Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions | Sepahan 4th Pro League title 4th Iranian title |
Relegated | Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Mes Sarcheshmeh |
Champions League | Sepahan Tractor Sazi Esteghlal Saba Qom |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 720 (2.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Karim Ansarifard (21 goals) |
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) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Sepahan |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Zob Ahan |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Rah Ahan |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Mes Sarcheshmeh Mes Kerman |
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) |
Total attendance | 2,856,000 |
Average attendance | 9,488 |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
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
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
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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
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
[edit]Before the start of the season
[edit]Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Saipa | ![]() |
Contract expired | 21 May 2011 | 11th (2010–11) | ![]() |
6 June 2011 |
Sepahan | ![]() |
Contract expired | 5 June 2011 | 1st (2010–11) | ![]() |
22 June 2011 |
Tractor Sazi | ![]() |
Contract expired | 13 June 2011 | 5th (2010–11) | ![]() |
22 June 2011 |
Persepolis | ![]() |
Contract expired | 14 June 2011 | 4th (2010–11) | ![]() |
21 June 2011 |
Shahrdari | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 June 2011 | 12th (2010–11) | ![]() |
18 June 2011 |
Shahin Bushehr | ![]() |
Sacked | 19 June 2011 | 14th (2010–11) | ![]() |
26 June 2011 |
Rah Ahan | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 July 2011 | 15th (2010–11) | ![]() |
14 July 2011 |
In season
[edit]Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Sanat Mes Kerman | ![]() |
Resigned | 25 August 2011 | 17th | ![]() |
9 September 2011 |
Mes Sarcheshmeh | ![]() |
Sacked | 26 August 2011 | 18th | ![]() |
27 August 2011 |
Damash Gilan | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 September 2011 | 16th | ![]() |
20 September 2011 |
Shahin Bushehr | ![]() |
Resigned | 5 October 2011 | 9th | ![]() |
6 October 2011 |
Sepahan Isfahan | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 October 2011 | 5th | ![]() |
31 October 2011 |
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | ![]() |
Sacked | 26 November 2011 | 17th | ![]() |
27 November 2011 |
Sanat Naft Abadan | ![]() |
Resigned | 27 November 2011 | 13th | ![]() |
4 December 2011 |
Persepolis Tehran | ![]() |
Resigned | 9 December 2011 | 9th | ![]() |
23 December 2011 |
Shahrdari Tabriz | ![]() |
Sacked | 24 December 2011 | 13th | ![]() |
5 January 2012 |
Damash Gilan | ![]() |
Resigned [2] | 28 December 2011 | 7th | ![]() |
6 January 2012 |
Shahin Bushehr | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 February 2011 | 16th | ![]() |
13 February 2012 |
Sanat Mes Kerman | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 February 2012 | 14th | ![]() |
16 February 2012 |
Saipa | ![]() |
Sacked | 15 February 2012 | 10th | ![]() |
1 March 2012 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sepahan (C) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Tractor Sazi | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 66 | |
3 | Esteghlal | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 66 | |
4 | Saba Qom | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 50 | Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
5 | Naft Tehran | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 49 | |
6 | Rah Ahan | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 46 | |
7 | Zob Ahan | 34 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 45 | |
8 | Saipa | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 43 | |
9 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 43 | |
10 | Sanat Naft | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 43 | |
11 | Persepolis | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 42 | |
12 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 41 | |
13 | Foolad | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 40 | |
14 | Malavan | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 39 | |
15 | Damash | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 39 | |
16 | Sh. Tabriz (R) | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 34 | Relegation to 2012-13 Azadegan League |
17 | Shahin Bushehr (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 33 | |
18 | Mes Sarcheshmeh (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 54 | −31 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Positions by round
[edit]Leader | |
AFC Champions League 2013 Qualifying play-off | |
Relegation to 2012–13 Azadegan League |
Results
[edit]Clubs season-progress
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Top Goalscorers
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Iran_vs._Montenegro_2014-05-26_%28059%29.jpg/220px-Iran_vs._Montenegro_2014-05-26_%28059%29.jpg)
Position | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Saipa | 21 |
2 | ![]() |
Sanat Naft | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
Saba Qom | 18 |
4 | ![]() |
Persepolis | 11 |
5 | ![]() |
Shahrdari Tabriz | 10 |
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Esteghlal | ||
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Foolad | ||
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Tractor Sazi | ||
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Fajr Sepasi | ||
10 | ![]() |
Rah Ahan | 9 |
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Rah Ahan | ||
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Esteghlal | ||
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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 | |
Total goals (Including technical loses) | 720 | ||
Total games | 306 | ||
Average per game | 2.35 |
1 Siamak Kouroshi from Naft Tehran 2 owne goals.
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL Stats
Cards
[edit]Position | Player | Club | ![]() |
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Total |
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1 | ![]() |
Naft Tehran | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
Saipa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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Rah Ahan | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||
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Mes Sarcheshmeh | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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Tractor Sazi | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
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Mes Sarcheshmeh | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
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Esteghlal | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
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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 | |
Total Cards | 1101 | 34 | 33 | 1168 |
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats
Matches played
[edit]Position | Player | Club | Appearance |
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1 | ![]() |
Damash Gilan | 33 |
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Esteghlal | ||
3 | ![]() |
Sepahan | 32 |
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Tractor Sazi | ||
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Sepahan | ||
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Saipa | ||
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Esteghlal | ||
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Malavan |
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Persepolis | Sanat Naft Abadan | 3–1 | 23 August 2011 |
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Malavan | Zob Ahan | 3–3 | 1 September 2011 |
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Naft Tehran | Malavan | 3–1 | 25 September 2011 |
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Esteghlal | Shahin Bushehr | 3–2 | 24 November 2011 |
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Foolad | Naft Tehran | 3–1 | 15 January 2012 |
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Sanat Naft | Persepolis | 4–2 | 25 January 2012 |
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Persepolis | Esteghlal | 3–2 | 2 February 2012 |
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Saipa | Fajr Sepasi | 5–0 | 9 March 2012 |
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Sepahan | Rah Ahan | 3–2 | 17 March 2012 |
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Rah Ahan | Persepolis | 4–3 | 6 May 2012 |
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Persepolis | Rah Ahan | 3–4 | 6 May 2012 |
Fastest hat-trick of the season
[edit]Éamon Zayed for Persepolis against Esteghlal, 9 minutes (2 February 2012)
Scoring
[edit]- 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)[4]
- 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
[edit]Monthly awards
[edit]Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | ![]() |
Saba Qom | ![]() |
Saipa |
September | ![]() |
Naft Tehran | ![]() |
Naft Tehran |
October | ![]() |
Esteghlal | ![]() |
Shahin Bushehr |
November | ![]() |
Damash Gilan | ![]() |
Rah Ahan |
December | ![]() |
Saipa | ![]() |
Sanat Naft |
January | ![]() |
Sepahan | ![]() |
Esteghlal |
February | ![]() |
Persepolis | ![]() |
Saba Qom |
March | ![]() |
Tractor Sazi | ![]() |
Sepahan |
April | ![]() |
Sepahan | ![]() |
Tractor Sazi |
Annual awards
[edit]Team of the Season
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Average home attendances
[edit]Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Tractor Sazi | 593,000 | 80,000 | 0 | 39,533 | −5.9% |
2 | Esteghlal | 540,000 | 85,000 | 5,000 | 31,765 | +26.5% |
3 | Persepolis | 480,000 | 100,000 | 2,000 | 28,235 | +20.1% |
4 | Sanat Naft | 167,000 | 15,000 | 3,000 | 9,824 | −30.5% |
5 | Damash | 130,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 8,125 | +204.6% |
6 | Shahin Bushehr | 125,000 | 20,000 | 0 | 7,813 | −35.2% |
7 | Fajr Sepasi | 130,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | 7,647 | +257.7% |
8 | Mes Kerman | 100,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,882 | +12.4% |
8 | Sepahan | 100,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,882 | +8.7% |
10 | Malavan | 83,000 | 10,000 | 2,000 | 5,188 | −32.2% |
11 | Sh. Tabriz | 81,000 | 16,000 | 1,000 | 4,765 | −37.5% |
12 | Foolad | 79,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 4,647 | −14.1% |
13 | Saba Qom | 61,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 3,588 | +52.5% |
14 | Zob Ahan | 48,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 2,824 | −17.2% |
15 | Rah Ahan | 38,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 2,235 | −38.7% |
16 | Saipa | 37,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 | 2,176 | −33.9% |
17 | Naft Tehran | 35,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 2,059 | −25.5% |
18 | Mes Sarcheshmeh | 29,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 1,706 | +146.5% |
League total | 2,856,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 9,488 | +1.1% |
Updated to games played on 11 May 2012
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Damash, Fajr Sepasi and Mes Sarcheshmeh played last season in Azadegan League
Highest attendances
[edit]Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
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1 | Persepolis | 0–2 | Esteghlal | 100,000 | 16 September 2011 | 7 | Azadi |
2 | Esteghlal | 2–3 | Tractor Sazi | 85,000 | 9 September 2011 | 6 | Azadi |
3 | Tractor Sazi | 0–2 | Esteghlal | 80,000 | 29 January 2012 | 23 | Sahand |
Esteghlal | 2–3 | Persepolis | 80,000 | 2 February 2012 | 24 | Azadi | |
Tractor Sazi | 0–0 | Fajr Sepasi | 80,000 | 6 April 2012 | 29 | Sahand | |
6 | Esteghlal | 2–0 | Fajr Sepasi | 75,000 | 17 August 2011 | 4 | Azadi |
7 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Damash | 70,000 | 8 August 2011 | 2 | Azadi |
Persepolis | 1–2 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 70,000 | 11 August 2011 | 3 | Azadi | |
9 | Persepolis | 1–1 | Malavan | 65,000 | 2 August 2011 | 1 | Azadi |
10 | Persepolis | 3–1 | Sanat Naft | 60,000 | 24 August 2011 | 5 | Azadi |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 11 May 2012. Source: iplstats.com
See also
[edit]- 2011–12 Azadegan League
- 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division
- 2011–12 Iran Football's 3rd Division
- 2011–12 Hazfi Cup
- Iranian Super Cup
- 2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League
- Team season articles
- 2011–12 Zob Ahan
- 2011–12 Persepolis
- 2011–12 Rah Ahan
- 2011–12 Esteghlal
- 2011–12 Tractor Sazi
- 2011–12 Sepahan
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Moghavemat Sepasi promoted to IPL". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Ghasempour resigns as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Mehdi Tartar appointed as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Fastest goal of IPL 11th". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.