2010–11 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season 2010–11
Champions Damash
Promoted Damash
Mes Sarcheshmeh
Moghavemat Shiraz
Relegated Payam Mashhad
Foolad Natanz
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Sepidrood Rasht
Matches played 366
Goals scored 743 (2.03 per match)
Biggest home win Gol Gohar 4–0 Mes Rafsanjan
Biggest away win Hamyari Arak 1–4 Foolad Natanzh
Highest scoring Foolad Natanzh 3–5 Naft Masjed Soleyman

The 2010–11 Azadegan League will be the xxth season of the second-level football league competition of Iran. It will be divided into two phases, the regular season, played from 22 September 2010 to May 2011, and the playoff phase from May to June 2011.

The league will also be composed of 28 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.

Locations of clubs in 2010–11 Azadegan League

Contents

Events

Start of season

Teams

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Past Season
Damash Gilan Rasht Sardar Jangal 15,000 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 2nd in Azadegan League/A
Etka Gorgan Karim Abad 15,000 Hasan Ghezel 6th in Azadegan League/A
Foolad Natanz Natanz Safaiye 15,000 Hossein Charkhabi Replaced for Sepahan Novin
Gol Gohar Sirjan Imam Ali 2,000 Farshad Pious 10th in Azadegan League/B
Hamyari Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000 Yaghoub Vatani Replaced for Shensa Arak
Machine Sazi Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Ayyob Zolfaghari Replaced for Petrochimi
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Noushabad 10,000 Akbar Zabardast 5th in Azadegan League/A
Moghavemat Sepasi Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Aliasghar Kalantari 16th in Persian Gulf Cup
Naft Masjed Soleyman Ahvaz Takhti 20,000 Majid Bagherinia 2nd in 2nd Division
Payam Mashhad Mashhad Samen 35,000 Ramezan Shokrin 8th in Azadegan League/A
Sanati Kaveh Tehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000 Ahmad Khodadad 9th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas Takhti Bandar Abbas 10,000 Carlos Fabian Leeb 7th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Yasuj Yasuj Takhti Yasuj 5,000 Jamshid Ghadiri 3rd in 2nd Division
Tarbiat Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000 Davoud Mahabadi 3rd in Azadegan League/A

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Past Season
Aboomoslem Mashhad Samen Stadium 35,000 Ali Hanteh 17th in Persian Gulf Cup
Aluminium Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Takhti 10,000 Vinko Begović 4th in Azadegan League/B
Bargh Shiraz Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Mehdi Dinavarzadeh 3rd in Azadegan League/B
Damash Iranian Dorood Takhti 10,000 Javad Zarincheh 11th in Azadegan League/A
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti 15,000 Rahim Firouzi 18th in Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000 Edmond Yunanpour 4th in 2nd Division
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Firouz Karimi 8th in Azadegan League/B
Iranjavan Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 15,000 Naser Ebrahimi 10th in Azadegan League/A
Mes Sarcheshmeh Sarcheshmeh Shahid Zenali 10,000 Asghar Sharafi 5th in Azadegan League/B
Nassaji Qa'em Shahr Vatani 15,000 Golmohammadi 7th in Azadegan League/B
Payam Mokhaberat Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Mohammad Abbasi 12th in Azadegan League/A
Sanat Sari Sari Shohada Stadium 15,000 Mahmoud Sourtchi Replaced for Mehrkam Pars
Sepidrood Rasht Rasht Dr. Azodi Stadium 20,000 Farhad Hosseinpour 1st in 2nd Division
Shirin Faraz Kermanshah Azadi Stadium 7,000 Majid Aghajari 6th in Azadegan League/B

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Damash Gilan Marijan Pušnik[4] Sacked 9 Nov 2010 14 Afshin Nazemi 7 Dec 2010
Bargh Shiraz Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[5] Resigned 30 Oct 2010 Alireza Emamifar 30 Oct 2010
Damash Gilan Afshin Nazemi End of caretaker spell 7 Dec 2010 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 7 Dec 2010
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ali Hanteh Resigned Dec 2010 Nader Dastneshan Dec 2010
Hamyari Arak Yaghoub Vatani Sacked 28 Dec 2010 12 Nasser Pourmehdi 28 Dec 2010
Bargh Shiraz Alireza Emamifar Sacked 7 Jan 2011 Hossein Hosseinzadeh 8 Jan 2011
Shirin Faraz Majid Aghajeri Sacked 17 Jan 2011 14 Hadi Bargizar 21 Jan 2011
Iranjavan Asghar Sharafi Resigned 22 Jan 2011 3 Mohammad Abbasi 23 Jan 2011
Payam Mokhaberat Mohammad Abbasi Resigned 22 Jan 2011 12 Asghar Akbari 2011
Sanati Kaveh Javad Zarincheh Mutual consent Feb 2011 3 Farhad Kazemi 11 Feb 2011
Damash Darko Dražić Sacked 13 Feb 2011 12 Javad Zarincheh 14 Feb 2011
Naft Majid Bagherinia Resigned 15 Feb 2011 8 Siamak Bakhtiarizadeh 15 Feb 2011
Payam Mashhad Abbas Chamanyan Mutual consent 20 Feb 2011 11 Ramezan Shokrin[6] 20 Feb 2011
Aboomoslem Ghiyassian Resigned Feb 2011 3 Ali Hanteh 20 Feb 2011
Shirin Faraz Hadi Bargizar Resigned Mar 06 2011 8 Reza Mohajeri Mar 07 2011
Tarbiat Davoud Mahabadi Resigned Mar 07 2011 10 Hadi Bargizar Mar 07 2011
Sanati Kaveh Farhad Kazemi Resigned Mar 07 2011 5 Ali Nikbakht Mar 10 2011
Esteghlal Ahvaz Afshin Komaei Sacked May 08 2011 11 Bahman Roshanaei May 08 2011

Standings

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Damash Gilan 26 13 9 4 39 24 +15 48 Promotion to the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Moghavemat 26 12 5 9 24 18 +6 41 Azadegan League 2010-11 Play Off
3 Sh. Yasuj 26 11 6 9 28 26 +2 39
4 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 8 11 7 33 32 +1 35
5 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 9 8 9 26 26 0 35
6 Etka 26 9 7 10 30 28 +2 34
7 Gol Gohar 26 8 10 8 29 27 +2 34
8 Tarbiat Yazd 26 6 15 5 24 22 +2 33
9 Mes Rafsanjan 26 8 8 10 20 25 −5 32
10 Hamyari Arak 26 8 8 10 20 28 −8 32
11 Sanati Kaveh 26 7 10 9 27 32 −5 31
12 Machine Sazi 26 7 10 9 30 36 −6 31
13 Payam Mashhad (R) 26 9 5 12 30 30 0 0291 Relegation to the 2nd Division
14 Foolad Natanz (R) 26 6 10 10 30 36 −6 28

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011
Source: Persian League
1 Payam Mashhad actually has 32 points, but 3 points was subtracted [7].
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Mes Sarcheshmeh 26 14 6 6 34 14 +20 48 Promotion to the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Aluminium Hormozgan 26 13 9 4 29 19 +10 48 Azadegan League 2010-11 Play Off
3 Gostaresh Foolad 26 14 6 6 28 22 +6 48
4 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 11 9 6 34 17 +17 42
5 Aboomoslem 26 11 9 6 28 20 +8 42
6 Shirin Faraz 26 8 11 7 17 19 −2 35
7 Sanat Sari 26 8 11 7 18 24 −6 35
8 Iranjavan 26 8 9 9 29 26 +3 33
9 Bargh Shiraz 26 7 11 8 24 25 −1 32
10 Payam Mokhaberat 26 5 12 9 20 22 −2 27
11 Foolad Yazd 26 7 6 13 23 38 −15 27
12 Damash Iranian 26 6 7 13 22 29 −7 25
13 Est. Ahvaz (R) 26 6 6 14 20 33 −13 24 Relegation to the 2nd Division
14 Sepidrood (R) 26 4 8 14 21 39 −18 20

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011
Source: Persian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results table

Group A

Home \ Away1 DMG ETK FNA GOL HAM MST MSR MVT NFT PYM KAV SHB SHY TAR
Damash Gilan 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–3 1–1
Etka 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0
Foolad Natanz 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–5 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Gol Gohar 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Hamyari Arak 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
Machine Sazi 2–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0
Mes Rafsanjan 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Moghavemat 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
Naft Masjed Soleyman 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Payam Mashhad 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Sanati Kaveh 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1
Sh. Bandar Abbas 1–0 2–2 4–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1
Sh. Yasuj 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1
Tarbiat Yazd 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011
Source: Lig 1.ir/
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away1 ABU ALH BGH DAM ESA FOY GOS IRJ MSA NSJ PMS SAN ROD SFZ
Aboomoslem 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2
Aluminium Hormozgan 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0
Bargh Shiraz 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0
Damash Iranian 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–1
Est. Ahvaz 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–1
Foolad Yazd 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1
Gostaresh Foolad 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Iranjavan 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2
Mes Sarcheshmeh 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0
Nassaji Mazandaran 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–0
Payam Mokhaberat 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sanat Sari 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Sepidrood 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0
Shirin Faraz 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011
Source: Lig 1.ir/
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player Statistics

Top scorers, Group A

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Mostafa Shojaei Foolad Natanz 13
1 Moslem Firoozabadi Gol Gohar 13
1 Afshin Chavoshi Damash Gilan 13
2 Ahmad Paasi Mashin Sazi 10
3 Amir Khalifeasl Shahr. Bandar Abbas 9
4 Hakim Nasari Naft Masjed Soleyman 8
4 Ghasem Akbari Etka Gorgan 8

Top scorers, Group B

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Founéké Sy Iranjavan 9
1 Eshagh Sobhani Mes Sarcheshmeh 9
1 Jafar Bazri Foolad Yazd 9
2 Arash Roshanipour Aboomoslem 7
2 Milad Pour Safshekan Sepidrood Rasht 7
2 Hassan Faraji Payam Mokhaberat 7
3 Fereydoon Fazli Esteghlal Ahvaz 6

Play Off

First leg to be played May 18, 2011; return leg to be played May 24, 2011
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Moghavemat Sepasi 6–0 Aluminium Hormozgan 2–0 0–4

First leg

May 18, 2011
17:00
 Moghavemat Sepasi 2–0 Aluminium Hormozgan Hafezieh, Shiraz
Attendance: 20000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
Pour Mohammad  37'
Shojaiyan  74'

Return leg

May 24, 2011
17:00
 Aluminium Hormozgan 0–4 Moghavemat Sepasi Takhti, Bandar Abbas
Attendance: 12000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
Pour Mohammad  30',  50'
Shojaiyan  73'
Kalantari  77'

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Damash (w/o)1 Mes Sarcheshmeh
Scheduled between Mes Sarcheshmeh and Damash, however, Mes Sarcheshmeh did not show up, Damash awarded championship[8].

See also

References

  1. ^ اعلام برنامه مسابقات لیگ دسته اول باشگاههای کشور
  2. ^ فولاد نطنز سپاهان نوین را خرید
  3. ^ اعلام برنامه مسابقات لیگ دسته اول باشگاههای کشور
  4. ^ http://www.persianfootball.com/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3135:damash-fires-slovenian-pusnik&catid=14:ipl-league-persian-gulf-cup&Itemid=180
  5. ^ http://www.bargheshirazfc.com/Pages/NewsItem.aspx?ID=82
  6. ^ http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8912010826
  7. ^ پیام سقوط کرد، ماشین‌سازی در دسته اول ماند
  8. ^ داماش گيلان قهرمان ليگ يك شد

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