The 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 40th season of Iran's Football League and 22nd as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. The 2022–23 season started on 11 August 2022 and featured 14 teams from the 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2021–22 Azadegan League: Mes Kerman and Malavan. Shahriyar Moghanlou of Sepahan was the top scorer with 13 goals.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity Aluminium Arak ArakImam Khomeini15,000 EsteghlalTehranAzadi78,116FooladAhvazFoolad Arena30,655 Gol Gohar SirjanSirjanShahid Qasem Soleimani9,000 HavadarKarajEnghelab Stadium8,250 MalavanBandar-e AnzaliSirous Ghayeghran9,000 Mes KermanKermanShohadaye Mes Kerman30,000 Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Mes3,800 Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanBehnam Mohammadi8,000 Nassaji MazandaranQaem ShahrVatani15,000 PaykanKarajEnghelab18,000 PersepolisTehranAzadi78,116Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti Abadan10,000 SepahanIsfahanNaghsh-e-Jahan75,000 TractorTabrizYadegar-e Emam66,833 Zob AhanFooladshahrFooladshahr20,000
Number of teams by region RegionNumber of teamsTeamsTehran4Esteghlal, Havadar, Paykan, PersepolisKhuzestan3Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Sanat NaftKerman3Gol Gohar Sirjan, Mes Kerman, Mes RafsanjanIsfahan2Sepahan, Zob AhanEast Azarbaijan1TractorMarkazi1Aluminium ArakMazandaran1NassajiGilan1Malavan
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 Ricardo Sá Pinto Hossein Hosseini Yousef JamehFoolad Alireza Mansourian Ayoub Vali MeroojGol Gohar Saeid Alhoei Mehran Golzari UhlsportHavadar Saket Elhami Masoud Shojaei Yousef JamehMalavan Maziar Zare Sadegh Barani StartMes Kerman Farzad Hosseinkhani Arman Shahdadnejad UhlsportMes Rafsanjan Mohammad Rabiei Mohsen Azarbad Yousef JamehNaft MIS Reza Enayati Meysam Naghizadeh Yousef JamehNassaji Carlos Inarejos Hamed Shiri UhlsportPaykan Mojtaba Hosseini Ebrahim Salehi MeroojPersepolis Yahya Golmohammadi Omid Alishah UhlsportSanat Naft Abdollah Veisi Taleb Reykani MeroojSepahan Jose Morais Jalaleddin Alimohammadi MeroojTractor Paco Jemez Mehdi Kiani StartZob Ahan Mehdi Tartar Masoud Ebrahimzadeh Start
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointment Esteghlal Farhad MajidiResigned Pre-season Ricardo Sá Pinto Havadar Reza Enayati Saket Elhami Sepahan Moharram Navidkia José Morais Tractor Ertuğrul SağlamMutual Consent Kurban Berdyev Nassaji Mazandaran Esmaeil EsmaeiliEnd of caretaker role Hamid Motahari Sanat Naft Alireza MansourianResigned Reza Parkas Reza ParkasSacked 15th Firouz Karimi Firouz Karimi 16th Edson Tavares Tractor Kurban Berdyev Signed by Sochi 7th Paco Jemez Naft MIS Reza Mohajeri Resigned 16th Ebrahim Ashkesh Ebrahim Ashkesh Sacked Reza Enayati Foolad Javad Nekounam Resigned 9th Alireza Mansourian Sanat Naft Edson Tavares Sacked 15th Abdollah Veisi Gol Gohar Amir Ghalenoei Signed by Iran 4th Saeid Alhoei Nassaji Mazandaran Hamid Motahari Mutual Consent 13th Carlos Inarejos
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 Hansel Zapata Valentino Yuel Esteghlal Raphael Silva Arthur Yamga Azizbek Amonov Foolad Christopher Knett Roberto Torres Álex Alegría Yukiya Sugita Ayanda Patosi Moussa Coulibaly Gol Gohar Kiros Stanlley Wescley Eric Bocoum Havadar Malavan Mes Kerman Bura Nogueira Ruon TongyikMes Rafsanjan Chimba Jeferson Bahia Godwin Mensha Naft MIS Nassaji Adama Niane Paykan Tito Okello Sherzod Temirov Persepolis Leandro Pereira Giorgi Gvelesiani Cheick Diabaté Vahdat Hanonov Sherzod Temirov Jürgen Locadia Sanat Naft Mohammed Ridha Jalil Sebastián Píriz Sharof Mukhiddinov Sheriddin Boboyev Sepahan Nilson Júnior Ygor Catatau Manuel Fernandes Elvis Kamsoba Renato Silviera Tractor Gustavo Vagenin Ricardo Alves Jaime Romero Safaa Hadi Zob Ahan Darko Bjedov Ehson Panjshanbe Notes
League table Standings
Results
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
First Placed team #TeamTop of Table(weeks)1Persepolis172Sepahan113Gol Gohar14Esteghlal1
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Shahriyar Moghanlou Sepahan132 Mehdi Ghayedi Esteghlal123 Reza Asadi Tractor114 Mohammad Abbaszadeh Tractor105 Mohammad Mohebi Esteghlal8 Aref Rostami Mes Kerman7 Mohammad Reza Azadi Aluminium Arak7 Sajjad Bazgir Malavan Omid Noorafkan Sepahan Ramin Rezaeian Sepahan Reza Shekari Gol Gohar Hamed Shiri Nassaji Mehdi Torabi Persepolis Arthur Yamga Esteghlal15 Jürgen Locadia Persepolis6 Saeid Sadeghi Persepolis Giorgi Gvelesiani Persepolis
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstResultDate Mohammad Abbaszadeh Tractor Naft MIS 3–2 (H) Reza Asadi Tractor Zob Ahan 3–1 (A) Taleb Reykani Sanat Naft Nassaji 4–0 (H) Mehdi Torabi Persepolis Gol Gohar 4–0 (H) Mehdi Ghayedi Esteghlal Tractor 7–1 (H) Saeid Saharkhizan Havadar Zob Ahan 3–3 (A)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Alireza Beiranvand Persepolis182 Hossein Pourhamidi Aluminum Arak173 Christopher Knett Foolad144 Mohammad Reza Akhbari Tractor13 Hamed Lak Mes Rafsanjan Payam Niazmand Sepahan7 Hossein Hosseini Esteghlal128 Habib Far Abbasi Zob Ahan119 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri SepahanPaykan7
Awards Metrica Weekly awards WeeksTeam of the WeekPlayer of the WeekReferencesClubPointPlayerPointWeek 1Sepahan7.7 Amir Hossein Karimi (MIS)8.30Week 2Esteghlal7.8 Mehdi Ghayedi (EST)7.91Week 3Paykan7.4 Majid Aliyari (FOL)8.10Week 4Foolad7.6 Aref Rostami (SMK)7.91Week 5Persepolis7.6 Saeid Sadeghi (PRS)8.94Week 6Esteghlal7.9 Jürgen Locadia (PRS)8.75
Attendances
Average home attendances
Attendances by round Team/Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930AverageAluminium ArakNCA500A5,000ANCANCANCAN/AANCA1,000A2,000A5,000A300A15,000A2,000A500A3,478EsteghlalNCA35,000A20,00020,000ANCANCANCANCAA1,500A2,000AA10,000A15,000A10,000A15,000A15,00014,350FooladNCA7,000A5,000ANCANCANCANCNCAANCA9,000A5,000A30,000A5,000A5,000AA2,0008,500Gol GoharNCA8,000A6,000ANCANCNCANCANCAA2,000A2,000A2,000A2,000AA5,000A1,000A2,0003,333HavadarA100100ANCANCANCANCANCANCNCAANCA100A100A100Week 25 iplstats.comA100Week 27 iplstats.comA500A157MalavanANCA6,000ANCANCANCANCAANCNCA3,000A3,000A3,000A4,000A10,000تیم فوتبال ملوان بندرانزلی برابر تراکتورسازی متوقف شدA7,000Irna news7,000A5,375Mes RafsanjanA1,500A2,000A2,000ANCAANCANCANC700A1,000A1,000A500A3,8001,000Mes Rafsanjan 1 - 0 Naft MIS iplstats.comA1,000A3,800A1,830Naft MISNCA3,00010,000A8,000ANCANCANCANCAA3,000AA2,000A2,000ANCANCA4,000A1,0004,125NassajiNCA15,000A10,000ANCNCANCA800ANCAA5,000A1,000A15,000AA3,000A11,000ناکامیهای نساجی به سرمربی اسپانیایی رسید Aftab NewsA10,000A15,0008,580PaykanNCAANCANCANCANCANCANCAANCNCANCA100A1,000A500پیکان 0-0 نفت آبادان، ویسی یک گام به پیش varzesh3.comA15,000A3003,380PersepolisA40,000A30,000AANCANCANCANCANCNCA5,000A5,0008,000A20,000A10,000A40,000A50,000A23,111Sanat Mes KermanANCA10,000A6,000ANCANCANCANCANCA5,000A2,000A2,000A3,000A15,000مس یک - پرسپولیس ۳، این بازی ده گل دیگر داشت! varzesh3.comA5,000A5,0005,889Sanat NaftANCAA3,000ANCANCANCANCANCNCA3,0002,000A3,000A3,000A3,000A5,000A10,000A4,000SepahanA13,000A12,000A4,000ANCANCAANCANCNCA15,000A10,000A6,000A11,000A60,000سپاهان ۲ - 0 مس رفسنجان: نقش جهان باشکوه varzesh3.com70,000A55,000A25,600TractorANCA30,000A35,000AANCANCANCANCNCA25,000A20,000ANC2,000A70,000A35,000A50,000A33,375Zob AhanNCA1,000A3,000ANCANCANCNCANCAA700A1,000A200A400A200AA500A200800Total054,60069,600100,00052,00075,0000000080000070013,20057,00019,00043,00038,30023,60057,80040,800104,300111,500158,10057,500176,80040,5001,294,100Average013,6508,70014,2567,42912,500000008000007002,2008,1432,7146,1494,7883,3717,2255,82913,03815,92619,7637,18822,1005,0639,515 Notes:Updated to games played on 18 May 2023. 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 Tractor 1–0Sepahan 70,000 25 SahandSepahan 1–1Malavan 70,000 27 Naghsh-e Jahan3 Sepahan 2–0Mes Rasfanjan 60,000 26 Naghsh-e Jahan4 Sepahan 5–0Paykan 55,000 29 Naghsh-e Jahan5 Persepolis 4–0Gol Gohar 50,000 29 AzadiTractor 1–0Nassaji 50,000 29 Sahand7 Persepolis 0–0Foolad 40,000 2 AzadiPersepolis 1–0Esteghlal 40,000 27 Azadi9 Esteghlal 1–0Sanat Mes Kerman 35,000 3 AzadiTractor 1–0Sanat Naft 35,000 6 Sahand Notes:Updated to games played on 18 May 2023. Source: Iranleague.ir
See also 2022–23 Azadegan League 2022–23 2nd Division 2022–23 3rd Division 2022–23 Hazfi Cup 2022 Iranian Super Cup 2023–24 AFC Champions League
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