2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season2025–26
Dates18 August 2025 – May 2026
Matches172
Goals307 (1.78 per match)
Top goalscorerAmirhossein Hosseinzadeh (11 goals)
Biggest home winChadormalou 5–1 Gol Gohar (20 February 2026)
Biggest away winGol Gohar 0–5 Tractor
(25 October 2025)
Highest scoringShams Azar 4–4 Chadormalou (26 August 2025)
Longest winning runSepahan (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEsteghlal (11 matches)
Longest winless runMes Rafsanjan, Paykan
(9 matches)
Longest losing runAluminium, Kheybar, Persepolis (3 matches)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League is the 43nd season of Iran's Football League and 25th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. The season started on 18 August 2025 and is scheduled to end on 15 May 2026.[1] Due to the 2026 Iran conflict, the league has been suspended.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2024–25 season and two promoted from the 2024–25 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League. Fajr Sepasi and Paykan.[2] They replaced Nassaji and Havadar.

Promoted from
2024–25 Azadegan League 		Relegated from
2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League
Fajr Sepasi
Paykan 		Nassaji
Havadar

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League teams
Location of Tehran teams in 2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aluminium Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000
Chadormalou Ardakan Shahid Nassiri 15,000
Esteghlal Tehran Azadi 78,116
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Takhti 10,000
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Shiraz Pars 50,000
Foolad Ahvaz Foolad Arena 30,655
Gol Gohar Sirjan Shahid Qasem Soleimani 9,000[3]
Kheybar Khorramabad Takhti Khorramabad 8,000[4]
Malavan Bandar-e Anzali Sirous Ghayeghran 9,000[5]
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Shohadaye Mes 10,000[6]
Paykan Tehran Shohadaye Shahr-e Qods Stadium 8,000
Persepolis Tehran Azadi 78,116
Sepahan Isfahan Naghsh-e-Jahan 75,000
Shams Azar Qazvin Sardar Azadegan 15,000
Tractor Tabriz Yadegar-e Emam 66,833
Zob Ahan Fooladshahr Fooladshahr 20,000

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.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor
Aluminium Mojtaba Hosseini Amir Nouri Sinasport IRALCO
Chadormalou Saeed Akhbari Ali Taheran Darik CMIC
Esteghlal Ricardo Sá Pinto Rouzbeh Cheshmi Yousef Jameh Artaban Motors Group
Esteghlal Khuzestan Amir Khalifeh-Asl Hamid Bou Hamdan Merooj Zest (Mattress)
Fajr Sepasi Pirouz Ghorbani Saeed Zare Merooj Sham Sham (Meat products)
Foolad Hamid Motahari Sasan Ansari Yousef Jameh KSC
Gol Gohar Mehdi Tartar Ali Asghar Ashouri Yousef Jameh Gol Gohar mine
Kheybar Mehdi Rahmati Mehrdad Ghanbari Sinasport Foulad Amir (Steel)
Malavan Maziar Zare Mahyar Zahmatkesh Start Ronix (Industrial tools)
Mes Rafsanjan Mojtaba Jabbari Milad Fakhreddini Start NICICO
Paykan Saeed Daghighi Mohsen Azarbad Alabaft IKCO
Persepolis Osmar Loss Omid Alishah Merooj Daria (Telecommunications)
Sepahan Moharram Navidkia Mohammad Karimi Start Mobarakeh Steel Company
Shams Azar Vahid Rezaei Mehdi Mohammadi Yousef Jameh Shams Azar Macaron
Tractor Dragan Skočić Shojae Khalilzadeh Start ATA Airlines
Zob Ahan Ghasem Haddadifar Ehsan Pahlevan Yousef Jameh TTP (Commercial Company)
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.
3. ^ On the shorts.

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is increased to eight per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 AFC player Former players
Aluminium
Chadormalou Edson Mardden Vitão Renny Simisterra Segundo Portocarrero Mario Otazú Diego Torres Mauro Caballero
Esteghlal Jasir Asani Duckens Nazon Moussa Djenepo Munir El Haddadi Antonio Adan Jaloliddin Masharipov Rustam Ashurmatov Didier Ndong
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Fajr Sepasi
Foolad Gustavo Blanco Matheus Costa Utkir Yusupov
Gol Gohar Marcos Miranda Eric Bocoum Jeremie Obounet Nemanja Tomašević Amadoni Kamolov
Kheybar
Malavan
Mes Rafsanjan Mirzad Mehanović Stefan Ashkovski Lee Ki-je Matheus Costa
Numan Kurdić
Paykan
Persepolis Thievy Bifouma Dániel Gera Marko Bakić Igor Sergeev Oston Urunov Serge Aurier
Sepahan Enzo Crivelli Giorgi Gvelesiani Ricardo Alves Iván Sánchez Vahdat Hanonov
Shams Azar
Tractor Regi Lushkja Domagoj Drožđek Igor Postonjski Tibor Halilović Tomislav Štrkalj Aleksandar Sedlar Marko Johansson Odiljon Hamrobekov
Zob Ahan Dženan Zajmović

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Esteghlal 22 11 8 3 29 16 +13 41 Qualification for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite phase
2 Tractor 22 10 9 3 30 12 +18 39 Qualification for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs
3 Sepahan 22 11 6 5 24 13 +11 39 Qualification for the 2026 CAFA Silk Way Cup Group stage
4 Gol Gohar 23 10 6 7 24 24 0 36
5 Chadormalou 22 9 8 5 27 19 +8 35
6 Persepolis 22 9 7 6 23 19 +4 34
7 Foolad 22 7 10 5 21 16 +5 31
8 Fajr Sepasi 23 8 6 9 25 27 −2 30
9 Kheybar 23 7 8 8 22 24 −2 29
10 Malavan 22 7 8 7 13 21 −8 29
11 Esteghlal Khuzestan 22 6 7 9 16 23 −7 25
12 Paykan 23 5 9 9 15 21 −6 24
13 Shams Azar 23 3 13 7 15 19 −4 22
14 Aluminium Arak 22 5 7 10 14 21 −7 22
15 Zob Ahan 21 3 10 8 12 19 −7 19 Relegation to 2026–27 Azadegan League
16 Mes Rafsanjan 22 3 6 13 13 29 −16 15
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2026. Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[7][8]

Results

Home \ Away ALU CHA EST ESK FJR FOL GOL KHE MLV MES PAY PRS SEP SAQ TRC ZOB
Aluminium Arak — 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Chadormalou 1–0 — 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Esteghlal 3–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–0 3–3
Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0
Fajr Sepasi 1–2 0–3 1–2 — 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Foolad 0–0 0–0 — 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1
Gol Gohar 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 — 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–5 1–2
Kheybar 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1
Malavan 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Mes Rafsanjan 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0
Paykan 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 — 0–1 0–1 2–0
Persepolis 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 — 2–1 2–0
Sepahan 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 — 1–2 0–0
Shams Azar 0–0 4–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 — 0–0
Tractor 4–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 —
Zob Ahan 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2026. Source: Iran League, Iplstats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Aluminium Arak1316161411523710109910131313151514
Chadormalou222557118525644456666
Esteghlal3310899621111133342421
Est. Khuzestan6439414991111121414111212131412
Foolad141514131413121313121314131310111110119
Gol Gohar491133316696887643535
Fajr Sepasi754114310108911119999888
Kheybar111481171111777668889910
Malavan8671010684458578777777
Mes Rafsanjan1212151616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Paykan57566101314141514101012121010111011
Persepolis9867781078323322214245
Sepahan10131315121295243221112353
Shams Azar1110121213151512121415151515151414121213
Tractor1514822251364455565111
Zob Ahan161191115141415151312131211141515141315
Leader : 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite Group stage
AFC Champions League Elite Play-off stage
CAFA Silk Way Cup Group stage
Relegation to 2025–26 Azadegan League
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2026. Source: Iran League, Iplstats

Season statistics

As of 22 February 2026

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Tractor 11
2 Jasir Asani Esteghlal 7
Ehsan Mahroughi Foolad
Hooman Rabizadeh Shams Azar
Renny Simisterra Chadormalou
6 Ali Alipour Persepolis 6
Domagoj Drožđek Tractor
8 Mehrdad Ghanbari Kheybar 5
Mehdi Sharifi Mes Rafsanjan / Fajr Sepasi
Mehdi Tikdari Gol Gohar

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Domagoj Drožđek Tractor Aluminium Arak 4–1 (H) 12 September 2025
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Tractor Gol Gohar 5–0 (A) 25 October 2025

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Ali Alipour Persepolis 6
2 Reza Mahmoudabadi Chadormalou 5
3 Mehdi Hashemnejad Tractor 4
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Tractor
Alireza Koushki Esteghlal
Abolfazl Razzaghpour Foolad
Mehdi Torabi Tractor
7 Sina Asadbeigi Foolad 3
Munir El Haddadi Esteghlal
Farshid Esmaeili Fajr Sepasi
Danial Esmaeilifar Tractor
Majid Eydi Gol Gohar
Mehrdad Ghanbari Kheybar
Hadi Habibinejad Chadormalou
Ehsan Hajsafi Sepahan
Amirhossein Jeddi Zob Ahan
Milad Mohammadi Persepolis
Ramin Rezaeian Esteghlal / Foolad

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Alireza Jafarpour Shams Azar 11
Farzad Tayebipour Malavan
3 Alireza Beiranvand Tractor 10
Farzin Garousian Gol Gohar
Payam Niazmand Persepolis
6 Edson Mardden Chadormalou 9
7 Mohammad Khalifeh Aluminium Arak 8
8 Hossein Hosseini Sepahan 7
Mohammad Javad Kia Est. Khuzestan
Hamed Lak Foolad

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