2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

Persian Gulf Cup
Season	2011–12
Champions	Sepahan; 4th Pro League title; 4th Iranian title
Relegated	Shahin Bushehr ; Shahrdari Tabriz ; Mes Sarcheshmeh
Champions League	Sepahan ; Tractor Sazi ; Esteghlal ; Saba Qom
Matches played	306
Goals scored	720 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karim Ansarifard (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi; (9 March 2012)
Biggest away win	Mes Sarcheshmeh 0–4 Damash; (18 November 2011) ; Sanat Naft 0–4 Saipa; (19 December 2011)
Highest scoring	Malavan 3–4 Sepahan; (7 April 2012)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches; Zob Ahan
Longest winless run	12 matches; Rah Ahan
Longest losing run	4 matches; Mes Sarcheshmeh ; Mes Kerman
Highest attendance	100,000 ; Persepolis – Esteghlal ; (16 September 2011)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) ; Tractor Sazi – Saba Qom ; (2 August 2011) ; Malavan – Rah Ahan ; (7 August 2011) ; Tractor Sazi – Shahin Bushehr ; (11 August 2011) ; Shahin Bushehr – Tractor Sazi ; (15 January 2012) ; Damash – Sepahan ; (3 February 2012)
Total attendance	2,856,000
Average attendance	9,488
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 29th season of Iran's Football League and 11th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2010–11 Azadegan League: Damash as champions, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Fajr Sepasi. The league started on 2 August 2011 and ended on 11 May 2012. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the fourth time in their history (total fourth Iranian title). Saipa's Karim Ansarifard's 21 goals made him the top scorer.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Tractor Sazi Shahrdari

Damash

Mes Sarcheshmeh

Sepasi

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Naft

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Locations of clubs in 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	22,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	12,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	12,000
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Sarcheshmeh	Shahid Bahonar	12,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Dastgerdi	8,250
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Rah Ahan	Shahr-e-Rey	Rah Ahan	12,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam Qom	10,610
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	14,000
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000
Shahin	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	14,000
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	66,833
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	80,451
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Past Season
Damash	Mehdi Tartar	Reza Mahdavi	Adidas	Damash Shahr Baran	Promoted ^[1]
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloomi	Mojtaba Jabbari	Uhlsport	City Bank	2nd
Fajr Sepasi	Mahmoud Yavari	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Majid	HICE	Promoted ^[1]
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Jalal Kameli Mofrad	Uhlsport	Foolad Khuzestan Co.	6th
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Babak Pourgholami	Majid	Iran Navy	8th
Mes Kerman	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Uhlsport	Resalat Bank	7th
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Asghar Sharafi	Ali Samereh	Uhlsport	None	Promoted ^[1]
Naft Tehran	Hossein Faraki	Hamid Reza Fathi	Uhlsport	National Iranian Oil Company	13th
Persepolis	Mustafa Denizli	Ali Karimi	Uhlsport	Opel	4th
Rah Ahan	Ali Daei	Hossein Pashaei	Daei	Refah Bank	15th
Saba Qom	Abdollah Veisi	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	Majid	Vegal^{[permanent dead link‍]}	10th
Saipa	Mojtaba Taghavi	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport	SAIPA	11th
Sanat Naft	José Alberto Costa	Abbas Merdasi	Majid	National Iranian Oil Company	9th
Sepahan	Zlatko Kranjčar	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Foolad Mobarakeh Complex	Champion
Shahin	Hamid Derakhshan	Vahid Talebloo	Uhlsport	Post Bank	14th
Shahrdari Tabriz	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Ebrahim Mirzapour	Majid	City Bank	12th
Tractor Sazi	Amir Ghalenoei	Morteza Assadi	Uhlsport	Hamrah-e-Avval	5th
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mohammad Salsali	Uhlsport	Zob Ahan Steel Co. Archived 30 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine	3rd

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
Saipa	Mayeli Kohan	Contract expired	21 May 2011	11th (2010–11)	Majid Saleh	6 June 2011
Sepahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Contract expired	5 June 2011	1st (2010–11)	Luka Bonačić	22 June 2011
Tractor Sazi	Faraz Kamalvand	Contract expired	13 June 2011	5th (2010–11)	Amir Ghalenoei	22 June 2011
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Contract expired	14 June 2011	4th (2010–11)	Hamid Estili	21 June 2011
Shahrdari	Hamid Derakhshan	Sacked	18 June 2011	12th (2010–11)	Miodrag Ješić	18 June 2011
Shahin Bushehr	Akbar Misaghian	Sacked	19 June 2011	14th (2010–11)	Hamid Derakhshan	26 June 2011
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Sacked	14 July 2011	15th (2010–11)	Ali Daei	14 July 2011

In season

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Sanat Mes Kerman	Samad Marfavi	Resigned	25 August 2011	17th	Miroslav Blažević	9 September 2011
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Ahmad Sanjari	Sacked	26 August 2011	18th	Asghar Sharafi	27 August 2011
Damash Gilan	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Sacked	18 September 2011	16th	Ebrahim Ghasempour	20 September 2011
Shahin Bushehr	Hamid Derakhshan	Resigned	5 October 2011	9th	Firouz Karimi	6 October 2011
Sepahan Isfahan	Luka Bonacic	Sacked	14 October 2011	5th	Zlatko Kranjcar	31 October 2011
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz	Ali Kalantari	Sacked	26 November 2011	17th	Mahmoud Yavari	27 November 2011
Sanat Naft Abadan	Gholam Peyrovani	Resigned	27 November 2011	13th	José Alberto Costa	4 December 2011
Persepolis Tehran	Hamid Estili	Resigned	9 December 2011	9th	Mustafa Denizli^{[citation needed]}	23 December 2011
Shahrdari Tabriz	Miodrag Ješić	Sacked	24 December 2011	13th	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	5 January 2012
Damash Gilan	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Resigned ^[2]	28 December 2011	7th	Mehdi Tartar^[3]	6 January 2012
Shahin Bushehr	Firouz Karimi	Sacked	5 February 2011	16th	Hamid Derakhshan	13 February 2012
Sanat Mes Kerman	Miroslav Blažević	Sacked	14 February 2012	14th	Ebrahim Ghasempour	16 February 2012
Saipa	Majid Saleh	Sacked	15 February 2012	10th	Mojtaba Taghavi	1 March 2012

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	19	10	5	54	27	+27	67	Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Tractor Sazi	34	19	9	6	57	32	+25	66
3	Esteghlal	34	19	9	6	58	34	+24	66
4	Saba Qom	34	12	14	8	40	38	+2	50	Qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
5	Naft Tehran	34	13	10	11	36	38	−2	49
6	Rah Ahan	34	10	16	8	46	40	+6	46
7	Zob Ahan	34	9	18	7	29	33	−4	45
8	Saipa	34	10	13	11	50	39	+11	43
9	Mes Kerman	34	11	10	13	35	39	−4	43
10	Sanat Naft	34	11	10	13	49	57	−8	43
11	Persepolis	34	10	12	12	50	54	−4	42
12	Fajr Sepasi	34	10	11	13	31	38	−7	41
13	Foolad	34	10	10	14	35	37	−2	40
14	Malavan	34	9	12	13	32	33	−1	39
15	Damash	34	9	12	13	32	41	−9	39
16	Sh. Tabriz (R)	34	6	16	12	34	44	−10	34	Relegation to 2012-13 Azadegan League
17	Shahin Bushehr (R)	34	6	15	13	30	43	−13	33
18	Mes Sarcheshmeh (R)	34	5	9	20	23	54	−31	24

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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	9	11	7	4	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	2	3	5	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tractor Sazi	17	7	4	3	2	1	3	4	1	3	4	4	4	5	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Esteghlal	5	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
Saba Qom	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Naft Tehran	13	2	9	8	6	4	4	3	4	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Zob Ahan	3	16	10	5	7	5	7	8	10	6	6	6	8	8	9	9	6	7	9	12	8	10	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Damash	11	17	12	12	16	16	16	15	14	12	8	9	7	7	6	7	7	9	10	8	11	11	12	14	11	12	12	13	11	9	8	9	9	7
Saipa	1	1	8	13	9	12	6	9	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	10	10	12	10	10	8	7	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	7	8	8	8
Mes Kerman	8	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	13	14	14	16	15	17	14	14	15	16	13	15	14	13	14	15	14	13	12	11	9
Sanat Naft	14	13	13	9	13	14	9	9	6	7	9	11	9	11	7	6	8	6	7	9	9	7	9	11	12	9	10	9	9	10	11	7	7	10
Rah Ahan	4	8	15	14	11	11	12	13	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	16	13	12	13	15	15	15	14	13	15	15	14	11
Persepolis	7	15	17	15	12	13	15	10	7	10	11	7	10	6	8	8	9	11	8	7	7	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	11	15	12
Fajr Sepasi	15	12	14	16	14	8	10	11	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	17	16	17	16	12	14	15	14	11	14	12	12	11	12	13	12	13
Foolad	12	6	3	6	10	9	11	12	8	11	13	13	11	12	12	10	11	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	14
Malavan	6	10	5	7	8	10	13	16	12	14	15	16	14	15	15	17	17	16	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	13	11	11	13	15	14	14	13	15
Sh. Tabriz	10	9	6	11	15	15	14	14	11	8	10	10	12	9	11	12	13	13	11	11	12	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Shahin Bushehr	16	5	11	10	4	6	8	6	9	9	7	8	6	10	10	11	12	12	14	15	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Mes Sarcheshmeh	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader
	AFC Champions League 2013 Qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2012–13 Azadegan League

Source: Cups.ir (in Persian)

Results

Home \ Away	DMG	EST	FJR	FOL	MLV	MES	MSA	NAF	PRS	RAH	SAB	SAP	SNA	SEP	SHB	SHT	TRK	ZOB
Damash		0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–1
Esteghlal	1–0		2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–3	2–2
Fajr Sepasi	0–1	2–1		2–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0
Foolad	1–1	1–4	1–0		1–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Malavan	0–1	4–2	2–0	2–0		0–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–3
Mes Kerman	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0		4–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0
Mes Sarcheshmeh	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0		1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Naft Tehran	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–0		0–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Persepolis	0–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		3–4	2–0	2–4	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Rah Ahan	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1		0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–2
Saba Qom	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1		3–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–1
Saipa	3–0	2–2	5–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–2	0–4	3–0	1–2	0–1	0–1
Sanat Naft	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–3	0–4		0–4	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1
Sepahan	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Shahin Bushehr	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1		2–2	0–3	1–1
Sh. Tabriz	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1		0–1	0–0
Tractor Sazi	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	5–1		2–1
Zob Ahan	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. 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	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D
Tractor Sazi	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W
Esteghlal	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W
Saba Qom	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D
Naft Tehran	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L
Zob Ahan	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	L
Damash	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	W
Saipa	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D
Mes Kerman	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W
Sanat Naft	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D
Rah Ahan	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	W
Persepolis	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W
Fajr Sepasi	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D
Foolad	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L
Malavan	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L
Sh. Tabriz	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	L
Shahin Bushehr	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L
Mes Sarcheshmeh	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D

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

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karim Ansarifard	Saipa	21
2	Founéké Sy	Sanat Naft	20
3	Reza Enayati	Saba Qom	18
4	Ali Karimi	Persepolis	11
5	Saeed Daghighi	Shahrdari Tabriz	10
	Mojtaba Jabbari	Esteghlal
	Reza Norouzi	Foolad
	Flávio Paixão	Tractor Sazi
	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Fajr Sepasi
10	Bahador Abdi	Rah Ahan	9
	Omid Alishah	Rah Ahan
	Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal
	Emad Mohammed Ridha	Sepahan
14	9 players		8
23	7 players		7
30	7 players		6
37	13 players		5
50	16 player		4
66	24 player		3
90	45 player		2
135	92 player		1
_	13 players ¹		OG
_	technical loses of 3–0		1
Total goals (Including technical loses)			720
Total games			306
Average per game			2.35

¹ Siamak Kouroshi from Naft Tehran 2 owne goals.
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL Stats

Cards

Position	Player	Club				Total
1	Márcio José	Naft Tehran	10	1	0	11
2	Majid Gholamnejad	Saipa	10	0	0	10
	Hossein Kaabi	Rah Ahan	9	0	1
	Ali Samereh	Mes Sarcheshmeh	8	2	0
5	Siavash Akbarpour	Tractor Sazi	9	0	0	9
	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Tractor Sazi	9	0	0
	Amir Mohammadi	Mes Sarcheshmeh	9	0	0
	Andranik Teymourian	Esteghlal	8	0	1
	Maziar Zare	Persepolis	8	1	0
10	8 player		-	-	-	8
18	13 player		-	-	-	7
31	25 player		-	-	-	6
56	46 player		-	-	-	5
102	38 player		-	-	-	4
140	63 player		-	-	-	3
203	60 player		-	-	-	2
263	86 player		-	-	-	1
Total Cards			1101	34	33	1168

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats

Matches played

Position	Player	Club	Appearance
1	Abouzar Rahimi	Damash Gilan	33
1	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	33
3	Rahman Ahmadi	Sepahan	32
	Morteza Asadi	Tractor Sazi
	Omid Ebrahimi	Sepahan
	Pirouz Ghorbani	Saipa
	Hanif Omranzadeh	Esteghlal
	Alireza Ramezani	Malavan

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: IPL stats

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Javad Kazemian	Persepolis	Sanat Naft Abadan	3–1	23 August 2011
Jalal Rafkhaei	Malavan	Zob Ahan	3–3	1 September 2011
Iman Mousavi	Naft Tehran	Malavan	3–1	25 September 2011
Mojtaba Jabbari	Esteghlal	Shahin Bushehr	3–2	24 November 2011
Reza Norouzi	Foolad	Naft Tehran	3–1	15 January 2012
Founéké Sy	Sanat Naft	Persepolis	4–2	25 January 2012
Éamon Zayed	Persepolis	Esteghlal	3–2	2 February 2012
Karim Ansarifard	Saipa	Fajr Sepasi	5–0	9 March 2012
Bruno Correa	Sepahan	Rah Ahan	3–2	17 March 2012
Bahador Abdi	Rah Ahan	Persepolis	4–3	6 May 2012
Éamon Zayed	Persepolis	Rah Ahan	3–4	6 May 2012

Fastest hat-trick of the season

Éamon Zayed for Persepolis against Esteghlal, 9 minutes (2 February 2012)

Scoring

First goal of the season: Hossein Kazemi own goal for Zob Ahan against Rah Ahan (2 August 2011)
Fastest goal of the season: 10 seconds – Pejman Shahpari for Saba against Foolad (16 October 2011)^[4]
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012)
Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (16 April 2012)
- Persepolis 3–4 Rah Ahan (6 May 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- Tractor Sazi 5–1 Shahrdari Tabriz (25 September 2011)
- Saipa 5–0 Fajr Sepasi (9 March 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Malavan 3–4 Sepahan (16 April 2012)
- Persepolis 3–4 Rah Ahan (6 May 2012)

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Abdollah Veisi	Saba Qom	Karim Ansarifard	Saipa
September	Hossein Faraki	Naft Tehran	Iman Mousavi	Naft Tehran
October	Parviz Mazloomi	Esteghlal	Ivan Petrović	Shahin Bushehr
November	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Damash Gilan	Omid Alishah	Rah Ahan
December	Majid Saleh	Saipa	Founéké Sy	Sanat Naft
January	Zlatko Kranjčar	Sepahan	Jlloyd Samuel	Esteghlal
February	Mustafa Denizli	Persepolis	Reza Enayati	Saba Qom
March	Amir Ghalenoei	Tractor Sazi	Bruno Correa	Sepahan
April	Zlatko Kranjčar	Sepahan	Flávio Paixão	Tractor Sazi

Annual awards

Team of the Season

Goalkeeper: Rahman Ahmadi (Sepahan)
Defence: Ehsan Hajsafi (Tractor Sazi), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Jalal Hosseini (Sepahan), Hossein Mahini (Zob Ahan)
Midfield: Ali Karimi (Persepolis), Omid Ebrahimi (Sepahan), Mojtaba Jabbari (Esteghlal), Flávio Paixão (Tractor Sazi)
Attack: Founéké Sy (Sanat Naft), Karim Ansarifard (Saipa)

Player of the Season

Goal.com selected Farhad Majidi as the best player of the first half of the season and Ali Karimi as the best player of the second half. Karim Ansarifard and Omid Alishah also won the best young players of the tournament.

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tractor Sazi	593,000	80,000	0	39,533	−5.9%^†
2	Esteghlal	540,000	85,000	5,000	31,765	+26.5%^†
3	Persepolis	480,000	100,000	2,000	28,235	+20.1%^†
4	Sanat Naft	167,000	15,000	3,000	9,824	−30.5%^†
5	Damash	130,000	15,000	0	8,125	+204.6%^†
6	Shahin Bushehr	125,000	20,000	0	7,813	−35.2%^†
7	Fajr Sepasi	130,000	20,000	2,000	7,647	+257.7%^†
8	Mes Kerman	100,000	15,000	1,000	5,882	+12.4%^†
8	Sepahan	100,000	15,000	1,000	5,882	+8.7%^†
10	Malavan	83,000	10,000	2,000	5,188	−32.2%^†
11	Sh. Tabriz	81,000	16,000	1,000	4,765	−37.5%^†
12	Foolad	79,000	15,000	1,000	4,647	−14.1%^†
13	Saba Qom	61,000	15,000	1,000	3,588	+52.5%^†
14	Zob Ahan	48,000	10,000	1,000	2,824	−17.2%^†
15	Rah Ahan	38,000	7,000	1,000	2,235	−38.7%^†
16	Saipa	37,000	5,000	1,000	2,176	−33.9%^†
17	Naft Tehran	35,000	10,000	1,000	2,059	−25.5%^†
18	Mes Sarcheshmeh	29,000	7,000	1,000	1,706	+146.5%^†
	League total	2,856,000	100,000	0	9,488	+1.1%^†

Updated to games played on 11 May 2012
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Damash, Fajr Sepasi and Mes Sarcheshmeh played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Persepolis	0–2	Esteghlal	100,000	16 September 2011 (2011-09-16)	7	Azadi
2	Esteghlal	2–3	Tractor Sazi	85,000	9 September 2011 (2011-09-09)	6	Azadi
3	Tractor Sazi	0–2	Esteghlal	80,000	29 January 2012 (2012-01-29)	23	Sahand
	Esteghlal	2–3	Persepolis	80,000	2 February 2012 (2012-02-02)	24	Azadi
	Tractor Sazi	0–0	Fajr Sepasi	80,000	6 April 2012 (2012-04-06)	29	Sahand
6	Esteghlal	2–0	Fajr Sepasi	75,000	17 August 2011 (2011-08-17)	4	Azadi
7	Esteghlal	1–0	Damash	70,000	8 August 2011 (2011-08-08)	2	Azadi
7	Persepolis	1–2	Shahrdari Tabriz	70,000	11 August 2011 (2011-08-11)	3	Azadi
9	Persepolis	1–1	Malavan	65,000	2 August 2011 (2011-08-02)	1	Azadi
10	Persepolis	3–1	Sanat Naft	60,000	24 August 2011 (2011-08-24)	5	Azadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 11 May 2012. Source: iplstats.com

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Moghavemat Sepasi promoted to IPL". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^ "Ghasempour resigns as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
^ "Mehdi Tartar appointed as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^ "Fastest goal of IPL 11th". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

External links

[persianfootball.com-1] "Moghavemat Sepasi promoted to IPL". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

[2] "Ghasempour resigns as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.

[3] "Mehdi Tartar appointed as Damash coach". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[4] "Fastest goal of IPL 11th". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

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