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[1]
Nassaji – Naft MIS
(5 April 2012)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Aluminium Hormozgan – Gol Gohar[2]
(15 September 2011)
Sanat Sari – Saipa Shomal[2]
(15 September 2011)
Parseh Tehran – Sh. Arak[3]
(14 October 2011)
Shirin Faraz – Nassaji[4]
(27 December 2011)
Naft MIS – Sh. Yasouj[5]
(27 January 2012)
Aboumoslem – Paykan[6]
(16 February 2012)
Nassaji – Tarbiat Yazd[7]
(8 March 2012)
Aluminium Hormozgan – Tarbiat Yazd[1]
(6 April 2012)
Est. Khuzestan – Nassaji[8]
(10 April 2012)
Naft MIS – Bargh Shiraz[9]
(13 April 2012)
Total attendance831,800
Average attendance2,350

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 will feature three clubs relegated from Iran Pro League: Steel Azin returned to the Azadegan League after two seasons in the top division, whereas Paykan were relegated after a two-year stint. The third team Pas Hamedan, were relegated for the first time in club history to a lower league.

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000Iran Khodadad Azizi
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran5,000Iran Mehdi DinvarzadehChanged name from Damash
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000Iran Hamid Kolalifard
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000North Macedonia Zoran Smilevski
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000Iran Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Mohammad H Ziaei
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanNoushabad10,000Iran Akbar Zabardast
Payam MokhaberatShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Asghar Akbari
PaykanTehranIran Khodro5,000Iran Farhad Kazemi
Saipa ShomalQa'em-ShahrVatani15,000Armenia Samvel Darbinyan
Sanat SariSariShohada Stadium15,000Iran Nader Dastneshan
Shahrdari ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000Iran Hamid KolalifardReplaced for Hamyari Arak
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti10,000Portugal Acácio Casimiro
Steel AzinSemnanTakhti10,000Iran Faraz Kamalvand

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
Aluminium HormozganBandar AbbasTakhti10,000Iran Akbar Misaghian
Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Mehrdad Shekari
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Majid BagheriniaReplaced for Esteghlal Jonub
Gahar ZagrosDoroodTakhti10,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000Iran Mehdi Mohammadi
Machine SaziTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Rasoul Khatibi
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Siavash Bakhtiarizade
NassajiQa'em-ShahrVatani15,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Nirooye ZaminiTehranJey StadiumIran Ali Rouzbahani
PAS HamedanHamedanShahid Mofatteh10,000Croatia Vinko Begović
Sanati KavehTehranAliaf Stadium5,000Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti Yasuj5,000Iran Abdollah Chamanian
Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi Stadium7,000Iran Majid Aghajari
Tarbiat YazdYazdNassiri6,000Iran Hadi Bargizar

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
AboomoslemIran Ali HantehResigned2011Iran Kazem Ghiasian2011
Sanati KavehIran Saket Elhami[10]Resigned20 October 201114Iran Ahmad Sanjari29 October 2011
AboomoslemIran Kazem GhiasianSacked19 November 20118Iran Khodadad Azizi19 November 2011
Sanati KavehIran Ahmad SanjariResignedNovember 201114Iran Morteza YekehNov 2011
Sanati KavehIran Morteza Yekeh17 November 201114Iran Mehdi DinvarzadehNov 2011
Sanati KavehIran Mehdi DinvarzadehResigned1 December 201114Iran Ali Nazarzadeh1 December 2012
Sanati KavehIran Ali NazarzadehEnd of caretaker spell2 December 201114Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh3 December 2011
Pas HamedanIran Faraz KamalvandResigned12 January 20125Iran Jalal Cheraghpour[11]12 January 2012
ParsehIran Hossein PeyrovaniResigned19 January 2012Iran Edmond Yunanpour[12]25 January 2012
Pas HamedanIran Jalal CheraghpourEnd of caretaker spell22 January 2012Croatia Vinko Begović[11]22 January 2012
GostareshIran Hossein ZiaeiSacked31 January 201212Iran Hadi Bargizar[13]31 January 2012
ParsehIran Edmond YunanpourFeb 2012Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[14]5 February 2012
Steel AzinIran Human AfazeliResigned18 February 201211Iran Faraz Kamalvand[15]18 February 2012
Sanat SariIran Reza Taghavi[16]Sacked18 February 201214Iran Farshad Pious19 February 2012
Shahrdari ArakIran Nader Dastneshan[17]Sacked27 February 20127Iran Ali Hanteh27 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[lower-alpha 1]
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)[18] Aluminum Hormozgan

Player statistics

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
1Nassaji0–0Naft MIS15,0005 April 201224Vatani
2Naft MIS1–2PAS Hamadan10,00017 November 20117Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS2–3Nassaji10,00016 December 201111Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS1–1Aluminium Hormozgan10,00027 December 201113Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS1–0Tarbiat Yazd10,00012 January 201214Behnam Mohammadi
Gahar Zagros0–1Aluminium Hormozgan10,00027 January 201216Takhti Doroud
Naft MIS0–0Gol Gohar10,0003 February 201217Behnam Mohammadi
Naft MIS1–0Gahar Zagros10,00016 February 201219Behnam Mohammadi
Aluminium Hormozgan1–0Niroye Zamini10,00016 February 201219Khalij-e Fars
Naft MIS2–1Sanati Kaveh10,00029 February 201221Behnam Mohammadi

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

See also

References

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