2005–06 Iran Pro League

Iran Pro League
Season	2005–06
Champions	Esteghlal; 1st Pro League title; 6th Iranian title
Relegated	Shamoushak ; Shahid Ghandi
Champions League	Esteghlal; Sepahan (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	538 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Reza Enayati (21 goals)
Biggest home win	PAS Tehran 7–1 Foolad; (4 March 2006)
Biggest away win	Shahid Ghandi 1–5 Zob Ahan; (29 October 2005)
Highest scoring	PAS Tehran 7–1 Foolad; (4 March 2006); PAS Tehran 4–4 Sepahan; (31 March 2006)
Longest winning run	3 matches; Aboumoslem; PAS Tehran
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches; Esteghlal
Longest winless run	17 matches; Shahid Ghandi
Longest losing run	5 matches; Shahid Ghandi
Highest attendance	100,000 ; Esteghlal – Bargh Shiraz ; (21 April 2006)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) ; Malavan – Bargh Shiraz ; (2 September 2005) ; Aboumoslem – Shahid Ghandi ; (16 December 2005); Malavan – Fajr Sepasi ; (3 March 2006); Shamoushak – Malavan ; (4 April 2006); Shamoushak – Est. Ahvaz ; (16 April 2006)
Total attendance	2,157,000
Average attendance	9,179
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Iran Pro League was the 23rd season of Iran's Football League and fifth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Foolad were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2004–05 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2004–05 Azadegan League: Shahid Ghandi as champions and Rah Ahan as runner-up. The league started on 2 September 2005 and ended on 21 April 2006. Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total sixth Iranian title).

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal	30	16	11	3	44	17	+27	59	Qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League
2	Pas	30	16	10	4	54	29	+25	58
3	Saipa	30	13	13	4	41	21	+20	52
4	Saba	30	13	11	6	35	31	+4	50
5	Aboumoslem	30	12	10	8	31	23	+8	46
6	Zob Ahan	30	12	9	9	41	30	+11	44^[a]
7	Sepahan	30	12	7	11	38	32	+6	43	Qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League^[b]
8	Foolad	30	11	8	11	30	41	−11	41
9	Fajr	30	8	12	10	27	33	−6	36
10	Malavan	30	10	6	14	29	38	−9	36
11	Est. Ahvaz	30	9	8	13	42	44	−2	35
12	Rah Ahan	30	9	7	14	27	43	−16	34
13	Persepolis	30	9	11	10	39	40	−1	32^[c]
14	Bargh	30	6	10	14	23	37	−14	28
15	Shamoushak	30	4	11	15	19	39	−20	23	Relegation to the 2006–07 Azadegan League
16	Shahid Ghandi	30	4	7	19	21	43	−22	19	Relegation to the 2006–07 Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[2]
Notes:

^ Zob Ahan was deducted 1 point in issued by Iranian Football Federation.
^ As cup winner.
^ Persepolis was deducted 6 points in issued by FIFA.^[1]

Champions
Esteghlal

Results table

Home \ Away	ABU	BGH	EST	ESA	MLV	SHM	PAS	GHA	PRS	RAH	SAB	SAP	SEP	FOL	FJR	ZOB
Aboumoslem		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	5–1	0–0	1–3
Bargh Shiraz	1–1		1–3	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1
Esteghlal	0–0	4–1		1–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	3–0
Est. Ahvaz	1–0	1–1	0–2		1–1	2–3	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	4–2	2–1	1–1
Malavan	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–2		1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1
Shamoushak	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
PAS Tehran	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–0		1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–4	7–1	4–1	3–1
Shahid Ghandi	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–2		0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–5
Persepolis	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–0	2–3	2–3	2–4	1–1
Rah Ahan	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2
Saba Battery	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–4	3–2	2–0	2–4	1–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
Saipa	1–1	6–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	6–1	1–2		2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0
Sepahan	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–1		2–0	3–0	2–0
Foolad	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0		3–0	0–0
Fajr Sepasi	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0		0–0
Zob Ahan	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–3	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1

Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

21

Reza Enayati (Esteghlal)

17

Fereydoon Fazli (Est. Ahvaz)

14

Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Zob Ahan)

11

10

9

Ali Ansarian (Persepolis)

8

Top Goalassistants

12

Gholamreza Eidizadeh (Est. Ahvaz)

10

7

Mojtaba Jabbari (Esteghlal)

6

Cards

Player			Team
Mohammad Matouri	11	2	Bargh Shiraz
Masoud Shojaei	11	0	Saipa
Siavash Akbarpour	10	0	Esteghlal
Yahya Golmohammadi	9	0	Saba Battery
Pejman Jamshidi	9	0	Pas Tehran
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	9	0	Esteghlal
Amir Hossein Sadeghi	7	2	Esteghlal

Matches played

30

Mehdi Sabeti (Aboomoslem)

29

28

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Attendance

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Esteghlal	502,000	100,000	15,000	33,467	n/a^†
2	Persepolis	455,000	95,000	5,000	30,333	n/a^†
3	Shahid Ghandi	192,000	30,000	2,000	12,800	n/a^†
4	Malavan	100,000	17,000	0	7,692	n/a^†
5	Aboumoslem	103,000	30,000	0	7,357	n/a^†
6	Foolad	100,000	22,000	3,000	6,667	n/a^†
7	Saba Battery	87,000	20,000	1,000	5,800	n/a^†
8	Est. Ahvaz	85,000	14,000	1,000	5,667	n/a^†
9	Fajr Sepasi	81,000	20,000	2,000	5,400	n/a^†
10	Sepahan	77,500	17,000	2,000	5,167	n/a^†
11	Zob Ahan	76,000	15,000	1,000	5,067	n/a^†
12	Bargh Shiraz	73,500	18,000	1,000	4,900	n/a^†
13	Saipa	70,000	25,000	500	4,667	n/a^†
14	PAS Tehran	58,000	25,000	1,000	3,867	n/a^†
15	Rah Ahan	54,500	20,000	1,000	3,633	n/a^†
16	Shamoushak	42,500	7,000	0	3,542	n/a^†
	League total	2,157,000	100,000	0	9,179	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 21 April 2006
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Rah Ahan and Shahid Ghandi played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendance

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Esteghlal	4–1	Bargh Shiraz	100,000	21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)	30	Azadi
2	Persepolis	0–0	Esteghlal	95,000	10 March 2006 (2006-03-10)	25	Azadi
3	Esteghlal	1–0	Persepolis	80,000	4 November 2005 (2005-11-04)	10	Azadi
4	Persepolis	0–0	Saipa	50,000	9 September 2005 (2005-09-09)	2	Azadi
5	Persepolis	2–2	Saba Battery	40,000	27 October 2005 (2005-10-27)	9	Azadi
5	Esteghlal	4–1	Foolad	40,000	6 April 2006 (2006-04-06)	28	Azadi
7	Esteghlal	4–1	Saba Battery	35,000	2 September 2005 (2005-09-02)	1	Azadi
7	Persepolis	1–0	PAS Tehran	35,000	29 November 2005 (2005-11-29)	3	Azadi
7	Esteghlal	0–0	PAS Tehran	35,000	6 January 2006 (2006-01-06)	17	Azadi
10	Persepolis	1–0	Shahid Ghandi	33,000	30 September 2005 (2005-09-30)	5	Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 21 April 2006. Source: iplstats.com

References

^ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1393055/%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-12-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C! رکورد 12 امتیازی پرسپولیس در ناکامی!
^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[table_hth_ZOB0.97265315240838-1] Zob Ahan was deducted 1 point in issued by Iranian Football Federation.

[table_note_res_CLPO0.97265315240838-2] As cup winner.

[table_hth_PER0.97265315240838-4] Persepolis was deducted 6 points in issued by FIFA.^[1]

[3] ttp://www.varzesh3.com/news/1393055/%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-12-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C! رکورد 12 امتیازی پرسپولیس در ناکامی!

[5] "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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