2002–03 Iran Pro League

The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2002–03 football season. This was the second season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League (Persian Gulf Cup). Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan F.C. became the first non-Tehran based team to win the league under the management of Farhad Kazemi.^[1]

Iran Pro League

Season	2002–03
Champions	Sepahan
Relegated	Sanat Naft Malavan
2004 AFC Champions League	Zob Ahan Sepahan
Matches played	182
Goals scored	402 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	13 Goals Edmund Bezik
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan (C)	26	16	4	6	47	27	+20	52	Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
2	Pas	26	13	6	7	37	23	+14	45
3	Persepolis	26	11	11	4	30	21	+9	44
4	Fajr	26	11	9	6	28	21	+7	42
5	Paykan	26	10	7	9	27	24	+3	37
6	Saipa	26	9	8	9	29	30	−1	35
7	Foolad	26	9	7	10	34	36	−2	34
8	Zob Ahan	26	10	4	12	22	29	−7	34	Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
9	Esteghlal	26	8	8	10	32	30	+2	32
10	Bargh	26	9	5	12	28	37	−9	32
11	Est. Ahvaz	26	6	10	10	24	30	−6	28
12	Aboumoslem	26	5	11	10	22	26	−4	26
13	Sanat Naft (R)	26	6	8	12	25	34	−9	26	Relegation to the 2003–04 Azadegan League
14	Malavan (R)	26	6	8	12	17	34	−17	26

Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions
Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan F.C.

Awards

• League Topscorer = Edmund Bezik
• Coach Of The Year = Farhad Kazemi
• Team Of The Year = Sepahan F.C.

Results table

Last updated Jun 06 2003

Home \ Away	SEP	PAS	PRS	FJR	PAY	SAP	FOL	ZOB	EST	BGH	ESA	ABU	SNA	MLV
Sepahan		2–3	2–1	1–2	4–2	3–0	2–3	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0
PAS Tehran	1–2		0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	2–0
Persepolis	1–1	0–0		2–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3
Fajr Sepasi	2–0	0–2	0–0		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–2
Paykan	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	4–0
Saipa	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2		1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–2
Foolad	1–3	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–0		0–1	1–2	2–5	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0
Zob Ahan	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–1		0–3	4–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0
Esteghlal	2–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0		1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0
Bargh Shiraz	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–2		0–3	2–1	2–1	0–0
Est. Ahvaz	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–5	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2		1–1	3–2	0–0
Aboumoslem	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–0		0–0	0–0
Sanat Naft	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–1		1–0
Malavan	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0

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

Player statistics

Top goal scorers

Edmond Bezik

13

• Edmond Bezik (Sepahan)

12

• Moharram Navidkia (Sepahan)

11

• Reza Enayati (Aboomoslem)

9

• Ali Alizadeh (Fajr Sepasi)

8

• Mohammad Mansouri (Bargh Shiraz)
• Mohammad Momeni (Saipa)
• Behnam Seraj (Foolad)

Participating in international competitions

2002–03 AFC Champions League

• Esteghlal
• Persepolis