2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup

7th season of Persian Gulf Pro League Persian Gulf Cup 2007–08 Persepolis 2nd Pro League title9th Iranian title Sanat Naft Shirin Faraz Champions League Persepolis Sepahan Saba Battery Esteghlal (Hazfi Cup champions) Mohsen Khalili Hadi Asghari (18 goals) 306 721 Rah Ahan 5–0 Paykan(11 March 2008)Persepolis 5–0 Shirin Faraz(30 April 2008) Esteghlal 1–4 Pegah(11 April 2008)Fajr Sepasi 1–4 Zob Ahan(1 May 2008)Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis(14 May 2008) Paykan 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) 110,000 Persepolis – Sepahan (17 May 2008) 0 (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) 3,303,000 11,235 4 matchesPersepolis 16 matchesPersepolis 27 matchesShirin Faraz 6 matchesShirin Faraz 2006–07 2008–09 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 TeamCityStadiumManagerNationalityPast season AboomoslemMashhadSamenParviz MazloomiIran6th BarghShirazHafeziehMahmoud YavariIran12th EsteghlalTehranAzadiFirouz KarimiIran4th EsteghlalAhvazTakhti AhvazMajid JalaliIran2nd MalavanAnzaliTakhti AnzaliMohammad AhmadzadehIran14th MesKermanShahid BahonarAmir GhalenoeiIRN9th PasHamedanGhodsVinko BegovicCRON/A PaykanTehranIran KhodroAli Asghar Modir RoostaIRN7th PegahRashtSardar Jangal Nader DastneshanIRNQualifier PersepolisTehranAzadiAfshin GhotbiIRN USA3rd Rah AhanTehranRah AhanDavoud MahabadiIran16thSaba BatteryTehranShahid DerakhshanYahya GolmohammadiIRN13th SaipaKarajEnghelab KarajAli DaeiIranChampion Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti AbadanAhmad TousiIRN USAQualifier SepahanEsfahanNaghsh JahanJorvan VieiraBrazil POR5th SepasiShirazHafeziehGholam PeyrovaniIran10th Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi KermanshahShahram MehrpeymaIranQualifier Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad ShahrBijan ZolfagharnasabIRN8th 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 Persepolis Sepahan 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 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 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 main WDL IPL Stats, Soccerway PER SEP SAB ABU PAS ZOB BAR ESA PAY MES SAI RAH EST FAJ PEG MLV SNA SHF CLGS CLGS CLGS RUEL REL REL 01 SEP 2018 11 10 13 44 44 11 13 10 61 51 5 13 12 24 33 11 16 7 36 28 14 8 12 37 37 12 10 12 41 42 18 11 5 55 34 C -6 Persepolis was deducted 6 points in issued by FIFA. 12 9 13 33 35 11 14 9 43 47 17 10 7 53 38 -3 Sepahan was deducted 3 points in issued by Iranian Football Federation. 9 15 10 37 41 8 12 14 32 41 11 15 8 39 32 9 11 14 26 35 4 11 15 19 39 13 13 8 41 37 11 11 12 45 40 4 7 19 21 43 11 12 11 36 34 9 8 17 37 46 R 3 12 19 25 59 R Esteghlal Est. Ahvaz Paykan Persepolis Saipa Sanat Naft Saba Malavan Sepahan Zob Ahan Aboumoslem Bargh Fajr Pas Hamedan Pegah Rah Ahan Mes Shirin Faraz 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=76&view=rules PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules Scoresway 30 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180504111448/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=76&view=rules 4 May 2018 dead QR green1 Qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League green1 Qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League1 red1 Relegation to the 2008–09 Azadegan League green1 Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League by winning the Hazfi Cup Results table Last updated March 17, 2008 main FBR grey ABU BGH EST ESA MLV MES PAS PAY PEG PRS RAH SAB SAP SNA SEP FJR SFZ ZOB Aboumoslem 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 Bargh Shiraz 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 Esteghlal 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 Est. Ahvaz 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 4–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 Malavan 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 Mes Kerman 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 PAS Hamedan 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 Paykan 0–0 4–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 Pegah 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 Persepolis 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 5–0 2–1 Rah Ahan 2–0 2–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 5–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 Saba Battery 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 Saipa 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 Sanat Naft 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 Sepahan 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 Fajr Sepasi 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–4 Shirin Faraz 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 Zob Ahan 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 complete http://www.iplstats.com/ Player statistics Top goalscorers thumbnail|Mohsen Khalili 18 Iran Hadi Asghari (Rah Ahan) Iran Mohsen Khalili (Persepolis) 13 Senegal Ibrahima Touré (Paykan) 12 Iran Ruhollah Bigdeli (Est. Ahvaz) Iran Fereydoon Fazli (Saba Battery) Brazil Leo (Sanat Naft) 10 Iran Davoud Haghi (Est. Ahvaz) Iran Milad Meydavoodi (Est. Ahvaz) 9 Iran Esmail Farhadi (Zob Ahan) Iran Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (Aboomoslem) Iran Mahmoud Karimi (Sepahan) Iran Saber Mirghorbani (Sanat Naft) Iraq Mohammad Nasser (Bargh Shiraz) Iran Bahman Tahmasebi (Fajr Sepasi) Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (Pesepolis) Brazil Zaltron (Mes Kerman) 8 Iran Arash Borhani (Esteghlal) Iran Mohammad Gholamin (Pas Hamedan) Iran Mehdi Karimian (Bargh Shiraz) Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Obuća (Pas Hamedan) Iran Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan) Iraq Emad Reza (Foolad) Top goalassistants thumbnail|Mojtaba Jabbari 8 Iran Davoud Haghi (Est. Ahvaz) Iran Mojtaba Jabari (Esteghlal) 7 Iran Khosro Heidari (Pas Hamedan) Iran Mehdi Shiri (Bargh Shiraz) Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (Persepolis) 6 Iran Abbas Aghaei (Persepolis) Iran Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan) Iran Reza Nasehi (Aboomoslem) Iran Mohammad Navazi (Esteghlal) Iran Ahmad Taghavi (Rah Ahan) Cards Player13px13px13px13pxTeam Iran Hossein Pashaei1300 Rah Ahan Iran Ali Haghdoost1020 Aboomoslem Mali Alou Badra Djakité1110Shirin Faraz Iran Mohsen Bengar1100 Sepahan Iran Morteza Kashi1010 Saba Battery Iran Saber Mirghorbani1100Sanat Naft Iran Abouzar Rahimi1010Rah Ahan Iran Hossein Memar901Paykan Iran Hanif Omranzadeh900Pas Hamedan Serbia Ivan Petrović801Aboomoslem Iran Mehrdad Pooladi810Esteghlal Matches played 34 Iran Mojtaba Shiri (Est. Ahvaz) Attendances Average home attendances 1 Persepolis 960000 110000 0 60000 33714 2 Esteghlal 590000 90000 5000 34706 35000 3 Sanat Naft 200000 15000 0 12500 4 Malavan 169000 15000 0 10563 10786 5 Pegah 145000 15000 0 9063 6 Saipa 143000 60000 1000 8412 10667 7 Mes Kerman 139000 15000 2000 8176 6923 8 Est. Ahvaz 127000 20000 0 7938 6267 9 Saba Battery 126000 90000 1000 7412 5400 10 Aboumoslem 118000 35000 1000 6941 9533 11 PAS Hamedan 116000 10000 3000 6824 7933 12 Sepahan 69000 15000 0 6273 6067 13 Bargh Shiraz 89000 20000 1000 5235 5567 14 Shirin Faraz 76000 7000 0 4750 15 Fajr Sepasi 73000 20000 1000 4294 5667 16 Paykan 64000 30000 1000 3765 6333 17 Zob Ahan 54000 15000 1000 3176 4100 18 Rah Ahan 45000 20000 1000 2647 4073 3303000 110000 0 11235 10119 17 May 2008 iplstats.com Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesPegah, Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Azadegan League PAS Hamedan replaced PAS Tehran May 2015 Highest attendances Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium1 Persepolis 2–1Sepahan 110,000 yes 2008 5 17 34 Azadi2 Esteghlal 1–1Persepolis 90,000 yes 2007 10 14 9 AzadiSaba Battery 1–4Persepolis 90,000 yes 2008 5 14 33 Azadi4 Persepolis 0–0Rah Ahan 85,000 yes 2007 9 16 5 Azadi5 Persepolis 1–1Esteghlal 80,000 yes 2008 4 4 26 Azadi6 Persepolis 3–2Esteghlal Ahvaz 70,000 yes 2007 10 19 10 AzadiPersepolis 1–0Mes Kerman 70,000 yes 2007 11 4 12 AzadiPersepolis 1–0Saipa 70,000 yes 2007 11 18 14 AzadiPersepolis 1–1Bargh Shiraz 70,000 yes 2008 5 11 32 Azadi10 Persepolis 2–1Paykan 65,000 yes 2007 9 7 4 Azadi Notes:Updated to games played on 17 May 2008. Source: iplstats.com See also 2007–08 Azadegan League 2007–08 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2007–08 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2007–08 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2007–08 Iranian Futsal Super League References Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League https://web.archive.org/web/20151014135326/http://www.persianleague.com/ 2015-10-14 2007–08 1 Iran