List of Iranian football champions

Iranian League (1st tier)
Local League; (1970–1972); Takht Jamshid Cup; (1973–1978); Qods League; (1989–1990); Azadegan League; (1991–2001); Pro League; (2001–)
	Persepolis,The current Champion with 14 times champions
	Founded
	1970
	Number of Teams
	16
	Current Champions
	Persepolis
	Country
	Iran;
	Most successful club
	Persepolis; (14 times champions)

The Iranian football champions are the winners of the highest league in Iranian football, which since 2001–02 is the Pro League. The title has been contested since 1970, in varying forms of competition. While Persepolis has won a record 14 championship titles.

Champions[]

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)
~~1978–79~~	Not completed due to the Iranian Revolution.

Qods League (1989–1990)[]

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	Keshavarz–Tractor	Jamshid Shahmohammadi (Keshavarz) (11)
1993–94	Saipa (1)	Persepolis	Jonoob Ahvaz	(Zob Ahan) (17)
1994–95	Saipa (2)	Esteghlal	Keshavarz	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 (Tractor) (16)
1998–99	Persepolis (6)	Esteghlal	Sepahan	(Tractor) (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) Ali Samereh (Esteghlal) (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	Esteghlal	Karim Ansarifard (Saipa) (21)
2012–13	Esteghlal (8)	Tractor	Sepahan	Jalal Rafkhaei (Malavan) (19)
2013–14	Foolad (2)	Persepolis	Naft Tehran	Karim Ansarifard (Tractor) (14)
2014–15	Sepahan (5)	Tractor	Naft Tehran	Éder Luciano (Tractor) (20)
2015–16	Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)	Persepolis	Esteghlal	Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis) (16)
2016–17	Persepolis (10)	Esteghlal	Tractor	Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis) (18)
2017–18	Persepolis (11)	Zob Ahan	Esteghlal	Ali Alipour (Persepolis) (19)
2018–19	Persepolis (12)	Sepahan	Esteghlal	Kiros Stanlley (Sepahan) Luciano Pereira Mendes (Foolad) (16)
2019–20	Persepolis (13)	Esteghlal	Foolad	Cheick Diabaté (Esteghlal) (15)
2020–21	Persepolis (14)	Sepahan	Esteghlal	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh (Sepahan) (20)

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

Asian Club Championship/ AFC Champions League Qualified	Asian Cup Winners' Cup Qualified

Notes[]

No national championships were held in 1972–73.
No national championships were held between 1979–1989 because of Iranian Revolution and Iran–Iraq War.
No national championships were held in 1990–91 because of Iran national football team International Competitions.

Performances[]

Titles won by club (%)

Persepolis – 14 (36.84%)

Esteghlal – 8 (21.05%)

Pas Tehran – 5 (13.16%)

Sepahan – 5 (13.16%)

Saipa – 3 (7.90%)

Foolad – 2 (5.26%)

Est.Khuzestan – 1 (2.63%)

Clubs[]

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

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Persepolis	14	9	1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Esteghlal	8	10	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	3	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	29	Persepolis (14), Esteghlal (8), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa (2)
Isfahan	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	30	Persepolis (14), Esteghlal (8), Pas Tehran (5), Saipa^[1] (3)
Isfahan	5	Sepahan (5)
Khuzestan	3	Foolad (2), Esteghlal Khuzestan (1)

^1 Since 2003 to 2015, Saipa Club had played its games in Karaj (Capital of Alborz Province). but before the formation of the Alborz province in 2010, Karaj was considered part of the Tehran province in Iran's divisions.

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[]

[Azadegan-1] Azadegan League is now the name of the 2nd highest division in Iran, only the IPL is higher.

[Esteghlal-2] Taj changed its name to Esteghlal in 1979.

[notes 1]

[notes 2]

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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
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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 winter 2016–17 summer 2017 winter 2017–18 summer 2018 winter 2018–19 summer 2019 winter 2019–20 summer 2020

v t Football in Iran
League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's) Futsal Beach soccer
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 W U-17 M Futsal W Futsal M Beach
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List of venues International players Women

v t Iranian football league champions
14 titles	Persepolis 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
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