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

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
Yazd Loleh
Foolad
Pas
Alvand
Nassaji
P. Shomal
N. Zamini
Paykan
Parseh
Badr Hormozgan
Locations of clubs in 2013–14 Azadegan League

Events

Start of season

Changes

Changes during the season

Teams

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
Alvand HamedanHamedanQods10,000Iran Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[7]
GaharDoroodTakhti Dorood11,000Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Giti PasandIsfahanFoolad Shahr20,000Armenia Samvel Darbinyan
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000Iran Ghasem Shahba
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000Iran Nader Dastneshan
Nirooye ZaminiTehranTakhti Tehran30,000Iran Bahman Khoda Karam[8]
Padideh Mashhad Samen 35,000Iran Akbar Misaghian Replaced for Mes Sarcheshmeh
Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti Abadan25,000Iran Ebrahim Ghasempour
Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti Yasuj5,000Iran Javad Zarincheh
Siah JameganMashhadSamen35,000Iran Mohammadreza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti Bandar Abbas10,000Iran Hamidreza Farzaneh[9]

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000Iran Ali Hanteh
AluminiumBandar AbbasPersian Gulf20,000Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Badr HormozganBandar LengehTakhti Bandar Langeh5,000Iran Fereydoun Hardani
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000Iran Gholamreza Delgarm
Naft GachsaranGachsaranNaft Gachsaran2,000Iran Mohammad Hossein Ziaei
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Behrouz Makvandi
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Noushabad10,000Croatia Vinko Begović Replaced for Mes Soongoun
Pas HamedanHamedanQods10,000Iran Mohsen Ashouri
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran5,000Iran Alireza Emamifar[10]
PaykanTehranTakhti Tehran30,000Iran Farhad Kazemi
Persepolis ShomalQa'em Shahr Shahid Vatani 10,000Iran Ebrahim TalebiReplaced for Saipa Shomal
Rahian KermanshahKermanshahAzadi7,000Iran Ahmad Sanjari
Yazd LolehYazdNassiri6,000Iran Mahmoud AmiriReplaced for Sang Ahan Bafq

Standings

Group A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Padideh (C) (P) 24 12 10 2 32 15+17 46 Iran Pro League
2 Siah Jamegan (Q) 24 12 9 3 27 17+10 45 Azadegan League 2013–14 Play Off
3 Nassaji Mazandaran 24 10 7 7 27 22+5 37
4 Sanat Naft 24 9 8 7 24 20+4 35
5 Giti Pasand 24 9 8 7 29 28+1 35
6 Sh. Bandar Abbas 24 9 6 9 23 21+2 33
7 Gol Gohar 24 8 8 8 29 22+7 32
8 Est. Ahvaz 24 7 10 7 27 292 31
9 Niroye Zamini 24 9 4 11 25 272 31
10 Foolad Yazd 24 6 11 7 20 18+2 29
11 Sh. Yasuj (R) 24 6 10 8 21 232 28 Relegation to 2nd Division
12 Alvand Hamedan (R) 24 5 7 12 23 3411 22
13 Gahar (R) 24 2 6 16 15 4631 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 (P) 24 12 7 5 31 22+9 43 Iran Pro League
2 Paykan (P) (Q) 24 12 4 8 35 24+11 40 Azadegan League 2013–14 Play Off
3 Parseh Tehran 24 10 9 5 27 21+6 39
4 Iranjavan 24 9 11 4 29 21+8 38
5 Mes Rafsanjan 24 8 11 5 28 21+7 35
6 Aluminium 24 8 7 9 28 20+8 31
7 Naft Gachsaran 24 7 10 7 28 27+1 31
8 Rahian Kermanshah 24 8 7 9 23 296 31
9 Pas 24 8 5 11 22 286 29
10 Yazd Loleh 24 6 10 8 21 210 28
11 Badr Hormozgan (R) 24 9 4 11 21 309 251 Relegation to 2nd Division
12 Aboomoslem (R) 24 4 10 10 27 4013 22
13 Persepolis Shomal (R) 24 4 7 13 26 4216 19

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.
1Badr Hormozgan were deducted 6 points due to their involvement in the last season's match-fixing scandal.

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

Group B

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

See also

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