2001–02 Iran Pro League

Iran Pro League
Season	2001–02
Champions	Persepolis
Relegated	Est. Rasht ; Tractor Sazi
2002–03 AFC Champions League	Persepolis ; Esteghlal
Matches played	182
Goals scored	382 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	17 Goals ; Reza Enayati
	← 2000–01 (Azadegan League) 2002–03 →

The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2001–02 football season. This was the first season of the Iran Pro League (Persian Gulf Cup) and replaced the Azadegan League as top tier of men's professional football division in the Iranian football league system. Persepolis became the first team to win the title under the management of Ali Parvin.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	26	13	10	3	36	23	+13	49	Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	26	13	9	4	38	21	+17	48	Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification
3	Foolad	26	12	9	5	32	23	+9	45
4	Pas	26	10	13	3	39	24	+15	43
5	Aboumoslem	26	11	7	8	40	31	+9	40
6	Zob Ahan	26	10	9	7	35	30	+5	39
7	Paykan	26	11	5	10	28	22	+6	38
8	Bargh	26	9	10	7	28	25	+3	37
9	Sepahan	26	7	11	8	22	22	0	32
10	Fajr	26	6	9	11	15	20	−5	27
11	Saipa	26	6	9	11	24	30	−6	27
12	Malavan	26	6	9	11	20	36	−16	27
13	Est. Rasht (R)	26	3	7	16	18	44	−26	16	Relegation to the 2002–03 Azadegan League
14	Tractor Sazi (R)	26	2	9	15	12	36	−24	15	Relegation to the 2002–03 Azadegan League

Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 2018. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions
Persepolis F.C.

Results table

Home \ Away	PRS	EST	FOL	PAS	ABU	ZOB	PAY	BGH	SEP	FJR	SAP	MLV	ESR	TRK
Persepolis		0–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
Esteghlal	1–1		0–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–2	4–0
Foolad	1–2	1–2		1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
PAS Tehran	0–0	2–1	3–3		1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–3	5–0	2–0	0–0
Aboumoslem	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	4–3	1–0	0–3	1–0	9–2	2–1
Zob Ahan	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2		0–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–0
Paykan	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1		3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	0–0
Bargh Shiraz	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–0		0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
Sepahan	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0		0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
Fajr Sepasi	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1		1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1
Saipa	2–4	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–0
Malavan	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	3–0
Est. Rasht	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2		2–0
Tractor Sazi	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–1	4–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0

Source: http://www.iplstats.com/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

17

Reza Enayati (Aboomoslem)

11

Ali Asghar Modirroosta (Paykan)

9

Sohrab Entezari (Persepolis)
Behnam Seraj (Foolad)

8

Participating in international competitions

2001–02 Asian Club Championship

Esteghlal

2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Fajr Sepasi

References

^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[1] "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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