2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League
Season	2024–25
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 13 July 2024.

The 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) will be the 42nd season of Iran's Football League and 24th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2023–24 season and two promoted from the 2023–24 Azadegan League. This includes the two top teams from the Azadegan League.

Promoted from 2023–24 Azadegan League	Relegated from 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
Kheybar Khorramabad (promoted for the first time in their history) Chadormalou Ardakan (promoted for the first time in their history)	Paykan (relegated after eight seasons in top flight) Sanat Naft (relegated after eight seasons in top flight)

Stadiums and locations

Tehran

Tehran teams:

Esteghlal
Havadar
Persepolis

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Locations of the 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teams

Esteghlal

Havadar

Persepolis

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Location of Tehran teams in 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aluminium	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000
Chadormalou	Yazd	Shahid Nassiri	15,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Takhti	10,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Foolad Arena	30,655
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Shahid Qasem Soleimani	9,000^[1]
Havadar	Tehran	Dastgerdi^[2]	8,250
Kheybar	Khorramabad	Takhti	8,900
Malavan	Bandar-e Anzali	Sirous Ghayeghran	9,000^[3]
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Mes	10,000^[4]
Nassaji	Qaem Shahr	Vatani	15,000
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

Number of teams by Province

Province	Number of teams	Teams
Tehran	3	Persepolis, Esteghlal, Havadar
Isfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
Kerman	2	Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan
Khuzestan	2	Foolad, Esteghlal Khuzestan
East Azarbaijan	1	Tractor
Gilan	1	Malavan
Lorestan	1	Kheybar
Markazi	1	Aluminium
Mazandaran	1	Nassaji
Qazvin	1	Shams Azar
Yazd	1	Chadormalou

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	Main kit sponsor
Aluminium	Mojtaba Hosseini	Amir Nouri	IRALCO
Chadormalou	Saeid Akhbari	Ali Taheran
Esteghlal	Javad Nekounam	Hossein Hosseini
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Miodrag Bozovic	Mohammad Tayyebi
Foolad	Yahya Golmohammadi	Ayoub Vali	KSC
Gol Gohar	Mehdi Tartar	Mehran Golzari	Gol Gohar
Havadar	Masoud Shojaei	Dariush Shojaeian
Kheybar	Reza Mohajeri	Mehdi Kiani
Malavan	Saeid Daghighi	Hamed Noormohammadi
Mes Rafsanjan	Moharram Navidkia	Mohsen Azarbad	NICICO
Nassaji	Saket Elhami	Mehrdad Abdi
Persepolis	Juan Carlos Garrido	Omid Alishah
Sepahan	José Morais	Mohammad Karimi	Mobarakeh Steel
Shams Azar	Maziar Zare	Pouria Sarabadani	Shams Azar Macaron
Tractor	Dragan Skocic	Shojae Khalilzadeh
Zob Ahan	Mohammad Rabiei	Mohammad Ghoreishi

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per Persian Gulf Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player
Aluminium
Chadormalou
Esteghlal	Gustavo Blanco Leschuk	Raphael Silva	Jaloliddin Masharipov	Muntadher Mohammed
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Sávio Roberto	Ousmane Ndong	Dostonbek Tursunov	Aso Rostam
Foolad
Gol Gohar	Eric Bocoum
Havadar
Kheybar	Tony Batista
Malavan
Mes Rafsanjan
Nassaji	Luan Polli
Persepolis	Giorgi Gvelesiani	Abdelkarim Hassan		Oston Urunov
Sepahan	Bryan Dabo
Shams Azar
Tractor	Ricardo Alves
Zob Ahan	Grigol Chabradze