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
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The 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 25th season of Iran's Football League and seventh as 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).

Teams

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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

Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.

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

Participating in international competitions

2008 AFC Champions League

Final classification

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Champions
Persepolis F.C.

Results table

Last updated March 17, 2008

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%^†

Teams

Participating in international competitions

Final classification

Results table

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

Top goalassistants

Cards

Matches played

Attendances

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

See also

References