2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

12nd season of Persian Gulf Pro League March 2020 250px|Esteghlal F.C. Esteghlal FC's Iranian idol Farhad Majidi raise the cup at Azadi Stadium Persian Gulf Cup 2012–13 Esteghlal 3rd Pro League title8th Iranian title Aluminium Hormozgan Sanat Naft Paykan Gahar Zagros Champions League Esteghlal Tractor Sazi Sepahan Foolad Jalal Rafkhaei (19 goals) Mehdi Rahmati (21 clean sheets) 306 694 Persepolis 6–0 Paykan(31 October 2012) Fajr Sepasi 6–0 Aluminium Hormozgan(2 March 2013) Zob Ahan 6–0 Sanat Naft(5 May 2013) Paykan 0–5 Foolad(26 September 2012) Fajr Sepasi 0–5 Esteghlal(15 February 2013) Damash 5–3 Paykan(31 July 2012) Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran(6 August 2012) 100,000 Esteghlal – Persepolis (25 January 2013) Esteghlal – Damash (10 May 2013) 0 (spectator ban) Persepolis – Fajr Sepasi (24 July 2012) Persepolis – Aluminium Hormozgan (27 September 2012) Damash – Zob Ahan (1 October 2012) Damash – Saba Qom (23 February 2013) Esteghlal – Gahar Zagros (12 April 2013) 2,397,100 7,964 5 matchesSepahan 19 matchesFoolad 21 matchesSanat Naft 7 matchesPaykan Gahar Zagros 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 30th season of Iran's Football League and 12th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2011–12 Azadegan League: Paykan as champions, Aluminium Hormozgan and Gahar Zagros. The league started on 19 July 2012 and ended on 10 May 2013. Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the third time in their history (total eighth Iranian title). Events Competition format After the 2012–13 Iran Pro League season, it was planned that the number of teams would be reduced from 18 to 16 for the next season, so 4 team was directly relegated to the Azadegan League, while one team was played against the 3rd ranked team from the second division league team in a play-off. 2 teams also are directly promoted from current Azadegan league to the next pro league season and one team played against the 14th placed pro league team in a play-off. Rules and regulations The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2012–13 Iran Pro League are allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:http://www.pgfleague.com/pgfnewsite/pages/jamhazfi/Aeen_Name91.pdf# آیین نامه نقل و انتقالات لیگ برتر فصل ۹۲-۱۳۹۱ 12 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224093151/http://www.pgfleague.com/pgfnewsite/pages/jamhazfi/Aeen_Name91.pdf# 24 December 2013 dead dmy-all Up to maximum 21 adult (over 23-year-old) players Up to maximum 6 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1989). Up to maximum 5 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1991). Up to maximum 3 under-19 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 19 July 1993). Based on the fact that the Season is started from 19 July 2012. Teams Stadia and locations Iran 450 right Locations of clubs in 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup Iran 7 31.32750 48.69389 Foolad Iran 18 35.69611 51.42306 Iran 7 37.466667 49.466667 Damash Iran 7 30.28694 57.06967 Mes Iran 7 30.29 48.40 Naft Iran 7 34.65000 50.88333 Saba left Iran 7 35.80000 50.96667 Saipa left Iran 12 32.63333 51.65000 Sepahan Zob Ahan right Iran 7 38.06667 46.30000 Tractor Sazi bottom Iran 7 37.60 49.35 Malavan top Iran 7 30 53 Fajr Iran 7 33.2936 49.0430 Gahar Zagros Iran 7 36.16 50.00 Paykan right Iran 7 27.11 56.16 Aluminium right Iran TransparentPlaceholder.png 36.25 51.42 PersepolisEsteghlalRah Ahan Naft right TeamCityVenueCapacityAluminium Bandar Abbas Khalij Fars 15,459 Damash Gilan Rasht Dr. Azodi 11,000 Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 84,412 Fajr Sepasi Shiraz HafeziehDastgheib 14,5607,000 Foolad Ahvaz Ghadir 50,199 Gahar Zagros Dorood Takhti Doorood 10,052 Malavan Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000 Mes Kerman Kerman Shahid Bahonar 15,430 Naft Tehran Tehran Dastgerdi 8,250 Paykan Tehran Peykanshahr30,000 Persepolis Tehran Azadi 84,412 Rah Ahan Tehran Rah Ahan 12,922 Saba Qom Qom Yadegar Emam 10,610 Saipa Karaj Enghelab Karaj 30,000 Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan25,256 Sepahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr31,439 Tractor Sazi Tabriz Yadegar-e-Emam 66,833 Zob Ahan Esfahan Foolad Shahr31,439 Personnel and kits – Prose containing any permanent captain changes May 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager CaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorPast SeasonAluminiumIRN Parviz MazloomiIRN Mahmood TighnavardUhlsport ParmisSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes PromotedDamashIRN Afshin Nazemi (caretaker)IRN Reza MahdaviUhlsportSadra Holding7thEsteghlalIRN Amir GhalenoeiIRN Farhad MajidiUhlsportRefah BankChampionFajr SepasiIRN Mahmoud YavariIRN Hossein KazemiMajidHICE13thFooladIRN Hossein FarakiIran Bakhtiar RahmaniUhlsportFoolad Khuzestan14thGahar ZagrosIRN Mohammad Mayeli Kohan IRN Majid BajelanUhlsportMahab https://web.archive.org/web/20120923173515/http://www.mahabin.com/ 23 September 2012 PromotedMalavanIRN Mohammad AhmadzadehIRN Pejman NouriUhlsportSteel Azin Iranian12thMes KermanCRO Luka BonačićIRN Farzad HosseinkhaniUhlsportResalat Bank9thNaft TehranIRN Mansour EbrahimzadehIRN Hadi ShakouriUhlsportNIOC5thPaykanIRN Firouz KarimiIRN Reza TahmasebiUhlsportIKCO RunnaPromotedPersepolisIRN Yahya GolmohammadiIRN Mehdi MahdavikiaUhlsportKavosh15thRah AhanIRN Ali DaeiIRN Hossein PashaeiDaeiFars Air Qeshm11thSaba QomIRN Samad MarfaviIRN Morteza KashiMajidLojixSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 4thSaipaIRN Mojtaba TaghaviIRN Ebrahim SadeghiUhlsportSAIPA8thSanat NaftPOR Acácio CasimiroIRN Hossein KaebiadidasJondi Shapour Co.10thSepahanCRO Zlatko KranjčarIRN Moharram NavidkiaLottoFoolad Mobarakeh3rdTractor SaziIRN Hassan Azarnia (interim)IRN Morteza AssadiUhlsportJavanan Khayyer2ndZob AhanIRN Farhad KazemiIRN Mohammad SalsaliUhlsportEsfahan Steel6th Notes Esteghlal's captain was Mehdi Rahmati before Farhad Majidi rejoins to the team. Reza Haghighi was the captain of Fajr Sepasi until his transfer to the Persepolis. From 19 January 2013 to 18 March 2013, Ali Firouzi and from 18 March 2013, Saeed Salamaat were the caretaker head coaches of Sanat Naft due to Casimiro's illness. Managerial changes Before the start of the season TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointment Paykan Iran Farhad Kazemi Contract expired dmy 2012 05 9Pre-season Iran Abdollah Veisi dmy 2012 06 1 Damash Iran Mehdi Tartar End of caretaker spell dmy 2012 5 31 Iran Omid Harandi dmy 2012 06 1 Foolad Iran Majid JalaliContract expired dmy 2012 5 31 Iran Hossein Faraki dmy 2012 06 1 Zob Ahan Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh dmy 2012 5 31 Iran Rasoul Korbekandi dmy 2012 06 1 Saba Iran Abdollah Veisi dmy 2012 5 31 Iran Yahya Golmohammadi dmy 2012 06 1 Naft Tehran Iran Hossein Faraki Signed by Foolad dmy 2012 5 31 Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh dmy 2012 06 1 Esteghlal Iran Parviz Mazloomi Sacked dmy 2012 5 31 Iran Amir Ghalenoei dmy 2012 06 1 Tractor Sazi Iran Amir Ghalenoei Signed by Esteghlal dmy 2012 5 31 Portugal Toni dmy 2012 06 9 Gahar Zagros Iran Davoud Mahabadi Resigned dmy 2012 6 19 Iran Mehdi Tartar dmy 2012 6 24 Persepolis TUR Mustafa Denizli Mutual agreement dmy 2012 6 22POR Manuel José de Jesus dmy 2012 07 3 In season TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointment Gahar Zagros IRN Mehdi Tartar Resigned dmy 2012 9 1417th IRN Mohammad Mayeli Kohan dmy 2012 10 27 Damash IRN Omid Harandi Sacked dmy 2012 9 1611th IRN Hamid Derakhshan dmy 2012 9 18 Saba IRN Yahya Golmohammadi Resigned dmy 2012 9 247th IRN Samad Marfavi dmy 2012 9 25 Sanat Naft POR José Alberto Costa Sacked dmy 2012 9 2717th POR Acácio Casimiro dmy 2012 10 7 Malavan IRN Farhad Pourgholami Resigned dmy 2012 9 299th IRN Mohammad Ahmadzadeh dmy 2012 9 29 Zob Ahan IRN Rasoul KorbekandiSacked dmy 2012 10 515th IRN Farhad Kazemi dmy 2012 10 8 Persepolis POR Manuel José de Jesus dmy 2012 12 1012th IRN Yahya Golmohammadi dmy 2012 12 10 Mes Kerman IRN Ebrahim Ghasempour dmy 2013 01 18th CRO Luka Bonačić dmy 2013 01 1 Paykan IRN Abdollah Veisi dmy 2013 1 2716th IRN Firouz Karimi dmy 2013 1 27 Aluminium IRN Akbar Misaghian dmy 2013 2 1214th IRN Parviz Mazloomi dmy 2013 2 12 Damash IRN Hamid Derakhshan dmy 2013 03 313th IRN Afshin Nazemi dmy 2013 03 7 Tractor Sazihttp://fararu.com/fa/news/148408/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C اخراج تونی اولیویرا از تراکتورسازی POR Toni dmy 2013 05 22nd IRN Majid Jalali dmy 2013 06 1 Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Players Aluminium Bosnia and Herzegovina Riad Demic Brazil Luiz Fernando Libya Éamon Zayed Syria Mohamed Istanbali Brazil Cris Brazil Henrique Damash Gilan Brazil Arilson Burkina Faso Boubacar Kébé Morocco Ibrahim Maaroufi Esteghlal Bolivia Vicente Arze Trinidad and Tobago Jlloyd Samuel Brazil Januário Brazil Rodrigo Tosi Australia Liam Reddy Fajr Sepasi Curaçao Sendley Bito Brazil Diego Máximo Syria Mahmoud Amnah Foolad Brazil Chimba Brazil Juninho Brazil Leandro Padovani Romania Claudiu Mircea Ionescu Gahar Zagros Armenia Hamlet Mkhitaryan Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Kolunija Armenia Grigor Meliksetyan Malavan Moldova Serghei Pașcenco Mes Kerman Montenegro Milan Mijatović Serbia Ivan Petrović Serbia Stevan Bates Naft Tehran Brazil Magno Brazil Mario Ramos Croatia Goran Ljubojević Paykan Brazil Diego Máximo Brazil Fábio Carvalho Brazil Josieley Ferreira Persepolis Brazil Nilson North Macedonia Vlatko Grozdanoski Serbia Marko Perović Brazil Roberto Sousa Libya Éamon Zayed South Korea Kwon Jun Rah Ahan Brazil Igor Castro Saba Qom Cameroon David Wirikom Saipa Brazil Júnior Brazil Márcio Alemão Sanat Naft Armenia Valeri Aleksanyan Mali Fousseyni Sidibé Portugal Hugo Machado Brazil Diogo Melo Croatia Marko Šimić Sepahan Albania Ervin Bulku Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Australia Milan Susak Montenegro Radomir Đalović Tractor Sazi Netherlands Agil Etemadi Portugal Flávio Paixão Portugal João Vilela Zob Ahan Armenia Gevorg Kasparov Ivory Coast Ismaël Béko Fofana Montenegro Darko Božović North Macedonia Aco Stojkov Portugal Hugo Machado League table main WDL n QR EST Esteghlal TRK Tractor Sazi SEP Sepahan FOL Foolad NAF Naft Tehran MES Mes Kerman PRS Persepolis RAH Rah Ahan SAB Saba Qom SAP Saipa DMG Damash FJR Fajr Sepasi MLV Malavan ZOB Zob Ahan ALH Aluminium Hormozgan SNA Sanat Naft PAY Paykan GZA Gahar Zagros 19 10 5 42 18 C 18 11 5 55 32 19 7 8 64 33 14 14 6 52 35 14 13 7 42 29 12 15 7 33 26 12 14 8 41 31 12 12 10 49 39 10 15 9 37 33 11 12 11 37 33 11 10 13 36 47 10 12 12 42 38 9 13 12 34 39 9 11 14 36 40 O 7 14 13 26 42 R 4 13 17 31 63 R 6 7 21 26 70 R 3 10 21 24 59 R 5 green1 Qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage GS GS GS GS red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs QRPO red1 Relegation to 2013–14 Azadegan League REL REL REL REL 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 10 May 2013 IPL stats.com Results main FBR grey ALH DMG EST FJR FOL GZA MLV NAF PAY PRS RAH SAB SAP MES SNA SEP TRK ZOB Aluminium Hormozgan 0–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 Damash 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 Esteghlal 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 Fajr Sepasi 6–0 6–1 0–5 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 Foolad 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 Gahar Zagros 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–4 1–2 1–0 Malavan 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 Naft Tehran 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–4 1–1 1–0 Paykan 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–5 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–4 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 Persepolis 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 6–0 2–0 0–2 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 Rah Ahan 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 Saba Qom 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 Saipa 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–0 Mes Kerman 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 Sanat Naft 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–6 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 Sepahan 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–4 4–3 Tractor Sazi 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 Zob Ahan 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 6–0 0–4 3–1 10 May 2013 IPL Stats Positions by round table y br Esteghlal 4/ 9/ 5/ 8/ 9/10/10/ 9/ 8/ 6/ 4/ 5/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Tractor Sazi 12/10/ 8/ 6/ 2/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 4/ 1/ 3/ 4/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2 Sepahan 6/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 3/ 7/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3 Foolad 8/14/11/11/12/13/14/15/12/11/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4 Naft Tehran 9/ 6/ 9/ 5/ 7/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 4/ 6/ 9/10/10/ 9/ 9/10/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5 Mes Kerman 15/16/17/15/14/12/13/12/11/12/12/14/11/12/12/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 7/ 8/11/12/ 9/10/ 9/ 7/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6 Persepolis 3/ 8/10/12/16/15/16/14/15/13/13/11/14/11/10/11/12/13/10/11/12/ 9/11/11/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 7 Rah Ahan 10/ 4/ 7/ 9/11/ 9/ 4/10/ 6/ 8/ 6/ 8/10/10/ 8/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 9/ 7/ 8/ 9/11/ 9/10/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 8 Saba Qom 1/ 1/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 4/ 7/ 7/10/10/ 9/ 9/11/12/13/11/11/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 7/10/ 8/ 9/10/ 9/10/ 8/ 8/ 9 Saipa 11/ 7/12/ 7/ 6/ 1/ 3/ 5/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 6/ 7/ 5/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 8/11/12/12/12/11/11/12/12/10/ 9/10/10/10 Damash 7/11/ 6/10/ 8/11/11/11/13/14/14/15/12/13/13/13/11/12/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/11 Malavan 5/ 5/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 6/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/10/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 9/10/ 9/11/11/11/11/13 Fajr Sepasi 2/ 2/ 1/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 8/ 2/ 5/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 7/ 5/ 6/ 8/ 8/10/12/12/10/10/ 7/ 8/10/12/12/11/11/12/12/12/12/12 Zob Ahan 17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/15/15/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/15/15/15/16/16/15/15/15/14/14/15/14/14 Aluminium Hormozgan 13/12/13/14/13/16/12/13/14/16/16/13/15/15/15/15/15/15/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/15/15/14/15/15 Sanat Naft 16/13/14/17/17/17/17/17/16/17/18/18/18/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/17/17/17/17/17/16 Paykan 18/15/16/13/10/ 8/ 9/ 8/10/10/11/12/13/14/14/14/14/14/15/15/15/16/16/16/15/15/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/17 Gahar Zagros 14/17/15/16/15/14/15/16/17/18/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18 1st Leader green1 2014 AFC Champions League red3 Relegation to Qualification red1 Relegation to 2013–14 Azadegan League complete Cups.ir fa September 2011 Clubs season-progress table b Esteghlal W/ L/ W/ D/ D/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ L Tractor Sazi D/ D/ W/ W/ W/ L/ D/ D/ W/ L/ D/ W/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L/ W/ D/ W/ W Sepahan W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ L/ W/ D/ W/ W/ W/ D/ L/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ L/ D Foolad D/ L/ W/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ D/ D/ D/ L/ D Naft Tehran D/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ D/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L/ W/ D/ L/ W/ W/ D Mes Kerman L/ L/ L/ D/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L/ L/ D/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W/ D/ D/ D/ W/ D/ W/ W Persepolis W/ L/ D/ L/ L/ D/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ L Rah Ahan D/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ W/ L/ W/ D/ W/ L/ L/ D/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ W/ L/ W/ W/ D/ D/ L/ D/ D Saba Qom W/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ L/ D/ L/ D/ W/ D/ L/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ W/ D/ D/ L/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L Saipa D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ L/ D/ L/ W/ L/ W/ D/ D/ D/ L/ D/ D/ L/ L/ D/ D/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ W/ L/ L/ W Damash D/ D/ W/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ L/ D/ D/ D/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ W/ D/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ W/ W/ L/ L/ W/ W Fajr Sepasi W/ W/ W/ L/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ D/ W/ D Malavan W/ D/ W/ W/ D/ L/ D/ D/ L/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ D/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ D/ D/ D/ L/ D/ L/ L Zob Ahan L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ D/ L/ D/ L/ W/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ L/ L/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W Aluminium Hormozgan L/ D/ D/ D/ D/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ D/ W/ L/ L/ W/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ L/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ D/ L/ D/ L/ W/ W/ L/ D Sanat Naft L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ W/ D/ D/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ D/ D/ D/ D/ D/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ W/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ W Paykan L/ D/ L/ W/ W/ W/ L/ W/ L/ L/ L/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L Gahar Zagros L/ L/ D/ L/ W/ D/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ D/ W/ L/ W/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L blue2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Lose complete IPL Stats August 2011 Relegation play-offs Zob Ahan as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of 2012–13 Azadegan League, Pas Hamedan in a two-legged play-off. 2013 6 21 y 20:00 CEST Zob Ahan Pas Hamedan 4–2 Heidari 2Farhadi 6 58Bayatinia 45+1 Rabiekhah 71Aliabadi 90+2 Fooladshahr, Isfahan 5,000 Mohsen Torky report 2013 6 26 y 19:30 CEST Pas Hamedan Zob Ahan 1–1 Aliabadi 4 pen. Rajabzadeh 30 pen. Qods, Hamedan 4,000 Saeid Mozaffarizadeh report Zob Ahan won 5–3 on aggregate and retained its Iran Pro League spot for the 2013–14 season. Season statistics Top goalscorers thumbnail|Jalal Rafkhaei PositionPlayerClubGoals1 IRN Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan192 Iran Mehdi Seyed Salehi Tractor Sazi163 IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Sepahan14 IRN Mostafa Shojaei Mes Kerman5 BRA Chimba Foolad126 IRN Saeid Daghighi Saipa11 IRN Reza Enayati Mes Kerman Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Sepahan9 IRN Arash Borhani Esteghlal10 IRN Yaghoub Karimi Naft Tehran POR Flávio Paixão Tractor Sazi12 IRN Farzad Hatami Esteghlal913 IRN Karim Ansarifard Persepolis8 IRN Omid Ebrahimi Sepahan IRI Alireza Jahanbakhsh DamashTotal goals (Including technical loses) 686Total games 306Average per game Last updated: 10 May 2013 Source: IPL Stats Clean sheets thumbnail|Mehdi Rahmati PositionPlayerClubClean sheetsGoals conceded1 IRI Mehdi Rahmati Esteghlal21182 IRI Rahman Ahmadi Saipa15293 BRA Nilson Corrêa Júnior Persepolis14214 IRI Arman Shahdadnejad Mes Kerman13165 IRI Sosha Makani Naft Tehran11156 ARM Gevorg Kasparov Zob Ahan812 IRI Hamed Lak Saba Qom238 BRA Fábio Carvalho Paykan754 IRI Shahab Gordan Sepahan23 Montenegro Milan Mijatovic Mes Kerman5 IRI Vahid Sheikhveisi Fajr Sepasi24 IRI Ershad Yousefi Foolad2213 IRI Habib Dehghani Sanat Naft634 IRI Hamed Fallahzadeh Naft Tehran12 BRA Luiz Fernando Aluminium20 IRI Mojtaba Roshangar Aluminium18 IRI Shahram Mehraban Gahar43 IRI Mehdi Sabeti Tractor Sazi1419 IRI Farshid Karimi Rah Ahan524 IRI Milad Farahani Damash Gilan25 IRI Mohammad Mohammadi Rah Ahan9 IRI Hassan Roudbarian Damash Gilan2223 IRI Ali Hassani Sefat Malavan411 Last Update: 10 May 2013 Scoring First goal of the season: Mehdi Nazari for Fajr against Zob Ahan (19 July 2012) Fastest goal of the season: 12 seconds, Gholamreza Rezaei for Persepolis against Fajr Sepasi (30 December 2012) Latest goal of the season: 96 minutes and 12 seconds, Karim Ansarifard for Persepolis against Zob Ahan (19 November 2012) Largest winning margin: 6 goals Persepolis 6–0 Paykan (31 October 2012) Fajr 6–0 Aluminium (1 March 2013) Zob Ahan 6–0 Sanat Naft (5 May 2013) Highest scoring game: 8 goals Damash 5–3 Paykan (31 July 2012) Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran (6 August 2012) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals Sanat Naft 2–6 Naft Tehran (18 August 2012) Fajr 6–1 Damash (15 September 2012) Persepolis 6–0 Paykan (31 October 2012) Fajr 6–0 Aluminium (1 March 2013) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals Damash 5–3 Paykan (31 July 2012) Naft Tehran 3–4 Sepahan (30 October 2012) Sepahan 4–3 Zob Ahan (13 January 2013) Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateIRN Jalal Rafkhaei Malavan Saba Qom 3–1 dmy 2012 7 30IRN Yaghoub Karimi Naft Tehran Sanat Naft 6–2 dmy 2012 08 6IRN Jaber Ansari Fajr Sepasi Damash Gilan 6–1 dmy 2012 9 15IRN Karim Ansarifard Persepolis Paykan 6–0 dmy 2012 10 31IRN Iman Razaghirad Saba Qom Sanat Naft 3–2 dmy 2013 1 24IRN Mostafa Shojaei Mes Gahar 5–1 dmy 2013 05 5 Awards Team of the Season Goalkeeper: Mehdi Rahmati (Esteghlal) Defence: Mehrdad Jama'ati (Foolad), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal), Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal) Midfield: Reza Haghighi (Perspolis), Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Moharram Navidkia (Sepahan), Yaghoub Karimi (Naft.t) Attack: Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan), Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan) Player of the Season Moharram Navidkia was awarded as the best player of the season among Mehdi Rahmati and Pejman Montazeri became second and third. Saeid Ezzatollahi was also awarded as the best young player of the season and Alireza Jahanbakhsh was ranked second. Other awards Amir Ghalenoei was awarded as the best coach of the season, Zlatko Kranjčar becomes second and Hossein Faraki third. Saeid Mozafarizadeh awarded best referee, Fair Play Award was given to the Fajr Sepasi and Esteghlal was the team of the season. Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Parvin, Homayoun Behzadi and Ali Jabari were also awarded for their service to the Iranian football. Attendances Average home attendances 1 Esteghlal 548000 100000 0 34250 31765 2 Tractor Sazi 409000 50000 2000 24059 39533 3 Persepolis 326000 90000 0 21733 28235 4 Aluminium Hormozgan 125000 20000 2000 7353 5055 5 Damash 101000 15000 0 6733 8125 6 Sanat Naft 103000 15000 1000 6059 9824 7 Malavan 102000 8000 3000 6000 5188 8 Gahar Zagros 99000 65000 1000 5824 6154 9 Foolad 92000 20000 1000 5412 4647 10 Fajr Sepasi 83100 20000 1000 4888 7647 11 Saipa 80500 40000 1000 4735 2176 12 Sepahan 67500 10000 1000 3971 5882 13 Mes Kerman 65000 15000 1000 3824 5882 14 Saba Qom 46000 10000 1000 2706 3588 15 Naft Tehran 44000 15000 1000 2588 2059 16 Paykan 37000 12000 1000 2176 896 17 Zob Ahan 36000 8000 1000 2118 2824 18 Rah Ahan 33000 7000 1000 1942 2235 2397100 100000 0 7964 9488 10 May 2013 Iranleague.ir Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesAluminium Hormozgan, Gahar Zagros and Paykan played last season in Azadegan League May 2015 Highest attendances Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium1 Esteghlal 0–0Persepolis 100,000 yes 2013 1 25 23 AzadiEsteghlal 1–2Damash 100,000 yes 2013 5 10 34 Azadi3 Persepolis 0–0Esteghlal 90,000 yes 2012 8 24 6 Azadi4 Esteghlal 1–0Tractor Sazi 75,000 yes 2013 3 8 29 Azadi5 Gahar Zagros 1–1Persepolis 65,000 yes 2012 7 30 3 AzadiPersepolis 0–2Saba Qom 65,000 yes 2012 8 5 4 Azadi7 Esteghlal 1–1Sepahan 60,000 yes 2013 4 16 30 Azadi8 Esteghlal 1–0Aluminium Hormozgan 50,000 yes 2012 7 20 1 AzadiTractor Sazi 2–0Esteghlal 50,000 yes 2012 10 20 12 Sahand10 Saipa 2–1Esteghlal 40,000 yes 2012 7 25 2 Azadi Notes:Updated to games played on 10 May 2013. Source: Iranleague.ir See also 2012–13 Hazfi Cup 2012–13 Azadegan League 2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2012–13 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League Team season articles 2012–13 Persepolis F.C. season 2012–13 Sepahan F.C. season 2012–13 Esteghlal F.C. season 2012–13 Saba Qom F.C. season 2012–13 S.C. Damash season 2012–13 Fajr Sepasi F.C. season References https://web.archive.org/web/20150621212129/http://www.guilaneno.com/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87%20%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA External links Iran Premier League 2014-2015 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup at PersianLeague 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup at Soccerway 2012–13 1 Iran