2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup

10th season of Persian Gulf Pro League

Football league season

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2010–11
Champions	Sepahan 3rd Pro League title 3rd Iranian title
Relegated	PAS Hamedan Paykan Steel Azin
Champions League	Sepahan Esteghlal Zob Ahan Persepolis (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	742 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Reza Norouzi (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Foolad 6–0 Paykan (17 September 2010) Zob Ahan 6–0 Sanat Naft (18 February 2011)
Biggest away win	Steel Azin 1–6 Shahrdari Tabriz (15 May 2011)
Highest scoring	Saipa 5–5 Foolad (24 October 2010)
Longest winning run	4 matches Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Sepahan
Longest winless run	17 matches PAS Hamedan
Longest losing run	5 matches Paykan, Persepolis
Highest attendance	100,000 Esteghlal – Persepolis (15 October 2010)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Tractor Sazi – Rah Ahan (1 August 2010) Sanat Naft – Saipa (1 August 2010) Shahrdari Tabriz – Tractor Sazi (5 August 2010) Persepolis – Saipa (6 August 2010) Tractor Sazi – PAS Hamedan (14 August 2010) Sanat Naft – Persepolis (15 August 2010)
Total attendance	2,815,000
Average attendance	9,383
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 28th season of Iran's Football League and tenth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2009–10 Azadegan League: Shahrdari Tabriz and Naft Tehran both as champions and Sanat Naft. The league started on 26 July 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the third time in their history (total third Iranian title). Foolad's Reza Norouzi was the top goalscorer with 24 goals.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Tractor Sazi Shahrdari

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Steel Azin
Naft class=notpageimage| Locations of clubs in 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Foolad	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	20,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	12,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Rah Ahan	15,000
PAS Hamedan	Hamedan	Shahid Mofatteh	10,000
Paykan	Qazvin	Shahid Rajaei	5,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Rah Ahan	Shahr-e-Rey	Rah Ahan	15,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam Qom	12,000
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	14,000
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	15,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000
Shahin	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	14,000
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	70,000
Steel Azin	Tehran	Shahid Dastgerdi	12,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	80,451
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor	Past Season
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloomi	Farhad Majidi	Uhlsport	Tehran Municipality & City Bank	3rd
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Saeed Ramezani	Daei Sport	Foolad Khuzestan Co.	10th
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Pejman Nouri	Merooj	Anzali Free Zone	12th
Mes Kerman	Samad Marfavi	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Gashte Gole Yas Travel Agency	9th
Naft Tehran	Hossein Faraki	Darius Mikaeili	Daei Sport	National Iranian Oil Company	Promoted
Pas Hamedan	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Saman Safa	JEJ	Unsponsored	14th
Paykan	Hamid Alidousti	Rahman Rezaei	Merooj	Iran Khodro	11th
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Karim Bagheri	Uhlsport	Tehran Municipality & City Bank	4th
Rah Ahan	Rasoul Korbekandi	Ebrahim Karimi	Aghili	RAJA	15th
Saba Qom	Abdollah Veisi	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Daei Sport	Varna	6th
Saipa	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Nahangi	SAIPA	8th
Sanat Naft	Gholam Hossein Peyrovani	Hassan Houri	Daei Sport	National Iranian Oil Company	Promoted
Sepahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Foolad Mobarakeh Complex	Champion
Shahin	Hamid Estili	Reza Baziari	Nahangi	Unsponsered	13th
Shahrdari Tabriz	Hamid Derakhshan	Ebrahim Abarghouei	Uhlsport	City Bank	Promoted
Steel Azin	Mahmoud Yavari	Mehdi Mahdavikia	Umbro	Steel Azin Company	5th
Tractor Sazi	Faraz Kamalvand	Mohammad Nosrati	Uhlsport	Hamrah Aval & Bank Sepah	7th
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mohammad Salsali	Uhlsport	Zob Ahan Steel Co. Archived 30 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine	2nd

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
Esteghlal	Samad Marfavi	Resigned	22 May 2010	Pre-season	Parviz Mazloomi	11 June 2010
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Contract expired	22 May 2010	Pre-season	Samad Marfavi	26 May 2010
Saba Qom	Rasoul Korbekandi	Contract expired	22 May 2010	Pre-season	Mahmoud Yavari	14 June 2010
Shahin	Mahmoud Yavari	Contract expired	22 May 2010	Pre-season	Hamid Estili	16 June 2010
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Contract expired	22 May 2010	Pre-season	Rasoul Korbekandi	16 June 2010
Paykan	Hamid Derakhshan	Contract expired	22 May 2010	Pre-season	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	21 June 2010
Steel Azin	Afshin Peyrovani	Contract expired	5 July 2010	Pre-season	Ljubiša Tumbaković	5 July 2010

In season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Rah Ahan	Rasoul Korbekandi	Sacked	7 Sep 2010	18	Mehdi Tartar	8 Sep 2010
Paykan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Resigned	10 Oct 2010	18	Hamid Alidousti	15 Oct 2010
Steel Azin	Ljubiša Tumbaković	Sacked	13 Oct 2010	13	Afshin Peyrovani	14 Oct 2010
Shahrdari Tabriz	Akbar Misaghian	Resigned	22 Oct 2010	17	Hamid Derakhshan	26 Oct 2010
Saba Qom	Mahmoud Yavari	Sacked	25 Oct 2010	8	Abdollah Veysi	2 Nov 2010
Steel Azin	Afshin Peyrovani	Resigned	23 Nov 2010	18	Mohammad Khakpour	6 Dec 2010
PAS Hamedan	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Resigned	8 Dec 2010	13	Mahmoud Yavari	12 Dec 2010
Sanat Naft	Acácio Casimiro	Sacked	24 Feb 2011	9	Gholam Hossein Peyrovani	7 Mar 2011
Steel Azin	Mohammad Khakpour	Resigned	3 Mar 2011	18	Mahmoud Yavari	14 Mar 2011
PAS Hamedan	Mahmoud Yavari	Resigned	8 Mar 2011	18	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	10 Mar 2011
Shahin Bushehr	Hamid Estili	Sacked	2 Apr 2011	16	Akbar Misaghian	4 Apr 2011
Paykan	Hamid Alidousti	Sacked	3 Apr 2011	17	Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	5 Apr 2011

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	18	12	4	56	29	+27	66	Qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65	Qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Zob Ahan	34	18	9	7	49	31	+18	63
4	Persepolis	34	17	7	10	50	36	+14	58	Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage
5	Tractor Sazi	34	15	12	7	42	29	+13	57
6	Foolad	34	14	12	8	58	36	+22	54
7	Mes	34	13	13	8	41	30	+11	52
8	Malavan	34	13	9	12	33	32	+1	48
9	Sanat Naft	34	13	3	18	36	54	−18	42
10	Saba	34	9	14	11	39	40	−1	41
11	Saipa	34	8	13	13	42	47	−5	37
12	Shahrdari T.	34	8	13	13	45	53	−8	37
13	Naft T.	34	7	15	12	38	44	−6	36
14	Shahin B.	34	8	11	15	31	37	−6	35
15	Rah Ahan	34	8	11	15	29	39	−10	35
16	Pas H. (R)	34	8	11	15	30	48	−18	35	Relegation to the 2011–12 Azadegan League
17	Paykan (R)	34	9	6	19	38	60	−22	33
18	Steel Azin (R)	34	6	10	18	30	63	−33	28

Updated to match(es) played on 1 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Persepolis qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team ╲ Round
Sepahan	11	14	13	9	10	8	10	6	7	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Esteghlal	1	6	9	10	6	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Zob Ahan	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Persepolis	4	7	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	5	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Tractor Sazi	18	5	8	12	13	10	5	8	9	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Foolad	15	8	10	7	8	9	8	10	5	9	10	11	7	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	6
Mes Kerman	16	16	17	14	15	11	12	12	13	10	5	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7
Malavan	8	13	7	8	9	13	11	14	12	7	9	10	11	9	8	9	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	10	9	8	8	6	8	6	8	8	8	8
Sanat Naft	2	3	1	2	5	3	4	4	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Saba Qom	17	9	11	6	7	5	7	5	8	11	11	8	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Saipa	6	11	14	15	12	14	16	11	14	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	15	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	15	15	14	11
Sh. Tabriz	12	18	15	17	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	17	16	14	17	14	13	13	16	16	15	15	14	12	14	14	14	11	12
Naft Tehran	9	4	6	11	11	12	14	9	11	12	14	15	14	15	12	13	12	12	16	15	17	15	15	15	13	14	13	13	11	11	13	16	16	13
Shahin Bushehr	14	10	12	13	14	15	13	15	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	16	15	18	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	15	12	11	11	12	14
Rah Ahan	10	15	16	18	18	18	18	17	16	14	12	9	10	8	9	8	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	13	15	15
PAS Hamedan	5	12	5	4	3	4	6	7	4	8	8	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	16	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	15	14	15	12	12	13	16
Paykan	13	17	18	16	17	17	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	14	14	17	13	16	17	16	13	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Steel Azin	7	1	2	5	4	7	9	13	10	13	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader
	2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2011–12 Azadegan League

Source: Cups.ir (in Persian)

Results

Home \ Away	SEP	EST	ZOB	PRS	TRK	FOL	MES	MLV	SNA	SAB	SAP	SHT	NAF	SHB	RAH	PAS	PAY	STL
Sepahan		1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	5–0
Esteghlal	4–3		1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	6–2	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–2
Zob Ahan	1–0	1–1		0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	6–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
Persepolis	1–4	0–1	2–0		1–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–4	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	5–1	2–1
Tractor Sazi	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0
Foolad	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	5–2	6–0	0–1
Mes Kerman	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	5–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Malavan	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		2–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1
Sanat Naft	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–1		3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
Saba Qom	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	4–4	2–2	0–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–0
Saipa	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	5–5	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2
Sh. Tabriz	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–2		1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–4	3–0
Naft Tehran	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–5	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	5–1	0–0	0–0	3–1		2–2	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–2
Shahin Bushehr	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1		2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
Rah Ahan	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–1	0–0	3–0
PAS Hamedan	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–1
Paykan	2–4	1–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	3–1		3–1
Steel Azin	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–5	1–6	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2011. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Sepahan	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L
Esteghlal	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Zob Ahan	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W
Persepolis	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W
Tractor Sazi	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W
Foolad	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W
Mes Kerman	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D
Malavan	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
Sanat Naft	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L
Saba Qom	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L
Saipa	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W
Sh. Tabriz	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L
Naft Tehran	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W
Shahin Bushehr	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	L
Rah Ahan	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D
PAS Hamedan	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L
Paykan	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L
Steel Azin	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L

Source: IPL Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Reza Norouzi	Foolad	24
2	Edinho	Mes Kerman	22
3	Karim Ansarifard	Saipa	19
4	Ibrahima Touré	Sepahan	18
5	Saeed Daghighi	Sh. Tabriz	14
	Arash Borhani	Esteghlal
	Mehrdad Oladi	Malavan
8	Rouhollah Arab	Sanat Naft	13
8	Seyed Mohammad Hosseini	Zob Ahan	13
10	Arash Afshin	Foolad	11
11	Josiesley Ferreira Rosa	Naft Tehran	10
11	Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal	10
13	Siavash Akbarpour	Steel Azin	9
	Ali Alizadeh	Tractor Sazi
	Mohammad Gholami	Steel Azin
	Mohammad Nouri	Persepolis
17	9 players		8
26	4 players		7
30	4 players		6
34	19 players		5
53	19 players		4
72	18 players		3
90	41 players		2
131	83 players		1
_	11 players		OG
_	technical loses of 3–0		0
Total goals (Including technical loses)			742
Total games			306
Average per game			2.42

Saeed Salarzadeh from Malavan 2 owne goals.
Last updated: 26 May 2011
Source: IPL Stats

Cards

Position	Player	Club				Total
1	Davoud Haghi	Saba Qom	10	0	2	12
1	Milad Fakhreddini	Mes Kerman	11	1	0	12
3	Mohammad Khalatbari	Zob Ahan	11	0	0	11
4	Nader Ahmadi	PAS Hamedan	9	0	1	10
	Abdullah Karami	Shahin Bushehr	7	1	2
	Mehrdad Pouladi	Mes Kerman	9	0	1
	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	Esteghlal	10	0	0
8	Alireza Abbasfard	Paykan	7	0	2	9
	Mohamad Ali Ahmadi	Zob Ahan	8	0	1
	Ghasem Dehnavi	Mes Kerman	7	1	1
	Ghasem Hadadifar	Zob Ahan	8	1	0
	Márcio José	Naft Tehran	9	0	0
	Alireza Mirshafian	Saba Qom	8	1	0
14	9 player		-	-	-	8
23	18 player		-	-	-	7
41	17 player		-	-	-	6
68	36 player		-	-	-	5
104	40 player		-	-	-	4
144	62 player		-	-	-	3
206	67 player		-	-	-	2
273	90 player		-	-	-	1
Total Cards			1157	35	48	1240

Last updated: 25 May 2011
Source: IPL stats

Matches played

Position	Player	Club	Appearance
1	Morteza Asadi	Tractor Sazi	34
	Hossein Ashena	Naft Tehran
	Ali Hamoudi	Foolad
4	Pirouz Ghorbani	Mes Kerman	33
	Shahab Gordan	Zob Ahan
	Mohammad Nosrati	Tractor Sazi
7	Pejman Montazeri	Esteghlal	32
	Pejman Noori	Malavan
	Mehdi Rahmati	Sepahan

Last updated: 25 May 2011
Source: IPL stats

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tractor Sazi	630,000	90,000	0	42,000	−27.1%
2	Esteghlal	427,000	100,000	2,000	25,118	−21.2%
3	Persepolis	376,000	70,000	0	23,500	−41.2%
4	Sanat Naft	212,000	15,000	0	14,133	n/a
5	Shahin Bushehr	205,000	20,000	3,000	12,059	−17.0%
6	Malavan	130,000	15,000	4,000	7,647	−27.8%
7	Sh. Tabriz	122,000	40,000	0	7,625	n/a
8	Foolad	92,000	12,000	1,000	5,412	+13.6%
8	Sepahan	92,000	15,000	3,000	5,412	−28.7%
10	Mes Kerman	89,000	15,000	2,000	5,235	−11.9%
11	PAS Hamedan	77,000	15,000	1,000	4,529	+16.7%
12	Steel Azin	67,000	35,000	1,000	3,941	−31.6%
13	Rah Ahan	62,000	40,000	1,000	3,647	−32.6%
14	Zob Ahan	58,000	10,000	1,000	3,412	−30.9%
15	Saipa	56,000	20,000	1,000	3,294	−39.8%
16	Naft Tehran	47,000	25,000	1,000	2,765	n/a
17	Saba Qom	40,000	10,000	1,000	2,353	−44.4%
18	Paykan	33,000	7,000	1,000	1,941	−16.1%
	League total	2,815,000	100,000	0	9,383	−23.7%

Updated to games played on 20 May 2011
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Naft Tehran, Sanat Naft and Shahrdari Tabriz played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Esteghlal	1–0	Persepolis	100,000	15 October 2010 (2010-10-15)	11	Azadi
2	Tractor Sazi	1–3	Sepahan	90,000	15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)	30	Sahand
3	Esteghlal	4–3	Sepahan	70,000	27 August 2010 (2010-08-27)	7	Azadi
	Tractor Sazi	1–2	Zob Ahan	70,000	10 September 2010 (2010-09-10)	8	Sahand
	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Esteghlal	70,000	24 October 2010 (2010-10-24)	12	Sahand
	Persepolis	0–1	Esteghlal	70,000	25 March 2011 (2011-03-25)	28	Azadi
7	Tractor Sazi	2–0	Malavan	60,000	23 August 2010 (2010-08-23)	6	Sahand
	Tractor Sazi	1–0	Persepolis	60,000	9 December 2010 (2010-12-09)	18	Sahand
	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Foolad	60,000	30 March 2011 (2011-03-30)	28	Sahand
10	Tractor Sazi	3–0	Steel Azin	55,000	25 February 2011 (2011-02-25)	24	Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 20 May 2011. Source: iplstats.com

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