18th season of Persian Gulf Pro League
Football league season
The 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League ) was the 36th season of Iran's Football League and 18th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions . The season featured 13 teams from the 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2017–18 Azadegan League : Naft Masjed Soleyman as champions and Nassaji Mazandaran . Machine Sazi replaced Gostaresh . The league started on 26 July 2018 and ended on 16 May 2019. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the fifth time in their history, a total 12th Iranian title.
Teams
Stadia and locations Locations of clubs in 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. In bold : Players that have been capped for their national team.
League table
Source: IPL Table Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[9] (C) Champions; (R) Relegated Notes:
^ FIFA has imposed a 6-points penalty on Esteghlal Khuzestan due to unpaid wages.
Results Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: IPL Stats Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: IPL Table
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets Alireza Beiranvand won his third Persian Gulf Pro League Golden Glove after keeping 16 clean sheets for Persepolis.
Scoring
Attendances
Average home attendances
Attendances by round Notes: Updated to games played on 16 March 2019. Source: Iranleague.ir Archived 2019-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Esteghlal Khuzestan played their matches against Foolad and Nassaji at Foolad Arena Machine Sazi played their matches against Esteghlal Khuzestan and Tractor Sazi at Sahand Saipa played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran Saipa played their matches against Foolad , Nassaji , Paykan , Padideh , Sanat Naft , Sepahan and Tractor Sazi at Shohada Shahr-e Qods Sepahan played their match against Tractor Sazi at Foolad Shahr
Highest attendances Notes: Updated to games played on 16 March 2019. Source: Iranleague.ir Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
Awards
IFLO Seasonal awards
Navad Monthly awards
See also
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