2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup

The 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 27th season of Iran's Football League and ninth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the 2008–09 Azadegan League: Steel Azin and Tractor Sazi both as champions and Shahin Bushehr. The league started on 6 August 2009 and ended on 19 May 2010. Sepahan won the Pro League title for the second time in their history (total second Iranian title). Sepahan's Emad Mohammed emerged as the top goalscorer, with 19 goals.

Persian Gulf Cup

Season	2009–10
Champions	Sepahan 2nd Pro League title 2nd Iranian title
Relegated	Moghavemat Shiraz Aboumoslem Esteghlal Ahvaz
Champions League	Sepahan Zob Ahan Esteghlal Persepolis (Hazfi Cup champions)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	782 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emad Mohammed (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Paykan 4–0 Malavan (21 August 2009) Moghavemat 4–0 Malavan (7 September 2009) Saba Qom 4–0 Shahin Bushehr (6 October 2009) Foolad 4–0 Rah Ahan (4 December 2009)
Biggest away win	Aboumoslem 0–5 Esteghlal (24 September 2009) Est. Ahvaz 0–5 Sepahan (22 December 2009)
Highest scoring	Mes Kerman 2–6 Steel Azin (7 November 2009) Est. Ahvaz 4–4 Saipa (2 May 2010)
Longest winning run	8 matches Sepahan
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Sepahan
Longest winless run	16 matches Aboumoslem
Longest losing run	6 matches Est. Ahvaz
Highest attendance	95,000 Tractor Sazi – Moghavemat (22 January 2010)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Esteghlal – Sepahan (7 August 2009) Persepolis – Est. Ahvaz (14 August 2009) Paykan – Foolad (11 December 2009) Aboumoslem – Tractor Sazi (4 April 2010)
Total attendance	3,714,000
Average attendance	12,298
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Team information

Stadia and locations

Aboomoslem

Est. Ahvaz

Foolad

Malavan

Mes Kerman

Moghavemat

PAS Hamedan

Paykan

Saba Qom

Saipa

Shahin

Sepahan

Tractor Sazi

Zob Ahan

Persepolis
Esteghlal
Rah Ahan
Steel Azin

Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen Al-Aeme	35,000
Est. Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	90,000
Foolad	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000
Malavan	Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,000
Moghavemat	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000
PAS Hamedan	Hamedan	Shahid Mofatteh	15,000
Paykan	Qazvin	Shahid Rajaei	5,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	90,000
Rah Ahan	Shahr-e-Rey	Rah Ahan	15,000
Saba Qom	Qom	Yadegar Emam Qom	15,000
Saipa	Karaj	Enghelab Karaj	15,000
Sepahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000
Shahin	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000
Steel Azin	Tehran	Shahid Dastgerdi	5,000
Tractor Sazi	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	70,000
Zob Ahan	Esfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	End-season head coach	Team captain	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor	Past Season
Aboomoslem	Ali Hanteh	Saeed Khani	Merooj	City Credit Cooperative	15th
Est. Ahvaz	Ali Firouzi	Afshin Komaei	Merooj	Samsung	14th
Esteghlal	Samad Marfavi	Farhad Majidi	Uhlsport	Iran Furniture Market	Champion
Foolad	Majid Jalali	Jalal Kameli Mofrad	Daei SWE		7th
Malavan	Farhad Pourgholami	Pejman Nouri	Daei SWE	Anzali Free Zone Archived 2018-12-09 at the Wayback Machine	12th
Mes Kerman	Luka Bonačić	Abbas Mohammadi	Merooj	Mahan Air	3rd
Moghavemat	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Mostafa Sabri	Merooj		9th
Pas Hamedan	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Yadollah Akbari	Merooj	Achilan Door	13th
Paykan	Hamid Derakhshan	Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi	JEJ	Liugong	8th
Persepolis	Ali Daei	Karim Bagheri	Uhlsport	Tehran Municipality	5th
Rah Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Alireza Noormohammadi	JEJ	RAJA Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine	11th
Saba Qom	Rasoul Korbekandi	Morteza Assadi	Daei SWE	Salafchegan Special Economic Zone	6th
Saipa	Mohammad Mayeli Kohan	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Nahangi	Saipa	10th
Sepahan	Amir Ghalenoei	Moharram Navidkia	Lotto	Taban Air	4th
Shahin	Mahmoud Yavari	Reza Baziari	Nahangi	Haffar Machine Co.	Promoted
Steel Azin	Afshin Peyrovani	Ali Karimi	Merooj	Razi Insurance	Promoted
Tractor Sazi	Faraz Kamalvand	Mohammad Nosrati	Daei SWE		Promoted
Zob Ahan	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh	Mostafa Salehi Nejad	Merooj		2nd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Shahin Bushehr	Hamid Kolali Fard	Sacked	6 Sep 2009	Mahmoud Yavari	8 Sep 2009
Est.Ahvaz	Khodadad Azizi	Resigned	19 Sep 2009	Majid Bagherinia	20 Sep 2009
Foolad	Luka Bonačić	Sacked	28 Sep 2009	Majid Jalali	28 Sep 2009
Pas Hamedan	Alireza Mansourian	Resigned	6 Oct 2009	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	8 Oct 2009
Aboomoslem	Nasser Pourmehdi	Sacked	29 Oct 2009	Farhad Kazemi	29 Oct 2009
Saba Qom	Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	Resigned	9 Nov 2009	Rasoul Korbekandi	9 Nov 2009
Mes Kerman	Parviz Mazloomi	Sacked	30 Nov 2009	Luka Bonačić	9 Dec 2009
Rah Ahan	Ernie Brandts	Sacked	12 Dec 2009	Mehdi Tartar	12 Dec 2009
Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Sacked	23 Dec 2009	Farhad Pourgholami	27 Dec 2009
Aboomoslem	Farhad Kazemi	Resigned	24 Dec 2009	Parviz Mazloomi	27 Dec 2009
Persepolis	Zlatko Kranjčar	Sacked	28 Dec 2009	Ali Daei	28 Dec 2009
Est.Ahvaz	Majid Bagherinia	Sacked	22 Jan 2010	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	5 Feb 2010
Est.Ahvaz	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh	Resigned	9 Feb 2010	Mehdi Hasheminasab[1]	17 Feb 2010
Moghavemat	Davoud Mahabadi	Resigned	26 Feb 2010	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh[2]	1 Mar 2010
Aboomoslem	Parviz Mazloomi	Resigned	Mar2010	Ali Hanteh	Mar 2010
Est.Ahvaz	Mehdi Hasheminasab	Resigned	Apr 2010	Ali Firouzi	Apr 2010
Steel Azin	Hamid Estili	Sacked	19 Apr 2010	Afshin Peyrovani	19 Apr 2010

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	34	19	10	5	67	30	+37	67	Qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League
2	Zob Ahan	34	16	13	5	48	29	+19	61
3	Esteghlal	34	16	11	7	49	32	+17	59
4	Persepolis	34	13	14	7	46	40	+6	53
5	Steel Azin	34	13	13	8	55	49	+6	52
6	Saba	34	13	9	12	52	45	+7	48
7	Tractor Sazi	34	11	14	9	43	42	+1	47
8	Saipa	34	12	10	12	48	53	−5	46
9	Mes	34	11	9	14	55	56	−1	42
10	Foolad	34	9	15	10	31	34	−3	42
11	Paykan	34	9	14	11	40	44	−4	41
12	Malavan	34	10	11	13	31	47	−16	41
13	Shahin B.	34	9	12	13	37	37	0	39
14	Rah Ahan	34	9	11	14	36	44	−8	38
15	Pas Hamedan	34	9	11	14	36	44	−8	38
16	Fajr (R)	34	8	13	13	34	45	−11	37	Relegation to the 2010–11 Azadegan League
17	Aboumoslem (R)	34	7	11	16	36	51	−15	32
18	Est. Ahvaz (R)	34	7	9	18	38	60	−22	30

Updated to match(es) played on 01 SEP 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[3]
(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
Sepahan	15	6	12	8	7	5	6	5	5	4	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Zob Ahan	1	2	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Esteghlal	6	5	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	7	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Persepolis	8	10	7	4	6	7	7	8	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	5	7	4	5	3	3	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Steel Azin	2	1	4	2	5	8	9	10	6	8	8	8	8	7	5	4	6	5	7	7	7	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Saba Qom	5	7	5	9	10	9	5	7	11	7	5	5	7	8	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6
Tractor Sazi	13	14	10	7	8	10	10	6	7	10	11	12	10	12	11	9	8	8	9	8	8	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Saipa	18	9	6	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	11	13	13	14	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	12	13	11	9	8	8	8	8
Mes Kerman	7	18	18	13	9	6	8	9	9	11	12	10	12	9	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	15	16	16	16	14	13	15	12	12	9
Foolad	14	13	15	16	17	17	16	17	18	17	16	18	16	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	17	15	13	14	15	14	11	11	13	10
Paykan	17	16	9	6	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	4	4	6	3	6	6	4	4	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11
Malavan	12	4	11	12	13	11	11	12	13	13	10	11	9	11	9	8	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	6	7	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	12
Shahin Bushehr	11	15	16	17	18	18	13	13	12	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	15	14	12	14	15	16	16	12	15	11	13
PAS Hamedan	16	17	17	18	15	16	18	16	16	18	17	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	13	13	15	14
Rah Ahan	4	8	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	14	13	15	15	15	13	14	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	13	15	12	12	15	16	14	14	14
Moghavemat	3	3	2	3	1	2	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	5	3	4	6	6	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	16	16
Aboumoslem	9	12	14	15	16	15	17	18	17	16	18	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17
Est. Ahvaz	10	11	8	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	13	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	18

	Leader
	AFC Champions League 2011 Group stage
	Relegation to 2010–11 Azadegan League

Source: cups.ir (in Persian)

Results

Home \ Away	SEP	ZOB	EST	PRS	STL	SAB	TRK	SAP	MES	FOL	PAY	MLV	SHB	RAH	PAS	MVT	ABU	ESA
Sepahan		0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	5–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1
Zob Ahan	0–0		1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	5–2
Esteghlal	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–3
Persepolis	1–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–1
Steel Azin	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–1		4–3	2–2	4–3	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1
Saba Qom	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–2		2–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0
Tractor Sazi	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1		1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1
Saipa	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0		2–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–4
Mes Kerman	2–3	5–2	1–2	3–3	2–6	0–0	3–2	3–2		2–0	3–3	4–2	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–0	5–2	2–0
Foolad	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–4		1–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1
Paykan	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1		4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–1
Malavan	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Shahin Bushehr	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	0–1	2–4	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		3–1	1–1[a]	0–0	1–1	0–0
Rah Ahan	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
PAS Hamedan	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1		3–1	1–0	2–1
Moghavemat	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–2
Aboumoslem	2–2	1–2	0–5	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0		2–0
Est. Ahvaz	0–5	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	4–4	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2010. Source: IPL Stats
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. PAS Hamedan received a technical loss of 3–0 to Shahin Bushehr. The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw.

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	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D
Zob Ahan	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W
Esteghlal	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D
Persepolis	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D
Steel Azin	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D
Saba Qom	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D
Tractor Sazi	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D
Saipa	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D
Mes Kerman	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W
Foolad	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W
Paykan	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D
Malavan	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L
Shahin Bushehr	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L
PAS Hamedan	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D
Rah Ahan	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D
Moghavemat	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D
Aboumoslem	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L
Est. Ahvaz	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Emad Mohammed	Sepahan	19
2	Ibrahima Touré	Sepahan	18
3	Edinho	Mes	14
	Ali Karimi	Steel Azin	14
5	Karim Ansarifard	Saipa	13
	Davoud Haghi	Saba Qom	13
7	Amin Manouchehri	Saipa	12
8	Arash Borhani	Esteghlal	11
	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Zob Ahan	11
10	Hadi Asghari	PAS Hamedan	10
	Karim Bagheri	Persepolis	10
	Mohammad Ebrahimi	Teraktor Sazi	10
	Mohammad Gholami	Steel Azin	10
	Farhad Kheirkhah	Teraktor Sazi	10
	Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal	10
	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Mes	10
	Milad Zanidpour	Rah Ahan	10
18	3 players		9
21	2 players		8
23	8 players		7
31	8 players		6
39	13 players		5
52	21 players		4
73	35 players		3
108	39 players		2
147	82 players		1
_	13 players		OG
_	technical loses of 3–0		Once
Total goals (Including technical loses)			782
Total games			306
Average per game			2.56

Last updated: May 26, 2010
Source: iplstats.com/scorers

Top Assistants

Ehsan Hajsafi

Position	Player	Club	Goal Assistance
1	Ehsan Hajysafi	Sepahan	13
2	Khosro Heidari	Esteghlal	12
3	Milad Zanidpour	Rah Ahan	11
4	Ebrahim Sadeghi	Saipa	10
5	Hassan Ashjari	Zob Ahan	8
	Mehdi Karimian	Sepahan	8
7	Ahmad Jamshidian	Sepahan	7
	Milad Meydavoudi	Esteghlal Ahvaz	7

Last updated: May 26, 2010
Source: iplstats.com/assistants

Cards

Position	Player	Team				Total
1	Ali Karimi	Steel Azin	8	2	1	11
2	Ghasem Dehnavi	Mes Kerman	9	1	0	10
3	Siamak Koohnavard	Moghavemat Sepasi	10	0	0	10
4	Farhad Majidi	Esteghlal	8	1	0	9
5	Sina Ashouri	Zobahan	9	0	0	9
	Saeed Lotfi	Paykan	9	0	0	9

Last updated: May 26, 2010
Source: iplstats.com/cards

Matches played

Position	Player	Club	Appearance
1	Pirouz Ghorbani	Mes Kerman	32
	Mehdi Mohammadi	Steel Azin	32
	Hossein Pashaei	Rah Ahan	32
	Mostafa Sabri	Moghavemat Sepasi	32
2	Mohsen Bengar	Sepahan	31
	Morteza Ebrahimi	Saipa	31
	Mostafa Ekrami	Tractor Sazi	31
	Mirhani Hashemi	Moghavemat Sepasi	31
	Mehdi Kiani	Tractor Sazi	31
	Pejman Montazeri	Esteghlal	31

Last updated: May 26, 2010
Source: iplstats.com/ appearances

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tractor Sazi	980,000	95,000	25,000	57,647	+514.2%†
2	Persepolis	640,000	80,000	0	40,000	−1.7%†
3	Esteghlal	510,000	90,000	0	31,875	−11.9%†
4	Shahin Bushehr	247,000	20,000	2,000	14,529	+83.4%†
5	Malavan	180,000	15,000	5,000	10,588	+55.2%†
6	Sepahan	129,000	15,000	3,000	7,588	+31.6%†
7	Moghavemat	123,000	20,000	1,000	7,235	+43.0%†
8	Mes Kerman	101,000	15,000	2,000	5,941	−17.9%†
9	Aboumoslem	95,000	30,000	0	5,938	+12.2%†
10	Steel Azin	98,000	40,000	1,000	5,765	+756.6%†
11	Saipa	93,000	40,000	1,000	5,471	+4.5%†
12	Rah Ahan	92,000	50,000	1,000	5,412	+9.5%†
13	Est. Ahvaz	86,000	17,000	2,000	5,059	+1.2%†
14	Zob Ahan	84,000	15,000	2,000	4,941	0.0%†
15	Foolad	81,000	15,000	1,000	4,765	−25.7%†
16	Saba Qom	72,000	15,000	1,000	4,235	−15.3%†
17	PAS Hamedan	66,000	10,000	1,000	3,882	+4.7%†
18	Paykan	37,000	7,000	0	2,313	−42.2%†
	League total	3,714,000	95,000	0	12,298	+37.3%†

Updated to games played on 19 May 2010
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Shahin Bushehr, Steel Azin and Tractor Sazi played last season in Azadegan League

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Tractor Sazi	0–0	Moghavemat	95,000	22 January 2010 (2010-01-22)	24	Sahand
2	Esteghlal	1–1	Persepolis	90,000	2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)	9	Azadi
3	Esteghlal	2–2	Tractor Sazi	80,000	15 January 2010 (2010-01-15)	23	Azadi
	Persepolis	2–1	Esteghlal	80,000	3 February 2010 (2010-02-03)	26	Azadi
	Tractor Sazi	2–1	Steel Azin	80,000	12 March 2010 (2010-03-12)	29	Sahand
6	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Esteghlal	75,000	13 September 2009 (2009-09-13)	6	Sahand
7	Esteghlal	2–0	Steel Azin	70,000	18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)	7	Azadi
	Tractor Sazi	1–0	Foolad	70,000	25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)	8	Sahand
	Tractor Sazi	2–2	PAS Hamedan	70,000	27 November 2009 (2009-11-27)	17	Sahand
	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Persepolis	70,000	16 April 2010 (2010-04-16)	31	Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 19 May 2010. Source: iplstats.com

See also

• 2009–10 Azadegan League
• 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division
• 2009–10 Iran Football's 3rd Division
• 2009–10 Hazfi Cup
• Iranian Super Cup
• 2009–10 Iranian Futsal Super League