| Season | 2005–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Esteghlal 1st Pro League title 6thIranian title |
| Relegated | Shamoushak Shahid Ghandi |
| Champions League | Esteghlal Sepahan (Hazfi Cup champions) |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 538 (2.24 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Reza Enayati (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | PAS Tehran 7–1Foolad (4 March 2006) |
| Biggest away win | Shahid Ghandi 1–5Zob Ahan (29 October 2005) |
| Highest scoring | PAS Tehran 7–1Foolad (4 March 2006) PAS Tehran 4–4Sepahan (31 March 2006) |
| Longest winning run | 3 matches Aboumoslem PAS Tehran |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Esteghlal |
| Longest winless run | 17 matches Shahid Ghandi |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Shahid Ghandi |
| Highest attendance | 100,000 Esteghlal –Bargh Shiraz (21 April 2006) |
| Lowest attendance | 0 (spectator ban) Malavan –Bargh Shiraz (2 September 2005) Aboumoslem –Shahid Ghandi (16 December 2005) Malavan –Fajr Sepasi (3 March 2006) Shamoushak –Malavan (4 April 2006) Shamoushak –Est. Ahvaz (16 April 2006) |
| Total attendance | 2,157,000 |
| Average attendance | 9,179 |
2006–07 → | |
The2005–06 Iran Pro League was the 23rd season ofIran's Football League and fifth asIran Pro League since its establishment in 2001.Foolad were thedefending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the2004–05 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the2004–05 Azadegan League:Shahid Ghandi as champions andRah Ahan as runner-up. The league started on 2 September 2005 and ended on 21 April 2006.Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total sixth Iranian title). A total of 240 matches in the Pro League yielded 538 goals during the season.
Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from theAzadegan League. The promoted teams wereShahid Ghandi Yazd andRah Ahan Tehran. They replacedPaykan andPegah, who were relegated to theAzadegan League.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aboomoslem | Mashhad | Samen Stadium | 27,000 |
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi Stadium | 95,225 |
| Esteghlal Ahvaz | Ahvaz | Takhti Ahvaz | 10,000 |
| Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | Shiraz | Hafezieh Stadium | 50,000 |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Foolad Arena | 30,655 |
| Malavan | Bandar-e Anzali | Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium | 15,559 |
| PAS Tehran | Tehran | Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium | 8,250 |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi Stadium | 95,225 |
| Rah Ahan Tehran | Tehran | Shahid Derakhshan Stadium | 12,000 |
| Saipa | Tehran | Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium | 8,250 |
| Saba Battery | Teheran | Shahid Derakhshan Stadium | 12,000 |
| Sepahan | Isfahan | Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium | 75,000 |
| Shahid Ghandi Yazd | Yazd | Shahid Nassiri Stadium | 15,000 |
| Shamoushak Noshahr | Nowshahr | Shohada-ye Nowshahr Stadium | 6,000 |
| Zob Ahan Esfahan | Fuladshahr | Foolad Shahr Stadium | 20,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal[a](C) | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 17 | +27 | 59 | |
| 2 | PAS Tehran | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 58 | |
| 3 | Saipa | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 52 | |
| 4 | Saba | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 50 | |
| 5 | Aboumoslem | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 46 | |
| 6 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 45[b] | |
| 7 | Sepahan | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for the2007 AFC Champions League[c] |
| 8 | Foolad | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 41 | |
| 9 | Fajr Sepasi | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 36 | |
| 10 | Malavan | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 36 | |
| 11 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Rah Ahan | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 34 | |
| 13 | Persepolis | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 32[d] | |
| 14 | Bargh | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 28 | |
| 15 | Shamoushak(R) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 23 | Relegation to the2006–07 Azadegan League |
| 16 | Shahid Ghandi(R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 19 |
| Champions |
|---|
| Esteghlal |
| Home \ Away | EST | PAS | SAP | SAB | ABU | ZOB | SEP | FOL | PRS | FJR | MLV | ESA | RAH | BGH | SHM | GHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| PAS Tehran | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Saipa | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Saba Battery | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Aboumoslem | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Zob Ahan | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | |
| Sepahan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Foolad | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Persepolis | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Fajr Sepasi | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |
| Malavan | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Est. Ahvaz | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
| Rah Ahan | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Bargh Shiraz | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Shamoushak | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Shahid Ghandi | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal | 21 | |
| 2 | Esteghlsl Ahvaz | 17 | |
| 3 | Zob Ahan | 14 | |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 11 | |
| Saba Battery | 11 | ||
| Persepolis | 11 | ||
| 7 | Aboomoslem | 10 | |
| Sepahan | 10 | ||
| 9 | Persepolis | 9 | |
| 10 | Rah Ahan | 8 | |
| Saba Battery | 8 | ||
| PAS Tehran | 8 | ||
| Malavan | 8 | ||
| Foolad | 8 |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal | 502,000 | 100,000 | 15,000 | 33,467 | n/a† |
| 2 | Persepolis | 455,000 | 95,000 | 5,000 | 30,333 | n/a† |
| 3 | Shahid Ghandi | 192,000 | 30,000 | 2,000 | 12,800 | n/a† |
| 4 | Malavan | 100,000 | 17,000 | 0 | 7,692 | n/a† |
| 5 | Aboumoslem | 103,000 | 30,000 | 0 | 7,357 | n/a† |
| 6 | Foolad | 100,000 | 22,000 | 3,000 | 6,667 | n/a† |
| 7 | Saba Battery | 87,000 | 20,000 | 1,000 | 5,800 | n/a† |
| 8 | Est. Ahvaz | 85,000 | 14,000 | 1,000 | 5,667 | n/a† |
| 9 | Fajr Sepasi | 81,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | 5,400 | n/a† |
| 10 | Sepahan | 77,500 | 17,000 | 2,000 | 5,167 | n/a† |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 76,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,067 | n/a† |
| 12 | Bargh Shiraz | 73,500 | 18,000 | 1,000 | 4,900 | n/a† |
| 13 | Saipa | 70,000 | 25,000 | 500 | 4,667 | n/a† |
| 14 | PAS Tehran | 58,000 | 25,000 | 1,000 | 3,867 | n/a† |
| 15 | Rah Ahan | 54,500 | 20,000 | 1,000 | 3,633 | n/a† |
| 16 | Shamoushak | 42,500 | 7,000 | 0 | 3,542 | n/a† |
| League total | 2,157,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 9,179 | n/a† |
Updated to games played on 21 April 2006
Source:iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Rah Ahan andShahid Ghandi played last season inAzadegan League

| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal | 4–1 | Bargh Shiraz | 100,000 | 21 April 2006 (2006-04-21) | 30 | Azadi |
| 2 | Persepolis | 0–0 | Esteghlal | 95,000 | 10 March 2006 (2006-03-10) | 25 | Azadi |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Persepolis | 80,000 | 4 November 2005 (2005-11-04) | 10 | Azadi |
| 4 | Persepolis | 0–0 | Saipa | 50,000 | 9 September 2005 (2005-09-09) | 2 | Azadi |
| 5 | Persepolis | 2–2 | Saba Battery | 40,000 | 27 October 2005 (2005-10-27) | 9 | Azadi |
| Esteghlal | 4–1 | Foolad | 40,000 | 6 April 2006 (2006-04-06) | 28 | Azadi | |
| 7 | Esteghlal | 4–1 | Saba Battery | 35,000 | 2 September 2005 (2005-09-02) | 1 | Azadi |
| Persepolis | 1–0 | PAS Tehran | 35,000 | 29 November 2005 (2005-11-29) | 3 | Azadi | |
| Esteghlal | 0–0 | PAS Tehran | 35,000 | 6 January 2006 (2006-01-06) | 17 | Azadi | |
| 10 | Persepolis | 1–0 | Shahid Ghandi | 33,000 | 30 September 2005 (2005-09-30) | 5 | Azadi |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 21 April 2006. Source:iplstats.com