Persian Gulf Pro League

The Persian Gulf Pro League (Persian: لیگ برتر خلیج فارس) formerly known as Iran Pro League (IPL) (Persian: لیگ برتر فوتبال ایران) is the highest level of professional football in Iran.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Founded	1970 officially 2001 with current format
Country	Iran
Confederation	AFC
Divisions	1
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Azadegan League
Domestic cup(s)	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League
Most championships	Persepolis (10 titles ~ overall)
TV partners	IRIB TV3, Jame Jam 1, Varzesh, Shoma
Website	Iranleague.ir

All-time Premier League standings

Since the 2001-2002 season, IPL/Persian Gulf Cup has had nine seasons completed. The table below shows the all-time statistics of all teams attended in the 9 seasons held.

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best Rank
1	Esteghlal	15	462	224	147	91	685	447	+238	8185	Champion
2	Sepahan	15	462	212	146	104	672	446	+226	7791	Champion
3	Persepolis	15	462	199	153	110	646	492	+154	7432	Champion
4	Zob Ahan	15	462	183	155	124	569	465	+104	7033	2nd
5	Foolad	14	428	169	138	121	519	443	+76	645	Champion
6	Saipa	15	462	145	161	156	529	535	-6	596	Champion
7	Saba Qom	12	384	122	149	113	446	427	+19	515	3rd
8	Malavan	14	436	121	145	170	403	502	-99	5075	7th
9	Fajr Sepasi	12	368	101	135	132	347	406	-59	438	4th
10	Tractor	8	252	106	87	59	349	265	+84	4045	2nd
11	Paykan	11	338	98	96	144	342	431	-89	390	5th
12	Rah Ahan	11	354	91	114	149	353	447	-94	387	8th
13	Mes Kerman	8	264	85	99	80	310	292	+18	354	3rd
14	Aboomoslem	9	270	83	90	97	298	304	-6	339	4th
15	Esteghlal Ahvaz	9	274	80	78	116	327	402	-75	318	2nd
16	Naft Tehran	6	192	78	67	47	230	183	+47	301	3rd
17	Pas Tehran	6	168	72	59	37	263	181	+82	2744	Champion
18	Bargh Shiraz	8	236	60	78	98	250	335	-85	258	7th
19	Damash Gilan	8	248	56	81	111	228	343	-115	2485	7th
20	Sanat Naft	5	162	43	42	77	178	251	-73	171	9th
21	Pas Hamedan	4	136	38	48	50	143	165	-22	162	5th
22	Esteghlal Khuzestan	3	90	25	38	27	94	97	-3	113	Champion
23	Shahin Bushehr	3	102	23	38	41	96	118	-22	107	13th
24	Gostaresh	3	90	23	33	34	97	105	-8	102	9th
25	Steel Azin	2	68	19	23	26	85	112	-27	80	5th
26	Shamoushak	3	86	16	26	44	64	118	-54	74	14th
27	Padideh	2	60	16	24	20	53	60	-7	72	10th
28	Shahrdari Tabriz	2	68	14	29	25	79	97	-18	71	12th
29	Aluminium Hormozgan	1	34	7	14	13	26	40	-14	35	15th
30	Payam Mashhad	1	34	9	8	17	33	52	-19	35	16th
31	Mashhad FC	1	30	7	6	17	23	34	-11	27	13th
32	Mes Sarcheshmeh	1	34	5	9	20	23	54	-31	24	18th
33	Naft Masjed Soleyman	1	30	3	13	14	19	39	-20	22	16th
34	Shirin Faraz	1	34	3	12	19	25	59	-34	21	18th
35	Shahid Ghandi Yazd	1	30	4	7	19	21	43	-22	19	16th
36	Gahar Doroud	1	34	3	10	21	24	59	-35	19	18th
37	Machine Sazi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	—

Champions

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place
Sepahan	5 (2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15)	1 (2007–08)	1 (2012–13)
Esteghlal	3 (2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13)	3 (2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11)	4 (2004–05, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2015–16)
Persepolis	2 (2001–02, 2007–08)	2 (2013–14, 2015–16)	2 (2002–03, 2006–07)
Foolad	2 (2004–05, 2013–14)	—	2 (2001–02, 2003–04)
Pas Tehran	1 (2003–04)	2 (2002–03, 2005–06)	—
Saipa	1 (2006–07)	—	1 (2005–06)
Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 (2015–16)	—	—
Zob Ahan	—	3 (2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10)	1 (2010–11)
Tractor	—	3 (2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15)	—
Esteghlal Ahvaz	—	1 (2006–07)	—
Naft Tehran	—	—	2 (2013–14, 2014–15)

Related pages

• Persian Gulf
• Iran
• Documents on the Persian Gulf's name

Other websites

• Persian Gulf Pro League official website
• Persian Gulf Pro League at Soccerway.com
• List of Iran all-time top scorers at RSSSF