2013–14 Azadegan League

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Azadegan League
Season	2013–14
Matches played	195
Goals scored	404 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Younes Shakeri (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Nassaji Mazandaran 4–0 Gahar Zagros Gol Gohar 4–0 Nassaji Mazandaran
Biggest away win	Badr Hormozgan 0–3 Paykan
Highest scoring	Aboomoslem 4–2 Rahian Kermanshah Siah Jamegan 4–2 Sanat Naft
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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

In each division, one team will be promoted to Iran Pro League, and one team enters into a promotion play-off and two teams will be 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]

Sh. Bandar Abbas
Aluminium

Aboomoslem
Siah Jamegan
Padideh

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

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Note
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Ali Hanteh
Alvand Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods	10,000	Reza Talaeimanesh
Aluminium	Bandar Abbas	Persian Gulf	20,000	Hans-Jürgen Gede
Badr Hormozgan	Bandar Lengeh	Takhti Bandar Langeh	5,000	Fereydoun Hardani
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
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	Dariush Yazdi
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Nader Dastneshan
Nirooye Zamini	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Bahman Khoda Karam^[8]
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Noushabad	10,000	Vinko Begović	Replaced for Mes Soongoun
Padideh	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Akbar Misaghian	Replaced for Mes Sarcheshmeh
Pas Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods Stadium	10,000	Mohsen Ashouri
Parseh Tehran	Tehran	Kargaran	5,000	TBD^[9]
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
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Mohammadreza Mohajeri
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,000	Ebrahim Ghasempour
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti Bandar Abbas	10,000	Hamidreza Farzaneh^[10]
Shahrdari Yasuj	Yasuj	Takhti Yasuj	5,000	Javad Zarincheh
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	17	7	9	1	21	12	+9	30	2014–15 Iran Pro League
2	Siah Jamegan	17	7	7	3	19	15	+4	28	Azadegan League 2013–14 Play Off
3	Nassaji Mazandaran	16	7	6	3	17	11	+6	27
4	Sanat Naft	17	7	5	5	20	18	+2	26
5	Giti Pasand	17	6	6	5	17	17	0	24
6	Gol Gohar	16	6	5	5	21	13	+8	23
7	Niroye Zamini	17	7	2	8	20	19	+1	23
8	Sh. Bandar Abbas	16	7	2	7	16	15	+1	23
9	Est. Ahvaz	17	5	5	7	20	23	−3	20
10	Foolad Yazd	17	3	9	5	13	14	−1	18
11	Sh. Yasuj	17	3	9	5	12	14	−2	18	Relegation to 2nd Division
12	Alvand Hamedan	16	5	3	8	15	22	−7	18
13	Gahar	16	2	5	9	10	25	−15	11

Updated to games played on 3 February 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	Iranjavan	17	7	7	3	22	16	+6	28	2014–15 Iran Pro League
2	Naft Masjed Soleyman	17	7	6	4	23	18	+5	27	Azadegan League 2013–14 Play Off
3	Paykan	17	8	3	6	24	20	+4	27
4	Naft Gachsaran	16	6	7	3	22	17	+5	25
5	Rahian Kermanshah	17	6	6	5	15	17	−2	24
6	Yazd Loleh	16	5	8	3	14	10	+4	23
7	Parseh Tehran	17	5	8	4	18	16	+2	23
8	Mes Rafsanjan	17	4	9	4	18	16	+2	21
9	Aboomoslem	17	4	7	6	20	25	−5	19
10	Badr Hormozgan	16	7	3	6	16	20	−4	018¹
11	Pas	16	5	2	9	11	19	−8	17	Relegation to 2nd Division
12	Aluminium	16	3	6	7	16	15	+1	15
13	Persepolis Shomal	17	2	6	9	18	28	−10	12

Updated to games played on 2 February 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.
¹Badr Hormozgan were deducted 6 points due to their involvement in the last season's match-fixing scandal.

Play-off

Top scorers

External link(s)

References

External links

Azadegan League

2012-13 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 2012–13 2013–14

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 Top Scorers All-time Seasons

v t e 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

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

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