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

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

Changes

Teams

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
AluminiumBandar AbbasPersian Gulf20,000Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Daroush Yazdi
Fajr SepasiShirazHafezieh6,000Iran Ali Kalantari
Foolad NovinAhvazFoolad5,000Iran Koroush Mousavi
Giti PasandIsfahanFoolad Shahr20,000Armenia Vahik Torosian
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000Iran Gholamreza Delgarm
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,430Iran Akbar Misaghian
Naft GachsaranGachsaranNaft Gachsaran2,000Iran Abbas Chamanyan
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000Iran Nader Dastneshan
Niroo ZaminiTehranTakhti Tehran30,000Iran Ali Rozbahani
Shahrdari Ardabil Ardabil Ali Daei 20,000Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Tarbiat NovinYazdNassiri6,000Iran Mahmoud Amiri

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
DamashRashtDr. Azodi11,000Iran Omid Harandi
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000Iran Saket Elhami
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000Croatia Dinko Jeličić
Gol Gohar Sirjan Imam Ali 2,000Iran Ghasem Shahba
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohada10,000Croatia Vinko Begović
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran5,000Iran Bahman Abedini
Pas HamedanHamedanQods10,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Rahian KermanshahKermanshahAzadi7,000Iran Ahmad Sanjari
Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti Abadan22,000Portugal Carlos Manuel
Siah JameganMashhadSamen35,000Iran Reza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti Bandar Abbas10,000Iran Hamidreza Farzaneh
Shahrdari TabrizTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Mehdi Pashazadeh

Standings

Group A[1]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Est. Ahvaz (C) (P) 22 12 6 4 36 19+17 42 Persian Gulf Pro League
2 Sanat Mes (Q) 22 10 6 6 23 18+5 36 Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3 Nassaji Mazandaran 22 9 7 6 23 20+3 34
4 Aluminium 22 8 8 6 21 18+3 32
5 Fajr Sepasi 22 7 9 6 22 17+5 30
6 Sh. Ardabil 22 8 6 8 24 23+1 30
7 Giti Pasand 22 7 8 7 26 22+4 29
8 Iranjavan 22 7 8 7 19 212 29
9 Foolad Novin (R) 22 8 5 9 15 194 29 Relegation Play Off
10 Niroo Zamini (R) 22 7 7 8 16 171 28 Relegation to 2nd Division
11 Naft Gachsaran (R) 22 6 7 9 22 286 25
12 Tarbiat Novin (R) 22 2 5 15 8 3325 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 (P) 21 11 6 4 25 15+10 39 Persian Gulf Pro League
2 Mes Rafsanjan (Q) 21 10 7 4 20 12+8 37 Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3 Pas Hamedan 21 10 7 4 19 13+6 37
4 Parseh Tehran 21 9 7 5 26 22+4 34
5 Sanat Naft 21 9 6 6 22 17+5 33
6 Damash 21 6 9 6 19 201 27
7 Gol Gohar 21 5 9 7 18 202 24
8 Foolad Yazd 21 5 9 7 16 215 24
9 Sh. Tabriz 21 4 10 7 21 20+1 22 Relegation Play Off
10 Rahian Kermanshah (R) 21 5 7 9 12 164 22 Relegation to 2nd Division
11 Sh. Bandar Abbas (R) 21 3 7 11 12 2412 16
12 Etka (R) 11 1 2 8 10 2010 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.


6 May 2015 (2015-05-06)
15:00 CEST
Mes Rafsanjan 0 – 0 Mes Kerman
Report
Shohadaye Noushabad, Rafsanjan
Attendance: 4,000

12 May 2015 (2015-05-12)
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.


25 May 2015 (2015-05-25)
16:00 CEST
Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 – 0 Mes Kerman
Momeni  90+5'
Ghadir, Ahvaz
Attendance: 2,500

30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)
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.


11 May 2015 (2015-05-11)
14:30 CEST
Shahrdari Tabriz 1 – 0 Esteghlal Ahvaz
Gharedaghi  40' Report
Bagh Shomal, Tabriz
Attendance: 5,000

18 May 2015 (2015-05-18)
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.


8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)
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

See also

References

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