2008–09 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	2008–09
Champions	Steel Azin 1st Azadegan League title Tractor Sazi 1st Azadegan League title
Promoted	Steel Azin Tractor Sazi Shahin Bushehr
Relegated	Homa Shahrdari Zanjan Machine Sazi Deyhim Ahvaz
Matches played	364
Goals scored	843 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abbas Porkhosravani (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Aluminium Arak 7–0 Kowsar Lorestan (25 December 2008)
Biggest away win	Shahin Ahvaz 0–4 Niroye Zamini (30 November 2008)
Highest scoring	Gol Gohar 3–5 Petroshimi Tabriz (14 November 2008) Nassaji 3–5 Steel Azin (7 June 2009)
Highest attendance	20,000 Tractor Sazi – Aluminium Hormozgan (8 June 2009)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Sanat Naft – Sh. Bandar Abbas^[1] (20 November 2008) Damash Lorestan – Machine Sazi^[2] (25 December 2008) Shahin Ahvaz – Shirin Faraz^[3] (25 December 2008) Sh. Tabriz – Nassaji^[4] (5 March 2009) Aluminium Hormozgan – Machine Sazi^[5] (13 April 2009) Petroshimi Tabriz – Moghavemat Mersad^[6] (20 May 2009) Shamoushak – Niroye Zamini^[7] (26 May 2009)
Total attendance	1,097,750
Average attendance	3,075
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Azadegan League was the 18th season of the Azadegan League and eight as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 22 teams from the 2007–08 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup: Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz and four new teams promoted from the 2007–08 2nd Division: Aluminium Hormozgan as champions and Mehrkam Pars, Payam Mokhaberat and Petroshimi Tabriz. Sanaye Arak changed their name into Aluminium Arak. The league started on 23 October 2008 and ended on 8 June 2009. Steel Azin and Tractor Sazi won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Steel Azin, Tractor Sazi and Shahin Bushehr promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Standings

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steel Azin !Steel Azin (C) (P)	26	17	4	5	49	31	+18	55	Promotion to Persian Gulf Cup 2009–10
2	Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	26	13	9	4	39	25	+14	48	Azadegan League 2008-09 Play Off
3	Petroshimi Tabriz !Petroshimi Tabriz	26	13	7	6	43	32	+11	46
4	Aluminium Arak !Aluminium Arak	26	12	9	5	37	23	+14	45
5	Gol Gohar !Gol Gohar	26	10	9	7	33	30	+3	39
6	Sepahan Novin !Sepahan Novin	26	10	8	8	35	31	+4	38
7	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	26	7	12	7	28	27	+1	33
8	Kowsar Lorestan !Kowsar Lorestan	26	8	9	9	20	29	−9	33
9	Mehrkam Pars !Mehrkam Pars	26	7	10	9	31	34	−3	31
10	Moghavemat Mersad !Moghavemat Mersad	26	6	8	12	27	34	−7	26
11	Sh. Bandar Abbas !Sh. Bandar Abbas	26	6	7	13	26	33	−7	25
12	Nassaji Mazandaran !Nassaji Mazandaran	26	5	10	11	25	36	−11	25
13	Homa !Homa (R)	26	4	9	13	23	32	−9	21	Relegation to 2nd Division
14	Sh. Zanjan !Sh. Zanjan (R)	26	3	11	12	19	33	−14	20	Relegation to 2nd Division

Updated to games played on 7 June 2009.
Source: http://www.iplstats.com
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	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi (C) (P)	26	16	6	4	41	18	+23	54	Promotion to Persian Gulf Cup 2009–10
2	Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr (P)	26	16	5	5	31	20	+11	53	Azadegan League 2008-09 Play Off
3	Mes Rafsanjan !Mes Rafsanjan	26	13	7	6	42	20	+22	46
4	Damash Lorestan !Damash Lorestan	26	10	10	6	26	19	+7	40
5	Tarbiat Yazd !Tarbiat Yazd	26	9	11	6	32	24	+8	38
6	Niroye Zamini !Niroye Zamini	26	10	8	8	25	19	+6	38
7	Shirin Faraz !Shirin Faraz	26	8	12	6	30	25	+5	36
8	Payam Mokhaberat !Payam Mokhaberat	26	10	4	12	33	30	+3	34
9	Aluminium Hormozgan !Aluminium Hormozgan	26	7	12	7	30	24	+6	33
10	Etka Gorgan !Etka Gorgan	26	8	9	9	37	30	+7	33
11	Shamoushak !Shamoushak	26	6	9	11	20	25	−5	27
12	Shahin Ahvaz !Shahin Ahvaz	26	5	6	15	20	50	−30	21
13	Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi (R)	26	5	5	16	21	49	−28	20	Relegation to 2nd Division
14	Deyhim Ahvaz !Deyhim Ahvaz (R)	26	4	6	16	20	51	−31	18	Relegation to 2nd Division

Updated to games played on 7 June 2009.
Source: http://www.lig1.ir
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.

Results table

Group A

Last updated June 7, 2009

Home ╲ Away	Gol Gohar !GOL	Homa !HOM	Kowsar Lorestan !KOW	Mehrkam Pars !MEH	Moghavemat Mersad !MMS	Nassaji Mazandaran !NSJ	Petroshimi Tabriz !PET	Sanat Naft !SNA	Aluminium Arak !ALU	Sepahan Novin !SPN	Sh. Bandar Abbas !SHB	Sh. Tabriz !SHT	Sh. Zanjan !SHZ	Steel Azin !STL
Gol Gohar !Gol Gohar		1–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–5	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3
Homa !Homa	2–2		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1
Kowsar Lorestan !Kowsar Lorestan	0–1	2–1		1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
Mehrkam Pars !Mehrkam Pars	1–2	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Moghavemat Mersad !Moghavemat Mersad	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–1		4–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–0
Nassaji Mazandaran !Nassaji Mazandaran	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–5
Petroshimi Tabriz !Petroshimi Tabriz	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–2
Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1
Aluminium Arak !Aluminium Arak	1–0	2–1	7–0	3–2	0–1	3–1	3–3	1–0		1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–3
Sepahan Novin !Sepahan Novin	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–4	1–2	0–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Sh. Bandar Abbas !Sh. Bandar Abbas	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1		1–4	2–0	2–1
Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		3–3	3–1
Sh. Zanjan !Sh. Zanjan	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–3		1–1
Steel Azin !Steel Azin	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	3–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	3–1

Source: http://lig1.ir/
1 ^{^} The 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

Last updated June 7, 2009

Home ╲ Away	Aluminium Hormozgan !ALH	Damash !DAM	Deyhim Ahvaz !DEY	Etka Gorgan !ETK	Machine Sazi !MST	Mes Rafsanjan !MSR	Niroye Zamini !NRO	Payam Mokhaberat !PMS	Shahin Ahvaz !SAA	Shahin Bushehr !SHB	Shamoushak !SHM	Shirin Faraz !SFZ	Tarbiat Yazd !TAR	Tractor Sazi !TRK
Aluminium Hormozgan !Aluminium Hormozgan		1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Damash Lorestan !Damash Lorestan	0–0		2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
Deyhim Ahvaz !Deyhim Ahvaz	1–1	0–1		1–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–3
Etka Gorgan !Etka Gorgan	1–1	1–2	4–0		2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–3
Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–1		3–1	0–3	1–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1
Mes Rafsanjan !Mes Rafsanjan	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	5–0		1–0	4–2	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0
Niroye Zamini !Niroye Zamini	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1		1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0
Payam Mokhaberat !Payam Mokhaberat	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3		3–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
Shahin Ahvaz !Shahin Ahvaz	4–3	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–4	0–1		0–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–4
Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Shamoushak !Shamoushak	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1		2–2	1–1	0–0
Shirin Faraz !Shirin Faraz	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1		0–0	1–1
Tarbiat Yazd !Tarbiat Yazd	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2		2–2
Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–1

Source: http://lig1.ir
1 ^{^} The 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

17

Abbas Porkhosravani (Gol Gohar)

Group A

17

Abbas Porkhosravani (Gol Gohar)

11

9

Rouhollah Arab (Sanat Naft F.C.)

Group B

14

Mohammad Ahmadpouri (Shirin Faraz)

12

9

Amir Mohebi (Tractor Sazi F.C.)

Play Off

First leg to be played June 15, 2009; return leg to be played June 22, 2009

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shahrdari Tabriz F.C.	2-3	Shahin Bushehr F.C.	2-2	0-1

First leg

Shahrdari Tabriz v Shahin Bushehr

June 15, 2009
17:00

Shahrdari Tabriz	2 – 2	Shahin Bushehr
Saeed Daghighi 16' 42' (pen.)		Saeed Pirsarandib 37' 50'

Takhti Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombini

Return leg

Shahin Bushehr v Shahrdari Tabriz

June 22, 2009
17:30

Shahin Bushehr	1 – 0	Shahrdari Tabriz
Abbas Mardasi 63'

Shahid Beheshti Stadium, Bushehr
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	122,000	20,000	3,000	9,385	n/a^†
2	Damash Lorestan !Damash Lorestan	103,000	10,000	0	8,583	n/a^†
3	Shahin Bushehr !Shahin Bushehr	103,000	12,000	4,000	7,923	n/a^†
4	Nassaji !Nassaji	93,000	15,000	1,000	7,154	n/a^†
5	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	82,700	12,000	0	6,892	-0.55136−44.8%^†
6	Kowsar Lorestan !Kowsar Lorestan	78,500	10,000	1,000	6,038	n/a^†
7	Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	63,500	12,000	0	5,292	n/a^†
8	Aluminium Arak !Aluminium Arak	68,000	15,000	1,000	5,231	n/a^†
9	Tarbiat Yazd !Tarbiat Yazd	57,000	10,000	2,000	4,385	n/a^†
10	Machine Sazi !Machine Sazi	50,000	10,000	1,000	3,846	n/a^†
11	Etka Gorgan !Etka Gorgan	36,000	5,000	500	2,769	n/a^†
12	Mes Rafsanjan !Mes Rafsanjan	34,700	5,000	200	2,669	n/a^†
13	Aluminium Hormozgan !Aluminium Hormozgan	25,500	3,000	0	2,125	n/a^†
14	Gol Gohar !Gol Gohar	25,000	3,000	1,000	1,923	n/a^†
15	Sh. Zanjan !Sh. Zanjan	24,750	5,000	50	1,904	n/a^†
16	Shirin Faraz !Shirin Faraz	22,500	4,000	500	1,731	-0.36442105263158−63.5%^†
17	Sepahan Novin !Sepahan Novin	20,000	5,000	300	1,538	n/a^†
18	Sh. Bandar Abbas !Sh. Bandar Abbas	17,800	3,000	300	1,369	n/a^†
19	Shamoushak !Shamoushak	15,600	3,000	0	1,300	n/a^†
20	Steel Azin !Steel Azin	8,750	4,000	100	673	n/a^†
21	Mehrkam Pars !Mehrkam Pars	7,600	2,000	100	585	n/a^†
22	Shahin Ahvaz !Shahin Ahvaz	6,550	4,000	0	546	n/a^†
23	Moghavemat Mersad !Moghavemat Mersad	7,000	4,000	100	538	n/a^†
24	Deyhim Ahvaz !Deyhim Ahvaz	6,000	1,500	100	462	n/a^†
25	Homa !Homa	5,400	1,000	200	415	n/a^†
26	Payam Mokhaberat !Payam Mokhaberat	5,300	1,000	100	408	n/a^†
27	Petroshimi Tabriz !Petroshimi Tabriz	4,450	800	0	371	n/a^†
28	Niroye Zamini !Niroye Zamini	4,150	2,000	50	319	n/a^†
	League total	1,097,750	15,000	0	3,075	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 8 June 2009
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Persian Gulf Cup
Aluminium Hormozgan, Mehrkam Pars, Payam Mokhaberat and Petroshimi Tabriz played last season in Iran 2nd Division
Sanaye Arak changed their name into Aluminium Arak

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Tractor Sazi	2–0	Aluminium Hormozgan	20,000	8 June 2009 (2009-06-08)	26	Sahand
2	Aluminium Arak	1–3	Steel Azin	15,000	15 March 2009 (2009-03-15)	17	Imam Khomeini
2	Nassaji	1–0	Gol Gohar	15,000	21 April 2009 (2009-04-21)	20	Vatani
2	Tractor Sazi	2–0	Shahin Bushehr	15,000	28 April 2009 (2009-04-28)	21	Sahand
2	Nassaji	0–0	Shahrdari Tabriz	15,000	7 May 2009 (2009-05-07)	22	Vatani
2	Nassaji	1–0	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	15,000	21 May 2009 (2009-05-21)	24	Vatani
3	Sanat Naft	3–1	Gol Gohar	12,000	22 January 2009 (2009-01-22)	13	Takhti Abadan
3	Shahrdari Tabriz	2–2	Mehrkam Pars	12,000	13 March 2009 (2009-03-13)	17	Sahand
3	Shahin Bushehr	3–2	Etka Gorgan	12,000	21 May 2009 (2009-05-21)	24	Shahid Beheshti
3	Shahrdari Tabriz	1–0	Aluminium Arak	12,000	8 June 2009 (2009-06-08)	26	Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 8 June 2009. Source: iplstats.com

References

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
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 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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) Futsal Beach soccer
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

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2008–09 Azadegan League

Standings

Group A

Group B

Results table

Group A

Group B

Player Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Group A

Group B

Play Off

First leg

Return leg

Attendances

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

See also

References