2011–12 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season 2011–12
Champions Paykan
Promoted Paykan
Aluminium Hormozgan
Gahar Zagros
Relegated Sanat Sari
Payam Mokhaberat
Sanati Kaveh
Bargh Shiraz
Matches played 367
Goals scored 691 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Bahman Tahmasebi (13 goals)
Biggest home win Iranjavan 4 - 0 Mes Rafsanjan
Biggest away win Payam Mokhaberat 1 - 7 Paykan
Highest scoring Payam Mokhaberat 1 - 7 Paykan

The 2011–12 Azadegan League will be the 11th season of the second-level football league competition of Iran.

The league is composed of 28[1] 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.

The league was started at 1 September 2011.[2][3]

Teams

The league will feature three clubs relegated from Iran Pro League: Steel Azin returned to the Azadegan League after two seasons in the top division, whereas Paykan were relegated after a two-year stint. The third team Pas Hamedan, were relegated for the first time in club history to a lower league.

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000Iran Khodadad Azizi
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran5,000Iran Mehdi DinvarzadehChanged name from Damash
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000 Iran Hamid Kolalifard
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000Republic of Macedonia Zoran Smilevski
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000Iran Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Mohammad H Ziaei
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanNoushabad10,000Iran Akbar Zabardast
Payam MokhaberatShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Asghar Akbari
PaykanTehranIran Khodro5,000Iran Farhad Kazemi
Saipa ShomalQa'em-Shahr Vatani 15,000 Armenia Samvel Darbinyan
Sanat SariSariShohada Stadium15,000Iran Nader Dastneshan
Shahrdari ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000Iran Hamid KolalifardReplaced for Hamyari Arak
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti10,000Portugal Acácio Casimiro
Steel AzinSemnanTakhti10,000Iran Faraz Kamalvand

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
Aluminium HormozganBandar AbbasTakhti10,000Iran Akbar Misaghian
Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Mehrdad Shekari
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Majid BagheriniaReplaced for Esteghlal Jonub
Gahar Zagros DoroodTakhti 10,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000Iran Mehdi Mohammadi
Machine SaziTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Rasoul Khatibi
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizade
NassajiQa'em-ShahrVatani15,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Nirooye ZaminiTehranJey StadiumIran Ali Rouzbahani
PAS HamedanHamedanShahid Mofatteh10,000Croatia Vinko Begović
Sanati KavehTehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti Yasuj5,000Iran Abdollah Chamanian
Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi Stadium7,000Iran Majid Aghajari
Tarbiat YazdYazdNassiri6,000Iran Hadi Bargizar

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
AboomoslemIran Ali Hanteh Resigned2011 Iran Kazem Ghiasian 2011
Sanati KavehIran Saket Elhami[4]Resigned20 October 201114Iran Ahmad Sanjari 29 October 2011
AboomoslemIran Kazem GhiasianSacked19 November 20118Iran Khodadad Azizi 19 November 2011
Sanati KavehIran Ahmad SanjariResigned November 201114Iran Morteza Yekeh Nov 2011
Sanati KavehIran Morteza Yekeh17 November 201114Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Nov 2011
Sanati KavehIran Mehdi DinvarzadehResigned1 December 201114Iran Ali Nazarzadeh1 December 2012
Sanati KavehIran Ali NazarzadehEnd of caretaker spell2 December 201114Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh3 December 2011
Pas HamedanIran Faraz KamalvandResigned12 January 20125Iran Jalal Cheraghpour[5]12 January 2012
ParsehIran Hossein PeyrovaniResigned 19 January 2012 Iran Edmond Yunanpour[6] 25 January 2012
Pas HamedanIran Jalal CheraghpourEnd of caretaker spell22 January 2012 Croatia Vinko Begović[7]22 January 2012
GostareshIran Hossein ZiaeiSacked31 January 201212Iran Hadi Bargizar[8]31 January 2012
ParsehIran Edmond Yunanpour Feb 2012 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[9]5 February 2012
Steel AzinIran Human Afazeli Resigned18 February 201211Iran Faraz Kamalvand[10]18 February 2012
Sanat SariIran Reza Taghavi[11] Sacked18 February 201214Iran Farshad Pious19 February 2012
Shahrdari ArakIran Nader Dastneshan[12]Sacked 27 February 20127Iran Ali Hanteh27 February 2012

Standings

Group A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Paykan (P) 26 14 8 4 44 26+18 50 Promotion to 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Iranjavan (Q) 26 13 9 4 31 16+15 48 Azadegan League 2011-12 Play Off
3 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 10 8 8 26 271 38
4 Sh. Arak 26 9 10 7 19 17+2 37
5 Foolad Yazd 26 9 9 8 25 23+2 36
6 Aboomoslem 26 8 10 8 21 18+3 34
7 Etka 26 9 7 10 21 20+1 34
8 Saipa Shomal 26 8 9 9 26 260 33
9 Gostaresh 26 7 11 8 25 305 32
10 Steel Azin 26 10 10 6 29 22+7 0281
11 Parseh Tehran 26 8 4 14 20 299 28
12 Mes Rafsanjan 26 6 8 12 22 286 26
13 Sanat Sari (R) 26 7 5 14 20 3414 26 Relegation to 2nd Division
14 Payam Mokhaberat (R) 26 5 10 11 15 2813 25

Updated to games played on 7 May 2012.
Source: Foolad FC
1 Steel Azin was docked 12 points by FIFA.
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 Aluminium (P) 26 15 7 4 28 12+16 52 Promotion to 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Gahar (P) (Q) 26 11 9 6 23 16+7 42 Azadegan League 2011-12 Play Off
3 Machine Sazi 26 11 8 7 32 25+7 41
4 Pas Hamedan 26 10 9 7 29 25+4 39
5 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 10 7 9 26 260 37
6 Est. Khuzestan 26 9 8 9 28 23+5 35
7 Sh. Yasuj 26 10 5 11 24 273 35
8 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 8 10 8 25 261 34
9 Gol Gohar 26 9 6 11 28 280 33
10 Niroye Zamini 26 7 11 8 23 241 32
11 Shirin Faraz 26 7 11 8 22 275 32
12 Tarbiat Yazd 26 7 9 10 21 265 30
13 Sanati Kaveh (R) 26 7 8 11 24 23+1 29 Relegation to 2nd Division
14 Bargh Shiraz (R) 26 4 6 16 12 3725 18

Updated to games played on 7 May 2012.
Source: Foolad FC
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

Home ╲ Away ABU PAT ETKFOYGOSIRJMSRPMSPAYSAISANSHASHBSTL
Aboomoslem 10 02 10 31 00 10 00 12 01 30 00 01 22
Parseh Tehran 00 00 30 21 00 10 00 12 21 14 01 12 12
Etka 00 30 01 00 01 01 02 10 10 21 21 20 12
Foolad Yazd 21 21 20 00 22 10 21 11 00 20 00 10 00
Gostaresh 11 10 11 14 00 12 11 21 00 10 10 01 20
Iranjavan 10 02 21 21 20 40 31 10 20 10 00 20 02
Mes Rafsanjan 11 20 00 20 00 12 00 12 41 10 12 00 12
Payam Mokhaberat 01 12 21 11 11 00 00 17 00 10 01 00 10
Paykan 10 10 11 11 11 00 32 10 21 42 00 41 21
Saipa Shomal 01 20 10 21 01 11 11 20 21 22 21 11 12
Sanat Sari 11 10 12 10 12 13 21 10 01 03 10 00 10
Sh. Arak 10 21 01 10 11 21 10 01 22 11 00 01 00
Sh. Bandar Abbas 11 01 00 21 43 21 31 10 23 21 00 01 11
Steel Azin 02 01 10 00 42 00 00 31 11 00 30 11 21

Updated to games played on 18 April 2012.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home ╲ Away ALH BGH ESKGZAGOLMSTNFTNSJNROPASKAVSHYSFZTAR
Aluminium 20 11 10 11 00 20 10 20 00
Bargh Shiraz 01 00 21 11 00 03 12 10 01
Est. Khuzestan 11 20 11 00 10 02 31 11
Gahar 01 10 10 31 11 00 11 31 31
Gol Gohar 12 30 31 00 22 30 32 01 21
Machine Sazi 11 21 21 20 22 32 31 11 12
Naft Masjed Soleyman 11 10 23 11 12 10 11 10
Nassaji Mazandaran 01 10 10 10 13 00 21 11 10
Niroye Zamini 10 11 10 01 10 11 10 10 22
Pas Hamedan 11 21 12 12 21 01 21 21 11
Sanati Kaveh 12 01 00 01 21 11 11 20 11
Sh. Yasuj 20 00 12 01 10 13 20 10 22
Shirin Faraz 11 10 00 10 11 20 21 11 10
Tarbiat Yazd 02 20 20 21 11 00 13 00 21

Updated to games played on 9 February 2012.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Off

First leg played on May 1, 2012; return leg to be played on May 8, 2012
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iranjavan 1 - 1 Gahar Zagros 1-1 0-0

Winner is promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup

Final

The Final scheduled to play on May 2, 2012
Team 1 Score Team 2 Notes
Paykan (w/o)[13] Aluminum Hormozgan

Player Statistics

Top scorers, Group A

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Iran Hamid Kazemi Steel Azin 9
Iran Hossein Khosravi Iranjavan 9
2 Iran Saber Mirghorbani Shahrdari Arak 8
3 Iran Amir Khalifeasl Shahrdari Bandar Abbas 7

Top scorers, Group B

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iran Bahman Tahmasebi Aluminum H 13
2 Iran Rasoul Alizadeh Mashin Sazi 8
Cameroon Ambuno Asheel Shirin Faraz 8
3 Iran Meghdad Ghobakhlou Shahrdari Yasuj 7
Iran Mousa Shahbazi Niroye Zamini 7

See also

References

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