2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

Persian Gulf Pro League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Esteghlal Khuzestan 1st Pro League title 1st Iranian title
Relegated	Esteghlal Ahvaz Rah Ahan Malavan
Champions League	Esteghlal Khuzestan Persepolis Esteghlal Zob Ahan (Hazfi Cup winner)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	502 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mehdi Taremi (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Fernando (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Rah Ahan 5–0 Est. Ahvaz (16 October 2015) Tractor Sazi 5–0 Est. Ahvaz (13 May 2016)
Biggest away win	Foolad 0–3 Zob Ahan (15 September 2015) Sepahan 0–3 Esteghlal (26 October 2015) Est. Ahvaz 0–3 Saba Qom (27 December 2015)
Highest scoring	Tractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan (27October 2015)
Longest winning run	5 matches Persepolis
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Persepolis
Longest winless run	20 matches Est. Ahvaz
Longest losing run	6 matches Est. Ahvaz
Highest attendance	100,000 Persepolis – Esteghlal (15 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Foolad – Zob Ahan (15 September 2015) Tractor Sazi – Saipa (10 October 2015) Foolad – Naft Tehran (13 December 2015) Malavan – Naft Tehran (3 February 2016) Tractor Sazi – Foolad (10 March 2016) Persepolis – Siah Jamegan (3 April 2016) Est. Ahvaz  – Saipa (8 May 2016)
Total attendance	1,884,066 (13 May 2016)
Average attendance	8,086
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2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 33rd season of Iran's Football League and 15th as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from 2014–15 Azadegan League: Siah Jamegan as Group A champions and Esteghlal Ahvaz as replacement for Group B champions Foolad Novin, which was ineligible for promotion since they are the reserve side of Foolad F.C.. The league started on 30 July 2015 and ended on 13 May 2016. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the league title for the first time.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Saba

Sepahan
Zob Ahan

Foolad
Est. Ahvaz
Est. Khuzestan

Tractor Sazi
Gostaresh

Malavan

Padideh
Siah Jamegan

Esteghlal
Persepolis
Naft Tehran
Rah Ahan
Saipa

Locations of clubs in 2015–16 Iran Pro League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	15,000
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Ghadir	50,199
Foolad	Ahvaz	Ghadir	50,199
Gostaresh	Tabriz	Bonyan Dizel	12,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,122
Padideh	Mashhad	Samen	35,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	95,225
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Shahr-e Qods	25,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar-e Emam	10,610
Saipa	Tehran	Shahid Dastgerdi	8,250
Sepahan	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Sahand	80,451
Zob Ahan	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	15,000

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Esteghlal, Persepolis, Naft Tehran, Rah Ahan, Saipa
2	Khuzestan	3	Esteghlal Ahvaz, Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad
3	East Azerbaijan	2	Gostaresh, Tractor Sazi
4	Khorasan	2	Padideh, Siah Jamegan
5	Isfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
6	Gilan	1	Malavan
7	Qom	1	Saba Qom

Personnel and kits

Main article: List of Iranian Football League managers

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
Esteghlal	Parviz Mazloumi	Mehdi Rahmati	361 Degrees
Est. Ahvaz	Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh	Adel Kolahkaj	Uhlsport
Est. Khuzestan	Abdollah Veisi	Mohammad Tayyebi	Start
Foolad	Dragan Skočić	Leonard Mesarić	Uhlsport
Gostaresh	Faraz Kamalvand	Morteza Asadi	Merooj
Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Pejman Nouri	Givova
Naft Tehran	Alireza Mansourian	Alireza Ezzati	Uhlsport
Padideh	Mohammad Reza Mohajeri	Hossein Badamaki	Peak
Persepolis	Branko Ivanković	Alireza Nourmohammadi	Uhlsport
Rah Ahan	Ioannis Topalidis	Bahador Abdi	Givova
Saba Qom	Ali Daei	Abolfazl Ebrahimi	Daei Sport
Saipa	Saeid Rajabi (caretaker)	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Uhlsport
Sepahan	Ghasem Zaghinejad (interim)	Moharram Navidkia	Joma
Siah Jamegan	Farhad Kazemi	Reza Enayati	Givova
Tractor Sazi	Amir Ghalenoei	Mehdi Kiani	Kelme
Zob Ahan	Yahya Golmohammadi	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Takabi

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Padideh	Alireza Marzban	Resigned	5 July 2015	Pre-season	Mohammad Reza Mohajeri	5 July 2015
Saba Qom	Mehdi Tartar	Sacked	16 July 2015		Ali Daei	16 July 2015
Siah Jamegan	Rasoul Khatibi	Resigned	21 August 2015	15th	Farhad Kazemi	28 September 2015
Rah Ahan	Farhad Kazemi	Sacked	19 September 2015	13th	Mehdi Tartar	21 September 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh	Sacked	16 October 2015	15th	Ali Hanteh	17 October 2015
Sepahan	Hossein Faraki	Mutual consent	1 November 2015	6th	Igor Štimac	12 November 2015
Tractor Sazi	Toni Oliveira	Mutual consent	8 December 2015	9th	Amir Ghalenoei	9 December 2015
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ali Hanteh	Mutual consent	26 December 2015	16th	Siavash Bakhtiarizadeh	26 December 2015
Malavan	Hamid Estili	Resigned	15 February 2016	12th	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	9 March 2016
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Sacked	19 February 2016	15th	Ioannis Topalidis	22 February 2016
Sepahan	Igor Štimac	Resigned	20 April 2016	11th	Abdollah Veisi	23 May 2016
Saipa	Majid Jalali	Sacked	3 May 2016	10th	Hossein Faraki	25 May 2016

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Iran Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player
Esteghlal	Hrayr Mkoyan	Pero Pejić	Adil Chihi
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Luiz Fernando	Sandi Šahman
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Fernando	Moussa Coulibaly	Eduardo Ferreira	Fellipe Bertoldo
Foolad	Leonard Mesarić	Mathias Chago	Dorge Kouemaha
Gostaresh	Magno Batista	Leo Pimenta	Georgi Georgiev
Malavan
Naft Tehran
Padideh
Persepolis	Luka Marić	Michael Umaña	Jerry Bengtson	Alexander Lobanov
Rah Ahan	Athos Solomou	Sebastian Strandvall
Saba Qom	Filipe Machado
Saipa	Ratko Dujković
Sepahan	Leandro Padovani	Luciano Pereira	Senijad Ibričić	Fozil Musaev
Siah Jamegan	Kyle Konwea	Alagie Sosseh	Korede Aiyegbusi
Tractor Sazi	Augusto	Carlos Cardoso	Aloys Nong
Zob Ahan	Ali Hamam			Walid Ismail

League table

2015–16 Iran Pro League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Est. Khuzestan (C)	30	15	12	3	33	14	+19	57	2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Persepolis	30	16	9	5	50	34	+16	57
3	Esteghlal	30	13	13	4	43	28	+15	52	2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Tractor Sazi	30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51
5	Naft Tehran	30	13	10	7	30	21	+9	49
6	Zob Ahan	30	11	13	6	38	26	+12	46	2017 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
7	Saba Qom	30	9	15	6	30	24	+6	42
8	Saipa	30	11	7	12	28	31	−3	40
9	Gostaresh	30	10	9	11	36	32	+4	39
10	Padideh	30	10	9	11	30	35	−5	39
11	Sepahan	30	8	14	8	29	30	−1	38
12	Foolad	30	9	8	13	26	37	−11	35
13	Siah Jamegan	30	7	6	17	23	34	−11	27
14	Malavan (R)	30	5	12	13	23	35	−12	27	Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15	Rah Ahan (R)	30	5	10	15	24	36	−12	25
16	Est. Ahvaz (R)	30	2	7	21	16	58	−42	13

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

EST

ESA

ESK

FOL

GOS

MLV

NAF

PAD

PRS

RAH

SAB

SAP

SEP

SJK

TRK

ZOB

Esteghlal

1–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

3–3

1–0

1–1

0–0

3–1

2–3

0–2

Est. Ahvaz

1–2

0–1

1–2

0–2

1–1

0–1

2–3

0–2

1–0

0–3

1–2

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–1

Est. Khuzestan

1–1

4–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

0–0

3–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

Foolad

0–2

3–2

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

0–2

2–2

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–2

0–3

Gostaresh

0–2

4–0

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

4–1

2–4

3–2

2–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–3

4–3

Malavan

2–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–0

1–2

0–0

1–1

3–2

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–0

Naft Tehran

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

3–3

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

1–2

0–1

0–1

Padideh

1–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

2–2

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

Persepolis

4–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

0–2

2–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

2–2

3–2

1–1

1–2

Rah Ahan

0–1

5–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

0–1

3–1

0–2

2–1

0–2

1–0

0–0

0–0

1–1

Saba Qom

1–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–3

1–0

0–1

0–1

4–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

Saipa

1–2

4–1

0–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–2

1–1

0–1

0–1

Sepahan

0–3

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–2

2–1

0–2

4–2

0–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

0–0

1–1

Siah Jamegan

1–2

2–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–2

1–0

1–2

1–2

0–1

2–1

0–1

Tractor Sazi

0–0

5–0

0–0

3–2

1–1

4–2

0–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

0–0

4–4

Zob Ahan

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

3–1

2–2

4–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–1

1–2

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

	Leader : 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
	2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
	2017 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2016-17 Azadegan League

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
Est. Khuzestan	15	6	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	1
Persepolis	4	12	16	16	14	14	11	12	11	7	9	7	8	6	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	3	2	2
Esteghlal	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	3	3
Tractor Sazi	8	3	6	7	8	9	10	9	6	6	10	11	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Naft Tehran	8	10	12	12	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Zob Ahan	15	16	8	6	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6
Saba Qom	8	10	8	13	9	10	8	8	5	5	4	6	4	4	5	4	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	7	7	7
Saipa	8	4	2	4	7	6	4	5	9	9	7	5	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	9	9	9	10	8	8
Gostaresh	8	14	15	10	4	8	7	7	10	8	5	8	6	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9
Padideh	4	8	11	8	11	7	9	10	7	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	10
Sepahan	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	6	4	7	7	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11
Foolad	4	8	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Siah Jamegan	14	15	10	15	10	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13
Malavan	2	7	5	5	6	5	6	6	8	11	8	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Rah Ahan	4	13	14	9	12	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Est. Ahvaz	8	5	7	11	13	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: FIFA.com (English)

Clubs season-progress

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
B	Bye
W/O	Withdrew

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
Est. Khuzestan	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W
Persepolis	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Esteghlal	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	D
Tractor Sazi	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Naft Tehran	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D
Zob Ahan	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	L
Saba Qom	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	D
Saipa	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D
Gostaresh	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D
Padideh	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
Sepahan	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L
Foolad	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D
Siah Jamegan	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W
Malavan	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	L
Rah Ahan	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L
Est. Ahvaz	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: IPL Stats

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis	16
2	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Gostaresh	11
3	Omid Ebrahimi	Esteghlal	10
	Mehrdad Mohammadi	Rah Ahan	10
4	Hassan Beyt Saeed	Est. Khuzestan	9
	Sasan Ansari	Foolad	9
5	Aloys Nong	Tractor Sazi	7
	Jaber Ansari	Esteghlal	7
	Rahim Zohaivi	Est. Khuzestan	7
	Jerry Bengtson	Persepolis	7
	Morteza Tabrizi	Zob Ahan	7
	Mohsen Yousefi	Padideh	7
	Gholamreza Rezaei	Saipa	7
	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Esteghlal	7
	Mohammad Iranpourian	Tractor Sazi	7

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: Soccerway.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Top Assistants

Position	Player	Club	Assists
1	Omid Alishah	Persepolis	7
2	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Zob Ahan	6
	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Gostaresh	6
3	Mehdi Torabi	Saipa	5
	Soroush Rafiei	Tractor Sazi	5
	Khosro Heydari	Esteghlal	5
	Mohsen Yousefi	Padideh	5
	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh	Esteghlal	5
	Farshad Ahmadzadeh	Persepolis	5
	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Sepahan	5
4	Ali Hamam	Zob Ahan	4
	Farid Karimi	Saba Qom	4
	Jaber Ansari	Esteghlal	4
	Mehdi Taremi	Persepolis	4
	Mohammad Iranpourian	Tractor Sazi	4

Last updated: 13 May 2016
Source: Varzesh3.com
Source: Iplstats.com

Clean Sheets

Position	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Fernando	Est. Khuzestan	17
2	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	Zob Ahan	13
3	Mohammadreza Akhbari	Tractor Sazi	12
4	Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal	11
5	Alireza Beiranvand	Naft Tehran	9
4	Hamed Lak	Saba Qom	8
	Sosha Makani	Persepolis	8
	Mojtaba Roshangar	Padideh	8
5	Mohsen Forouzan	Rah Ahan	7
	Georgi Georgiev	Gostaresh	7
6	Shahab Gordan	Sepahan	6
	Serghei Pașcenco	Malavan	6
	Hamed Fallahzadeh	Saipa	6

Last Update: 13 May 2016
Source: Iplstats.com

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Mohammad Ebrahimi	Gostaresh	Zob Ahan	4–3	31 March 2016
Sasan Ansari	Foolad	Est. Ahvaz	3–2	30 April 2016

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Sajjad Shahbazzadeh for Esteghlal against Siah Jamegan (30 July 2015)
• Fastest goal of the season: 56 seconds, Jalaleddin Alimohammadi for Saba Qom against Naft Tehran (6 August 2015)
• Latest goal of the season: 96 minutes, Mohammad Ghazi for Saba Qom against Esteghlal Khuzestan (14 September 2015)
• Largest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Rah Ahan 5–0 Esteghlal Ahvaz (16 October 2015)
  • Tractor Sazi 5–0 Esteghlal Ahvaz (13 May 2016)
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals
  • Tractor Sazi 4–4 Zob Ahan (27 October 2015)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
  • Gostaresh Foulad 4–3 Zob Ahan (31 March 2016)

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Persepolis	658,500	100,000	0	47,036	1.93975+193.9%†
2	Esteghlal	448,000	90,000	2,500	29,867	0.60947351403783+60.9%†
3	Tractor Sazi	115,350	20,000	0	8,873	-0.28751498655261−71.2%†
4	Saipa	90,299	77,000	70	6,020	1.5083333333333+150.8%†
5	Est. Khuzestan	76,460	35,000	200	5,097	0.49911764705882+49.9%†
6	Malavan	60,688	10,000	0	4,335	-0.7140504035579−28.5%†
7	Siah Jamegan	64,109	25,000	120	4,274	n/a†
8	Foolad	52,800	18,000	0	4,062	-0.54891891891892−45.1%†
9	Padideh	58,281	22,000	200	3,885	-0.35534619957926−64.4%†
10	Rah Ahan	53,302	35,000	47	3,553	0.56726951918835+56.7%†
11	Saba Qom	45,840	15,000	100	3,056	0.54812563323202+54.8%†
12	Sepahan	45,200	12,500	300	3,013	-0.57942307692308−42.0%†
13	Gostaresh	35,107	15,000	60	2,340	-0.74688796680498−25.3%†
14	Zob Ahan	31,370	8,000	200	2,091	-0.92236435818262−7.7%†
15	Est. Ahvaz	24,820	10,800	0	1,773	n/a†
16	Naft Tehran	23,940	12,200	70	1,596	-0.77213352685051−22.7%†
	League total	1,884,066	100,000	0	8,086	+5.6%†

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016
Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances

Attendances 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	Average
Esteghlal	A	30,000	35,000	A	14,000	A	11,000	A	2,500	A	90,000	A	11,000	A	6,500	5,000	A	A	12,000	A	70,000	A	28,000	A	38,000	A	15,000	A	80,000	A	29,867
Esteghlal Ahvaz	A	1,100	A	6,000	A	A	370	A	200	A	500	A	1,500	A	500	600	A	200	A	550	800	A	200	A	1,500	A	10,800	A	0	A	1,773
Esteghlal Khuzestan	A	6,000	A	300	A	200	A	350	A	210	A	450	A	250	A	2,000	A	5,000	A	5,000	A	1,100	A	17,000	A	3,250	A	350	A	35,000	5,097
Foolad	3,100	A	2,000	A	13,000	0	A	1,200	A	400	A	18,000	A	0	A	A	200	A	6,000	A	A	4,000	A	2,500	A	2,000	A	350	A	50	4,062
Gostaresh	A	6,500	A	520	A	2,000	A	214	A	A	60	A	650	A	225	100	A	186	A	528	A	624	A	2,000	2,500	A	4,000	A	15,000	A	2,340
Malavan	4,656	A	4,200	A	1,600	A	2,832	A	5,000	A	700	A	5,000	A	1,200	A	5,300	A	0	A	2,000	A	3,200	A	10,000	A	5,000	A	10,000	A	4,335
Naft Tehran	A	500	A	990	A	100	A	A	200	A	200	A	12,200	A	200	1,200	A	100	A	7,650	A	130	70	A	100	A	200	A	100	A	1,596
Padideh	A	2,500	A	5,000	A	3,000	A	22,000	A	550	A	700	A	A	1,500	18,000	A	1,500	A	2,000	A	351	A	230	A	250	A	200	500	A	3,885
Persepolis	18,000	A	A	25,000	A	11,000	A	35,000	A	9,000	A	9,000	A	4,500	A	A	40,000	77,000	A	80,000	A	80,000	A	0	A	100,000	A	80,000	A	90,000	47,036
Rah Ahan	A	525	A	1,000	A	500	A	250	A	250	A	A	500	A	11,800	200	A	2,500	A	300	A	35,000	A	47	A	250	123	A	57	A	3,553
Saba Qom	890	A	200	A	1,500	A	4,000	A	350	A	2,500	2,500	A	200	A	A	1,000	A	100	A	1,850	A	15,000	A	500	A	A	250	A	15,000	3,056
Saipa	250	A	300	A	500	A	300	300	A	350	A	500	A	210	A	A	289	A	70	A	77,000	A	A	950	A	200	A	9,000	A	80	6,020
Sepahan	2,200	A	12,500	3,500	A	3,500	A	1,500	A	8,500	A	2,200	A	800	A	A	3,500	A	A	3,500	A	600	A	1,400	A	500	A	700	A	300	3,013
Siah Jamegan	25,000	A	2,000	A	1,500	A	1,830	A	18,000	A	120	A	450	200	A	A	268	A	900	A	3,580	A	600	A	411	A	1,250	A	A	8,000	4,274
Tractor Sazi	20,000	A	8,200	A	7,000	A	20,000	A	0	2,500	A	9,500	A	7,000	A	A	1,350	A	5,000	A	10,000	A	0	A	A	10,800	A	2,000	A	12,000	8,873
Zob Ahan	A	6,000	A	A	1,500	A	800	A	400	A	520	A	500	A	1,900	350	A	6,500	8,000	A	1,000	A	200	A	2,300	A	1,000	A	400	A	2,091
Total	74,096	53,125	64,400	42,310	40,600	20,300	41,132	60,814	26,650	21,760	94,600	42,850	31,800	13,160	23,825	27,450	51,907	92,986	32,070	99,528	166,230	121,805	47,270	24,127	55,311	117,250	37,373	92,850	106,057	160,430
Average	9,262	6,641	8,050	5,289	5,075	2,900	5,142	7,602	3,807	2,720	11,825	5,356	3,975	1,880	2,978	3,431	6,488	11,623	4,581	12,441	20,779	15,226	6,753	3,447	6,914	14,656	4,672	11,606	15,151	20,054

Updated to games played on May 13, 2016. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz played their matches against Esteghlal and Siah Jamegan at Ghadir
Gostaresh played their match against Tractor Sazi at Sahand
Rah Ahan played their match against Esteghlal at Azadi
Saipa played their match against Persepolis at Azadi
Saipa played their match against Esteghlal at Takhti Tehran

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Persepolis	4–2	Esteghlal	100,000	April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	26	Azadi
2	Esteghlal	1–1	Persepolis	90,000	October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)	11	Azadi
2	Persepolis	2–1	Rah Ahan	90,000	May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)	30	Azadi
4	Persepolis	1–0	Foolad	80,000	February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12)	20	Azadi
4	Persepolis	1–1	Tractor Sazi	80,000	March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06)	22	Azadi
4	Persepolis	0–2	Naft Tehran	80,000	April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28)	28	Azadi
4	Esteghlal	2–3	Tractor Sazi	80,000	May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)	29	Azadi
8	Persepolis	2–2	Sepahan	77,000	February 2, 2016 (2016-02-02)	18	Azadi
8	Saipa	1–1	Persepolis	77,000	February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18)	21	Azadi
10	Esteghlal	2–1	Gostaresh	70,000	February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)	21	Azadi

Updated to games played on May 13, 2016. Source: Iranleague.ir

Awards

175px Best XI Fernando Rezaian Tayyebi Hosseini Aghaei Zohaivi Ebrahimi Rafiei Alishah Mosalman Taremi

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Fernando (Esteghlal Khuzestan)
Defence: Ramin Rezaian (Perspolis), Mohammad Tayyebi (Esteghlal Khuzestan), Jalal Hosseini (Naft Tehran), Saeid Aghaei (Tractor Sazi)
Midfield: Soroush Rafiei (Tractor Sazi), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Mohsen Mosalman (Perspolis)
Attack: Omid Alishah (Perspolis), Mehdi Taremi (Perspolis), Rahim Mehdi Zohaivi (Esteghlal Khuzestan)

Player of the Tournament

Mehdi Taremi was awarded as the best player of the season . Mehdi Torabi was also awarded as the best young player of the season.

Other awards

Abdollah Veisi was awarded as the best coach of the season. Mehdi Taremi won the best striker award.

See also

• Azadegan League 2015–16
• Iran Football's 2nd Division 2015–16
• Hazfi Cup 2015–16
• Iranian Super Cup
• Futsal Super League 2015–16