2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League
# 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League

The 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 35th season of Iran's Football League and 17th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2016–17 Azadegan League: Pars Jonoubi Jam as champions and Sepidrood. The league started on 27 July 2017 and ended on 27 April 2018. Persepolis won the Pro League title for the fourth time in their history, a total 11th Iranian title.

## Teams

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,900 |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 38,900 |
| Gostaresh | Tabriz | Bonyan Diesel | 12,000 |
| Naft Tehran | Tehran | Takhti Tehran | 30,122 |
| Padideh | Mashhad | Samen Imam Reza | 35,000 25,000 |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | Jam | Takhti Jam | 15,000 |
| Paykan | Shahr-e Qods | Shohada Shahr-e Qods | 25,000 |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 78,116 |
| Saipa | Tehran | Shahid Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
| Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 8,000 |
| Sepahan | Isfahan | Naghsh-e-Jahan | 75,000 |
| Sepidrood | Rasht | Dr. Azodi Sardar Jangal | 11,000 15,000 |
| Siah Jamegan | Mashhad | Samen Imam Reza | 35,000 25,000 |
| Tractor Sazi | Tabriz | Sahand | 66,833 |
| Zob Ahan | Fuladshahr | Foolad Shahr | 15,000 |

### Number of teams by region

| Region | Number of teams | Teams |
| - | - | - |
| Tehran | 5 | Esteghlal, Persepolis, Naft Tehran, Paykan, Saipa |
| Khuzestan | 3 | Esteghlal Khuzestan, Foolad, Sanat Naft |
| East Azerbaijan | 2 | Tractor Sazi, Gostaresh |
| Khorasan | 2 | Siah Jamegan, Padideh |
| Isfahan | 2 | Sepahan, Zob Ahan |
| Bushehr | 1 | Pars Jonoubi Jam |
| Gilan | 1 | Sepidrood |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Esteghlal | Winfried Schäfer | Mehdi Rahmati | Li-Ning |
| Est. Khuzestan | Abdollah Veisi | Meysam Doraghi | Start |
| Foolad | Sirous Pourmousavi | Ayoub Vali | Uhlsport |
| Gostaresh | Firouz Karimi | Andranik Teymourian | Merooj |
| Naft Talaieh | Human Afazeli | Alireza Ezzati | Uhlsport |
| Padideh | Mohammad Reza Mohajeri | Reza Nasehi | Fitcom |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | Mehdi Tartar | Meysam Naghizadeh | Merooj |
| Paykan | Majid Jalali | Rahman Ahmadi | Yousef Jame |
| Persepolis | Branko Ivanković | Jalal Hosseini | Joma |
| Saipa | Ali Daei | Roozbeh Shahalidoost | Start |
| Sanat Naft | Faraz Kamalvand | Hossein Baghlani | Merooj |
| Sepahan | Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | Hossein Papi | Peak |
| Sepidrood | Ali Karimi | Hossein Kaebi | Yousef Jame |
| Siah Jamegan | Davoud Mahabadi | Hossein Badamaki | Start |
| Tractor Sazi | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Mehdi Kiani | Li-Ning |
| Zob Ahan | Amir Ghalenoei | Mehdi Rajabzadeh | Merooj |

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gostaresh | Faraz Kamalvand | Contract expired | 3 May 2016 | Pre-season | Luka Bonačić | 10 May 2017 |
| Sanat Naft | Firouz Karimi | Contract expired | 5 May 2017 | Pre-season | Faraz Kamalvand | 13 May 2017 |
| Saipa | Hossein Faraki | Contract expired | 9 May 2017 | Pre-season | Ali Daei | 13 May 2017 |
| Tractor Sazi | Amir Ghalenoei | Contract expired | 12 May 2017 | Pre-season | Yahya Golmohammadi | 24 May 2017 |
| Zob Ahan | Mojtaba Hosseini | Contract expired | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Amir Ghalenoei | 10 June 2017 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Sirous Pourmousavi | Contract expired | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Abdollah Veisi | 10 June 2017 |
| Foolad | Naeim Saadavi | Contract expired | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Sirous Pourmousavi | 3 June 2017 |
| Naft Tehran | Ali Daei | Signed by Saipa | 11 May 2017 | Pre-season | Hamid Derakhshan | 29 June 2017 |
| Esteghlal | Alireza Mansourian | Resigned | 20 September 2017 | 16th | Winfried Schäfer | 2 October 2017 |
| Gostaresh | Luka Bonačić | Sacked | 28 September 2017 | 16th | Firouz Karimi | 29 September 2017 |
| Siah Jamegan | Akbar Misaghian | Sacked | 15 October 2017 | 14th | Alireza Marzban | 15 October 2017 |
| Siah Jamegan | Alireza Marzban | Resigned | 1 December 2017 | 16th | Reza Enayati | 1 December 2017 |
| Sepidrood | Ali Nazarmohammadi | Sacked | 10 December 2017 | 15th | Ali Karimi | 1 January 2018 |
| Naft Tehran | Hamid Derakhshan | Resigned | 17 December 2017 | 14th | Human Afazeli | 1 January 2018 |
| Tractor Sazi | Yahya Golmohammadi | Resigned | 15 January 2018 | 11th | Ertuğrul Sağlam | 19 January 2018 |
| Sepahan | Zlatko Kranjčar | Mutual Consent | 20 January 2018 | 12th | Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | 27 January 2018 |
| Siah Jamegan | Reza Enayati | Sacked | 18 February 2018 | 16th | Davoud Mahabadi | 20 February 0218 |

## 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.

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player | Former Players |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Esteghlal | Leandro Padovani | Bojan Najdenov | Mame Baba Thiam | Server Djeparov | |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Claudir | Moussa Coulibaly | | | Saba Tavadze |
| Foolad | | | | | |
| Gostaresh | Fernando Jesus | Edson Henrique | | | Dragan Žarković |
| Naft Talaieh | | | | | |
| Padideh | | | | | |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | | | | | Aloys Nong Michael Umaña |
| Paykan | Kenneth Ikechukwu | Arfang Daffé | | | Ezekiel Bassey |
| Persepolis | Božidar Radošević | Godwin Mensha | | Bashar Resan | |
| Saipa | Aloys Nong | Samuel Sarfo | | | |
| Sanat Naft | Augusto César | Luciano Pereira | Magno Batista | Karrar Jassim | |
| Sepahan | Edon Hasani | Ibrahim Alma | | Marwan Hussein | Lee Oliveira Jairo Rodrigues Rafael Crivellaro |
| Sepidrood | | | | | |
| Siah Jamegan | | | | | Goran Jerković Jure Čolak |
| Tractor Sazi | Sulejman Krpić | Jordi Almeida | Šime Gregov | | |
| Zob Ahan | Kiros Stanlley | Giorgi Gvelesiani | | Rabih Ataya | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 54 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Saipa | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 54 | Qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round |
| 5 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 47 | |
| 6 | Paykan | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 45 | |
| 7 | Foolad | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 44 | |
| 8 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Gostaresh | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 37 | |
| 10 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 34 | |
| 11 | Padideh | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | |
| 12 | Est. Khuzestan | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 31 | |
| 13 | Sepidrood | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 30 | |
| 14 | Sepahan | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 29 | |
| 15 | Naft Tehran (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 24 | Relegation to the 2018–19 Azadegan League |
| 16 | Meshki Pooshan (R) | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 15 | Relegation to the 2018–19 Azadegan League |

* ↑ Esteghlal qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup
* ↑ Padideh deducted 6 points by FIFA

## Results

| Home \ Away | EST | ESK | FOL | GOS | NAF | PAD | PJJ | PAY | PRS | SAP | SNA | SEP | SPR | MEP | TRK | ZOB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Esteghlal | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Est. Khuzestan | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Foolad | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Gostaresh | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Naft Tehran | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Padideh | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Paykan | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Persepolis | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Saipa | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Sanat Naft | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Sepahan | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Sepidrood | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Meshki Pooshan | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Tractor Sazi | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zob Ahan | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persepolis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Zob Ahan | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Esteghlal | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Saipa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Paykan | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Foolad | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Sanat Naft | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Gostaresh | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Padideh | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Tractor Sazi | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Sepidrood | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Est. Khuzestan | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Sepahan | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Naft Tehran | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Siah Jamegan | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

* Leader : 2019 AFC Champions League Group stage
* 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off round
* Relegation to 2018-19 Azadegan League

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | 19 |
| 2 | Morteza Tabrizi | Zob Ahan | 13 |
| 3 | Luciano Pereira | Sanat Naft | 12 |
| 4 | Sasan Ansari | Sepahan | 11 |
| 4 | Mohammad Ghazi | Padideh | 11 |
| 6 | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | 10 |
| 7 | Kiros Stanlley | Zob Ahan | 9 |
| 8 | Issa Alekasir | Naft Tehran | 8 |
| 8 | Reza Khaleghifar | Goustaresh Foulad | 8 |
| 10 | Jalaleddin Alimohammadi | Sepahan | 7 |
| 10 | Ali Ghorbani | Esteghlal | 7 |
| 10 | Karrar Jassim | Sanat Naft | 7 |
| 10 | Rahim Zahivi | Foolad | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Morteza Tabrizi | Zob Ahan | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 6–0 (H) | 15 September 2017 |
| Saman Nariman Jahan | Gostaresh Foulad | Saipa | 3–1 (H) | 30 November 2017 |
| Mohsen Karimi | Esteghlal | Sanat Naft | 4–0 (H) | 24 December 2017 |

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohsen Mosalman | Persepolis | 10 |
| 2 | Vahid Amiri | Persepolis | 7 |
| 2 | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | 7 |
| 4 | Rabih Ataya | Zob Ahan | 5 |
| 4 | Farshid Esmaeili | Esteghlal | 5 |
| 4 | Ali Gholizadeh | Saipa | 5 |
| 4 | Mohammad Reza Hosseini | Zob Ahan | 5 |
| 4 | Mehdi Mehdipour | Zob Ahan / Tractor Sazi | 5 |

Last updated: 13 Oct 2017 Source: Varzesh3.com

### Clean Sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alireza Beiranvand | Persepolis | 17 |
| 2 | Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri | Zob Ahan | 12 |
| 3 | Hossein Hosseini | Esteghlal | 10 |
| 3 | Fernando Jesus | Gostaresh Foulad | 10 |
| 5 | Mohsen Forouzan | Pars Jonoubi | 9 |
| 5 | Payam Niazmand | Paykan | 9 |
| 7 | Hamed Fallahzadeh | Saipa | 8 |
| 7 | Saeid Jalali Rad | Padideh | 8 |
| 7 | Vahid Sheikhveisi | Est. Khuzestan | 8 |

## Attendances

### Average home attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Persepolis | 557,000 | 85,000 | 0 | 39,786 | $−18.1%^†$ |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 412,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 29,429 | $+6.3%^†$ |
| 3 | Sepahan | 173,000 | 38,000 | 0 | 12,357 | $+45.5%^†$ |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 165,200 | 45,000 | 1,000 | 11,013 | $+2.3%^†$ |
| 5 | Sepidrood | 126,700 | 15,000 | 2,700 | 8,447 | $−9.9%^†$ |
| 6 | Padideh | 111,700 | 35,000 | 1,000 | 7,447 | $+119.9%^†$ |
| 7 | Siah Jamegan | 108,300 | 35,000 | 100 | 7,220 | $+73.7%^†$ |
| 8 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 105,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 | 7,000 | $+157.3%^†$ |
| 9 | Sanat Naft | 97,000 | 13,000 | 2,500 | 6,467 | $+16.1%^†$ |
| 10 | Foolad | 59,000 | 25,000 | 0 | 4,214 | $−22.4%^†$ |
| 11 | Saipa | 46,450 | 27,000 | 150 | 3,097 | $+27.3%^†$ |
| 12 | Est. Khuzestan | 44,700 | 20,000 | 100 | 2,980 | $−17.8%^†$ |
| 13 | Naft Tehran | 43,880 | 23,000 | 100 | 2,925 | $+40.6%^†$ |
| 14 | Zob Ahan | 42,100 | 15,000 | 300 | 2,807 | $+29.4%^†$ |
| 15 | Paykan | 33,757 | 15,000 | 200 | 2,250 | $+0.1%^†$ |
| 16 | Gostaresh | 12,262 | 5,000 | 100 | 817 | $−19.7%^†$ |
| | League total | 2,138,049 | 100,000 | 0 | 9,060 | $+12.0%^†$ |

Updated to games played on 27 April 2018 Source: Iranleague.ir Notes: Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Pars Jonoubi Jam and Sepidrood played last season in 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Esteghlal | A | 26,000 | 61,000 | A | 18,000 | A | 22,000 | A | 30,000 | A | 18,000 | A | NC | A | 25,000 | 15,000 | A | A | 33,000 | A | 24,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 100,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 29,429 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 200 | A | 500 | A | 700 | A | 200 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | A | 500 | A | 2,000 | A | 20,000 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 3,000 | A | 300 | A | 100 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,980 |
| Foolad | A | 500 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 25,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 4,000 | A | 10,000 | A | NC | A | 500 | A | 1,000 | 4,214 |
| Gostaresh | 150 | A | 200 | A | 2,102 | A | A | 2,200 | A | 300 | A | 300 | A | 300 | A | A | 100 | A | 350 | A | 410 | 250 | A | 300 | A | 150 | A | 5,000 | A | 150 | 817 |
| Naft Tehran | 1,500 | A | 23,000 | A | A | 500 | A | 280 | A | 100 | A | 200 | A | 200 | A | A | 500 | A | 1,500 | 100 | A | 100 | A | 500 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | A | 200 | 2,925 |
| Padideh | A | 1,800 | A | 2,200 | A | 2,200 | A | A | 5,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 3,000 | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 35,000 | A | 12,000 | 1,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 30,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 7,447 |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | A | 8,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 16,000 | A | 8,000 | A | A | 10,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 4,000 | 5,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 5,000 | 3,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 7,000 |
| Paykan | 500 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 800 | A | 300 | 2,000 | A | 200 | A | 10,000 | A | A | 257 | A | 1,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 200 | A | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | 2,250 |
| Persepolis | 30,000 | A | A | 42,000 | A | 32,000 | A | 17,000 | A | 85,000 | A | 18,000 | A | 30,000 | A | A | 70,000 | NC | A | 25,000 | A | 50,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 60,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 68,000 | 39,786 |
| Saipa | A | 600 | A | 27,000 | 2,350 | A | 900 | A | 2,300 | A | 11,000 | A | 150 | A | 300 | 600 | A | 200 | A | A | 300 | A | 200 | A | 150 | A | 200 | A | 200 | A | 3,097 |
| Sanat Naft | 10,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 8,000 | 7,000 | A | A | 8,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 13,000 | A | 2,500 | A | 2,500 | A | A | 5,000 | 6,467 |
| Sepahan | 12,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 38,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 3,000 | NC | A | 10,000 | A | A | 7,500 | A | 15,000 | A | 7,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 10,000 | A | A | 7,000 | A | 35,000 | 12,357 |
| Sepidrood | A | 3,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 2,700 | A | 6,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 5,000 | A | A | 15,000 | 5,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 15,000 | 10,000 | A | 8,447 |
| Siah Jamegan | 1,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 1,650 | A | 600 | 750 | A | 10,000 | A | 30,000 | A | 2,000 | A | A | 3,000 | A | 35,000 | A | 12,000 | A | A | 8,000 | A | 1,100 | A | 100 | A | 100 | 7,220 |
| Tractor Sazi | A | 45,000 | A | 14,000 | A | 15,100 | 14,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 3,100 | 2,000 | A | 38,000 | A | 1,500 | A | A | 3,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 11,013 |
| Zob Ahan | A | 500 | A | 4,500 | A | 600 | A | 300 | A | 2,000 | A | A | 500 | A | 700 | 900 | A | 300 | A | 1,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 300 | A | 1,500 | 2,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 2,807 |
| Total | 55,350 | 85,400 | 105,200 | 109,700 | 38,302 | 70,100 | 82,500 | 18,530 | 73,600 | 108,400 | 61,200 | 56,700 | 26,650 | 62,500 | 53,100 | 54,500 | 109,357 | 56,500 | 94,350 | 80,600 | 65,710 | 98,350 | 37,400 | 46,100 | 125,450 | 88,750 | 61,800 | 43,800 | 41,200 | 109,950 | 2,138,049 |
| Average | 6,919 | 10,675 | 13,150 | 13,713 | 4,788 | 8,763 | 10,313 | 2,647 | 9,200 | 13,550 | 7,650 | 8,100 | 3,807 | 7,813 | 6,638 | 6,813 | 13,670 | 8,071 | 11,794 | 10,075 | 8,214 | 12,294 | 4,675 | 5,763 | 15,681 | 12,679 | 7,725 | 5,475 | 5,150 | 13,744 | 9,060 |

Notes: Updated to games played on 27 April 2018. Source: Iranleague.ir Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Gostaresh played their match against Pars Jonoubi Jam at Sahand Saipa played their matches against Esteghlal and Persepolis at Takhti Tehran Zob Ahan played their matches against Foolad, Naft Tehran, Pars Jonoubi Jam, Paykan, Sanat Naft and Siah Jamegan at Naghsh-e Jahan

### Highest attendances

| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Persepolis | 100,000 | 1 March 2018 (2018-03-01) | 25 | Azadi |
| 2 | Persepolis | 1–0 | Esteghlal | 85,000 | 26 October 2017 (2017-10-26) | 10 | Azadi |
| 3 | Persepolis | 2–0 | Tractor Sazi | 70,000 | 29 December 2017 (2017-12-29) | 17 | Azadi |
| 4 | Persepolis | 3–0 | Sepidrood | 68,000 | 27 April 2018 (2018-04-27) | 30 | Azadi |
| 5 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Tractor Sazi | 61,000 | 11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) | 3 | Azadi |
| 6 | Persepolis | 1–2 | Saipa | 60,000 | 29 March 2018 (2018-03-29) | 26 | Azadi |
| 7 | Persepolis | 2–0 | Sepahan | 50,000 | 2 February 2018 (2018-02-02) | 22 | Azadi |
| 8 | Tractor Sazi | 1–2 | Persepolis | 45,000 | 3 August 2017 (2017-08-03) | 2 | Sahand |
| 9 | Persepolis | 1–1 | Siah Jamegan | 42,000 | 16 August 2017 (2017-08-16) | 4 | Azadi |
| 10 | Sepahan | 2–2 | Persepolis | 38,000 | 21 September 2017 (2017-09-21) | 7 | Naghsh-e Jahan |

Notes: Updated to games played on 27 April 2018. Source: Iranleague.ir

## Awards

### IFLO Seasonal awards

| | Recipient |
| - | - |
| Best Player | Vahid Amiri (Persepolis) |
| Best Young Player | Ali Gholizadeh (Saipa) |
| Fair Player | Mehdi Shiri (Paykan) |
| Best Goalkeeper | Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis) |
| Best Defender | Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis) |
| Best Midfielder | Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal) |
| Best Passor | Server Djeparov (Esteghlal) |
| Best Goalscorer | Ali Alipour (Persepolis) |
| Best Coach | Branko Ivanković (Persepolis) |
| Best Football Club | Persepolis |

### Navad Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | References |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club | References |
| Mordad | Mehdi Tartar | Pars Jonoubi Jam | Mehdi Kiani | Tractor Sazi | |
| Shahrivar | Majid Jalali | Paykan | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | |
| Mehr | Majid Jalali | Paykan | Ali Alipour | Persepolis | |
| Aban | Branko Ivanković | Persepolis | Jalal Hosseini | Persepolis | |
| Azar | Branko Ivanković | Persepolis | Jalal Hosseini | Persepolis | |
| Dey | Amir Ghalenoei | Zob Ahan | Hossein Hosseini | Esteghlal | |
| Bahman | Winfried Schäfer | Esteghlal | Vouria Ghafouri | Esteghlal | |
| Esfand | Winfried Schäfer | Esteghlal | Vouria Ghafouri | Esteghlal | |
| Farvardin | Amir Ghalenoei | Zob Ahan | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | |
| Ordibehesht | Amir Ghalenoei | Zob Ahan | Mehdi Torabi | Saipa | |
