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2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup

Persian Gulf Cup
Season2007–08
ChampionsPersepolis
2nd Pro League title
9th Iranian title
RelegatedSanat Naft
Shirin Faraz
Champions LeaguePersepolis
Sepahan
Saba Battery
Esteghlal (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played306
Goals scored721 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerMohsen Khalili
Hadi Asghari
(18 goals)
Biggest home winRah Ahan 5–0 Paykan
(11 March 2008)
Persepolis 5–0 Shirin Faraz
(30 April 2008)
Biggest away winEsteghlal 1–4 Pegah
(11 April 2008)
Fajr Sepasi 1–4 Zob Ahan
(1 May 2008)
Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis
(14 May 2008)
Highest scoringPaykan 4–2 Bargh Shiraz
(16 August 2007)
Persepolis 3–3 Fajr Sepasi
(21 September 2007)
Persepolis 3–3 Aboumoslem
(10 February 2008)
Esteghlal 4–2 Bargh Shiraz
(29 February 2008)
Saipa 4–2 Shirin Faraz
(3 April 2008)
Bargh Shiraz 3–3 Sepahan
(3 May 2008)
Zob Ahan 4–2 Est. Ahvaz
(17 May 2008)
Longest winning run4 matches
Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
PAS Hamedan
Longest winless run27 matches
Shirin Faraz
Longest losing run6 matches
Shirin Faraz
Highest attendance110,000
Persepolis – Sepahan
(17 May 2008)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Malavan – Zob Ahan
(19 September 2007)
Pegah – Shirin Faraz
(16 November 2007)
Sanat Naft – Saba Battery
(16 November 2007)
Sepahan – Pegah
(22 January 2008)
Persepolis – Sanat Naft
(22 January 2008)
Sepahan – Paykan
(10 February 2008)
Sepahan – Fajr Sepasi
(22 February 2008)
Sepahan – Zob Ahan
(5 March 2008)
Est. Ahvaz – Saba Battery
(17 March 2008)
Sepahan – Est. Ahvaz
(3 April 2008)
Sepahan – Mes Kerman
(18 April 2008)
Shirin Faraz – Pegah
(5 May 2008)
Total attendance3,303,000
Average attendance11,235

The 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 25th season of Iran's Football League and seventh season of Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Saipa were the defending champions. The season featured 13 teams from the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2006–07 Azadegan League: Shirin Faraz as champions, Pegah and Sanat Naft. PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran. The league started on 16 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total ninth Iranian title).

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager Nationality Past season
Aboomoslem Mashhad Samen Parviz Mazloomi Iran 6th
Bargh Shiraz Hafezieh Mahmoud Yavari Iran 12th
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi Firouz Karimi Iran 4th
Esteghlal Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz Majid Jalali Iran 2nd
Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Iran 14th
Mes Kerman Shahid Bahonar Amir Ghalenoei Iran 9th
Pas Hamedan Ghods Vinko Begovic Croatia N/A
Paykan Tehran Iran Khodro Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Iran 7th
Pegah Rasht Sardar Jangal Nader Dastneshan Iran Qualifier
Persepolis Tehran Azadi Afshin Ghotbi Iran United States 3rd
Rah Ahan Tehran Rah Ahan Davoud Mahabadi Iran 16th
Saba Battery Tehran Shahid Derakhshan Yahya Golmohammadi Iran 13th
Saipa Karaj Enghelab Karaj Ali Daei Iran Champion
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan Ahmad Tousi Iran United States Qualifier
Sepahan Esfahan Naghsh Jahan Jorvan Vieira Brazil Portugal 5th
Sepasi Shiraz Hafezieh Gholam Peyrovani Iran 10th
Shirin Faraz Kermanshah Azadi Kermanshah Shahram Mehrpeyma Iran Qualifier
Zob Ahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr Bijan Zolfagharnasab Iran 8th

Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.

Team Name Nationality
Aboomoslem Khodadad Azizi Iran
Esteghlal Ahvaz Firouz Karimi Iran
Esteghlal Nasser Hejazi Iran
Mes Farhad Kazemi Iran
Paykan Samvel Darbinyan Armenia Russia
Pegah Majid Jahanpour Iran
Rah Ahan Akbar Misaghian Iran
Saba Battery Mohammad Hossein Ziaei Iran
Sanat Naft Ebrahim Ghasempour Iran
Sepahan Luka Bonačić Croatia
Shirin Faraz Marco Octavio Brazil
Zob Ahan Zoran Đorđević Serbia

Participating in international competitions

2008 AFC Champions League

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players
Aboomoslem Brazil Rodrigo Teixeira Nigeria Daniel Olerum Serbia Ivan Petrović Togo Franck Atsou Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Savorjest
Bargh Shiraz Iraq Mohammed Nasser Uruguay Freddy Freire Uruguay Martín Barlocco
Esteghlal Ahvaz Argentina Carlos Soto Brazil Fabrício Ceará
Esteghlal Tehran Serbia Srđan Urošević
Malavan
Mes Kerman Brazil Edinho Brazil Paulo Zaltron Mali Sékou Fofana Nigeria Uche Iheruome Uruguay Gerardo Morales
PAS Hamedan Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Obuća Bosnia and Herzegovina Faruk Ihtijarević Croatia Sandro Tomić Serbia Vladimir Mićović
Paykan Cameroon Guillaume N'Kendo Germany Ronny Kockel Senegal Ibrahima Touré Nigeria Taribo West
Pegah Cameroon Joël Tchami Cameroon William Esenjo Georgia (country) Akvsenti Gilauri North Macedonia Saša Ilić Cameroon Martin Abena
Persepolis Cameroon Jacques Elong Elong Croatia Mate Dragičević Paraguay Jorge Gaona
Rah Ahan Armenia Gevorg Kasparov Armenia Hamlet Mkhitaryan Brazil Thiago Junio Uruguay César Pellegrín
Saba Battery Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Avdić Bosnia and Herzegovina Almir Tolja Bosnia and Herzegovina Marinko Mačkić
Saipa Brazil Adriano Alves Brazil Evandro Mali Alou Traoré Mali Issa Traoré
Sanat Naft Brazil Léo Brazil Renato Medeiros Uruguay Marcelo de Souza
Sepahan Iraq Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Iraq Emad Mohammed Iraq Haitham Khadim Taher Nigeria Kabir Bello Georgia (country) Jaba Mujiri
Sepasi
Shirin Faraz Mali Alou Badra Djakité Serbia Ivan Dragičević Serbia Nenad Stojaković
Zob Ahan Armenia Armen Tigranyan Brazil Fábio Carvalho Ghana Mohammed Martin Senegal Issa Ndoye Armenia Armen Ghazaryan

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Persepolis (C) 34 18 11 5 55 34 +21 59[a] Qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League
2 Sepahan 34 17 10 7 53 38 +15 58[b]
3 Saba 34 13 13 8 41 37 +4 52
4 Aboumoslem 34 14 8 12 37 37 0 50
5 Pas Hamedan 34 11 16 7 36 28 +8 49
6 Zob Ahan 34 11 15 8 39 32 +7 48
7 Bargh 34 11 14 9 43 47 −4 47
8 Est. Ahvaz 34 11 13 10 61 51 +10 46
9 Paykan 34 12 10 12 41 42 −1 46
10 Mes 34 11 12 11 36 34 +2 45
11 Saipa 34 12 9 13 33 35 −2 45
12 Rah Ahan 34 11 11 12 45 40 +5 44
13 Esteghlal 34 11 10 13 44 44 0 43 Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League[c]
14 Fajr 34 9 15 10 37 41 −4 42
15 Pegah 34 9 11 14 26 35 −9 38
16 Malavan 34 8 12 14 32 41 −9 36
17 Sanat Naft (R) 34 9 8 17 37 46 −9 35 Relegation to the 2008–09 Azadegan League
18 Shirin Faraz (R) 34 3 12 19 25 59 −34 21
Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Persepolis was deducted 6 points in issued by FIFA.
  2. ^ Sepahan was deducted 3 points in issued by Iranian Football Federation.
  3. ^ Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League by winning the Hazfi Cup


 Champions 
Persepolis F.C.

Results table

Last updated March 17, 2008

Home \ Away PRS SEP SAB ABU PAS ZOB PAY BGH ESA MES SAP RAH EST FJR PEG MLV SNA SFZ
Persepolis 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0
Sepahan 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–0
Saba Battery 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–2
Aboumoslem 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
PAS Hamedan 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Zob Ahan 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1
Paykan 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
Bargh Shiraz 0–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–0
Est. Ahvaz 4–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 4–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 3–1
Mes Kerman 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2
Saipa 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 4–2
Rah Ahan 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 5–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0
Esteghlal 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 2–3 2–1
Fajr Sepasi 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2
Pegah 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Malavan 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2
Sanat Naft 2–3 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1
Shirin Faraz 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

Mohsen Khalili
18
13
12
10
9
8

Top goalassistants

Mojtaba Jabbari
8
7
6

Cards

Player Team
Iran Hossein Pashaei 13 0 0 Rah Ahan
Iran Ali Haghdoost 10 2 0 Aboomoslem
Mali Alou Badra Djakité 11 1 0 Shirin Faraz
Iran Mohsen Bengar 11 0 0 Sepahan
Iran Morteza Kashi 10 1 0 Saba Battery
Iran Saber Mirghorbani 11 0 0 Sanat Naft
Iran Abouzar Rahimi 10 1 0 Rah Ahan
Iran Hossein Memar 9 0 1 Paykan
Iran Hanif Omranzadeh 9 0 0 Pas Hamedan
Serbia Ivan Petrović 8 0 1 Aboomoslem
Iran Mehrdad Pooladi 8 1 0 Esteghlal

Matches played

34

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Persepolis 960,000 110,000 0 60,000 +78.0%†
2 Esteghlal 590,000 90,000 5,000 34,706 −0.8%†
3 Sanat Naft 200,000 15,000 0 12,500 n/a†
4 Malavan 169,000 15,000 0 10,563 −2.1%†
5 Pegah 145,000 15,000 0 9,063 n/a†
6 Saipa 143,000 60,000 1,000 8,412 −21.1%†
7 Mes Kerman 139,000 15,000 2,000 8,176 +18.1%†
8 Est. Ahvaz 127,000 20,000 0 7,938 +26.7%†
9 Saba Battery 126,000 90,000 1,000 7,412 +37.3%†
10 Aboumoslem 118,000 35,000 1,000 6,941 −27.2%†
11 PAS Hamedan 116,000 10,000 3,000 6,824 −14.0%†
12 Sepahan 69,000 15,000 0 6,273 +3.4%†
13 Bargh Shiraz 89,000 20,000 1,000 5,235 −6.0%†
14 Shirin Faraz 76,000 7,000 0 4,750 n/a†
15 Fajr Sepasi 73,000 20,000 1,000 4,294 −24.2%†
16 Paykan 64,000 30,000 1,000 3,765 −40.5%†
17 Zob Ahan 54,000 15,000 1,000 3,176 −22.5%†
18 Rah Ahan 45,000 20,000 1,000 2,647 −35.0%†
League total 3,303,000 110,000 0 11,235 +11.0%†

Updated to games played on 17 May 2008
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Pegah, Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Azadegan League
PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran

Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Persepolis 2–1 Sepahan 110,000 17 May 2008 (2008-05-17) 34 Azadi
2 Esteghlal 1–1 Persepolis 90,000 14 October 2007 (2007-10-14) 9 Azadi
Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis 90,000 14 May 2008 (2008-05-14) 33 Azadi
4 Persepolis 0–0 Rah Ahan 85,000 16 September 2007 (2007-09-16) 5 Azadi
5 Persepolis 1–1 Esteghlal 80,000 4 April 2008 (2008-04-04) 26 Azadi
6 Persepolis 3–2 Esteghlal Ahvaz 70,000 19 October 2007 (2007-10-19) 10 Azadi
Persepolis 1–0 Mes Kerman 70,000 4 November 2007 (2007-11-04) 12 Azadi
Persepolis 1–0 Saipa 70,000 18 November 2007 (2007-11-18) 14 Azadi
Persepolis 1–1 Bargh Shiraz 70,000 11 May 2008 (2008-05-11) 32 Azadi
10 Persepolis 2–1 Paykan 65,000 7 September 2007 (2007-09-07) 4 Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 17 May 2008. Source: iplstats.com

See also

References

  1. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Persian_Gulf_Cup