2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season2025–26
Dates18 August 2025 – May 2026
Matches109
Goals194 (1.78 per match)
Top goalscorerAmirhossein Hosseinzadeh (8 goals)
Biggest home winTractor 4–1 Aluminium
(12 September 2025)
Biggest away winGol Gohar 0–5 Tractor
(25 October 2025)
Highest scoringShams Azar 4–4 Chadormalou
(26 August 2025)
Longest winning runAluminium
Esteghlal (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEsteghlal (10 matches)
Longest winless runPaykan (9 matches)
Longest losing runAluminium
Kheybar (3 matches)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 15 December 2025.

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]

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 Yahya Golmohammadi 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 Rasoul Khatibi 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
Esteghlal Jasir Asani Didier Ndong Duckens Nazon Moussa Djenepo Munir El Haddadi Antonio Adan Jaloliddin Masharipov Rustam Ashurmatov
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Fajr Sepasi
Foolad Gustavo Blanco Utkir Yusupov
Gol Gohar Marcos Miranda Eric Bocoum Nemanja Tomašević Amadoni Kamolov
Kheybar
Malavan
Mes Rafsanjan Mirzad Mehanović Numan Kurdić Matheus Costa
Paykan
Persepolis Thievy Bifouma Serge Aurier Marko Bakić Oston Urunov
Sepahan Enzo Crivelli Giorgi Gvelesiani Ricardo Alves Iván Sánchez Vahdat Hanonov
Shams Azar
Tractor Regi Lushkja Domagoj Drožđek Igor Postonjski Tomislav Štrkalj Tibor Halilović 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 Sepahan 13 8 3 2 16 6 +10 27 Qualification for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2 Persepolis 14 6 7 1 15 7 +8 25 Qualification for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs
3 Chadormalou 14 6 6 2 18 15 +3 24 Qualification for the 2026 CAFA Silk Way Cup Group stage
4 Esteghlal 13 5 7 1 18 11 +7 22
5 Tractor 13 5 6 2 18 8 +10 21
6 Kheybar 14 5 5 4 13 12 +1 20
7 Gol Gohar 14 5 5 4 12 12 0 20
8 Fajr Sepasi 14 4 6 4 15 15 0 18
9 Malavan 13 4 6 3 8 11 −3 18
10 Aluminium Arak 14 4 3 7 8 13 −5 15
11 Paykan 14 3 5 6 11 15 −4 14
12 Zob Ahan 13 2 7 4 9 11 −2 13
13 Foolad 14 2 7 5 5 8 −3 13
14 Esteghlal Khuzestan 14 3 4 7 10 18 −8 13
15 Shams Azar 13 1 8 4 10 13 −3 11 Relegation to 2026–27 Azadegan League
16 Mes Rafsanjan 14 1 5 8 8 19 −11 8
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. 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 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Chadormalou 1–0 — 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Esteghlal 3–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–3
Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–0 — 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1
Fajr Sepasi 1–2 0–3 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 1–0
Foolad 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0
Gol Gohar 1–0 2–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–5 1–2
Kheybar 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1
Malavan 2–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 — 2–1 1–1 0–0
Mes Rafsanjan 2–3 0–0 — 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–0
Paykan 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 0–1
Persepolis 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 2–0
Sepahan TBD 2–0 2–1 0–1 — 1–2 0–0
Shams Azar 4–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 —
Tractor 4–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 —
Zob Ahan 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. 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 Arak13161614115
Chadormalou222557
Esteghlal3310899
Est. Khuzestan643941
Foolad141514131413
Gol Gohar4911333
Fajr Sepasi754114
Kheybar1114811
Malavan86710106
Mes Rafsanjan121215161616
Paykan5756610
Persepolis986778
Sepahan101313151212
Shams Azar111012121315
Tractor15148222
Zob Ahan16119111514
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
Source: Iran League, Iplstats

Season statistics

As of 15 December 2025

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Tractor 8
2 Jasir Asani Esteghlal 6
Renny Simisterra Chadormalou
4 Ali Alipour Persepolis 5
Domagoj Drožđek Tractor
6 Hadi Habibinejad Chadormalou 4
Hooman Rabizadeh Shams Azar
Kasra Taheri Paykan

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 Goals
1 Danial Esmaeilifar Tractor 3
Mehdi Hashemnejad Tractor
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Tractor
Amirhossein Jeddi Zob Ahan
Reza Mahmoudabadi Chadormalou

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Payam Niazmand Persepolis 8
2 Farzin Garousian Gol Gohar 7
3 Mohammad Khalifeh Aluminium Arak 6
Hamed Lak Foolad
Edson Mardden Chadormalou
Farzad Tayebipour Malavan
7 Alireza Beiranvand Tractor 5
Ali Gholamzadeh Fajr Sepasi
Nima Mirzazad Mes Rafsanjan

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