2013–14 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	2013–14
Champions	Padideh
Promoted	Padideh Naft Masjed Soleyman Paykan
Relegated	Persepolis Shomal Gahar Zagros Alvand Hamedan Aboomoslem Badr Hormozgan Shahrdari Yasuj
Matches played	285
Goals scored	621 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mokhtar Jomehzadeh (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Padideh 5–0 Gahar Zagros
Biggest away win	Badr Hormozgan 0–3 Paykan
Highest scoring	Naft Masjed Soleyman 4–3 Aboomoslem Pas 5–2 Aboomoslem
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Azadegan League was the 13th season of the second-level football league competition of Iran. The league was composed of 26 teams which drawned into two divisions of 13 teams each. Each group had a home and away round robin format for the total of 24 matches.

In each division, one team promoted to Iran Pro League, and one team enters into a promotion play-off and two teams relegated to the third-level Second Division. In total, the league promotes two/three teams to Iran Pro League and relegates four teams to the Second Division.

The draw was made on 22 August 2013 and the league was started on 22 September 2013.^[1] The competition was ended on 8 April 2014 while Padideh and Naft Masjed Soleyman were promoted to the Iran Pro League. Paykan was also qualified to the play-off to play against Fajr Sepasi, 14th placed team of Iran Pro League. Paykan won and promoted to the Iran Pro League.

Sh. Bandar Abbas
Aluminium

Aboomoslem
Padideh
Siah Jamegan

N. Zamini
Paykan
Parseh

Locations of clubs in 2013–14 Azadegan League

Events

Start of season

The league was to feature four teams relegated from Iran Pro League in 2012–13; Aluminium Hormozgan, Sanat Naft, Paykan and Gahar Zagros.
It featured four teams promoted from 2012–13 2nd Division: Naft Gachsaran, Giti Pasand, Siah Jamegan, and Badr Hormozgan.

Changes

2013–14 Azadegan League are the first season since 2008 that 26 teams will participate in the competition. In the previous season, 28 teams participated in the league.
Padideh Shandiz bought Mes Sarcheshmeh and came to the Azadegan League.^[2]
Sang Ahan withdrew from participating in football. Estilae Kavir bought their license. Estilae Kavir was sponsored By Yazd Louleh Company and changed the name to Yazd louleh.^[3]^[4]

Changes during the season

In middle of season the name Albadr was changed to Badr and Mohammad Rouyanian bought license of Saipa Shomal and changed the name to Persepolis Shomal.^[5]^[6]

Teams

Group A

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Note
Alvand Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods	10,000	Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Davoud Mahabadi
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh^[7]
Gahar	Dorood	Takhti Dorood	11,000	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Giti Pasand	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000	Samvel Darbinyan
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Ghasem Shahba
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Nader Dastneshan
Nirooye Zamini	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Bahman Khoda Karam^[8]
Padideh	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Akbar Misaghian	Replaced for Mes Sarcheshmeh
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,000	Ebrahim Ghasempour
Shahrdari Yasuj	Yasuj	Takhti Yasuj	5,000	Javad Zarincheh
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Mohammadreza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti Bandar Abbas	10,000	Hamidreza Farzaneh^[9]

Group B

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Note
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Ali Hanteh
Aluminium	Bandar Abbas	Persian Gulf	20,000	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Badr Hormozgan	Bandar Lengeh	Takhti Bandar Langeh	5,000	Fereydoun Hardani
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Gholamreza Delgarm
Naft Gachsaran	Gachsaran	Naft Gachsaran	2,000	Mohammad Hossein Ziaei
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Behrouz Makvandi
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Noushabad	10,000	Vinko Begović	Replaced for Mes Soongoun
Pas Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods	10,000	Mohsen Ashouri
Parseh Tehran	Tehran	Kargaran	5,000	Alireza Emamifar^[10]
Paykan	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Farhad Kazemi
Persepolis Shomal	Qa'em Shahr	Shahid Vatani	10,000	Ebrahim Talebi	Replaced for Saipa Shomal
Rahian Kermanshah	Kermanshah	Azadi	7,000	Ahmad Sanjari
Yazd Loleh	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Mahmoud Amiri	Replaced for Sang Ahan Bafq

Standings

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Padideh !Padideh (C) (P)	24	12	10	2	32	15	+17	46	Iran Pro League
2	Mashhad !Mashhad (Q)	24	12	9	3	27	17	+10	45	Azadegan League 2013–14 Play Off
3	Nassaji Mazandaran !Nassaji Mazandaran	24	10	7	7	27	22	+5	37
4	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	24	9	8	7	24	20	+4	35
5	Giti Pasand !Giti Pasand	24	9	8	7	29	28	+1	35
6	Sh. Bandar Abbas !Sh. Bandar Abbas	24	9	6	9	23	21	+2	33
7	Gol Gohar !Gol Gohar	24	8	8	8	29	22	+7	32
8	Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz	24	7	10	7	27	29	−2	31
9	Niroye Zamini !Niroye Zamini	24	9	4	11	25	27	−2	31
10	Foolad Yazd !Foolad Yazd	24	6	11	7	20	18	+2	29
11	Sh. Yasuj !Sh. Yasuj (R)	24	6	10	8	21	23	−2	28	Relegation to 2nd Division
12	Alvand Hamedan !Alvand Hamedan (R)	24	5	7	12	23	34	−11	22
13	Gahar !Gahar (R)	24	2	6	16	15	46	−31	12

Updated to games played on 8 April 2014.
Source:
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	Naft Masjed Soleyman !Naft Masjed Soleyman (P)	24	12	7	5	31	22	+9	43	Iran Pro League
2	Paykan !Paykan (P) (Q)	24	12	4	8	35	24	+11	40	Azadegan League 2013–14 Play Off
3	Parseh Tehran !Parseh Tehran	24	10	9	5	27	21	+6	39
4	Iranjavan !Iranjavan	24	9	11	4	29	21	+8	38
5	Mes Rafsanjan !Mes Rafsanjan	24	8	11	5	28	21	+7	35
6	Aluminium !Aluminium	24	8	7	9	28	20	+8	31
7	Naft Gachsaran !Naft Gachsaran	24	7	10	7	28	27	+1	31
8	Rahian Kermanshah !Rahian Kermanshah	24	8	7	9	23	29	−6	31
9	Pas !Pas	24	8	5	11	22	28	−6	29
10	Yazd Loleh !Yazd Loleh	24	6	10	8	21	21	0	28
11	Badr Hormozgan !Badr Hormozgan (R)	24	9	4	11	21	30	−9	025¹	Relegation to 2nd Division
12	Aboomoslem !Aboomoslem (R)	24	4	10	10	27	40	−13	22
13	Persepolis Shomal !Persepolis Shomal (R)	24	4	7	13	26	42	−16	19

Play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paykan	3–1	Siah Jamegan	0–0	3–1 (a.e.t)

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–1	Padideh

Top scorers

Group A

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mokhtar Jomehzadeh	Gol Gohar	15
2	Amin GhasemiNejad	Giti Pasand	10
3	Reza Taheri	Esteghlal Ahvaz	9
3	Younes Shakeri	Padideh	9
4	Ghasem Akbari	Alvand Hamedan	8

Group B

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mehdi Taromi	Iranjavan	12
1	Peyman Ranjbari	Naft Gachsaran	12
3	Soheil Hezarjaribi	Persepolis Shomal	10
4	Farshad Salarvand	Mes Rafsanjan	8

References

External links

Azadegan League

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

Azadegan League seasons

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Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup

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

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners Cup (Defunct)

See also

Iranian football league system Top Scorers All-time Seasons

Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's)

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

Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League

Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

2013–14 in Iranian football

« 2012–13

2014–15 »

Domestic leagues	Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division

Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League 2013 2014

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round 2014 FIFA World Cup

Club seasons

Iran Pro League	Damash Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Fajr Sepasi Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Mes Naft Tehran Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

2013 in Asian Football (AFC)

« 2012 2014 »

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Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 East Asian Games 2013 Southeast Asian Games 2014 WAFF Championship

National team results	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

2014 in Asian Football (AFC)

« 2013 2015 »

Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '13–'14 '14–'15 Bahrain '13–'14 '14–'15 Bangladesh '13–'14 Bhutan A-Division National League Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '13–'14 '14–'15 Hong Kong '13–'14 '14–'15 India '13–'14 I-League '14 ISL '14–'15 I-League Indonesia Iran '13–'14 '14–'15 Iraq '13–'14 '14–'15 Japan Jordan '13–'14 '14–'15 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '13–'14 '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '13–'14 '14–'15 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '13–'14 Northern Mariana Islands '13–'14 '14–'15 Oman '13–'14 '14–'15 Pakistan '13–14 '14–15 Palestine '13–'14 '14–'15 Philippines Qatar '13–'14 '14–'15 Saudi Arabia '13–'14 '14–'15 Singapore Sri Lanka '14–'15 Syria '14 '14–'15 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '13–'14 '14–'15 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '13–'14 '14–'15

Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Kings Cup FA Cup Bangladesh Independance Cup Brunei '14–'15 Cambodia China Hong Kong Shield '13–'14 FA Cup '13–'14 Season Play-off Shield '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 India Fed Cup '13–'14 Fed Cup '14–'15 Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '13–'14 '14–'15 Iraq '13–'14 Japan Emperor's Cup '13 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '14 Jordan FA Cup '13–'14 Shield FA Cup '14–'15 Korea Republic Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '13–'14 Emir Cup '13–'14 Fed Cup Crown Prince Cup '14 Emir Cup '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '13–'14 Elite Cup FA Cup '14–'15 Laos Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Sultan Qaboos Cup '13–'14 League Cup '14 Sultan Qaboos Cup '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 Pakistan Palestine '13–'14 '14–'15 Philippines UFL FA Cup UFL FA League Cup PFF Championship '14–'15 Qatar Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup QNB Cup '13–'14 Saudi Arabia King Cup CP Cup '13–'14 '14–'15 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan UAE League Cup '13–'14 President's Cup '13–'14 Uzbekistan Uzbek Cup PFL Cup Vietnam Yemen

Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2014 GCC Champions League 2014 Mekong Club Championship

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup 2014 AFF Championship 2014 WAFF Championship 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations

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2013–14 Azadegan League

Events

Start of season

Changes

Changes during the season

Teams

Group A

Group B

Standings

Group A

Group B

Play-off

Final

Top scorers

Group A

Group B

See also

References

External links