2011–12 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	2011–12
Champions	Paykan
Promoted	Paykan Aluminium Hormozgan Gahar Zagros
Relegated	Sanat Sari Payam Mokhaberat Sanati Kaveh Bargh Shiraz
Matches played	367
Goals scored	691 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bahman Tahmasebi (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Iranjavan 4 - 0 Mes Rafsanjan
Biggest away win	Payam Mokhaberat 1 - 7 Paykan
Highest scoring	Payam Mokhaberat 1 - 7 Paykan
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Azadegan League will be the 11th season of the second-level football league competition of Iran.

The league is composed of 28^[1] teams divided into two divisions of 14 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 26 matches each.

In each division, one team are promoted to Persian Gulf Cup, and one team enter into a play-off and two teams are relegated to the third-level Second Division. In total, the league promotes three teams to Persian Gulf Cup and relegates four teams to the Second Division.

The league was started at 1 September 2011.^[2]^[3]

Teams

The league will feature three clubs relegated from Iran Pro League: Steel Azin returned to the Azadegan League after two seasons in the top division, whereas Paykan were relegated after a two-year stint. The third team Pas Hamedan, were relegated for the first time in club history to a lower league.

Sh. Bandar Abbas
Aluminium

MachineSazi
Gostaresh

Aboomoslem

Esteghlal
Naft

Gol Gohar
Mes Rafsanjan

Bargh
Mokhaberat

Kaveh
N. Zamini
Paykan
Parseh Tehran

Locations of clubs in 2010–11 Azadegan League

Group A

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Note
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Khodadad Azizi
Parseh Tehran	Tehran	Kargaran	5,000	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Changed name from Damash
Etka	Gorgan	Karim Abad	15,000	Hamid Kolalifard
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Zoran Smilevski
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Gostaresh Foolad	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Mohammad H Ziaei
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Noushabad	10,000	Akbar Zabardast
Payam Mokhaberat	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000	Asghar Akbari
Paykan	Tehran	Iran Khodro	5,000	Farhad Kazemi
Saipa Shomal	Qa'em-Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Samvel Darbinyan
Sanat Sari	Sari	Shohada Stadium	15,000	Nader Dastneshan
Shahrdari Arak	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000	Hamid Kolalifard	Replaced for Hamyari Arak
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti	10,000	Acácio Casimiro
Steel Azin	Semnan	Takhti	10,000	Faraz Kamalvand

Group B

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Note
Aluminium Hormozgan	Bandar Abbas	Takhti	10,000	Akbar Misaghian
Bargh Shiraz	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000	Mehrdad Shekari
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Majid Bagherinia	Replaced for Esteghlal Jonub
Gahar Zagros	Dorood	Takhti	10,000	Davoud Mahabadi
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Mehdi Mohammadi
Machine Sazi	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Rasoul Khatibi
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Siavash Bakhtiarizade
Nassaji	Qa'em-Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Davoud Mahabadi
Nirooye Zamini	Tehran	Jey Stadium		Ali Rouzbahani
PAS Hamedan	Hamedan	Shahid Mofatteh	10,000	Vinko Begović
Sanati Kaveh	Tehran	Aliaf Stadium	5,000	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Shahrdari Yasuj	Yasuj	Takhti Yasuj	5,000	Abdollah Chamanian
Shirin Faraz	Kermanshah	Azadi Stadium	7,000	Majid Aghajari
Tarbiat Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Hadi Bargizar

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Aboomoslem	Ali Hanteh	Resigned	2011		Kazem Ghiasian	2011
Sanati Kaveh	Saket Elhami^[4]	Resigned	20 October 2011	14	Ahmad Sanjari	29 October 2011
Aboomoslem	Kazem Ghiasian	Sacked	19 November 2011	8	Khodadad Azizi	19 November 2011
Sanati Kaveh	Ahmad Sanjari	Resigned	November 2011	14	Morteza Yekeh	Nov 2011
Sanati Kaveh	Morteza Yekeh		17 November 2011	14	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Nov 2011
Sanati Kaveh	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Resigned	1 December 2011	14	Ali Nazarzadeh	1 December 2012
Sanati Kaveh	Ali Nazarzadeh	End of caretaker spell	2 December 2011	14	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh	3 December 2011
Pas Hamedan	Faraz Kamalvand	Resigned	12 January 2012	5	Jalal Cheraghpour^[5]	12 January 2012
Parseh	Hossein Peyrovani	Resigned	19 January 2012		Edmond Yunanpour^[6]	25 January 2012
Pas Hamedan	Jalal Cheraghpour	End of caretaker spell	22 January 2012		Vinko Begović^[7]	22 January 2012
Gostaresh	Hossein Ziaei	Sacked	31 January 2012	12	Hadi Bargizar^[8]	31 January 2012
Parseh	Edmond Yunanpour		Feb 2012		Mehdi Dinvarzadeh^[9]	5 February 2012
Steel Azin	Human Afazeli	Resigned	18 February 2012	11	Faraz Kamalvand^[10]	18 February 2012
Sanat Sari	Reza Taghavi^[11]	Sacked	18 February 2012	14	Farshad Pious	19 February 2012
Shahrdari Arak	Nader Dastneshan^[12]	Sacked	27 February 2012	7	Ali Hanteh	27 February 2012

Standings

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paykan !Paykan (P)	26	14	8	4	44	26	+18	50	Promotion to 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
2	Iranjavan !Iranjavan (Q)	26	13	9	4	31	16	+15	48	Azadegan League 2011-12 Play Off
3	Sh. Bandar Abbas !Sh. Bandar Abbas	26	10	8	8	26	27	−1	38
4	Sh. Arak !Sh. Arak	26	9	10	7	19	17	+2	37
5	Foolad Yazd !Foolad Yazd	26	9	9	8	25	23	+2	36
6	Aboomoslem !Aboomoslem	26	8	10	8	21	18	+3	34
7	Etka !Etka	26	9	7	10	21	20	+1	34
8	Saipa Shomal !Saipa Shomal	26	8	9	9	26	26	0	33
9	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	26	7	11	8	25	30	−5	32
10	Steel Azin !Steel Azin	26	10	10	6	29	22	+7	028¹
11	Parseh Tehran !Parseh Tehran	26	8	4	14	20	29	−9	28
12	Mes Rafsanjan !Mes Rafsanjan	26	6	8	12	22	28	−6	26
13	Sanat Sari !Sanat Sari (R)	26	7	5	14	20	34	−14	26	Relegation to 2nd Division
14	Payam Mokhaberat !Payam Mokhaberat (R)	26	5	10	11	15	28	−13	25	Relegation to 2nd Division

Updated to games played on 7 May 2012.
Source: Foolad FC
¹ Steel Azin was docked 12 points by FIFA.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aluminium !Aluminium (P)	26	15	7	4	28	12	+16	52	Promotion to 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
2	Gahar !Gahar (P) (Q)	26	11	9	6	23	16	+7	42	Azadegan League 2011-12 Play Off
3	Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi	26	11	8	7	32	25	+7	41
4	Pas Hamedan !Pas Hamedan	26	10	9	7	29	25	+4	39
5	Nassaji Mazandaran !Nassaji Mazandaran	26	10	7	9	26	26	0	37
6	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan	26	9	8	9	28	23	+5	35
7	Sh. Yasuj !Sh. Yasuj	26	10	5	11	24	27	−3	35
8	Naft Masjed Soleyman !Naft Masjed Soleyman	26	8	10	8	25	26	−1	34
9	Gol Gohar !Gol Gohar	26	9	6	11	28	28	0	33
10	Niroye Zamini !Niroye Zamini	26	7	11	8	23	24	−1	32
11	Shirin Faraz !Shirin Faraz	26	7	11	8	22	27	−5	32
12	Tarbiat Yazd !Tarbiat Yazd	26	7	9	10	21	26	−5	30
13	Sanati Kaveh !Sanati Kaveh (R)	26	7	8	11	24	23	+1	29	Relegation to 2nd Division
14	Bargh Shiraz !Bargh Shiraz (R)	26	4	6	16	12	37	−25	18	Relegation to 2nd Division

Updated to games played on 7 May 2012.
Source: Foolad FC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results table

Group A

Home ╲ Away	Aboomoslem !ABU	Parseh Tehran !PAT	Etka !ETK	Foolad Yazd !FOY	Gostaresh !GOS	Iranjavan !IRJ	Mes Rafsanjan !MSR	Payam Mokhaberat !PMS	Paykan !PAY	Saipa Shomal !SAI	Sanat Sari !SAN	Sh. Arak !SHA	Sh. Bandar Abbas !SHB	Steel Azin !STL
Aboomoslem !Aboomoslem		1–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–2
Parseh Tehran !Parseh Tehran	0–0		0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–2
Etka !Etka	0–0	3–0		0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2
Foolad Yazd !Foolad Yazd	2–1	2–1	2–0		0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Gostaresh !Gostaresh	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–4		0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0
Iranjavan !Iranjavan	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0		4–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2
Mes Rafsanjan !Mes Rafsanjan	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2		0–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2
Payam Mokhaberat !Payam Mokhaberat	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0		1–7	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
Paykan !Paykan	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0		2–1	4–2	0–0	4–1	2–1
Saipa Shomal !Saipa Shomal	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1		2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
Sanat Sari !Sanat Sari	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3		1–0	0–0	1–0
Sh. Arak !Sh. Arak	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0		0–1	0–0
Sh. Bandar Abbas !Sh. Bandar Abbas	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–3	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–1		1–1
Steel Azin !Steel Azin	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1

Updated to games played on 18 April 2012.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home ╲ Away	Aluminium !ALH	Bargh Shiraz !BGH	Est. Khuzestan !ESK	Gahar !GZA	Gol Gohar !GOL	Machine Sazi !MST	Naft Masjed Soleyman !NFT	Nassaji Mazandaran !NSJ	Niroye Zamini !NRO	Pas Hamedan !PAS	Sanati Kaveh !KAV	Sh. Yasuj !SHY	Shirin Faraz !SFZ	Tarbiat Yazd !TAR
Aluminium !Aluminium		2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0				2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Bargh Shiraz !Bargh Shiraz				0–1			0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–1
Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan		1–1					2–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1
Gahar !Gahar	0–1	1–0	1–0			3–1	1–1	0–0			1–1		3–1	3–1
Gol Gohar !Gol Gohar	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0		2–2	3–0				3–2	0–1		2–1
Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi		1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0		2–2				3–2	3–1	1–1	1–2
Naft Masjed Soleyman !Naft Masjed Soleyman	1–1					1–0		2–3	1–1	1–2		1–0	1–1	1–0
Nassaji Mazandaran !Nassaji Mazandaran	0–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3			0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Niroye Zamini !Niroye Zamini	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		1–0			1–0	2–2
Pas Hamedan !Pas Hamedan	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–1					1–1
Sanati Kaveh !Sanati Kaveh	1–2	0–1	0–0				0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1			2–0	1–1
Sh. Yasuj !Sh. Yasuj			2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0		1–3	2–0	1–0		2–2
Shirin Faraz !Shirin Faraz	1–1	1–0			0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1				1–0
Tarbiat Yazd !Tarbiat Yazd	0–2			2–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–3		0–0	2–1

Updated to games played on 9 February 2012.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Off

First leg played on May 1, 2012; return leg to be played on May 8, 2012

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iranjavan	1 - 1	Gahar Zagros	1-1	0-0

Winner is promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup

Final

The Final scheduled to play on May 2, 2012

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Paykan	(w/o)^[13]	Aluminum Hormozgan

Player Statistics

Top scorers, Group A

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Hamid Kazemi	Steel Azin	9
	Hossein Khosravi	Iranjavan	9
2	Saber Mirghorbani	Shahrdari Arak	8
3	Amir Khalifeasl	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	7

Top scorers, Group B

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bahman Tahmasebi	Aluminum H	13
2	Rasoul Alizadeh	Mashin Sazi	8
	Ambuno Asheel	Shirin Faraz	8
3	Meghdad Ghobakhlou	Shahrdari Yasuj	7
	Mousa Shahbazi	Niroye Zamini	7

References

External links

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2016–17 Azadegan League clubs

Teams	Aluminium Arak Baadraan Esteghlal Ahvaz Fajr Sepasi Foolad Yazd Gol Gohar Iranjavan Khoune Be Khouneh Kheybar Malavan Mes Kerman Mes Rafsanjan Naft MIS Nassaji Mazandaran Oxin Alborz Pars Jonoubi Jam Rah Ahan Sepidrood

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Competitions involving Iranian clubs

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Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup Super Cup

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See also

Iranian football league system Top Scorers All-time Seasons

Football in Iran

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2011–12 Azadegan League

Teams

Group A

Group B

Managerial changes

Standings

Group A

Group B

Results table

Group A

Group B

Play Off

Final

Player Statistics

Top scorers, Group A

Top scorers, Group B

See also

References

External links