Iran Football League
The highest men’s professional football level in the Iran football league system is called the Persian Gulf Pro League (Persian: لید برتر خلٌج فارس, Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs), previously known as the Iran Premier League (Persian: لٌد برتر اٌران, Lig-e bartar-e Irân). Sixteen teams compete in it throughout 30 matchdays, and the FFIRI oversees it. The top team advances to the Iranian football championship annually, while the worst two teams are demoted to the Azadegan League. You can get the live match state of all leagues and event by visiting Score808 Live matches section.
As of 2013, there are 16 teams in the league. The Hazfi Cup winners and the Persian Gulf Pro League winner go straight to the AFC Champions League Elite group rounds. AFC Champions League Elite Play-off round qualification is granted to the third Persian Gulf Pro League team. The Azadegan League is the new home for the worst two clubs. The number of teams and format have been altered for various reasons.
Premier League Match Schedule
Azadegan League Match Schedule
Super Cup Match Schedule
Cup Match Schedule
History and Background
The Iran Football League Federation decided to establish a new professional football league at the start of the new century. The Iran Pro Competition was established in 2001 as Iran’s new premier football competition. The Azadegan level was proclaimed the second-highest level in the Iran football league hierarchy, establishing the Iran Pro League as the country’s professional football league. Until the 2003–04 season, were 14 teams in the Iran Pro League.
Persepolis were victorious in the Iran Pro League after defeating Esteghlal by a single point on the last day of competition. East Azerbaijan’s Tractor and Esteghlal Rasht have been demoted to the Azadegan League. It took Tractor eight years to return to the top league in Iran.
PAS Tehran, the team that finished second in the 2002–03 season, won the Iran football league championship in the 2003–04 Iran Pro League. It was PAS Tehran’s last Iranian title. The professional football squad of PAS Tehran was disbanded in 2007.
There were sixteen teams instead of only fourteen in 2004. The first champion from Khuzestan Province was Foolad of Ahvaz. Esteghlal won their first title since 2001 in the Iran Pro League in 2005–06. Shahid Ghandi (now Tarbiat Yazd) and Shamoushak Noshahr were demoted to the Azadegan League.