2010–11 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season 2010–11
Champions Damash
Promoted Damash
Mes Sarcheshmeh
Moghavemat Shiraz
Relegated Payam Mashhad
Foolad Natanz
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Sepidrood Rasht
Matches played 367
Goals scored 743 (2.02 per match)
Biggest home win Gol Gohar 4–0 Mes Rafsanjan
Biggest away win Hamyari Arak 1–4 Foolad Natanzh
Highest scoring Foolad Natanzh 3–5 Naft Masjed Soleyman

The 2010–11 Azadegan League will be the xxth season of the second-level football league competition of Iran. It will be divided into two phases, the regular season, played from 22 September 2010 to May 2011, and the playoff phase from May to June 2011.

The league will also be 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, 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.

Events

Start of season

Teams

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Past Season
Damash GilanRashtSardar Jangal15,000Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 2nd in Azadegan League/A
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000Iran Hasan Ghezel6th in Azadegan League/A
Foolad NatanzNatanzSafaiye15,000Iran Hossein Charkhabi Replaced for Sepahan Novin
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000Iran Farshad Pious 10th in Azadegan League/B
Hamyari ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000Iran Yaghoub Vatani Replaced for Shensa Arak
Machine SaziTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Ayyob Zolfaghari Replaced for Petrochimi
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanNoushabad10,000Iran Akbar Zabardast5th in Azadegan League/A
Moghavemat SepasiShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Aliasghar Kalantari16th in Persian Gulf Cup
Naft Masjed SoleymanAhvazTakhti20,000Iran Majid Bagherinia2nd in 2nd Division
Payam MashhadMashhadSamen35,000Iran Ramezan Shokrin8th in Azadegan League/A
Sanati KavehTehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000 Iran Ahmad Khodadad9th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti Bandar Abbas10,000Argentina Carlos Fabian Leeb7th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti Yasuj5,000Iran Jamshid Ghadiri3rd in 2nd Division
Tarbiat YazdYazdNassiri6,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi3rd in Azadegan League/A

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Past Season
AboomoslemMashhadSamen Stadium35,000Iran Ali Hanteh17th in Persian Gulf Cup
Aluminium HormozganBandar AbbasTakhti10,000Croatia Vinko Begović 4th in Azadegan League/B
Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Mehdi Dinavarzadeh 3rd in Azadegan League/B
Damash Iranian DoroodTakhti 10,000Iran Javad Zarincheh11th in Azadegan League/A
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti15,000Iran Rahim Firouzi 18th in Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000Iran Edmond Yunanpour 4th in 2nd Division
Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Firouz Karimi8th in Azadegan League/B
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000Iran Mohammad Abbasi 10th in Azadegan League/A
Mes SarcheshmehSarcheshmehShahid Zenali10,000Iran Asghar Sharafi5th in Azadegan League/B
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000Iran Golmohammadi7th in Azadegan League/B
Payam MokhaberatShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Mohammad Abbasi 12th in Azadegan League/A
Sanat SariSariShohada Stadium 15,000 Iran Mahmoud Sourtchi Replaced for Mehrkam Pars
Sepidrood RashtRashtDr. Azodi Stadium11,000Iran Farhad Hosseinpour 1st in 2nd Division
Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi Stadium7,000Iran Majid Aghajari6th in Azadegan League/B

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Damash GilanSlovenia Marijan Pušnik[3] Sacked9 November 201014Iran Afshin Nazemi7 December 2010
Bargh ShirazIran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[4] Resigned30 October 2010 Iran Alireza Emamifar30 October 2010
Damash GilanIran Afshin NazemiEnd of caretaker spell 7 December 2010 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh7 December 2010
Esteghlal AhvazIran Ali HantehResigned December 2010 Iran Nader DastneshanDecember 2010
Hamyari ArakIran Yaghoub VataniSacked 28 December 2010 12Iran Nasser Pourmehdi28 December 2010
Bargh ShirazIran Alireza EmamifarSacked 7 January 2011 Iran Hossein Hosseinzadeh8 January 2011
Shirin FarazIran Majid AghajeriSacked 17 January 2011 14 Iran Hadi Bargizar21 January 2011
IranjavanIran Asghar SharafiResigned 22 January 20113Iran Mohammad Abbasi23 January 2011
Payam MokhaberatIran Mohammad AbbasiResigned 22 January 2011 12Iran Asghar Akbari 2011
Sanati KavehIran Javad Zarincheh Mutual consent February 2011 3 Iran Farhad Kazemi11 February 2011
DamashSerbia Darko Dražić Sacked 13 February 2011 12 Iran Javad Zarincheh14 February 2011
NaftIran Majid Bagherinia Resigned 15 February 20118Iran Siamak Bakhtiarizadeh 15 February 2011
Payam MashhadIran Abbas Chamanyan Mutual consent 20 February 2011 11 Iran Ramezan Shokrin[5]20 February 2011
AboomoslemIran Ghiyassian Resigned February 2011 3 Iran Ali Hanteh20 February 2011
Shirin FarazIran Hadi Bargizar Resigned 6 March 2011 8 Iran Reza Mohajeri 7 March 2011
TarbiatIran Davoud Mahabadi Resigned 7 March 2011 10 Iran Hadi Bargizar 7 March 2011
Sanati KavehIran Farhad Kazemi Resigned 7 March 2011 5 Iran Ali Nikbakht 10 March 2011
Esteghlal AhvazIran Afshin Komaei Sacked 8 May 2011 11 Iran Bahman Roshanaei 8 May 2011

Standings

Group A

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Damash 26 13 9 4 39 24+15 48 Promotion to 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Moghavemat 26 12 5 9 24 18+6 41 Azadegan League 2010-11 Play Off
3 Sh. Yasuj 26 11 6 9 28 26+2 39
4 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 8 11 7 33 32+1 35
5 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 9 8 9 26 260 35
6 Etka 26 9 7 10 30 28+2 34
7 Gol Gohar 26 8 10 8 29 27+2 34
8 Tarbiat Yazd 26 6 15 5 24 22+2 33
9 Mes Rafsanjan 26 8 8 10 20 255 32
10 Hamyari Arak 26 8 8 10 20 288 32
11 Sanati Kaveh 26 7 10 9 27 325 31
12 Machine Sazi 26 7 10 9 30 366 31
13 Payam Mashhad (R) 26 9 5 12 30 300 0291 Relegation to 2nd Division
14 Foolad Natanz (R) 26 6 10 10 30 366 28

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011.
Source: Persian League
1 Payam Mashhad actually has 32 points, but 3 points was subtracted.[6]
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 Mes Sarcheshmeh 26 14 6 6 34 14+20 48 Promotion to 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Aluminium 26 13 9 4 29 19+10 48 Azadegan League 2010-11 Play Off
3 Gostaresh 26 14 6 6 28 22+6 48
4 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 11 9 6 34 17+17 42
5 Aboomoslem 26 11 9 6 28 20+8 42
6 Shirin Faraz 26 8 11 7 17 192 35
7 Sanat Sari 26 8 11 7 18 246 35
8 Iranjavan 26 8 9 9 29 26+3 33
9 Bargh Shiraz 26 7 11 8 24 251 32
10 Payam Mokhaberat 26 5 12 9 20 222 27
11 Foolad Yazd 26 7 6 13 23 3815 27
12 Damash Iranian 26 6 7 13 22 297 25
13 Est. Ahvaz (R) 26 6 6 14 20 3313 24 Relegation to 2nd Division
14 Sepidrood (R) 26 4 8 14 21 3918 20

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011.
Source: Persian League
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 DMG ETK FNAGOLHAMMSTMSRMVTNFTPYMKAVSHBSHYTAR
Damash 10 11 21 20 11 41 32 31 30 31 10 43 11
Etka 10 31 10 41 11 11 12 21 10 10 31 00 30
Foolad Natanz 11 00 12 20 11 00 00 35 12 10 11 10 21
Gol Gohar 00 10 41 12 01 40 10 11 33 11 10 10 11
Hamyari Arak 12 21 14 00 11 10 10 01 10 21 00 12 00
Machine Sazi 23 32 22 11 11 12 11 22 10 12 12 10 20
Mes Rafsanjan 20 00 21 20 01 10 12 10 02 40 00 10 00
Moghavemat 01 10 10 20 01 10 21 10 10 00 10 11 30
Naft Masjed Soleyman 22 31 21 11 21 31 00 10 33 12 10 00 00
Payam Mashhad 10 30 01 02 11 01 20 21 20 21 11 20 00
Sanati Kaveh 11 21 11 22 21 01 11 00 00 10 01 30 11
Sh. Bandar Abbas 10 22 43 00 10 30 20 01 11 21 13 21 11
Sh. Yasuj 00 10 20 20 00 30 10 21 31 21 22 10 21
Tarbiat Yazd 00 11 00 31 00 22 00 10 10 21 30 20 30

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011.
Source: Lig 1.ir/
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 ABU ALH BGHDAMESAFOYGOSIRJMSANSJPMSSANRODSFZ
Aboomoslem 00 11 10 10 31 30 10 10 10 10 11 30 12
Aluminium 10 20 11 10 21 12 21 10 10 10 00 30 10
Bargh Shiraz 21 01 00 41 20 01 10 00 10 02 10 11 00
Damash Iranian 00 21 21 01 23 00 01 02 21 10 30 21 01
Est. Ahvaz 12 22 23 32 01 10 21 13 00 03 01 21 01
Foolad Yazd 10 11 11 00 10 12 11 10 02 12 12 20 01
Gostaresh 10 21 21 21 21 21 01 00 11 10 31 10 11
Iranjavan 12 40 11 22 00 41 00 10 01 11 00 30 22
Mes Sarcheshmeh 11 11 11 21 10 01 10 30 30 10 40 20 20
Nassaji Mazandaran 30 11 11 20 11 41 00 30 11 40 10 30 20
Payam Mokhaberat 11 00 00 11 00 31 12 00 01 11 01 00 00
Sanat Sari 22 11 10 10 10 00 21 02 12 10 11 00 00
Sepidrood 11 01 31 10 11 41 01 32 02 12 22 11 00
Shirin Faraz 00 02 11 10 01 00 31 01 21 00 02 00 21

Updated to games played on 10 May 2011.
Source: Lig 1.ir/
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

Top scorers, Group A

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Iran Mostafa Shojaei Foolad Natanz 13
1 Iran Moslem Firoozabadi Gol Gohar 13
1 Iran Afshin Chavoshi Damash Gilan 13
2 Iran Ahmad Paasi Mashin Sazi 10
3 Iran Amir Khalifeasl Shahr. Bandar Abbas 9
4 Iran Hakim Nasari Naft Masjed Soleyman 8
4 Iran Ghasem Akbari Etka Gorgan 8

Top scorers, Group B

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mali Founéké Sy Iranjavan 9
1 Iran Eshagh Sobhani Mes Sarcheshmeh 9
1 Iran Jafar Bazri Foolad Yazd 9
2 Iran Arash Roshanipour Aboomoslem 7
2 Iran Milad Pour Safshekan Sepidrood Rasht 7
2 Iran Hassan Faraji Payam Mokhaberat 7
3 Iran Fereydoon Fazli Gostaresh/Esteghlal Az 6
3 Iran Arash Daneshian Aboomoslem 6

Play Off

First leg to be played 18 May 2011; return leg to be played 24 May 2011
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Moghavemat Sepasi 6–0 Aluminium Hormozgan 2–0 0–4

First leg

18 May 2011
17:00
Moghavemat Sepasi 2–0 Aluminium Hormozgan
Pour Mohammad  37'
Shojaiyan  74'
Hafezieh, Shiraz
Attendance: 20000
Referee: Mohsen Torki

Return leg

24 May 2011
17:00
Aluminium Hormozgan 0–4 Moghavemat Sepasi
Pour Mohammad  30',  50'
Shojaiyan  73'
Kalantari  77'
Takhti, Bandar Abbas
Attendance: 12000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Damash (w/o)1 Mes Sarcheshmeh

1 Scheduled between Mes Sarcheshmeh and Damash, however, Mes Sarcheshmeh did not show up, Damash awarded championship.[7]

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