View source for 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup

{{Short description|8th season of Persian Gulf Pro League}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [[Iran Pro League|Persian Gulf Cup]]
| season             = 2008–09
| winners            = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]<br /> 2nd Pro League title<br />7th [[List of Iranian football champions|Iranian title]]
| relegated          = [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]] <br> [[S.C. Damash Gilan|Damash]] <br> [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
| continentalcup1    = [[2010 AFC Champions League|Champions League]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] <br> [[Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]] <br> [[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] <br> [[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
| league topscorer   = [[Arash Borhani]] (21 goals)
| best goalkeeper    = 
| matches            = 306
| total goals        = 777
| biggest home win   = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] 6–0 [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Est. Ahvaz]]<br><small>(18 September 2008)</small>
| biggest away win   = [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]] 1–5 [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]<br><small>(4 February 2009)</small>
| highest scoring    = [[Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]] 6–3 [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]<br><small>(3 October 2008)</small>
| highest attendance = 90,000 <br> [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]&nbsp;– [[S.C. Damash Gilan|Damash]] <br> <small>(25 September 2008)</small> <br> [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]&nbsp;– [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] <br> <small>(3 October 2008)</small> <br> [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]&nbsp;– [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] <br> <small>(13 February 2009)</small>
| lowest attendance  = 0 <small>(spectator ban)</small> <br> [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]&nbsp;– [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]] <br> <small>(9 August 2008)</small>
| attendance         = 2,731,000
| average attendance = 8,954
| longest wins       = 6 matches<br>[[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]
| longest unbeaten   = 13 matches<br>[[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]
| longest winless    = 27 matches<br>[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
| longest losses     = 3 matches<br>[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
| prevseason         = [[2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup|2007–08]]
| nextseason         = [[2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup|2009–10]]
}}

The '''2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup''' (also known as '''Iran Pro League''') was the 26th season of [[Persian Gulf Pro League|Iran's Football League]] and eighth season of [[Persian Gulf Pro League|Iran Pro League]] since its establishment in 2001. [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] were the [[2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup|defending champions]]. The season featured 15 teams from the [[2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup]] and two new teams promoted from the [[2007–08 Azadegan League]]: [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam Mashhad]] as champions and [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]. [[S.C. Damash Gilan|Damash]] replaced [[Pegah Gilan F.C.|Pegah]]. The league started on 4 August 2008 and ended on 26 April 2009. [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] won the Pro League title for the second time in their history (total seventh Iranian title).

==Teams==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: Left;"
!width=90|Team
!width=65|City
!width=100|Venue 
!width=30|Capacity
!width=205|Head coach  
!width=220|Team captain  
!width=50|Past Season
|-
| align="left" | [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]||[[Mashhad]]||[[Samen Stadium|Samen]]||align="Center"|35,000 || {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Hanteh]] ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Saeed Khani]] ||align="Center"|4th
|-
| align="left" | [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]||[[Shiraz]]||[[Hafezieh Stadium|Hafezieh]]||align="Center"|20,000||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Rasoul Korbekandi]]||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Sattar Zare]]||align="Center"|7th
|-
| align="left" | [[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash Gilan]]||[[Rasht]]||[[Sardar Jangal Stadium|Sardar Jangal]]||align="Center"|15,000||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Stanko Poklepović]]||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohammad Reza Mahdavi]] ||align="Center"|15th
|-
| align="left" | [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Est. Ahvaz]]||[[Ahvaz]]||[[Takhti Stadium (Ahvaz)|Takhti Ahvaz]]||align="Center"|30,000||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Khodadad Azizi]]||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Afshin Komaei]]||align="Center"|8th
|-
| align="left" | [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]||[[Tehran]]||[[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]||align="Center"|90,000||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Amir Ghalenoei]]||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Farhad Majidi]] ||align="Center"|13th
|-
| align="left" | [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]  ||[[Ahvaz]]||[[Takhti Stadium (Ahvaz)|Takhti Ahvaz]]||align="Center"|15,000||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Majid Jalali]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Badavi]]||align="Center"|Qualifier
|-
| align="left" | [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]]||[[Bandar-e Anzali|Anzali]]||Takhti Anzali||align="Center"|8,000||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohammad Ahmadzadeh]]||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Masoud Gholamalizad]]||align="Center"|16th
|-
| align="left" | [[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]||[[Kerman]]||[[Shahid Bahonar Stadium|Shahid Bahonar]]||align="Center"|15,000||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Parviz Mazloomi]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Farzad Hosseinkhani]]||align="Center"|10th
|-
| align="left" | [[Moghavemat Sepasi F.C.|Moghavemat]]||[[Shiraz]]||[[Hafezieh Stadium|Hafezieh]]||align="Center"|20,000||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Gholam Hossein Peyrovani]]||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mostafa Sabri]]||align="Center"|14th 
|-
| align="left" | [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|Pas Hamedan]]||[[Hamedan]]||[[Ghods Stadium|Ghods]]||align="Center"|5,000||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Vinko Begovic]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Omid Khouraj]] ||align="Center"|5th
|-
| align="left" | [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]||[[Qazvin]]||[[Shahid Rajaei Stadium|Shahid Rajaei]]||align="Center"|5,000||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ali Asghar Modir Roosta]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi]] ||align="Center"|9th
|-
| align="left" | [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]] ||[[Mashhad]]|| [[Samen Stadium|Samen]]||align="Center"|35,000 ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian|Kazem Ghiyasiyan]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Hasheminasab]]||align="Center"|Qualifier
|-
| align="left" | [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]||[[Tehran]]||[[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]||align="Center"|90,000||{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Nelo Vingada]] || {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Karim Bagheri]]||align="Center"|Champion
|-
| align="left" | [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]]||[[Rey, Iran]] || [[Rah Ahan Stadium|Rah Ahan]]||align="Center"|15,000|||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Tartar]] ||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ahmad Taghavi]]||align="Center"|12th
|-
| align="left" | [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]||[[Qom]]||[[Yadegar Emam Stadium|Yadegar Emam]]||align="Center"|15,000||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Firouz Karimi]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Yahya Golmohammadi]] ||align="Center"|3rd
|-
| align="left" | [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]||[[Karaj]]||[[Enghelab Stadium (Karaj)|Enghelab Karaj]]||align="Center"|15,000||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Mayeli Kohan]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ebrahim Sadeghi]]||align="Center"|11th
|-
| align="left" | [[Sepahan]]||[[Esfahan]]||[[Foolad Shahr Stadium|Foolad Shahr]]||align="Center"|25,000||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Farhad Kazemi]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Moharram Navidkia]] ||align="Center"|2nd
|-
| align="left" | [[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]]||[[Esfahan]]||[[Foolad Shahr Stadium|Foolad Shahr]]||align="Center"|25,000||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mansour Ebrahimzadeh]]||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Salsali]]||align="Center"|6th 
|-
|}

*In October 2008 [[Pegah Gilan]] terminated their sports activities due to financial problems. Damash Iranian (Damash Mineral Water Company) owned by [[Amir Abedini]] took over their license. New club named Damash Gilan.

Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Name
! Nationality
|-
| [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]
| [[Hadi Bargizar]]
| {{Flagicon|Iran}}
|-
| [[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash Gilan]]
| [[Bijan Zolfagharnasab]]
| {{Flagicon|Iran}}
|-
| [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]]
| [[Davoud Mahabadi]]
| {{Flagicon|Iran}}
|-
| [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]
| [[Pierre Littbarski]]
| {{Flagicon|GER}}
|-
| [[Sepahan]]
| [[Engin Firat]] 
| {{Flagicon|TUR}} {{flagicon|GER}}
|-
| [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
| [[Afshin Ghotbi]] 
| {{flagicon|IRN}} {{flagicon|USA}}
|-
| [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]]
| [[Khodadad Azizi]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]
| [[Amir Hossein Peyrovani]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[Sepahan]]
| [[Hossein Charkhabi]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}} 
|-
| [[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash Gilan]]
| [[Hossein Abdi]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}} 
|-
| [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
| [[Mohammad Abbasi]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}} 
|-
| [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]]
| [[Abbas Chamanyan]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
| [[Afshin Peyrovani]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Est. Ahvaz]]
| [[Akbar Misaghian]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
| [[Farshad Pious]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]]
| [[Majid Hosseinipour]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}} 
|-
| [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]]
| [[Mahmoud Yavari]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]
| [[Ali Asghar Modir Roosta]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|-
| [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]
| [[Ali Hanteh]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}}
|}

==Foreign players==
{|class="wikitable"
! width="180" | Club
! width="180" | Player 1
! width="180" | Player 2
! width="180" | Player 3
! width="180" | Player 4
! width="180" | Former Players
|-
| [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]
| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Jean Black Ngody]]'''
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Daniel Olerum]]
| {{flagicon|Togo}} '''[[Abdou Moumouni]]'''
| {{flagicon|Togo}} [[Franck Atsou]]
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Jassim Ghulam Al-Hamd|Jassim Ghulam]] <br> {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Fuad Salihović]]
|-
| [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
| {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Alen Avdić]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[William Teixera (footballer, born 1981)|William Teixera]]
|
|
| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Martín Barlocco]]
|-
| [[S.C. Damash Gilan|Damash Gilan]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Adriano Alves]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ivan Dragičević]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]]
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Ahmed Kadhim]]
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Mohammed Nasser Shakroun|Mohammed Nasser]]
| {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} [[Marjan Belčev]]
|
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Haitham Khadim Taher]]
|-
| [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Januário]]
| {{flagicon|Peru}} '''[[Rinaldo Cruzado]]'''
|
|
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Fabrício Ceará]]
|-
| [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]]
| {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Alen Bašić]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Alves (footballer, born 1982)|Felipe Alves]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Edinho (footballer, born May 1982)|Edinho]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Zaltron]]
| {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Sékou Fofana]]
|
|
|-
| [[Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.|Moghavemat]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]]
| {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} '''[[Shakhboz Erkinov]]'''
|
|
|
| {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mario Garba]]
|-
| [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Christian Carvalho]]'''
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Payam Khorasan F.C.|Payam]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Diego Máximo|Diego]]
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Shpejtim Arifi]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Wésley Brasilia]]'''
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Ibrahima Touré]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ivan Petrović (footballer, born 1980)|Ivan Petrović]]
|
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulão (footballer, born 1985)|Paulão]]
|-
| [[Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.|Rah Ahan]]
| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Álvaro Pintos]]
|
|
|
| {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Hamlet Mkhitaryan (footballer, born 1973)|Hamlet Mkhitaryan]] <br> {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[César Pellegrín]]
|-
| [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]
| {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Almir Tolja]]
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]
| {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Alou Traoré]]
| {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Issa Traoré]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]]
| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Jacques Elong Elong]]
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail]]
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Emad Mohammed]]
| {{flagicon|Mozambique}} [[Armando Sá]]
|
|-
| [[Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Igor Castro]]
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} '''[[Iman Shirazi]]'''
| {{flagicon|Kosovo}} [[Bajram Nebihi]]
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Issa Ndoye]]
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Haider Obeid]]
|-
|}

==League standings==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table |main |style=WDL
|source=[http://www.iplstats.com/tableoverall.htm IPL Stats], [https://int.soccerway.com/national/iran/premier-league/20172018/regular-season/r36645/ Soccerway]

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|team1=EST
|team2=ZOB
|team3=MES
|team4=SEP
|team5=PER
|team6=SAB
|team7=FOL
|team8=PAY
|team9=FAJ
|team10=SAI
|team11=RAH
|team12=PAS
|team13=MLV
|team14=ESA
|team15=ABU
|team16=PAM
|team17=PEG
|team18=BAR

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|result1=CLGS |result2=CLGS |result3=CLGS |result4=CLGS | result16=REL |result17=REL |result18=REL

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|update=1 September 2018
|win_EST=19 |draw_EST=9 |loss_EST=6 |gf_EST=70 |ga_EST=34 |status_EST=C
|win_ESA=11 |draw_ESA=6 |loss_ESA=17 |gf_ESA=37 |ga_ESA=54
|win_FOL=13 |draw_FOL=11 |loss_FOL=10 |gf_FOL=50 |ga_FOL=41
|win_PAS=10 |draw_PAS=10 |loss_PAS=14 |gf_PAS=40 |ga_PAS=47
|win_ABU=8 |draw_ABU=11 |loss_ABU=15 |gf_ABU=34 |ga_ABU=41
|win_PAY=13 |draw_PAY=8 |loss_PAY=13 |gf_PAY=43 |ga_PAY=42
|win_PER=15 |draw_PER=10 |loss_PER=9 |gf_PER=50 |ga_PER=41
|win_SAI=10 |draw_SAI=12 |loss_SAI=12 |gf_SAI=43 |ga_SAI=50
|win_BAR=5 |draw_BAR=9 |loss_BAR=20 |gf_BAR=35 |ga_BAR=54 |status_BAR=R
|win_SEP=14 |draw_SEP=14 |loss_SEP=6 |gf_SEP=46 |ga_SEP=34
|win_FAJ=11 |draw_FAJ=11 |loss_FAJ=12 |gf_FAJ=33 |ga_FAJ=37
|win_MLV=9 |draw_MLV=13 |loss_MLV=12 |gf_MLV=31 |ga_MLV=43
|win_ZOB=19 |draw_ZOB=9 |loss_ZOB=6 |gf_ZOB=58 |ga_ZOB=42
|win_PEG=6 |draw_PEG=13 |loss_PEG=15 |gf_PEG=40 |ga_PEG=56 |status_PEG=R
|win_SHM=4 |draw_SHM=11 |loss_SHM=15 |gf_SHM=19 |ga_SHM=39
|win_SAB=12|draw_SAB=17|loss_SAB=5|gf_SAB=49|ga_SAB=36
|win_RAH=11 |draw_RAH=8|loss_RAH=15 |gf_RAH=35|ga_RAH=41
|win_SHG=4 |draw_SHG=7 |loss_SHG=19 |gf_SHG=21 |ga_SHG=43
|win_MES=17 |draw_MES=10 |loss_MES=7 |gf_MES=54 |ga_MES=36
|win_SNA=9 |draw_SNA=8 |loss_SNA=17 |gf_SNA=37 |ga_SNA=46
|win_SHF=3 |draw_SHF=12 |loss_SHF=19 |gf_SHF=25 |ga_SHF=59
|win_PAM=9 |draw_PAM=8 |loss_PAM=17 |gf_PAM=33 |ga_PAM=52 |status_PAM=R

<!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)-->
|name_EST=[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
|name_ESA=[[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Est. Ahvaz]]
|name_FOL=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]
|name_PAY=[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]
|name_PAM=[[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]]
|name_PER=[[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
|name_SAI=[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]
|name_SAB=[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]]
|name_MLV=[[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]]
|name_SEP=[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
|name_ZOB=[[Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]]
|name_ABU= [[F.C. Aboumoslem|Aboumoslem]]
|name_BAR= [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh]]
|name_FAJ= [[Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.|Fajr]]
|name_PAS= [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|Pas Hamedan]]
|name_PEG= [[S.C. Damash Gilan|Damash]]
|name_RAH= [[Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.|Rah Ahan]]
|name_MES= [[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes]]
<!--Table settings and rules-->
|show_limit=5
|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=76&view=rules|title=PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules|publisher=Scoresway|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504111448/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=76&view=rules|archive-date=4 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions-->
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CLGS=green1 |text_CLGS=Qualification for the [[2010 AFC Champions League]]
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to the [[2009–10 Azadegan League]]

}}</onlyinclude>

{{winners||Champions|[[Esteghlal F.C.]]}}

==Results table==

''Last updated April 26, 2009''

{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=ABU|team2=BGH|team3=EST|team4=ESA|team5=MLV
|team6=MES|team7=PAS|team8=PAY|team9=PYM|team10=DMG
|team11=PRS|team12=RAH|team13=SAB|team14=SAP|team15=SEP
|team16=FOL|team17=MVT|team18=ZOB

|name_ABU=[[F.C. Aboumoslem|Aboumoslem]]
|match_ABU_BGH=1–1
|match_ABU_EST=0–2
|match_ABU_ESA=0–1
|match_ABU_MLV=2–2
|match_ABU_MES=1–1
|match_ABU_PAS=2–1
|match_ABU_PAY=1–0
|match_ABU_PYM=1–1
|match_ABU_DMG=3–2
|match_ABU_PRS=4–3
|match_ABU_RAH=0–0
|match_ABU_SAB=1–0
|match_ABU_SAP=0–0
|match_ABU_SEP=1–2
|match_ABU_FOL=1–2
|match_ABU_MVT=1–2
|match_ABU_ZOB=4–0

|name_BGH=[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
|match_BGH_ABU=2–2
|match_BGH_EST=1–4
|match_BGH_ESA=0–3
|match_BGH_MLV=3–0
|match_BGH_MES=4–1
|match_BGH_PAS=2–0
|match_BGH_PAY=1–2
|match_BGH_PYM=0–1
|match_BGH_DMG=1–1
|match_BGH_PRS=1–1
|match_BGH_RAH=0–1
|match_BGH_SAB=1–2
|match_BGH_SAP=1–2
|match_BGH_SEP=1–1
|match_BGH_FOL=1–1
|match_BGH_MVT=1–2
|match_BGH_ZOB=1–2

|name_EST=[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
|match_EST_ABU=2–0
|match_EST_BGH=1–1
|match_EST_ESA=6–0
|match_EST_MLV=3–0
|match_EST_MES=2–1
|match_EST_PAS=1–0
|match_EST_PAY=3–2
|match_EST_PYM=5–0
|match_EST_DMG=4–2
|match_EST_PRS=[[Tehran derby|1–1]]
|match_EST_RAH=2–1
|match_EST_SAB=2–1
|match_EST_SAP=1–1
|match_EST_SEP=[[Esteghlal–Sepahan rivalry|1–1]]
|match_EST_FOL=0–1
|match_EST_MVT=5–2
|match_EST_ZOB=2–0

|name_ESA=[[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Est. Ahvaz]]
|match_ESA_ABU=1–3
|match_ESA_BGH=1–0
|match_ESA_EST=0–3
|match_ESA_MLV=3–0
|match_ESA_MES=1–0
|match_ESA_PAS=0–0
|match_ESA_PAY=2–3
|match_ESA_PYM=1–0
|match_ESA_DMG=1–1
|match_ESA_PRS=2–1
|match_ESA_RAH=1–1
|match_ESA_SAB=1–1
|match_ESA_SAP=3–1
|match_ESA_SEP=1–3
|match_ESA_FOL=0–1
|match_ESA_MVT=1–1
|match_ESA_ZOB=0–2

|name_MLV=[[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]]
|match_MLV_ABU=0–0
|match_MLV_BGH=1–0
|match_MLV_EST=2–2
|match_MLV_ESA=1–0
|match_MLV_MES=1–0
|match_MLV_PAS=2–1
|match_MLV_PAY=1–1
|match_MLV_PYM=0–1
|match_MLV_DMG=[[El Gilano|1–1]]
|match_MLV_PRS=2–2
|match_MLV_RAH=0–1
|match_MLV_SAB=1–1
|match_MLV_SAP=2–2
|match_MLV_SEP=1–1
|match_MLV_FOL=3–0
|match_MLV_MVT=1–0
|match_MLV_ZOB=1–1

|name_MES=[[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]
|match_MES_ABU=3–1
|match_MES_BGH=2–1
|match_MES_EST=1–0
|match_MES_ESA=4–0
|match_MES_MLV=1–0
|match_MES_PAS=2–0
|match_MES_PAY=4–0
|match_MES_PYM=3–3
|match_MES_DMG=1–0
|match_MES_PRS=1–1
|match_MES_RAH=2–1
|match_MES_SAB=3–1
|match_MES_SAP=1–1
|match_MES_SEP=2–1
|match_MES_FOL=3–2
|match_MES_MVT=2–0
|match_MES_ZOB=2–2

|name_PAS=[[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]]
|match_PAS_ABU=2–1
|match_PAS_BGH=1–0
|match_PAS_EST=2–4
|match_PAS_ESA=5–1
|match_PAS_MLV=0–0
|match_PAS_MES=1–1
|match_PAS_PAY=2–0
|match_PAS_PYM=1–0
|match_PAS_DMG=3–3
|match_PAS_PRS=0–3
|match_PAS_RAH=1–0
|match_PAS_SAB=0–0
|match_PAS_SAP=2–1
|match_PAS_SEP=0–0
|match_PAS_FOL=0–0
|match_PAS_MVT=1–1
|match_PAS_ZOB=2–2

|name_PAY=[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]
|match_PAY_ABU=2–0
|match_PAY_BGH=1–0
|match_PAY_EST=1–1
|match_PAY_ESA=1–0
|match_PAY_MLV=3–1
|match_PAY_MES=1–1
|match_PAY_PAS=1–0
|match_PAY_PYM=2–0
|match_PAY_DMG=2–0
|match_PAY_PRS=2–2
|match_PAY_RAH=0–1
|match_PAY_SAB=0–1
|match_PAY_SAP=0–2
|match_PAY_SEP=0–1
|match_PAY_FOL=0–1
|match_PAY_MVT=2–2
|match_PAY_ZOB=1–2

|name_PYM=[[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam Mashhad]]
|match_PYM_ABU=1–0
|match_PYM_BGH=1–2
|match_PYM_EST=0–1
|match_PYM_ESA=2–1
|match_PYM_MLV=2–0
|match_PYM_MES=1–2
|match_PYM_PAS=1–4
|match_PYM_PAY=1–1
|match_PYM_DMG=3–2
|match_PYM_PRS=1–2
|match_PYM_RAH=2–1
|match_PYM_SAB=1–1
|match_PYM_SAP=1–3
|match_PYM_SEP=2–2
|match_PYM_FOL=1–2
|match_PYM_MVT=0–1
|match_PYM_ZOB=1–3

|name_DMG=[[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash]]
|match_DMG_ABU=1–0
|match_DMG_BGH=3–1
|match_DMG_EST=1–0
|match_DMG_ESA=2–4
|match_DMG_MLV=[[El Gilano|1–2]]
|match_DMG_MES=2–2
|match_DMG_PAS=1–0
|match_DMG_PAY=1–0
|match_DMG_PYM=1–1
|match_DMG_PRS=1–2
|match_DMG_RAH=2–2
|match_DMG_SAB=1–2
|match_DMG_SAP=1–1
|match_DMG_SEP=1–1
|match_DMG_FOL=0–1
|match_DMG_MVT=1–1
|match_DMG_ZOB=2–1

|name_PRS=[[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
|match_PRS_ABU=1–0
|match_PRS_BGH=3–1
|match_PRS_EST=[[Tehran derby|1–1]]
|match_PRS_ESA=1–0
|match_PRS_MLV=0–2
|match_PRS_MES=0–1
|match_PRS_PAS=3–1
|match_PRS_PAY=2–1
|match_PRS_PYM=1–0
|match_PRS_DMG=2–0
|match_PRS_RAH=2–0
|match_PRS_SAB=2–2
|match_PRS_SAP=1–1
|match_PRS_SEP=[[Persepolis and Sepahan rivalry|3–2]]
|match_PRS_FOL=1–0
|match_PRS_MVT=1–2
|match_PRS_ZOB=2–2

|name_RAH=[[Rah Ahan Yazdan F.C.|Rah Ahan]]
|match_RAH_ABU=3–0
|match_RAH_BGH=3–0
|match_RAH_EST=1–5
|match_RAH_ESA=2–2
|match_RAH_MLV=1–0
|match_RAH_MES=0–1
|match_RAH_PAS=2–1
|match_RAH_PAY=1–4
|match_RAH_PYM=0–0
|match_RAH_DMG=1–0
|match_RAH_PRS=1–2
|match_RAH_SAB=1–1
|match_RAH_SAP=1–2
|match_RAH_SEP=0–1
|match_RAH_FOL=2–1
|match_RAH_MVT=0–0
|match_RAH_ZOB=0–1

|name_SAB=[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]
|match_SAB_ABU=1–0
|match_SAB_BGH=2–2
|match_SAB_EST=3–1
|match_SAB_ESA=2–0
|match_SAB_MLV=3–0
|match_SAB_MES=1–3
|match_SAB_PAS=3–1
|match_SAB_PAY=1–1
|match_SAB_PYM=0–0
|match_SAB_DMG=2–2
|match_SAB_PRS=2–0
|match_SAB_RAH=1–1
|match_SAB_SAP=2–0
|match_SAB_SEP=1–1
|match_SAB_FOL=1–1
|match_SAB_MVT=2–0
|match_SAB_ZOB=0–0

|name_SAP=[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]
|match_SAP_ABU=0–0
|match_SAP_BGH=2–2
|match_SAP_EST=0–2
|match_SAP_ESA=3–2
|match_SAP_MLV=2–1
|match_SAP_MES=1–1
|match_SAP_PAS=1–3
|match_SAP_PAY=0–1
|match_SAP_PYM=1–2
|match_SAP_DMG=4–1
|match_SAP_PRS=0–1
|match_SAP_RAH=1–0
|match_SAP_SAB=2–4
|match_SAP_SEP=1–1
|match_SAP_FOL=3–2
|match_SAP_MVT=0–2
|match_SAP_ZOB=1–0

|name_SEP=[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
|match_SEP_ABU=2–1
|match_SEP_BGH=1–0
|match_SEP_EST=[[Esteghlal–Sepahan rivalry|2–1]]
|match_SEP_ESA=2–1
|match_SEP_MLV=0–0
|match_SEP_MES=1–0
|match_SEP_PAS=2–2
|match_SEP_PAY=2–4
|match_SEP_PYM=3–2
|match_SEP_DMG=1–1
|match_SEP_PRS=[[Persepolis and Sepahan rivalry|0–0]]
|match_SEP_RAH=2–0
|match_SEP_SAB=2–0
|match_SEP_SAP=2–0
|match_SEP_FOL=2–0
|match_SEP_MVT=0–0
|match_SEP_ZOB=[[Naqsh-e jahan derby|1–2]]

|name_FOL=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]
|match_FOL_ABU=0–0
|match_FOL_BGH=3–1
|match_FOL_EST=0–0
|match_FOL_ESA=0–2
|match_FOL_MLV=0–1
|match_FOL_MES=2–2
|match_FOL_PAS=5–1
|match_FOL_PAY=2–2
|match_FOL_PYM=3–0
|match_FOL_DMG=3–0
|match_FOL_PRS=3–2
|match_FOL_RAH=2–3
|match_FOL_SAB=2–2
|match_FOL_SAP=1–1
|match_FOL_SEP=2–2
|match_FOL_MVT=0–1
|match_FOL_ZOB=4–1

|name_MVT=[[Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.|Moghavemat]]
|match_MVT_ABU=0–0
|match_MVT_BGH=0–1
|match_MVT_EST=4–1
|match_MVT_ESA=1–0
|match_MVT_MLV=2–2
|match_MVT_MES=2–0
|match_MVT_PAS=0–1
|match_MVT_PAY=1–2
|match_MVT_PYM=0–1
|match_MVT_DMG=1–1
|match_MVT_PRS=1–0
|match_MVT_RAH=1–3
|match_MVT_SAB=1–1
|match_MVT_SAP=0–0
|match_MVT_SEP=1–0
|match_MVT_FOL=0–1
|match_MVT_ZOB=0–2

|name_ZOB=[[Zob Ahan Isfahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]]
|match_ZOB_ABU=0–3
|match_ZOB_BGH=2–1
|match_ZOB_EST=1–1
|match_ZOB_ESA=1–1
|match_ZOB_MLV=3–0
|match_ZOB_MES=1–0
|match_ZOB_PAS=2–1
|match_ZOB_PAY=2–0
|match_ZOB_PYM=2–0
|match_ZOB_DMG=2–1
|match_ZOB_PRS=3–1
|match_ZOB_RAH=1–0
|match_ZOB_SAB=2–2
|match_ZOB_SAP=6–3
|match_ZOB_SEP=[[Naqsh-e jahan derby|2–1]]
|match_ZOB_FOL=2–2
|match_ZOB_MVT=3–1

|update=complete
|source=[http://www.iplstats.com/ http://www.iplstats.com/] 
}}

==Player statistics==

=== Top scorers===
[[File:Arash Borhani in press conference.jpg|thumbnail|Arash Borhani]]
<!-- Note: Top ten are sorted by last name when on equal number of goals -->
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50px" |Position
! Player
! Club
! width="50px" | Goals
|-
|align="center"|1
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Arash Borhani]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8707170447 |title=رحيمي مقدم: آرش برهاني گل اول استقلال را نزد |access-date=2011-04-01 |archive-date=2012-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313044927/http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8707170447 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/history?view=matchdate&id=7&displayresults=yes&badges_ondisplay=yes&venue_id=10 |title=Season: IPL2008-2009 Week: 10 |access-date=2011-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231022412/http://persianleague.com/index.php/history?view=matchdate&id=7&displayresults=yes&badges_ondisplay=yes&venue_id=10 |archive-date=2010-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=105&view=player&sid=7 |title=Profile of Arash Borhani - IPL 2008-2009 |access-date=2011-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103110135/http://persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=105&view=player&sid=7 |archive-date=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irangoals.com/2008/10/07/video-esteghlal-tehran-moghavemat-shiraz-2/ |title=Video of the goal |access-date=2011-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928012457/http://www.irangoals.com/2008/10/07/video-esteghlal-tehran-moghavemat-shiraz-2/ |archive-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/scorers.htm Iranian Premier League Stats: 2008-2009 Season]</ref><ref>Arash Borhani has 12 Goals in 1/2 season: http://ffiri.ir/html/images/lig8/5.jpg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722014551/http://ffiri.ir/html/images/lig8/5.jpg |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref>
| [[Esteghlal FC|Esteghlal]]
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''20'''
|-
|align="center"|2
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Shpejtim Arifi]]
| [[Payam Mashhad|Payam]]
|align=center|'''18'''
|-
|align="center"|3
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Igor José Marigo de Castro|Igor Castro]]
| [[Zob Ahan FC|Zob Ahan]]
|align=center|'''16'''
|-
|align="center"|4
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Afshin Chavoshi]]
| [[Damash Gilan]]
|align=center|'''15'''
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|5
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Fereydoon Fazli]]
| [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|'''14'''
|-
| {{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Emad Mohammed]]
| [[Sepahan]]
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|6
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Siavash Akbarpour]]
| [[Esteghlal FC|Esteghlal]]
|rowspan=3 align=center|'''12'''
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adriano Alvez]]
| [[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash Gilan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Davoud Haghi]]
| [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]]
|-
|rowspan=5 align="center"|8
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Maysam Baou]]
| [[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]

|rowspan=5 align=center|'''11'''
|-
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Faraz Fatemi]]
| [[Mes Kerman]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Iman Haydari]]
| [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Jalal Rafkhaei]]
| [[Malavan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Ibrahima Touré]]
| [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center|11
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Farid Abedi]]
| [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]
|rowspan=5 align=center|'''10'''
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Éder Luciano|Edinho]]
| [[Mes Kerman]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (footballer, born 1983)|Mohammad Reza Khalatbari]]
| [[Zob Ahan FC|Zob Ahan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRI}} [[Amin Motevaselzadeh]]
| [[Moghavemat Sepasi]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Issa Traoré]]
| [[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]
|- align="center"
|20
|colspan=2| ''5 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''9'''
|- align="center"
|25
|colspan=2| ''6 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''8'''
|- align="center"
|31
|colspan=2| ''2 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''7'''
|- align="center"
|33
|colspan=2| ''8 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''6'''
|- align="center"
|41
|colspan=2| ''18 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''5'''
|- align="center"
|58
|colspan=2| ''23 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''4'''
|- align="center"
|81
|colspan=2| ''18 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''3'''
|- align="center"
|99
|colspan=2| ''26 players''
|rowspan=1 align=center|'''2'''
|- align="center"
|125
|colspan=2| ''95 players''
|'''1'''
|-
|colspan=3 align="center"|''Own goals''
|align="center"|0
|-
|bgcolor=#F2F2F2 colspan=3 align=center|'''Total goals'''
|align="center"|'''777'''
|}
<small>Last updated: 11 April 2009<br />Source: [http://www.iplstats.com/scorers.htm Iplstats.com]</small>

===Cards===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!wight=200|Player
!width=40|[[Image:Yellow card.svg|13px]]
!width=40|[[Image:Yellow card.svg|13px]][[Image:Red card.svg|13px]]
!width=40|[[Image:Red card.svg|13px]]
!wight=180|Team
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohammad Matouri]]||10||0||1||style="text-align:left"| [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam Mashhad]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (footballer, born 1983)|Mohammad Reza Khalatbari]]||10||1||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohsen Arzani]]||8||1||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam Mashhad]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Alireza Jalili]]||9||0||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam Mashhad]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Morteza Bargizar]]||9||0||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam Mashhad]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohammad AghaMohammadi]]||9||0||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Est. Ahvaz]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Meysam Khosravi]]||9||0||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adriano Alvez]]||9||0||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash Gilan]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohsen Bengar]]||7||1||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Sepahan]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Omid Khouraj]]||5||1||2||style="text-align:left"| [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Hanif Omranzadeh]]||7||1||0||style="text-align:left"| [[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht]]||7||0||1||style="text-align:left"| [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Maziar Zare]]||8||0||0||style="text-align:left"| [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
|-
|}

===Matches played===

;33
* {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Morteza Ebrahimi]] ([[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes]])
* {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Vahid Taleblou]] ([[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]])

==Sponsorship==
* Referee's Sponsor: '''[http://www.gerad.ir/ GERAD]'''
* Referee's Supplier: '''[http://www.majidsoccer.com/ Merooj]'''

'''Team Shirt manufacturers'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Team
!Kit Manufacturer
|-
|[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
|rowspan=4|'''[[Uhlsport]]'''
|-
|[[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]
|-
|[[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]]
|-
|[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]
|-
|[[F.C. Aboomoslem|Aboomoslem]]
|rowspan=10|'''[http://www.majidsoccer.com/ Merooj]'''
|-
|[[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Esteghlal Ahvaz]]
|-
|[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]
|-
|[[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]
|-
|[[Moghavemat Sepasi F.C.|Moghavemat]]
|-
|[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]
|-
|[[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]]
|-
|[[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash Gilan]]
|-
|[[Saba Battery F.C.|Saba]]
|-
|[[Zob Ahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]]
|-
|[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh]]
|rowspan=2|'''[[Daei Sport's Wears & Equipments|Daei SWE]]'''
|-
|[[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]]
|-
|[[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]]
|rowspan=2|'''Nahangi'''
|-
|[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]
|}

==Attendances==

===Average home attendances===
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{{fb a2 team|p=1   |t=[[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]|s=651000|h=90000 |l=0     |a=40688 |pr=60000 }}
{{fb a2 team|p=2   |t=[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]|s=615000|h=90000 |l=10000 |a=36176 |pr=34706 }}
{{fb a2 team|p=3   |t=[[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]]|s=123000|h=15000 |l=1000  |a=7235  |pr=8176  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=4   |t=[[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]]|s=116000|h=15000 |l=3000  |a=6824  |pr=10563 }}
{{fb a2 team|p=5   |t=[[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]]|s=115000|h=20000 |l=1000  |a=6765  |pr=5235  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=6   |t=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]|s=109000|h=20000 |l=2000  |a=6412  |pr      =}}
{{fb a2 team|p=7   |t=[[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam]]|s=103000|h=40000 |l=1000  |a=6059  |pr      =}}
{{fb a2 team|p=8   |t=[[Sepahan F.C.|Sepahan]]|s=98000 |h=15000 |l=2000  |a=5765  |pr=6273  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=9   |t=[[F.C. Aboumoslem|Aboumoslem]]|s=90000 |h=35000 |l=1000  |a=5294  |pr=6941  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=10  |t=[[Saipa F.C.|Saipa]]|s=89000 |h=50000 |l=1000  |a=5235  |pr=8412  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=11  |t=[[Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.|Moghavemat]]|s=86000 |h=20000 |l=1000  |a=5059  |pr=4294  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=12  |t=[[Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.|Est. Ahvaz]]|s=85000 |h=20000 |l=1000  |a=5000  |pr=7938  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=12  |t=[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Qom]]|s=85000 |h=15000 |l=1000  |a=5000  |pr=7412  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=14  |t=[[Zob Ahan Isfahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]]|s=84000 |h=15000 |l=2000  |a=4941  |pr=3176  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=14  |t=[[Rah Ahan Yazdan F.C.|Rah Ahan]]|s=84000 |h=40000 |l=1000  |a=4941  |pr=2647  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=16  |t=[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]]|s=68000 |h=12000 |l=1000  |a=4000  |pr=3765  }}
{{fb a2 team|p=17  |t=[[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash]]|s=67000 |h=15000 |l=1000  |a=3941  |pr      =}}
{{fb a2 team|p=18  |t=[[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]]|s=63000 |h=12000 |l=1000  |a=3706  |pr=6824  }}
{{fb a footer|s=2731000 |h=90000 |l=0 |a=8954 |pr=11235 |u=26 April 2009 |source=[http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/start.htm iplstats.com] |notes=Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances<br>[[Pegah Gilan F.C.|Pegah]], [[Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.|Sanat Naft]] and [[Rahian Kermanshah F.C.|Shirin Faraz]] played last season in [[Azadegan League]] <br> [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] moved from [[Tehran]] to [[Qazvin]] <br> [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Battery]] moved from [[Tehran]] to [[Qom]] <br> [[S.C. Damash Gilan|Damash]] replaced [[Pegah Gilan F.C.|Pegah]] |date=May 2015}}

===Highest attendances===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Home team
! Score
! Away team
! Attendance
! Date
! Week
! Stadium
|-
|align=center rowspan="3" |1 ||Persepolis ||align=center |2–0||Damash ||align=center |90,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|9|25}} ||align=center| 8 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|Persepolis ||align=center |1–1||Esteghlal ||align=center |90,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|10|3}} ||align=center| 9 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|Esteghlal ||align=center |1–1||Persepolis ||align=center |90,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2009|2|13}} ||align=center| 26 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|align=center rowspan="4" |4 ||Persepolis ||align=center |0–1||Mes Kerman ||align=center |60,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|9|11}} ||align=center| 6 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|Persepolis ||align=center |3–2||Sepahan ||align=center |60,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|10|26}} ||align=center| 12 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|Persepolis ||align=center |1–1||Saipa ||align=center |60,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|12|9}} ||align=center| 18 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|Esteghlal ||align=center |2–1||Saba Qom ||align=center |60,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2009|1|23}} ||align=center| 23 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|align=center |8 ||Persepolis ||align=center |3–1||Bargh Shiraz ||align=center |55,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|10|22}} ||align=center| 11 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|align=center rowspan="2" |9 ||Saipa ||align=center |1–1||Persepolis ||align=center |50,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|8|4}} ||align=center| 1 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|Esteghlal ||align=center |2–1||Rah Ahan ||align=center |50,000 ||{{start date|df=yes|2008|9|27}} ||align=center| 8 || [[Azadi Stadium|Azadi]]
|-
|}
<small>'''Notes:'''<br>Updated to games played on 26 April 2009. Source: [http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/start.htm iplstats.com]</small>

==See also==
* [[2008–09 Azadegan League]]
* [[2008–09 Iran Football's 2nd Division]]
* [[2008–09 Iran Football's 3rd Division]]
* [[2008–09 Hazfi Cup]]
* [[Iranian Super Cup]]
* [[2008–09 Iranian Futsal Super League]]

==References==
<references/>
* [http://www.iplstats.com/ Iran Premier League Statistics]
* [http://www.persianleague.com/ Persian League]
* [https://int.soccerway.com/national/iran/premier-league/2008–2009/regular-season/ Soccerway]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081220173427/http://ffiri.ir/html/images/Bazikonan.pdf Bazikonan]
{{Iranian football top flight seasons}}
{{Iran Pro League seasons}}
{{2008–09 in Iranian football}}
{{2009 in Asian Football (AFC)}}

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