List of Iranian football champions

Iranian League (1st tier)
Local League (1970–1972) Takht Jamshid Cup (1973–1978) Azadegan League ^{[notes 1]} (1991–2001) Pro League (2001–)
Founded
1970
Number of Teams
16
Current Champions
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Country
Iran
Most successful club
Persepolis (9 times champions)

The Iranian football champions are the annual winners of Iran Pro League, Iran's premier annual football league and former Azadegan League competition. The title has been contested since 1973, in varying forms of competition. While Persepolis has won a record 9 championship titles.

Winners

Local League (1970–72)

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
1970–71	Taj (1)	Pas Tehran	Taj Abadan	Hossein Kalani (Persepolis) (6)
1971–72	Persepolis (1)	Pas Tehran	Taj	Hossein Kalani (Persepolis) (12)

Takht Jamshid Cup (1973–78)

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
1973–74	Persepolis (2)	Taj	Pas Tehran	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Taj) Aziz Espandar (Malavan) (15)
1974–75	Taj (2)	Persepolis	Homa	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Taj) (10)
1975–76	Persepolis (3)	Homa	Pas Tehran	Nasser Nouraei (Homa) (10)
1976–77	Pas Tehran (1)	Persepolis	Shahbaz	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Shahbaz) (19)
1977–78	Pas Tehran (2)	Persepolis	Malavan	Aziz Espandar (Malavan) (16)

Qods League

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
1989–90	Esteghlal ^{[notes 2]} (3)	Persepolis	Malavan	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (Malavan) (16)

Azadegan League (1991–2001)

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
1991–92	Pas Tehran (3)	Esteghlal	Persepolis	Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (11)
1992–93	Pas Tehran (4)	Persepolis	Teraktor Sazi	Jamshid Shahmohammadi (Keshavarz) (11)
1993–94	Saipa (1)	Persepolis	Jonoob Ahvaz	Abbas Simakani (Zob Ahan) (17)
1994–95	Saipa (2)	Esteghlal	Persepolis	Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (20)
1995–96	Persepolis (4)	Bahman	Esteghlal	Mohammad Momeni (Polyacryl) (19)
1996–97	Persepolis (5)	Bahman	Sepahan	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (Bahman) (18)
1997–98	Esteghlal (4)	Pas Tehran	Zob Ahan	Hossein Khatibi (Teraktor Sazi) (16)
1998–99	Persepolis (6)	Esteghlal	Sepahan	Koroush Barmak (Teraktor Sazi) Abdoljalil Golcheshmeh (Aboomoslem) (14)
1999–2000	Persepolis (7)	Esteghlal	Fajr Sepasi	Mohanned Mehdi Al-Nadawi (Sanat Naft) (15)
2000–01	Esteghlal (5)	Persepolis	Saipa	Reza Sahebi (Zob Ahan) (14)

Iran Pro League (2001–)

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third-Place	Top scorer (club) (goals)
2001–02	Persepolis (8)	Esteghlal	Foolad	Reza Enayati (Aboomoslem) (17)
2002–03	Sepahan (1)	Pas Tehran	Persepolis	Edmund Bezik (Sepahan) (13)
2003–04	Pas Tehran (5)	Esteghlal	Foolad	Ali Daei (Persepolis) (16)
2004–05	Foolad (1)	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal	Reza Enayati (Esteghlal) (20)
2005–06	Esteghlal (6)	Pas Tehran	Saipa	Reza Enayati (Esteghlal) (21)
2006–07	Saipa (3)	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Persepolis	Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Zob Ahan) Daniel Olerum (Aboomoslem) (17)
2007–08	Persepolis (9)	Sepahan	Saba Battery	Mohsen Khalili (Persepolis) Hadi Asghari (Rah Ahan) (18)
2008–09	Esteghlal (7)	Zob Ahan	Mes Kerman	Arash Borhani (Esteghlal) (21)
2009–10	Sepahan (2)	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal	Emad Mohammed (Sepahan) (19)
2010–11	Sepahan (3)	Esteghlal	Zob Ahan	Reza Norouzi (Foolad) (24)
2011–12	Sepahan (4)	Tractor Sazi	Esteghlal	Karim Ansarifard (Saipa) (21)
2012–13	Esteghlal (8)	Tractor Sazi	Sepahan	Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan) (19)
2013–14	Foolad (2)	Persepolis	Naft Tehran	Karim Ansarifard (Tractor Sazi) (14)
2014–15	Sepahan (5)	Tractor Sazi	Naft Tehran	Éder Luciano (Tractor Sazi) (20)
2015–16	Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)	Persepolis	Esteghlal	Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis) (16)

Bold indicates Double winners – i.e. League and Hazfi Cup winners OR League and Champions League winners
Italic indicates Treble winners – i.e. League, Hazfi Cup and Champions League winners

AFC Champions League Qualified	Asian Cup Winners' Cup Qualified

Performances

Titles won by club (%)

Persepolis – 9 (28.12%)

Esteghlal – 8 (25.00%)

Pas Tehran – 5 (15.63%)

Sepahan – 5 (15.63%)

Saipa – 3 (9.37%)

Foolad – 2 (6.25%)

Clubs

The following table lists the performance of each club describing winners of the Championship.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Persepolis	9	9	1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08
Esteghlal	8	8	1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13
Pas Tehran	5	5	1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04
Sepahan	5	1	2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
Saipa	3	0	1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07
Foolad	2	0	2004–05, 2013–14
Esteghlal Khuzestan	1	0	2015–16

Total titles won by city

The following table lists the Iranian football champions by city.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Tehran	24	Persepolis (9), Esteghlal (8), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa (2)
Esfahan	5	Sepahan (5)
Ahvaz	3	Foolad (2), Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)
Karaj	1	Saipa (1)

Total titles won by province

The following table lists the Iranian football champions by Province.

Province	Titles	Winning Clubs
Tehran	24	Persepolis (9), Esteghlal (8), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa (2)
Esfahan	5	Sepahan (5)
Khuzestan	3	Foolad (2), Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)
Alborz	1	Saipa (1)

Sources

List at RSSSF

References and notes

↑ Azadegan League is now the name of the 2nd highest division in Iran, only the IPL is higher.
↑ Taj changed its name to Esteghlal in 1979.

External links

Persian Gulf Pro League

2016–17 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Machine Sazi Mashhad Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Saba Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

Former teams	Aboumoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Ahvaz Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Pegah Gilan Rah Ahan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Rahian Kermanshah Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd

Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players

Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards

Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League League 2 League 3

Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16 summer 2016

Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's)

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup

National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17

Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League

Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

Iranian football league champions

9 titles	Persepolis 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08

8 titles	Esteghlal 1970–71, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13

5 titles	Pas Tehran 1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04 Sepahan 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15

3 titles	Saipa 1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07

2 titles	Foolad 2004–05, 2013–14

1 title	Esteghlal Khuzestan 2015–16

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