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2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
The 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 41st season of Iran's Football League and 23rd as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.
| Season |
|---|
| August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09) – June 1, 2024 (2024-06-01) |
| Persepolis 9th Pro League title16th Iranian title |
| Paykan TehranSanat Naft Abadan |
| 224 |
| 475 (2.12 per match) |
| Shahriyar Moghanlou (16 Goals) |
| Malavan 4–0 Foolad (23 August 2023) Esteghlal 4-0 Nassaji (19 December 2023) |
| Havadar 0–5 Sepahan (19 December 2023) |
| Havadar 0–5 Nassaji (28 May 2024) |
| Persepolis 4–3 Esteghlal Khouzestan (24 May 2024) |
| Sepahan (5 matches) |
| Esteghlal (25 matches) |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan (13 matches) |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan (6 matches) |
| 80,000 Tractor – Persepolis (16 August 2023) Tractor – Sepahan (3 April 2024) |
| 0 (spectator ban) 35 matches |
| 2,219,000 |
| 10,824 (matches with spectator bans not included) |
| ← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
The 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 41st season of Iran's Football League and 23rd as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.
A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2022–23 season and two promoted from the 2022–23 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League.
| Promoted from2022–23 Azadegan League | Relegated to2023–24 Azadegan League |
|---|---|
| Shams Azar (promoted for the first time in their history) Esteghlal Khuzestan (promoted after a four season absence) | Mes Kerman (relegated after a single season in top flight) Naft Masjed Soleyman (relegated after five seasons in top flight) |
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Arak | Arak | Imam Khomeini | 15,000 |
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Takhti | 10,000 |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Foolad Arena | 30,655 |
| Gol Gohar Sirjan | Sirjan | Shahid Qasem Soleimani | 9,000 |
| Havadar | Tehran | Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
| Malavan | Bandar-e Anzali | Sirous Ghayeghran | 9,000 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Rafsanjan | Shohadaye Mes 1 Shohadaye Mes 2 | 10,000 3,800 |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Qaem Shahr | Vatani | 15,000 |
| Paykan | Tehran | Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 10,000 |
| Sepahan | Isfahan | Naghsh-e-Jahan | 75,000 |
| Shams Azar | Qazvin | Sardar Azadegan | 15,000 |
| Tractor | Tabriz | Yadegar-e Emam | 66,833 |
| Zob Ahan | Fooladshahr | Fooladshahr | 20,000 |
| Province | Number of teams | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Tehran | 4 | Persepolis, Esteghlal, Paykan, Havadar |
| Khuzestan | 3 | Foolad, Sanat Naft, Esteghlal Khuzestan |
| Kerman | 2 | Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan |
| Isfahan | 2 | Sepahan, Zob Ahan |
| East Azarbaijan | 1 | Tractor |
| Qazvin | 1 | Shams Azar |
| Markazi | 1 | Aluminium Arak |
| Mazandaran | 1 | Nassaji |
| Gilan | 1 | Malavan |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Arak | Mojtaba Hosseini | Milad Fakhreddini | Sinasport | IRALCO | |
| Esteghlal | Javad Nekounam | Hossein Hosseini | Yousef Jameh | Rightel | Taavon Insurance 1, Meraj Airlines2 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Sirous Pourmousavi | Mohammad Tayyebi | Start | INSIG | BMI1 |
| Foolad | Abdollah Veisi | Ayoub Vali | Merooj | KSC | |
| Gol Gohar | Marinos Ouzounidis | Mehran Golzari | Yousef Jameh | Gol Gohar | |
| Havadar | Masoud Shojaei | Dariush Shojaeian | Darik | HiWEB | |
| Malavan | Mehdi Tartar | Hamed Noormohammadi | Darik | VITA | |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Moharram Navidkia | Mohsen Azarbad | Yousef Jameh | NICICO | |
| Nassaji | Saket Elhami | Mehrdad Abdi | Merooj | Varesh Airlines | |
| Paykan | Reza Enayati | Ebrahim Salehi | Alabaft | Haima 7X | Iran Khodro1 |
| Persepolis | Osmar Loss | Omid Alishah | Merooj | Irancell | Shahr Bank1, Lenz2 |
| Sanat Naft | Faraz Kamalvand | Taleb Reykani | Yousef Jameh | Arvand Free Zone | |
| Sepahan | José Morais | Mohammad Karimi | Start | Mobarakeh Steel | |
| Shams Azar | Saeid Daghighi | Pouria Sarabadani | Yousef Jameh | Shams Azar Macaron | |
| Tractor | Paco Jémez | Shojae Khalilzadeh | Start | ATA Airlines | |
| Zob Ahan | Mohammad Rabiei | Mohammad Ghoreishi | Start | Melli Rail |
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| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gol Gohar | Saeid Alhoei | End of caretaker spell | 18 May 2023 | Pre-season | Marinos Ouzounidis | 13 June 2023 |
| Paykan | Mojtaba Hosseini | End of contract | 18 May 2023 | Rasoul Khatibi | 26 June 2023 | |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Mohammad Rabiei | 18 May 2023 | Saket Elhami | 22 June 2023 | ||
| Zob Ahan | Mehdi Tartar | 18 May 2023 | Mohammad Rabiei | 25 June 2023 | ||
| Malavan | Maziar Zare | 18 May 2023 | Mehdi Tartar | 26 June 2023 | ||
| Havadar | Saket Elhami | Resigned | 30 May 2023 | Mahmoud Fekri | 6 June 2023 | |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Carlos Inarejos | Sacked | 30 May 2023 | Mehdi Rahmati | 6 June 2023 | |
| Aluminium Arak | Mehdi Rahmati | Mutual Consent | 4 June 2023 | Mojtaba Hosseini | 18 June 2023 | |
| Esteghlal | Ricardo Sá Pinto | Signed by APOEL | 6 June 2023 | Javad Nekounam | 21 June 2023 | |
| Foolad | Alireza Mansourian | Sacked | 24 August 2023 | 16th | Juan Ignacio Martínez | 6 September 2023 |
| Paykan | Rasoul Khatibi | 21 November 2023 | 13th | Reza Enayati | 22 November 2023 | |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Mehdi Rahmati | Resigned | 20 December 2023 | 15th | Lucas Alcaraz | 24 December 2023 |
| Havadar | Mahmoud Fekri | Mutual Consent | 11th | Masoud Shojaei | 21 December 2023 | |
| Sanat Naft | Abdollah Veisi | Resigned | 30 December 2023 | 14th | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 11 January 2024 |
| Persepolis | Yahya Golmohammadi | 8 January 2024 | 3rd | Osmar Loss | ||
| Mes Rafsanjan | Saket Elhami | Sacked | 23 January 2024 | 10th | Moharram Navidkia | 3 February 2024 |
| Foolad | Juan Ignacio Martínez | Mutual Consent | 13 February 2024 | 11th | Ahmad Alenemeh | 22 February 2024 |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Lucas Alcaraz | 23 February 2024 | 15th | Saket Elhami | 23 February 2024 | |
| Foolad | Ahmad Alenemeh | Sacked | 16 March 2024 | 12th | Abdollah Veisi | 16 March 2024 |
| Sanat Naft | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 19 March 2024 | 16th | Faraz Kamalvand | 19 March 2024 |
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | AFC player | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | |||||||
| Esteghlal | Gustavo Blanco Leschuk | Raphael Silva | Jaloliddin Masharipov | Arthur Yamga | |||
| Est. Khuzestan | Sávio Roberto | Ousmane Ndong | Dostonbek Tursunov | Aso Rostam | |||
| Foolad | Christopher Knett | Jeferson Bahia | Lucas Cândido | Chimba | Moussa Coulibaly | Ibrahim Hesar | Godwin Mensha |
| Gol Gohar | Eric Bocoum | Roberto Torres | Mitchell te Vrede | ||||
| Havadar | |||||||
| Malavan | |||||||
| Mes Rafsanjan | Muntadher Mohammed | Mustafa Mohammed | Ali Adnan Kadhim | Chimba | |||
| Nassaji | Luan Polli | Alaa Abbas Nono | |||||
| Paykan | |||||||
| Persepolis | Giorgi Gvelesiani | Abdelkarim Hassan | Oston Urunov | Vakhdat Khanonov | Nabil Bahoui | ||
| Sanat Naft | Bubacarr Trawally | Ali Yousif | Abbas Qasim Fahad Talib | ||||
| Sepahan | Bryan Dabo | Issah Abass | Nilson Júnior | ||||
| Shams Azar | |||||||
| Tractor | Gustavo Vagenin | Ricardo Alves | Miloš Deletić | Safaa Hadi | Álvaro Jiménez | ||
| Zob Ahan | Grigol Chabradze |
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.
| AFC Champions League Elite Group stage |
| AFC Cup group stage |
| Relegation to 2024–25 Azadegan League |
As of 1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)
- First goal of the season: Amir Taher for Paykan against Nassaji (9 August 2023)
Shahriyar Moghanlou won his second successive Persian Gulf Pro League Golden Boot after scoring 16 goals for Sepahan.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shahriyar Moghanlou | Sepahan | 16 |
| 2 | Reza Asadi | Sepahan | 10 |
| Rahman Jafari | Shams Azar / Tractor | ||
| 4 | Javad Aghaeipour | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 9 |
| Issa Alekasir | Sepahan / Persepolis | ||
| Reza Jafari | Malavan | ||
| 7 | Mohammad Reza Azadi | Nassaji | 8 |
| Mehrdad Mohammadi | Esteghlal | ||
| Ramin Rezaeian | Sepahan | ||
| Amirmasoud Sarabadani | Shams Azar | ||
| Saeid Saharkhizan | Gol Gohar | ||
| Mohammad Reza Soleimani | Malavan |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahab Zahedi | Persepolis | Paykan | 3–1 (A) | 19 October 2023 |
| Ramin Rezaeian | Sepahan | Shams Azar | 4–1 (H) | 1 June 2024 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricardo Alves | Tractor | 10 |
| 2 | Abolfazl Jalali | Esteghlal | 9 |
| 3 | Danial Esmaeilifar | Persepolis | 7 |
| 4 | Roberto Torres | Gol Gohar | 6 |
| Omid Alishah | Persepolis | ||
| 6 | Reza Jafari | Malavan | 5 |
| Abolfazl Razzaghpour | Gol Gohar | ||
| Ramin Rezaeian | Sepahan | ||
| Mehdi Torabi | Persepolis | ||
| Saman Nariman Jahan | Paykan |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hossein Hosseini | Esteghlal | 17 |
| Hossein Pour Hamidi | Tractor | ||
| 3 | Alireza Beiranvand | Persepolis | 12 |
| 4 | Mohammad Reza Akhbari | Gol Gohar | 11 |
| 5 | Alireza Jafarpour | Shams Azar | 10 |
| 6 | Christopher Knett | Foolad | 8 |
| Habib Far Abbasi | Malavan / Zob Ahan | ||
| 8 | Alireza Haghighi | Havadar | 7 |
| Hamed Lak | Mes Rafsanjan | ||
| Ahmad Gohari | Aluminium |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal | 409,800 | 60,000 | 0 | 34,150 | +138.0%† |
| 2 | Persepolis | 402,000 | 70,000 | 0 | 33,500 | +45.0%† |
| 3 | Tractor | 415,000 | 80,000 | 0 | 31,923 | −4.4%† |
| 4 | Sepahan | 252,800 | 60,000 | 0 | 18,057 | −29.5%† |
| 5 | Nassaji | 123,500 | 16,000 | 4,000 | 8,233 | −4.0%† |
| 6 | Foolad | 107,500 | 30,000 | 500 | 7,167 | −15.7%† |
| 7 | Malavan | 106,000 | 11,000 | 5,000 | 7,067 | +31.5%† |
| 8 | Shams Azar | 81,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,786 | n/a† |
| 9 | Sanat Naft | 62,200 | 10,000 | 0 | 4,785 | +19.6%† |
| 10 | Gol Gohar | 61,500 | 9,000 | 1,500 | 4,100 | +23.0%† |
| 11 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 60,900 | 20,000 | 400 | 4,060 | n/a† |
| 12 | Aluminium Arak | 52,500 | 15,000 | 0 | 3,750 | +7.8%† |
| 13 | Zob Ahan | 39,700 | 13,000 | 500 | 2,647 | +230.9%† |
| 14 | Mes Rafsanjan | 33,100 | 10,000 | 100 | 2,207 | +20.6%† |
| 15 | Paykan | 11,300 | 10,000 | 0 | 1,883 | −44.3%† |
| 16 | Havadar | 200 | 200 | 0 | 200 | +27.4%† |
| League total | 2,219,000 | 80,000 | 0 | 10,824 | +13.8%† |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 1 June 2024. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tractor | 0–1 | Persepolis | 80,000 | 16 August 2023 (2023-08-16) | 2 | Sahand |
| Tractor | 0–0 | Sepahan | 80,000 | 3 April 2024 (2024-04-03) | 16 | Sahand | |
| 2 | Persepolis | 1–0 | Mes Rafsanjan | 70,000 | 1 June 2024 (2024-06-01) | 30 | Azadi |
| 4 | Persepolis | 1–1 | Esteghlal | 60,000 | 14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) | 5 | Azadi |
| Sepahan | 1–0 | Persepolis | 60,000 | 12 November 2023 (2023-11-12) | 10 | Naghsh-e Jahan | |
| Persepolis | 0–0 | Sepahan | 60,000 | 1 May 2024 (2024-05-01) | 25 | Azadi | |
| Esteghlal | 1–0 | Gol Gohar | 60,000 | 28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) | 29 | Azadi | |
| 7 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Foolad | 58,000 | 13 May 2024 (2024-05-13) | 27 | Azadi |
| 9 | Sepahan | 1–0 | Esteghlal | 55,000 | 23 August 2023 (2023-08-23) | 3 | Naghsh-e Jahan |
| Esteghlal | 0–0 | Persepolis | 55,000 | 13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) | 20 | Azadi |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 1 June 2024. Source: Iranleague.ir
- 2023–24 Azadegan League
- 2023–24 2nd Division
- 2023–24 3rd Division
- 2023–24 Hazfi Cup
- 2023 Iranian Super Cup
- 2023–24 AFC Champions League
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