 2012)
- Fajr 6–0 Aluminium (1 March 2013)
- Zob Ahan 6–0 Sanat Naft (5 May 2013)
Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Damash 5–3 Paykan (31 July 2012)
- Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran (6 August 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran (18 August 2012)
- Fajr 6–1 Damash (15 September 2012)
- Persepolis 6–0 Paykan (31 October 2012)
- Fajr 6–0 Aluminium (1 March 2013)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Damash 5–3 Paykan (31 July 2012)
- Naft Tehran 3–4 Sepahan (30 October 2012)
- Sepahan 4–3 Zob Ahan (13 January 2013)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rafkhaei, JalalJalal Rafkhaei	Malavan	Saba Qom	3–1	000000002012-07-30-000030 July 2012
Karimi, YaghoubYaghoub Karimi	Naft Tehran	Sanat Naft	6–2	000000002012-08-06-00006 August 2012
Ansari, JaberJaber Ansari	Fajr Sepasi	Damash Gilan	6–1	000000002012-09-15-000015 September 2012
Ansarifard, KarimKarim Ansarifard	Persepolis	Paykan	6–0	000000002012-10-31-000031 October 2012
Razaghirad, ImanIman Razaghirad	Saba Qom	Sanat Naft	3–2	000000002013-01-24-000024 January 2013
Shojaei, MostafaMostafa Shojaei	Mes	Gahar	5–1	000000002013-05-05-00005 May 2013

Awards

Best XI Rahmati Heydari Montazeri Sadeghi Jama'ati Navidkia Haghighi Rahmani Karimi Khalatbari Rafkhaei

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Mehdi Rahmati (Esteghlal)
Defence: Mehrdad Jama'ati (Foolad), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal), Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal)
Midfield: Reza Haghighi (Perspolis), Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Moharram Navidkia (Sepahan), Yaghoub Karimi (Naft.t)
Attack: Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan), Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan)

Player of the Tournament

Moharram Navidkia was awarded as the best player of the season among Mehdi Rahmati and Pejman Montazeri became second and third. Saeid Ezzatollahi was also awarded as the best young player of the season and Alireza Jahanbakhsh was ranked second.

Other awards

Amir Ghalenoei was awarded as the best coach of the season, Zlatko Kranjčar becomes second and Hossein Faraki third. Saeid Mozafarizadeh awarded best referee, Fair Play Award was given to the Fajr Sepasi and Esteghlal was the team of the season. Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Parvin, Homayoun Behzadi and Ali Jabari were also awarded for their service to the Iranian football.

References

http://www.guilaneno.com/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87%20%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA

External links

Persian Gulf Pro League

2016–17 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Machine Sazi Mashhad Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Saba Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd

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Club seasons

Iran Pro League

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Azadegan League

Group A	Aboomoslem Etka Foolad Yazd Iranjavan Gostaresh Foolad Mes Rafsanjan Payam Mokhaberat Parseh Tehran Paykan Saipa Shomal Sanat Sari Shahrdari Arak Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Steel Azin

Group B	Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Esteghlal Khuzestan Gahar Zagros Gol Gohar Mashin Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Niroye Zamini PAS Hamedan Sanati Kaveh Shahrdari Yasuj Shirin Faraz Tarbiat Yazd

2nd Division

Group A	Caspian Qazvin Choka Talesh Datis Lorestan Fajr Jam Bushehr Foolad Novin Giti Pasand Isfahan Minab Toyur Hormozgan Moghavemat Tehran Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Naft Mahmoudabad Naft Omidiyeh Sanat Sari Shahrdari Ardebil Shahrdari Langarud

Group B	Badr Hormozgan Esteghlal Sari Mehr Karaj Mes Soongoun Varzaghan Persepolis Ganaveh Persepolis 15 Khordad Varamin F.C. Sanat Naft Novin Seifabad Kazerun Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Dezful Shahrdari Noshahr Shamoushak Noshahr Steel Azin Siah Jamegan Khorasan

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National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 East Asian Games 2013 Southeast Asian Games 2014 WAFF Championship

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