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13rd season of Persian Gulf Pro League Football league season

Persian Gulf Cup

Season	2013–14
Champions	Foolad 2nd Pro League title 2nd Iranian title
Relegated	Fajr Sepasi Damash Mes Kerman
Champions League	Foolad Persepolis Naft Tehran Tractor Sazi (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	504 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karim Ansarifard (14 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Nilson Corrêa Júnior (18 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Gostaresh 5–0 Rah Ahan (11 January 2014)
Biggest away win	Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
Highest scoring	Fajr Sepasi 2–4 Esteghlal (6 August 2013) Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi (6 August 2013) Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran (16 August 2013) Damash 5–1 Zob Ahan (24 October 2013) Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013) Saipa 3–3 Tractor Sazi (11 January 2014) Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal (19 February 2014)
Longest winning run	5 matches Esteghlal Foolad Malavan
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Esteghlal
Longest winless run	15 matches Mes Kerman
Longest losing run	6 matches Damash
Highest attendance	100,000 Esteghlal – Persepolis (6 September 2013)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Sepahan – Foolad (25 July 2013) Rah Ahan – Saipa (5 December 2013) Foolad – Saba Qom (13 December 2013)
Total attendance	1,815,825
Average attendance	7,631
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The 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 31st season of Iran's Football League and 13th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2012–13 Azadegan League: Esteghlal Khuzestan and Gostaresh both as champions. The league started on 24 July 2013 and ended on 11 April 2014. Foolad won the Pro League title for the second time in their history (total second Iranian title). Tractor Sazi's Karim Ansarifard's was the top scorer with 14 goals.

Changes

Number of the teams

2013–14 Iran Pro League were the first season since 2006 that 16 teams participated in the competition. In the previous season, 18 teams participated in the league.

Rules and regulations

The Iranian football clubs who participate in 2013–14 Iran Pro League were allowed to have up to maximum 38 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:

Up to maximum 21 adult (without any age limit) players
Up to maximum 9 under-23 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 21 March 1990).
Up to maximum 5 under-21 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1993).
Up to maximum 3 under-19 players (i.e. the player whose birth is after 1 January 1995).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Est. Khuzestan
Foolad

Tractor Sazi
Gostaresh

Malavan

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Naft class=notpageimage| Locations of clubs in 2013–14 Iran Pro League

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir Takhti Ahvaz	38,900 15,000
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	14,000
Foolad Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir	38,900
Gostaresh	Tabriz	Sahand Gostaresh Foolad	66,833 12,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,430
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Takhti Tehran Dastgerdi	30,122 8,250
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	84,412
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Takhti Tehran Rah Ahan	30,122 12,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam	10,610
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	15,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Sahand	66,833
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Damash	Ali Nazarmohammadi (caretaker)	Reza Mahdavi	Uhlsport	Loushan
Esteghlal	Amir Ghalenoei	Mehdi Rahmati	Merooj	Bazar Mobl Iran, Mahan Air
Est. Khuzestan	Abdollah Veisi	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Daei	INSIG
Fajr	Mahmoud Yavari	Mehrdad Karimian	Merooj	HICE
Foolad	Hossein Faraki	Bakhtiar Rahmani	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan
Gostaresh	Mehdi Tartar	Meysam Naghizadeh	Uhlsport	Ata Airlines
Malavan	Dragan Skočić	Maziar Zare	Uhlsport	Steel Azin Iranian
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Resalat Bank
Naft Tehran	Yahya Golmohammadi	Alireza Ezzati	Merooj	NIOC
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Mohammad Nouri	Uhlsport	Tourism Bank Archived 2016-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
Rah Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Bahador Abdi	Daei	Fars Air Qeshm
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	Morteza Kashi	Merooj	Hi clean!
Saipa	Engin Firat	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport	SAIPA
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Hadi Aghily	Uhlsport	Foolad Mobarakeh
Tractor Sazi	Toni	Morteza Assadi	Merooj	Hamrah-e Aval
Zob Ahan	Firouz Karimi	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Merooj	Esfahan Steel

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
Persepolis	Yahya Golmohammadi	End of caretaker spell	11 May 2013	Pre-season	Ali Daei	1 June 2013
Saipa	Mojtaba Taghavi	End of contract	11 May 2013		Engin Firat	1 June 2013
Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Sacked	26 May 2013		Dragan Skočić	1 June 2013
Naft Tehran	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mutual consent	31 May 2013		Yahya Golmohammadi	1 June 2013
Rah Ahan	Ali Daei	Signed by Persepolis	31 May 2013		Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	1 June 2013
Fajr Sepasi	Mahmoud Yavari	Resigned	31 May 2013		Gholam Peyrovani	1 June 2013
Saba Qom	Samad Marfavi	End of contract	31 May 2013		Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	1 June 2013
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Sacked	2 June 2013		Mahmoud Yavari	25 July 2013
Zob Ahan	Farhad Kazemi	End of contract	25 June 2013		Luka Bonačić	30 June 2013

During the season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Fajr Sepasi	Gholam Peyrovani	Resigned	7 September 2013	15th	Mahmoud Yavari	15 September 2013
Mes Kerman	Mahmoud Yavari	Resigned	14 September 2013	16th	Parviz Mazloomi	18 September 2013
Saba Qom	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Sacked	11 November 2013	12th	Samad Marfavi	11 November 2013
Zob Ahan	Luka Bonačić	Mutual consent	1 January 2014	14th	Mojtaba Taghavi	1 January 2014
Gostaresh	Rasoul Khatibi	Resigned	1 January 2014	11th	Mehdi Tartar	1 January 2014
Tractor Sazi	Majid Jalali	Sacked	19 January 2014	6th	Toni	28 January 2014
Mes Kerman	Parviz Mazloomi	Resigned	22 January 2014	16th	Luka Bonačić	23 January 2014
Damash	Afshin Nazemi	Sacked	26 January 2014	12th	Ali Nazarmohammadi	26 January 2014
Zob Ahan	Mojtaba Taghavi	Sacked	25 February 2014	15th	Firouz Karimi	25 February 2014
Tractor Sazi	Toni	Mutual consent	29 April 2014	6th, post-season	Rasoul Khatibi	31 May 2014

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Players
Damash Gilan					Boubacar Kébé
Esteghlal	Tony	Boubacar Kébé	Jlloyd Samuel		Goran Lovre
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Fábio Carvalho	Idrissa Traoré	Moussa Coulibaly
Fajr Sepasi	Samir Bekrić
Foolad Khuzestan	Chimba	Leandro Chaves	Sérgio Rafael		Leandro Padovani
Gostaresh	Diego Chávarri
Malavan	Serghei Pașcenco				Ivor Weitzer
Mes Kerman	Edinho	Juninho Tardelli	David Opoku	Iain Fyfe	Samir Bekrić
Naft Tehran	Ali Ghorbani
Persepolis	Nilson	Marko Šćepanović
Rah Ahan	David Wirikom				Valeri Aleksanyan Marcão
Saba Qom
Saipa					Cosmin Vancea
Sepahan	Ervin Bulku	Xhevahir Sukaj		Sergio van Dijk	Radomir Đalović
Tractor Sazi	Rodrigo Pimpão				Marko Basara
Zob Ahan	Carlos	Víctor Guazá	Milan Mijatović		Gevorg Kasparov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Foolad (C)	30	16	9	5	36	24	+12	57	Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Persepolis	30	16	8	6	34	15	+19	55	Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Naft Tehran	30	15	9	6	39	23	+16	54	Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Sepahan	30	14	12	4	36	20	+16	54
5	Esteghlal	30	15	9	6	34	25	+9	53
6	Tractor Sazi	30	11	13	6	39	33	+6	45	Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
7	Malavan	30	13	6	11	40	33	+7	44
8	Saipa	30	7	14	9	26	31	−5	35
9	Saba Qom	30	8	9	13	32	38	−6	33
10	Gostaresh	30	7	11	12	31	34	−3	32
11	Rah Ahan	30	7	10	13	25	34	−9	31
12	Est. Khuzestan	30	6	11	13	26	37	−11	29
13	Zob Ahan	30	6	11	13	24	36	−12	29
14	Fajr Sepasi (R)	30	6	11	13	20	34	−14	29	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Damash (R)	30	5	12	13	30	40	−10	26	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League
16	Mes Kerman (R)	30	1	19	10	21	36	−15	22	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.
Tractor Sazi secured qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013–14 Hazfi Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	DMG	EST	ESK	FJR	FOL	GOS	MLV	MES	NAF	PRS	RAH	SAB	SAP	SEP	TRK	ZOB
Damash		1–2	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1
Esteghlal	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–1
Est. Khuzestan	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–0
Fajr Sepasi	2–2	2–4	2–1		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Foolad	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
Gostaresh	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1		1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0
Malavan	0–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1		2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–2
Mes Kerman	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–3		0–1	0–6	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0
Naft Tehran	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–1
Persepolis	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Rah Ahan	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1
Saba Qom	3–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1		0–0	0–1	1–3	2–1
Saipa	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–1		0–0	3–3	1–0
Sepahan	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–2		0–1	1–0
Tractor Sazi	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2		2–2
Zob Ahan	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–4

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Team ╲ Round
Foolad	15	8	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
Persepolis	4	5	2	5	4	5	3	5	2	4	3	5	2	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	5	3	5	3	2	4	2
Naft Tehran	5	7	9	6	3	3	4	2	3	3	5	4	5	4	5	2	2	3	2	3	4	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	1	3
Sepahan	1	1	1	4	6	4	6	6	5	2	2	2	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4
Esteghlal	3	6	6	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	7	8	7	6	2	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	5
Tractor Sazi	12	12	8	3	5	6	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	1	1	2	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6
Malavan	14	13	13	11	12	14	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	12	9	9	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7
Saipa	8	15	14	12	11	7	10	7	7	10	10	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Saba Qom	6	2	3	7	7	8	7	8	10	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Gostaresh	11	11	11	9	8	9	8	9	11	8	6	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	10
Rah Ahan	9	3	5	8	9	12	14	14	14	15	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11
Est. Khuzestan	2	4	7	10	10	13	11	10	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Zob Ahan	16	14	15	15	15	10	9	11	8	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	13	13
Fajr Sepasi	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Damash	7	9	10	13	14	11	13	12	9	7	8	9	11	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	15
Mes Kerman	10	10	12	14	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	2015 AFC Champions League
	Relegation to Play-offs Qualification
	Relegation to 2014–15 Azadegan League

Source: FIFA.com (in English)

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
Foolad	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Persepolis	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W
Naft Tehran	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L
Sepahan	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W
Esteghlal	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L
Tractor Sazi	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W
Malavan	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L
Saipa	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D
Saba Qom	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	D
Gostaresh	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L
Rah Ahan	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	L
Est. Khuzestan	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L
Zob Ahan	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W
Fajr Sepasi	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	W
Damash	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D
Mes Kerman	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	D

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

Relegation play-offs

Fajr Sepasi as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of 2013–14 Azadegan League, Paykan in a two-legged play-off.

26 April 2014 (2014-04-26)20:30 CEST

Fajr Sepasi	0 – 0	Paykan
	Report

Hafezieh, ShirazAttendance: 12,984Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian 1 May 2014 (2014-05-01)18:00 CEST

Paykan	1 – 0	Fajr Sepasi
Halafi 71'	Report

Paykanshahr, TehranAttendance: 9,206Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Paykan won 1–0 on aggregate and promoted to the next season of Iran Pro League, Fajr Sepasi also relegated to the Azadegan League.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karim Ansarifard	Tractor Sazi	14
2	Reza Enayati	Saba Qom	13
3	Mehrdad Bayrami	Gostaresh	12
4	Mehdi Daghagheleh	Malavan	11
4	Reza Norouzi	Naft Tehran	11
5	Chimba	Foolad	9
	Jalal Rafkhaei	Malavan
	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Zob Ahan
	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Saipa
8	Edinho	Mes Kerman	8
	Amin Motevaselzadeh	Damash Gilan
	Mehdi Sharifi	Sepahan
10	Mohammad Ghazi	Esteghlal	7
10	Farid Karimi	Saba Qom	7
Total goals (Including technical loses)			504
Total games			239
Average per game			2.11

Last updated: 11 April 2014
Source: FIFA.com

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	Goals conceded	Match played
1	Nilson	Persepolis	18	15	30
2	Rahman Ahmadi	Sepahan	15	16	27
3	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	14	25	30
4	Sosha Makani	Foolad	13	14	20
5	Alireza Beiranvand	Naft Tehran	12	12	21
6	Hamed Fallahzadeh	Rah Ahan	11	23	22
7	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	Saipa	9	30	26
8	Mohsen Foroozan	Gostaresh Foolad	8	30	25

Last Update: 11 April 2014

Scoring

First goal of the season: Adel Kolahkaj for Esteghlal Khuzestan against Zob Ahan (24 July 2013)
Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds, Kaveh Rezaei for Saipa against Mes Kerman (4 January 2014)
Latest goal of the season: 95 minutes and 12 seconds, Ali Karimi for Tractor Sazi against Mes Kerman (24 December 2013)
Largest winning margin: 6 goals
- Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
Highest scoring game: 6 goals
- Fajr 2–4 Esteghlal (6 August 2013)
- Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi (6 August 2013)
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran (16 August 2013)
- Damash 5–1 Zob Ahan (24 October 2013)
- Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
- Saipa 3–3 Tractor Sazi (11 January 2014)
- Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal (19 February 2014)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- Mes Kerman 0–6 Persepolis (13 December 2013)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
- Fajr 2–4 Esteghlal (6 August 2013)
- Zob Ahan 2–4 Tractor Sazi (6 August 2013)
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Naft Tehran (16 August 2013)
- Foolad 3–2 Esteghlal Khuzestan (23 August 2013)
- Zob Ahan 3–2 Naft Tehran (31 August 2013)
- Esteghlal Khuzestan 3–2 Rah Ahan (17 October 2013)
- Saba Qom 3–2 Damash (26 January 2014)
- Malavan 4–2 Esteghlal (19 February 2014)

Awards

Team of the Season

Goalkeeper: Nilson Corrêa Júnior (Persepolis)
Defence: Vahid Amiri (Naft), Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis), Hanif Omranzadeh (Esteghlal), Ali Hamoudi (Sepahan)
Midfield: Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad), Andranik Teymourian (Esteghlal), Amir Hossein Feshangchi (Malavan), Payam Sadeghian (Perspolis), Esmaeil Sharifat (Foolad)
Attack: Karim Ansarifard (Tractor Sazi)

Player of the Season

Andranik Teymourian was awarded as the best player of the season among Payam Sadeghian became second. Mohammad Abbaszadeh was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards

Hossein Faraki was awarded as the best coach of the season.

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Persepolis	442,000	95,000	10,000	29,467	+35.6%
2	Tractor Sazi	325,005	62,000	800	21,667	−9.9%
3	Esteghlal	296,500	100,000	500	19,767	−42.3%
4	Foolad	126,500	49,500	0	9,036	+67.0%
5	Damash	94,000	15,000	2,000	6,267	−6.9%
6	Sepahan	67,200	12,000	0	4,800	+20.9%
7	Malavan	66,500	12,000	1,000	4,433	−26.1%
8	Mes Kerman	61,120	12,000	1,000	4,075	+6.6%
9	Est. Khuzestan	59,250	10,000	500	3,950	n/a
10	Fajr Sepasi	56,900	14,000	1,000	3,793	−22.4%
11	Gostaresh	43,500	12,000	300	2,900	n/a
12	Zob Ahan	42,700	10,000	1,000	2,847	+34.4%
13	Saba Qom	41,150	12,000	500	2,743	+1.4%
14	Saipa	35,600	12,000	100	2,373	−49.9%
15	Naft Tehran	34,660	15,000	60	2,311	−10.7%
16	Rah Ahan	23,300	8,000	0	1,664	−14.3%
	League total	1,815,825	100,000	0	7,631	−4.2%

Updated to games played on 11 April 2014
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Khuzestan and Gostaresh played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Esteghlal	0–0	Persepolis	100,000	6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)	8	Azadi
2	Persepolis	0–0	Esteghlal	95,000	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)	23	Azadi
3	Esteghlal	1–2	Sepahan	65,000	1 August 2013 (2013-08-01)	2	Azadi
4	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Esteghlal	62,000	8 November 2013 (2013-11-08)	15	Sahand
5	Persepolis	1–0	Tractor Sazi	50,000	24 July 2013 (2013-07-24)	1	Azadi
	Tractor Sazi	0–0	Mes Kerman	50,000	16 August 2013 (2013-08-16)	5	Sahand
	Esteghlal	1–3	Tractor Sazi	50,000	11 April 2014 (2014-04-11)	30	Azadi
8	Foolad	0–1	Esteghlal	49,500	6 April 2014 (2014-04-06)	29	Ghadir
9	Tractor Sazi	2–2	Foolad	45,000	19 October 2013 (2013-10-19)	13	Sahand
9	Tractor Sazi	1–0	Persepolis	45,000	29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)	16	Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 11 April 2014. Source: Iranleague.ir

References

"آیین نامه نقل و انتقالات لیگ برتر فصل ۹۲-۱۳۹۱" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

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