2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League

The 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 40th season of Iran's Football League and 22nd as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. The 2022–23 season started on 11 August 2022 and featured 14 teams from the 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2021–22 Azadegan League: Mes Kerman and Malavan.^[3][4] Shahriyar Moghanlou of Sepahan was the top scorer with 13 goals.

Persian Gulf Pro League

Season	2022–23
Dates	October 2, 2022 (2022-10-02) — May 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Champions	Persepolis 8th Pro League title 15th Iranian title
Relegated	Naft MIS Mes Kerman
Champions League	Persepolis Sepahan Nassaji Tractor
Matches played	240
Goals scored	480 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shahriyar Moghanlou (13 Goals)
Biggest home win	Esteghlal 7–1 Tractor (18 May 2023)
Biggest away win	Naft Masjed soleyman 0–5 Gol Gohar (7 October 2022)
Highest scoring	Esteghlal 7–1 Tractor (18 May 2023)
Longest winning run	Persepolis (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Esteghlal (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Naft Masjed Soleyman (20 matches)
Longest losing run	Naft Masjed Soleyman (6 matches)
Highest attendance	70,000 Tractor – Sepahan[1] (7 April 2023) Sepahan – Malavan[2] (24 April 2023)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) 104 matches
Total attendance	1,294,100
Average attendance	9,515 (matches with spectator bans not included)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2023.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Tractor

Malavan

Nassaji

Tehran

Mes Kerman

Aluminium

Sepahan

Zob Ahan

Mes Rafsanjan

Gol Gohar

Sanat Naft

Foolad

Naft MIS

Tehran teams:

Esteghlal
Havadar
Paykan
Persepolis

Locations of the 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League teams

Esteghlal

Havadar

Paykan

Persepolis

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aluminium Arak	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000
Esteghlal	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Foolad	Ahvaz	Foolad Arena	30,655
Gol Gohar Sirjan	Sirjan	Shahid Qasem Soleimani	9,000[5]
Havadar	Karaj	Enghelab Stadium	8,250
Malavan	Bandar-e Anzali	Sirous Ghayeghran	9,000[6]
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shohadaye Mes Kerman	30,000
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Mes	3,800[7][8]
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Behnam Mohammadi	8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran	Qaem Shahr	Vatani	15,000
Paykan	Karaj	Enghelab	18,000
Persepolis	Tehran	Azadi	78,116
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	10,000[9]
Sepahan	Isfahan	Naghsh-e-Jahan	75,000
Tractor	Tabriz	Yadegar-e Emam	66,833
Zob Ahan	Fooladshahr	Fooladshahr	20,000

Number of teams by region

Region	Number of teams	Teams
Tehran	4	Esteghlal, Havadar, Paykan, Persepolis
Khuzestan	3	Foolad, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Sanat Naft
Kerman	3	Gol Gohar Sirjan, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan
Isfahan	2	Sepahan, Zob Ahan
East Azarbaijan	1	Tractor
Markazi	1	Aluminium Arak
Mazandaran	1	Nassaji
Gilan	1	Malavan

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	Kit manufacturer
Aluminium Arak	Mehdi Rahmati	Meysam Majidi	Start
Esteghlal	Ricardo Sá Pinto	Hossein Hosseini	Yousef Jameh
Foolad	Alireza Mansourian	Ayoub Vali	Merooj
Gol Gohar	Saeid Alhoei	Mehran Golzari	Uhlsport
Havadar	Saket Elhami	Masoud Shojaei	Yousef Jameh
Malavan	Maziar Zare	Sadegh Barani	Start
Mes Kerman	Farzad Hosseinkhani	Arman Shahdadnejad	Uhlsport
Mes Rafsanjan	Mohammad Rabiei	Mohsen Azarbad	Yousef Jameh
Naft MIS	Reza Enayati	Meysam Naghizadeh	Yousef Jameh
Nassaji	Carlos Inarejos	Hamed Shiri	Uhlsport
Paykan	Mojtaba Hosseini	Ebrahim Salehi	Merooj
Persepolis	Yahya Golmohammadi	Omid Alishah	Uhlsport
Sanat Naft	Abdollah Veisi	Taleb Reykani	Merooj
Sepahan	Jose Morais	Jalaleddin Alimohammadi	Merooj
Tractor	Paco Jemez	Mehdi Kiani	Start
Zob Ahan	Mehdi Tartar	Masoud Ebrahimzadeh	Start

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Esteghlal	Farhad Majidi	Resigned	3 June 2022	Pre-season	Ricardo Sá Pinto	21 June 2022
Havadar	Reza Enayati		4 June 2022		Saket Elhami	22 June 2022
Sepahan	Moharram Navidkia		8 June 2022		José Morais	23 June 2022
Tractor	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Mutual Consent	15 June 2022		Kurban Berdyev	16 June 2022
Nassaji Mazandaran	Esmaeil Esmaeili	End of caretaker role	20 June 2022		Hamid Motahari	20 June 2022
Sanat Naft	Alireza Mansourian	Resigned	24 June 2022		Reza Parkas	1 July 2022
	Reza Parkas	Sacked	14 September 2022	15th	Firouz Karimi	28 September 2022
	Firouz Karimi		10 November 2022	16th	Edson Tavares	13 November 2022
Tractor	Kurban Berdyev	Signed by Sochi	27 November 2022	7th	Paco Jemez	6 December 2022
Naft MIS	Reza Mohajeri	Resigned	21 December 2022	16th	Ebrahim Ashkesh	21 December 2022
	Ebrahim Ashkesh	Sacked	23 January 2022		Reza Enayati	23 January 2023
Foolad	Javad Nekounam	Resigned	22 February 2023	9th	Alireza Mansourian	28 February 2023
Sanat Naft	Edson Tavares	Sacked	9 March 2023	15th	Abdollah Veisi	9 March 2023
Gol Gohar	Amir Ghalenoei	Signed by Iran	18 March 2023	4th	Saeid Alhoei	18 March 2023
Nassaji Mazandaran	Hamid Motahari	Mutual Consent	8 April 2023	13th	Carlos Inarejos	9 April 2023

Foreign Players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Persian Gulf 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.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Player
Aluminium Arak	Hansel Zapata			Valentino Yuel[i]
Esteghlal	Raphael Silva	Arthur Yamga			Azizbek Amonov
Foolad	Christopher Knett	Roberto Torres	Álex Alegría	Yukiya Sugita	Ayanda Patosi Moussa Coulibaly
Gol Gohar	Kiros Stanlley	Wescley	Eric Bocoum
Havadar
Malavan
Mes Kerman	Bura Nogueira			Ruon Tongyik
Mes Rafsanjan	Chimba	Jeferson Bahia	Godwin Mensha
Naft MIS
Nassaji	Adama Niane
Paykan	Tito Okello			Sherzod Temirov
Persepolis	Leandro Pereira	Giorgi Gvelesiani	Cheick Diabaté	Vahdat Hanonov	Sherzod Temirov Jürgen Locadia
Sanat Naft	Mohammed Ridha Jalil	Sebastián Píriz	Sharof Mukhiddinov	Sheriddin Boboyev
Sepahan	Nilson Júnior	Ygor Catatau	Manuel Fernandes	Elvis Kamsoba[ii]	Renato Silviera
Tractor	Gustavo Vagenin	Ricardo Alves	Jaime Romero	Safaa Hadi
Zob Ahan					Darko Bjedov Ehson Panjshanbe

Notes

1. Yuel is a South Sudan international but since he has Australian citizenship counts as an Asian Player.
2. Kamsoba is a Burundi international but since he has Australian citizenship counts as an Asian Player.

League table

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	20	6	4	46	13	+33	66	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Sepahan	30	19	8	3	49	17	+32	65
3	Esteghlal[a]	30	18	8	4	52	22	+30	62
4	Tractor	30	15	7	8	42	34	+8	52	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5	Mes Rafsanjan	30	11	14	5	30	15	+15	47
6	Gol Gohar	30	12	9	9	40	36	+4	45
7	Aluminium Arak	30	8	16	6	20	15	+5	40[b]
8	Foolad	30	9	13	8	27	26	+1	40[b]
9	Zob Ahan	30	7	15	8	25	24	+1	36
10	Havadar	30	7	12	11	24	34	−10	33
11	Paykan	30	5	13	12	12	28	−16	28
12	Malavan	30	5	12	13	21	40	−19	27
13	Nassaji Mazandaran	30	5	11	14	26	44	−18	26	Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[c]
14	Sanat Naft	30	5	10	15	22	36	−14	25
15	Mes Kerman (R)	30	4	10	16	22	37	−15	22	Relegation to 2023–24 Azadegan League
16	Naft Masjed Soleyman (R)	30	4	8	18	22	59	−37	20

Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table, Iplstats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off at neutral venue.^[10]
Notes:

1. Esteghlal did not pay its debts on time and did not obtain an AFC license. They were therefore unable to participate in AFC competitions.
2. Aluminium is above Foolad based on Total goal difference, as the teams played two draws during the season.
3. Qualified to AFC Champions League group stage by winning the 2021–22 Hazfi Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ALU	EST	FOL	GOL	HAV	MLV	SMK	MES	MIS	NSJ	PAY	PRS	SNA	SEP	TRC	ZOB
Aluminium Arak	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–0
Esteghlal	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	6–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	7–1	2–0
Foolad	2–2	0–2	—	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–1
Gol Gohar	0–1	1–2	2–2	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0
Havadar	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Malavan	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–2	—	0–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Mes Kerman	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–0
Mes Rafsanjan	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Naft MIS	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–5	0–0	5–1	3–2	0–0	—	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–5	1–0
Nassaji	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	—	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0
Paykan	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Persepolis	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	0–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
Sanat Naft	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	—	0–2	1–3	1–1
Sepahan	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–0	—	4–2	2–1
Tractor	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	—	1–1
Zob Ahan	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2023. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

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
Aluminium Arak	14	7	13	12	15	15	10	10	9	8	5	8	8	5	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7
Esteghlal	16	6	2	4	6	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3
Foolad	9	11	5	2	3	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Gol Gohar	3	3	4	6	2	2	4	1	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6
Havadar	4	4	8	8	12	14	15	13	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	12	10	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Malavan	15	16	16	16	16	13	14	12	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	12
Mes Kerman	12	5	10	9	13	12	13	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Mes Rafsanjan	6	10	12	11	11	7	8	5	7	7	8	6	6	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Naft MIS	2	2	7	7	5	8	12	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Nassaji	7	13	14	14	8	11	7	8	6	5	6	9	9	6	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13
Paykan	5	8	3	5	7	9	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	11
Persepolis	10	12	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1
Sanat Naft	11	15	9	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Sepahan	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Tractor	13	14	15	15	9	6	5	6	5	6	7	5	5	8	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Zob Ahan	8	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	11	12	9	7	7	9	10	10	12	13	13	13	10	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Leader : 2023–24 AFC Champions League Group stage
	AFC Champions League group stage
	Relegation to 2023-24 Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2023 (2023-05-18). Source: Iran Football League Organization

First Placed team

#	Team	Top of Table(weeks)
1	Persepolis	17
2	Sepahan	11
3	Gol Gohar	1
4	Esteghlal	1

Season statistics

Top scorers

Shahriyar Moghanlou scored 13 goals in the Persian Gulf Pro League Season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shahriyar Moghanlou	Sepahan	13
2	Mehdi Ghayedi	Esteghlal	12
3	Reza Asadi	Tractor	11
4	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	Tractor	10
5	Mohammad Mohebi	Esteghlal	8
	Aref Rostami	Mes Kerman
7	Mohammad Reza Azadi	Aluminium Arak	7
	Sajjad Bazgir	Malavan
	Omid Noorafkan	Sepahan
	Ramin Rezaeian	Sepahan
	Reza Shekari	Gol Gohar
	Hamed Shiri	Nassaji
	Mehdi Torabi	Persepolis
	Arthur Yamga	Esteghlal
15	Jürgen Locadia	Persepolis	6
	Saeid Sadeghi	Persepolis
	Giorgi Gvelesiani	Persepolis

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mohammad Abbaszadeh	Tractor	Naft MIS	3–2 (H)	14 October 2022
Reza Asadi	Tractor	Zob Ahan	3–1 (A)	27 January 2023
Taleb Reykani	Sanat Naft	Nassaji	4–0 (H)	23 April 2023
Mehdi Torabi	Persepolis	Gol Gohar	4–0 (H)	12 May 2023
Mehdi Ghayedi	Esteghlal	Tractor	7–1 (H)	18 May 2023
Saeid Saharkhizan	Havadar	Zob Ahan	3–3 (A)	18 May 2023

Clean sheets

Alireza Beiranvand won his fourth Persian Gulf Pro League Golden Glove after keeping 18 clean sheets for Persepolis.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Alireza Beiranvand	Persepolis	18
2	Hossein Pourhamidi	Aluminum Arak	17
3	Christopher Knett	Foolad	14
4	Mohammad Reza Akhbari	Tractor	13
	Hamed Lak	Mes Rafsanjan
	Payam Niazmand	Sepahan
7	Hossein Hosseini	Esteghlal	12
8	Habib Far Abbasi	Zob Ahan	11
9	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	Sepahan Paykan	7

Awards

Metrica Weekly awards

Weeks	Team of the Week		Player of the Week		References
	Club	Point	Player	Point
Week 1	Sepahan	7.7	Amir Hossein Karimi (MIS)	8.30	[11][12]
Week 2	Esteghlal	7.8	Mehdi Ghayedi (EST)	7.91	[13][14]
Week 3	Paykan	7.4	Majid Aliyari (FOL)	8.10	[15][16]
Week 4	Foolad	7.6	Aref Rostami (SMK)	7.91	[17][18]
Week 5	Persepolis	7.6	Saeid Sadeghi (PRS)	8.94	[19][20]
Week 6	Esteghlal	7.9	Jürgen Locadia (PRS)	8.75	[21][22]

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tractor	267,000	70,000	0	33,375	−3.7%†
2	Sepahan	256,000	70,000	0	25,600	+28.0%†
3	Persepolis	218,000	50,000	0	23,111	+110.1%†
4	Esteghlal	143,500	35,000	0	14,350	−61.6%†
5	Nassaji	85,800	15,000	0	8,580	+1,330.0%†
6	Foolad	68,000	30,000	0	8,500	+41.7%†
7	Sanat Mes Kerman	53,000	15,000	0	5,889	n/a†
8	Malavan	43,000	10,000	0	5,375	n/a†
9	Naft MIS	33,000	10,000	0	4,125	+50.0%†
10	Sanat Naft	32,000	10,000	0	4,000	+33.3%†
11	Aluminium Arak	31,300	15,000	0	3,478	+15.9%†
12	Paykan	16,900	15,000	0	3,380	+3,280.0%†
13	Gol Gohar	30,000	8,000	0	3,333	+11.1%†
14	Mes Rafsanjan	18,300	3,800	0	1,830	+155.2%†
15	Zob Ahan	7,200	3,000	0	800	−55.6%†
16	Havadar	1,100	500	0	157	+4.7%†
	League total	1,294,100	40,000	0	9,515	n/a†

Updated to games played on 18 May 2023
Source: Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Malavan and Sanat Mes Kerman played in the previous season in the Azadegan League

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
Aluminium Arak	NC[23]	A	500[24][25]	A	5,000[26]	A	NC[27]	A	NC[28]	A	NC[29]	A	N/A	A	NC[30]	A	1,000[31]	A	2,000[32]	A	5,000	A	300[33]	A	15,000[34]	A	2,000[35]	A	500[36]	A	3,478
Esteghlal	NC[37]	A	35,000[38]	A	20,000[39][40]	20,000[41][42]	A	NC[43]	A	NC[44]	A	NC[45]	A	NC[46]	A	A	1,500	A	2,000[47][48]	A	A	10,000[49]	A	15,000	A	10,000[50]	A	15,000[51]	A	15,000[52]	14,350
Foolad	NC[53]	A	7,000[54]	A	5,000[55][56]	A	NC[57]	A	NC[58]	A	NC[59]	A	NC[60]	NC[61]	A	A	NC[62]	A	9,000[63]	A	5,000[64]	A	30,000[65][66]	A	5,000[67][68]	A	5,000[69]	A	A	2,000[70]	8,500
Gol Gohar	NC[71]	A	8,000[72][73]	A	6,000	A	NC[74]	A	NC[75]	NC[76]	A	NC[77]	A	NC[78]	A	A	2,000[79]	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	2,000[80]	A	A	5,000	A	1,000[81]	A	2,000[82]	3,333
Havadar	A	100[83]	100[84]	A	NC[85]	A	NC[86]	A	NC[87]	A	NC[88]	A	NC[89]	A	NC[90]	NC[91]	A	A	NC[92]	A	100[93]	A	100[94]	A	100[95]	A	100[96]	A	500[97]	A	157
Malavan	A	NC[98]	A	6,000[99]	A	NC[100]	A	NC[101]	A	NC[102]	A	NC[103]	A	A	NC[104]	NC[105]	A	3,000[106]	A	3,000	A	3,000[107]	A	4,000	A	10,000[108]	A	7,000[109]	7,000[110]	A	5,375
Mes Rafsanjan	A	1,500[111]	A	2,000[112]	A	2,000[113]	A	NC[114]	A	A	NC[115]	A	NC[116]	A	NC[117]	700	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	500[118]	A	3,800[119][120]	1,000[121]	A	1,000[122]	A	3,800[120]	A	1,830
Naft MIS	NC[123]	A	3,000[124]	10,000[125]	A	8,000[126]	A	NC[127]	A	NC[128]	A	NC[129]	A	NC[130]	A	A	3,000[131]	A	A	2,000[132]	A	2,000[133]	A	NC[134][135]	A	NC[136]	A	4,000[137]	A	1,000[138]	4,125
Nassaji	NC[139]	A	15,000[140][141]	A	10,000[142]	A	NC[143]	NC[144]	A	NC[145]	A	800[146]	A	NC[147]	A	A	5,000[148][149]	A	1,000[150]	A	15,000[151]	A	A	3,000	A	11,000[152]	A	10,000	A	15,000	8,580
Paykan	NC[153]	A	A	NC[154]	A	NC[155]	A	NC[156]	A	NC[157]	A	NC[158]	A	NC[159]	A	A	NC[160][161]	NC[162]	A	NC[163]	A	100[164][165]	A	1,000[166]	A	500[167]	A	15,000[168][169]	A	300[170]	3,380
Persepolis	A	40,000[171][172]	A	30,000[173][174]	A	A	NC[175]	A	NC[176]	A	NC[177]	A	NC[178]	A	NC[179]	NC[180]	A	5,000[181]	A	5,000[182]	8,000[183]	A	20,000[184][185]	A	10,000[186]	A	40,000[187]	A	50,000[188][189]	A	23,111
Sanat Mes Kerman	A	NC[190]	A	10,000[191]	A	6,000[192]	A	NC[193]	A	NC[194]	A	NC[195]	A	NC[196]	A	NC[197]	A	5,000[198]	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	3,000[199]	A	15,000[200]	A	5,000	A	5,000[201]	5,889
Sanat Naft	A	NC[202]	A	A	3,000[203]	A	NC[204]	A	NC[205]	A	NC[206]	A	NC[207]	A	NC[208]	NC[209]	A	3,000[210]	2,000	A	3,000[211]	A	3,000[212]	A	3,000[213]	A	5,000[214]	A	10,000[215]	A	4,000
Sepahan	A	13,000[216]	A	12,000[217]	A	4,000[218]	A	NC[219]	A	NC[220]	A	A	NC[221]	A	NC[222]	NC[223]	A	15,000[224]	A	10,000[225]	A	6,000	A	11,000[226]	A	60,000[227]	70,000[2]	A	55,000[228]	A	25,600
Tractor	A	NC[229]	A	30,000[230]	A	35,000[231][232]	A	A	NC[233]	A	NC[234]	A	NC[235]	A	NC[236]	NC[237]	A	25,000[238][239][240]	A	20,000[241][242]	A	NC[243]	2,000[244]	A	70,000[1][245][246]	A	35,000[247]	A	50,000[248]	A	33,375
Zob Ahan	NC[249]	A	1,000[250]	A	3,000[251]	A	NC[252]	A	NC[253]	A	NC[254]	NC[255]	A	NC[256]	A	A	700	A	1,000[257]	A	200[258]	A	400[259]	A	200[260]	A	A	500[261]	A	200[262]	800
Total	0	54,600	69,600	100,000	52,000	75,000	0	0	0	0	0	800	0	0	0	700	13,200	57,000	19,000	43,000	38,300	23,600	57,800	40,800	104,300	111,500	158,100	57,500	176,800	40,500	1,294,100
Average	0	13,650	8,700	14,256	7,429	12,500	0	0	0	0	0	800	0	0	0	700	2,200	8,143	2,714	6,149	4,788	3,371	7,225	5,829	13,038	15,926	19,763	7,188	22,100	5,063	9,515

Notes:
Updated to games played on 18 May 2023. Source: Iranleague.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Tractor	1–0	Sepahan	70,000[1]	7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)	25	Sahand
	Sepahan	1–1	Malavan	70,000[2]	24 April 2023 (2023-04-24)	27	Naghsh-e Jahan
3	Sepahan	2–0	Mes Rasfanjan	60,000[227]	15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	26	Naghsh-e Jahan
4	Sepahan	5–0	Paykan	55,000[228]	12 May 2023 (2023-05-12)	29	Naghsh-e Jahan
5	Persepolis	4–0	Gol Gohar	50,000[188]	12 May 2023 (2023-05-12)	29	Azadi
	Tractor	1–0	Nassaji	50,000[248]	12 May 2023 (2023-05-12)	29	Sahand
7	Persepolis	0–0	Foolad	40,000[171]	19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)	2	Azadi
	Persepolis	1–0	Esteghlal	40,000[187]	23 April 2023 (2023-04-23)	27	Azadi
9	Esteghlal	1–0	Sanat Mes Kerman	35,000[38]	25 August 2022 (2022-08-25)	3	Azadi
	Tractor	1–0	Sanat Naft	35,000[231]	10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	6	Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 18 May 2023. Source: Iranleague.ir

See also

• 2022–23 Azadegan League
• 2022–23 2nd Division
• 2022–23 3rd Division
• 2022–23 Hazfi Cup
• 2022 Iranian Super Cup
• 2023–24 AFC Champions League