{"id":39426,"date":"2020-06-11T13:17:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T20:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=39426"},"modified":"2020-06-11T13:17:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T20:17:18","slug":"5-substitute-rule-approved-as-iran-football-league-fixtures-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2020\/06\/11\/5-substitute-rule-approved-as-iran-football-league-fixtures-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"5 substitute rule approved as Iran football league fixtures announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tasnim &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>Iran Professional League (IPL) teams will be able to make five substitutions, rather than three, in each match to the end of the season after the country\u2019s football federation approved new rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a meeting in the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) with the presence of the Secretary General of the federation, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, the law-makers gave competitions, including Hazfi Cup, the option of increasing substitutes to protect player welfare on the football matches\u2019 resumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also agreed in the meeting that the additional assistant referees, the officials who stand to the side of the goal in league games, will not be used any more so the number of referees per game will be four instead of six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was made due to the outbreak of the coronavirus so that fewer people would have to come to the football field according new safety measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iran League Organization has also announced the dates of the next three rounds of Iran Professional League (IPL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPL, which was halted four months ago, will resume on June 24 with a match between Foolad and Esteghlal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With nine matches remaining, Persepolis sit top of the IPL table, 10 points ahead of Sepahan and Tractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matchweek 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday 28 June<\/strong><br \/>Tractor v Nassaji<br \/>Shahr Khodro v Zob Ahan<br \/>Sanat Naft v Pars Jonoubi<br \/>Shahin Bushehr v Naft Masjed Soleyman<br \/>Paykan v Persepolis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday 29 June<\/strong><br \/>Sepahan v Gol Gohar<br \/>Foolad v Machine Sazi<br \/>Esteghlal v Saipa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matchweek 23<\/strong><br \/><strong>Saturday July 4<\/strong><br \/>Tractor v Sanat Naft<br \/>Zob Ahan v Paykan<br \/>Persepolis v Shahin Bushehr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday July 5<\/strong><br \/>Pars Jonoubi v Esteghlal<br \/>Gol Gohar v Shahr Khodro<br \/>Naft Masjed Soleyman v Machine Sazi<br \/>Nassaji v Foolad<br \/>Saipa v Foolad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matchweek 24<\/strong><br \/><strong>Friday July 10<\/strong><br \/>Machine Sazi v Persepolis<br \/>Shahin Bushehr v Zob Ahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday July 11<\/strong><br \/>Shahr Khodro v Saipa<br \/>Foolad v Pars Jonoubi<br \/>Sanat Naft v Nassaji<br \/>Paykan v Gol Gohar<br \/>Esteghlal v Tractor<br \/>Foolad v Naft Masjed Soleyman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasnim &#8211; 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