| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Esteghlal 3rd Pro League title 8thIranian title |
| Relegated | Aluminium Hormozgan Sanat Naft Paykan Gahar Zagros |
| Champions League | Esteghlal Tractor Sazi Sepahan Foolad |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 694 (2.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jalal Rafkhaei (19 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Mehdi Rahmati (21 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Persepolis 6–0Paykan (31 October 2012) Fajr Sepasi 6–0Aluminium Hormozgan (2 March 2013) Zob Ahan 6–0Sanat Naft (5 May 2013) |
| Biggest away win | Paykan 0–5Foolad (26 September 2012) Fajr Sepasi 0–5Esteghlal (15 February 2013) |
| Highest scoring | Damash 5–3Paykan (31 July 2012) Sanat Naft 2–6Naft Tehran (6 August 2012) |
| Longest winning run | 5 matches Sepahan |
| Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches Foolad |
| Longest winless run | 21 matches Sanat Naft |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Paykan Gahar Zagros |
| Highest attendance | 100,000 Esteghlal –Persepolis (25 January 2013) Esteghlal –Damash (10 May 2013) |
| Lowest attendance | 0(spectator ban) Persepolis –Fajr Sepasi (24 July 2012) Persepolis –Aluminium Hormozgan (27 September 2012) Damash –Zob Ahan (1 October 2012) Damash –Saba Qom (23 February 2013) Esteghlal –Gahar Zagros (12 April 2013) |
| Total attendance | 2,397,100 |
| Average attendance | 7,964 |
2013–14 → | |
The2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup (also known asIran Pro League) was the 30th season ofIran's Football League and 12th asIran Pro League since its establishment in 2001.Sepahan were thedefending champions. The season featured 15 teams from the2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup and three new teams promoted from the2011–12 Azadegan League:Paykan as champions,Aluminium Hormozgan andGahar Zagros. The league started on 19 July 2012 and ended on 10 May 2013.Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the third time in their history (total eighth Iranian title).
After the 2012–13 Iran Pro League season, it was planned that the number of teams would be reduced from 18 to 16 for the next season, so 4 team was directly relegated to theAzadegan League, while one team was played against the 3rd ranked team from the second division league team in a play-off. 2 teams also are directly promoted fromcurrent Azadegan league to the next pro league season and one team played against the 14th placed pro league team in a play-off.
The Iranian Football Clubs who participate in 2012–13 Iran Pro League are allowed to have up to maximum 35 players (including up to maximum 4 non-Iranian players) in their player lists, which will be categorized in the following groups:[1]
Based on the fact that the Season is started from 19 July 2012.
| Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | Bandar Abbas | Khalij Fars | 15,459 |
| Damash Gilan | Rasht | Dr. Azodi | 11,000 |
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 84,412 |
| Fajr Sepasi | Shiraz | Hafezieh Dastgheib | 14,560 7,000 |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Ghadir | 50,199 |
| Gahar Zagros | Dorood | Takhti Doorood | 10,052 |
| Malavan | Anzali | Takhti Anzali | 8,000 |
| Mes Kerman | Kerman | Shahid Bahonar | 15,430 |
| Naft Tehran | Tehran | Dastgerdi | 8,250 |
| Paykan | Tehran | Peykanshahr | 30,000 |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 84,412 |
| Rah Ahan | Tehran | Rah Ahan | 12,922 |
| Saba Qom | Qom | Yadegar Emam | 10,610 |
| Saipa | Karaj | Enghelab Karaj | 30,000 |
| Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 25,256 |
| Sepahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 31,439 |
| Tractor Sazi | Tabriz | Yadegar-e-Emam | 66,833 |
| Zob Ahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 31,439 |
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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paykan | Contract expired | 9 May 2012 | Pre-season | 1 June 2012 | ||
| Damash | End of caretaker spell | 31 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | |||
| Foolad | Contract expired | 31 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | |||
| Zob Ahan | 31 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | ||||
| Saba | 31 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | ||||
| Naft Tehran | Signed byFoolad | 31 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | |||
| Esteghlal | Sacked | 31 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | |||
| Tractor Sazi | Signed byEsteghlal | 31 May 2012 | 9 June 2012 | |||
| Gahar Zagros | Resigned | 19 June 2012 | 24 June 2012 | |||
| Persepolis | Mutual agreement | 22 June 2012 | 3 July 2012 |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gahar Zagros | Resigned | 14 September 2012 | 17th | 27 October 2012 | ||
| Damash | Sacked | 16 September 2012 | 11th | 18 September 2012 | ||
| Saba | Resigned | 24 September 2012 | 7th | 25 September 2012 | ||
| Sanat Naft | Sacked | 27 September 2012 | 17th | 7 October 2012 | ||
| Malavan | Resigned | 29 September 2012 | 9th | 29 September 2012 | ||
| Zob Ahan | Sacked | 5 October 2012 | 15th | 8 October 2012 | ||
| Persepolis | 10 December 2012 | 12th | 10 December 2012 | |||
| Mes Kerman | 1 January 2013 | 8th | 1 January 2013 | |||
| Paykan | 27 January 2013 | 16th | 27 January 2013 | |||
| Aluminium | 12 February 2013 | 14th | 12 February 2013 | |||
| Damash | 3 March 2013 | 13th | 7 March 2013 | |||
| Tractor Sazi[2] | 2 May 2013 | 2nd | 1 June 2013 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal(C) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 67 | Qualification for the2014 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 65 | |
| 3 | Sepahan | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 64 | |
| 4 | Foolad | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 56 | |
| 5 | Naft Tehran | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 55 | |
| 6 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 51 | |
| 7 | Persepolis | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 50 | |
| 8 | Rah Ahan | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 48 | |
| 9 | Saba Qom | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 | |
| 10 | Saipa | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 | |
| 11 | Damash | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 43 | |
| 12 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 42 | |
| 13 | Malavan | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 40 | |
| 14 | Zob Ahan(O) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 38 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Aluminium Hormozgan(R) | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to2013–14 Azadegan League |
| 16 | Sanat Naft(R) | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 25 | |
| 17 | Paykan(R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 70 | −44 | 25 | |
| 18 | Gahar Zagros(R) | 34 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | ALH | DMG | EST | FJR | FOL | GZA | MLV | NAF | PAY | PRS | RAH | SAB | SAP | MES | SNA | SEP | TRK | ZOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Hormozgan | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Damash | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Esteghlal | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Fajr Sepasi | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Foolad | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Gahar Zagros | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Malavan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Naft Tehran | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Paykan | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Persepolis | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
| Rah Ahan | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Saba Qom | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Saipa | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Mes Kerman | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Sanat Naft | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sepahan | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–3 | |
| Tractor Sazi | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Zob Ahan | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 |
| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tractor Sazi | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Sepahan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Foolad | 8 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Naft Tehran | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mes Kerman | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Persepolis | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Rah Ahan | 10 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Saba Qom | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Saipa | 11 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Damash | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Malavan | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| Fajr Sepasi | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Zob Ahan | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Aluminium Hormozgan | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Sanat Naft | 16 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Paykan | 18 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| Gahar Zagros | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Leader | |
| 2014 AFC Champions League | |
| Relegation to Qualification | |
| Relegation to2013–14 Azadegan League |
| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L |
| Tractor Sazi | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Sepahan | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D |
| Foolad | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | D |
| Naft Tehran | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | D |
| Mes Kerman | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W |
| Persepolis | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L |
| Rah Ahan | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | D |
| Saba Qom | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L |
| Saipa | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W |
| Damash | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W |
| Fajr Sepasi | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | D |
| Malavan | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L |
| Zob Ahan | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W |
| Aluminium Hormozgan | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | D |
| Sanat Naft | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Paykan | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L |
| Gahar Zagros | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Zob Ahan as 14th-placed team faced play-off winner of2012–13 Azadegan League,Pas Hamedan in a two-legged play-off.
| Pas Hamedan | 1–1 | Zob Ahan |
|---|---|---|
| Aliabadi | report | Rajabzadeh |
Zob Ahan won 5–3 on aggregate and retained its Iran Pro League spot for the2013–14 season.

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malavan | 19 | |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 16 | |
| 3 | Sepahan | 14 | |
| Mes Kerman | |||
| 5 | Foolad | 12 | |
| 6 | Saipa | 11 | |
| Mes Kerman | |||
| Sepahan | |||
| 9 | Esteghlal | 10 | |
| Naft Tehran | |||
| Tractor Sazi | |||
| 12 | Esteghlal | 9 | |
| 13 | Persepolis | 8 | |
| Sepahan | |||
| Damash | |||
| Total goals(Including technical loses) | 686 | ||
| Total games | 306 | ||
| Average per game | 2.24 | ||
Last updated: 10 May 2013
Source:IPL Stats

Last Update: 10 May 2013
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malavan | Saba Qom | 3–1 | 30 July 2012 | |
| Naft Tehran | Sanat Naft | 6–2 | 6 August 2012 | |
| Fajr Sepasi | Damash Gilan | 6–1 | 15 September 2012 | |
| Persepolis | Paykan | 6–0 | 31 October 2012 | |
| Saba Qom | Sanat Naft | 3–2 | 24 January 2013 | |
| Mes | Gahar | 5–1 | 5 May 2013 |
Goalkeeper:Mehdi Rahmati (Esteghlal)
Defence:Mehrdad Jama'ati (Foolad),Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal),Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal),Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal)
Midfield:Reza Haghighi (Perspolis),Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad),Moharram Navidkia (Sepahan),Yaghoub Karimi (Naft.t)
Attack:Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan),Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan)
Moharram Navidkia was awarded as the best player of the season amongMehdi Rahmati andPejman Montazeri became second and third.Saeid Ezzatollahi was also awarded as the best young player of the season andAlireza Jahanbakhsh was ranked second.
Amir Ghalenoei was awarded as the best coach of the season,Zlatko Kranjčar becomes second andHossein Faraki third.Saeid Mozafarizadeh awarded best referee, Fair Play Award was given to theFajr Sepasi andEsteghlal was the team of the season.Mehdi Mahdavikia,Ali Parvin,Homayoun Behzadi andAli Jabari were also awarded for their service to the Iranian football.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal | 548,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 34,250 | +7.8%† |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 409,000 | 50,000 | 2,000 | 24,059 | −39.1%† |
| 3 | Persepolis | 326,000 | 90,000 | 0 | 21,733 | −23.0%† |
| 4 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 125,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | 7,353 | +45.5%† |
| 5 | Damash | 101,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 6,733 | −17.1%† |
| 6 | Sanat Naft | 103,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 6,059 | −38.3%† |
| 7 | Malavan | 102,000 | 8,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 | +15.7%† |
| 8 | Gahar Zagros | 99,000 | 65,000 | 1,000 | 5,824 | −5.4%† |
| 9 | Foolad | 92,000 | 20,000 | 1,000 | 5,412 | +16.5%† |
| 10 | Fajr Sepasi | 83,100 | 20,000 | 1,000 | 4,888 | −36.1%† |
| 11 | Saipa | 80,500 | 40,000 | 1,000 | 4,735 | +117.6%† |
| 12 | Sepahan | 67,500 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 3,971 | −32.5%† |
| 13 | Mes Kerman | 65,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 3,824 | −35.0%† |
| 14 | Saba Qom | 46,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 2,706 | −24.6%† |
| 15 | Naft Tehran | 44,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 2,588 | +25.7%† |
| 16 | Paykan | 37,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 2,176 | +142.9%† |
| 17 | Zob Ahan | 36,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 | 2,118 | −25.0%† |
| 18 | Rah Ahan | 33,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 1,942 | −13.1%† |
| League total | 2,397,100 | 100,000 | 0 | 7,964 | −16.1%† |
Updated to games played on 10 May 2013
Source:Iranleague.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Aluminium Hormozgan,Gahar Zagros andPaykan played last season inAzadegan League
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteghlal | 0–0 | Persepolis | 100,000 | 25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) | 23 | Azadi |
| Esteghlal | 1–2 | Damash | 100,000 | 10 May 2013 (2013-05-10) | 34 | Azadi | |
| 3 | Persepolis | 0–0 | Esteghlal | 90,000 | 24 August 2012 (2012-08-24) | 6 | Azadi |
| 4 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Tractor Sazi | 75,000 | 8 March 2013 (2013-03-08) | 29 | Azadi |
| 5 | Gahar Zagros | 1–1 | Persepolis | 65,000 | 30 July 2012 (2012-07-30) | 3 | Azadi |
| Persepolis | 0–2 | Saba Qom | 65,000 | 5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) | 4 | Azadi | |
| 7 | Esteghlal | 1–1 | Sepahan | 60,000 | 16 April 2013 (2013-04-16) | 30 | Azadi |
| 8 | Esteghlal | 1–0 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 50,000 | 20 July 2012 (2012-07-20) | 1 | Azadi |
| Tractor Sazi | 2–0 | Esteghlal | 50,000 | 20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) | 12 | Sahand | |
| 10 | Saipa | 2–1 | Esteghlal | 40,000 | 25 July 2012 (2012-07-25) | 2 | Azadi |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 10 May 2013. Source:Iranleague.ir