The 2026–27 Persian Gulf Pro League is the 45th season of Iran's Football League and 26th as Persian Gulf Pro League.
Mes Rafsanjan were relegated from the previous season, and with the promotion of Nassaji Mazandaran, Mes Shahr-e Babak and Sanat Naft Abadan from the 2025–26 Azadegan League, the league has been expanded from 16 to 18 teams for the 2026–27 season.
Teams The league will consist of the following 18 clubs:
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) Promoted from2025–26 Azadegan League Relegated from Play-off2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League Nassaji MazandaranMes Shahr-e BabakSanat Naft Abadan Mes Rafsanjan
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityAluminiumArakImam Khomeini15,000ChadormalouArdakanShahid Nassiri15,000EsteghlalTehranAzadi78,116Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti،Ghadir Stadium10,000Fajr SepasiShirazPars50,000FooladAhvazFoolad Arena30,655Gol GoharSirjanShahid Qasem Soleimani9,000KheybarKhorramabadTakhti Khorramabad8,000MalavanBandar-e AnzaliSirous Ghayeghran9,000Mes Shahr-e BabakShahr-e BabakShohadaye Mes Shahr-e Babak10,000NassajiQaem ShahrVatani Stadium15,000PaykanTehranShohadaye Shahr-e Qods Stadium8,000PersepolisTehranAzadi78,116Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti20,000SepahanIsfahanNaghsh-e-Jahan75,000Shams AzarQazvinSardar Azadegan15,000TractorTabrizYadegar-e Emam66,833Zob AhanFooladshahrFooladshahr20,000
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 Main kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s) Merooj Merooj Merooj Foulad Amir (Steel) Merooj
Managerial changes
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former players Aluminium Arak Chadormalou Edson Mardden Renny Boboy Diego Torres Rodrigo Alborno Esteghlal Jasir Asani Jaloliddin Masharipov Rustam Ashurmatov Esteghlal Khuzestan Fajr Sepasi Foolad Gol Gohar Louay Ben Hassine Kheybar Malavan Mes Shahr-e Babak Nassaji Paykan Persepolis Thievy Bifouma Dániel Gera Marko Bakić Igor Sergeev Oston Urunov Sanat Naft Eric Bocoum Sepahan Ricardo Alves Shams Azar Tractor Igor Postonjski Tibor Halilović Tomislav Štrkalj Odiljon Hamrobekov Zob Ahan
League table
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.
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Amirhossein HosseinzadehTractor42 Ali AlipourPersepolis3 Jasir AsaniEsteghlal4 Javad AghaeipourNassaji2 Shervin BozorgAluminium Arak Erfan GhahremaniKheybar Esmaeil GholizadehEsteghlal Amir Hossein JolaniFoolad Reza MarzbanMalavan Shahriyar MoghanlouTractor Reza MohammadiShams Azar Masoud MohebiKheybar Mohammad Mehdi MohebiPersepolis Saeb MohebiPaykan Isa MoradiKheybar Aref RostamiEst. Khuzestan Saeid SaharkhizanEsteghlal Pouria ShahrabadiPersepolis Mohammad Milad SourgiShams Azar Tomislav ŠtrkaljTractor Kasra TaheriSepahan
Hat-tricks
Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Ali Alipour Persepolis3 Esmaeil BabaeiKheybar3 Hojjat Ahmadi Paykan2 Sasan AnsariFoolad Majid Eidi Persepolis Amir Hossein FarsiKheybar Tibor HalilovićTractor Abbas Kahrizi Aluminium Arak Mahan SadeghiMalavan Ahmad Reza ZendehrouhGol Gohar
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Alireza BeiranvandTractor6 Habib Far AbbasiEsteghlal3 Hossein HosseiniSepahan4 Mohammad KhalifehAluminium Arak Hamed LakFoolad6 Farzin GarousianGol Gohar3 Ali GholamzadehFajr Sepasi Ahmad GohariSanat Naft Payam NiazmandPersepolis Davoud Noushi SoufianiZob Ahan Hossein PourhamidiPaykan
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