2009–10 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	2009–10
Promoted	Shahrdari Tabriz Naft Tehran Sanat Naft Abadan
Relegated	Shamoushak Noshahr Shahin Ahvaz Foolad Novin Kowsar Lorestan
Matches played	366
Goals scored	829 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	17 goals Ali Karimi (Sha. Tabriz)
Biggest home win	Shahrdari Tabriz 7-1 Shahin Ahvaz
Biggest away win	Shahin Ahvaz 1-6Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
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Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Azadegan League

The following is the standings of the Azadegan League's 2009/10 football season. This is the 2nd rated football competition in Iran after the Persian Gulf Cup.

It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 22 September 2009 to May 2010, and the playoff phase from May to June 2010.

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 2nd Division. In total, the league promotes 3 teams to Persian Gulf Cup and relegates 4 teams to 2nd Division.

Events

Start of season

The league was to feature three teams relegated from Persian Gulf Cup in 2008-09; Bargh Shiraz, Damash Gilan, and Payam Mashhad.
It featured four teams promoted from Azadegan League 2009-10: Folad Novin, Naft Tehran, Mes Sarcheshme, and Sanati Kaveh.
Gostaresh Foolad ended its 2008/2009 3rd Division campaign in first place( Group A) and can promoted in 2nd Division.They bought Niroye Zamini.So They currently play the Azadegan League 2009-10.
Iranjavan ended its 2008/2009 2nd Division campaign in third place( Group A) and can not promoted in Azadegan League 2009-10. in 30 August 2009 they bought Moghavemat Mersad and they returned to Azadegan League.
In September 2009 Aluminium Arak F.C. terminated their sports activities due to financial problems. Shensa Arak F.C. took over their license.

Teams

Group A

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Past Season
Damash Iranian	Dorood	Takhti	10,000	Markar Aghajanian	4th in Azadegan League/B
Etka	Gorgan	Karim Abad	15,000	Hadi Bargizar	10th in Azadegan League/B
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Naser Ebrahimi	3rd in 2nd Division/A
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Noushabad	10,000	Akbar Zabardast	3rd in Azadegan League/B
Payam Mashhad	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Ali Hanteh	16th in Persian Gulf Cup
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	22,000	Bijan Zolfagharnasab	7th in Azadegan League/A
Sanati Kaveh	Tehran	Aliaf Stadium	5,000	Ahmad Khodadad	1st in 2nd Division/A
Shamoushak	Noshahr	Shohada	6,000	Mokhtar Babaei	11th in Azadegan League/B
Shahin Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti	30,000	Saeed Salamat	12th in Azadegan League/B
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Akbar Misaghian	2nd in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti Bandar Abbas	10,000	Abbas Sarkhab	11th in Azadegan League/A
Sepahan Novin	Isfahan	Safaiye	15,000	Amrollah Soltani	6th in Azadegan League/A
Tarbiat Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Golmohammadi	5th in Azadegan League/B
Payam Mokhaberat	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000	Jafar Fatahi	8th in Azadegan League/B

Group B

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Past Season
Aluminium Hormozgan	Bandar Abbas	Takhti	10,000	Vinko Begović	2nd in Azadegan League/B
Bargh Shiraz	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000	Asghar Kalantari	18th in Persian Gulf Cup
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Sardar Jangal	15,000	Firouz Karimi	17th in Persian Gulf Cup
Folad Novin	Ahvaz	Takhti	30,000	Fereydon Hardani	2nd in 2nd Division/A
Gostaresh Foolad	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Hossien Khatibi	3rd Division Champions
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Ghasem Shehba	5th in Azadegan League/A
Kowsar	Khoramabad	Takhti Khoramabad	20,000	Ebrahim Talebi	8th in Azadegan League/A
Petrochimi	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Zoran Smilevski	3rd in Azadegan League/A
Shensa Arak	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000	Savio Souza	4th in Azadegan League/A
Shirin Faraz	Kermanshah	Azadi Stadium	7,000	Mahmoud Fekri	7th in Azadegan League/B
Mehrkam	Eslamshahr	Imam Khomeini	15,000	Behtash Fariba	9th in Azadegan League/A
Mes Sarcheshme	Sarcheshmeh	Shahid Zenali	10,000	Ali Hadavi	1st in 2nd Division/B
Naft Tehran	Tehran	Amir Abad	5,000	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	2nd in 2nd Division/B
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Nader Dastneshan	12th in Azadegan League/A

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Kowsar	Reza Ahadi	Sacked	2009	Mostafa Ghanbarpour	2009
Shensa Arak	Castro Felore	Sacked	Oct 2009	Savio Souza	20 Oct 2009
Kowsar	Mostafa Ghanbarpour	Sacked	Nov 2009	Ebrahim Talebi	Nov 2009
Shirin Faraz	Mahmoud Fekri	Sacked	Dec 2009	Estehghari/ Mortazavi	Dec 2009
Payam Mokhaberat	Mehrdad Shekari	Sacked	Dec 2009	Jafar Fatahi	Dec 2009
Iranjavan	Naser Ebrahimi	Abdicate	Dec 2009	Abdolrahim Kharazmi	Dec 2009
Sanat Naft	Bijan Zolfagharnasab	Abdicate	1 Jan 2010	Faraz Kamalvand	1 Jan 2010
Gostaresh Foolad	Hossein Khatibi	Abdicate	20 Mar 2010	Farhad Kazemi	20 Mar 2010
Nassaji Mazandaran	Nader Dastneshan	Abdicate	20 Mar 2010	Reza Foruzani	24 Mar 2010
Payam Mashhad	Ali Hanteh	Abdicate	12 Mar 2010	Davoud Mahabadi	19 Mar 2010
Sanati Kaveh	Ahmad Khodadad	Abdicate	5 Mar 2010	Hossein Fekri	7 Mar 2010
Mehrkam Pars	Behtash Fariba	Abdicate	15 Mar 2010	Javad Zarincheh	17 Mar 2010
Naft Tehran	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Abdicate	20 May 2010	Morteza Yeke	23 May 2010
Naft Tehran	Morteza Yeke	Abdicate	1 June 2010	Nader Dastneshan	2 June 2010

Final standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sh. Tabriz (C) (P)	26	18	8	0	43	11	+32	62	Promotion to the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
2	Sanat Naft (P)	26	13	6	7	38	26	+12	45	Azadegan League 2009-10 Play Off
3	Tarbiat Yazd	26	12	8	6	29	18	+11	44
4	Sepahan Novin	26	12	5	9	42	31	+11	41
5	Etka	26	9	10	7	21	21	0	37
6	Sh. Bandar Abbas	26	9	9	8	34	25	+9	36
7	Mes Rafsanjan	26	8	12	6	30	24	+6	36
8	Payam Mashhad	26	9	7	10	33	36	−3	34
9	Sanati Kaveh	26	9	7	10	27	30	−3	34
10	Iranjavan	26	8	8	10	31	34	−3	32
11	Damash Iranian	26	7	8	11	23	33	−10	29
12	Payam Mokhaberat	26	7	7	12	23	30	−7	28
13	Shamoushak (R)	26	6	8	12	29	37	−8	26	Relegation to the 2nd Division
14	Shahin Ahvaz (R)	26	1	5	20	11	58	−47	8	Relegation to the 2nd Division

Updated to games played on 27 June 2010
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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Naft Tehran (C) (P)	26	13	10	3	33	16	+17	49	Promotion to the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
2	Damash Gilan	26	14	6	6	38	26	+12	48	Azadegan League 2009-10 Play Off
3	Bargh Shiraz	26	14	6	6	33	23	+10	48
4	Aluminium Hormozgan	26	10	10	6	32	33	−1	40
5	Mes Sarcheshmeh	26	9	10	7	32	25	+7	37
6	Shirin Faraz	26	9	10	7	30	26	+4	37
7	Nassaji Mazandaran	26	8	10	8	27	26	+1	34
8	Gostaresh Foolad	26	9	7	10	34	34	0	34
9	Mehrkam Pars	26	9	5	12	22	28	−6	32
10	Gol Gohar	26	8	6	12	30	32	−2	30
11	Shensa	26	7	8	11	24	29	−5	29
12	Petroshimi Tabriz	26	7	8	11	23	31	−8	29
13	Folad Novin (R)	26	8	5	13	26	36	−10	29	Relegation to the 2nd Division
14	Kowsar (R)	26	3	7	16	22	41	−19	16	Relegation to the 2nd Division

Results table

Group A

Home \ Away¹	DAM	ETK	IRJ	MSR	PYM	PMS	SNA	KAV	SPN	SAA	SHB	SHT	SHM	TAR
Damash Iranian		0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1
Etka	1–0		0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0
Iranjavan	3–1	1–2		2–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–5	2–1	1–0
Mes Rafsanjan	2–0	1–1	2–2		2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
Payam Mashhad	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–4
Payam Mokhaberat	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–4		2–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–1
Sanat Naft	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1		2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0
Sanati Kaveh	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–2	0–2	0–1		1–2	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0
Sepahan Novin	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1		3–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1
Shahin Ahvaz	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–4		1–6	1–2	1–1	0–0
Sh. Bandar Abbas	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	3–2	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–1
Sh. Tabriz	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	7–1	2–0		1–0	3–1
Shamoushak	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–2		1–0
Tarbiat Yazd	1–0	0–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1

Updated to games played on 29 June 2010
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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group B

Home \ Away¹	ALH	BGH	DMG	FOL	GOL	GOS	KOW	MEH	MSA	NAF	NSJ	PET	ARA	SFZ
Aluminium Hormozgan		2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–0
Bargh Shiraz	3–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Damash Gilan	2–2	2–1		3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
Folad Novin	2–3	1–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Gol Gohar	2–0	4–3	1–1	4–1		0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1
Gostaresh Foolad	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	3–2		3–3	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–2
Kowsar	3–3	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–3		2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–1
Mehrkam Pars	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1		0–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–0
Mes Sarcheshmeh	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Naft Tehran	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Nassaji Mazandaran	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–2		2–1	0–2	0–0
Petroshimi Tabriz	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–1
Shensa	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1		1–1
Shirin Faraz	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 29 June 2010
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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Player Statistics

Top Goalscorers

All

17 goals

Ali Karimi (Sha. Tabriz)

Group A

17 goals

Ali Karimi (Sha. Tabriz)

16 goals

Mostafa Shojaei (Sepahan Novin)

9 goals

Ali Abolfathi (Sanati Kaveh)

8 goals

7 goals

Group B

12 goals

Rasoul Khatibi (Gostaresh Foolad)

10 goals

Ali Amiri (Damash Gilan)

9 goals

Reza Taheri (Damash Gilan)
Ali Alizadeh (Bargh Shiraz)

8 goals

Amir Rafati (Gol Gohar)

7 goals

Founéké Sy (Nassaji Mazandaran)
Hadi Dehghani (Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.)
Saeed Babaei (Mes Sarcheshme)
Akbar Saghiri (Naft Tehran)
Ahmad Hasanzadeh (Mes Sarcheshme)

Play Off

First leg to be played July 2, 2010; return leg to be played July 8, 2010

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Damash Gilan F.C.	2-7	Sanat Naft F.C.	1-5	1-2

First leg

July 2, 2010 18:00	Sanat Naft	5-1	Damash Gilan	Takhti Stadium, Abadan
	Zolfonoun 15' Rikani 30' Saki 15' Mardasi 50' 79'		Amiri 37'	Takhti Stadium, Abadan

Return leg

July 8, 2010 18:00	Damash Gilan	1-2	Sanat Naft	Sardar Jangal Stadium, Rasht
	Taheri 40'		Gaúcho Da Silva 37' Niknafs 86'	Sardar Jangal Stadium, Rasht

2011-12 Azadegan League clubs

Group 1(14 clubs)	Aboomoslem • Etka • Foolad Yazd • Iranjavan • Gostaresh Foolad • Mes Rafsanjan • Payam Mokhaberat • Parseh Tehran • Paykan • Saipa Shomal • Sanat Sari • Shahrdari Arak • Shahrdari Bandar Abbas • Steel Azin

Group 2(14 clubs)	Aluminium Hormozgan • Bargh Shiraz • Esteghlal Khuzestan • Gahar Zagros • Gol Gohar • Mashin Sazi • Naft Masjed Soleyman • Nassaji Mazandaran • Niroye Zamini • PAS Hamedan • Sanati Kaveh • Shahrdari Yasuj • Shirin Faraz • Tarbiat Yazd

Azadegan League Seasons

2001-02 · 2002-03 · 2003-04 · 2004-05 · 2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008-09 · 2009-10 · 2010-11 · 2011-12

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL Division 1 • Azadegan League Division 2 • 2nd Division Division 3 • 3rd Division Division 4 • Hazfi Cup • Super Cup

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

International	AFC Champions League • Asian Cup Winners Cup (Defunct)

See also

Iranian football league system • Foreign Players in Azadegan League • Top Scorers: All-time , Seasons

Football in Iran

League competitions	Pro League · Azadegan League · 2nd Division · 3rd Division

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup · Super Cup

National teams	Men's · B-team · Women's · U-23 · U-20 · U-17 · U-15 · U-13 · Students

Lists and categories	League system · Champions · Foreign players · List of clubs · List of venues · Top goalscorers(all-time · by season)

Iran Football Federation

2009 in Asian Football (AFC)

Domestic leagues	Australia '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Bahrain '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Bangladesh '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Bhutan · Brunei '09–'10 · Cambodia · China · Chinese Taipei · Guam '08–'09 '09–'10 · Hong Kong '08–'09 · '09–'10 · India '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Indonesia '08–'09 · '09 '10 · Iran '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Iraq '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Japan · Jordan '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Korea Republic · Kuwait '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Kyrgyzstan · Lebanon '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Macau · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar '09 · '09–'10 · Oman '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Pakistan · Palestine '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Qatar '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Saudi Arabia '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkmenistan · UAE '08–'09 · '09 '10 · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen '08–'09 · '09–'10

Domestic cups	Bahrain · Hong Kong League Cup '08–'09 · FA Cup · Shield '09–'10 · India Shield · Durand Cup · Fed Cup '09–'10 · Iran '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Japan Emperor's Cup '08 Final · League Cup · Emperor's Cup '09 · Jordan FA Cup '08–'09 · Shield · FA Cup '09–'10 · Korea Republic FA Cup · League Cup · Kuwait Fed Cup '08–'09 · Crown Prince Cup · Emir Cup · Fed Cup '09–'10 · Lebanon FA Cup '08–'09 · Elite Cup · FA Cup '09–'10 · Malaysia FA Cup · Malaysia Cup · Oman · Pakistan · Qatar Emir Cup · Sheikh Jassem Cup · Stars Cup · Singapore Singapore Cup · League Cup · Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions · Syria '08–'09 · '09–'10 · Thailand FA Cup · Queen's Cup · Turkmenistan · UAE Emirates Cup '08–'09 · President's Cup '08–'09 · Emirates Cup '09–'10 · President's Cup '09–'10

Regional club competitions	Gulf Club Champions Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League (Qualifying play-off · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final) AFC Cup (Group stage · Knockout stage · Final) AFC President's Cup

2009–10 Azadegan League

Contents

Events

Start of season

Teams

Group A

Group B

Managerial changes

Final standings

Group A

Group B

Results table

Group A

Group B

Player Statistics

Top Goalscorers

All

Group A

Group B

Play Off

First leg

Return leg

See also