The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2008/09 football season. This season will be the 8th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League (Persian Gulf Cup). Persepolis are the defending champions.
| Team | City | Venue | Capacity | Head Coach | Team Captain | Past Season |
| Aboomoslem | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 | - |  Saeed Khani | 4th |
| Bargh Shiraz | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 20,000 | Rasoul Korbekandi | Sattar Zare | 7th |
| Damash Gilan | Rasht | Sardar Jangal | 15,000 |  Stanko Poklepović | Mohammad Reza Mahdavi | 15th |
| Est. Ahvaz | Ahvaz | Takhti Ahvaz | 30,000 | Khodadad Azizi | Afshin Komaei | 8th |
| Esteghlal | Tehran | Azadi | 90,000 | Amir Ghalenoei | Farhad Majidi | 13th |
| Foolad | Ahvaz | Takhti Ahvaz | 15,000 | Majid Jalali | Ali Badavi | Qualifier |
| Malavan | Anzali | Takhti Anzali | 20,000 | Mohammad Ahmadzadeh | Masoud Gholamalizad | 16th |
| Mes Kerman | Kerman | Shahid Bahonar | 15,000 | Parviz Mazloomi | Farzad Hosseinkhani | 10th |
| Moghavemat | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 20,000 | Gholam Hossein Peyrovani | Mostafa Sabri | 14th |
| Pas Hamedan | Hamedan | Ghods | 5,000 | Vinko Begovic | Omid Khouraj | 5th |
| Paykan | Qazvin | Shahid Rajaei | 5,000 | Ali Asghar Modir Roosta | Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi | 9th |
| Payam | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 | Kazem Ghiyasiyan | Mehdi Hasheminasab | Qualifier |
| Persepolis | Tehran | Azadi | 90,000 |  Nelo Vingada | Karim Bagheri | Champion |
| Rah Ahan | Ray | Rah Ahan | 15,000 | Mehdi Tartar | Ahmad Taghavi | 12th |
| Saba Qom | Qom | Yadegar Emam | 15,000 | Firouz Karimi | Yahya Golmohammadi | 3rd |
| Saipa | Karaj | Enghelab Karaj | 15,000 | Mohammad Mayeli Kohan | Ebrahim Sadeghi | 11th |
| Sepahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 25,000 | Farhad Kazemi | Moharram Navidkia | 2nd |
| Zob Ahan | Esfahan | Foolad Shahr | 25,000 | Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | Mohammad Salsali | 6th |
- In October 2008 Pegah 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.
[edit] League standings
Updated to games played on 26 April 2009
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/website08-09/tableoverall.htm
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
[edit] Results table
Last updated April 26, 2009
| Home \ Away1 | ABU | BGH | EST | ESA | MLV | MES | PAS | PAY | PYM | DMG | PRS | RAH | SAB | SAP | SEP | FOL | MVT | ZOB |
| Aboomoslem | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Bargh Shiraz | 2–2 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Esteghlal | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Est. Ahvaz | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Malavan | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Mes | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Pas Hamedan | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Paykan | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Payam Mashhad | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Damash Gilan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Persepolis | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Rah Ahan | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Saba Qom | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Saipa | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Sepahan | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Foolad | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Moghavemat | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 |
| Zob Ahan | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
[edit] Player Statistics
[edit] Top Goalscorers
Last updated: 11 April 2009
Source: Iplstats.com
[edit] Top Goalassistants
Last updated: 11 April 2009
Source: Iplstats.com
[edit] Matches played
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Team Shirt manufacturers
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Arash Borhani has 12 Goals in 1/2 season: http://ffiri.ir/html/images/lig8/5.jpg
- ^ برهاني آقاي گل ليگ برتر فوتبال ايران http://www.ghatreh.com/news/go.php?url=FHlaVHJ6Cg9Da1BoPzd4NmkrLi14dG8yKSZ8fkEZTFMgeSBrNiMU&news_id=3304228
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