2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League
# 2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League

The 2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League was the 13th season of the Iran Pro League and the 8th under the name Futsal Super League. Shahid Mansouri Gharchak are the defending champions. The regular season, played from 30 August 2011.

## Teams

| Team | City | Venue | Capacity | Head coach | Team captain | Past Season |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arjan | Shiraz | Shahid Abolfathi | – | Vahid Nematollahi | – | 6th |
| Dabiri | Tabriz | Oloum Pezeshki | 2,000 | Hasan Ali Shiri | Jabbar Ebrahimi | 11th |
| Farsh $Ara^1$ | Mashhad | Shahid Beheshti | 6,000 | Majid Mortezaei | Naser Ajam | 7th |
| Firooz Sofeh | Isfahan | Pirouzi | 4,300 | Mahmoud Khorakchi | – | 4th |
| Foolad Mahan | Isfahan | Pirouzi | 4,300 | Hossein Afzali | Javad Asghari Moghaddam | 3rd |
| Giti Pasand | Isfahan | Pirouzi | 4,300 | Alireza Afzal | Mostafa Nazari | 2nd |
| Gostaresh Foolad | Tabriz | Shahid Pour Sharifi | 6,000 | Mir Masoum Sohrabi | Majid Zareei | 5th |
| Misagh | Tehran | Shahrdari Mantagheh 11 | 300 | Reza Zarkhanli | – | Promoted |
| Melli Haffari Iran | Ahvaz | Naft | 1,000 | Mehdi Abtahi | – | 8th |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Khorshid | – | Mohammad Reza Heidarian | Mohammad Reza Heidarian | 12th |
| Rah | Sari | Sayed Rasoul Hosseini | 5,000 | Alireza Radi | Mahmoud Lotfi | 9th |
| Saba | Qom | Shahid Heidarian | 2,000 | Hossein Ganjian | Vahid Ghiasi | Replaced for Kish Air |
| Shahid Mansouri | Gharchak | 7th Tir | 3,000 | Reza Lak Aliabadi | Hamid Nasiri | Champion |
| Shahrdari | Saveh | Fajr-e Felestin | 2,500 | Reza Oghabi | Reza Nasseri | Promoted |

* $^1$ In December 2011 Elmo Adab terminated their sports activities due to financial problems. Farsh Ara (Ara Carpet Company) owned by Gholam Ali Mortezaei took over their license.

## Managerial changes

### Before the start of the season

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Firooz Sofeh | Alireza Afzal | Contract expired | 17 February 2011 | Pre-season | Reza Kordi | 5 July 2011 |
| Giti Pasand | Mehdi Abtahi | Contract expired | 17 February 2011 | Pre-season | Alireza Afzal | 25 April 2011 |
| Gostaresh Foolad | Mahmoud Khorakchi | Contract expired | 17 February 2011 | Pre-season | Mir Masoum Sohrabi | 12 May 2011 |
| Firooz Sofeh | Reza Kordi | Resigned | 9 July 2011 | Pre-season | Mohammad Nazemasharieh | 12 July 2011 |
| Firooz Sofeh | Mohammad Nazemasharieh | Resigned | 25 July 2011 | Pre-season | Ahmad Baghbanbashi | 28 July 2011 |
| Melli Haffari Iran | Mohammad Reza Davoudinejad | Contract expired | 17 February 2011 | Pre-season | Mehdi Abtahi | 9 August 2011 |

### In season

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persepolis | Mohammad Reza Heidarian | Sacked | 5 September 2011 | 14 | Reza Kordi | 5 September 2011 |
| Persepolis | Reza Kordi | Resigned | 11 October 2011 | 12 | Mohammad Reza Heidarian | 20 October 2011 |
| Dabiri Tabriz | Naser Rahnama Helali | Sacked | 24 October 2011 | 14 | Hasan Ali Shiri | 24 October 2011 |
| Rah Sari | Mostafa Azari | Resigned | 21 November 2011 | 11 | Alireza Radi | 14 Des 2011 |
| Firooz Sofeh | Ahmad Baghbanbashi | Sacked | 02 Des 2011 | 8 | Mahmoud Khorakchi | 02 Des 2011 |
| Farsh Ara | Hamid Shandizi Moghaddam | Resigned | 09 Des 2011 | 11 | Reza Kordi | 23 Des 2011 |
| Saba Qom | Mehdi Ghiasi | Sacked | 17 Des 2011 | 4 | Hossein Ganjian | 18 Des 2011 |
| Farsh Ara | Reza Kordi | Resigned | 4 January 2012 | 10 | Majid Mortezaei | 4 January 2012 |
| Misagh | Reza Zarkhanli | Sacked | January 2012 | 12 | Amir Shamsaei | January 2012 |
| Misagh | Amir Shamsaei | Resigned | February 2012 | 12 | Reza Zarkhanli | February 2012 |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shahid Mansouri (C) | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 114 | 56 | +58 | 65 | |
| 2 | Giti Pasand | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 101 | 42 | +59 | 59 | AFC Futsal Club Championship |
| 3 | Foolad Mahan | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 116 | 70 | +46 | 54 | |
| 4 | Melli Haffari Iran | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 95 | 77 | +18 | 45 | |
| 5 | Gostaresh Foolad | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 40 | |
| 6 | Saba Qom | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 83 | 81 | +2 | 39 | |
| 7 | Firooz Sofeh | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 76 | 72 | +4 | 38 | |
| 8 | Farsh Ara | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 73 | −15 | 30 | |
| 9 | Sh. Saveh | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 66 | −12 | 28 | |
| 10 | Arjan | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 74 | 94 | −20 | 27 | |
| 11 | Persepolis | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 83 | 110 | −27 | 27 | |
| 12 | Misagh Tehran | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 47 | 86 | −39 | 24 | |
| 13 | Rah Sari | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 85 | −24 | 20 | |
| 14 | Dabiri Tabriz | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 58 | 108 | −50 | 11 | |

* 1 2 Persepolis and Giti Pasand were deducted 6 points in 2011–12 season issued by Iranian Football Federation.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shahid Mansouri | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Giti Pasand | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Foolad Mahan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Melli Haffari Iran | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Gostaresh Foolad | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Saba Qom | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Firooz Sofeh | 14 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Farsh Ara | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Sh. Saveh | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Persepolis | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Arjan | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Misagh Tehran | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Rah Sari | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Dabiri Tabriz | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

* Leader
* Relegation to the 2012–13 Iran Futsal's 1st Division

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ARJ | DAB | ARA | FSO | MAH | SGP | GFT | MIS | HFR | PRS | RAS | SAB | MAN | SHS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arjan | | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–8 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–6 | 4–4 | 6–2 | 2–6 | 4–2 |
| Dabiri Tabriz | 1–5 | | 2–3 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–7 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 |
| Farsh Ara | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Firooz Sofeh | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 7–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 |
| Foolad Mahan | 4–3 | 13–2 | 4–0 | 9–3 | | 4–4 | 4–1 | 8–1 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–7 | 4–4 |
| Giti Pasand | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 8–2 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 9–4 | 11–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Gostaresh Foolad | 6–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 0–7 | | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Misagh Tehran | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–8 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| Melli Haffari Iran | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 5–1 | | 5–5 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 4–0 |
| Persepolis | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–7 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 4–7 | | 6–4 | 5–1 | 3–8 | 2–2 |
| Rah Sari | 4–6 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 5–4 | | 3–4 | 3–5 | 3–0 |
| Saba Qom | 5–2 | 4–3 | 8–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 7–3 | 2–6 | 6–2 | 2–0 | | 4–4 | 1–3 |
| Shahid Mansouri | 6–3 | 8–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 7–1 |
| Sh. Saveh | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 2–4 | |

* ↑ The game score was 4–2 in favor of Shahid Mansuri until the 9:30-minute of second half when the Gostaresh Foolad players left the field to protest against the match officials.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arjan | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | D |
| Dabiri Tabriz | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Farsh Ara | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L |
| Firooz Sofeh | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D |
| Foolad Mahan | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Giti Pasand | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Gostaresh Foolad | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D |
| Melli Haffari Iran | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W |
| Misagh Tehran | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L |
| Persepolis | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L |
| Rah Sari | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D |
| Saba Qom | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Shahid Mansouri | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Sh. Saveh | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W |

## Top Goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ahmad Esmaeilpour | Shahid Mansouri | 32 |
| 2 | Nasrollah Momen | Persepolis | 28 |
| 3 | Mohammad Taheri | Foolad Mahan | 22 |
| 3 | Babak Sohrabi | Arjan Shiraz | 22 |
| 5 | Mohammad Kouhestani | Saba Qom | 21 |
| 6 | Ghodrat Bahadori | Firooz Sofeh | 19 |
| 6 | Mojtaba Moridi Zadeh | Melli Haffari | 19 |
| 6 | Ehsan Mohammadiyan | Shahrdari Saveh | 19 |
| 6 | Xapa | Giti Pasand | 19 |
| 10 | Morteza Azimaei | Shahid Mansouri | 18 |
| 10 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Foolad Mahan | 18 |
| 10 | Farid Namazi | Melli Haffari Iran | 18 |
| 10 | Alireza Vafaei | Saba Qom | 18 |
| 14 | Iman Ahmadi | Rah Sari | 17 |
| 14 | Vahid Shamsaei | Giti Pasand | 17 |
| 14 | Mahdi Javid | Foolad Mahan | 17 |
| 14 | Shahram Sharifzadeh | Gostaresh Foolad | 17 |
| 18 | 5 players | 5 players | 16 |
| 23 | 1 player | 1 player | 15 |
| 24 | 3 players | 3 players | 14 |
| 27 | 3 players | 3 players | 13 |
| 30 | 3 players | 3 players | 12 |
| 33 | 7 players | 7 players | 11 |
| 40 | 4 players | 4 players | 10 |
| 44 | 7 players | 7 players | 9 |
| 51 | 10 players | 10 players | 8 |
| 61 | 5 players | 5 players | 7 |
| 66 | 4 players | 4 players | 6 |
| 70 | 12 players | 12 players | 5 |
| 82 | 11 players | 11 players | 4 |
| 93 | 14 players | 14 players | 3 |
| 107 | 21 players | 21 players | 2 |
| 128 | 30 players | 30 players | 1 |
| _ | 1 players | 1 players | OG |
| _ | 1 technical loses of 4–0 | 1 technical loses of 4–0 | 4 |
| Total goals (Including technical loses) | Total goals (Including technical loses) | Total goals (Including technical loses) | 1087 |
| Total games | Total games | Total games | 182 |
| Average per game | Average per game | Average per game | 5.97 |

    Last updated: 9 March 2012

## Awards

* Iranian Futsal Super League 2011–12 champions
* Shahid Mansouri Gharchak Second title
* Winner: Shahid Mansouri Gharchak
* Runners-up: Giti Pasand Isfahan
* Third-Place: Foolad Mahan
* Top scorer: Ahmad Esmaeilpour (Shahid Mansouri Gharchak) (32)
