2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season 2012–13
Promoted Naft & Gaz
Giti Pasand Isfahan
Siah Jamegan
Badr Hormozgan
Relegated Moghavemat
Choka
Dartak
Naft Mahmoudabad
Saipa Mehr
Seifabad Kazerun
Persepolis Varamin
Datis
Matches played 364
Goals scored 820 (2.25 per match)

The article contains the information of 2nd Division's 2012/13 football season. This is the 3rd rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League and Persian Gulf Cup.

The league is 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, two teams are promoted to Azadegan League, and two teams are relegated to Iran Football's 3rd Division plus the relegation playoff loser. In total, the league promotes 4 teams to Azadegan League and relegates 9 teams to 3rd Division.

The league started from September 2012.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Group A

Team City
Badr HormozganBandar Lengeh
Caspian QazvinQazvin
Choka TaleshTalesh
Dartak KhoramabadKhoramabad
Datis LorestanKhoramabad
Esteghlal SariSari
Fajr Jam BushehrBushehr
Foolad NovinAhvaz
Giti Pasand IsfahanIsfahan
Saipa Mehr KarajKaraj
Mes SoongounVarzaghan
Minab Toyur HormozganMinab
Moghavemat TehranTehran
Naft & Gaz GachsaranGachsaran

Stadia and locations

Locations of clubs in 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup

Group B

Team City
Naft MahmoudabadMahmoudabad
Sanat Naft NovinAbadan
Naft OmidiyehOmidiyeh
Persepolis GanavehGanaveh
Persepolis VaraminVaramin
Siah JameganMashhad
Sanat SariSari
Seifabad KazerunKazerun
SepidroodRasht
Shahrdari ArdebilArdabil
Shahrdari DezfulDezful
Shahrdari LangarudLangarud
Shahrdari NoshahrNoshahr
Steel AzinTehran

Standings

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Naft Gachsaran (P) 26 13 7 6 40 21+19 46 Promotion to 2013–14 Azadegan League
2 Giti Pasand (P) 26 11 12 3 45 20+25 45
3 Foolad Novin 26 12 8 6 34 15+19 44
4 Fajr Bushehr 26 12 8 6 32 24+8 44
5 Minab Toyur 26 12 7 7 31 25+6 43
6 Sh. Ardabil 26 10 11 5 37 19+18 41
7 Sanat Sari 26 11 7 8 37 27+10 40
8 Naft Omidiyeh 26 11 7 8 35 29+6 40
9 Sh. Langarud 26 9 9 8 19 20−1 36
10 Caspian Qazvin 26 9 8 9 31 23+8 35 Relegation Play Off
11 Moghavemat Tehran (R) 26 8 7 11 26 31−5 31 Relegation to 3rd Division 2013-2014
12 Chooka (R) 26 4 8 14 22 46−24 20
13 Dartak (R) 26 4 6 16 15 52−37 18
14 Naft Mahmoudabad (R) 26 1 5 20 12 64−52 8

Updated to games played on 17 April 2013 (2013-04-17).
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.

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Siah Jamegan (P) 26 17 8 1 38 9+29 59 Promotion to 2013–14 Azadegan League
2 Badr Hormozgan (P) 26 15 5 6 48 21+27 50
3 Mes Soongoun 26 16 4 6 39 23+16 0461
4 Sepidrood 26 12 7 7 46 23+23 43
5 Sanat Naft Novin 26 10 9 7 31 23+8 39
6 Per. Ganaveh 26 10 8 8 27 25+2 38
7 Steel Azin 26 10 6 10 26 24+2 36
8 Sh. Noshahr 26 9 7 10 28 280 34
9 Est. Sari 26 9 7 10 23 27−4 34
10 Sh. Dezful 26 9 5 12 25 30−5 32 Relegation Play Off
11 Mehr Karaj (R) 26 9 5 12 20 33−13 32 Relegation to 3rd Division 2013-2014
12 Seifabad Kazerun (R) 26 7 8 11 25 37−12 29
13 Datis (R) 26 4 1 21 13 49−36 13
14 Per. Varamin (R) 26 3 4 19 15 52−37 13

Updated to games played on 17 April 2013 (2013-04-17).
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.
 1Mes Soongoun were deducted 6 points.

Relegation play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Caspian Qazvin ?-? Shahrdari Dezful ?–? ?–?

The loser will be relegated to 2013–14 Iran Football's 3rd Division .

See also

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