Azadegan League

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This article is about the Iranian 1st division league. For the top division league, see Iran Pro League.
Azadegan League
Founded1991 officially
2001 with current format
CountryIran
ConfederationAFC
Divisions1
Number of teams18 (since 2016)
Level on pyramid2 (2001–)
1 (1991–2001)
Promotion toPersian Gulf Pro League
Relegation toLeague 2
Domestic cup(s)Hazfi Cup
Current championsPaykan
(2015–16)
TV partnersIRIB
Websitewww.lig1.ir
Current: 2016–17 Azadegan League

The Azadegan League (Persian: ليگ آزادگان) (also called League 1) is one of two fully professional football leagues in Iran,[1] and the second-highest professional league in the Iranian football league system after the Persian Gulf Pro League. The top two teans from the group automatically get promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League. The three worst teams are directly relegated to the 2nd Division.

In 1991 the league was founded as Iran's top division. But, after the creation of the Persian Gulf Pro League in 2001, the Azadegan League was declared as the second highest football league in the county.

Since the leagues inception as the official second division in 2001, no club has ever won the league title multiple times. Paykan has come the closest to achieving the feat, finishing as runners-up in the 2005–06 season and winning the league in the 2011–12 season.

In the summer of 2015 the format of the league was changed from a two group league to a one group and 20 team league. The format was again changed after the 2015–16 season as the number of teams was reduced to 18.

History

The first national league in Iran after the revolution was founded in 1989 with the name of Qods League. Esteghlal became winners of the first edition of the league.

In 1991, the national league was named to Azadegan League in honor of the Iranian prisoners of war who were released.[clarification needed] The number of teams, playing in the league, varied from year to year. Pas and Saipa dominated the league in the first four years. Pas and Esteghlal both were also able to capture Asian Club Championships in the early 1990s. By the mid-90s Persepolis and Esteghlal regained their dominant form and the league champions in the period of 1995-2001 was either Esteghlal or Persepolis.

Until 2001 the league was the highest division football league in Iran, but that changed when the Iranian Football Federation decided to start a professional league. The Persian Gulf Pro League was created and since then, the Azadegan League became the second-highest division in the Iranian football league system.

In the summer of 2015, before the start of the 2015–16 season, the Iranian Football Federation decided to change the format of the league and make a one group, twenty team league, instead of a two group and twenty-four team league.

Ownership

Main article: List of Iranian football club owners § Azadegan League

Hazfi Cup

All teams in the Azadegan League are entered in the Hazfi Cup, if any club from the Azadegan League wins the cup, they participate in the AFC Champions League. Since 2001, when Azadegan League became the second-highest division league, no team from Azadegan League has become Hazfi Cup champion. Gostaresh Foolad is the only club from the Azadegan League that has reached the final of the Hazfi Cup.

Format

The Azadegan League consists of two subdivisions, each having 12 teams. The top teams in each group are automatically promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League, while the second place teams play each other in a home and away play-off to decide the third and last promotion spot. The eleventh and twelfth placed teams in the groups are automatically relegated to the 2nd division. Sometimes the playoff match format is not used and one match takes place between the teams on a neutral ground instead.

League Champions

Trophy of Azadegan League, pictured in 2015
Season Winner Runner Up
As first-highest Iran's football division (1991–2001)
1991–92 Pas Tehran Esteghlal Tehran
1992–93 Pas Tehran Persepolis
1993–94 Saipa Persepolis
1994–95 Saipa Esteghlal Tehran
1995–96 Persepolis Bahman
1996–97 Persepolis Bahman
1997–98 Esteghlal Tehran Pas Tehran
1998–99 Persepolis Esteghlal Tehran
1999–00 Persepolis Esteghlal Tehran
2000–01 Esteghlal Tehran Persepolis
As second-highest Iran's football division (2001–)
2001–02 Esteghlal Ahvaz Sanat Naft
2002–03 Shamoushak Noshahr Pegah Gilan
2003–04 Saba Battery Malavan
2004–05 Shahid Ghandi Yazd Rah Ahan
2005–06 Mes Kerman Paykan
2006–07 Shirin Faraz Pegah Gilan
2007–08 Payam Mashhad Sepahan Novin
2008–09 Tractor Sazi Steel Azin
2009–10 Naft Tehran Shahrdari Tabriz
2010–11 Damash Gilan[2] Mes Sarcheshmeh
2011–12 Paykan Aluminium Hormozgan
2012–13 Esteghlal Khuzestan Gostaresh Foolad
2013–14 Naft Masjed Soleyman Padideh
2014–15 Foolad Novin Siah Jamegan
2015–16 Paykan Machine Sazi

All-time Azadegan League (As second-highest Iran's football division) standings

Since the 2001–02 season, fifteen seasons of the Azadegan League have been completed. The table below shows the total ranking for the all football clubs competing in all 15 seasons. Teams in bold compete in 2016–17 season.

Pos. Club Seasons Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Best Rank
1 Nassaji Mazandaran 13 336 116 102 118 353 370 -17 4471 3rd
2 Mashin Sazi Tabriz 12 313 91 104 115 323 389 -66 377 2nd
3 Naft Abadan 9 229 101 69 59 294 206 +88 372 2nd
4 Aluminium Arak 11 284 88 93 103 300 324 -24 357 4th
5 Mes Rafsanjan 9 235 83 85 67 254 212 +42 334 2nd
6 Payam Mashhad 9 218 82 73 63 266 236 +30 3172 Champions
7 Niroo Zamini 11 260 78 82 100 242 282 -40 316 3rd
8 Tarbiat Yazd 9 220 81 82 67 251 217 +34 315 Champions
9 Gol Gohar 9 235 76 83 76 256 242 -14 311 5th
10 Damash Gilan 7 185 83 49 44 222 150 +72 303 Champions
11 Iranjavan 9 232 72 83 77 245 257 -12 299 2nd
12 Tractor Sazi Tabriz 7 172 78 56 38 210 148 +62 290 Champions
13 Rahian Kermanshah 8 197 66 76 54 191 172 +19 274 Champions
14 Sh. Bandar Abbas 10 217 71 70 76 229 216 +13 270 2nd
15 Aluminium Hormozgan 7 188 67 67 54 200 177 +23 268 2nd
16 Mes Kerman 7 184 69 60 55 202 169 +31 267 Champions
17 Homa 8 194 67 64 63 195 195 0 265 5th
18 Shahrdari Zanjan 8 192 59 62 71 197 215 -18 239 5th
19 Etka 8 185 60 57 68 196 204 -8 237 3rd
20 Shahrdari Tabriz 6 143 61 48 34 170 120 +50 231 2nd
21 Naft Masjed Soleyman 5 140 51 51 37 169 150 +19 205 2nd
22 Paykan 4 110 55 35 20 157 90 +67 200 Champions
23 Pas Hamedan 5 135 52 36 47 129 124 +5 192 3rd
24 Shamoushak 6 146 47 51 48 134 136 -2 192 Champions
25 Foolad Yazd 6 161 45 56 60 143 164 -21 191 5th
26 Shahin Bushehr 6 140 48 40 52 147 160 -13 184 2nd
27 Padideh 4 102 47 37 18 127 69 +58 178 Champions
28 Oghab Tehran 5 124 46 39 39 151 118 +33 177 4th
29 Gahar Doroud 6 150 43 47 60 133 169 -36 176 3rd
30 Bargh Tehran 5 124 45 38 41 134 120 +14 173 4th
31 Parseh Tehran 5 135 41 61 43 147 149 -2 172 3rd
32 Gostaresh 4 104 44 32 28 131 111 +20 164 2nd
33 Moghavemate Mersad 5 114 40 35 39 127 120 +7 155 4th
34 Esteghlal Ahvaz 5 118 39 33 46 122 137 -15 150 Champions
35 Shahrdari Yasuj 4 102 39 27 36 104 96 +8 144 3rd
36 Rah Ahan 4 102 36 29 37 106 110 -4 137 2nd
37 Aboumoslem 4 102 33 37 32 115 112 +3 136 5th
38 Sorkhpooshan 4 86 35 29 22 107 79 +28 134 3rd
39 Fajr Sepasi 3 86 35 26 25 85 63 +22 131 2nd
40 Sanati Kaveh 4 100 31 29 40 106 115 -8 122 8th
41 Steel Azin 3 74 38 19 17 119 81 +38 1213 2nd
42 Sepahan Novin 3 74 33 20 21 105 80 +25 119 2nd
43 Bargh Shiraz 4 104 29 30 45 91 129 -38 117 3rd
44 Payam Mokhaberat 4 104 27 33 44 91 110 -19 114 8th
45 Saba Battery 2 60 29 20 11 86 53 +33 107 Champions
46 Giti Pasand 3 84 24 31 29 81 91 -10 103 5th
47 Kowsar 4 94 22 30 42 86 120 -34 96 8th
48 Persepolis Shomal 3 76 23 20 33 74 96 -22 86 8th
49 Siah Jamegan 2 45 23 15 7 52 32 +20 84 2nd
50 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 52 22 15 15 52 41 +11 81 Champions
51 Deyhim Ahvaz 4 90 18 22 50 84 157 -73 76 9th
52 Petrochimi Tabriz 2 52 20 15 17 66 63 +3 75 3rd
53 Foolad Novin 2 48 20 11 17 62 55 +7 71 Champions
54 Keshto Sannat Shooshtar 3 66 16 23 27 65 89 -24 71 6th
55 Shahrdari Ardabil 2 60 17 19 24 67 72 -5 70 6th
56 Alvand Hamedan 2 50 17 14 19 56 57 -1 65 4th
57 Ekbatan 3 66 13 21 32 52 92 -40 66 9th
58 Mehrkam Pars 2 52 16 15 21 53 62 -9 63 9th
59 Yazd Louleh 2 50 15 17 18 58 53 +5 62 7th
60 Sanat Sari 2 52 15 16 21 38 58 -20 61 7th
61 Naft Gachsaran 2 46 15 15 16 51 56 -5 60 7th
62 Kheybar Khorramabad 2 60 14 18 28 66 98 -35 60 12th
63 Khooneh Be Khooneh 1 38 14 16 8 39 34 +5 58 6th
64 Malavan 1 30 15 10 5 56 21 +35 55 2nd
65 Fajr Sepah 2 50 12 19 19 44 56 -12 55 5th
66 Naft Tehran 1 26 13 10 3 33 16 +17 49 Champions
67 Shahin Ahvaz 1 22 13 5 4 33 15 +18 44 3rd
68 Foolad Khuzestan 1 74 10 13 51 51 152 -101 43 12th
69 Pasargad Tehran 1 22 11 6 5 41 26 +15 39 3rd
70 Tarbiat Khorasan 1 30 7 10 13 26 38 -12 31 12th
71 Foolad Natanz 1 26 6 10 10 30 36 -6 28 14th
72 Pegah Shush 1 22 5 12 5 24 21 +3 27 7th
73 Esteghlal Dezful 1 22 6 7 9 19 21 -2 27 6th
74 Hafari Ahvaz 1 26 6 8 12 40 42 -2 26 12th
75 Part Sazan 1 20 6 5 6 17 26 -9 26 8th
76 Sanam Tehran 1 20 6 7 7 23 24 -1 25 5th
77 Esteghlal Kish 1 22 7 4 11 25 32 -7 25 8th
78 Badr Hormozgan 1 24 9 4 11 21 30 -9 254 11th
79 Nirou Moharekeh 1 30 5 10 15 21 43 -22 25 15th
80 Shahrdari Kerman 2 42 6 7 29 28 92 -64 25 11th
81 Ararat Tehran 1 20 5 7 8 12 18 -6 22 9th
82 Pas Arak 1 20 6 4 10 21 33 -12 22 9th
83 Shahrdari Bushehr 1 20 5 5 10 20 25 -5 20 10th
84 Nozhan Mazandaran 1 22 4 8 10 12 22 -10 20 11th
85 Sepidrood Rasht 1 26 4 8 14 21 39 -18 20 14th
86 Chooka Talesh 1 20 4 4 12 17 37 -20 16 10th
87 Yadavaran Shalamcheh 1 26 3 7 16 12 35 -23 16 14th
88 Irsotter Noshahr 1 20 4 3 13 17 42 -25 15 11th
89 Shahrdari Langarud 1 22 2 6 14 17 39 -22 12 12th
90 Pars Jam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
91 Oxin Alborz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
92 Baadraan Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —

1 Nassaji Mazandaran was docked 3 points in 2012–13 season issued by Iranian Football Federation.
2 Payam Mashhad was docked 3 points in 2010–11 season issued by Iranian Football Federation.
3 Steel Azin was docked 12 points in 2011–12 season issued by FIFA.
4 Badr Hormozgan was docked 6 points in 2013–14 season issued by Iranian Football Federation.[citation needed]

Top Goal Scorer

As second-highest Iran's football division

Season Player Club Goals
2005–06 Iran Hossein Abdi Sanaye Arak 14
2006–07 Iran Farhad Kheirkhah Sorkhpooshan 11
2007–08 Iran Mohammad Parvin Steel Azin 15
2008–09 Iran Abbas Porkhosravani Gol Gohar 17
2009–10 Iran Ali Karimi Sh. Tabriz 17
2010–11 Iran Afshin Chavoshi Damash Gilan 13
Iran Mostafa Shojaei Foolad Natanz 13
Iran Moslem Firoozabadi Gol Gohar 13
2011–12 Iran Bahman Tahmasebi Aluminum 13
2012–13 Iran Mohammad Abbaszadeh Nassaji 17
2013–14 Iran Mokhtar Jomehzadeh Gol Gohar 15
2014–15 Iran Issa Alekasir Aluminum 11
2015–16 Iran Hamid Kazemi Nassaji Mzandaran 16

Current clubs (2015–16)

Main article: 2015–16 Azadegan League
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Locations of clubs in 2015–16 Azadegan League

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1333441/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF
  2. ^ "داماش گيلان قهرمان ليگ يك شد". isna.ir.

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