2014–15 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Esteghlal Ahvaz
Promoted	Esteghlal Ahvaz Siah Jamegan
Relegated	Tarbiat Novin Naft Gachsaran Niroo Zamini Etka Gorgan Sh.Bandar Abbas Rahian Kermanshah Foolad Novin
Matches played	285
Goals scored	475 (1.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Issa Alekasir (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Sanat Naft 4–1 Parseh Tehran Mes Kerman 3–0 Fajr Sepasi Rahian Kermanshah 3–0 Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
Biggest away win	Gol Gohar 1–3 Mes Rafsanjan
Highest scoring	Aluminium 5–2 Shahrdari Ardabil Parseh Tehran 4–3 Etka Niroo Zamini 4–3 Naft Gachsaran
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Azadegan League is the 14th season of the second-level football league competition of Iran. The league is composed of 24 teams which drawn into two divisions of 12 teams each. Each group has a home and away round robin format for the total of 22 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 eight teams to the Second Division.

The league was started on 4 October 2014 and ended on 22 April 2015.

Start of season

The league is feature to three teams relegated from Iran Pro League in 2013–14; Mes Kerman, Fajr Sepasi and Damash Gilan.
It featured four teams promoted from 2013–14 2nd Division: Shahrdari Ardabil, Etka Gorgan, Foolad Novin , and Shahrdari Tabriz.

Changes

Two fewer teams participate in the 2014–15 Azadegan League, compared to the previous year.

Teams

Group A

Es. Ahvaz
Foolad Novin

Fajr Sepasi

Sh. Ardabil

Locations of clubs in 2014–15 Azadegan League

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach
Aluminium	Bandar Abbas	Persian Gulf	20,000	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Daroush Yazdi
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	6,000	Ali Kalantari
Foolad Novin	Ahvaz	Foolad	5,000	Koroush Mousavi
Giti Pasand	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000	Vahik Torosian
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Gholamreza Delgarm
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,430	Akbar Misaghian
Naft Gachsaran	Gachsaran	Naft Gachsaran	2,000	Abbas Chamanyan
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Nader Dastneshan
Niroo Zamini	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Ali Rozbahani
Shahrdari Ardabil	Ardabil	Ali Daei	20,000	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Tarbiat Novin	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Mahmoud Amiri

Group B

~~Etka Gorgan~~

Locations of clubs in 2014–15 Azadegan League

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach
Damash	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000	Omid Harandi
Etka	Gorgan	Karim Abad	15,000	Saket Elhami
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Dinko Jeličić
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Ghasem Shahba
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohada	10,000	Vinko Begović
Parseh Tehran	Tehran	Kargaran	5,000	Bahman Abedini
Pas Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods	10,000	Davoud Mahabadi
Rahian Kermanshah	Kermanshah	Azadi	7,000	Ahmad Sanjari
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	22,000	Carlos Manuel
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Reza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti Bandar Abbas	10,000	Hamidreza Farzaneh
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Mehdi Pashazadeh

Standings

Group A^[1]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz (C) (P)	22	12	6	4	36	19	+17	42	Persian Gulf Pro League
2	Sanat Mes !Sanat Mes (Q)	22	10	6	6	23	18	+5	36	Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3	Nassaji Mazandaran !Nassaji Mazandaran	22	9	7	6	23	20	+3	34
4	Aluminium !Aluminium	22	8	8	6	21	18	+3	32
5	Fajr Sepasi !Fajr Sepasi	22	7	9	6	22	17	+5	30
6	Sh. Ardabil !Sh. Ardabil	22	8	6	8	24	23	+1	30
7	Giti Pasand !Giti Pasand	22	7	8	7	26	22	+4	29
8	Iranjavan !Iranjavan	22	7	8	7	19	21	−2	29
9	Foolad Novin !Foolad Novin (R)	22	8	5	9	15	19	−4	29	Relegation Play Off
10	Niroo Zamini !Niroo Zamini (R)	22	7	7	8	16	17	−1	28	Relegation to 2nd Division
11	Naft Gachsaran !Naft Gachsaran (R)	22	6	7	9	22	28	−6	25
12	Tarbiat Novin !Tarbiat Novin (R)	22	2	5	15	8	33	−25	11

Updated to games played on 28 April 2015.
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^[2]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Siah Jamegan !Siah Jamegan (P)	21	11	6	4	25	15	+10	39	Persian Gulf Pro League
2	Mes Rafsanjan !Mes Rafsanjan (Q)	21	10	7	4	20	12	+8	37	Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3	Pas Hamedan !Pas Hamedan	21	10	7	4	19	13	+6	37
4	Parseh Tehran !Parseh Tehran	21	9	7	5	26	22	+4	34
5	Sanat Naft !Sanat Naft	21	9	6	6	22	17	+5	33
6	Damash !Damash	21	6	9	6	19	20	−1	27
7	Gol Gohar !Gol Gohar	21	5	9	7	18	20	−2	24
8	Foolad Yazd !Foolad Yazd	21	5	9	7	16	21	−5	24
9	Sh. Tabriz !Sh. Tabriz	21	4	10	7	21	20	+1	22	Relegation Play Off
10	Rahian Kermanshah !Rahian Kermanshah (R)	21	5	7	9	12	16	−4	22	Relegation to 2nd Division
11	Sh. Bandar Abbas !Sh. Bandar Abbas (R)	21	3	7	11	12	24	−12	16
12	Etka !Etka (R)	11	1	2	8	10	20	−10	5

Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
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.

Azadegan League Play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mes Rafsanjan	0–1	Mes Kerman	0–0^[3]	0–1

Mes Kerman as 2nd-placed team of Group A will faced Mes Rafsanjan as 2nd-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.

Mes Rafsanjan v Mes Kerman

6 May 2015
15:00 CEST

Mes Rafsanjan	0 – 0	Mes Kerman
	Report

Shohadaye Noushabad, Rafsanjan
Attendance: 4,000

Mes Kerman v Mes Rafsanjan

12 May 2015
15:30 CEST

Mes Kerman	1 - 0	Mes Rafsanjan
Bagheri 73'	Report

Shahid Bahonar, Kerman
Attendance: 8,000

Mes Kerman won 1–0 on aggregate and receives its place in the relegation Play-off of the Persian Gulf Pro League

Relegation Play-off (Persian Gulf Pro League)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal Khuzestan	3–0	Mes Kerman	1–0	2–0

Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Mes Kerman

25 May 2015
16:00 CEST

Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Mes Kerman
Momeni 90+5'

Ghadir, Ahvaz
Attendance: 2,500

Mes Kerman v Esteghlal Khuzestan

30 May 2015
15:30 CEST

Mes Kerman	0 - 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan
		Diawara 56' Diawara 79'

Shahid Bahonar, Kerman
Attendance: 15,000

Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3–0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League

Relegation Play-off (Azadegan League)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shahrdari Tabriz	3–3 (a)	Esteghlal Ahvaz	1–0	2–3

Esteghlal Ahvaz as 9th-placed team of Group A will faced Shahrdari Tabriz as 9th-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.

Shahrdari Tabriz v Esteghlal Ahvaz

11 May 2015
14:30 CEST

Shahrdari Tabriz	1 – 0	Esteghlal Ahvaz
Gharedaghi 40'	Report

Bagh Shomal, Tabriz
Attendance: 5,000

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Shahrdari Tabriz

18 May 2015
15:30 CEST

Esteghlal Ahvaz	3 – 2	Shahrdari Tabriz
Sinak 44' Vadadi 88' Mirghorbani 90'	Report	Ashoubi 22' Ranjbari 54'

Takhti Ahvaz, Ahvaz
Attendance: 9,000

3–3 on aggregate. Shahrdari Tabriz won on away goals.

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Foolad Novin	1–0	Siah Jamegan

Siah Jamegan as winner of Group A will faced Foolad Novin as winner of Group B in a final.

Foolad Novin v Siah Jamegan

8 May 2015

Foolad Novin	1 – 0	Siah Jamegan
Janfaza 28'	Report

Takhti Ahvaz
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Saeid Rahimi Moghadam

Foolad Novin become champions of the league for the first time in their history

References

External links

Azadegan League

2015–16 Azadegan League clubs

Teams	Aluminium Arak Aluminium Bandar Abbas Damash Fajr Sepasi Foolad Yazd Giti Pasand Gol Gohar Iranjavan Kheybar Khoune Be Khouneh Machine Sazi Mes Kerman Mes Rafsanjan Naft MIS Nassaji Parseh Tehran Pas Hamedan Paykan Sanat Naft Shahrdari Ardabil

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

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL 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 2nd Division 3rd Division Provincial League Kowsar league

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup

Defunct competitions	Super Cup Takht Jamshid Cup

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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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Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Club seasons

Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Masjed Soleyman Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

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Regional club competitions	2015 GCC Champions League 2015 Mekong Club Championship

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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