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21st season of Azadegan League

Football league season
Azadegan League
Season2011–12
ChampionsPaykan
1st Azadegan League title
PromotedPaykan
Aluminium Hormozgan
Gahar Zagros
RelegatedSanat Sari
Payam Mokhaberat
Sanati Kaveh
Bargh Shiraz
Matches played364
Goals scored689 (1.89 per match)
Top goalscorerBahman Tahmasebi
(13 goals)
Biggest home winIranjavan 4–0 Mes Rafsanjan
(10 November 2011)
Biggest away winPayam Mokhaberat 1–7 Paykan
(3 November 2011)
Highest scoringPayam Mokhaberat 1–7 Paykan
(3 November 2011)
Highest attendance15,000
NassajiNaft MIS
(5 April 2012)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Aluminium Hormozgan – Gol Gohar
(15 September 2011)
Sanat Sari – Saipa Shomal
(15 September 2011)
Parseh Tehran – Sh. Arak
(14 October 2011)
Shirin Faraz – Nassaji
(27 December 2011)
Naft MIS – Sh. Yasouj
(27 January 2012)
Aboumoslem – Paykan
(16 February 2012)
Nassaji – Tarbiat Yazd
(8 March 2012)
Aluminium Hormozgan – Tarbiat Yazd
(6 April 2012)
Est. Khuzestan – Nassaji
(10 April 2012)
Naft MIS – Bargh Shiraz
(13 April 2012)
Total attendance831,800
Average attendance2,350
2010–11 2012–13

The 2011–12 Azadegan League was the 21st season of the Azadegan League and 11th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 21 teams from the 2010–11 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup: PAS Hamedan, Paykan and Steel Azin and three new teams promoted from the 2010–11 2nd Division: Saipa Shomal as champions, Niroye Zamini and Parseh Tehran. Esteghlal Khuzestan replaced Esteghlal Jonoub Tehran. Damash Lorestan changed their name into Gahar Zagros while Hamyari Arak changed their name into Shahrdari Arak. The league started on 14 September 2011 and ended on 19 April 2012. Paykan won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Paykan, Aluminium Hormozgan and Gahar Zagros promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Teams

The league featured three clubs relegated from Iran Pro League: Steel Azin and Paykan both returned to the Azadegan League after two seasons in the top division. The third team Pas Hamedan, were relegated for the first time in that club's history to a lower league.

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Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
Aboomoslem Mashhad Samen 35,000 Iran Khodadad Azizi
Parseh Tehran Tehran Kargaran 5,000 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Changed name from Damash
Etka Gorgan Karim Abad 15,000 Iran Hamid Kolalifard
Foolad Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000 North Macedonia Zoran Smilevski
Iranjavan Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 15,000 Iran Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Iran Mohammad H Ziaei
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Noushabad 10,000 Iran Akbar Zabardast
Payam Mokhaberat Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Iran Asghar Akbari
Paykan Tehran Iran Khodro 5,000 Iran Farhad Kazemi
Saipa Shomal Qa'em-Shahr Vatani 15,000 Armenia Samvel Darbinyan
Sanat Sari Sari Shohada Stadium 15,000 Iran Nader Dastneshan
Shahrdari Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000 Iran Hamid Kolalifard Replaced for Hamyari Arak
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas Takhti 10,000 Portugal Acácio Casimiro
Steel Azin Semnan Takhti 10,000 Iran Faraz Kamalvand

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
Aluminium Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Takhti 10,000 Iran Akbar Misaghian
Bargh Shiraz Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Iran Mehrdad Shekari
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 30,000 Iran Majid Bagherinia Replaced for Esteghlal Jonub
Gahar Zagros Dorood Takhti 10,000 Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Gol Gohar Sirjan Imam Ali 2,000 Iran Mehdi Mohammadi
Machine Sazi Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Iran Rasoul Khatibi
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Takhti Ahvaz 30,000 Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizade
Nassaji Qa'em-Shahr Vatani 15,000 Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Nirooye Zamini Tehran Jey Stadium Iran Ali Rouzbahani
PAS Hamedan Hamedan Shahid Mofatteh 10,000 Croatia Vinko Begović
Sanati Kaveh Tehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000 Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Shahrdari Yasuj Yasuj Takhti Yasuj 5,000 Iran Abdollah Chamanian
Shirin Faraz Kermanshah Azadi Stadium 7,000 Iran Majid Aghajari
Tarbiat Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000 Iran Hadi Bargizar

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Aboomoslem Iran Ali Hanteh Resigned 2011 Iran Kazem Ghiasian 2011
Sanati Kaveh Iran Saket Elhami Resigned 20 October 2011 14 Iran Ahmad Sanjari 29 October 2011
Aboomoslem Iran Kazem Ghiasian Sacked 19 November 2011 8 Iran Khodadad Azizi 19 November 2011
Sanati Kaveh Iran Ahmad Sanjari Resigned November 2011 14 Iran Morteza Yekeh Nov 2011
Sanati Kaveh Iran Morteza Yekeh 17 November 2011 14 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Nov 2011
Sanati Kaveh Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Resigned 1 December 2011 14 Iran Ali Nazarzadeh 1 December 2012
Sanati Kaveh Iran Ali Nazarzadeh End of caretaker spell 2 December 2011 14 Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh 3 December 2011
Pas Hamedan Iran Faraz Kamalvand Resigned 12 January 2012 5 Iran Jalal Cheraghpour 12 January 2012
Parseh Iran Hossein Peyrovani Resigned 19 January 2012 Iran Edmond Yunanpour 25 January 2012
Pas Hamedan Iran Jalal Cheraghpour End of caretaker spell 22 January 2012 Croatia Vinko Begović 22 January 2012
Gostaresh Iran Hossein Ziaei Sacked 31 January 2012 12 Iran Hadi Bargizar 31 January 2012
Parseh Iran Edmond Yunanpour Feb 2012 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 5 February 2012
Steel Azin Iran Human Afazeli Resigned 18 February 2012 11 Iran Faraz Kamalvand 18 February 2012
Sanat Sari Iran Reza Taghavi Sacked 18 February 2012 14 Iran Farshad Pious 19 February 2012
Shahrdari Arak Iran Nader Dastneshan Sacked 27 February 2012 7 Iran Ali Hanteh 27 February 2012

Standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Paykan (P) 26 14 8 4 44 26 +18 50 Promotion to 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Iranjavan (Q) 26 13 9 4 31 16 +15 48 Azadegan League 2011–12 Play Off
3 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 10 8 8 26 27 −1 38
4 Sh. Arak 26 9 10 7 19 17 +2 37
5 Foolad Yazd 26 9 9 8 25 23 +2 36
6 Aboumoslem 26 8 10 8 21 18 +3 34
7 Etka Gorgan 26 9 7 10 21 20 +1 34
8 Saipa Shomal 26 8 9 9 26 26 0 33
9 Gostaresh 26 7 11 8 25 30 −5 32
10 Steel Azin 26 10 10 6 29 22 +7 28
11 Parseh Tehran 26 8 4 14 20 29 −9 28
12 Mes Rafsanjan 26 6 8 12 22 28 −6 26
13 Sanat Sari (R) 26 7 5 14 20 34 −14 26 Relegation to 2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14 Payam Mokhaberat (R) 26 5 10 11 15 28 −13 25
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2012. Source: Foolad FC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Steel Azin was docked 12 points by FIFA.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aluminium Hormozgan (P) 26 15 7 4 28 12 +16 52 Promotion to 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Gahar Zagros (P, Q) 26 11 9 6 23 16 +7 42 Azadegan League 2011–12 Play Off
3 Machine Sazi 26 11 8 7 32 25 +7 41
4 PAS Hamedan 26 10 9 7 29 25 +4 39
5 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 10 7 9 26 26 0 37
6 Est. Khuzestan 26 9 8 9 28 23 +5 35
7 Sh. Yasouj 26 10 5 11 24 27 −3 35
8 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 8 10 8 25 26 −1 34
9 Gol Gohar 26 9 6 11 28 28 0 33
10 Niroye Zamini 26 7 11 8 23 24 −1 32
11 Shirin Faraz 26 7 11 8 22 27 −5 32
12 Tarbiat Yazd 26 7 9 10 21 26 −5 30
13 Sanati Kaveh (R) 26 7 8 11 24 23 +1 29 Relegation to 2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14 Bargh Shiraz (R) 26 4 6 16 12 37 −25 18
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2012. Source: Foolad FC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results table

Group A

Home \ Away ABU PAT ETK FOY GOS IRJ MSR PMS PAY SAI SAN SHA SHB STL
Aboumoslem 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–2
Parseh Tehran 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–2
Etka Gorgan 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2
Foolad Yazd 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Gostaresh 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Iranjavan 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2
Mes Rafsanjan 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2
Payam Mokhaberat 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–7 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Paykan 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–0 4–1 2–1
Saipa Shomal 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2
Sanat Sari 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0
Sh. Arak 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Sh. Bandar Abbas 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
Steel Azin 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2012. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away ALH BGH ESK GZA GOL MST NFT NSJ NRO PAS KAV SHY SFZ TAR
Aluminium Hormozgan 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Bargh Shiraz 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–1
Est. Khuzestan 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–1
Gahar Zagros 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1
Gol Gohar 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 0–1 2–1
Machine Sazi 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–2
Naft Masjed Soleyman 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0
Nassaji Mazandaran 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Niroye Zamini 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2
PAS Hamedan 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1
Sanati Kaveh 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Sh. Yasouj 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–2
Shirin Faraz 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Tarbiat Yazd 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2012. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Off

First leg played on 1 May 2012; return leg to be played on 8 May 2012
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iranjavan 1–1 Gahar Zagros 1-1 0-0

Winner is promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup

Final

The Final scheduled to play on 2 May 2012
Team 1 Score Team 2 Notes
Paykan (w/o) Aluminum Hormozgan

Player statistics

Top scorers, Group A

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Iran Hamid Kazemi Steel Azin 9
Iran Hossein Khosravi Iranjavan 9
2 Iran Saber Mirghorbani Shahrdari Arak 8
3 Iran Amir Khalifeasl Shahrdari Bandar Abbas 7

Top scorers, Group B

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iran Bahman Tahmasebi Aluminum H 13
2 Iran Rasoul Alizadeh Mashin Sazi 8
Cameroon Ambuno Achille Shirin Faraz 8
3 Iran Meghdad Ghobakhlou Shahrdari Yasuj 7
Iran Mousa Shahbazi Niroye Zamini 7

Attendance

Average home attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Naft MIS 100,000 10,000 0 9,091 +1.0%
2 Gahar Zagros 80,000 10,000 2,000 6,154 +79.7%
3 Nassaji 69,500 15,000 0 5,792 −54.6%
4 Aluminium Hormozgan 55,600 10,000 0 5,055 +66.4%
5 Sh. Yasouj 52,500 7,000 2,000 4,038 −27.1%
6 Sh. Arak 47,000 7,000 1,000 3,615 +151.4%
7 Machine Sazi 42,500 5,000 1,000 3,269 +312.8%
8 Sh. Bandar Abbas 41,200 7,000 200 3,169 +75.3%
9 Steel Azin 36,000 4,000 1,000 2,769 −29.7%
10 Mes Rafsanjan 30,500 3,000 500 2,346 −9.0%
11 Gol Gohar 27,500 3,000 1,500 2,115 −6.8%
12 Iranjavan 27,000 5,000 1,000 2,077 +7.0%
13 PAS Hamedan 25,500 3,000 1,000 1,962 −56.7%
14 Saipa Shomal 24,300 3,500 100 1,869 n/a
15 Shirin Faraz 22,500 3,000 0 1,875 −28.3%
16 Foolad Yazd 23,400 4,000 100 1,800 −33.1%
17 Sanat Sari 16,200 3,000 0 1,350 −67.5%
18 Etka Gorgan 17,000 2,300 100 1,308 +0.3%
19 Est. Khuzestan 15,500 2,000 0 1,292 n/a
20 Aboumoslem 11,150 2,500 0 929 −31.2%
21 Tarbiat Yazd 11,700 2,000 200 900 −78.8%
22 Paykan 11,650 3,000 100 896 −53.8%
23 Bargh Shiraz 11,000 2,000 100 846 −26.7%
24 Gostaresh 10,950 2,000 50 842 −83.1%
25 Niroye Zamini 7,800 3,000 100 600 n/a
25 Payam Mokhaberat 7,800 1,500 100 600 +29.9%
27 Parseh Tehran 3,450 1,000 0 288 n/a
28 Sanati Kaveh 2,600 1,000 100 200 +6.4%


League total 831,800 15,000 0 2,350 −14.0%

Updated to games played on 19 April 2012
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
PAS Hamedan, Paykan and Steel Azin played last season in Persian Gulf Cup
Niroye Zamini, Parseh Tehran and Saipa Shomal played last season in Iran 2nd Division
Esteghlal Khuzestan replaced Esteghlal Jonoub Tehran
Damash Lorestan changed their name into Gahar Zagros
Hamyari Arak changed their name into Shahrdari Arak

Highest attendance

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Nassaji 0–0 Naft MIS 15,000 5 April 2012 (2012-04-05) 24 Vatani
2 Naft MIS 1–2 PAS Hamadan 10,000 17 November 2011 (2011-11-17) 7 Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS 2–3 Nassaji 10,000 16 December 2011 (2011-12-16) 11 Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS 1–1 Aluminium Hormozgan 10,000 27 December 2011 (2011-12-27) 13 Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS 1–0 Tarbiat Yazd 10,000 12 January 2012 (2012-01-12) 14 Behnam Mohammadi
Gahar Zagros 0–1 Aluminium Hormozgan 10,000 27 January 2012 (2012-01-27) 16 Takhti Doroud
Naft MIS 0–0 Gol Gohar 10,000 3 February 2012 (2012-02-03) 17 Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS 1–0 Gahar Zagros 10,000 16 February 2012 (2012-02-16) 19 Behnam Mohammadi
Aluminium Hormozgan 1–0 Niroye Zamini 10,000 16 February 2012 (2012-02-16) 19 Khalij-e Fars
Naft MIS 2–1 Sanati Kaveh 10,000 29 February 2012 (2012-02-29) 21 Behnam Mohammadi

Notes:
Updated to games played on 19 April 2012. Source: iplstats.com

See also

References

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