2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup

8th season of Persian Gulf Pro League Persian Gulf Cup 2008–09 Esteghlal 2nd Pro League title7th Iranian title Payam Damash Bargh Shiraz Champions League Esteghlal Zob Ahan Mes Kerman Sepahan Arash Borhani (21 goals) 306 777 Esteghlal 6–0 Est. Ahvaz(18 September 2008) Rah Ahan 1–5 Esteghlal(4 February 2009) Zob Ahan 6–3 Saipa(3 October 2008) 90,000 Persepolis – Damash (25 September 2008) Persepolis – Esteghlal (3 October 2008) Esteghlal – Persepolis (13 February 2009) 0 (spectator ban) Persepolis – PAS Hamedan (9 August 2008) 2,731,000 8,954 6 matchesMes Kerman 13 matchesMes Kerman 27 matchesBargh Shiraz 3 matchesBargh Shiraz 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 26th season of Iran's Football League and eighth season of Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2007–08 Azadegan League: Payam Mashhad as champions and Foolad. Damash replaced Pegah. The league started on 4 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the second time in their history (total seventh Iranian title). Teams TeamCityVenue CapacityHead coach Team captain Past Season AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000 IRN Ali Hanteh IRN Saeed Khani 4th Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000IRN Rasoul KorbekandiIran Sattar Zare7th Damash GilanRashtSardar Jangal15,000CRO Stanko PoklepovićIran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi 15th Est. AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000IRN Khodadad AziziIran Afshin Komaei8th EsteghlalTehranAzadi90,000Iran Amir GhalenoeiIran Farhad Majidi 13th Foolad AhvazTakhti Ahvaz15,000Iran Majid JalaliIRN Ali BadaviQualifier MalavanAnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000Iran Mohammad AhmadzadehIran Masoud Gholamalizad16th Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,000Iran Parviz MazloomiIRN Farzad Hosseinkhani10th MoghavematShirazHafezieh20,000IRN Gholam Hossein PeyrovaniIran Mostafa Sabri14th Pas HamedanHamedanGhods5,000CRO Vinko BegovicIRN Omid Khouraj 5th PaykanQazvinShahid Rajaei5,000Iran Ali Asghar Modir RoostaIRN Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi 9th Payam Mashhad Samen35,000 IRN Kazem GhiyasiyanIRN Mehdi HasheminasabQualifier PersepolisTehranAzadi90,000Portugal Nelo Vingada IRN Karim BagheriChampion Rah AhanRey, Iran Rah Ahan15,000IRN Mehdi Tartar Iran Ahmad Taghavi12th Saba QomQomYadegar Emam15,000Iran Firouz KarimiIRN Yahya Golmohammadi 3rd SaipaKarajEnghelab Karaj15,000IRN Mohammad Mayeli KohanIRN Ebrahim Sadeghi11th SepahanEsfahanFoolad Shahr25,000IRN Farhad KazemiIRN Moharram Navidkia 2nd Zob AhanEsfahanFoolad Shahr25,000IRN Mansour EbrahimzadehIRN Mohammad Salsali6th In October 2008 Pegah Gilan terminated their sports activities due to financial problems. Damash Iranian (Damash Mineral Water Company) owned by Amir Abedini took over their license. New club named Damash Gilan. Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season. Team Name Nationality Aboomoslem Hadi Bargizar Iran Damash Gilan Bijan Zolfagharnasab Iran Rah Ahan Davoud Mahabadi Iran Saipa Pierre Littbarski GER Sepahan Engin Firat TUR GER Persepolis Afshin Ghotbi IRN USA Payam Khodadad Azizi IRN Aboomoslem Amir Hossein Peyrovani IRN Sepahan Hossein Charkhabi IRN Damash Gilan Hossein Abdi IRN Bargh Shiraz Mohammad Abbasi IRN Payam Abbas Chamanyan IRN Persepolis Afshin Peyrovani IRN Est. Ahvaz Akbar Misaghian IRN Bargh Shiraz Farshad Pious IRN Payam Majid Hosseinipour IRN Rah Ahan Mahmoud Yavari IRN Paykan Ali Asghar Modir Roosta IRN Aboomoslem Ali Hanteh IRN Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players Aboomoslem Cameroon Jean Black Ngody Nigeria Daniel Olerum Togo Abdou Moumouni Togo Franck Atsou Iraq Jassim Ghulam Serbia Fuad Salihović Bargh Shiraz Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Avdić Brazil William Teixera Uruguay Martín Barlocco Damash Gilan Brazil Adriano Alves Serbia Ivan Dragičević Esteghlal Ahvaz Iraq Ahmed Kadhim Iraq Mohammed Nasser North Macedonia Marjan Belčev Iraq Haitham Khadim Taher Esteghlal Brazil Januário Peru Rinaldo Cruzado Brazil Fabrício Ceará Foolad Malavan Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Bašić Brazil Felipe Alves Mes Kerman Brazil Edinho Brazil Paulo Zaltron Mali Sékou Fofana Moghavemat PAS Hamedan Uzbekistan Shakhboz Erkinov Croatia Mario Garba Paykan Brazil Christian Carvalho Payam Brazil Diego Germany Shpejtim Arifi Persepolis Brazil Wésley Brasilia Senegal Ibrahima Touré Serbia Ivan Petrović Brazil Paulão Rah Ahan Uruguay Álvaro Pintos Armenia Hamlet Mkhitaryan Uruguay César Pellegrín Saba Qom Bosnia and Herzegovina Almir Tolja Saipa Mali Alou Traoré Mali Issa Traoré Sepahan Cameroon Jacques Elong Elong Iraq Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Iraq Emad Mohammed Mozambique Armando Sá Zob Ahan Brazil Igor Castro Iraq Iman Shirazi Kosovo Bajram Nebihi Senegal Issa Ndoye Iraq Haider Obeid League standings main WDL IPL Stats, Soccerway EST ZOB MES SEP PER SAB FOL PAY FAJ SAI RAH PAS MLV ESA ABU PAM PEG BAR CLGS CLGS CLGS CLGS REL REL REL 1 September 2018 19 9 6 70 34 C 11 6 17 37 54 13 11 10 50 41 10 10 14 40 47 8 11 15 34 41 13 8 13 43 42 15 10 9 50 41 10 12 12 43 50 5 9 20 35 54 R 14 14 6 46 34 11 11 12 33 37 9 13 12 31 43 19 9 6 58 42 6 13 15 40 56 R 4 11 15 19 39 12 17 5 49 36 11 8 15 35 41 4 7 19 21 43 17 10 7 54 36 9 8 17 37 46 3 12 19 25 59 9 8 17 33 52 R Esteghlal Est. Ahvaz Foolad Paykan Payam Persepolis Saipa Saba Malavan Sepahan Zob Ahan Aboumoslem Bargh Fajr Pas Hamedan Damash Rah Ahan Mes 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 2010 AFC Champions League red1 Relegation to the 2009–10 Azadegan League Results table Last updated April 26, 2009 main FBR grey ABU BGH EST ESA MLV MES PAS PAY PYM DMG PRS RAH SAB SAP SEP FOL MVT ZOB Aboumoslem 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 4–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 4–0 Bargh Shiraz 2–2 1–4 0–3 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 Esteghlal 2–0 1–1 6–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 5–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 5–2 2–0 Est. Ahvaz 1–3 1–0 0–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 Malavan 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 Mes Kerman 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 PAS Hamedan 2–1 1–0 2–4 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 Paykan 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 Payam Mashhad 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 Damash 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 Persepolis 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 Rah Ahan 3–0 3–0 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 Saba Qom 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 Saipa 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–4 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 Sepahan 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–4 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 Foolad 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 5–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 Moghavemat 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 Zob Ahan 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 6–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 complete http://www.iplstats.com/ Player statistics Top scorers thumbnail|Arash Borhani Position Player Club Goals1 IRI Arash Borhanihttp://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8707170447 رحيمي مقدم: آرش برهاني گل اول استقلال را نزد 2011-04-01 2012-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120313044927/http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8707170447 dead http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/history?view=matchdate&id=7&displayresults=yes&badges_ondisplay=yes&venue_id=10 Season: IPL2008-2009 Week: 10 2011-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20101231022412/http://persianleague.com/index.php/history?view=matchdate&id=7&displayresults=yes&badges_ondisplay=yes&venue_id=10 2010-12-31 dead http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=105&view=player&sid=7 Profile of Arash Borhani - IPL 2008-2009 2011-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100103110135/http://persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=105&view=player&sid=7 2010-01-03 dead http://www.irangoals.com/2008/10/07/video-esteghlal-tehran-moghavemat-shiraz-2/ Video of the goal 2011-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928012457/http://www.irangoals.com/2008/10/07/video-esteghlal-tehran-moghavemat-shiraz-2/ 2011-09-28 dead Iranian Premier League Stats: 2008-2009 SeasonArash Borhani has 12 Goals in 1/2 season: http://ffiri.ir/html/images/lig8/5.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20110722014551/http://ffiri.ir/html/images/lig8/5.jpg 2011-07-22 Esteghlal202 GER Shpejtim Arifi Payam183 BRA Igor Castro Zob Ahan164 IRI Afshin Chavoshi Damash Gilan155 IRI Fereydoon Fazli Saba Qom14 IRQ Emad Mohammed Sepahan6 IRI Siavash Akbarpour Esteghlal12 BRA Adriano Alvez Damash Gilan IRI Davoud Haghi Rah Ahan8 IRI Maysam Baou Aboomoslem11 IRI Faraz Fatemi Mes Kerman IRI Iman Haydari Paykan IRI Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan SEN Ibrahima Touré Persepolis11 IRI Farid Abedi Bargh Shiraz10 BRA Edinho Mes Kerman IRI Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Zob Ahan IRI Amin Motevaselzadeh Moghavemat Sepasi Mali Issa Traoré Saipa20 5 players925 6 players831 2 players733 8 players641 18 players558 23 players481 18 players399 26 players2125 95 players1Own goals0Total goals777 Last updated: 11 April 2009Source: Iplstats.com Cards Player13px13px13px13pxTeam Iran Mohammad Matouri1001 Payam Mashhad Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari1010 Zob Ahan Iran Mohsen Arzani810 Payam Mashhad Iran Alireza Jalili900 Payam Mashhad Iran Morteza Bargizar900 Payam Mashhad Iran Mohammad AghaMohammadi900 Est. Ahvaz Iran Meysam Khosravi900 Paykan BRA Adriano Alvez900 Damash Gilan Iran Mohsen Bengar710 Sepahan Iran Omid Khouraj512 PAS Hamedan Iran Hanif Omranzadeh710 PAS Hamedan Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht701 Persepolis Iran Maziar Zare800 Persepolis Matches played 33 Iran Morteza Ebrahimi (Mes) Iran Vahid Taleblou (Esteghlal) Sponsorship Referee's Sponsor: GERAD Referee's Supplier: Merooj Team Shirt manufacturers TeamKit ManufacturerEsteghlalUhlsportPersepolisRah AhanSepahanAboomoslemMeroojEsteghlal AhvazFooladMes KermanMoghavematPaykanPayamDamash GilanSabaZob AhanBarghDaei SWEMalavanPAS HamedanNahangiSaipa Attendances Average home attendances 1 Persepolis 651000 90000 0 40688 60000 2 Esteghlal 615000 90000 10000 36176 34706 3 Mes Kerman 123000 15000 1000 7235 8176 4 Malavan 116000 15000 3000 6824 10563 5 Bargh Shiraz 115000 20000 1000 6765 5235 6 Foolad 109000 20000 2000 6412 7 Payam 103000 40000 1000 6059 8 Sepahan 98000 15000 2000 5765 6273 9 Aboumoslem 90000 35000 1000 5294 6941 10 Saipa 89000 50000 1000 5235 8412 11 Moghavemat 86000 20000 1000 5059 4294 12 Est. Ahvaz 85000 20000 1000 5000 7938 12 Saba Qom 85000 15000 1000 5000 7412 14 Zob Ahan 84000 15000 2000 4941 3176 14 Rah Ahan 84000 40000 1000 4941 2647 16 Paykan 68000 12000 1000 4000 3765 17 Damash 67000 15000 1000 3941 18 PAS Hamedan 63000 12000 1000 3706 6824 2731000 90000 0 8954 11235 26 April 2009 iplstats.com Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesPegah, Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Azadegan League Paykan moved from Tehran to Qazvin Saba Battery moved from Tehran to Qom Damash replaced Pegah May 2015 Highest attendances Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium1 Persepolis 2–0Damash 90,000 yes 2008 9 25 8 AzadiPersepolis 1–1Esteghlal 90,000 yes 2008 10 3 9 AzadiEsteghlal 1–1Persepolis 90,000 yes 2009 2 13 26 Azadi4 Persepolis 0–1Mes Kerman 60,000 yes 2008 9 11 6 AzadiPersepolis 3–2Sepahan 60,000 yes 2008 10 26 12 AzadiPersepolis 1–1Saipa 60,000 yes 2008 12 9 18 AzadiEsteghlal 2–1Saba Qom 60,000 yes 2009 1 23 23 Azadi8 Persepolis 3–1Bargh Shiraz 55,000 yes 2008 10 22 11 Azadi9 Saipa 1–1Persepolis 50,000 yes 2008 8 4 1 AzadiEsteghlal 2–1Rah Ahan 50,000 yes 2008 9 27 8 Azadi Notes:Updated to games played on 26 April 2009. Source: iplstats.com See also 2008–09 Azadegan League 2008–09 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2008–09 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2008–09 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2008–09 Iranian Futsal Super League References Iran Premier League Statistics Persian League https://web.archive.org/web/20151014135326/http://www.persianleague.com/ 2015-10-14 Soccerway Bazikonan 2008–09 1 Iran