Persepolis lift IPL title for third successive year
Persepolis football team claimed Iran Professional League (IPL) for the third time in a row on Thursday.
IPL: Persepolis move five points clear at top
Persepolis football team moved five points clear at the top of Iran Professional League (IPL) table after beating Saipa 3-2 here on Saturday.
Esteghlal Moves Up to IPL Fourth Place
Esteghlal football team defeated Zob Ahan 3-0 and moved up to Iran Professional League (IPL) fourth place. Winfried Schaefer’s team now sits fourth with 34 points, four points behind leader Sepahan. Farshid Esmaeili opened the scoring for the host just seven minutes into the match. South African midfielder Ayanda Patosi made it 2-0 in the […]
IPL: Naft Masjed Solyman, Persepolis Share the Spoils
Naft Masjed Soleyman football team and Persepolis played out a goalless draw in the Iran Professional League (IPL) on Saturday. Persepolis had a chance of going top of the table with a win in its away match but failed to do that. Branko Ivankovic’s side sits second with 38 points. Sepahan is at the top […]
Persepolis Goes IPL Top, Padideh Held
Persepolis football team defeated rock bottom Esteghlal Khuzestan on Thursday to move to top of Iran Professional League (IPL) table. The Reds beat 10-man Esteghlal Khuzestan 2-0 in front of 25,000 spectators in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Esteghlal Khuzestan defender Mostafa Kiani was sent off in the 35th minute after receiving his second yellow card. Persepolis […]
IPL leaders Sepahan held by rock-bottom Esteghlal Khuzestan
Sepahan football team moved back to the top of the Iran Professional League after a 1-1 draw against Esteghlal Khuzestan on Saturday. In the match held at the Ghadir Stadium in Ahvaz, Sasan Ansari found the back of the net from a set-piece in the 24th minute. Meysam Karimi levelled the match from the penalty […]
Vahid Amiri voted IPL Player of the Year
Vahid Amiri was honored last night with the Best Player of the Year award after his sensational year with Persepolis in Iran Professional League (IPL). The 30-year-old midfielder also represented Iran in three matches of Group B against Morocco, Spain and Portugal in the 2018 World Cup. Amiri, who joined Turkey’s Trabzonspor on Saturday, helped […]
2018/19 IPL to kick off on July 26
Defending champions Persepolis will play Padideh in the opening match in Mashhad. The Tehran derby between Persepolis and Esteghlal has been scheduled for Week 8. The Iran Professional League is a professional football league competition for clubs at the highest level of the Iranian football league system. Persepolis are the most-decorated football team with 11 […]
Iran Professional League: Foolad Held by 10-Man Sanat Naft
Foolad football team was held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Sanat Naft in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Saturday. In the match held in Ahvaz’s Ghadir Stadium, Brazilian striker Luciano Pereira Mendes gave a lead visiting team Sanat Naft just 10 minutes into the match. Sanat Naft went down to 10 men in the […]
IPL: Esteghlal, Paykan Share Spoils, Foolad Moves Second
TEHRAN – Esteghlal and Paykan football teams played out a goalless draw in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday. Paykan was reduced to 10 men after Abolfazl Ebrahimi received his second yellow card for a tackle in the 78th minute. Foolad moved up to second place after defeating Sepidrood Rasht 2-1. Gostaresh Foolad defeated Saipa […]