2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

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	Leader
	AFC Champions League 2013 Qualifying play-off
	Relegation to Azadegan League 2012-13

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2011–12
Champions	Sepahan; 4th title
Relegated	Shahin Bushehr; Shahrdari Tabriz; Mes Sarcheshmeh
Champions League	Sepahan; Tractor Sazi; Esteghlal; Saba Qom
Matches played	306
Goals scored	720 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karim Ansarifard (21)
Biggest home win	Saipa 5-0 Fajr Sepasi
Biggest away win	Mes Sarcheshmeh 0-4 Damash Gilan; Sanat Naft 0-4 Saipa; Saipa 0-4 Sepahan; Sanat Naft 0-4 Sepahan
Highest scoring	Malavan 3-4 Sepahan; Persepolis 3-4 Rah Ahan
Longest winning run	7 games; Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	13 games; Zob Ahan
Longest winless run	12 games; Rah Ahan
Longest losing run	4 games; Mes Sarcheshmeh; Mes Kerman
Highest attendance	100,456 ; Persepolis - Esteghlal
Lowest attendance	2,102; Mes Kerman – Naft Tehran
Average attendance	10,660
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Iran Pro League was the eleventh season of the Iran Pro League and the sixth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Sepahan was the defending champions, which having won the league for 4th time and in a third in a row. The regular season began on 2 August 2011 and ended on 11 May 2012.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Tractor Sazi Shahrdari

Damash

Mes Sarcheshmeh

Sepasi

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Naft

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Locations of clubs in 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	95,225 - 100,000
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	22,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	12,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	12,000
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Sarcheshmeh	Shahid Bahonar	12,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	95,225 - 100,000
Rah Ahan	Shahr-e-Rey	Rah Ahan	12,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam Qom	10,610
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	14,000
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000
Shahin	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	14,000
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	66,833
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	80,451
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

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	Shirt sponsor	Past Season
Damash	Mehdi Tartar	Reza Mahdavi	Adidas	Damash Shahr Baran	Promoted ^[2]
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloomi	Mojtaba Jabbari	Uhlsport	City Bank	2nd
Fajr Sepasi	Mahmoud Yavari	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Majid	HICE	Promoted ^[2]
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Jalal Kameli Mofrad	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan Co.	6th
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Babak Pourgholami	Majid	Iran Navy	8th
Mes Kerman	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Resalat Bank	7th
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Asghar Sharafi	Ali Samereh	Uhlsport	None	Promoted ^[2]
Naft Tehran	Hossein Faraki	Hamid Reza Fathi	Uhlsport	National Iranian Oil Company	13th
Persepolis	Mustafa Denizli	Ali Karimi	Uhlsport	Opel	4th
Rah Ahan	Ali Daei	Hossein Pashaei	Daei	Refah Bank	15th
Saba Qom	Abdollah Veisi	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Majid	Vegal	10th
Saipa	Mojtaba Taghavi	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport	SAIPA	11th
Sanat Naft	José Alberto Costa	Abbas Merdasi	Majid	National Iranian Oil Company	9th
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Foolad Mobarakeh Complex	Champion
Shahin	Hamid Derakhshan	Vahid Talebloo	Uhlsport	Post Bank	14th
Shahrdari Tabriz	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Ebrahim Mirzapour	Majid	City Bank	12th
Tractor Sazi	Amir Ghalenoei	Morteza Assadi	Uhlsport	Hamrah-e-Avval	5th
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mohammad Salsali	Uhlsport	Zob Ahan Steel Co.	3rd

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Saipa	Mayeli Kohan	Contract expired	21 May 2011	11th (2010-11)	Majid Saleh	6 June 2011
Sepahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Contract expired	5 June 2011	1st (2010-11)	Luka Bonačić	22 June 2011
Tractor Sazi	Faraz Kamalvand	Contract expired	13 June 2011	5th (2010-11)	Amir Ghalenoei	22 June 2011
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Contract expired	14 June 2011	4th (2010-11)	Hamid Estili	21 June 2011
Shahrdari	Hamid Derakhshan	Sacked	18 June 2011	12th (2010-11)	Miodrag Ješić	18 June 2011
Shahin Bushehr	Akbar Misaghian	Sacked	19 June 2011	14th (2010-11)	Hamid Derakhshan	26 June 2011
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Sacked	14 July 2011	15th (2010-11)	Ali Daei	14 July 2011

In season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Sanat Mes Kerman	Samad Marfavi	Resigned	25 August 2011	17th	Miroslav Blažević	9 September 2011
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Ahmad Sanjari	Sacked	26 August 2011	18th	Asghar Sharafi	27 August 2011
Damash Gilan	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Sacked	18 September 2011	16th	Ebrahim Ghasempour	20 September 2011
Shahin Bushehr	Hamid Derakhshan	Resigned	5 October 2011	9th	Firouz Karimi	6 October 2011
Sepahan Isfahan	Luka Bonacic	Sacked	14 October 2011	5th	Zlatko Kranjcar	31 October 2011
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz	Ali Kalantari	Sacked	26 November 2011	17th	Mahmoud Yavari	27 November 2011
Sanat Naft Abadan	Gholam Peyrovani	Resigned	27 November 2011	13th	José Alberto Costa	4 December 2011
Persepolis Tehran	Hamid Estili	Resigned	9 December 2011	9th	Mustafa Denizli ^[3]	23 December 2011
Shahrdari Tabriz	Miodrag Ješić	Sacked	24 December 2011	13th	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	5 January 2012
Damash Gilan	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Resigned ^[4]	28 December 2011	7th	Mehdi Tartar ^[5]	6 January 2012
Shahin Bushehr	Firouz Karimi	Sacked	5 February 2011	16th	Hamid Derakhshan	13 February 2012
Sanat Mes Kerman	Miroslav Blažević	Sacked	14 February 2012	14th	Ebrahim Ghasempour	16 February 2012
Saipa	Majid Saleh	Sacked	15 February 2012	10th	Mojtaba Taghavi	1 March 2012

League table

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Positions by round

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Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karim Ansarifard	Saipa	21
2	Founéké Sy	Sanat Naft	20
3	Reza Enayati	Saba Qom	18
4	Ali Karimi	Persepolis	11
5	Mojtaba Jabbari	Esteghlal	10
	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Fajr Sepasi
	Reza Norouzi	Foolad
	Saeed Daghighi	Shahrdari Tabriz
	Flávio Paixão	Tractor Sazi
10	Bahador Abdi	Rah Ahan	9
	Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal
	Omid Alishah	Rah Ahan
	Emad Mohammed Ridha	Sepahan
14	9 players		8
23	7 players		7
30	7 players		6
37	13 players		5
50	16 player		4
66	24 player		3
90	45 player		2
135	92 player		1
_	13 players ¹		OG
_	technical loses of 3–0		1
Total goals (Including technical loses)			720
Total games			306
Average per game			2.35

Position	Player	Club				Total
1	Márcio José	Naft Tehran	10	1	0	11
2	Majid Gholamnejad	Saipa	10	0	0	10
	Hossein Kaabi	Rah Ahan	9	0	1
	Ali Samereh	Mes Sarcheshmeh	8	2	0
5	Siavash Akbarpour	Tractor Sazi	9	0	0	9
	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Tractor Sazi	9	0	0
	Amir Mohammadi	Mes Sarcheshmeh	9	0	0
	Andranik Teymourian	Esteghlal	8	0	1
	Maziar Zare	Persepolis	8	1	0
10	8 player		-	-	-	8
18	13 player		-	-	-	7
31	25 player		-	-	-	6
56	46 player		-	-	-	5
102	38 player		-	-	-	4
140	63 player		-	-	-	3
203	60 player		-	-	-	2
263	86 player		-	-	-	1
Total Cards			1101	34	33	1168

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

In season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Clubs season-progress

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Top Assistants

Cards

Matches played

Hat-tricks

Fastest hat-trick of the season

Scoring

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Team of the Tournament

Player of the Tournament

See also

Team season articles

References

External links