2007–08_Persian_Gulf_Cup

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2007–08
Champions	Persepolis; 2nd Pro League title; 9th Iranian title
Relegated	Sanat Naft ; Shirin Faraz
Champions League	Persepolis ; Sepahan ; Saba Battery ; Esteghlal (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	721 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohsen Khalili ; Hadi Asghari ; (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Rah Ahan 5–0 Paykan; (11 March 2008); Persepolis 5–0 Shirin Faraz; (30 April 2008)
Biggest away win	Esteghlal 1–4 Pegah; (11 April 2008); Fajr Sepasi 1–4 Zob Ahan; (1 May 2008); Saba Battery 1–4 Persepolis; (14 May 2008)
Highest scoring	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)
Longest winning run	4 matches; Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches; PAS Hamedan
Longest winless run	27 matches; Shirin Faraz
Longest losing run	6 matches; Shirin Faraz
Highest attendance	110,000 ; Persepolis – Sepahan ; (17 May 2008)
Lowest attendance	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)
Total attendance	3,303,000
Average attendance	11,235
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup

25th season of top-tier football league in Iran

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).

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Results table

Last updated March 17, 2008

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Home \ Away	PRS	SEP	SAB	ABU	PAS	ZOB	PAY	BGH	ESA	MES	SAP	RAH	EST	FJR	PEG	MLV	SNA	SFZ
Persepolis		2–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–0
Sepahan	2–1		2–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–0
Saba Battery	1–4	0–1		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–2
Aboumoslem	0–3	2–1	0–1		0–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
PAS Hamedan	1–2	3–1	0–1	3–0		1–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Zob Ahan	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1
Paykan	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0		4–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0
Bargh Shiraz	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0
Est. Ahvaz	4–1	3–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1		2–2	1–2	2–3	1–2	4–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	3–1
Mes Kerman	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–1		2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2
Saipa	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0		2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	4–2
Rah Ahan	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	5–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–0		0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0
Esteghlal	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	1–4	2–0	2–3	2–1
Fajr Sepasi	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–2		2–0	2–1	2–0	2–2
Pegah	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	0–1	0–0
Malavan	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1		0–0	2–2
Sanat Naft	2–3	2–2	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–2		2–1
Shirin Faraz	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–0

Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_hth_PER0.43257867145938-1] Persepolis was deducted 6 points in issued by FIFA.

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Team	City	Stadium	Manager	Past season
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen	Parviz Mazloomi	6th
Bargh	Shiraz	Hafezieh	Mahmoud Yavari	12th
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	Firouz Karimi	4th
Esteghlal	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	Majid Jalali	2nd
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	14th
Mes	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	Amir Ghalenoei	9th
Pas	Hamedan	Ghods	Vinko Begovic	N/A
Paykan	Tehran	Iran Khodro	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	7th
Pegah	Rasht	Sardar Jangal	Nader Dastneshan	Qualifier
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	Afshin Ghotbi	3rd
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Rah Ahan	Davoud Mahabadi	16th
Saba Battery	Tehran	Shahid Derakhshan	Yahya Golmohammadi	13th
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	Ali Daei	Champion
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	Ahmad Tousi	Qualifier
Sepahan	Esfahan	Naghsh Jahan	Jorvan Vieira	5th
Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	Gholam Peyrovani	10th
Shirin Faraz	Kermanshah	Azadi Kermanshah	Shahram Mehrpeyma	Qualifier
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	Bijan Zolfagharnasab	8th

Team	Name	Nationality
Aboomoslem	Khodadad Azizi
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Firouz Karimi
Esteghlal	Nasser Hejazi
Mes	Farhad Kazemi
Paykan	Samvel Darbinyan
Pegah	Majid Jahanpour
Rah Ahan	Akbar Misaghian
Saba Battery	Mohammad Hossein Ziaei
Sanat Naft	Ebrahim Ghasempour
Sepahan	Luka Bonačić
Shirin Faraz	Marco Octavio
Zob Ahan	Zoran Đorđević

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former Players
Aboomoslem	Ivan Petrović	Franck Atsou
Bargh Shiraz	Mohammed Nasser	Martín Barlocco
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Esteghlal Tehran	Fabrício Ceará	Srđan Urošević
Malavan
Mes Kerman	Edinho	Paulo Zaltron	Sékou Fofana	Uche Iheruome	Gerardo Morales
PAS Hamedan	Emir Obuća	Faruk Ihtijarević
Paykan	Guillaume N'Kendo	Ibrahima Touré			Taribo West
Pegah	Joël Tchami	Akvsenti Gilauri			Martin Abena
Persepolis	Jacques Elong Elong	Mate Dragičević
Rah Ahan	Hamlet Mkhitaryan	César Pellegrín
Saba Battery	Alen Avdić	Almir Tolja	Marinko Mačkić
Saipa	Adriano Alves	Evandro	Alou Traoré	Issa Traoré
Sanat Naft	Léo	Renato Medeiros	Marcelo de Souza
Sepahan	Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail	Emad Mohammed	Haitham Khadim Taher	Kabir Bello	Jaba Mujiri
Sepasi
Shirin Faraz	Alou Badra Djakité	Ivan Dragičević
Zob Ahan	Fábio Carvalho	Issa Ndoye

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	59^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League
2	Sepahan	34	17	10	7	53	38	+15	58^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3	Saba	34	13	13	8	41	37	+4	52
4	Aboumoslem	34	14	8	12	37	37	0	50
5	Pas Hamedan	34	11	16	7	36	28	+8	49
6	Zob Ahan	34	11	15	8	39	32	+7	48
7	Bargh	34	11	14	9	43	47	−4	47
8	Est. Ahvaz	34	11	13	10	61	51	+10	46
9	Paykan	34	12	10	12	41	42	−1	46
10	Mes	34	11	12	11	36	34	+2	45
11	Saipa	34	12	9	13	33	35	−2	45
12	Rah Ahan	34	11	11	12	45	40	+5	44
13	Esteghlal	34	11	10	13	44	44	0	43	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League^{[lower-alpha 3]}
14	Fajr	34	9	15	10	37	41	−4	42
15	Pegah	34	9	11	14	26	35	−9	38
16	Malavan	34	8	12	14	32	41	−9	36
17	Sanat Naft (R)	34	9	8	17	37	46	−9	35	Relegation to the 2008–09 Azadegan League
18	Shirin Faraz (R)	34	3	12	19	25	59	−34	21	Relegation to the 2008–09 Azadegan League

Player				Team
Hossein Pashaei	13	0	0	Rah Ahan
Ali Haghdoost	10	2	0	Aboomoslem
Alou Badra Djakité	11	1	0	Shirin Faraz
Mohsen Bengar	11	0	0	Sepahan
Morteza Kashi	10	1	0	Saba Battery
Saber Mirghorbani	11	0	0	Sanat Naft
Abouzar Rahimi	10	1	0	Rah Ahan
Hossein Memar	9	0	1	Paykan
Hanif Omranzadeh	9	0	0	Pas Hamedan
Ivan Petrović	8	0	1	Aboomoslem
Mehrdad Pooladi	8	1	0	Esteghlal

2007–08_Persian_Gulf_Cup

2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup

Teams

Participating in international competitions

Foreign Players

Final classification

Results table

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

Top goalassistants

Cards

Matches played

Attendances

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

See also

References

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Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Persepolis	960,000	110,000	0	60,000	+78.0%^†
2	Esteghlal	590,000	90,000	5,000	34,706	−0.8%^†
3	Sanat Naft	200,000	15,000	0	12,500	n/a^†
4	Malavan	169,000	15,000	0	10,563	−2.1%^†
5	Pegah	145,000	15,000	0	9,063	n/a^†
6	Saipa	143,000	60,000	1,000	8,412	−21.1%^†
7	Mes Kerman	139,000	15,000	2,000	8,176	+18.1%^†
8	Est. Ahvaz	127,000	20,000	0	7,938	+26.7%^†
9	Saba Battery	126,000	90,000	1,000	7,412	+37.3%^†
10	Aboumoslem	118,000	35,000	1,000	6,941	−27.2%^†
11	PAS Hamedan	116,000	10,000	3,000	6,824	−14.0%^†
12	Sepahan	69,000	15,000	0	6,273	+3.4%^†
13	Bargh Shiraz	89,000	20,000	1,000	5,235	−6.0%^†
14	Shirin Faraz	76,000	7,000	0	4,750	n/a^†
15	Fajr Sepasi	73,000	20,000	1,000	4,294	−24.2%^†
16	Paykan	64,000	30,000	1,000	3,765	−40.5%^†
17	Zob Ahan	54,000	15,000	1,000	3,176	−22.5%^†
18	Rah Ahan	45,000	20,000	1,000	2,647	−35.0%^†
	League total	3,303,000	110,000	0	11,235	+11.0%^†