The 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 39th season of Iran's Football League and 21st as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.Persepolis were the defending champions. Esteghlal won the league with a record 68-point through an unprecedented unbeaten campaign. The season featured 14 teams from the 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2020–21 Azadegan League: Fajr Sepasi and Havadar.
The 2021–22 season started 24 September 2021 and ended 20 June 2022.
Teams
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity Aluminium Arak ArakImam Khomeini15,000 EsteghlalTehranAzadi78,116 Fajr SepasiShirazPars50,000 FooladAhvazFoolad Arena30,655 Gol Gohar SirjanSirjanShahid Qasem Soleimani9,000 HavadarKarajEnghelab Stadium8,250 Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Mes2,000 Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanBehnam Mohammadi8,000 Nassaji MazandaranQaem ShahrVatani15,000 PaykanShahr-e QodsShahr-e Qods18,000 PersepolisTehranAzadi78,116 Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti Abadan10,000 SepahanIsfahanNaghsh-e-Jahan75,000 Shahr KhodroMashhadImam Reza27,700 TractorTabrizYadegar-e Emam66,833 Zob AhanFooladshahrFooladshahr20,000
Number of teams by region RegionNumber of teamsTeamsTehran4Esteghlal, Havadar, Paykan, PersepolisKhuzestan3Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Sanat NaftIsfahan2Sepahan, Zob AhanKerman2Gol Gohar Sirjan, Mes RafsanjanEast Azarbaijan1TractorFars1Fajr SepasiMarkazi1Aluminium ArakMazandaran1NassajiRazavi Khorasan1Shahr Khodro
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 manufacturerAluminium Arak Mehdi Rahmati Meysam Majidi StartEsteghlal Farhad Majidi Voria Ghafouri MeroojFajr Sepasi Ali Kalantari Hamid Nemati Foolad Javad Nekounam Ayoub Vali MeroojGol Gohar Amir Ghalenoei Amin Pourali MeroojHavadar Reza Enayati Mohammad Ghazi Mes Rafsanjan Mohammad Rabiei Mohsen Azarbad MeroojNaft MIS Mahmoud Fekri Abbas Asgari MeroojNassaji Esmaeil Esmaeili Hamed Shiri MeroojPaykan Mojtaba Hosseini Ebrahim Salehi MeroojPersepolis Yahya Golmohammadi Jalal Hosseini UhlsportSanat Naft Alireza Mansourian Hossein Baghlani MeroojSepahan Moharram Navidkia Jalaleddin Alimohammadi UhlsportShahr Khodro Davoud Seyed Abbasi Milad Farahani UhlsportTractor Ertugrul Saglam Mohammad Reza Akhbari StartZob Ahan Mehdi Tartar Masoud Ebrahimzadeh Start
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. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former PlayerAluminium Arak Esteghlal Rudy Gestede Raphael Silva Arthur Yamga Azizbek Amonov Fajr Sepasi Foolad Chimba Moussa Coulibaly Ayanda Patosi Gol Gohar Kiros Stanlley Eric BocoumHavadar Mes Rafsanjan Godwin Mensha Faiz Al-Rushaidi Zahir Al-Aghbari Naft MIS Karrar Jassim Nassaji Paykan Tito Okello Persepolis Vahdat Hanonov Sherzod Temirov Manuchehr Safarov Božidar Radošević Sanat Naft Sepahan Christopher Knett Giorgi Gvelesiani Shahr Khodro Tractor Tiago Ferreira Zob Ahan
League table Standings
Results
Positions by round
Statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Godwin Mensha Mes Rafsanjan142 Arthur Yamga Esteghlal103 Luciano Pereira Foolad9 Shahriyar Moghanlou Sepahan5 Mohammad Abbaszadeh Tractor8 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Esteghlal7 Mehdi Abdi Persepolis7 Karim Eslami Nassaji Saeid Sadeghi Gol Gohar Morteza Tabrizi Gol Gohar
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Hossein Hosseini Esteghlal182 Hossein Pour Hamidi Aluminium Arak143 Mohsen Forouzan Gol Gohar134 Habib Far Abbasi Zob Ahan11 Ali Mohsenzadeh Naft Masjed Soleyman6 Mohammad Reza Akhbari Tractor9 Mehrdad Bashagerdi Havadar Shahab Gordan Foolad Alireza Haghighi Nassaji Farhad Kermanshahi Paykan Christopher Knett Sepahan Hamed Lak Persepolis
Attendances
Average home attendances
Attendances by round Team/Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930AverageAluminium ArakANCNCANCANCANCANCANCANCNCAANCANCANCA5,000A2,000A2,000A3,000EsteghlalNCANCA5,000AANCANCANCANCAANCANCANCNCA20,000A40,000A37,000A85,00037,400Fajr SepasiANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCA8,000A4,000ANC6,000FooladNCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCANCA6,000ANCANCA6,000Gol GoharNCANCAANCANCANCANCANCAANCANCNCANCA3,000A3,000 A3,000A3,0003,000HavadarANCANCANCANCAANCANCANCNCANCANCANCANC150A200Week 27 iplstats.com A100A150Naft MISANCANCANCAANCANCANCANCNCANCANCANCNCA3,000ANCA2,500A2,750NassajiNCAANCANCANCANCANCANCAANCNCANCANCANCA1,000A200AN/A600Mes RafsanjanANCANCNCANCANCANCANCANCNCANCAANCANCA700A700A750A717PaykanNCANCANCANCANCNCANCANCAANCANCANCANCAANCANCA100100PersepolisANCANCA5,000NCANCANCANCANCNCANCANCAA20,000A17,000ANCA2,000A11,000Sanat NaftNCANCANCANCNCANCANCANCAANCANCANCAANCANCA3,000AN/A3,000SepahanNCANCANCANCANCANCNCANCAANCANCANCANCA20,000AANCANC20,000Shahr KhodroNCANCANCANCANCANCANCNCAANCANCANCANCANCA500AANC500TractorANCANCANCANCANCANCAANCNCANCANCANCA16,000A20,000A68,000NCA34,667Zob AhanANCANCANCANCANCAANCANCNCANCANCANCANCA5,000150A250A1,800Total00005,0005,000000000000000000020,00039,00051,85077,0003,550115,2007,60088,100412,300Average00005,0005,000000000000000000020,00013,0007,40712,83371019,2001,26729,36710,572 Notes:Updated to games played on 30 May 2022. Source: Iranleague.ir Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Highest attendances Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium1 Esteghlal 0–0Naft MIS 85,000 30 Azadi2 Tractor 0–31Persepolis 68,000 28 Sahand3 Esteghlal 1–0Shahr Khodro 40,000 26 Azadi4 Esteghlal 0–0Aluminium Arak 37,000 28 Azadi5 Persepolis 1–1Esteghlal20,000 23 AzadiEsteghlal 0–0Paykan 20,000 24 AzadiSepahan 1–1Esteghlal 20,000 25 Naghsh-e JahanTractor 3–2Havadar 20,000 26 Sahand9Persepolis 2–0Paykan 17,000 25 Azadi10Tractor 1–0Mes Rafsanjan 16,000 24 Sahand Notes:Updated to games played on 30 May 2022. Source: Iranleague.ir 1The game was abandoned in the 70th minute after some home fans threw stones. Later the game was scored 0–3 for Persepolis by the disciplinary board.
See also 2021–22 Azadegan League 2021–22 2nd Division 2021–22 3rd Division 2021–22 Hazfi Cup 2021 Iranian Super Cup 2022 AFC Champions League
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